SS Empress of Canada (1966)

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SS Empress of Canada (1966) was a British-built ocean liner that later became a popular cruise ship, reflecting the transition from transatlantic passenger service to leisure cruising in the late 20th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cruise ship
ocean liner
builtBy Vickers-Armstrongs
builtFor transatlantic passenger service
completedIn 1961
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
cruiseRegion Caribbean
decommissionedFromCarnival 1993
enteredCarnivalServiceAs Mardi Gras
enteredCarnivalServiceYear 1972
enteredService 1961
flag United Kingdom
grossTonnage 27284
homePort Liverpool
hullMaterial steel
IMOType passenger ship
laterName Lucky Star
Mardi Gras
Olympic
Star of Texas
laterOperator Epirotiki Lines as Olympic
Royal Olympic Cruises
laterUse leisure cruising
launchDate 1960
length 650 ft
notableFor being Carnival Cruise Lines’ first ship as Mardi Gras
transition from transatlantic liner service to leisure cruising
operator Canadian Pacific Steamships
Carnival Cruise Line
Carnival Cruise Lines
Epirotiki Lines
originalOwner Canadian Pacific Steamships
partOf Empress fleet of Canadian Pacific
passengerCapacityApprox 1200
propulsion steam turbines
renamed Lucky Star
Mardi Gras
Olympic
Star of Texas
retiredFromCanadianPacificService 1971
scrappedAt Alang, India
scrappedIn 2003
serviceRoute Liverpool–Montreal
Liverpool–Quebec
shipyard Vickers-Armstrongs, Newcastle upon Tyne
linked to: Vickers-Armstrongs
soldTo Carnival Cruise Lines
successorTo earlier Canadian Pacific Empress liners
yearSold 1971

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