DATE POSITION 



DESCRIPTION 

 OF INCIDENT 



LIVES 

 LOST/INJURED 



DAMAGE 



9 Jul 1863 



Off Newfoundland, from Liverpool to 

 Halifax 



Nortfi Atlantic, spoken to in 46°N 

 15°W returning to Bordeaux 



48°N 44 °W from Hamburg to New 

 York 



5 Aug 1863 From l^onlreal to Liverpool 



9 Aug 1863 -45°N 49°W, from Quebec to the 



Clyde 



14lv1ay1862 Off Cape Race 



Stiip PRINCESS ROYAL struck 

 a berg bound for Halifax 



Sfiip NICHOLAS hit a berg 



SS BORUSSIA hit a berg in 

 dense fog 



Brig GULTURUS hit a berg, crew 

 landed at Gaspe 



Bark CAMBRIA hit a berg 



PIONEER struck a berg the day 

 before Some cargo saved by 

 BLUE JACKET 



Crew saved 



None known 



None known 



Crew took to boats 

 and picked up by 

 sch PRINCE 



Crew taken off by 

 LOTUS 



Unknown 



Abandoned 



Lost bowsprit, foremast, etc 



Lost bowsprit and stove in bow 

 to a considerable extent 



After -40 hours of pumping was 

 about to be abandoned when 

 accidentally caught fire 



Bows completely smashed, 

 abandoned 3 days later and fired 



Sank 



17 t^ay 1862 47°N 55°W. from Liverpool C) to 



Quebec 



30 Sep 1862 Strait of belle Isle, from Greenock to 



Montreal 



15 Apr 1861 From Liverpool to St John's 



May 1861 44"N 49°W 



Before 1 May Off Cape Race 



1861 



23 May 1861 About 44°N 48°W. from Hamburg to 



Quebec 



Ship BARON CLYDE hit a berg 

 in dense bg. put in to St. Pierre 

 26'" 



SURINAM hit a berg 



PROSPERO struck a berg 



Unknown ship of -600 tons 

 surrounded by 7 icebergs 

 sighted 25 May 



SS BOHEMIAN hit a berg 



CAESAR hit a berg 



4Jun1861 Straitsof Belle Isle 5 rSO'N 55°30'W SS CANADIAN struck a berg 



from Quebec to England 



23 Jun 1861 -45°N 49°W. from Montreal to 



Bristol 



Bark ORNEN hit a berg in fog 



May 1859 45°N 54 °W. from Shields to Quebec NORDEN struck a berg 



arr 10 May 



Jun 1859 100 mi from St. John's. 5 days out 



from New York for Glasgow 



3 Jun 1859 From Quebec to Liverpool, put into 



Croque Harbour. French Shore 



9 Jul 1859 49°N 48'W, from Liverpool to Halifax 



SS EDINBURGH hit a berg in 

 dense fog and put into St Johns 

 June 7. 



Brig NYSSIA hit an island of ice 

 SS CANADA hit a berg in dense 



Unknown 



Crew saved 



Mate & 4 crew 

 picked up by French 

 brig FRANCE, 

 master & rest of 

 crew missing 



Unknown 



Unknown 



Crew lifted by 

 DAVID 



35 lost, 266 

 survivors 



Crew picked up 25* 

 by WEBSTER 



Unknown 



Safe 



None known 



None known 



Bowsprit, foretopgallantmast 

 and headgear can-ied away, very 

 leaky 



Sank shortly after 



Sank 



Unmanned, almost totally 

 dismasted and badly cut on 

 starboard side 



No serious damage 



Bows stove, bowsprit and 

 foremast gone, abandoned m a 

 sinking state 



Sank in half an hour 



Sank 



Bow stove and bowsprit earned 

 away 



Considerably damaged about 

 the bow with 2 compartments 

 full of water 



Forefoot and part of keel carried 

 away 



Bowsprit, cutwater and 



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