Oceanic Steam Navigation Company
SS Atlantic (White Star)
Transatlantic liner, sank disastrously 1873
History
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 least 535 people. It remained the deadliest civilian maritime disaster in the North Atlantic Ocean until the sinking of the La Bourgogne on 4 July 1898 and the greatest disaster for the White Star Line prior to the sinking of the Titanic on 15 April 1912.
Text: Wikipedia — SS Atlantic (1870), CC BY-SA 4.0
Further Reading
Ship Facts & Specifications
Tonnage
3,707 
Length
128.4 m
Beam
12.4 m
Speed
14.5 knots
Passengers
Approximately 160 saloon (1st) class and 1000 in steerage
Crew
166
Builder
Harland and Wolff, Belfast
Yard number
74
Launched
26 November 1870
Maiden voyage
8 June 1871
In service
8 June 1871
Out of service
1 April 1873
Owner
Oceanic Steam Navigation Company
Port of registry
Liverpool
Propulsion
Single propeller, sail
Fate
Sank after collision with Atlantic Rock, Lower Prospect, Nova Scotia, on 1 April 1873
