DATE POSITION 



DESCRIPTION 

 OF INCIDENT 



LIVES 



LOST/INJURED 



DAMAGE 



6 May 1885 45'N47"W 



Bark MAGDALENA hit a berg 



Unknown 



Abandoned 



7 May 1885 From Liverpool arr Newcastle NB 



May 20. spoken lo in 46'N 47'W on 

 7". 



7 May 1885 Off Cape Race, from Glasgow to 



Montreal 



7 May 1885 Grand Banks from Cork to Quebec 



9 May 1885 



9-12 May 

 1885 



10 May 1885 



10 May 1885 



13 May 1885 

 16 May 1885 



16 May 1885 



18 May 1885 



18 May 1885 



19 May 1885 



21 May 1885 



27 May 1885 



Between 47'N 46°W and 45'N 

 50'W, put into North Sydney NS 

 from Rotterdam to Montreal 



From Macelo to Quebec 

 Arr Montreal in tow 3tf" 



43'30'N 49°20'W from Liverpool to 

 Halifax 



46'N 49°W from New York to 

 Newcastle 



North Atlantic 



40°33N 44°38'W from Rocheforl to 

 Halifax 



On the Banks from Charente to 

 Montreal; put in to Halifax 20"' 



46°N 46°W from St Nazaire to 

 Parrsboro, NS 



North Atlantic from Havre to 

 Miramichi 



43°30'N 49°30'W from Liverpool to 

 New York 



On the Banks, from Montreal at 

 Liverpool June 2 



42°44'N 50°21'W from Liverpool to 

 Philadelphia 



Bark OSSUNA hit a berg 



SS COLINA struck a berg 



Bark ANNIE CHRISTINE struck 

 a berg 



SS JERANOS hit a berg at night 



Bark GRANT was completely 

 blocked between icebergs 



BarkRW MERRIAM struck a 

 large berg -400 high and 1 mi 

 long in thick fog 8 am at 3 kts 



SS MARY LOUISA in ice and 

 heavy swell, icebergs dashed 

 against hull 



Ship CEYLON hit a berg from 

 Philadelphia to Cork, Ire 



Bark ALMA hit a berg 



SS DRACONA hit a berg at 

 1 1pm. steaming at 10 kts before 

 reversing engines, surrounded by 

 many bergs next day 



Bark FLORA hit a berg 



Ship THEMIS struck a berg 



SS CITY OF BERLIN hit an 

 immense berg stem on. dead 

 slow in dense fog at 3 15 am 



Bark BROOKLYN hit a berg in 

 fog 



SS LORD GOUGH collided 

 slightly with a large iceberg 



None known 



Unknown 



Crew took to boats 

 and rescued 18 

 hours later by ship 

 CORNELIUS 

 STOCKEM 



Unknown 



None known 



Crew taken aboard 

 Bark AURORA 



Crew picked up by 

 Barks BRILLIANT 

 and CHARGER 



Unknown 



None known 



None known 



None known 



Crew saved by SS 

 MISSOURI 



None 



None 



None 



Lost foreyard, foretopsail yard, 

 mizzen. channels, rigging and 

 steering gear Port side of cabin 

 smashed 



Smashed bulkhead; fore 

 compartment flooded 



Sank 



Hole in bow fonward 

 compartments full of water; 200 

 tons cargo jettisoned 



Badly scraped and lost part of 

 stem 



Bows stove and bowsprit driven 

 into hold Abandoned IT" and 

 later observed on fire 



Hull plates crushed causing 

 forward hold to fill, crew left with 

 prop sticking out of water Sank 



Lost stem and cutwater, slight 

 damage to bows 



Bows stove, lost bowsprit, 

 foretopgallantmast and all head 

 gear Not leaking 



Extensive damage with hole in 

 bow; not leaking behind collision 

 bulkhead 



Side damaged and leaking badly 



Abandoned 



Bowsprit and headgear carried 

 away, no damage below 

 waterline, ice fell through deck 

 into hold 



Bowsprit smashed and other 

 damage; ice fell on deck 



No damage 



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