DATE 



POSITION 



DESCRIPTION 

 OF INCIDENT 



LIVES 

 LOST/INJURED 



DAMAGE 



5 Jul 1883 



Liverpool to Baltimore 



100 mi E of Aniicosti from Newcastle 

 to Montreal arr 9°'. 



6 Sep 1883 On tfie Banks from Quebec to 



Greenock 



also 13 Jan 1890) 



SS BARCELONA hit a huge Unknown 



tabular berg '/. mi long and 40 

 higfi in thick weather at 3 40 pm 

 while reversing engines 



Ship AIWARANTH hit a berg None known 



above water stove in 



Bows crushed and stove 2' fore 

 compartments full of water 



Some damage to quarter 



1882 North Atlantic 



Unknown schooner hit a berg 



5'' crew and captain 

 from Chester Nova 

 Scotia lost 



Sank 



21 H/1ar 1882 30 mi S of Cape Spear 47'05'N 



May 1882 Banks of Newfoundland, from 



Amsterdam, at New York 16*. 



t May 1882 45"N47'W 



Schooner VOLANT hit a berg 

 from St Johns to Barbados 



SS JASON struck a submerged 

 ice floe 



Ship WESTERN BELLE hit a 

 berg 



Crew saved 



None known 



3 boats got away 

 but 1 was swamped 

 losing 13 crew and 

 master Others 

 rescued badly 

 frozen by schnr 

 PRESIDENT 



Partial loss returned to St 

 John s night of 22"' Losf 



Stove large hole in bow. sank 4' 

 by the bow but reached port 

 safely 



Sank in 20 minutes Sun/ivors 

 landed at Quebec 



1 1 May 1882 46'N 46'W from St. Lucia, West 



Indies to Tignish NS 



1 5 May 1 882 48''26'N 47°W from London to 



Quebec 



Barqt OLIVETTE hit a berg 80' 

 high in dense fog 



Ship GREYHOUND hit a berg 



Unknown 



Unknown 



Lost bowsprit, jibbom. head gear 

 and part of cutwater: no leaks 



Lost foremast and bowsprit 



17 May 1882 45°N 47°W arrived St John s 19°" 



24 May 1882 44°25N 44°52"W from Hamburg to 



New York 



25 May 1882 300 mi E of Cape Spear, or 43"N 



50°W. from Newport to New York 



SS PRUSSIAN hit a berg in None known 



dense fog at slow speed 



SS INDIA struck a berg 10 am at None known 



slow speed in fog 



SS FRIARY hit a huge iceberg Unknown 



at half speed in dense fog 



Smashed bowsprit and 

 figurehead 



Stove 2 holes on bow 



Bows smashed in 10-12' and 

 figure head and bowsprit carried 

 away Headed for St John's. 

 Port tx3w holed 



5 Jun 1882 Off St. Pierre 46"54'N 56°20'W from 



Sydney. NS to St John's 



Brig OBAN collided with a berg 

 or rocks [more likely] off S end 

 of St Pierre 



Unknown 



Unknown 



13 Of 15 Jun 48°10'N50°W from New York to 



1882 Christiansund (or 43°N) 



Bark EDELINE hit a berg 



Crew took to boats 

 and picked up IS" 



Sank next day 



NRC - Insliute for Marine Dynamics 14 December 2000 



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