HISTORY - #ThisDayInHISTORY 1854 – The steamship SS Arctic sinks with 300 people on board, marking the first great disaster in the Atlantic Ocean. | Facebook
![Collision of a luxury passenger steamer and a fishing vessel in fog off the coast of Newfoundland was the impetus for the policy of "women and children first" | The Vintage News Collision of a luxury passenger steamer and a fishing vessel in fog off the coast of Newfoundland was the impetus for the policy of "women and children first" | The Vintage News](https://www.thevintagenews.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/65/2017/02/31-1.jpg)
Collision of a luxury passenger steamer and a fishing vessel in fog off the coast of Newfoundland was the impetus for the policy of "women and children first" | The Vintage News
![Bouwnummer RDM-009, s.s. "Vesta", 1907, vracht-passagiersschip. - Rotterdamsche Droogdok Maatschappij Bouwnummer RDM-009, s.s. "Vesta", 1907, vracht-passagiersschip. - Rotterdamsche Droogdok Maatschappij](https://www.rdm-archief.nl/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Vesta3.png)
Bouwnummer RDM-009, s.s. "Vesta", 1907, vracht-passagiersschip. - Rotterdamsche Droogdok Maatschappij
![American steamship SS Arctic collided with the French steamer SS Vesta just off the coast of Newfoundland today in 1854 and sank, taking down with her nearly 400 souls including a 22 American steamship SS Arctic collided with the French steamer SS Vesta just off the coast of Newfoundland today in 1854 and sank, taking down with her nearly 400 souls including a 22](https://nowweknowem.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/wreck_of_the_u_s_m__steam_ship__arctic__one-third-size-3.jpg?w=300&h=202)
American steamship SS Arctic collided with the French steamer SS Vesta just off the coast of Newfoundland today in 1854 and sank, taking down with her nearly 400 souls including a 22
![American steamship SS Arctic collided with the French steamer SS Vesta just off the coast of Newfoundland today in 1854 and sank, taking down with her nearly 400 souls including a 22 American steamship SS Arctic collided with the French steamer SS Vesta just off the coast of Newfoundland today in 1854 and sank, taking down with her nearly 400 souls including a 22](https://nowweknowem.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/wreck_of_the_u_s_m__steam_ship__arctic__one-third-size-2.jpg?w=640)