Empress of Ireland Sinking

In 1914, two years after the Titanic sank, the Empress of Ireland sank in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, losing 68.5% of all passengers, which was 0.5% more than the Titanic. World War I buried the event in the papers. The Empress took only 14 minutes to fully sink and still rests "structurally complete" under 40 meters of water.

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