SHIPWRECK OF THE EMPRESS OF IRELAND

On May 29, 1914 the Norwegian ship the SS Storstad collided with transatlantic liner the RMS Empress of Ireland. The Empress was equipped with watertight compartments and unlike the Titanic which had sunk two years earlier it carried more than enough lifeboats to accommodate everyone on board. Despite these safety features the ship sank in less than 15 minutes killing over a thousand people and resulting in one of the worst naval disasters of all time. #horror #history #truestories Subscribe for more grim tales from Canadian History: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMsurxVS0UUNMJxnEQSYvJA?sub_confirmation=1 SOURCES http://www.empress2014.ca/ https://www.pbs.org/lostliners/empress.html http://ssmaritime.com/Empress-of-Ireland-The-Final-Voyage.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Empress_of_Ireland https://www.canadashistory.ca/explore/transportation/empress-of-ireland-remembered https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/engineering/longitudinal-bulkhead https://www.cruiselinehistory.com/more-passenger-lives-were-lost-on-the-1914-sinking-of-the-rms-empress-of-ireland-than-the-rms-titanic/ https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/empress-of-ireland-canadas-titanic-finally-getting-its-due-after-100-years/article18819164/ MUSIC CREDITS Act Three - Tenebrous Brothers Carnival by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-... Artist: http://incompetech.com/ Omen - Cinematic/Dark [No Copyright Music/Royalty Free] Copyright: Creative Commons — Attribution 4.0 International — CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGEkiR0reu0 PHOTO CREDITS Photo: Formal portrait of Captain Henry Kendall (1864-1965), the last captain of RMS Empress of Ireland which sank in a collision with the SS Storstad in May 1914 Source: CruisingThePast.com: digitized image illustrating "More passenger lives were lost on the 1914 sinking of the RMS Empress of Ireland than the RMS Titanic" by Michael L. Grace. May 11, 2009 URL: https://www.cruiselinehistory.com/more-passenger-lives-were-lost-on-the-1914-sinking-of-the-rms-empress-of-ireland-than-the-rms-titanic/ Photo: The New York Times (30 May 1914) showing RMS Empress of Ireland and map where it sank on 29 May 1914. Source:Newspaper Archive URL: https://newspaperarchive.com/new-york-times-may-30-1914-p-2/ Photo: The New York Times (31 May 1914) of passengers and crew that did and did not survive sinking of RMS Empress of Ireland on 29 May 1914 Source: Newspaper Archive URL: https://newspaperarchive.com/new-york-times-may-31-1914-p-10/ Photo: Damage sustained by the SS Storstad after its collision with the RMS Empress of Ireland Source: Scan from Original Work by Jenniferjcsmith (Original Source Unknown) Photo: Damaged S.S. "Storstad", Canadian Vickers, Montreal, QC, 1914, Wm. Notman & Son, Silver salts on glass - Gelatin dry plate process - 20 x 25 cm Source: McCord Museum URL: http://collections.musee-mccord.qc.ca/en/collection/artifacts/VIEW-14181§ion=196 Photo: Sailors taking children in coffins from LADY GREY at Quebec Source: Library of Congress URL: http://loc.gov/pictures/resource/ggbain.16170/ Photos: Empress of Ireland Advertisement; Empress of Ireland Passengers; Illustration of Passengers escaping Sinking Empress, Empress of Ireland Inquiry Source: Commemoration of the Empress of Ireland (Original Sources unknown) URL: http://www.empress2014.ca/seclangen/tragedy.html Photos: The crew undertakes one the regular drills and lowers various lifeboats into the water; Klavenes Line SS Storstad; Tragedy on the St. Lawrence River; Illustration of Passengers attempting to escape the sinking ship SS Storstad is seen with her damaged bow after the tragedy Photo of SS Empress resting on bottom of the river An illustration of the Empress being lurched violently as she fell over on her side with just five of her life boats on the water Source: SS Maritime (Original Sources Unknown) URL: http://ssmaritime.com/Empress-of-Ireland-The-Final-Voyage.htm Photo: A map showing the Storstad ramming the Empress. Source: SITE HISTORIQUE MARITIME DE LA POINTE-AU-PÈRE Photos: An illustration of the Empress as it sinks; A postcard of the Empress of Ireland. Source FLIKR Photo: Source: Popular Mechanics, July 1914 URL: