Empress of Ireland at sea by W Kitzis. Oil on canvas. Painted in 1906 for Canadian Pacific Lines. On the 29th May 1914 en route from Quebec, Canada to Liverpool, England, the Empress of Ireland was in collision in thick fog with the S S Storstad. She sank in the St. Lawrence Seaway with great loss of life (1012 passengers and crew). To learn more about this tragedy read the excellent book Forgotten Empress by David Zeni, available in most good bookshops. Published by Halsgrove in 1998. ISBN 1 874448 80 9.

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