SS Empress of Canada (1952)
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SS Empress of Canada (1952) was a mid-20th-century Canadian Pacific ocean liner built for transatlantic passenger service before later serving as a cruise ship.
Observed surface forms (6)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| SS Empress of Canada (1953) | 1 |
| SS Empress of Canada (1954) | 1 |
| SS Empress of Canada (1955) | 1 |
| SS Empress of Canada (1956) | 1 |
| SS Empress of Canada (1958) | 1 |
| SS Empress of Canada (1960) | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cruise ship
ⓘ
ocean liner ⓘ |
| builder | Vickers-Armstrongs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| builtAt | Newcastle upon Tyne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
1950s passenger ships
ⓘ
Empress-class ocean liners NERFINISHED ⓘ Ships of Canadian Pacific Steamships ⓘ |
| classConfiguration | multiple passenger classes ⓘ |
| completed | 1954 ⓘ |
| conversionPeriod | 1960s ⓘ |
| convertedTo | cruise ship ⓘ |
| countryOfRegistry | Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| crewComplement | several hundred crew ⓘ |
| deckCount | multiple passenger decks ⓘ |
| designedFor | North Atlantic crossings ⓘ |
| enteredService | 1954 ⓘ |
| era | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| flag | Canadian flag ⓘ |
| funnelCount | one funnel ⓘ |
| grossTonnage | about 21,500 GRT ⓘ |
| homePort |
Liverpool
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Montreal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hullMaterial | steel ⓘ |
| laterOperator | Carnival Cruise Lines NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| laterUse | cruise service ⓘ |
| launched | 1953 ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | about 20 knots ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early ship of Carnival Cruise Lines (as Mardi Gras)
ⓘ
post-war Canadian Pacific transatlantic service ⓘ |
| operator | Canadian Pacific Steamships NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| owner | Canadian Pacific Railway Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfFleet | Canadian Pacific Empress fleet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| passengerCapacity | over 1,000 passengers ⓘ |
| primaryService | transatlantic passenger service ⓘ |
| propulsion |
steam turbines
ⓘ
twin screw ⓘ |
| renamed | SS Mardi Gras NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| route | North Atlantic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scrapped | 1990s ⓘ |
| scrappedAt | Alang, India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serviceEntryRoute |
Liverpool–Montreal
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Liverpool–Quebec NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serviceType |
cruise service
ⓘ
liner service ⓘ |
| sisterShipOf | SS Empress of Britain (1955) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| soldTo | Italian Line NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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SS Empress of Canada (1960)
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SS Empress of Canada (1953)
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SS Empress of Canada (1954)
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SS Empress of Canada (1955)
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SS Empress of Canada (1956)
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SS Empress of Canada (1958)