DATE POSITION 



17 Jun 1885 From Harbour Grace to N Sydney 



5 Aug 1885 From Montreal to London, put into 



SlJohn s 14" 



14 Sep 1885 Off Cape Francs, Labrador 52'35'N 



55-45W 



February 1884 Spoken to in 45 N 48 W on 4- 



2 Feb 1884 46°N 46'20 W to New York from 



London 



27 Feb 1884 44 ■aO'N 48 '40W from Bremen to 



New York 



Apnl 1884 From Havre to St Pierre 



25 Apr 1884 North Atlantic from Jersey UK to 



Arichat. NS 



^ or 5 Jun 1884 49=25N 45»30W. from Liverpool to 



Cfiarlottetown PEI 



15 Jun 1884 Off Bay Bulls, from Montreal to 



Harbour Grace, towed into St John s 

 16'" 



18 Jun 1884 4r31N48'28W from Baltimore to 



Weser 



27 Aug 1884 



Sep 1884 



Off Catalina. from Harbour Grace to 

 Snug Harbour, Lab 



From Montreal to Bristol arr 



St John s 27" 



12 Sep 1884 Conception Bay 



20 Sep 1884 37-Np.l52"17WfromLondonl 



Baltimore 



1883 On the Grand Banks 



DESCRIPTION 

 OF INCIDENT 



Bark ISABELLA WILSON hit a 

 berg 



SS ERL KING hit a berg 



Schooner BERTHA hit a berg in 

 fog 



SS SIDONIAN damaged by berg 



SS NOrriNG HILL hit a heavy 

 sunken berg twice at 1150 pm 



Ship WILHELM struck a berg 

 -200 yards long & 20' high 



TROIS SOEURS hit a berg 



Brig PATRIUS or PATRUUS 

 struck a berg 



Bark ETHEL BLANCHE hit a 

 berg 



Schnr EUGENIE struck a berg 



SSHGHENSTAUFENhila 

 piece of ice 6 high - midnight, 

 overcast and misty no other ice 

 in sight 



Brig RESOLVEN likely hit a berg 



SS BRISTOL hit ice: reports 378 

 icebergs between Cape Freels 

 and Cape Race 



Schnr MORDAUNT hit a berg 



21 or 23 Feb 200 mi E of Cape Race 44'N 52'W 



1883 from Bristol to New York 



Bark HARVESTER hit a berg 3 

 am in thick weather 



Schooner ALBATROSS sailing 

 east struck a low lying berg m a 

 storm 



SS GLOUCESTER CITY hit a 

 berg 



LIVES 

 LOST/INJURED 



None known 

 None known 



Crew saved with 

 great difficulty 



None known 



All hands rescued 

 by SS STATE OF 

 NEBRASKA 



Unknown 



Crew saved 

 Unknown 



All saved 



None known Crew 

 abandoned but later 

 reboarded 



None known 



13 crew and 

 passengers 

 presumed lost 



None 



29 Apr 1883 Off the Banks of Newfoundland, from sS NESSMORE hi, a berg (see 



NRC - Instiute for Marine Dynamics, 14 December 2000 



None known 



None known 



8 went down, 2 

 escaped on dinghy 



All crew saved by 

 SS FREJA 



None known 



DAMAGE 



Lost bowsprit 



Hole in stbd bow above 



walerline 



Went to pieces and sank almost 

 immediately 



Hole in port bow and rudder 

 slightly damaged 



2 holes, abandoned on the 5th 

 with 18' of water in the hold 



Damage to bow 



Sank 



Lost bowsprit and figurehead, 

 beams broken, cargo damage 



Filled in 20 mins and 

 abandoned Gear saved 8", 



Lost foretopmast, jib boom 

 bowsprit, hull very badly 

 shattered 



Several frames broken first 

 compartment leaking 



Found derelict and abandoned 

 30 mi off Catalina and lowed to 

 Harbour Grace 



Propeller smashed 



Almost totally wrecked but 

 managed to make Holyrood 



Lost jib boom, back ropes, 

 foreyard and broke cutwater 



Sank quickly The 2 picked up 

 by schooner ENERGY which 

 was sunk in collision with SS 

 LIDDESDALE when approaching 

 to transfer survivors which m turn 

 went aground at Cape Race, 



Sank 



5 frames broken and 1 bow plate 



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