Charts 1919

January/February

Jan 22 4746’N 4941’W a large quantity of ice floes.
Jan 26 47N 4232’W a berg.
Feb 3 4810’N 4620’W a considerable amount of sea ice.
Feb 3 4709’N 4639’W a small berg; 479(!)1’N 4640’W another small berg.
Feb 3 4848’N 4511’W and 4832’N 4540’W bergs; also field ice in 4820’N 4740’W extending 20m southward; 4705’N 4743’W a berg; 4815’N 4620’W field ice covering an area of 3m.
Feb 8 4723’N 4537’W a berg ~40′ long and 4′ high.
Feb 13 4744’N 4719’W a small quantity of field ice.
Feb 14 4628’N 4650’W a berg; 4628’N 4654’W a small growler.
Feb 15 48N 4610’W a large field of drift ice, some pieces of which were 80′ square and up to 2′ or 3; thick.
Feb 15 4933’N 4918’W to 4809 37[!]22’W field ice.
Feb 16 4740’N 47W small pieces of field ice.
Feb 17 4615’N 52W scattered field ice.
Feb 18 Harbour Grace – ice coming in. (#866).
Feb 19 48N 4808’W closely packed field ice.
Feb 20 4752’N 4845’W field ice.
Feb 22 [HG] Harbour full of ice. (#866).
Feb 27 4620’N 55W [ to vicinity of Cape Pine] heavy pack ice.
Feb 27 48N 47W to 48N close packed field ice.
Feb 28 SS “Graciana” caught in an ice jam 2m off Cape Race. Later worked herself free.

March

Mar 2 4615’N 52W entered light patches of field ice, and Mar 3, 4430’N 5325’W cleared the ice.
Mar 4 SS “Appenine” driven ashore at Witless Bay by ice pack. Entire east coast blocked by ice jam.
Mar 5 Cape Race: Heavy field ice and several bergs in sight today.
Mar 18 Bark “Coriolanus” at Halifax from Reyjavik for St. John’s encountered heavy ice off the Newfoundland coast causing her to leak.
Mar 21 4123’N 4919’W a berg.
Mar 22 A steamer passed light field ice and small growlers the most southerly position of which was 4625’N 48W.

April

Apr 1 [HG] Ice moving out. Schooner “Conscript” dragged in a sheet of ice as far as beach. (#866).
Apr 4 St. John’s: American consul advises ice ~8m off shore. Clear to southward as far as observable from Cape Spear.
Apr 5 SS “Wellington” returned to St. John’s after striking a large ice floe overnight, damaging her bow.
Apr 16 SS “Carmania” 4710’N 4742’W a huge berg ~250′ high and 1,500′ long.
Apr 16 Issue: ice prevents transportation of salvage from “Appenine” at Witless Bay to St. John’s.
Apr 16 4723’N 4550’W to 4703’N 47W several pieces of ice showing from 1′ to 5′ above the water; 4702’N 4742’W a large berg ~1,500′ long and 250′ high.
Apr 17 4650’N 4614’W a small berg.
Apr 18 4613’N 4738’W a small berg; 4456’N 5204’W a small berg.
Apr 21 U.S.C.G. cutter “Tallapoosa”: 4635’N 4537’W a berg; 4630’N 4518’W growlers; 4620’N 4511’W a berg; 4616’N 4516’W a small growler; 4414’N 4847’W a berg; 22nd, 4630’N 4728’W a berg; 4606’N 4846’W a berg; 4633’N 4718’W a berg; 27th, 4925’N 4925’W, 2 growlers; 28th, 4602’N 4820’W berg; 30th, iceberg area- western limit, Grand Banks; southern limit, 44N eastward to 49W then north to 45N then east to 44W.
Apr 22 U.S.C.G. “Tallapoosa”: iceberg area between 44W and 48W in 45N; 4533’N 4643’W a berg; 4608’N 4555’W a growler.
Apr 23 4630’N 4728’W a berg; 4635’N 4717’W a berg.
Apr 27 From Cape Pine westward to 64W, a great many bergs.
Apr 27 21 bergs inside of Cape Spear.
Apr 27 4507’N 4923’W 2 growlers.
Apr 27 4602’N 4820’W a berg.
Apr 27 4220’N 4520’W, 2 small bergs.
Apr 27 4530’N 4930’W, 2 small bergs.
Apr 28 [HG] Ice all gone. (back again next day). (#866).

May 2 U.S.C.G. cutter “Androscoggin” 4615’N 4920’W berg and growlers; 4314’N 4934’W berg. Iceberg area- western limit, Grand Banks; southern limit, 43N then E to 48W then N to 44N and then E to 44W.
May 6 Cape Race: 9 bergs in sight today.
May 9 SS “Bergensfjord” 4548’N 4657’W passed a large berg 180′ high and 4 smaller bergs.
May 25 SS “Cassandra” 4713’N 5122’W hit a berg which flooded forward compartments. (IIP59).

Jul SS “Grampian” struck an iceberg off the Newfoundland Coast and managed to limp in to St. John’s. (JPA). Jul 10 St. John’s: SS “Grampian” from Liverpool Jul 6th, badly damaged after collision with iceberg; several casualties.