RMS Atlantic which ran aground off Nova Scotia in April 1873 with the loss of over 500 lives was the second ship built for which shipping line?
RMS Atlantic RMS Atlantic RMS "Atlantic" was a transatlantic ocean liner of the White Star Line that operated between Liverpool, United Kingdom, and New York City, United States. During the ship's 19th voyage, on 1 April 1873, she ran onto rocks and sank off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada, killing at least 535 people. It remained the deadliest civilian maritime disaster in the North Atlantic Ocean until the sinking of on 2 July 1898 and the greatest disaster for the White Star Line prior to the loss of in April 1912. "Atlantic" was built by Harland and Wolff in Belfast in
RMS Nova Scotia (1926) RMS Nova Scotia (1926) RMS "Nova Scotia" was a UK transatlantic ocean liner and Royal Mail Ship. In World War II she was requisitioned as a troop ship. In 1942 a German submarine sank her in the Indian Ocean with the loss of 858 of the 1,052 people aboard. Vickers, Sons & Maxim, Ltd of Barrow-in-Furness built "Nova Scotia" for Furness, Withy & Co of Liverpool. She was the sister ship of RMS "Newfoundland", which Vickers had launched for the same owner 11 months previously. Her 1,047 NHP quadruple expansion steam engine was fed by five 215 lb/in single-ended boilers