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EMPRESS OF IRELAND
Empress of
Ireland was an ocean liner that sank near the mouth of
the Saint Lawrence River in Canada following a collision
with the Norwegian collier Storstadon on May 29, 1914.
Although the ship was equipped with watertight
compartments, she foundered in only fourteen minutes,
bringing down 1,012 people with her. Her 1,686 lifeboats
could only save
465.
Empress of Ireland had just begun her 96th voyage. She
was launched on 27 January 1906.
At 1:38
a.m. on May 29, 1914, the lookout on the crow’s nest of
The Empress of Ireland spotted the mast of the headlight
of the Storstad. The two vessels continued to steam
toward one another, and just nine minutes later the fog
became too thick, hiding the ships from one another. The
Storstad hit The Empress of Ireland broadside, tearing a
350 square foot hole in her hull.
With water pouring in at 60 gallons per second, the ship
sank rapidly. Hundreds of sleeping passengers were
trapped, and the second and third-class passengers had
much less of a chance at survival than the first-class
passengers, as first-class was higher up on the boat.
The youngest and last survivor of the tragedy was Grace
Hanagan, of Irish descent, was passed away in 1995.
Another Irish passenger, William Clarke, was especially
lucky. He served as a fireman on the crew of both the
Titanic and The Empress of Ireland, managing somehow to
survive both.
Fairfield
Shipbuilding and Engineering built Empress of Ireland
and her sister ship, Empress of Britain. The liners were
commissioned by Canadian Pacific Steamships or CPR for
the North Atlantic route between Liverpool and Quebec
City.
The Empress of Ireland's safety features included ten
watertight bulkheads which divided the hull into eleven
compartments which could be sealed off through the means
of closing twenty-four watertight doors. All eleven
bulkheads extended from the double bottom up to directly
beneath the Shelter Deck, equivalent to three decks
above the waterline. By design theory, the vessels could
remain afloat with up to two adjacent compartments open
to the sea. However, unlike aboard Titanic where the
watertight doors could be closed by the means of a
switch on the ship's bridge, the watertight doors aboard
Empress of Ireland were required to be closed manually.
The wreck
of Empress of Ireland lies in 40 m (130 ft) of water,
making it accessible to advanced divers. 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.
We build this model of the Empress of Ireland the
following sizes:
20" long (1/350
scale) $2,930,
34"
long
(1/200 scale) $3,790, 48" long (1/144
scale)
$4,990,
and 64"
long
(1/100 scale)
$8,590.
Lighting feature is included.
LED light
powered by standard 9v battery
for your convenience.
Model is built per commission only. We require only a
small deposit (not full amount, not even half) to start
the process The
remaining balance won't be due until the boat is
completed.
Please click here for lead time.
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Learn more about the
Empress of Ireland here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Empress_of_Ireland
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