| Name: | EMPRESS OF CANADA |
| Type: | Passenger Ship |
| Launched: | 10/05/1960 |
| Completed: | 03/1961 |
| Builder: | Vickers-Armstrongs (Shipbuilders) Ltd |
| Yard: | High Walker |
| Yard Number: | 171 |
| Dimensions: | 27284grt, 14240nrt, 9400dwt, 650.0 x 86.9 x 29.0ft |
| Engines: | 6 x Steam turbines, DR geared, 30000shp |
| Engines by: | Vickers-Armstrongs (Engineering) Ltd, Barrow in Furness |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 20.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 302597 |
| History: | |
| 03/1961 | Canadian Pacific Railway Co (Canadian Pacific Steamships), London |
| 1971 | Canadian Pacific Ltd, London |
| 1972 | Carnival Cruise Lines Ltd, Nassau/Panama; renamed MARDI GRAS |
| 1993 | Seaways Maritime Co, Piraeus; renamed OLYMPIC |
| 1993 | Renamed STAR OF TEXAS |
| 1995 | Marianne Shipping Inc, Piraeus; renamed APOLLON |
| 1997 | Renamed OLYMPIC 2004 |
| 1998 | Renamed APOLLON |
| 1998 | Athena 2004 SA, Panama; renamed APOLLON I |
| 2003 | Renamed APOLLO |
| 12/2003 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 05/12/2003: Arrived at Alang for breaking up by Jain Shipbreaking Co |
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