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SS Atlantic was a transatlantic ocean liner of the White Star Line, and second ship of the Oceanic-class. The ship operated between Liverpool, United Kingdom, and New York City, United States. During the ship's 19th voyage, on 1 April 1873, she struck rocks and sank off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada, killing at
List of shipwrecks: 1 April 1873 Ship State Description Atlantic United Kingdom The wreck of Atlantic. The ocean liner hit an underwater rock off Marr's Head, Meagher's Island (now Mars Head, Mars Island), Nova Scotia, Canada, and sank with the loss of between 535 and 560 lives.
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 ...
English: SS Atlantic disaster. Published in The New-York Times, 3 April 1873. "Map of the Nova Scotia Coast Where the Disaster Occurred, with the Location of the Scene of the Wreck." The whole front page was devoted to the tale of the disaster.
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in 1873 Ship State Description Alexander Oldham United States: The sidewheel paddle steamer was lost during 1873. [1] Alsager United Kingdom: The ship was scuttled by her crew. Three of them were taken to Auckland, New Zealand, for trial. [2] Arapiles Spanish Navy: The ironclad ran aground off the coast of ...
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
Tribute to victim’s “unparalleled” knowledge of Titanic wreck. 14:10, Holly Evans. ... which sits at a depth of 12,500 in the Atlantic Ocean, on Sunday morning. About an hour and 45 minutes ...
The ship was last spotted on 12 February in the southern Atlantic Ocean and was heading into an area where large icebergs had been seen. At the time of her loss she was transporting immigrants from Great Britain to Australia. [6] 543 1873 United Kingdom: SS Atlantic – A British steam liner belonging