SS Empress of Canada (1952)

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SS Empress of Canada (1952) was a mid-20th-century Canadian Pacific ocean liner built for transatlantic passenger service before later serving as a cruise ship.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cruise ship
ocean liner
builder Vickers-Armstrongs
builtAt Newcastle upon Tyne
category 1950s passenger ships
Empress-class ocean liners
Ships of Canadian Pacific Steamships
classConfiguration multiple passenger classes
completed 1954
conversionPeriod 1960s
convertedTo cruise ship
countryOfRegistry Canada
crewComplement several hundred crew
deckCount multiple passenger decks
designedFor North Atlantic crossings
enteredService 1954
era mid-20th century
flag Canadian flag
funnelCount one funnel
grossTonnage about 21,500 GRT
homePort Liverpool
Montreal
hullMaterial steel
laterOperator Carnival Cruise Lines
laterUse cruise service
launched 1953
maximumSpeed about 20 knots
namedAfter Canada
notableFor early ship of Carnival Cruise Lines (as Mardi Gras)
post-war Canadian Pacific transatlantic service
operator Canadian Pacific Steamships
owner Canadian Pacific Railway Company
partOfFleet Canadian Pacific Empress fleet
passengerCapacity over 1,000 passengers
primaryService transatlantic passenger service
propulsion steam turbines
twin screw
renamed SS Mardi Gras
linked to: SS Carnivale
route North Atlantic
scrapped 1990s
scrappedAt Alang, India
serviceEntryRoute Liverpool–Montreal
Liverpool–Quebec
serviceType cruise service
liner service
sisterShipOf SS Empress of Britain (1955)
soldTo Italian Line

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John Brown & Company notableWork SS Empress of Canada (1952)
John Brown & Company notableWork SS Empress of Canada (1960)
linked to: SS Empress of Canada (1952)
John Brown & Company notableWork SS Empress of Canada (1953)
linked to: SS Empress of Canada (1952)
John Brown & Company notableWork SS Empress of Canada (1954)
linked to: SS Empress of Canada (1952)
John Brown & Company notableWork SS Empress of Canada (1955)
linked to: SS Empress of Canada (1952)
John Brown & Company notableWork SS Empress of Canada (1956)
linked to: SS Empress of Canada (1952)
John Brown & Company notableWork SS Empress of Canada (1958)
linked to: SS Empress of Canada (1952)
SS Empress of Canada (2025) namedAfter Empress of Canada (historic Empress liner name)
linked to: SS Empress of Canada (1952)
SS Empress of Britain (1931) sisterShip SS Empress of Canada (1928)
subject linked to: SS Empress of Britain (2036)
linked to: SS Empress of Canada (1952)