SS Empress of Canada (1968)

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SS Empress of Canada (1968) was a British-built ocean liner that later became a popular cruise ship, notably sailing as Carnival Cruise Line’s first vessel, the Mardi Gras.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cruise ship
ocean liner
passenger ship
beam 26.8 metres
builder Vickers-Armstrongs NERFINISHED
builtAt Newcastle upon Tyne NERFINISHED
callSign GQHR NERFINISHED
class Empress class NERFINISHED
completedDate 1961-03-01
convertedTo full-time cruise ship
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
deckConfiguration multiple passenger decks with outdoor pool
enteredService 1961
flag United Kingdom NERFINISHED
grossTonnage 27284
homePort Liverpool NERFINISHED
IMONumber 5103944
initialRoute Liverpool–Montreal
Liverpool–Quebec NERFINISHED
laterFlag Cyprus NERFINISHED
Greece NERFINISHED
Panama
laterHomePort Miami NERFINISHED
launchDate 1960-01-10
lengthOverall 204.2 metres
notableAs first ship of Carnival Cruise Line
notableEvent ran aground departing Miami on first Carnival cruise in 1972
operator Canadian Pacific Steamships NERFINISHED
Carnival Cruise Line NERFINISHED
Epirotiki Lines NERFINISHED
Royal Olympic Cruises NERFINISHED
passengerCapacity 1600
propulsion steam turbines
renamedAs Apollon NERFINISHED
Lucky Star NERFINISHED
Mardi Gras NERFINISHED
Olympic NERFINISHED
Star of Texas NERFINISHED
saleDate 1969
scrappedAt Alang, India NERFINISHED
scrappedDate 2003
serviceSpeed 20 knots
shipName Apollon NERFINISHED
Lucky Star NERFINISHED
Olympic NERFINISHED
SS Empress of Canada NERFINISHED
Star of Texas NERFINISHED
TSS Mardi Gras NERFINISHED
sisterShip SS Empress of Britain (1955) NERFINISHED
SS Empress of England NERFINISHED
soldTo Carnival Cruise Line NERFINISHED

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