RMS Empress of Ireland Pride of the Canadian Pacific's Atlantic Fleet

Name: RMS Empress of Ireland Pride of the Canadian Pacific's Atlantic Fleet
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ISBN: 9781459724242

ISBN-10: 1459724240

ISBN-13: 9781459724242

Edition: 2014

Authors: Derek Grout

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When we think of a major marine disaster, the Titanic usually springs to mind. Yet a mere two years after the Titanic, a tragedy of similar proportions took place in the confines of the St. Lawrence River. On a dark night in May 1914 the Norwegian collier Storstad rammed the Canadian Pacific liner Empress of Ireland. In less than fifteen minutes, more than 1,000 people died, trapped in the ship's hull or drowned as they were trying to escape. They died within sight of land.Despite the scale of the disaster and the fact that the ship had an excellent safety record with eight years in service, the Empress tragedy has been sadly overlooked. Now this lavishly illustrated luxury edition seeks to…

Book details

List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: Dundurn Press
Publication date: 5/3/2014
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 120
Size: 10.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English

Derek Grout is an amateur historian who has written extensively on shipwrecks and scuba diving in Canada and the United States. His book, RMS Empress of Ireland, was praised on both sides of the Atlantic. He lives in Pointe Claire, Quebec.