SS Empress of Canada (1974)

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SS Empress of Canada (1974) was a British-built ocean liner later converted into a cruise ship, known for serving various international routes under multiple names and operators during the late 20th century.

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instanceOf cruise ship ⓘ
ocean liner ⓘ
builder Vickers-Armstrongs ⓘ
builtAt Newcastle upon Tyne ⓘ
class Empress class ocean liner ⓘ
completedDate 1961 ⓘ
conversion converted from transatlantic liner to full-time cruise ship ⓘ
conversionDate early 1970s ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
crewType British officers and multinational crew (original service) ⓘ
dateSold 1971 ⓘ
enteredCarnivalServiceAsMardiGras 1972 ⓘ
enteredService 1961 ⓘ
flag United Kingdom ⓘ
historicRole pioneer ship in modern mass-market cruising ⓘ
homePort Liverpool ⓘ
IMONumber 5103944 ⓘ
laterServiceArea Aegean Sea ⓘ
Caribbean Sea ⓘ
Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
launchDate 1960 ⓘ
length 650 ft ⓘ
notableFor being the first ship of Carnival Cruise Lines ⓘ
operator Canadian Pacific Steamships ⓘ
Carnival Cruise Lines ⓘ
Epirotiki Lines ⓘ
Royal Olympic Cruises ⓘ
originalServiceArea North Atlantic ⓘ
owner Canadian Pacific Steamships ⓘ
passengerCapacity over 1,000 passengers ⓘ
propulsion steam turbines ⓘ
renamed Lucky Star ⓘ
Mardi Gras ⓘ
Olympic ⓘ
Star of Texas ⓘ
route Caribbean cruises from Miami ⓘ
scrapped 2003 ⓘ
scrappedAt Alang, India ⓘ
serviceEntryRoute Liverpool–Montreal route ⓘ
Liverpool–Quebec route ⓘ
linked to: Liverpool–Quebec
serviceType cruise service ⓘ
transatlantic passenger service ⓘ
sisterShip SS Empress of Britain (1955) ⓘ
SS Empress of England ⓘ
soldTo Carnival Cruise Lines ⓘ
tonnage 27284 gross register tons ⓘ
withdrawnFromCanadianPacificService 1971 ⓘ

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