SS Empress of Canada (1952)

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SS Empress of Canada (1952) was a mid-20th-century Canadian Pacific ocean liner built for transatlantic passenger service before later serving as a cruise ship.

All labels observed (9)

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cruise ship ⓘ
ocean liner ⓘ
builder Vickers-Armstrongs ⓘ
builtAt Newcastle upon Tyne ⓘ
category 1950s passenger ships ⓘ
Empress-class ocean liners ⓘ
Ships of Canadian Pacific Steamships ⓘ
classConfiguration multiple passenger classes ⓘ
completed 1954 ⓘ
conversionPeriod 1960s ⓘ
convertedTo cruise ship ⓘ
countryOfRegistry Canada ⓘ
crewComplement several hundred crew ⓘ
deckCount multiple passenger decks ⓘ
designedFor North Atlantic crossings ⓘ
enteredService 1954 ⓘ
era mid-20th century ⓘ
flag Canadian flag ⓘ
funnelCount one funnel ⓘ
grossTonnage about 21,500 GRT ⓘ
homePort Liverpool ⓘ
Montreal ⓘ
hullMaterial steel ⓘ
laterOperator Carnival Cruise Lines ⓘ
laterUse cruise service ⓘ
launched 1953 ⓘ
maximumSpeed about 20 knots ⓘ
namedAfter Canada ⓘ
notableFor early ship of Carnival Cruise Lines (as Mardi Gras) ⓘ
post-war Canadian Pacific transatlantic service ⓘ
operator Canadian Pacific Steamships ⓘ
owner Canadian Pacific Railway Company ⓘ
partOfFleet Canadian Pacific Empress fleet ⓘ
passengerCapacity over 1,000 passengers ⓘ
primaryService transatlantic passenger service ⓘ
propulsion steam turbines ⓘ
twin screw ⓘ
renamed SS Mardi Gras ⓘ
linked to: SS Carnivale
route North Atlantic ⓘ
scrapped 1990s ⓘ
scrappedAt Alang, India ⓘ
serviceEntryRoute Liverpool–Montreal ⓘ
Liverpool–Quebec ⓘ
serviceType cruise service ⓘ
liner service ⓘ
sisterShipOf SS Empress of Britain (1955) ⓘ
soldTo Italian Line ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

John Brown & Company → notableWork → SS Empress of Canada (1952) ⓘ
John Brown & Company → notableWork → SS Empress of Canada (1960) ⓘ
linked to: SS Empress of Canada (1952)
John Brown & Company → notableWork → SS Empress of Canada (1953) ⓘ
linked to: SS Empress of Canada (1952)
John Brown & Company → notableWork → SS Empress of Canada (1954) ⓘ
linked to: SS Empress of Canada (1952)
John Brown & Company → notableWork → SS Empress of Canada (1955) ⓘ
linked to: SS Empress of Canada (1952)
John Brown & Company → notableWork → SS Empress of Canada (1956) ⓘ
linked to: SS Empress of Canada (1952)
John Brown & Company → notableWork → SS Empress of Canada (1958) ⓘ
linked to: SS Empress of Canada (1952)
SS Empress of Canada (2025) → namedAfter → Empress of Canada (historic Empress liner name) ⓘ
linked to: SS Empress of Canada (1952)
SS Empress of Britain (1931) → sisterShip → SS Empress of Canada (1928) ⓘ
subject linked to: SS Empress of Britain (2036)
linked to: SS Empress of Canada (1952)