SS Empress of Britain (1967)

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SS Empress of Britain (1967) was a British ocean liner and later cruise ship built in the late 1960s that served transatlantic and leisure routes under various names and operators.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cruise ship
ocean liner
beam 26.0 metres
builder Vickers-Armstrongs
category 1964 ships
Cruise ships of the United Kingdom
Ocean liners of the United Kingdom
Ships built on the River Tyne
class Empress class
linked to: Empress-class ships
completionDate 1964-04
convertedTo full-time cruise ship
country United Kingdom
crew approximately 500 crew
deckCount multiple passenger decks
enteredService 1964
flag Greece
United Kingdom
homePort Liverpool
hullMaterial steel
laterUse cruise ship
launchDate 1964-01-22
length 203.3 metres
notableFor transition from transatlantic liner to cruise ship
operator Canadian Pacific Steamships
Carnival Cruise Lines
Epirotiki Lines
Greek Line
Peace Boat
passengerCapacity over 1000 passengers
powerplant steam turbines driving two propellers
propulsion steam turbines
twin screw
renamed SS Carnivale
SS Fiesta Marina
SS Olympic
linked to: Olympic

SS Queen Anna Maria
SS Topaz
route Montreal–Liverpool
North Atlantic
Quebec–Liverpool
linked to: Liverpool–Quebec

transatlantic passenger service
scrapped 2008
scrapyard Alang, India
serviceSpeed 20 knots
shipyard Vickers-Armstrongs, Newcastle upon Tyne
linked to: Vickers-Armstrongs
sisterShip SS Empress of Canada (1961)
SS Empress of England (1956)
tonnage 25398 gross register tons

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