Journey to Oblivion The Empress of Ireland Story

When the luxury ocean liner Empress of Ireland collided with the Norwegian coal vessel Storstad on May 29 1914 it took a mere 14 minutes for the ship to disappear beneath the sea killing 1012 of the 1477 people aboard Using archival photos underwater photography animation and interviews with a variety of experts this fascinating documentary chronicles the story behind Canadas worst nautical disaster of all time