![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" 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"](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"
![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.
![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)