Empress of Japan: Corsewall Point, Rhinns of Galloway, North Channel

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Empress of Japan: Corsewall Point, Rhinns of Galloway, North Channel as Craft (20th Century), Fishing Vessel (20th Century). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

The *Empress of Japan* was a Canadian Pacific Steamships passenger liner that struck Corsewall Point, Rhinns of Galloway, in the North Channel on 14 May 1921, during a storm. The ship was en route from Glasgow to Vancouver, carrying 14 passengers and a crew of 12; all were lost, making it one of the most significant maritime disasters in Scottish coastal history.