SS Empress of Britain (1964)

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SS Empress of Britain (1964) was a mid-20th-century ocean liner built for transatlantic and later cruise service, known for its modern design and role in postwar passenger shipping.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cruise ship
ocean liner
beam 26.4 m
86.6 ft
builder Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company NERFINISHED
builtAt Govan, Scotland NERFINISHED
completedDate 1964-04-01
conversion converted for full-time cruising in the 1960s
countryOfRegistry United Kingdom NERFINISHED
crewComplement 510
designFeature full air-conditioning
modern mid-20th-century liner design
raked funnel
stabilizers
enteredService 1964-04-22
flag Red Ensign NERFINISHED
homePort Liverpool NERFINISHED
IMOType passenger ship
laterOperator Carnival Cruise Lines NERFINISHED
Epirotiki Lines NERFINISHED
Royal Olympic Cruises NERFINISHED
laterService cruise service
launchDate 1963-01-11
length 195.1 m
640 ft
maidenVoyage 1964-04-22
maximumSpeed 22 knots
notableRole early North American mass-market cruising as Mardi Gras
postwar transatlantic passenger service
operator Canadian Pacific Railway Company NERFINISHED
Canadian Pacific Steamships NERFINISHED
passengerCapacity 192 first class
856 tourist class
primaryService transatlantic passenger service
propulsion steam turbines
twin screw
renamed SS Mardi Gras NERFINISHED
SS Olympic NERFINISHED
SS Star of Texas NERFINISHED
route Montreal–Liverpool NERFINISHED
Quebec–Liverpool NERFINISHED
Saint John–Liverpool NERFINISHED
scrapped 2003
scrappedAt Alang, India NERFINISHED
serviceSpeed 20 knots
sisterShip SS Empress of Canada (1961) NERFINISHED
soldTo Carnival Cruise Lines NERFINISHED
tonnage 25398 gross register tons
yardNumber 707

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John Brown & Company notableWork SS Empress of Britain (1964)