SS La Bourgogne

SS La Bourgogne was a Compagnie Générale Transatlantique (CGT) ocean liner and mail ship that was launched in France in 1886. When new, she set a record for the fastest westbound transatlantic crossing from Le Havre to New York.

The La Bourgogne was sunk by collision with the sailing ship Cromartyshire. The two ships were in thick fog off Newfoundland, and Cromartyshire had reduced speed, but La Bourgogne was steaming at high speed. Only 13 percent of her passengers survived, compared with 48 percent of her crew. 200 of her passengers were women, but only one survived. Passengers included numerous children, none of whom survived. Until the Sinking of RMS Titanic fourteen years later, it was considered the worst maritime disaster of the North Atlantic Ocean.