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    SS Arctic, an American paddle steamer owned by the Collins Line, sank on September 27, 1854, 50 miles (80 km) off the coast of Newfoundland after a collision...
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    SS Arctic was a 2,856-ton paddle steamer, one of the Collins Line, which operated a transatlantic passenger and mail steamship service during the 1850s...
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    the shipping registers reported her as sunk in Santander harbour. SS Arctic disaster Citations Paine, p. 545 Brown, pp. 158–59 Shaw, pp. 102–03 Brown,...
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    and offered protection to American crews. SS Arctic disaster: The steamship SS Arctic collides with the SS Vesta and sinks off the coast of Newfoundland...
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    Women and children first (category Maritime disasters)
    captain of the sinking SS Central America Ida Straus – a passenger aboard the Titanic Male expendability SS Arctic disaster, a contrary case Rudyard...
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    and the Collins Line, to the six members of his family lost in the SS Arctic disaster of 1854. This incorporates a sculpture of the ship, half-submerged...
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  • September 27 – SS Arctic disaster: The American paddle steamer SS Arctic sinks after a collision with the much smaller French ship SS Vesta, 50 miles...
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    The Arctic char or Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus) is a cold-water fish in the family Salmonidae, native to alpine lakes, as well as Arctic and subarctic...
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    Sperling's rescue efforts SS Berlin Disaster The SS Berlin Disaster at Hoek van Holland Crew and Passengers who died on SS Berlin 21 February 1907 Aviva...
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    SS Stephano was a passenger liner and sealing ship, owned by Bowring Brothers and operated in their Red Cross Line of Arctic steamships. Stephano is most...
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    life. This included the collection of Henry Hope Reed, who died in SS Arctic disaster of 1854. The Roxborough Club books, a rare collection of early English...
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    American Paddle steamer SS Arctic and the French steamship SS Vesta on 26 September 1854 off the coast of Newfoundland. SS Arctic disaster "Herman W. Major –...
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    The Arctic Ocean is the smallest and shallowest of the world's five major oceans. It spans an area of approximately 14,060,000 km2 (5,430,000 sq mi) and...
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    maritime disasters List of maritime disasters in the 18th century List of maritime disasters in the 19th century List of maritime disasters in the 20th...
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  • This article is a list of environmental disasters. In this context it is an annotated list of specific events caused by human activity that results in...
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    SS Central America, known as the Ship of Gold, was a 280-foot (85 m) sidewheel steamer that operated between Central America and the East Coast of the...
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    The Arctic convoys of World War II were oceangoing convoys which sailed from the United Kingdom, Iceland, and North America to northern ports in the Soviet...
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    metric tons) of cargo. The convoy disaster demonstrated the difficulty of passing adequate supplies through the Arctic, especially during the summer with...
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  • (1990 film), a 1990 television movie about the space shuttle Challenger disaster The Challengers (film), a 1990 family film produced for the Canadian Broadcasting...
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    Overt Defense". 24 June 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2021. "Arctic patrol ship headed for "disaster", says report". CBC News. Ottawa. 11 April 2013. Archived...
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    A maritime disaster is an event which usually involves a ship or ships and can involve military action. Because of the nature of maritime travel, there...
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    than 1,500 people, making it one of the deadliest peacetime maritime disasters in history. Titanic received six warnings of sea ice on 14 April but was...
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  • Services, travelling aboard the Canadian-flagged offshore tug MV Horizon Arctic, reached the sea floor and began its search for the missing submersible...
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  • engaged in Arctic exploration for the government of Canada. Randell was commander of the Bellaventure which rescued 420 members of the crew of the SS Newfoundland...
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  • SS Torrey Canyon was an LR2 Suezmax class oil tanker with a cargo capacity of 118,285 long tons (120,183 t) of crude oil. She ran aground off the western...
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    The Jeannette expedition of 1879–1881, officially called the U.S. Arctic Expedition, was an attempt led by George W. De Long to reach the North Pole by...
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  • The following list of disasters in Great Britain and Ireland is a list of major disasters (excluding acts of war) which relate to the United Kingdom,...
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  • This included 18 RPK-6 Vodopad/RPK-7 Veter (SS-N-16 "Stallion") antisubmarine missiles and 24 P-700 Granit (SS-N-19 "Shipwreck") cruise missiles, which were...
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    The captain goes down with the ship (category Maritime disasters)
    James F. Luce was in command of the Collins Line steamer SS Arctic when it collided with SS Vesta off the coast of Newfoundland. Captain Luce was able...
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    Northwest Passage (category Arctic Ocean)
    expeditions into the Arctic. Many ended in disaster, including that by Sir John Franklin in 1845. While searching for him the McClure Arctic Expedition discovered...
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