Date14-Mar-1943
TypeSea Disaster
CountrySIERRA LEONE
ActivityThe 21,516-ton troopship Empress of Canada torpedoed and sunk by the Italian submarine Leonardo da Vinci
InjuryOf the 1346 on board, 392 perished including 90 women & 44 crew. 1 person known to have been fatally injured by a shark.
SourceGreatships.net
Shark Data Lab