SS Empress of Canada (1978)

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SS Empress of Canada (1978) was a British-built cruise ship, originally constructed as a transatlantic ocean liner, that later served in the modern cruise industry under various names and operators.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cruise ship
ocean liner
builder Vickers-Armstrongs
builtAt Newcastle upon Tyne
category Canadian Pacific ocean liners
Carnival Cruise Line ships
Cruise ships
Ocean liners of Canada
Passenger ships of the United Kingdom
Ships built on the River Tyne
Ships scrapped in India
completed 1961
conversionYear 1970s
convertedTo cruise ship
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
flag Cyprus
Panama
United Kingdom
hasSisterShip SS Empress of Britain (1955)
SS Empress of England
homePort Liverpool
launched 1960
notableFor transition from transatlantic liner to modern cruise ship
operatedInRegion Caribbean Sea
Mediterranean Sea
North Atlantic Ocean
linked to: North Atlantic
operator Canadian Pacific Steamships
Carnival Cruise Lines
Epirotiki Lines
originalName SS Empress of Canada
propulsion steam turbines
renamed Apollon
Lucky Star
Mardi Gras
Olympic
Star of Texas
route Liverpool–Montreal
Liverpool–Quebec City
linked to: Liverpool–Quebec

North Atlantic
scrapped 2003
scrappedAt Alang
scrappedInCountry India
serviceEntry 1961
soldTo Carnival Cruise Lines
tonnage approximately 27,000 gross register tons
withdrawnFromTransatlanticService 1970s

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John Brown & Company notableWork SS Empress of Canada (1978)