SS Norge

Norge
History
Name	1881: Pieter de Coninck 1889: Norge
Namesake	1881: Pieter de Coninck 1889: Scandinavian word for Norway
Owner	1881: Theodore C. Engels & Co 1889: A/S D/S Thingvalla 1898: Det Forenede D/S
Port of registry	1881: Antwerp 1889: Copenhagen
Builder	Alexander Stephen & Sons, Linthouse
Yard number	252
Launched	11 June 1881
Fate	Grounded and sank on 28 June 1904 57°35′48″N 13°41′19″W / 57.5967°N 13.6887°W / 57.5967; -13.6887
General characteristics
Tonnage	3,310 GRT, 2,445 NRT
Length	346.5 ft (105.6 m)
Beam	38.2 ft (11.6 m)
Depth	32.7 ft (10.0 m)
Installed power	1,400 ihp
Propulsion	triple-expansion steam engine
Speed	10 kn (19 km/h)
Capacity	800 passengers

SS Norge (pronounced [ˈnɔ̂rɡə] ^ⓘ) was a transatlantic ocean liner that was launched in 1881 in Scotland, and lost in 1904 off Rockall with great loss of life. Her final voyage was from Copenhagen, Kristiania and Kristiansand, bound for New York, carrying passengers many of whom were emigrants. It was the biggest civilian maritime disaster in the Atlantic Ocean until the sinking of Titanic eight years later, and is still the largest loss of life from a Danish merchant ship.^[1][2]