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National Historic Site of Canada. Designated. 2009. 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.
23 de ago. de 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.
El RMS Empress of Ireland fue un transatlántico operado por la Canadian Pacific Steamship Company, subsidiaria de la compañía Canadian Pacific Railway. En la madrugada del 29 de mayo de 1914, el Empress of Ireland fue embestido por el SS Storstad, un buque carbonero de bandera noruega.
A tragedy of fog and misjudgment that cost the lives of 1,012 people in 1914. The Canadian Pacific steamship Empress of Ireland collided with the Norwegian collier Storstad in the fog-shrouded St. Lawrence River, killing 1,012 people and sinking the liner. Learn about the causes, the survivors, and the legacy of this historic event.
19 de dic. de 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.
29 de may. de 2022 · On May 29, 1914, a thousand people died as the Empress of Ireland ocean liner sank in the Saint Lawrence River after being hit by a ship called The Storstad. The ship was a licensed Royal Mail Ship that carried tens of thousands of passengers between Canada and Great Britain, many of them Irish. Learn about the story, the passengers, and the effect of this tragic maritime disaster on Canada's history and culture.
The sinking of the Empress of Ireland, from the Life at Sea gallery at Merseyside Maritime Museum. Part of the National Museums Liverpool group. Two years after the Titanic disaster, Liverpool suffered another major shipping tragedy when the Empress of Ireland sank in May 1914 on the St Lawrence River in Canada.
