SS Empress of Canada (1963)

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SS Empress of Canada (1963) was a British-built ocean liner that later served as a popular cruise ship, reflecting the transition from transatlantic passenger service to leisure cruising in the mid-20th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cruise ship
ocean liner
beam 86 ft
builder Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd NERFINISHED
builtBy Vickers-Armstrongs NERFINISHED
callSign GQMG
class Empress class NERFINISHED
completedDate 1961-03-01
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
enteredService 1961
flag United Kingdom NERFINISHED
historicalRole transatlantic liner transitioning to cruise ship
homePort Liverpool NERFINISHED
IMONumber 5101313
laterFlag Greece NERFINISHED
Panama NERFINISHED
laterName Apollon NERFINISHED
Mardi Gras NERFINISHED
Olympic NERFINISHED
Star of Texas NERFINISHED
laterOwner Carnival Cruise Lines NERFINISHED
Epirotiki Lines NERFINISHED
launchDate 1960-12-10
length 650 ft
approximately 198 m
maidenVoyage 1961-04-24
maidenVoyageRoute Liverpool–Montreal NERFINISHED
notableFor being the first ship of Carnival Cruise Lines
marking Carnival’s entry into the cruise market
operator Canadian Pacific Steamships NERFINISHED
Carnival Cruise Line NERFINISHED
Carnival Cruise Lines NERFINISHED
owner Canadian Pacific Railway Company NERFINISHED
passengerCapacity over 1000 passengers
propulsion steam turbines
twin screw
rebuildFor cruise service
renamed Mardi Gras NERFINISHED
renamedDate 1972
route Caribbean cruises
Liverpool–Montreal service
North Atlantic NERFINISHED
saleDate 1972
scrapped 2003
scrappedAt Alang, India NERFINISHED
serviceSpeed 20 knots
shipyard Vickers-Armstrongs, Newcastle upon Tyne NERFINISHED
sisterShip SS Empress of Britain (1955) NERFINISHED
SS Empress of England NERFINISHED
soldTo Carnival Cruise Lines NERFINISHED
tonnage 27284 gross register tons

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