DATE POSITION 



DESCRIPTION 

 OF INCIDENT 



LIVES 

 LOST/INJURED 



DAMAGE 



6 May 1874 47°N 48°W from Liverpool to Halifax Bark JOHN ABBOTT hit a berg 



in ihick fog 



10 May 1874 44° 4 IN 49'W from Hamburg to New Barque MAI hit a berg ,n thick 



York fog 



20 May 1874 Approx 45°N 47 W from Barrow UK 



to Bridgewater NS 



22 May 1874 150 mi E of Cape Race 46°20 N 



51 "OST/V from Christiana, Nwy to 

 Quebec 



Bark HENRIETTA hit a berg 



Barq PONTECORVO hit a berg 

 in fog 



Brig HANNAH hit a berg in thick 

 fog 3 am 



MELPOMENE hit a berg 



July 1874 30 mi NW p) of Cape Race at 



Pictou 22"" 



STAFFA struck a berg 



STATE OF LOUISIANA hit a 

 berg 



83 CERDIC struck a berg 



5 Jul 1874 Off NfW , from Antwerp to Montreal Brig ILIADE hit a berg 



5 July 1874 From New York to Queenstown, 



an-ived 12" 



1 1 Jul 1874 From Quebec to Glasgow off Caoe 



Race 



24 Oct 1873 28 mi ESE of Belle Isle, from Snug 



Harbour to Montreal 



12 Dec 1873 From Harbour Grace, NF to 



Waterfofd 



10 Jun 1872 15 mi SE of Ferryland, from Sydney 



CB to Brigus. NF 



Ship GANONOQUE struck a 

 berg 



Brigantine ELMA hit a berg arr 

 St Johns Nov 17" 



GLENCOE hit a berg 



1871 North Atlantic'' (name of vessel IS Message in bottle 'SS 



unconfirmed) BORSTON struck an iceberg: 



will sink in a few minutes: no 

 hope, all lost Arthur S " 



May 1871 40'43N 51' 34-W Unknown ship amidst 4 bergs 



NRC - Instiule for Marine Dynamics. 14 December 2000 



Unknown 



Unknown 



Crew picked up by 

 brig IRIS on 24lh 



170 Passengers and 

 crew lifted by ship 

 MACEDONIA 



Unknown 



Unknown 



LAUREL hit a berg, fore and aft Unknown 



Unknown 

 None known 



None known 



Crew manned 

 pumps for 50 hours 

 till rescued 



SS NEVADA hit a berg in fog Unknown 



Crew, except 1 . 

 saved, arr Sydney. 

 NS 21' 



None known 



Unknown 



EYRIE hit a berg m dense fog None known 



Presume all hands 



Unknown 



Bowsprit and headgear carried 

 away 



Broke bowsprit, cutwater, 

 figurehead, mast and |ibbon and 

 all sails attached 



Sank in 20 minutes after taking 

 to the boats 



Abandoned 23rd Damage to 

 bowsprit and foremast and 

 damage to hull above waterline 



Cutwater can-ied away bowsprit 

 and lib boom sprung, cathead 

 and one stanchion sprung 



5 planks stove in port bow: 

 leaking 



Lost bowsprit, then upper work 

 of stern, leaking 



Unknown 



No damage 



4 plates and frames broken on 

 stbd side 



Sank shortly after crew lifted 

 Crew landed at Sydney 



Some damage and part of berg 

 fell off onto forecastle 



Towed into St John's, derelict 



Bows stove and lost bowsprit 

 and rigging 



Total loss 



Lost bowsprit, headgear and 

 cutwater: foremast and foreyard 

 sprung and other considerable 

 damage 



Lost 



Waterlogged: fore and main 



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