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Winslow Homer drawing of an Atlantic victim cast up by the sea Burial service for victims of Atlantic shipwreck, April 1873, Lower Prospect, Halifax County, N.S. Recovery and burial of the large numbers of victims took weeks. Divers were paid rewards for recovering the many bodies trapped within the hull.
An English boy, being the only child saved from the wreck of the Steamship Atlantic, which sunk off Lower Prospect, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada on the 1st of April, 1873. Date 1873
English: The SS Atlantic left Liverpool, England, for New York on 20 March 1873. Eleven days later, the captain decided to steam to Halifax, Nova Scotia, the nearest port, because the vessel's coal supply was running low. However, en route, the ship went ashore at Mars Head, near Lower Prospect, in the early morning of 1 April. The loss of life ...
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 25 nautical miles (46 km) off Lisbon, Portugal with the loss of seventeen of her 27 crew. Survivors were rescued the steamship Express ( United Kingdom). Tuscarora was on a voyage from Mobile, Alabama to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. [6] [7] [8]
List of shipwrecks: 5 June 1873 Ship State Description City of Pekin United Kingdom: The full-rigged ship collided with a barque and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew took to a boat; they were rescued on 7 June by Loch Earn ( United Kingdom). City of Pekin was on a voyage from Rangoon, Burma to Liverpool, Lancashire. [12] [13] Fox ...
A French ship that sank following an 1856 collision while on its maiden voyage has been found off the Massachusetts coast, according to a report. For nearly 170 years, Le Lyonnais lay at the ...
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (). Her crew were rescued by Benmore ( United Kingdom). [13] Alma United Kingdom: The smack was driven ashore at Southend, Argyllshire. [54] Anna United Kingdom: The ship was wrecked at Maracaibo, Venezuela. Her crew were rescued.
A "group of very experienced technical divers" determined the site where they believe the Hawke sank, Lost in Waters Deep said. They dove to the wreck, which is about 360 feet underwater, on Aug. 11.