Sinking of the RMS Empress of Ireland

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ship
gptkbp:category shipwrecks of the Saint Lawrence River
1914 disasters
maritime incidents in Canada
gptkbp:cause collision
gptkbp:collidedWith gptkb:SS_Storstad
gptkbp:country gptkb:Canada
gptkbp:date May 29, 1914
gptkbp:destination gptkb:Liverpool
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sinking of the RMS Empress of Ireland
gptkbp:location gptkb:Saint_Lawrence_River
gptkbp:memorial Empress of Ireland Museum, Rimouski, Quebec
gptkbp:notableVictim members of the Salvation Army band
gptkbp:operator gptkb:Canadian_Pacific_Steamship_Company
gptkbp:shipsInvolved gptkb:RMS_Empress_of_Ireland
gptkbp:significance one of the deadliest peacetime maritime disasters in Canadian history
gptkbp:survived 465
gptkbp:timeOfSinking 2:00 a.m.
gptkbp:timeToSink 14 minutes
gptkbp:victim 1012
gptkbp:voyageOrigin gptkb:Quebec_City
gptkbp:weather fog
gptkbp:wreckLocation near Pointe-au-Père, Quebec
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Seconds_From_Disaster
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7