Empress of Ireland, 1906

Item

Identifier: imm-0113

Staff Only

Image of Empress of Ireland (1906); mkey 108350

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The Immigration and Steamships database contains descriptive information about 320 passenger and immigrant vessels built from 1833 to 1929. Records may identify the vessel, year built, shipping line, builder and place of construction, tonnage and dimensions, machinery and speed, masts and funnels, passenger capacities, routes, and vessel history. Most records are associated with one or more images from Mystic Seaport Museum collections.

Dates

Creation: 1906

Extent

From the Collection: 320 record(s)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

General

Vessel Details

Line: Canadian Pacific Line

Builder and location: Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co., Glasgow, Scotland

Tonnage and dimensions: 14,191 tons; 548' x 65'

Machinery and speed: Twin-screw, 19 knots

Masts and funnels: 2 masts, 2 funnels

Passengers: 1st class: 310; 2nd class: 350; 3rd class: 800

Routes: Liverpool-Quebec

History: Sunk in collision with STORSTAD on St. Lawrence River, May 29, 1914, with a loss of 1,024 lives. This was considered one of the worst disasters on the Atlantic.

Legacy record identifier: Empress of Ireland1906