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1: Service with Canadian Pacific 1956-63
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- This is the
first of three pages devoted to the Canadian Pacific Liner Empress
of Britain. This page covers her Canadian Pacific career
between 1956-63. Page
2 covers
her career with Greek Line and Carnival Cruises 1963-94. Page
3 covers
her subsequent career with Royal Olympic and Thomson Cruises
from 1995.
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- The Empress of Britain was built in 1956 by
Fairfields of Glasgow, preceding sister Empress of England into service by one
year. She was Britain's first fully air-conditioned liner. Initially
running on the North Atlantic from Liverpool, she ran her first
winter Caribbean cruise from New York in January 1960. As time
passed, more of her time was spent cruising as air travel hit
the Atlantic market, and her final Atlantic voyage was number
123, completed in October 1963, only seven years after her maiden
voyage.
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- She was sold
to the Greek
Line,
and re-entered service for them as Queen
Anna Maria
in 1965, running a fortnightly service to New York calling at
Naples and Lisbon. Following the collapse of the Greek Line,
she was sold to Carnival, joining the the Mardi Gras (ex-Empress
of Canada)
in 1975 as the Carnivale. Following the numerous
new deliveries to Carnival, she was transferred to subsidiary
Fiesta Marine Cruises as Fiesta Marina. She was sold again
in 1994 to Epirotiki as Olympic, and has recently been
on charter to British tour company Thomson as the Topaz. In 2002, Topaz received a new colour scheme. She is replaced in
the Thomson fleet in the spring of 2003, and she was then chartered
to Peace
Boat.
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- It is easy
to tell the two sisters apart, since the Empress of Britain has windows spaced 2-2-2
on the boat deck each side under the bridge wings, whereas on
Empress
of England
they are spaced 2-1-2. The third ship, Empress of Canada was quite distinct,
with a different funnel top and more superstructure forward of
the bridge.
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- Ship Names Carried:-
- Empress
of Britain postcards - Canadian Pacific Line
postcards (1956-63)
- Empress
of Britain memorabilia - Canadian Pacific Line
memorabilia
- Queen Anna Maria - Greek Line 1963-75
- Carnivale - Carnival Cruise Line 1975-94
- Fiesta Marina
- Olympic - Epirotiki Line 1995-
- Topaz - Thomson Cruises 1998-2003
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- Empress of Britain
Pages:-
- Empress
of Britain - Page 1 - Canadian Pacific Line 1956-63 - this page!
- Empress
of Britain - Page 2 - Career following sale by Canadian
Pacific 1963
- Empress
of Britain - Page 3 - Royal Olympic and Thomson Cruises
1995-
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- Empress of Britain
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- (Canadian
Pacific: 1956-63)
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- 25500
Gross Tons, Length: 640ft
- 160
first class, 894 tourist passengers (650 on cruising)
- Speed
20 knots, Engines: Steam turbines, twin screw
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- Canadian Pacific Line official letter
card of Empress of Britain.
- Scan:
Ken Muratama
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larger image in new window
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- Canadian
Pacific Line sepia official card of Empress of Britain.
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faint diagonal lines on the scan are on the original card!
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- Canadian
Pacific Line monochrome official card of Empress of Britain.
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- Canadian
Pacific Line official card of the Tourist Children's Playroom
on Empress of Britain. The card was posted from the North Cape on 23rd
June 1964, whilst on a cruise, as shown by the postmark and stamp
on the card back shown below.
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- Aune
commercial card (s/n F-2382-5) of Empress of Britain at
Trondheim.
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- Salmon
commercial card of Empress of Britain, painted by C.A.Garman
(s/n 5340).
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- Salmon
commercial card of Empress of Britain, at Liverpool Pier
Head (s/n 1-06-02-04/2123c).
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- After
the Battle commercial card of Empress of Britain, photo
by Beken of Cowes (s/n P135).
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- Photographic
postcard of Empress of Britain.
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- Photographic
postcard of Empress of Britain.
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- Photographic
postcard of Empress of Britain.
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- Empress of Britain Memorabilia
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by Tom Marshall)
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- A selection
of memorabilia from a voyage from the UK to Canada in September
1956 - the first year in service for Empress of Britain.
Click on an image to see a larger copy open in a new window.
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- Gala
Night menu cover.
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- Extract
from the passenger list.
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- Extract
from sailing schedules and fares list.
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- Programme
for 17/09/1956
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- Breakfast
menu.
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- Final
dinner menu.
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- Empress
of Britain
drinks coaster.
- Scan
supplied by Chris Hunt.
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