DATE 



17 Sep 1880 



1 1 Nov 188C 



July 1879 

 7 Nov 1879 



POSITION 



Strait of Belle Isle 5r30'N 55°w 85 

 mr SE of Belle Is from Harbour 

 Grace lo Boulter s Rock 

 Grand Banks from Cardiff lo New 

 York 



From Labrador to Quebec. 7". 



241 mi E of St Johns from New York 

 to Liverpool. 47=N 45 'W 



Before 2 Apr Green Bay area ' 



1878 



28 Apr 1878 From Cadiz to St Jotin s arr 



29" 



June 1878 Strait of Belle Isle, from Montreal lo 



Liverpool, arrived 24"". 



11 Aug 1878 5 rN 48'N, from Leith and Greenock 



Scotland lo Quebec 



» 



Sep 1878 



5 Jun 1877 



13 Mar 1876 



June 1876 



16 Jun1876 



13 Jun 1876 



100 or 130 mi E of the Banks, from 

 Lancaster to Quebec an-ived 14" 



On Grand Banks. 45'N 45'^, or 

 more probably off Cape Ray 



Off Cape Ballard 



6 mi E of Cape St Francis from Till 

 Cove for Betty Cove and Swansea 

 Arrived St Johns 3" 



Near Cape Race, from Liverpool to 

 Quebec, arrived 22nd 



Off Belle Island, from Prince Edward 

 Island to Queenstown 



July 1876 46'N48°W 



18 Aug 1876 Near Cape Norman, NF from Shields 



to Sagneny 



23 Aug 1876 On the Banks from New Orleans to 



Liverpool 



DESCRIPTION 

 OF INCIDENT 



BELLE hit a berg m dense foq ; 

 4 am 



Schooner SCHLESWIG 

 damaged by ice 



Brig KAYOSUK hit a berg 



SS ARIZONA hit a monstrous 

 berg m dark and foggy 

 conditions at 15'/.mph, (other 

 reports 18 kis) after ordenng 

 hard astarboard and reversing 

 the engines 



Sealing ? Brig GLENGARRY 

 Struck a small island of ice 

 whilst under sail 



FLYING SCUD struck a berg 



SS POLYNESIA grazed a berg 



Bark EVELINE hit the extreme 

 end of a 100' high berg in dense 

 fog 



Bark ST, FRANCOIS struck 

 against presumably an iceberg 



Brigt BEAUTY from London to 

 Saint John, NB 



Briganline SARAH GRACE 

 jammed in the ice and struck by 

 an iceberg 



Bark BELLE KEITH hit a berg 

 while under control of pilot 



SS SARDINIAN hit a berg at 

 slow speed and managed to 

 reverse engines before hitting 



TOPAZ hit a berg, beached on 

 Sell is to avoid sinking 



Fresh wreckage of unknown 

 vessel in lee of ceberg 



ATLANTIC went ashore trying to 

 avoid an iceberg in thick fog 



SS ARBITRATOR hit a berg 



LIVES 

 LOST/INJURED 



Crew saved 

 Unknown 



None known 



No known deaths 

 some injuries 

 amongst the 509 

 passengers as 

 many were thrown 

 at impact 



Crew saved 



Unknown 

 None known 



None known 



None known 

 Unknown 

 Crew saved 



Unknown 



None known 



Unknown 



Unknown 



Crew saved 



DAMAGE 



Abandoned 



Partial loss 



Some copper carried away 



Bows driven in 20 feel but 

 collision bulkhead held No 

 water beyond first compartment 

 Headed to St John's for repairs 

 where they removed 200 tons of 

 wedged ice 



Sank 



Leaking badly belowwaterline. 

 grounded to save cargo 



Scraped the -Poly' off her name 

 and deposited 10 tons of ice on 

 deck 



Smashed jib boom bowsprit, 

 head rail, etc 



Cut through cutwater causing 

 vessel to leak 



Bowsprit and all headgear lost 



Sank 



Lost jib boom bowsprit, and 

 part of headgear 



Crew saved by 

 brigntne BALTIC 



A little damage lo port bow. 

 quantity of ice fell on deck 



Lost cathead, deck planking 

 started, very leaky Later floated 

 off. 



Wreckage passed by bng LILY 

 Total wreck 



Foundered 



NRC ■ Instiule for Marine Dynamics. 14 December 2000 



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