{"product_id":"empress-of-ireland-gordon-j-mackenzie-9798251328356","title":"Empress of Ireland: Collision and Loss in the Lifeboat Age","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn 29 May 1914, the RMS \u003ci\u003eEmpress of Ireland\u003c\/i\u003e was struck in thick fog on the St. Lawrence River and sank in just sixteen minutes. More than one thousand people died, making it one of the deadliest peacetime maritime disasters in modern history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYet unlike \u003ci\u003eTitanic\u003c\/i\u003e, the loss of the \u003ci\u003eEmpress of Ireland\u003c\/i\u003e never became a permanent global symbol. It happened too quickly, too close to shore, and too close to the outbreak of the First World War. Even so, its lessons were just as severe. This was not a story of too few lifeboats or hours of slow abandonment. It was a story of collision, flooding, and the brutal collapse of time itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eEmpress of Ireland: Collision and Loss in the Lifeboat Age\u003c\/i\u003e, Gordon J. MacKenzie reconstructs the world that produced the disaster: the confidence of the liner age, the post-\u003ci\u003eTitanic\u003c\/i\u003e reforms that promised greater safety, the fog-bound encounter with the Norwegian collier \u003ci\u003eStorstad\u003c\/i\u003e, and the horrifying speed with which a modern passenger ship became unsalvageable. Drawing the reader from the bridge to the cabins, from the river after midnight to the inquiries that followed, this book examines not only how the ship was lost, but why its memory faded into the shadow of larger events.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a history of maritime tragedy, but also a study of modern systems under pressure. It shows how safety can appear secure right up to the moment when margin disappears, and how an ordinary river passage can become one of the clearest warnings in transport history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor readers of maritime history, ocean liner disasters, and overlooked turning points of the early twentieth century, this is the story of the ship that should be far better remembered.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gordon J. MacKenzie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798251328356\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/09\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 190\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.48d","brand":"Gordon J. MacKenzie","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48874634576127,"sku":"9798251328356","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/empress-of-ireland-gordon-j-mackenzie-9798251328356","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}