RMS Empress of Ireland

Beer bottle found in the debris of the wreck of The Empress of Ireland. Made by Forster and Sons.

Beer bottle detail.

RMS Empress of Ireland was an ocean liner that sank in the Saint Lawrence River following a collision with the Norwegian collier SS Storstad in the early hours of 29 May 1914. Of the 1,477 people on board, 1,012 died.The number of deaths is the largest of any Canadian maritime accident in peacetime.

Empress of Ireland was built by Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Co at Govan on the Clyde in Scotland and was launched in 1906. The liner, along with her sister ship Empress of Britain, was commissioned by Canadian Pacific Steamships (at that time part of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) conglomerate) for the North Atlantic route between Quebec and Liverpool in England.

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