Stadt Zürich (ship, 1855) a few minutes. Thirteen men and eleven head of cattle died in this accident, making the sinking of the "Ludwig" by the "Stadt Zürich" the most serious shipping accident known at that time that had happened on Lake Constance. One consequence of the investigations into the disaster was an improvement in the signal regulations: in addition to the white bow light a green starboard and a red port light had to be carried. After the Bavarian ship, the "Ludwig" had sunk, the "Jura" was bought as a replacement, a ship which hitherto had worked on Lake Neuchâtel. She was dismantled,
RMS Empress of Ireland of a manoeuvre to spin back to his previous heading to pass "Storstad" as originally intended on his starboard side, thereby avoiding what he saw as a time-wasting diversion from his preferred and fast route through the channel. When Captain Anderson of "Storstad" saw "Empress of Ireland" through the fog he thought, by seeing both "Empress of Ireland"s port and starboard lights during its manoeuvre, that "Empress of Ireland" was attempting to pass on the opposite side of "Storstad" than previously apparent, and turned his ship to starboard to avoid a collision. However, "Empress" turned to port to continue on