RMS Empress of Ireland information

	Colourised photo of Empress of Ireland
History
Name	Empress of Ireland
Owner	Canadian Pacific Railway
Operator	Canadian Pacific SS Co
Port of registry	Liverpool
Builder	Fairfield Shipbuilding & Eng Co, Govan
Yard number	443
Laid down	10 April 1905
Launched	27 January 1906
Christened	27 January 1906
Maiden voyage	29 June 1906
In service	27 January 1906
Out of service	29 May 1914
Identification	UK official number 123972; Call sign MPL;
Fate	Sank after collision with SS Storstad on 29 May 1914
General characteristics
Type	Ocean liner
Tonnage	14,191 GRT; 8,028 NRT
Length	570 ft (170 m) oa; 548.9 ft (167.3 m) pp
Beam	65.7 ft (20.0 m)
Depth	36.7 ft (11.2 m)
Decks	4 steel decks
Installed power	3,168 NHP
Propulsion	2 × Quadruple-expansion steam engines; 2 × Screw propellers;
Speed	18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Capacity	1,542 passengers in 1906 ; 310 First Class; 468 Second Class; 494 Third Class; 270 Steerage;
Crew	373 in 1906
National Historic Site of Canada
Designated	2009

RMS Empress of Ireland was a British-built ocean liner that sank near the mouth of the Saint Lawrence River in Canada following a collision in thick fog with the Norwegian collier Storstad in the early hours of 29 May 1914. Although the ship was equipped with watertight compartments and, in the aftermath of the Titanic disaster two years earlier, carried more than enough lifeboats for all aboard, she foundered in only 14 minutes. Of the 1,477 people on board, 1,012 died, making it the worst peacetime maritime disaster in Canadian history.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[a]

Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering built Empress of Ireland and her sister ship, Empress of Britain, at Govan on the Clyde in Scotland.^[1] The liners were commissioned by Canadian Pacific Steamships or CPR for the North Atlantic route between Liverpool and Quebec City. The transcontinental CPR and its fleet of ocean liners constituted the company's self-proclaimed "World's Greatest Transportation System". Empress of Ireland had just begun her 96th voyage when she was lost.^[4]

The wreck of Empress of Ireland lies in 40 m (130 ft) of water, making it accessible to advanced divers.^[5] Many artifacts from the wreckage have been retrieved, some of which are on display in the Empress of Ireland Pavilion at the Site historique maritime de la Pointe-au-Père in Rimouski, Quebec, and at the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The Canadian government has passed legislation to protect the site.^[6]

^ ^a ^b "Investigating the Empress of Ireland". Shipwreck Investigations at Library and Archives Canada. Library and Archives Canada. 14 February 2006. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
^ Cd. 7609, p. 25.
^ "The Empress of Ireland". Lost Ship Recovered Voyages. Royal Alberta Museum. Archived from the original on 13 March 2009. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
^ "The Empress of Ireland: Survivors". Lost Ship Recovered Voyages. Royal Alberta Museum. Archived from the original on 13 March 2009. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
^ "The Empress of Ireland: Respecting the Wreck". Lost Ship Recovered Voyages. Royal Alberta Museum. 6 February 2009. Archived from the original on 12 March 2009. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
^ "The Empress of Ireland: Protecting the Empress". Lost Ship Recovered Voyages. Royal Alberta Museum. 6 February 2009. Archived from the original on 12 March 2009. Retrieved 20 February 2018.

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[archives_investigating-1] "Investigating the Empress of Ireland". Shipwreck Investigations at Library and Archives Canada. Library and Archives Canada. 14 February 2006. Retrieved 20 February 2018.

[reportq17-2] Cd. 7609, p. 25.

[3] "The Empress of Ireland". Lost Ship Recovered Voyages. Royal Alberta Museum. Archived from the original on 13 March 2009. Retrieved 20 February 2018.

[5] "The Empress of Ireland: Survivors". Lost Ship Recovered Voyages. Royal Alberta Museum. Archived from the original on 13 March 2009. Retrieved 20 February 2018.

[Respect-6] "The Empress of Ireland: Respecting the Wreck". Lost Ship Recovered Voyages. Royal Alberta Museum. 6 February 2009. Archived from the original on 12 March 2009. Retrieved 20 February 2018.

[protect-7] "The Empress of Ireland: Protecting the Empress". Lost Ship Recovered Voyages. Royal Alberta Museum. 6 February 2009. Archived from the original on 12 March 2009. Retrieved 20 February 2018.

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History
Colourised photo of Empress of Ireland
Name	Empress of Ireland
Owner	Canadian Pacific Railway
Operator	Canadian Pacific SS Co
Port of registry	Liverpool
Builder	Fairfield Shipbuilding & Eng Co, Govan
Yard number	443
Laid down	10 April 1905
Launched	27 January 1906
Christened	27 January 1906
Maiden voyage	29 June 1906
In service	27 January 1906
Out of service	29 May 1914
Identification	UK official number 123972 Call sign MPL
Fate	Sank after collision with SS Storstad on 29 May 1914
General characteristics
Type	Ocean liner
Tonnage	14,191 GRT; 8,028 NRT
Length	570 ft (170 m) oa; 548.9 ft (167.3 m) pp
Beam	65.7 ft (20.0 m)
Depth	36.7 ft (11.2 m)
Decks	4 steel decks
Installed power	3,168 NHP
Propulsion	2 × Quadruple-expansion steam engines 2 × Screw propellers
Speed	18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Capacity	1,542 passengers in 1906 310 First Class 468 Second Class 494 Third Class 270 Steerage
Crew	373 in 1906
National Historic Site of Canada
Designated	2009