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.
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] Alexander Stephen and Sons of Linthouse, Glasgow built the ship in 1881 as Pieter de Coninck for the Belgian company Theodore C. Engels & Co of Antwerp.
[5] After financial difficulties, Thingvalla was bought in 1898 by Det Forenede Dampskibs-Selskab (DFDS), Copenhagen, which served the route as "Scandinavia-America Line".
After taking on Norwegian emigrants at Kristiania and Kristiansand, the ship set course across the Atlantic Ocean, travelling north of Scotland to New York City.
[7] On 28 June, Norge ran aground on Hasselwood Rock, Helen's Reef, close to Rockall, in foggy weather.