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. <
What is the most famous shipwreck in the world?
Im interested in ww1 and wondered why the Lusitania is not listed on this site as could not find it..?
Does anyone know Wrecks around Galveston,TX
Hennepin?
2014 marks the 100th anniverary of the sinking of The Empress of Ireland. Mr Ian Kinder (author) has published a great coffee table book.?
Is there a list of salilors that lost their life on the lakes ,between 1858-1890?
Trying to find co-ordinates to wrecks on lake Oneida in new York, any help would be appreciated. Thanks
Does anyone knows a position of shipwreck of italian steamer "Regolo" sunk on February 9th 1956. near Croatian port of Senj ?
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.