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| 1870 | | Dec. 1, launched | | 1872 | Liverpool | Apr. 19 | New York | Apr. 29 | Agent Hr. Frederik Lie, Christiania | | 1872 | Liverpool | May 31 | New York | June 10 | Arrived in New York in the morning | | 1872 | Liverpool | June 27 | New York | July 07 | | | 1872 | Liverpool | Aug. 01 | New York | Aug. 11 | | | 1872 | Liverpool | Sept. 12 | New York | Sept. 22 | | | 1872 | Liverpool | Oct. 18 | New York | Oct. 29 | | | 1873 | Liverpool | Mar. 20 | | Apr. 01 | Wrecked near Halifax | | 1873 | | Captain James A. Willams from Liverpool March 20 to New York - Wrecked Passenger list:  | | The information listed above is not the complete record of the ship. The information was collected from a multitude of sources, and new information will be added as it emerges |
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The S/S Atlantic was Built in Belfast by Harland & Wolff in 1870. She had a tonnage of 3,707 gross tons. She had a single screw, compound engine with 4 cylinders and 4 masts rigged for sail. The engine delivered 600 horse power, Her length was 420 feet, breadth 40 feet, and depth 31 feet. On June 8th she departed from Liverpool on her maiden voyage for New York.
Her 19th and final voyage started when she departed from Liverpool March 20th 1873. On April 1st, the Atlantic ran on a solid rock and was wrecked about fifty yards distant from Meagher's Island, in the County of Halifax, Nova Scotia. Among the passengers were several Norwegian emigrants which had departed from Christiania (Oslo) on March 14th. Many of them were among the deceased. Of the 957 passengers aboard, 545 lost their lives.
The S/S Atlantic of the disaster in 1873
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