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.

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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

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John Brown & Company notableWork SS Empress of Canada (1952)
John Brown & Company notableWork SS Empress of Canada (1952)
this entity surface form: SS Empress of Canada (1960)
John Brown & Company notableWork SS Empress of Canada (1952)
this entity surface form: SS Empress of Canada (1953)
John Brown & Company notableWork SS Empress of Canada (1952)
this entity surface form: SS Empress of Canada (1954)
John Brown & Company notableWork SS Empress of Canada (1952)
this entity surface form: SS Empress of Canada (1955)
John Brown & Company notableWork SS Empress of Canada (1952)
this entity surface form: SS Empress of Canada (1956)
John Brown & Company notableWork SS Empress of Canada (1952)
this entity surface form: SS Empress of Canada (1958)