Historic Photo of the Empress of Asia Colliding With the Tung Shing, January 1926
Elizabeth Ayre, whose been reading Oceans of Fate, has shared several rare photos from her grandfather’s collection. Her grandfather, Ernest Treloar, served as an engineer on the Empress of Asia during the interwar years. Pages 183-186 in Oceans of Fate describe the January 1926 fatal collision involving the 16,909-gross ton Empress of Asia, steaming outbound … Continue reading "Historic Photo of the Empress of Asia Colliding With the Tung Shing, January 1926"