SS Storstad Damaged from Collision with Empress of Ireland

Illustration

Joshua J. Mark
by Jenniferjcsmith
published on 23 August 2021

The Norwegian collier SS Storstad showing damage sustained in collision with RMS Empress of Ireland on 29 May 1914. The Storstad struck the Empress amidships cutting a 16-foot gash in her hull and sinking her in under fourteen minutes.

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