The RMS Empress of Ireland VS the SS Storstad - Ship Hits the Fan Podcast

Ship Hits The Fan

Rooster Teeth

Documentary, Society & Culture, History, True Crime

4.4 • 708 Ratings

🗓️ 15 June 2022

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

May 29, 1914 -- The RMS Empress of Ireland had set sail from Quebec to Liverpool with more than 1,000 passengers on board. Two years after the Titanic disaster, the Empress and other ocean liners had been outfitted with a number of safety measures, to ensure that such a catastrophe would never happen again. It didn’t work. Go to http://lectricebikes.com use code SHIPHITSTHEFAN to get a free foldable, mountable bike lock with any bike purchase. Follow us on social: https://twitter.com/mc_lotta https://twitter.com/handsomemaster2 https://twitter.com/briangaar Are you a FIRST Member and need your Private RSS feed for this show? Go here: bit.ly/FIRSTRSS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is a rooster teeth production.
0:04.0	May 29th, 1914, the RRMS Empress of Ireland had set sail from Quebec to Liverpool with more than 1,000 passengers on board.
0:21.2	Two years after the Titanic disaster, the Empress and other ocean liners had been outfitted
0:25.5	with a number of safety measures to ensure that such a catastrophe would never happen again.
0:30.4	It didn't work.
0:31.5	The Empress of Ireland would be involved in a horrific shipwreck, this one nearly as devastating
0:35.8	as the Titanic. Yet for a number of reasons, the Empress of Ireland's story hasn't been as widely told as the
0:42.4	Titanic's.
0:43.6	Until now, baby.
0:45.0	I'm Charlotte.
0:45.9	I'm Patrick.
0:46.8	I'm Brian.
0:47.8	Ahoy and welcome aboard Ship Hits the Fan, a podcast about some of history's most notable uh-ohs and
0:53.5	whoopsies on the high seas.
0:55.5	I'll keep it brief this time and just say this.
0:58.3	Canada cannot catch a break this season.
1:01.3	That's pretty much what I have to say.
1:02.5	See what happened to the Toronto Maple Leafs?
1:05.7	How about those oilers?
1:07.4	I think they're still doing it.
1:08.6	How about them?
1:10.4	Also, I want to say most of our episodes deal with death in some fashion, but there's a couple
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