Historedia
Episode 4 of 4

Wreck Recovery

When
11 May 1873
Where
Wreck Site
Part of
RMS Atlantic sinks off Nova Scotia

In May 1873, the wreck was blown open, recovering goods and 349 bodies, as reported by Norwegian newspapers.

Morgenbladet reported the recovery efforts on 11 May 1873. The disaster remained the deadliest civilian maritime disaster in the North Atlantic until 1898.

Sources

  1. SS Atlantic (1870) Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-08

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