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made f oi' the ice reported, but none was found. The weather through- 

 out the cruise was favorable for carrying out the mission of the 

 patrol. The hours of fog were IT per cent and of fog and low visi- 

 bility 11) per cent. For the most part light to moderate breezes pre- 

 vailed. On three days only did tlie breeze reach the force of (5, 

 Beaufort scale, and then for only an hour or two. Twenty-live 

 oceanouraphic stations were occupied. The data obtained from them 

 indicates that the season is fully two weeks in advance of normal. 

 The water is w^armer than is usual at this time of the year, and the 

 Labrador current shows a negligible southerly drift which is largely 

 influenced by winds and tide. The broadcasts and reports to the 

 Hydrographic Office and Weather Bureau were carried out as pre- 

 scribed in Coast Guard letter of February 4, 19il4 ((312-601). The 

 patrol received 850 surface sea -water temperatures from 14t> differ- 

 ent vessels, 35 weather, 2 ice, and 11 wreck and obstruction reports. 

 Special ice information was furnished to 8 vessels, and weather re- 

 ports to 3. 



COAST GUARD CUTTER "TAMPA," LIEUT. COMMANDER W. J. 

 WHEELER, ICE PATROL, THIRD CRUISE, MAY 19 TO JUNE 4, 

 1924 



Tlie Tampa left Halifax at 11.45 a, m. May 16, a day earlier than 

 her schedule, in order that she might have time to stop at St. Pierre, 

 Miquelon, to secure information regarding two French barkentines 

 (fishermen) that were reported to have been sunk by ice last season 

 without knowledge of the patrol vessel. Partially thick weather 

 set in on afternoon of sailing, Init utilization of the Canadian radio- 

 compass stations enabled us to skirt the shore of Xova Scotia and 

 Cape Breton Island without difficulty, and at 9.15 p. m. on the 17th 

 we anchored on the northeastern edge of St. Pierre Bank, some 20 

 miles from St. Pierre, to await daylight and clearing weather. At 

 5 a. m. Sunday, May 18, we stood for St. Pierre, anchoring in the 

 harbor at 10.05. Westerly breezes and clear weather prevailed. 

 After exchanging calls with the French governor we received writ- 

 ten report from him that the French barkentine Le Raymond was 

 lost through collision with ice April 24, 1923, latitude 48° 57', longl 

 tude 45° 25' (from meridian of Paris), and the France et Bretagn' 

 on April 25, 1923, latitude 46° 15', longitude 44° 05' (fi-om meridian 

 of Greenwich). Neither vessel was equipped with radio. It is to ])e 

 observed that Lc Raymoiid was not in the vicinity of steamer lano 

 for that reason. The France et Bretagne was in the vicinity of tlio 

 route to Halifax, but naturally neither vessel could be considers 1 

 within the scope of operations of the ice patrol, since neither was 

 equipped with radio. 



