RMS Empress Of Ireland (1906)

picture info	RMS Empress Of Ireland (1906) RMS ''Empress of Ireland'' was a British-built ocean liner that sank near the mouth of the Saint Lawrence River in Canada following a collision in thick fog with the Norwegian collier in the early hours of 29 May 1914. Although the ship was equipped with watertight compartments and, in the aftermath of the ''Titanic'' disaster two years earlier, carried more than enough lifeboats for all aboard, she foundered in only 14 minutes. Of the 1,477 people on board, 1,012 died, making it the worst peacetime maritime disaster in Canadian history.Cd. 7609, p. 25. Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering built ''Empress of Ireland'' and her sister ship, , at Govan on the Clyde in Scotland. The liners were commissioned by Canadian Pacific Steamships or ''CPR'' for the North Atlantic route between Liverpool and Quebec City. The transcontinental ''CPR'' and its fleet of ocean liners constituted the company's self-proclaimed "World's Greatest Transportation System". ''Empress of Ireland'' ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
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picture info	Watertight Compartment A compartment is a portion of the space within a ship defined vertically between decks and horizontally between bulkheads. It is analogous to a room within a building, and may provide watertight subdivision of the ship's hull important in retaining buoyancy if the hull is damaged. Subdivision of a ship's hull into watertight compartments is called compartmentation. History Bulkhead watertight compartments were originally invented by the Chinese. These compartments strengthened the junks and slowed flooding in case of holing during the Han and Song dynasties. The wide application of Chinese watertight compartments soon spread to the Europeans through the Indian and Arab merchants. The economics of early unsinkable passenger ships was scrutinized in an 1882 Scientific American article. Watertight subdivision Watertight subdivision limits loss of buoyancy and freeboard in the event of damage, and may protect vital machinery from flooding. Most ships have some pumping capacit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]