The Atlantic Empress was a ship was involved in the two large oil spills. One page lists it as the source of the fourth largest oil spill on record according to [1], which lists a source as [2]. According to [3] it was the largest oil spill.
According to the Modern Marvels show titled Engineering Disasters 14, (2004) it was the largest oil spill on record, it collided with the Aegean Captain, off Trinidad and Tobago, on July 19, 1979 it spilled 287,000 metric tons of oil. This page Oil Spills and Disasters describes the events as 'the Atlantic Empress and the Aegean Captain collided, spilling 46 million gallons of crude. While being towed, the Atlantic Empress spilled an additional 41 million gallons (all together being 276,00 tonnes of crude oil) off Barbados on Aug. 2. This page Largest Oil Spill Table which lists spills of more than 10 million gallons, it lists the Atlantic Empress as being the source of two of the largest spills in the table, as described above. 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Look up Trinidad in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Castara village beach looking south, Tobago Tobago is the smaller of the two main islands that make up the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. ... July 19 is the 200th day (201st in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 165 days remaining. ... For the Smashing Pumpkins song, see 1979 (song). ...
In comparison, the Exxon Valdez spilled 37,000 metric tons of oil, ten years later. This article is about the tank vessel Exxon Valdez. ...
The Empress of Ireland was gone in the blink of an eye, a thought so incomprehensible that it was buried away like a fading memory; yet this tragedy is one that will forever haunt the waters off Father Point, lingering in the minds of those bound by the intrigue of her story.
As such, the Empress was outfitted with lifeboats for far more passengers than she carried and the CPR touted safety as an elegant feature of Empress steamer travel.
Though never formally attributed to the cause of the October 1909 accident, such a theory of the Empress having a wild helm would be significant later during the analysis of her fateful collision with the Storstad in 1914.
The RMS Empress of Ireland was a steamship owned by Canadian Pacific that sailed between Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, and Liverpool, England, United Kingdom.
Launched on January 26, 1906, the Empress of Ireland measured 570 feet (174 m) in length with a beam of 66 feet (20.1 m) and displacement of 14,191 tons.
The vessel, along with her sister ship RMS Empress of Britain, was commissioned by Canadian Pacific Line for the northern trans-Atlantic route between Quebec, Canada, and the United Kingdom.
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