SS Empress of Canada (1971)

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SS Empress of Canada (1971) was a British-built ocean liner later converted into the popular Carnival Cruise Line ship Mardi Gras, helping launch the modern cruise industry.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cruise ship ⓘ
ocean liner ⓘ
passenger ship ⓘ
beam 25.2 m ⓘ
builder Vickers-Armstrongs ⓘ
builtAt Newcastle upon Tyne ⓘ
class Empress class ⓘ
linked to: Empress-class ships
completionDate 1961-03-01 ⓘ
conversionLocation Bremerhaven, Germany ⓘ
linked to: Bremerhaven
conversionToCruiseShip 1972 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
decommissionedFromCarnival 1993 ⓘ
enteredService 1961 ⓘ
flag Panama ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
funnelCount 1 ⓘ
grossTonnage 27284 ⓘ
homePortAsMardiGras Miami ⓘ
hullNumber 175 ⓘ
laterOwner Carnival Cruise Lines ⓘ
Epirotiki Lines ⓘ
Peace Boat ⓘ
Royal Olympic Cruises ⓘ
Topaz International ⓘ
launchDate 1960-01-10 ⓘ
lengthOverall 192.0 m ⓘ
notableFor being the first ship of Carnival Cruise Lines ⓘ
helping launch the modern mass-market cruise industry ⓘ
operator Canadian Pacific Steamships ⓘ
Carnival Cruise Lines ⓘ
originalOwner Canadian Pacific Steamships ⓘ
passengerCapacityAsCruiseShip about 1200 ⓘ
passengerCapacityAsLiner over 1000 ⓘ
propulsion steam turbines ⓘ
renamedAs Mardi Gras ⓘ
route Caribbean cruises ⓘ
Liverpool–Montreal ⓘ
scrapped 2003 ⓘ
scrappedAt Alang, India ⓘ
serviceSpeed 20 knots ⓘ
shipName Mardi Gras ⓘ
Olympic ⓘ
Peace Boat ⓘ
SS Empress of Canada ⓘ
Star of Texas ⓘ
TSS Mardi Gras ⓘ
Topaz ⓘ
sisterShip SS Empress of Britain (1955) ⓘ
SS Empress of England ⓘ
soldToCarnival 1972 ⓘ

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