Empress of Ireland - 2007

My second trip to the Empress. I was joined by Greg and Andre, who were both visiting this wreck for the first time. We were greeted by much better visibility than in 2005 and the water was actually not freezing.

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• ireland
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[alcarizma]

why the annoying cliche irish music it was a british ship

[KimInNB]

As ultradumbass points out - the Empress of Ireland was a Canadian Ship, not a British one. Perhaps the name of the ship made me want to use Irish music, do you think?????

[ZeroGal5]

You actually get to go diving at the wreck sight?! Man, you're living my dream!!!

[samdung91]

shame they dont make ships like this anymore

[MarquisChantdamour]

Ghost Stories from the Deep: The Forgotten Empress of Ireland

.. Terry German told one such tale. He had entered an area of the wreck intending to shoot some video. When he placed the camera down to make some adjustments, he started an avalanche of debris, unearthing about four-dozen skeletal remains, many of which were children. The bones completely blocked his only exit and reduced the visibility to zero. Somehow, he was able to collect himself and escape the area,

[jayhawklife88]

1523 DEATHS ON TITANIC. 1012 DEATHS ON THE EMPRESS OF IRELAND. 1198 DEATHS ON THE LUSITANIA.

[kevintataryn]

@bobmarleyisgod1

More passengers died on the Empress than on the Titanic. There were more total deaths on Titanic, both passengers and crew combined

[TheJmsmurphy187]

i herd that alot of ppl who dive to the wreck of the empress of ireland died...it was on a show i was watchin ...the wreck is supposed to be cursed but i dunno?

[jessyjames43]

@photolitherland they were more dead in the titanic. it's just the pourcentage of the death that is higher than titanic.

[KimInNB]

@trustthistime Love the way you think - next time I do a video on it the music will be very unsuitably from Lady Gaga and I'll have cartoon skeletons doing a bump & grind around the wreck.

[trustthistime]

@KimInNB make it even more upbeat to annoy photolitherland

[forwardbias]

Music is not quite so bad, sure the ship sank and many died. This is the music that many of those down in the engineering spaces likely heared, and those that built the ship. In Ireland. Going to pubs in Ireland, this is the music they played. It was the "dance music" of the very early 20th century. Worked hard, but were treated like dirt when coming to the US. At least they worked hard, illegals come in now, just for the welfare, and activists want us to lay a red carpet out for them...

[forwardbias]

Sad there are not any ships like that anymore. Would love to be down in the engine room, seeing all that huge machinery, and the electric plant, state of the art stuff. Back when DC powered things, before automated switching circuits, computers and transistors. Sad there is not even a replica of one of those giant engines running on steam. Maintenance for one though, is ALOT of work. Just look at steam trains that still run, and ship engines were much, much bigger.