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. <
Why are most shipwrecks on Lake Ontario on the east side?
Is there a list of salilors that lost their life on the lakes ,between 1858-1890?
who was the captain of the ship or is this known yet?
Is it known what hour the empress of ireland sank?
Has any shipwreckage been found in the ohio river around cincinnati?
I found what looks like a part of an old shipwreck on the beach. Who can I send pics to to verify this?Thx!Dan
Find local wrecks in narrangasset for blackfish fall fishing?
Has HMS Mississauga ever been found?
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.