![Collins liner Arctic sinking after a collision with the French steamer Vesta in September, 1854. Many lives were lost in the tragedy. Collins liner Arctic sinking after a collision with the French steamer Vesta in September, 1854. Many lives were lost in the tragedy.](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/7b/6d/3a/7b6d3ac6cda3f1837f8b673e2b43eeff--boat-painting-steamer.jpg)
Collins liner Arctic sinking after a collision with the French steamer Vesta in September, 1854. Many lives were lost in the tragedy.
![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
![Loss of the Steamship Arctic - i>Notes on Some Few of the Wrecks and Rescues During the Present Century (1889) Loss of the Steamship Arctic - i>Notes on Some Few of the Wrecks and Rescues During the Present Century (1889)](https://todayinsci.com/Events/Ships/SSArctic500px.jpg)
Loss of the Steamship Arctic - i>Notes on Some Few of the Wrecks and Rescues During the Present Century (1889)
![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)