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and good visibility. Oceanographic stations 257, 258, 259, 260, and 

 261 wore occupied. At 0.50 G. M. T., in lat. 42° 56', long. 51° 06', 

 a long, low berg was passed and photographed. This berg was re- 

 ported by the steamship Canadian Mariner, on the 8th, as being 

 three-fourths of a mile long. It was variously estimated this day as 

 being from 500 to 800 feet long and 50 feet high. It was sighted 

 by the patrol on the 12th, in lat. 42° 52', long. 50° 46', and had 

 drifted 288° true, at the rate of 0.5 knot per hour. At 9.35 G. M. T. 

 passed another berg, about 300 feet by 300 feet by 90 feet high, 

 grounded on the Tail of the Bank, in lat. 43° 00', long. 50° 17'. A 

 third large berg was sighted, in lat. 42° 50', long. 50° 00'. Both 

 the latter bergs had been sighted by the Patrol on the 12th. Ful- 

 mars were thick around the bergs and one whale and numerous 

 murres were noted. A robin lighted on the ship. Special ice infor- 

 mation was furnished the steamships Manchester Hero and Bremen. 



April 1 5 : Moderate gale to strong winds from NNW. ; cloudy, with 

 good \dsibility. Occupied station No. 262, and at daybreak arrived 

 at lat. 41° 46', long. 50° 14', where the Titanic sank, after colliding 

 with an iceberg, on April 15, 1912. The engines were stopped and 

 at sunrise colors were half-masted. At 10 a. m., 75th meridian 

 time, by request all stations within range observed radio silence 

 for five minutes and the patrol carried out memorial exercises for 

 those who perished on this spot 11 years ago, including a general 

 muster, a memorial address by Lieutenant Smith, prayer by Surgeon 

 Lave, three volleys, and taps. The following message was received 

 from the Agent of Marine, Halifax: ''Halifax desires to be associated 

 with you in your memorial service over Titanic grave to-day." 

 Upon conclusion of these exercises, the vessel proceeded to occupy 

 oceanographic stations 263 and 264. Special ice information was 

 furnished the steamship Maryland and information and warning was 

 furnished the passenger steamship Montrose, bound east, whose 

 course was carrying her dangerously close during the night to the 

 three bergs last located by the patrol on the 14th. 



April 16: Fresh NNW. winds, falling and backing to WSW., 

 with very good visibility. In the early morning a brilliant meteor 

 was seen to the northward. At 2.35 G. M. T. passed a large berg, in 

 lat. 42° 40', long. 50° 44'. This berg was conical in shape, about 

 110 feet high, with a small peak attached to the main berg below 

 the surface and a long underwater ledge. It was located by the 

 patrol on the 11th, 12th, and 14th, and had drifted, since last ob- 

 served, 255° true, at the rate of 1.5 knots per hour. A second 

 berg was passed at 4 G. M. T., in lat. 42° 48', long. 50° 55'. This 

 was the long, low berg sighted on the 14th, since which time it had 

 drifted 12 miles, 138°, true. Occupied oceanographic stations 265 



