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SS ''Norge'' was a Danish passenger liner sailing from Copenhagen, Oslo and Kristiansand to New York, mainly with emigrants, which sank off Rockall in 1904. It remained the biggest civilian maritime disaster in the Atlantic Ocean until the sinking of the RMS ''Titanic'' eight years later. She was built in 1881 by Alexander Stephen and Sons of Linthouse, Glasgow, for the Belgian company Theodore C. Engels & Co of Antwerp; her original name was ''Pieter de Coninck''. The ship was 3,359 GRT and , and the engine gave a speed of . She could carry a maximum of 800 passengers. In 1889 she was sold to A/S Dampskibs-selskabet Thingvalla of Denmark (later to be the Skandinavien-Amerika Linien or Scandinavia-America Line) and renamed ''Norge''. On 28 June 1904, ''Norge'' ran aground on Hasselwood Rock, close to Rockall, on St Helen's Reef. According to author Per Kristian Sebak's comprehensive account, over 635 people died during the sinking, among them 225 Norwegians. The 160 survivors spent up to eight days in open lifeboats before rescue. Several more people lost their lives in the days that followed rescue as a result of their exposure to the elements and swallowing salt water. Among the survivors was the poet Herman Wildenvey.〔(wildenvey.com )〕 The wreck of ''Norge'' was located off Rockall in July 2003. (ref?) ==See also== * List of United Kingdom disasters by death toll 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「SS Norge」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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