Empress of Ireland

Japanese: エンプレス・オブ・アイルランド号 - えんぷれすおぶあいるらんどごう
Empress of Ireland

...Investigations after the incident revealed that there had been inadequate life-saving equipment, radio operation, and insufficient training in the operation of lifeboats. This accident prompted the first International Conference on the Safety of Life at Sea to be held in London in 1913, leading to the conclusion of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea in 1929, and the International Load Lines Convention in 1930. Before and after the Titanic disaster, there were other major maritime disasters, such as the American General Slocum (1,030 people died in a fire in New York on June 15, 1904) and the Canadian Empress of Ireland (1,012 people died after colliding with a coal ship at the mouth of the St. Lawrence River on May 29, 1914). (2) The Toya Maru Incident This is the most tragic maritime disaster in Japan, comparable to the Titanic incident. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "Empress of Ireland" is listed below.

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Japanese:

…事件後の調査によって,救命設備の不備,無線の取扱いおよび救命艇の操作の習熟が不十分であったことが指摘され,この事故が契機となって,13年第1回国際海上人命安全会議がロンドンで開催され,29年に〈海上における人命の安全のための国際条約〉の締結となり,30年には〈国際満載喫水線条約〉が締結された。タイタニック号事件の前後にも,アメリカのゼネラル・スローカム号(1904年6月15日,ニューヨークで火災のために1030名死亡),カナダのエンプレス・オブ・アイルランド号(1914年5月29日,セント・ローレンス河口で石炭船と衝突して沈没し1012名死亡)の大規模海難があった。(2)洞爺丸事件 タイタニック号事件に匹敵する日本で最も悲惨な海難である。…

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