[PSUBS-MAILIST] Empress of Ireland (was: Forbes story)

[Michael B Holt <tlohm@juno.com>]

On Wed, 19 Mar 2003 22:48:07 -0500 "E.L. King" writes:
>Empress of Ireland?  Sure, I've heard of it.
>
>Sister ship to Empress of Britain, owned by the Canadian Pacific 
>Railway.  Built in Scotland.  Sunk in 1914, after being rammed 
>amidships in her starboard side by the coal collier Storstad.  If I 
>recall correctly, they never figured out exactly why the collision 
>happened.  It happened in thick fog, but other than that, there were 
>many conflicting details.

This echoes a question asked a little while back: what are we
going to do with our subs?   

How safe is dancing around a  sunken ship?    I tend to avoid old 
bent metal on land; in the water it'd be much more unlikely to 
attract my attention. 



Mike H.


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