An interesting coincidence

[LHT28]

Oceania Marina Plays Part in Empress of Ireland Anniversary

 

on 30 May 2014.

 

On May 29, 2014, at 55 minutes past midnight, church bells in Rimouski and Sainte-Luce-sur-Mer rang out over the St. Lawrence River in the darkness to commemorate the loss of the Empress of Ireland a hundred years earlier.

 

Descendants of family members involved in the tragedy gathered in Rimouski for a series of commemorative events. One group of individuals who had assembled at Pointe-au-Père Marine Historic Site happened to notice that a cruise ship was passing by offshore in precisely the same location and time that the Empress of Ireland had been lost.

 

That cruise ship happened to be the Marina, which has just departed the Port of Quebec, just as the Empress of Ireland had done a century earlier. Luckily, 100 years on, the water was calm and the night clear.

 

 

http://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/11161-oceania-marina-plays-part-in-empress-of-ireland-anniversary.html

[ceba]

Very interesting

[hondorner]

Oceania Marina Plays Part in Empress of Ireland Anniversary

 

on 30 May 2014.

 

On May 29, 2014, at 55 minutes past midnight, church bells in Rimouski and Sainte-Luce-sur-Mer rang out over the St. Lawrence River in the darkness to commemorate the loss of the Empress of Ireland a hundred years earlier.

 

Descendants of family members involved in the tragedy gathered in Rimouski for a series of commemorative events. One group of individuals who had assembled at Pointe-au-Père Marine Historic Site happened to notice that a cruise ship was passing by offshore in precisely the same location and time that the Empress of Ireland had been lost.

 

That cruise ship happened to be the Marina, which has just departed the Port of Quebec, just as the Empress of Ireland had done a century earlier. Luckily, 100 years on, the water was calm and the night clear.

 

 

http://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/11161-oceania-marina-plays-part-in-empress-of-ireland-anniversary.html

 

Fascinating! We on board had no idea this had happened. I will inform the cruise director; they may put somthing in Currents.

[Mura]

Don, I'm sure glad nothing untoward happened to US.

 

See you in Red Ginger in a bit ...

 

Mura

[Jancruz]

Since we left Quebec at 5pm..Im not sure how this coincides

Jancruz1

[neepawa]

Jancruz1

The distance from Quebec City to Rimouski is about 150 nautical miles. With an average speed of 15 to 18 knots, Marina would have been in St Lawrence River opposite Rimouski sometime after midnight.

Cheers,

Don

[rallydave]

Since we left Quebec at 5pm..Im not sure how this coincides

Jancruz1

 

From looking at a map, the area of the shipwreck appears to be over 100 miles from Quebec City thus the timing appears correct. About 7 hours on the river at 15 mph would put you in the area around midnight.

[rhohea]

Oceania Marina Plays Part in Empress of Ireland Anniversary

 

on 30 May 2014.

 

On May 29, 2014, at 55 minutes past midnight, church bells in Rimouski and Sainte-Luce-sur-Mer rang out over the St. Lawrence River in the darkness to commemorate the loss of the Empress of Ireland a hundred years earlier.

 

Descendants of family members involved in the tragedy gathered in Rimouski for a series of commemorative events. One group of individuals who had assembled at Pointe-au-Père Marine Historic Site happened to notice that a cruise ship was passing by offshore in precisely the same location and time that the Empress of Ireland had been lost.

 

That cruise ship happened to be the Marina, which has just departed the Port of Quebec, just as the Empress of Ireland had done a century earlier. Luckily, 100 years on, the water was calm and the night clear.

 

 

http://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/11161-oceania-marina-plays-part-in-empress-of-ireland-anniversary.html

 

Thanks Lyn. And to think we could have been there. lol Have sent on to Glen - He was probably sleeping like most of the passengers at that time.

[LHT28]

Thanks Lyn. And to think we could have been there. lol Have sent on to Glen - He was probably sleeping like most of the passengers at that time.

 

LOL

Yes but we would have been none the wiser either

 

Maybe next year ;)

 

Lyn