S.S. Atlantic
Oceanic Steam Navigation Company Limited usually known as the White Star Line
1 April 1873
The greatest loss of life in a single North Atlantic tragedy
between 1707 and 1912
Photographs of Memorial
Sandy Cove Terence Bay
Halifax Regional Municipality Nova Scotia
GPS location: 44°27’56″N 63°42’38″W
How to get there: See map below
Photographed on 10 November 2002
S.S. Atlantic, Harper’s Weekly, 1873
Photographed on 25 August 2003
Photographed on 10 November 2002
Photographed on 10 November 2002
Photographed on 10 November 2002
Photographed on 10 November 2002
Photographed on 10 November 2002
Photographed on 10 November 2002
Photographed on 10 November 2002
Photographed on 10 November 2002
Photographed on 10 November 2002
Map showing location of the S.S. Atlantic memorials
at Sandy Cove and Lower Prospect, Halifax County.
In the spring of 1873 Ancient attracted worldwide attention
for his involvement in one of the most spectacular North Atlantic
marine disasters of the late 19th century… He was honoured by
the government of Canada, the Humane Society of Massachusetts,
and the Citizens’ Relief Committee of Chicago…
From interview with Sheree Fitch
Saint John Telegraph-Journal, 23 April 2005
The New Brunswick Reader, 23 April 2005
Saturday insert in the Saint John Telegraph-Journal
Wreck of the S.S. Atlantic, by Currier and Ives
SS Atlantic salvage decision
New York Times, 15 March 1874
Wreck of the Atlantic, 1873
http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/Wrecks/wreckatlantic1873.html
History of the White Star Line
http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/whitestar.html
Loss of the Atlantic, 1873
http://www.ist.uwaterloo.ca/%7Emarj/genealogy/ships/atlantic1873.html
Lost at Sea
http://www.lostatsea.ca/atlantic.htm
S.S. Atlantic 1873: memorial at Star of the Sea cemetery Lower Prospect
https://ns1763.ca/hfxrm/ssatlansos.html
S.S. Atlantic: An account of the disaster On March 31st Captain Williams
and third officer C. L. Brady were at the bridge till midnight, there was
a heavy sea running and it was very dark…
http://www.norwayheritage.com/articles/templates/
great-disasters.asp?articleid=1&zoneid=1
S.S. Atlantic Heritage Park Sandy Cove, Terence Bay
http://www.ssatlantic.com/
S.S. Atlantic: Recent photographs of the wreck, August 2002
http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Recreation/EastCoastDive/ssa.htm
Burial service, Victims of Wreck of SS. Atlantic, Lower Prospect, April 1873
http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/virtual/halifax/exhibit.asp?ID=42
S.S. Atlantic Extracts from Loss of the Steam Ship Atlantic published 1873
http://www.skiphowlett.com/Web_Page/Atlantic.htm
Treacherous Waters
http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/Magazine/ND01/alacarte.html
Great Marine Disasters from 1866 to 1911
http://gaslight.mtroyal.ca/titnmarn.htm
Photographs of War Memorials, Historic Monuments and Plaques in Nova Scotia
https://ns1763.ca/remem/plaques.html
S.S. Atlantic 1873: memorial at Star of the Sea cemetery Lower Prospect
https://ns1763.ca/hfxrm/ssatlansos.html
Swissair Flight 111 Memorial Whalesback
https://ns1763.ca/hfxrm/swisswhale.html
Swissair Flight 111 Memorial Bayswater
https://ns1763.ca/lunenco/swissbaysw.html
Joe Cracker, HMS Tribune plaque Herring Cove
https://ns1763.ca/hfxrm/tribuneplq.html
Donald McKay memorial Jordan Falls
https://ns1763.ca/shelbco/dmckay.html
Military Engineers Alderney Landing, Dartmouth
https://ns1763.ca/hfxrm/alderneylanding.html
Seabright war memorial Seabright
https://ns1763.ca/hfxrm/seabrimem.html
Postal Service in Nova Scotia Halifax
https://ns1763.ca/hfxrm/postservns.html
