SS Empress of Britain (1968)

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SS Empress of Britain (1968) was a British ocean liner and later cruise ship built in the late 1960s that served transatlantic and leisure routes under various owners and names.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cruise ship
ocean liner
builder Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company
builtAt Govan
builtFor Canadian Pacific Steamships
builtInCountry Scotland
class Empress class
completedIn 1964
country United Kingdom
crew over 400 crew
deckCount multiple passenger decks
enteredService 1964
flag United Kingdom
funnelCount 1
homePort Liverpool
Montreal
hullMaterial steel
IMONumber 5114922
laterRole cruise ship
launchDate 1963
length 204 metres
notableOperator Carnival Cruise Lines
Epirotiki Lines
Peace Boat
Royal Olympic Cruises
operator Canadian Pacific Steamships
owner Canadian Pacific Steamships
passengerCapacity over 1000 passengers
propulsion steam turbines
refittedFor cruise service
renamed SS Carnivale
SS Fiesta Marina
SS Olympic
SS Queen Anna Maria
SS Topaz
route North Atlantic
cruise service
transatlantic passenger service
scrapped 2008
scrappedAt Alang
serviceArea Caribbean Sea
Mediterranean Sea
North Atlantic Ocean
linked to: North Atlantic

around-the-world cruises
serviceEntryRole transatlantic liner
sisterShip SS Empress of Canada (1961)
SS Empress of England
tonnage 25397 gross register tons

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John Brown & Company notableWork SS Empress of Britain (1968)
John Brown & Company notableWork SS Empress of Britain (1969)
linked to: SS Empress of Britain (1968)