SS Empress of Canada (1967)

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SS Empress of Canada (1967) was a British-built ocean liner later converted into the popular cruise ship Mardi Gras, helping launch the modern cruise industry.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cruise ship
ocean liner
beam 86 ft
builder Vickers-Armstrongs
builtAt England
Newcastle upon Tyne
class Empress class
linked to: Empress-class ships
completedDate 1961-03-01
convertedToCruiseShip Mardi Gras
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
enteredService 1961
enteredServiceAsMardiGras 1972
flag Liberia
United Kingdom
homePort Liverpool
Miami
Montreal
IMONumber 5115522
laterService Caribbean cruise ship
launchDate 1960-01-10
length 650 ft
approximately 198 m
notableFor being Carnival Cruise Lines’ first ship
helping launch the modern cruise industry
operator Canadian Pacific Steamships
Carnival Cruise Line
Carnival Cruise Lines
operatorAsMardiGras Carnival Cruise Lines
originalService transatlantic liner
ownedBy Canadian Pacific Steamships
Carnival Cruise Lines
propulsion steam turbines
renamed Mardi Gras
scrapped 2003
scrappedAt Alang
India
serviceRoute Caribbean cruises
Liverpool–Montreal
Liverpool–Quebec
Miami-based cruises
sisterShip SS Empress of Britain (1955)
SS Empress of England
soldTo Carnival Cruise Lines
status scrapped
tonnage 27284 gross register tons
yearOfRenaming 1972
yearOfSale 1972

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John Brown & Company notableWork SS Empress of Canada (1967)