Empress of Ireland
The RMS Empress of Ireland was a steamship owned by Canadian Pacific that sailed from Quebec City, Quebec, Canada to Liverpool, United Kingdom.
On 2:00 a.m. on May 29, 1914, while sailing to Liverpool in the Saint Lawrence River, the Empress of Ireland collided with a Norwegian ship. That ship did not sink, but the Empress of Ireland sank quickly, killing over 1,000 people.
External link
- http://www.pbs.org/lostliners/empress.html
Referenced By
1914 | 1914 in Canada | 29 May | 29th May | Gulf of Saint Lawrence | Gulf of St. Lawrence | Gulf of St Lawrence | Historical anniversaries/May 29 | Laurence Irving | May 1914 | May 29 | May 29th
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