SS Empress of England

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SS Empress of England was a mid-20th-century Canadian Pacific ocean liner that operated primarily on transatlantic passenger routes between the United Kingdom and Canada.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
SS Empress of England canonical 12

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ocean liner ⓘ
builtFor Canadian Pacific transatlantic service ⓘ
category Canadian Pacific ocean liners ⓘ
Mid-20th-century passenger ships ⓘ
Ships built for transatlantic passenger service ⓘ
countryOfRegistry United Kingdom ⓘ
crewType professional merchant marine crew ⓘ
designFeature enclosed promenade decks ⓘ
stabilizers (for passenger comfort) ⓘ
designPurpose year-round North Atlantic service ⓘ
era mid-20th century ⓘ
flag Red Ensign ⓘ
linked to: British Red Ensign
fleet Canadian Pacific "Empress" ships ⓘ
historicalContext post-World War II ocean liner era ⓘ
homePort Liverpool ⓘ
hullMaterial steel ⓘ
laterUse cruise ship (after transatlantic era) ⓘ
launchedInDecade 1950s ⓘ
namedAfter England ⓘ
navigationEquipment gyrocompass ⓘ
radar ⓘ
operator Canadian Pacific Railway Company ⓘ
Canadian Pacific Steamships ⓘ
owner Canadian Pacific Railway Company ⓘ
passengerCapacityCategory over 1,000 passengers ⓘ
passengerClassLayout multiple passenger classes ⓘ
poweredBy oil-fired boilers ⓘ
primaryRoute Liverpool–Montreal route ⓘ
United Kingdom–Canada transatlantic route ⓘ
propulsion steam turbine ⓘ
routeTerminus Montreal ⓘ
Quebec City (seasonal) ⓘ
linked to: Quebec City
safetyEquipment lifeboats ⓘ
wireless radio ⓘ
scrapped yes ⓘ
scrappedInCentury 20th century ⓘ
seasonalOperation St. Lawrence River service in ice-free months ⓘ
serviceEntryPeriod late 1950s ⓘ
serviceStatus retired ⓘ
serviceType mail and passenger service ⓘ
passenger service ⓘ
sisterShipOf SS Empress of Britain (1956) ⓘ
usedFor cruise service (later in career) ⓘ
emigrant transport ⓘ
tourist-class passenger transport ⓘ
transatlantic crossings ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (12)

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

John Brown & Company → notableWork → SS Empress of England ⓘ
SS Empress of Canada (1961) → sisterShip → SS Empress of England ⓘ
SS Empress of Canada (1963) → sisterShip → SS Empress of England ⓘ
SS Empress of Britain (1968) → sisterShip → SS Empress of England ⓘ
SS Empress of Canada (1967) → sisterShip → SS Empress of England ⓘ
SS Empress of Canada (1968) → sisterShip → SS Empress of England ⓘ
SS Empress of Canada (1969) → sisterShip → SS Empress of England ⓘ
SS Empress of Britain (1973) → hasSisterShip → SS Empress of England ⓘ
SS Empress of Canada (1971) → sisterShip → SS Empress of England ⓘ
SS Empress of Canada (1974) → sisterShip → SS Empress of England ⓘ
SS Empress of Canada (1978) → hasSisterShip → SS Empress of England ⓘ
SS Empress of Canada (1948) → sisterShip → SS Empress of England ⓘ
subject linked to: SS Empress of Canada (2048)