Jun 28, 2019
June 28, 1904 the worst disaster in the history of Danish shipping occurred when the S/S Norge hit a cliff near Rockall in the Atlantic ocean...
Of the 795 souls onboard, 635 perished. The life-boats had insufficient capacity and did not deploy properly. Most who died were emigrants heading to North America - many of them Russians and Scandinavians from other countries than Denmark. The disaster is rarely mentioned in Denmark and anniversaries are never marked.