SS Empress of Ireland
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SS Empress of Ireland was a Canadian Pacific ocean liner best known for its tragic 1914 sinking in the Saint Lawrence River, which resulted in the loss of over 1,000 lives.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ocean liner
ⓘ
steamship ⓘ |
| beam | 20.9 metres ⓘ |
| builder | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| builtAt |
Govan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
River Clyde NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| builtInCountry | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| callSign | MPGQ NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfSinking | collision ⓘ |
| collidedWith | SS Storstad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collisionLocation | near Pointe-au-Père, Quebec ⓘ |
| completedDate | 1906-06-05 ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| deaths |
1012
ⓘ
over 1000 ⓘ |
| departurePortAtSinking | Quebec City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| destinationPortAtSinking | Liverpool NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| enteredService | 1906-06-29 ⓘ |
| fate | sunk after collision with SS Storstad in 1914 ⓘ |
| flag | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
major North Atlantic liner disaster before World War I
ⓘ
one of the worst maritime disasters in Canadian history ⓘ |
| launchDate | 1906-01-27 ⓘ |
| length | 167.6 metres ⓘ |
| memorial | Empress of Ireland Museum at Pointe-au-Père NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableGroupDeaths | over 150 Salvation Army members GENERATED ⓘ |
| notableGroupOnBoard | Salvation Army members GENERATED ⓘ |
| operator |
Canadian Pacific Railway
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Canadian Pacific Steamship Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Canadian Pacific Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| passengersAndCrewOnBoard | 1477 ⓘ |
| propulsion |
steam engines
ⓘ
twin screw propellers ⓘ |
| registeredPort | Liverpool NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| route |
Liverpool–Montreal
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Liverpool–Quebec NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sankIn | Saint Lawrence River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serviceArea | North Atlantic Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| shipType |
passenger ship
ⓘ
transatlantic liner ⓘ |
| sinkingDate | 1914-05-29 ⓘ |
| sisterShip | SS Empress of Britain (1906) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sisterShipOf | SS Empress of Britain (1906) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| survivors | 465 ⓘ |
| timeToSink | about 14 minutes ⓘ |
| tonnage | 14291 gross register tons ⓘ |
| voyageNumberAtSinking | 96 ⓘ |
| wreckDepth | about 40 metres ⓘ |
| wreckLocation | near Rimouski, Quebec ⓘ |
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