SS Empress of Britain (1962)

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SS Empress of Britain (1962) was a mid-20th-century ocean liner built for Canadian Pacific Steamships, serving transatlantic and later cruise routes before being retired and scrapped.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ocean liner
builder Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company
builtAt Govan, Scotland
builtFor Canadian Pacific Steamships
category 1950s passenger ship
Canadian Pacific ocean liner
scrapped ship
class two-class passenger service
completedIn 1956
conversion adapted for cruising later in career
countryOfRegistry United Kingdom
crewComplement several hundred crew
deckCount multiple passenger decks
enteredService 1956
era mid-20th century
fate broken up for scrap
flag British flag
funnelCount one funnel
grossTonnage approximately 25,000 GRT
hasSisterShip SS Empress of England (1956)
hullMaterial steel
IMOType conventional passenger liner
laterUse cruise ship
launchDate 1955
nameAfter Empress of Britain (1906)
Empress of Britain (1931)
notableFor post-war Canadian Pacific transatlantic service
operator Canadian Pacific Steamship Company
Canadian Pacific Steamships
owner Canadian Pacific Railway Company
partOf Empress fleet
passengerCapacity over 1,000 passengers
propulsion steam turbines
retiredFromService 1963
route North Atlantic
scrappedAt shipbreaking yard in Spain
scrappedIn 1964
serviceArea North Atlantic and cruise routes
serviceEntryRoute transatlantic passenger service
serviceType cruise service
transatlantic liner
status scrapped
successorRole replaced earlier Empress liners on some routes

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John Brown & Company notableWork SS Empress of Britain (1962)