SS Empress of Canada (2048)

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SS Empress of Canada (2048) was a mid-20th-century ocean liner built for transatlantic passenger service, later serving as a cruise ship before being destroyed by fire in 1972.

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SS Empress of Canada (2048) canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cruise ship ⓘ
ocean liner ⓘ
passenger ship ⓘ
builtAfter World War II ⓘ
builtAt Newcastle upon Tyne ⓘ
builtFor Canadian Pacific Steamships ⓘ
category Cruise ships of Panama ⓘ
Ocean liners of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Ships built on the River Tyne ⓘ
Ships of Canadian Pacific Steamships ⓘ
completed 1950 ⓘ
countryOfRegistry United Kingdom ⓘ
enteredService 1950 ⓘ
fate destroyed by fire ⓘ
fireLocation Port of Miami ⓘ
linked to: PortMiami
fireYear 1972 ⓘ
homePortDuringCarnivalService Miami ⓘ
IMOStatus scrapped ⓘ
laterOperator Carnival Cruise Lines ⓘ
laterUse cruise ship ⓘ
launched 1949 ⓘ
length about 650 feet ⓘ
namedAfter Dominion of Canada ⓘ
notableFor first ship of Carnival Cruise Lines ⓘ
numberOfFunnels 1 ⓘ
numberOfMasts 2 ⓘ
operator Canadian Pacific Railway Company ⓘ
Canadian Pacific Steamships ⓘ
passengerCapacity over 1000 passengers ⓘ
primaryService transatlantic passenger service ⓘ
propulsion steam turbine ⓘ
renamed SS Mardi Gras ⓘ
linked to: SS Carnivale
routeAsCruiseShip Caribbean cruises ⓘ
scrapCountry Taiwan ⓘ
scrapped 1974 ⓘ
scrappedAt Kaohsiung ⓘ
serviceEntryRoute Liverpool–Montreal ⓘ
Liverpool–Quebec ⓘ
serviceSpeed about 20 knots ⓘ
shipyard Vickers-Armstrongs ⓘ
sisterShip SS Empress of England ⓘ
SS Empress of France (1947) ⓘ
soldTo Costa Armatori ⓘ
Lionel A. Dreyfus ⓘ
soldYear 1969 ⓘ
tonnage 21400 gross register tons ⓘ
withdrawnFromCanadianPacificService 1969 ⓘ

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John Brown & Company → notableWork → SS Empress of Canada (2048) ⓘ