DATE POSITION 



12 Apr 1880 From New Orleans lo Antwerp 



14 Apr 1880 46°N 47°W 



1 May 1880 Off Ihe southern coast of Nfid near 



Grand Bruit 



DESCRIPTION 

 OF INCIDENT 



SS VIZCANO hit a berg 



SS PRIOR hit a berg 



Ship THORNDRAN, 

 (THORDEAN THORNDEAN'') 

 lost in ice 



13 May 1880 Off St Pauls Is from Marseille to 



Quebec 



10 May 1880 In Atlantic, from New Orleans to 



Calais 



Bark SEBASTOPOL struck an 

 iceberg 



Ship EDITH TROOP last seen in 

 ice 



Crew took to boats 

 arr St Paul's 17" 



Crew of 25 missing 



Sank 



Presumed sank 



11 May 1860 Off River St Lawrence from 



Queenslown 



Bark NEPTUNE hit berg 



Crew lifted from 

 boats by GANGER 

 ROLF 



Sank 



26 May 1880 43'43N 50°39'W from Fleetwood to 



New York 



June 18 



For Philadelphia 



3 Jun 1880 45'50'N for Philadelphia 



5 Jun 1880 From Richmond to Queenstown, 



spoken to 13'" June at 42"08 N 

 47°32'W 



Bark CONDES (CONDOR) 

 struck a large berg in dense fog 

 by catching mainmast 



2 injured: 1 fell of 

 mainmast, other fell 

 off OK but 2 legs 

 broken by falling ice 

 off berg 



CORDELIA hit a berg (same as Unknown 



CADELIA bekjw') 



Gennan bark CADELIA hit huge None known 



berg 



Bark GRID struck a berg in fog None known 



Mainmast brought down bringing 

 everything with it, bulwarks 

 smashed 



Stove and part of cargo 

 jettisoned to lighten ship 



Bow stove and headgear can-ied 

 away Holes patched 



Lost bowsprit, foremast, jib 

 boom and cutwater, planks 

 started 



5 Jun 1880 Off Cape Race 4r40'N SI'UW from 



New York to Dijon 



7 Jun 1880 From Ivigtut to Philadelphia 



12 Jun 1880 10 mi off St John s for Nevirfoundland 



fishing grounds 



30 Jun 1880 Near Little Fogo Island from Bristol 



to Twillingate 



3 July 1880 About 50 miles SE of C Spear from 



St. John s to Miramachi 



Barkt BIRDSTOWN 

 (BIRDSTOW)hita berg at 

 10,27am in thick fog at 6Vi knots 



THYRA hit a berg 



HMS FLAIVIINGO ran into berg 

 at reduced speed 



CHALLENGE struck a berg in 

 dense fog at night 



Brig TITANIA struck a berg in fog 



Crew picked up by 

 ship LIVERPOOL on 



6'" 



Unknown 



None 



Unknown 



Owner went down 

 with ship, others 

 picked up by scnr 

 P I WHITTEN 



Abandoned, with head and 

 steering gear carried away and 

 settling fast 



Lost bowsprit and cutwater; 

 stem damaged 



No serious damage 



Considerable damage 



Sank 3 hours later 



5 Aug 1 880 15 mi WNW of Cape Race from 



St Johns to Sydney, NS 



29 Aug 1880 



Off Belle Isle. 52°N 55'3ffW from 

 Ban'ow. UK 10 Montreal 



Schnr JESSIE HOYT hit a berg None known 



SS HURWORTH hit a berg 1 lost 



Lost stem, pbboom, bowsprit, 

 foremasthead sprung and other 

 damage, returned 7" 



Bow badly smashed 



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