Although all of the lifeboats were smashed in the storm, all of the passengers and crew aboard were saved by the heroic actions of a fruit transport ship, the Minni Schiffer, and her Captain, John Wilson.

It has been described as the Titanic of its day,[3][6] a reference both to its early sinking, but also to its relative size and opulence compared against other passenger ships at the time it was launched.

The leak was brought under control, but due to the extra stress on the coal-fired steam engine a fire had by then started below deck.

Reports indicate that so many people boarded the tiny transport that they stood on every available patch of deck, and that some were even clinging to the tall masts and rigging.

Subsequent dives with a remote operated vehicle in 2014 were able to retrieve artifacts from the wreck site which positively identified the vessel as an Atlantic Royal Mail Steam Navigation Company ship.

[3] The court order was made in anticipation of a future salvage claim in the event that valuable cargo is recovered.

The precise coordinates of the wreck site have not been made publicly available, but it has been stated in various sources that the wreckage is believed to lie in international waters.