Visual Timeline: RMS Empress of Ireland

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1900 CE 1910 CE  
 
1906 CE: The transatlantic passenger liner Empress of Ireland makes her maiden voyage.
 
1906 CE - 1914 CE: The Empress of Ireland transports over 100,000 immigrants from Britain to Canada and nearly 70,000 from Canada to Britain.
 
1914 CE: The Empress of Ireland is struck by the Norwegian collier Storstad on the St. Lawrence River and sinks in under 14 minutes, taking 1,012 lives.
 
 
 
1900 CE 1910 CE