Great piece, I had never heard of this disaster – but it seems to be on a par with the Titanic with huge loss of life. One thing that’s fascinating is the Scottish ship builders turned that massive ship out in little over a year.
“There were only 465 survivors: 4 children (the other 134 children were lost), 41 women (the other 269 women were lost), 172 men (the other 437 men were lost), and 248 crew (the other 172 crew were lost). The fact that most passengers were asleep at the time of the sinking (most not even awakened by the collision) also contributed to the loss of life when they were drowned in their cabins, most of them from the starboard side where the collision happened.”
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Great piece, I had never heard of this disaster – but it seems to be on a par with the Titanic with huge loss of life. One thing that’s fascinating is the Scottish ship builders turned that massive ship out in little over a year.
“There were only 465 survivors: 4 children (the other 134 children were lost), 41 women (the other 269 women were lost), 172 men (the other 437 men were lost), and 248 crew (the other 172 crew were lost). The fact that most passengers were asleep at the time of the sinking (most not even awakened by the collision) also contributed to the loss of life when they were drowned in their cabins, most of them from the starboard side where the collision happened.”
From https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Empress_of_Ireland