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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
At sea, United States' record stood until 1986, when it was challenged by British entrepreneur Richard Branson and his high-speed motor vessel, Virgin Atlantic Challenger. Despite having to stop to refuel on several occasions, Branson shaved two hours off the record, increasing the average speed to 36.4 knots.
The Atlantic Ocean, not including Arctic and Antarctic regions. This is a partial list of shipwrecks which occurred in the Atlantic Ocean.The list includes ships that sank, foundered, grounded, or were otherwise lost.
Ship Year Possible or Last Known Location København: 1928–1929: somewhere between Buenos Aires and Australia (also listed under Atlantic Ocean) Madagascar: 1853: somewhere between Port Phillip and London [90] (also listed under Atlantic Ocean) Neva: 1887: somewhere between Banyuwangi and Lisbon [18] (also listed under Atlantic Ocean) Shannon ...
Ra II, a ship built from papyrus, was successfully sailed across the Atlantic by Thor Heyerdahl proving that it was possible to cross the Atlantic from Africa using such boats in early epochs of history. This is a list of notable crossings or attempted crossings of the Atlantic Ocean. For the purposes of this list, a transatlantic voyage goes ...
This is a list of ocean liners past and present, which are passenger ships engaged in the transportation of passengers and goods in transoceanic voyages. Ships primarily designed for pleasure cruises are listed at List of cruise ships. Some ships which have been explicitly designed for both line voyages and cruises, or which have been converted ...
OceanGate, whose submersible vessel Titan carrying five crew members suffered a ‘catastrophic implosion, in the North Atlantic, has offered tours to the famous shipwreck site since 2021. Bevan ...
The ship was known by the Admiralty as HMS Tuberose [31] until the end of the war, [29] [dubious – discuss] but the vessel's name was never changed by Cunard. Starting in March 1918, Mauretania received two forms of dazzle camouflage , a type of abstract colour scheme designed by Norman Wilkinson in 1917 in an effort to confuse enemy ships.