SS Empress of England

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SS Empress of England was a mid-20th-century Canadian Pacific ocean liner that operated primarily on transatlantic passenger routes between the United Kingdom and Canada.

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SS Empress of England canonical 12

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ocean liner
builtFor Canadian Pacific transatlantic service
category Canadian Pacific ocean liners
Mid-20th-century passenger ships
Ships built for transatlantic passenger service
countryOfRegistry United Kingdom
crewType professional merchant marine crew
designFeature enclosed promenade decks
stabilizers (for passenger comfort)
designPurpose year-round North Atlantic service
era mid-20th century
flag Red Ensign
linked to: British Red Ensign
fleet Canadian Pacific "Empress" ships
historicalContext post-World War II ocean liner era
homePort Liverpool
hullMaterial steel
laterUse cruise ship (after transatlantic era)
launchedInDecade 1950s
namedAfter England
navigationEquipment gyrocompass
radar
operator Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Canadian Pacific Steamships
owner Canadian Pacific Railway Company
passengerCapacityCategory over 1,000 passengers
passengerClassLayout multiple passenger classes
poweredBy oil-fired boilers
primaryRoute Liverpool–Montreal route
United Kingdom–Canada transatlantic route
propulsion steam turbine
routeTerminus Montreal
Quebec City (seasonal)
linked to: Quebec City
safetyEquipment lifeboats
wireless radio
scrapped yes
scrappedInCentury 20th century
seasonalOperation St. Lawrence River service in ice-free months
serviceEntryPeriod late 1950s
serviceStatus retired
serviceType mail and passenger service
passenger service
sisterShipOf SS Empress of Britain (1956)
usedFor cruise service (later in career)
emigrant transport
tourist-class passenger transport
transatlantic crossings

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John Brown & Company notableWork SS Empress of England
SS Empress of Canada (1961) sisterShip SS Empress of England
SS Empress of Canada (1963) sisterShip SS Empress of England
SS Empress of Britain (1968) sisterShip SS Empress of England
SS Empress of Canada (1967) sisterShip SS Empress of England
SS Empress of Canada (1968) sisterShip SS Empress of England
SS Empress of Canada (1969) sisterShip SS Empress of England
SS Empress of Britain (1973) hasSisterShip SS Empress of England
SS Empress of Canada (1971) sisterShip SS Empress of England
SS Empress of Canada (1974) sisterShip SS Empress of England
SS Empress of Canada (1978) hasSisterShip SS Empress of England
SS Empress of Canada (1948) sisterShip SS Empress of England
subject linked to: SS Empress of Canada (2048)