SS Empress of Canada (1966)

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SS Empress of Canada (1966) was a British-built ocean liner that later became a popular cruise ship, reflecting the transition from transatlantic passenger service to leisure cruising in the late 20th century.

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SS Empress of Canada (1966) canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cruise ship ⓘ
ocean liner ⓘ
builtBy Vickers-Armstrongs ⓘ
builtFor transatlantic passenger service ⓘ
completedIn 1961 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
cruiseRegion Caribbean ⓘ
decommissionedFromCarnival 1993 ⓘ
enteredCarnivalServiceAs Mardi Gras ⓘ
enteredCarnivalServiceYear 1972 ⓘ
enteredService 1961 ⓘ
flag United Kingdom ⓘ
grossTonnage 27284 ⓘ
homePort Liverpool ⓘ
hullMaterial steel ⓘ
IMOType passenger ship ⓘ
laterName Lucky Star ⓘ
Mardi Gras ⓘ
Olympic ⓘ
Star of Texas ⓘ
laterOperator Epirotiki Lines as Olympic ⓘ
Royal Olympic Cruises ⓘ
laterUse leisure cruising ⓘ
launchDate 1960 ⓘ
length 650 ft ⓘ
notableFor being Carnival Cruise Lines’ first ship as Mardi Gras ⓘ
transition from transatlantic liner service to leisure cruising ⓘ
operator Canadian Pacific Steamships ⓘ
Carnival Cruise Line ⓘ
Carnival Cruise Lines ⓘ
Epirotiki Lines ⓘ
originalOwner Canadian Pacific Steamships ⓘ
partOf Empress fleet of Canadian Pacific ⓘ
passengerCapacityApprox 1200 ⓘ
propulsion steam turbines ⓘ
renamed Lucky Star ⓘ
Mardi Gras ⓘ
Olympic ⓘ
Star of Texas ⓘ
retiredFromCanadianPacificService 1971 ⓘ
scrappedAt Alang, India ⓘ
scrappedIn 2003 ⓘ
serviceRoute Liverpool–Montreal ⓘ
Liverpool–Quebec ⓘ
shipyard Vickers-Armstrongs, Newcastle upon Tyne ⓘ
linked to: Vickers-Armstrongs
soldTo Carnival Cruise Lines ⓘ
successorTo earlier Canadian Pacific Empress liners ⓘ
yearSold 1971 ⓘ

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