SS Empress of Canada (1967)

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SS Empress of Canada (1967) was a British-built ocean liner later converted into the popular cruise ship Mardi Gras, helping launch the modern cruise industry.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cruise ship ⓘ
ocean liner ⓘ
beam 86 ft ⓘ
builder Vickers-Armstrongs ⓘ
builtAt England ⓘ
Newcastle upon Tyne ⓘ
class Empress class ⓘ
linked to: Empress-class ships
completedDate 1961-03-01 ⓘ
convertedToCruiseShip Mardi Gras ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
enteredService 1961 ⓘ
enteredServiceAsMardiGras 1972 ⓘ
flag Liberia ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
homePort Liverpool ⓘ
Miami ⓘ
Montreal ⓘ
IMONumber 5115522 ⓘ
laterService Caribbean cruise ship ⓘ
launchDate 1960-01-10 ⓘ
length 650 ft ⓘ
approximately 198 m ⓘ
notableFor being Carnival Cruise Lines’ first ship ⓘ
helping launch the modern cruise industry ⓘ
operator Canadian Pacific Steamships ⓘ
Carnival Cruise Line ⓘ
Carnival Cruise Lines ⓘ
operatorAsMardiGras Carnival Cruise Lines ⓘ
originalService transatlantic liner ⓘ
ownedBy Canadian Pacific Steamships ⓘ
Carnival Cruise Lines ⓘ
propulsion steam turbines ⓘ
renamed Mardi Gras ⓘ
scrapped 2003 ⓘ
scrappedAt Alang ⓘ
India ⓘ
serviceRoute Caribbean cruises ⓘ
Liverpool–Montreal ⓘ
Liverpool–Quebec ⓘ
Miami-based cruises ⓘ
sisterShip SS Empress of Britain (1955) ⓘ
SS Empress of England ⓘ
soldTo Carnival Cruise Lines ⓘ
status scrapped ⓘ
tonnage 27284 gross register tons ⓘ
yearOfRenaming 1972 ⓘ
yearOfSale 1972 ⓘ

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