DATE POSITION 



DESCRIPTION 

 OF INCIDENT 



LIVES 

 LOST/INJURED 



DAMAGE 



+23 Jan 1856 



North Atlantic from Liverpool to New 

 York 



fog (see also 28 April 1863) 



SS PACIFIC lost amongst 

 icebergs 



19 Feb 1856 About 45°30'N 45°56W 



30 May 1856 Off Cape St. Francis 



5 Jul 1856 49°N 46°50'W from Plymoutti 



26 Dec 1856 North Atlantic 



May 1855 Grand Banks, from New York to Le 



Havre 



14 Jun 1855 47°N 42'W from London to 



Nevi/foundland 



1 Mar 1854 North Atlantic left Lr^erpool for 



Philadelphia 



12 Apr 1854 42°59'N 38°44V\/ 



19 Apr 1854 42°N 46°W from Apalachicola to 



Liverpool 



Before 26 Apr From London to New York 



1854 



28 Apr 1854 Near the Banks, from Liverpool to 



Quebec 



29 Apr 1854 From Liverpool to Philadelphia 



JOHN RUTLEDGE struck a berg 



GRACE DARLING hit a berg of 

 enormous size 



Barque ROSE, derelict found by 

 the HEBE July 15 and learned 

 from a board fastened to the 

 rigging that she had been struck 

 by an iceberg 



SS PERSIA scraped the side of 

 a berg on maiden voyage from 

 Liverpool to New York 



SS ST LOUIS hit a berg 



Brig GAZELLE hit a berg 



SS CITY OF GLASGOW 

 missing in ice 



Brig ELISE & CHARLOTTE hit a 

 berg in fog 



LADY FALKLAND hit a berg in 

 thick weather (see also May 

 1847) 



Ship G,B LAMAR hit a berg 



PUDYONA (PUDIANA?) struck 

 a berg ? 



Ship WESTMORELAND hit a 

 berg 



30 Apr 1854 From Liverpool to Halifax in 44°N DEVON struck a berg ? 



68°(?)W„ arrived May 15'" 



28 May 1854 44'N 49°W from Tobago to Bristol Brig EAGLE hit a berg in dense 



NRC - Instiute for Marine Dynamics, 14 December 2000 



186. all hands 

 Message in bottle 

 found in Hebrides 

 ".,,, ship going 

 down. Confusion on 

 board. Icebergs 

 around us on every 

 side. I know I cannot 

 escape " 



1 survivor out of 1 1 9 

 passengers and 

 crew Left ship in 5 

 boats. 



Unknown 



Unknown, presumed 

 lost 



headgear can-ied away 

 Sank 



Unknown 



Unknown 



Crew saved by 

 SOVEREIGA 



480 lost 



Unknown 



Unknown 



Unknown 



Unknown 



Unknown 



Unknown 



Crew in boats 3 



Bow holed and abandoned a few 

 hours later 



Masts, bowsprit, etc, carried 

 away 



" staving in the stbd bow. taking 

 away bowspnt and foretopmast 

 and ship making water fast, all 

 hands employed at the pumps" 



Arrived safely 



An-ived with badly damaged bow 



Abandoned on the 17'" in a 

 sinking state 



Lost 



Stem stove in. bulwarks, rails, 

 etc carried away 



Lost bowsprit, head, cutwater, 

 and making water 



Lost cutwater and other slight 

 damage 



Stem split, bow ports started, 

 brest hooks broken, in a sinking 

 state 



Slight damage 



Bowsprit, figure head,and 

 cutwater carried away, stem 

 started and ship very leaky 



Lost bowsprit and foretopmast. 



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