SS Empress of Canada (1961)
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SS Empress of Canada (1961) was a British-built ocean liner later converted into the popular Carnival Cruise Lines ship Mardi Gras, helping launch the modern cruise industry.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Carnival Cruise Line ship
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cruise ship ⓘ ocean liner ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Ted Arison NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| builder | Vickers-Armstrongs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| builtAt | Newcastle upon Tyne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| builtFor | transatlantic passenger service ⓘ |
| category |
1961 ships
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Cruise ships of the Bahamas ⓘ Ocean liners of the United Kingdom ⓘ Ships built on the River Tyne ⓘ |
| class | Empress-class ocean liner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| completedIn | 1961 ⓘ |
| conversionFor | Carnival Cruise Lines NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| convertedTo | cruise ship ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| enteredService | 1961 ⓘ |
| enteredServiceAs | Mardi Gras for Carnival in the early 1970s ⓘ |
| flag | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSuccessor | Carnival fleet expansion ⓘ |
| homePortAsMardiGras | Miami NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hullMaterial | steel ⓘ |
| laterUse | Caribbean cruising ⓘ |
| launchDate | 1960 ⓘ |
| length | approximately 650 feet ⓘ |
| notableAs | first ship of Carnival Cruise Lines ⓘ |
| notableEvent | grounding on a sandbar leaving Miami on her first Carnival voyage ⓘ |
| operator |
Canadian Pacific Steamships
NERFINISHED
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Carnival Cruise Lines NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalName | SS Empress of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
Canadian Pacific Steamships
NERFINISHED
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Carnival Cruise Lines NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| poweredBy | oil-fired boilers ⓘ |
| propulsion | steam turbines ⓘ |
| renamedAs |
Mardi Gras
NERFINISHED
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SS Mardi Gras NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleInIndustry | helped launch the modern cruise industry ⓘ |
| scrappedAt | Alang, India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scrappedIn | 2003 ⓘ |
| serviceRoute |
Liverpool–Canada route
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North Atlantic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significance | pioneer of mass-market cruising ⓘ |
| sisterShip |
SS Empress of Britain (1955)
NERFINISHED
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SS Empress of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tonnage | approximately 27,000 gross register tons ⓘ |
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