SS Empress of Canada (2048)

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SS Empress of Canada (2048) was a mid-20th-century ocean liner built for transatlantic passenger service, later serving as a cruise ship before being destroyed by fire in 1972.

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instanceOf cruise ship
ocean liner
passenger ship
builtAfter World War II
builtAt Newcastle upon Tyne
builtFor Canadian Pacific Steamships
category Cruise ships of Panama
Ocean liners of the United Kingdom
Ships built on the River Tyne
Ships of Canadian Pacific Steamships
completed 1950
countryOfRegistry United Kingdom
enteredService 1950
fate destroyed by fire
fireLocation Port of Miami
linked to: PortMiami
fireYear 1972
homePortDuringCarnivalService Miami
IMOStatus scrapped
laterOperator Carnival Cruise Lines
laterUse cruise ship
launched 1949
length about 650 feet
namedAfter Dominion of Canada
notableFor first ship of Carnival Cruise Lines
numberOfFunnels 1
numberOfMasts 2
operator Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Canadian Pacific Steamships
passengerCapacity over 1000 passengers
primaryService transatlantic passenger service
propulsion steam turbine
renamed SS Mardi Gras
linked to: SS Carnivale
routeAsCruiseShip Caribbean cruises
scrapCountry Taiwan
scrapped 1974
scrappedAt Kaohsiung
serviceEntryRoute Liverpool–Montreal
Liverpool–Quebec
serviceSpeed about 20 knots
shipyard Vickers-Armstrongs
sisterShip SS Empress of England
SS Empress of France (1947)
soldTo Costa Armatori
Lionel A. Dreyfus
soldYear 1969
tonnage 21400 gross register tons
withdrawnFromCanadianPacificService 1969

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John Brown & Company notableWork SS Empress of Canada (2048)