SS Empress of Canada (1957)

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SS Empress of Canada (1957) was a mid-20th-century ocean liner built for Canadian Pacific Steamships, serving transatlantic and later cruise routes before being retired and scrapped.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cruise ship
ocean liner
beam 86 ft
approximately 26 m
builder Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd., Newcastle upon Tyne NERFINISHED
builtAt Newcastle upon Tyne NERFINISHED
category Ocean liners of the United Kingdom
Passenger ships built on the River Tyne
Ships of Canadian Pacific Steamships
class Empress class NERFINISHED
completionDate 1956-03-28
conversionDate 1960s
convertedTo full-time cruise ship
countryOfRegistry United Kingdom NERFINISHED
enteredService 1956
era mid-20th century
fate scrapped
flag British flag
homePort Liverpool NERFINISHED
laterUse cruise ship
launchDate 1955-09-10
length 650 ft
approximately 198 m
maidenVoyage 1956-04-25
notableFor becoming Carnival Cruise Lines’ first ship as Mardi Gras
operator Canadian Pacific Steamships NERFINISHED
Canadian Pacific Steamships Ltd. NERFINISHED
operatorAfterSale Carnival Cruise Lines NERFINISHED
owner Canadian Pacific Railway Company NERFINISHED
passengerCapacity over 1000 passengers
propulsion steam turbines
twin screw
renamed Mardi Gras NERFINISHED
route Liverpool–Montreal NERFINISHED
Liverpool–Quebec NERFINISHED
transatlantic passenger service
saleDate 1971
scrapped 2003
scrappedAt Alang, India NERFINISHED
serviceArea Caribbean cruises
North Atlantic NERFINISHED
shipyard Vickers-Armstrongs NERFINISHED
soldTo Carnival Cruise Lines NERFINISHED
Ted Arison interests
speed 20 knots
successorRole early mass-market cruise ship as Mardi Gras
tonnage 25397 gross register tons
withdrawnFromService early 1970s under Canadian Pacific

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John Brown & Company notableWork SS Empress of Canada (1957)
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