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.
All labels observed (9)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10487612 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: SS Empress of Canada (1952) Context triple: [John Brown & Company, notableWork, SS Empress of Canada (1952)]
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M/V Kennicott
M/V Kennicott is a mainline Alaska Marine Highway System ferry that provides passenger, vehicle, and cargo service to coastal communities across Alaska.
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M/V Columbia
M/V Columbia is a mainline passenger and vehicle ferry that serves as one of the flagship vessels of the Alaska Marine Highway System, operating along coastal routes in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest.
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HMCS Stadacona
HMCS Stadacona is a major Royal Canadian Navy shore establishment and administrative base located in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
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M/V Chenega
M/V Chenega is a high-speed passenger and vehicle ferry that operated as part of Alaska’s state-run Alaska Marine Highway System, serving coastal communities in Southeast and Southcentral Alaska.
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M/V Tustumena
M/V Tustumena is a rugged Alaska Marine Highway ferry known for serving remote coastal communities and challenging open-ocean routes in the Gulf of Alaska and Aleutian Islands.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: SS Empress of Canada (1952) Target entity description: 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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A.
M/V Kennicott
M/V Kennicott is a mainline Alaska Marine Highway System ferry that provides passenger, vehicle, and cargo service to coastal communities across Alaska.
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B.
M/V Columbia
M/V Columbia is a mainline passenger and vehicle ferry that serves as one of the flagship vessels of the Alaska Marine Highway System, operating along coastal routes in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest.
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C.
HMCS Stadacona
HMCS Stadacona is a major Royal Canadian Navy shore establishment and administrative base located in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
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D.
M/V Chenega
M/V Chenega is a high-speed passenger and vehicle ferry that operated as part of Alaska’s state-run Alaska Marine Highway System, serving coastal communities in Southeast and Southcentral Alaska.
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E.
M/V Tustumena
M/V Tustumena is a rugged Alaska Marine Highway ferry known for serving remote coastal communities and challenging open-ocean routes in the Gulf of Alaska and Aleutian Islands.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cruise ship
ⓘ
ocean liner ⓘ |
| builder | Vickers-Armstrongs ⓘ |
| builtAt | Newcastle upon Tyne ⓘ |
| category |
1950s passenger ships
ⓘ
Empress-class ocean liners ⓘ
linked to:
Empress of Britain (ocean liner series)
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
ⓘ
linked to:
Carnival Cruise Line
|
| 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
ⓘ
linked to:
Canadian Pacific Steamship Company
|
| owner |
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
ⓘ
linked to:
Canadian Pacific Railway
|
| 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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Subject: SS Empress of Canada (1952) Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (9)
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