This is truly one of modern history's most horrifying disasters - but it's been almost forgotten about. Two years after the Titanic sank, in May 1914 the Canadian Pacific steamer Empress of Ireland was departing on her first voyage of the summer season loaded with hundreds of hopeful passengers ranging from high society to humble migrants. In just fourteen minutes the magnificent ship sank, taking with it the acting giants Laurence Irving and Mabel Hackney, nearly 170 members of the Salvation Army and hundreds more; 1,102 people in total. In this film, relive the story of the Empress of Ireland as never before with state of the art graphical recreations and two special musical performances.

Oceanliner Designs explores the design, construction, engineering and operation of history’s greatest vessels– from Titanic to Queen Mary and from the Empress of Ireland to the Lusitania. Join maritime researcher and illustrator Michael Brady as he tells the stories behind some of history's most famous ocean liners and machines!

0:00 Lost in the fog
2:04 The Empress
10:11 The Characters
20:04 Departure
22:45 The Storstad
25:15 First night at sea
30:40 The creeping fog
35:02 Disaster strikes
38:36 The Empress sinks
52:44 Rescue and heroes
59:58 The victims and inquiries
1:04:24 Epilogue

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