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

[Coalbunny <coalbunny@vcn.com>]

I have had nightmares of being in a sinking ship.  Imagine the cold
water, you're in a compartment with a few other people, and as they ship
goes down the water creates like a pressure tank.  Gets me to wonder if
people die from drowing or from excessive air/water pressure.  What is
the deepest a ship has sunk and had survivors recovered?  Brings to mind
the movie, "Posidon Adventure".  All star cast.  Ship gets hit by tidal
wave and capsizes.  Wonder if that's ever happened.  Ah, lots of
questions.  Like how likely is it to have survived like the characters
did?
Carl


"E.L. King" wrote:
> 
> On Wednesday, Mar 19, 2003, at 23:14 America/Indianapolis, Michael B
> Holt wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> Safe?  With proper precaution I would think it would be relatively
> safe.  Although, there is always an element of risk.  I've always had
> an interest in Undersea Archaeology.  I would Love to see a shipwreck
> from my own sub.  I've seen, as most of you probably have, footage of
> the Titanic taken from a sub.  It sent chills down my spine, I can only
> imagine what it must be like to actually be down there.
> 
> Erick

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