S.S. Atlantic

1 April 1873

The greatest loss of life
in a single North Atlantic tragedy
between 1707 and 1912


Memorial

Star of the Sea cemetery
Lower Prospect
Halifax Regional Municipality
Nova Scotia



S.S. Atlantic memorial, Lower Prospect: general view looking west
Photographed on 15 November 2002


S.S. Atlantic memorial, Lower Prospect
Photographed on 15 November 2002


S.S. Atlantic memorial, Lower Prospect
Photographed on 15 November 2002


Map showing location of the S.S. Atlantic memorials
Map showing location of the S.S. Atlantic memorials
at Sandy Cove and Lower Prospect, Halifax County.

"S.S." means steam ship.




Links to Relevant Websites

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/lwprospe.htm

S.S. Atlantic: Recent photographs of the wreck August 2002
    http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Recreation/EastCoastDive/ssa.htm

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/ships/ss-atlantic.htm

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

S.S. Atlantic 1873: memorial at Sandy Cove Terence Bay
    http://www.newscotland1398.net/hfxrm/ssatlanhrm.html





Photographs of War Memorials, Historic Monuments and Plaques in Nova Scotia
    http://www.newscotland1398.net/remem/plaques.html


S.S. Atlantic 1873 memorial at Sandy Cove, Terence Bay S.S. Atlantic 1873: memorial at Sandy Cove Terence Bay
    http://www.newscotland1398.net/hfxrm/ssatlanhrm.html

Swissair Flight 111 Memorial, Whalesback Swissair Flight 111 Memorial Whalesback
    http://www.newscotland1398.net/hfxrm/swisswhale.html

Donald McKay memorial Donald McKay memorial Jordan Falls
    http://www.newscotland1398.net/shelbco/dmckay.html


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First uploaded to Internet:   2002 November 18
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