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. <
Is it known what hour the empress of ireland sank?
I have a photo of the "Eclair", a paddle wheel, steam boat that traveled on the St Lawrence delivering mail and passengers until 1
Is there a repository or database of worldwide wrecks, civilian and military?
How many ships were wrecked on the five Great Lakes; excluding St. Lawrence River.
Whats the largest wreck off long island?
How about any shipwrecks in the SE alaska area? Or up in the Bearing Sea? Thank-you.
Crew list of empire knight which sunk feb 1944?
I found this item that is wood and brass from a ship wreck on Cal Sal Island in 1979. I will forward a picture to anyone who is interested.
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.