DATE 



POSITION 



28 Jun 1901 Hare Bay, Labrador 51 '15'N SSMSW 



29 Jul 1901 From Quebec for Manchester 



15 Aug 1901 PI Hilda, Douglas Is , Stephen's 



Passage, Alaska 58°15'N 134'3ffW 



DESCRIPTION 

 OF INCIDENT 



Unknown schooner collided with 

 a large growler 



SS MANCHESTER 

 CORPORATION hit submerged 

 ice 



SS schnr ISLANDER hit a berg 

 in fog at 1 40 am from Skagway 

 to Victoria 



Unknown 



42 lost out of 

 181/183: or maybe 

 65 out of 1 72 



No 2 hold filled with water: 

 voyage completed with pumps 

 constantly going 



Sank in 20 minutes with i3M in 

 gold. 24ly1 salvaged, raised 

 1934 



2 Nov 1901 Taku Bay Alaska 



c 1900 Off Newfoundland coast 



28 Dec 1900 Gastineau Channel Alaska to 



Juneau 



1899 Off the French shore, Nfid 



11 Feb 1899 46°07'N 47'09'W from New Orleans 



to Belfast 



13 Mar 1899 49°N 43°W from Glasgow to 



Baltimore 



June 1899 From Montreal via Sydney to 



Newcastle an- Tyne June 24 



June 1899 Strait of Belle Isle 



1 Jun 1899 200 mi ESE of SI. John's from 



Chicoutami to Manchester 



July 1899 From Montreal at Avonmouth 25'" 



July 1899 Strait of Belle Is from Baliscan, 



Quebec to London, at St John s 21 

 July 



July 1899 130 mi E of Belle Isle from St 



Thomas (St Lawrence) at Greenock 

 Aug 7 



July 1899 Off the coast of Labrador on fishery 



patrol: arr St John s Aug 2 



15 Jul 1899 Straits of Belle Isle 



Lynn Canal Steamer SS CITY 

 OF TOPEKA hit a berg at night 



Fishing vessel EMMELINE hit a 

 berg 



SS DIRIGO hit a berg 



British gunboat BUZZARD struck 

 a growler 



SS TORR HEAD hit a berg a 

 glancing blow dead slow in 

 heavy snow 



SS KASTELIA hit a flat large 

 iceberg or piece of ice 



SS FOREST HOLME hit a berg 

 in dense fog 



British gunboat HMS Sloop 

 BUZZARD struck a growler 



SS HATASU going dead-slow 

 struck a berg while trying to 

 avoid another in dense fog 



SS MONTROSE hit a berg (see 

 also 9 Apr 1928, and 27 July 

 1909) 



SS JOHN BRIGHT met a 

 growler 



SS SAMARA encountered ice 

 fields and bergs 500' - 600' high 



French war vessel transport 

 MANCHE hit a berg 



SS MANCHESTER PORT 

 collided with ice 



None known 



15 lost 



Unknown 



Unknown 



None known 



None known 



None known 



Unknown 



None known 



None known 



None known 



None known 



Unknown 



Cattle uninjured 

 beyond a few 

 bruises 



Broke stem and 7 plates bent, 

 large hole near waterline 



Sank, single survivor rescued off 

 nearby rock 



Stem badly shattered below 

 waterline: leaking 



Bow stove 



Little damage 



8 bow plates dented and rivets 

 started 



Lost tiowspnt and bows 

 extensively damaged 



Bow stove, required to be 

 docked for repair 



Bow crumpled from forefoot to 

 hawse-pipe Reached St. John's 

 4th in sinking condition. 



Plates damaged and leaking 



Bows stove from 21' mark to 

 forefoot.Wooden bow fitted St. 

 John's, torn apart and almost 

 sank in storm 31st 



Stem IS supposed to have been 

 damaged and forepeak full of 

 water 



Bows stove in 



Starboard bow damaged, few 

 plates gone, stem twisted, 

 leaking badly: 300 tons cargo 



NRC • Instiute for Marine Dynamics. 14 December 2000 



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