RMS Empress of Canada (1960)
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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 manned and therefore Empress of Canada was not the flagship of the Canadian Merchant Marine.
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Builder | Vickers-Armstrongs, Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne, England |
Yard number | 171[1] |
Launched | 10 May 1960[1] |
Completed | March 1961 |
Maiden voyage | 24 April 1961 |
In service | 1961 |
Out of service | 2003 |
Identification | IMO number: 5103936 |
Fate | Scrapped at Alang, India in 2003 |
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Length | 650 ft (198.12 m) |
Beam | 86.6 ft (26.40 m) |
Draught | 29 ft (8.84 m) |
Installed power | 30,000 shp (22,000 kW) |
Propulsion | Geared turbines, twin screw |
Speed | 20 kn (23 mph; 37 km/h)[1] |
Capacity | As built, 192 1st class, 856 tourist class[1] |
Crew | 470[1] |