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- Empress
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- Empress
of Canada - Mardi Gras - Apollon
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- Following the successful
introductions of Empress
of Britain
in 1956 and sistership Empress
of England
in 1957, negotiations began for a third ship. An order was signed
with Vickers-Armstrongs of Newcastle in 1958, and the keel was
laid in January 1959, on the same berth as Empress of England had been started four years earlier. Empress of Canada made her maiden voyage from Liverpool
to Canada on 24th April 1961, by which time the service had already
become summer only. She ran her first winter Caribbean cruise
from New York in December 1961. She cruised out of New York during
the winter, and the number of Atlantic crossings reduced over
the years, so that only seven crossings were made in 1969. In
1968 she received the latest CP funnel design, which was adapted
as the Carnival symbol when sold to them in February 1972, after
completing her 121st and last Atlantic crossing in November 1971.
She had been intended to join Shaw
Savill, teaming
with their Ocean
Monarch as
the Dominion Monarch, but this plan was shelved following
the prolonged conversion of Ocean Monarch.
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- As the Mardi Gras, she became Carnival's first ship. Despite extensive internal changes,
her external profile remained largely unchanged through carnival
and subsequent owners. In 1975 she was joined by another ex-Canadian
Pacific liner, the Greek Line's Queen Anna Maria, ex-Empress
of Britain, which became the Carnivale.
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- Following the arrival
of new purpose-built tonnage for Carnival, Carnivale was sold to Epirotiki in 1993, becoming Olympic, Star of Texas,
Lucky Star and finally Apollon. In 1999 she was chartered to Direct Cruises, for a series of cruises from the UK, marketed
as Apollo. Direct Cruises were acquired by Airtours, in which Carnival later look a temporary interest.
In 2000 the scheduled cruises of Direct Cruises were cancelled, and Apollon returned to Greece to be laid up. She returned
to service unexpectedly in 2001, on 4-day and 3-day cruises out
of Piraeus, due to delays in the delivery of the Olympic Explorer.
She operated in duplicate with Olympic Countess. She was
sold for scrap in 2003.
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- Empress of Canada details: 27284 Gross Tons, Length: 650ft, 192 first class,
856 tourist passengers (650 on cruising), Speed 21 knots
(23 knots on trials), Engines: Steam turbines, twin screw.
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- Mardi Gras details: 27250 Gross Tons, 950 Cruise Passengers (1240 maximum
berths)
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- Ship Names on this Page:-
- Empress
of Canada
- Canadian Pacific: 1961-1972
- Mardi
Gras
- Carnival: 1972-93
- Apollon - Royal Olympic: 1993-2003
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- Empress of Canada
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Pacific: 1961-72)
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- Canadian
Pacific Line
monochrome official card of Empress of Canada, issued
before she entered service. The card notes read:- "An
artist's impression of the largest ship built to sail up the
St Lawrence to Montreal. Length 690ft, breadth 86ft, 27300 tons,
service speed 21 knots. This vessel will carry 192 first class
and 856 tourist class passengers. Regular sailings Liverpool-Quebec
and Montreal in summer, Liverpool-Saint John, N.B. in winter".
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- Canadian
Pacific Line official card of Empress of Canada.
- Scan:
Peter Raywell
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- Canadian
Pacific Line colour official card of Empress of Canada.
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- Canadian
Pacific Line official card of the restaurent on Empress of
Canada.
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- Canadian Pacific Line
card of the Banff Club on Empress of Canada.
- Scan:
Ken Murayama
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- Canadian
Pacific Line card of the Shopping Arcade on Empress of Canada.
- Scan:
Ken Murayama
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- Canadian
Pacific Line card of a 1st Class cabin on Empress of Canada.
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- Photographic
postcard of Empress of Canada.
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- Postcard
of Empress of Canada passing the Cloch Lighthouse on the
Clyde.
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- Canadian
Pacific Line colour official card of Empress of Canada
in final colours.
- Scan:
Rogerio Gouveia
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- Mardi Gras
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1972-93)
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- Carnival
official card of Mardi Gras, with funnel logo modelled
on the final CP colours.
- Appears
to be a retouched image of the final CP colours, with braod hull
riband.
- Scan:
Rudy Friederich.
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- Carnival
official card of Mardi Gras.
- Scan:
Rudy Friederich.
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- Carnival
official card of Mardi Gras, with funnel logo modelled
on the final CP colours.
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little changed from CP days, and still a very attractive ship.
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- Carnival
official card of Mardi Gras.
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- Carnival
official card of Mardi Gras.
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- Carnival
official card of Mardi Gras.
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- Editions
FISA card of Mardi Gras (s/n 7).
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- Gulf
Stream commercial card of Mardi Gras at Fort Lauderdale.
(s/n 2US FL 522)
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- Florida
Impressions commercial card of Mardi Gras (and Home Lines
Atlantic) at Fort Lauderdale. (s/n 46-440)
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- The
front cover of the Carnival Cruise Lines official postcard album
of Mardi Gras. There are two tear-out card copies of each
photo, the larger at 'Continental ' size. The following 10 views
are from this booklet. (FISA, Barcelona, s/n: 1)
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- The
back cover of the Carnival Cruise Lines official postcard album
of Mardi Gras, showing the Lido Deck. (FISA, Barcelona,
s/n: 10)
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- Point
After Club Disco
(FISA s/n 2)
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- Carousel
Lounge (FISA
s/n 3)
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- Grand
Ballroom (FISA
s/n 4)
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- Showboat
Casino
(s/n 5)
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- Showboat
Lounge
(s/n 6)
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- Flamingo
Dining Room
& Buffet (s/n 7)
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- Stateroom
(s/n 8)
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- Indoor
Pool (s/n 9)
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- Chantry
Classic card CC/S80 of Mardi Gras at Nassau.
- Photo
by Dan Mansolino III.
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- Apollon/Apollo
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Olympic: 1993-2003)
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- Following the arrival
of new purpose-built tonnage for Carnival, she was sold again to Epirotiki in 1993, becoming Olympic, Star of Texas,
Lucky Star and finally Apollon. In 1999 she was
chartered to Direct
Cruises, for a
series of cruises from the UK, marketed as Apollo. Direct
Cruises were acquired
by Airtours, in which Carnival later look a substantial interest for a short
time. In 2000 the scheduled cruises of Direct Cruises were cancelled, and Apollon returned to Greece to be laid up. She reappeared
in service unexpectedly in 2001, on 4-day and 3-day cruises out
of Piraeus, due to delays in the delivery of the Olympic Explorer.
She operated in duplicate with Olympic Countess. Apollon
was sold for scrap in 2003.
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- Direct
Cruises
oversized official card of Apollo, in Royal Olympic Cruises colours.
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- Simplon
Postcards sc2128, released July 1998, of Apollo/Apollon
at Newcastle, June 1998.
- Photo
by Hilton Davis.
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- Direct
Cruises postcard of Apollon at La Coruna.
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- Ramsey
Postcards 106, of Apollo/Apollon.
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- Mike
Tedstone photographs of Apollon, now with a blue hull.
- No cards
were available on board, the excuse being that existing shots
still had a white hull so were destroyed!
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- Apollon
off Patmos
on 19th June 2001.
- Photo:
© Mike Tedstone.
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- Photo:
© Mike Tedstone.
