The Norwegian collier SS Storstad ran into her in the St. Lawrence River's dense fog. More than a thousand people perished as the ship sank in a matter of minutes. As a result of the more well-known sinkings of the Titanic and the Lusitania, the "Forgotten Empress" has been mostly forgotten. <
Shipwrecks on Lake Erie in 1800's?
What types of goods were transported on the Washington and what if any were recovered? Specifically were there any perfume bottles sealed or
I need co ordinates for wrecks of cape agulhas (southernmost point of Africa) Can anyone assist?
Was the Edmund Fitzgerald the last Great Lakes shipwreck to take lives? If not, what was?
Is it known what hour the empress of ireland sank?
How many shipwrecks are found from year 2000 to 2016?
Do you have names of the divers lost while diving on Empress of Ireland?
Request information on the Jason. Sunk off Cape Cod, 1893?
The National Museum of the Great Lakes is excited to announce the release of a new book titled Shipwrecks of Lake Ontario: A Journey of Discovery. This book contains stories of long lost shipwrecks and the journeys of the underwater explorers who found them, written by Jim Kennard with paintings by Roland Stevens and underwater imagery by Roger Pawlowski.
The recent discovery of the wreck of the British warship Ontario, “the Holy Grail” of Great Lakes shipwrecks, solves several mysteries that have puzzled historians since the ship sank more than two centuries ago. Now, for the first time, the whole tragic story of the Ontario can finally be told.