Canadian Pacific
RMS Empress of Canada (III)
US Cruise Ship built in 1960
History
RMS Empress of Canada was an ocean liner launched in 1960 and completed the following year by Vickers-Armstrongs of Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne, England for Canadian Pacific Steamships Ltd. This ship, the third CP vessel to be named Empress of Canada, regularly traversed the transatlantic route between Liverpool and Canada for the next decade. Although Canadian Pacific Railways was incorporated in Canada, the Atlantic (and pre-war Pacific) liners were owned and operated by the British registered subsidiary Canadian Pacific Steamships Ltd. and were always British flagged and crewed and therefore Empress of Canada was not the flagship of the Canadian Merchant Marine.
Text: Wikipedia — RMS Empress of Canada (1960), CC BY-SA 4.0
Further Reading
Ship Facts & Specifications
Also Known As
- 1961–1972: Empress of Canada
- 1972–1993: Mardi Gras
- 1993: Olympic
- 1993: Star of Texas
- 1994–1995: Lucky Star