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    VESSEL NAME:   Emperor
    OTHER NAME(s): -
    OFFICIAL NO:   (C) 126654
    DATE OF LOSS:  4 June 1947
    CAUSE OF LOSS: Grounded  
    LOCATION:      Lake Superior, Canoe Rocks n. of Isle Royale
    RIG TYPE:      Propeller
    HULL TYPE:     Steel
    BUILDER:       Collingwood Shipbuilding Co., 1911
    OWNER(S):      Canada Steamship Lines
    MASTER:        Capt. Eldon Walkinshaw, Collingwood, Ont.
    TONNAGE:       7031 gt
    DIMENSIONS:    525 x 56 x 27
    CASUALTIES:    12 of 33
    
                   EMPEROR was bound from Port Arthur, Ont., loaded with
                 ore for Ashtabula, OH., when it struck Canoe Rocks in a
                 dense fog broke into two sections. The crew were able to
                 get away in the lifeboats, but one of these was overturned
                 when the freighter plunged below the water.
                   The USCGC KIMBALL was in the area of Isle Royale to set
                 up navigation lights and was returning to its base when
                 it picked up the EMPEROR'S distress calls. The cutter
                 arrived on the scene twenty-five minutes later and picked
                 up 21 survivors.
                 
                   The lost included:
                   Eldon Walkinshaw, capt.
                   D. Moray, first mate
                   W. Currie, second engineer
                   J. Sepchuk, wheelsman, Montreal
                   D. Perry, watchman
                   H. Corbier, fireman
                   F. Ladue, fireman
                   K. Campbell, fireman
                   J. Brizzie, coal passer
                   M. Cochran, (female) second cook
                   M. Tobachuk, (female) porter
                   Edna Schultz, cook, Owen Sound, Ont.


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Sources: Port Huron Times Herald - 4 June 1947
         Lansing State Journal - 4 June 1947
         Ironwood Daily Globe - 4 June 1947
         Detroit Free Press - 5 June 1947
         Janesville Daily Gazette - 4 June 1947
         Green Bay Press-Gazette - 4 June 1947
         Two Rivers Reporter - 4 June 1947
         "Postwar Ships of Canada Steamship Lines," by Skip Gillham
         Canadian Railway and Marine World, Vol. 24., 1921