DATE POSITION 



16 Jun 1882 From Gloucester (o the Banks, 25 



tni N of Cape Ballard 



16 Jun 1882 32 mi SW of Cape Race 46 30'N 



53°W from Sydney to London 



16 Jun 1882 230 mi or 45'N 48'W off 



Newfoundland coast from 

 Cfiarlottetown to Bordeaux 



21 Jun 1882 



21 Jun 1882 



21 Jun 1882 

 1 Jul 1882 

 Oct 1882 

 10H4ay 1881 



5 H/1ay 1881 



8 Jun 1881 



July 1881 



1880 

 3 Mar 1880 



About 5 mi off Cape Englisfi or 20 

 mi off Cape Race 



From Ricfilonele to Maryport, Eng 

 spoken to 26'" in 47M0'N 43'20W 



42°20N 52'05W from Tenerife lo 

 Summerside, PEI 



45-29N 48-40W from Gottenburg to 

 Pfiiladeiptiia 



A few days out from Iviglul. 

 Greenland, an- Pfiiladelpfiia 12* 



4 mi off Bird Rocks. H/1agdalen 

 Islands 



10 mi E of Sydney Cape Breton 

 46'15'N 60"W, from Cow bay lo 

 Quebec 



20 mi E N E of Cape St Jotin from 

 Conception Bay (o Labrada 



Strait of Belle Isle, from Hull lo 

 Quebec 



Off Cape Race 



From Barrow to Philadelpfiia 



26 H/1ar 1880 46°N 48 



"W 



DESCRIPTION 

 OF INCIDENT 



Fishing schooner IV1ASSAS0IT 



111 a berg at full speed in fog 



SS PERA struck berg at full 

 speed 



Barque LIZZIE CAH/IERON hit a 

 berg at 8 knots 



SS ASDRUBEL struck a berg in 

 dense fog. from Saint John NB 

 to Bristol 



Bark LEON struck a berg 



Bark MONTAGUE hit a berg in 

 thick fog 



Bark FRAMNAES hit a berg m 

 dense fog 



Bark FLUORINE colided with a 

 huge berg in dense fog 



Bark GANANOQUE hit a berg ,n 

 thick fog 



SS MAYFIELD hit ice [some 

 reports say iceberg) 



Fishing vessel REUBEN J 

 HART struck ice at 7 kts in thick 

 fog 



SSLOMOSA(LIMOSA)hita 

 berg 



SS FLAMINGO hit a berg 



SS LANGSHAW encountered 

 fields of ice and icebergs for 3 

 days 



SS FERNVILLE hit a berg 



LIVES 

 LOST/INJURED 



Some crew took to 

 boats and landed at 

 St Johns others 

 lost 



Crew saved 1 boat 

 picked up by the 

 FLORELLA -32 mi 

 SE by E of Cape 

 Race: other 2 by 

 LAKE MANITOBA 



Crew took to boats 

 picked up by 

 banking schooner 

 J W Bentley and 

 landed at Bay Bulls 

 Nfid 



Crew took to 

 boats, rescued and 

 brought into St 

 Mary's 



None known 



None known 



None known 



None known 



Crew landed on Bird 

 Rocks, picked up 

 12" 



Unknown 



All of the 60 on 

 board made it on to 

 the ice 



None known 



Unknown 

 None known 



Crew landed at 

 St Pierre 



NRC - Instiute for Marine Dynamics, 14 December 2000 



DAMAGE 



Sank almost immediately 



Cut through the hull to the 

 foremast: total loss 



Port bow crushed, filled with 

 water and turned on her beam 

 ends in half an hour 



Sank with bows still above 

 water 



Badly damaged stoving bows 

 and carrying away |ib boom, fore 

 and maintopmasi and all yards: 

 continued voyage 



Jib boom smashed and 10' of 

 cutwater lost 



Abandoned, crew losing 

 everything 



Bulwarks stove, railings, 

 spanker boom and wheel broken 



Stove starboard bow and filled 

 rapidly: sank 



Partial loss, ran ashore at N 

 Sydney to avoid sinking later 

 refloated 



Sank in 3 minutes Crews 

 picked up later in the day by 

 schooner SELINA 



Bow stove leak controlled 



Wrecked 



Stove port bow a d fore 

 compartments filled with water 



Filled and sank next morning 



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