SS Empress of Canada (1974)

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SS Empress of Canada (1974) was a British-built ocean liner later converted into a cruise ship, known for serving various international routes under multiple names and operators during the late 20th century.

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instanceOf cruise ship
ocean liner
builder Vickers-Armstrongs
builtAt Newcastle upon Tyne
class Empress class ocean liner
completedDate 1961
conversion converted from transatlantic liner to full-time cruise ship
conversionDate early 1970s
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
crewType British officers and multinational crew (original service)
dateSold 1971
enteredCarnivalServiceAsMardiGras 1972
enteredService 1961
flag United Kingdom
historicRole pioneer ship in modern mass-market cruising
homePort Liverpool
IMONumber 5103944
laterServiceArea Aegean Sea
Caribbean Sea
Mediterranean Sea
launchDate 1960
length 650 ft
notableFor being the first ship of Carnival Cruise Lines
operator Canadian Pacific Steamships
Carnival Cruise Lines
Epirotiki Lines
Royal Olympic Cruises
originalServiceArea North Atlantic
owner Canadian Pacific Steamships
passengerCapacity over 1,000 passengers
propulsion steam turbines
renamed Lucky Star
Mardi Gras
Olympic
Star of Texas
route Caribbean cruises from Miami
scrapped 2003
scrappedAt Alang, India
serviceEntryRoute Liverpool–Montreal route
Liverpool–Quebec route
linked to: Liverpool–Quebec
serviceType cruise service
transatlantic passenger service
sisterShip SS Empress of Britain (1955)
SS Empress of England
soldTo Carnival Cruise Lines
tonnage 27284 gross register tons
withdrawnFromCanadianPacificService 1971

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John Brown & Company notableWork SS Empress of Canada (1974)