The Empress of Ireland was on her 96th voyage when, on May 28, 1914, disaster strucked. Shortly after dropping off her River Pilot at Pointe-au-Pere, the Empress collided the Norwegian collier Storstad. She sank in fourteen minutes in the St. Lawrence River near Sainte-Luce-Sur-Mer, Quebec, Canada. Loss of life was estimated at 1,014.

For further details on this little-known tragedy, I refer you to the following superb site:

Note 5 Feb 2003. Unfortunately, all of the following sites are now 'offline'. If you should know of their new address please drop me a line..

(40) RMS Empress of Ireland Homepage. Superb site. Very comprehensive. Includes several good links. - sorry... no longer online

Other references which may prove of interest are listed below:

(38) A Tribute to merchant Seaman of World War II.

(39) Round the Empire with CPR Shipes A great write up on ships from the CPR and their contribution to WW II

(52) Empress of Ireland Includes photos of wreck

(53) La Collision de l'Empress of Ireland One-page site. French version

(54) Ocean Liners Empress of Ireland.

(55) Discovery Channel The Empress of Ireland Sinking

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