SS Empress of Britain (1976)

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SS Empress of Britain (1976) was a British-built ocean liner constructed in the mid-1970s that later served as a cruise ship under various names and operators.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cruise ship
ocean liner
builder Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd
linked to: Vickers-Armstrongs
builtAt Barrow-in-Furness
category 1970s passenger ship
ship built in Barrow-in-Furness
ship of Canadian Pacific Steamships
completionDate 1976
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
crewComplement several hundred crew
enteredService 1976
flag United Kingdom
hullMaterial steel
laterOperator Carnival Cruise Lines
Epirotiki Lines
Fiesta Marina Cruises
Peace Boat
Royal Olympic Cruises
launchDate 1975
notableFor serving multiple cruise operators under different names
transition from liner service to cruise service
operatedAs cruise ship
ocean liner
operator Canadian Pacific Steamships
passengerCapacity approximately 1,000 passengers
primaryUse leisure cruising
transatlantic passenger service
propulsion diesel engines
renamedAs Carnivale
Fiesta Marina
linked to: SS Fiesta Marina

Olympic
The Peace Boat
Topaz
scrapped yes
serviceArea Caribbean
Mediterranean Sea
North Atlantic
around-the-world cruises
shipyard Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd, Barrow-in-Furness
status retired from commercial service
tonnage approximately 25,000 gross register tons

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