SS Storstad

Storstad leaving port in 1912
History
Norway
Name	Storstad
Owner	A. F. Klaveness Canadian Pacific Railway (1914)
Operator	A/S "Maritim" (1911-1914)
Builder	Armstrong, Whitworth & Co, Newcastle
Yard number	824
Launched	4 October 1910
Commissioned	January 1911
Homeport	Kristiania
Identification	Code letters MGJD
Fate	Torpedoed and sunk, 8 March 1917
General characteristics
Type	Cargo Ship
Tonnage	6,028 GRT[1] 3,561 NRT[1] 10,650 DWT
Length	440.0 ft (134.1 m)
Beam	58.1 ft (17.7 m)
Depth	24.6 ft (7.5 m)
Installed power	447 Nhp[1]
Propulsion	North Eastern Marine Engineering Co. 3-cylinder triple expansion
Speed	13.0 knots

Storstad was a steam cargo ship built in 1910 by Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd of Newcastle for A. F. Klaveness & Co of Sandefjord, Norway. The ship was primarily employed as an ore and coal carrier doing tramp trade during her career. In May 1914 she accidentally rammed and sank the ocean liner RMS Empress of Ireland, killing over 1,000 people.