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Kevin F. McMurray

出版	McGraw Hill Professional, 2005-04
主題	History / GeneralHistory / Modern / 20th Century / GeneralSports & Recreation / Water Sports / BoatingSports & Recreation / Water Sports / Scuba & SnorkelingTransportation / Ships & Shipbuilding / HistoryTravel / Special Interest / AdventureTravel / Essays & Travelogues
ISBN	00714563099780071456302
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=-GW8X4lMBf8C&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋

The passenger liner Empress of Ireland departed Quebec City on May 28, 1914, bound for Liverpool, England, with 1,477 passengers and crew. That night the Empress encountered dense fog in the frigid Gulf of St. Lawrence, and at 1:55 a.m., May 29, the liner was struck and split open by the collier Storstad. In less than 15 minutes the great ship plunged to the bottom with more than 1,000 victimsone of the largest losses of life ever in a North American maritime accident. Shocking though the tragedy was, however, it was swept from public consciousness by the gathering cloud of World War I and the torpedoing of the Lusitania a year later.