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RMS Empress of Ireland was a British-built ocean liner that sank near the mouth of the Saint Lawrence River in Canada following a collision in thick fog with the Norwegian collier Storstad in the early hours of 29 May 1914.
Aug 23, 2021 · The RMS Empress of Ireland was a transatlantic passenger ship that sank early in the morning of 29 May 1914 on the St. Lawrence River killing 1,012 of the 1,477 people on board. It is considered Canada’s worst maritime disaster and one of the most tragic in history.
PBS Online - Lost Liners - Empress of Ireland. Text excerpted from Lost Liners, courtesy of Madison Press Books. A tragedy almost equal to the Titanic's unfolded in the fog-shrouded St....
May 28, 2018 · When the Empress of Ireland ocean liner sank to the bottom of the St. Lawrence on May 29, 1914, it dragged men, women and children of every age and social class into the river’s watery depths.
Dec 19, 2007 · Empress of Ireland, Canadian Pacific oceangoing passenger ship that sank in the St Lawrence River near Rimouski, Québec, 29 May 1914. She was rammed in dense fog by the Norwegian collier Storstad and sank in only 14 minutes; 1014 passengers and crew died, while 465 managed to abandon ship.
May 26, 2014 · Learn more about the forgotten tragedy of the Empress of Ireland. Passengers relaxing on deck of the Empress of Ireland before the sinking. Though less storied than the Titanic, the sinking of the Empress of Ireland in 1914 remains the largest peacetime maritime disaster in Canada’s history.
May 29, 2014 · Considered one of the finest ships in the Canadian Pacific Railway fleet, the Empress of Ireland carried tens of thousands of passengers between Canada and Great Britain in the early years of the 20th century.
