DATE POSITION 



DESCRIPTION 

 OF INCIDENT 



LIVES 

 LOST/INJURED 



DAMAGE 



June 1890 Off the Newfoundland Banks from 



Liverpool to Shedlac, NB 



8 Jul 1890 47''43N 46'42 W from Glasgow to 



Pfiiladelphia 



30 July 1890 From Pilleys Is to Si John s 



48°N 46°40'W from Birkenhead to 

 Quebec arr. 8". 



Strait of Belle Isle, SrSO'N 56°30W 

 from Liverpool to Quebec 



Sep 1890 Glacier Bay, Alaska from Alaska to 



Victona arr. Sep 9 



26 r^v 1890 North Atlantic 



broadside on. 



Bark SPERANZA ran into a berg 



SS HIBERNIAN hit a berg in 

 dense fog 



SS PORTIA struck a berg 

 Another account passing berg 

 when it broke into 3 pieces on of 

 which came up under hull lifting 

 her 5 (see also June 1893 - 

 same incidenf) 



Bark HANNA hit a berg 



SS schnr VANCOUVER while 

 going slowly struck a berg 1 mile 

 long 



SS GEORGE W ELDER hit a 

 berg, mostly submerged at half 

 speed 



SS THANEI^ORE (old CITY OF 

 ANTWERP) sailed and 

 disappeared assumed to have 

 hit one of several icebergs in the 

 area 



2 Ivlate and 3 crew 

 in 1 boat supposed 

 lost 



None known 



None known 



Unknown 



Unknown 



None known 



43 lives lost 



Bows crushed and vessel began 

 to sink at once Crew took to 

 boats, landed at Qubec July 31 



Damaged 1 plate on port side 



Drove bow under water: no 

 material damage Lloyd's List 

 account strained slightly 

 midships, rudder twisted 



Partial loss, badly damaged 

 about the bow 



Partial loss minor damage 



Jagged hole in port bow 3' by 3' 

 Immediately beached to avoid 

 sinking and patched 



Assumed sank SS NERO 

 reports to have sighted the ship 

 on fire near the Flemish Cap in 

 December 



14 May 1889 48°20'N 48°47 W from Jersey to 



Gaspe 



June 1889 North Atlantic 



11 Jun 1889 42"54'N 49°54'W 



1888 Near Cape Farewell Greenland 



Greenland -Denmark fen^ service 



18 Jun 1888 Strait of Belle Isle 



43'20'N 47°W from Norfolk to 

 Liverpool 



Off Cape Broyle, Nfid, from SlJohn s 

 to West Indies 



Schnr BOLINA hit a berg in None known 



dense fog 



Unknown Vessel: iceberg with Unknown, 



deep indentation as if been 

 struck by vessel with wreckage 

 at Its base 



SS SAALE at half speed hit a Unknown 



berg 50' high and % square, full 

 of hummocks and projections, 

 and broke though one proiection 



CASTOR disappeared, thought 25 lost 



to have hit iceberg 



Ship LOYAL lay becalmed None known 



when a berg drifted in to her, 

 or drifted into a grounded 

 berg 



SS HARTVILLE hit a large berg Unknown 



Barquentine SUSAN struck a 5 Drowned 



berg 



Damage to bow and stern 



Wreckage observed by SS 

 Orsino from Gibralter at New 

 York June 21 



None 



Lost 



Sufficient blow to cause severe 

 leak, grounded to avoid sinking 

 - later broke apart and became 

 total loss 



4 port bow plates smashed and 



5 square hole; some cargo 

 jettisoned 



Sank shortly afterwards 



NRC - Instiute for Marine Dynamics. 14 December 2000 



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