![The RMS Empress of Ireland sinking resulted in the deaths of more passengers than the RMS Titanic disaster. | Cruising The Past The RMS Empress of Ireland sinking resulted in the deaths of more passengers than the RMS Titanic disaster. | Cruising The Past](http://cruiselinehistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/empressofireland.jpg)
The RMS Empress of Ireland sinking resulted in the deaths of more passengers than the RMS Titanic disaster. | Cruising The Past
RMS Empress of Ireland - Did you know that RMS Empress of Ireland was an ocean liner that sank in the Saint Lawrence River in only 14 minutes following a collision with
![107 years ago today, the CPR liner Empress of Ireland was rammed by the Norwegian collier Storstad in the fog-shrouded St. Lawrence River. The Empress sank in just 14 minutes, killing 1,012 107 years ago today, the CPR liner Empress of Ireland was rammed by the Norwegian collier Storstad in the fog-shrouded St. Lawrence River. The Empress sank in just 14 minutes, killing 1,012](https://preview.redd.it/fjz5ytdum2271.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=7e5e8ba03b727739282b66a2765accc0cdddd043)
107 years ago today, the CPR liner Empress of Ireland was rammed by the Norwegian collier Storstad in the fog-shrouded St. Lawrence River. The Empress sank in just 14 minutes, killing 1,012
![More passenger lives were lost on the 1914 sinking of the RMS Empress of Ireland than the RMS Titanic. | Cruising The Past More passenger lives were lost on the 1914 sinking of the RMS Empress of Ireland than the RMS Titanic. | Cruising The Past](http://cruiselinehistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/collisionsketch.jpg)
More passenger lives were lost on the 1914 sinking of the RMS Empress of Ireland than the RMS Titanic. | Cruising The Past
![This is the wreck of the empress of Ireland which sank in the st Lawrence river on the 29th of may 1914. 1,012 people died as a result of the cold water This is the wreck of the empress of Ireland which sank in the st Lawrence river on the 29th of may 1914. 1,012 people died as a result of the cold water](https://i.redd.it/1747tpi1rr861.jpg)