SS Empress of Canada (1971)

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SS Empress of Canada (1971) was a British-built ocean liner later converted into the popular Carnival Cruise Line ship Mardi Gras, helping launch the modern cruise industry.

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instanceOf cruise ship
ocean liner
passenger ship
beam 25.2 m
builder Vickers-Armstrongs
builtAt Newcastle upon Tyne
class Empress class
linked to: Empress-class ships
completionDate 1961-03-01
conversionLocation Bremerhaven, Germany
linked to: Bremerhaven
conversionToCruiseShip 1972
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
decommissionedFromCarnival 1993
enteredService 1961
flag Panama
United Kingdom
funnelCount 1
grossTonnage 27284
homePortAsMardiGras Miami
hullNumber 175
laterOwner Carnival Cruise Lines
Epirotiki Lines
Peace Boat
Royal Olympic Cruises
Topaz International
launchDate 1960-01-10
lengthOverall 192.0 m
notableFor being the first ship of Carnival Cruise Lines
helping launch the modern mass-market cruise industry
operator Canadian Pacific Steamships
Carnival Cruise Lines
originalOwner Canadian Pacific Steamships
passengerCapacityAsCruiseShip about 1200
passengerCapacityAsLiner over 1000
propulsion steam turbines
renamedAs Mardi Gras
route Caribbean cruises
Liverpool–Montreal
scrapped 2003
scrappedAt Alang, India
serviceSpeed 20 knots
shipName Mardi Gras
Olympic
Peace Boat
SS Empress of Canada
Star of Texas
TSS Mardi Gras
Topaz
sisterShip SS Empress of Britain (1955)
SS Empress of England
soldToCarnival 1972

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