Fourteen minutes is all it took for Canadian Pacific Railway's RMS Empress of Ireland to sink below the icy Saint Lawrence River in Canada. 1,012 people lost their lives in a horrific disaster which happened in such a terribly short amount of time that many simple never found out what had hit them. Like the Titanic and Lusitania, the Empress of Ireland was one of the major disasters of the early 20th century that changed shipping regulation and history itself. This is the first real time sinking animation of its kind to depict the Empress' final moments in vivid detail as based on survivor accounts and books on the subject.

Animation and sound design by Jack Gibson
Research by Mike Brady and Liam Sharpe
3D models by Lucas Gustaffson and Liam Sharpe

Oceanliner Designs explores the design, construction, engineering and operation of history’s greatest vessels– from Titanic to Queen Mary and from the Empress of Ireland to the Lusitania. Join maritime researcher and illustrator Michael Brady as he tells the stories behind some of history's most famous ocean liners and machines!

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