Iceberg Casualties – Ship Names starting with “K & L”

Clicking on the vessel name if hyperlinked will open a pdf document giving all the information known about the vessel and the collision event. The format is slightly distorted in some places, unfortunately, but should not be a problem. Clicking on the hyperlinks in the Image column will open any relevant images of the ship and in some cases an ice chart showing the location of the collision; S = image or illustration of the ship, D = image taken of around the time of the accident or damage to the vessel, C = ice chart showing a the approximate conditions at the time.

Name of Vessel	Vessel Type	Date	Geographic. Area	Lat N (deg.min)	Long W (deg.min)	Scenario Description	Damage Severity	Fatalities (Y/N/U)	Injuries (Y/N/U)	Iceberg Size/Multi-Year	Image
K-279	Submarine	01-Jan-1984	Greenland Sea	71.00	10.00	Glancing Blow	Puncture	No	No	Unknown	S1 S2
Kastalia 2	Steam Cargo	01-May-1913	Grand Banks	46.06	48.54	Direct Impact	Denting	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Kastalia 1	Steam Cargo	13-Mar-1899	Grand Banks	49.00	43.00	Direct Impact	Puncture	Unknown	Unknown	Large
Kastela²	SS Cargo	03-Aug-1963	Hudson Strait	62.45	78.10	Unknown	Sinking	No	No	Unknown	S1 D1 C1
Kayoshk	Brig	15-Jun-1879	Strait of Belle Isle and Approaches	53.50	56.50	Unknown	Denting	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Ketchikan	ss Cargo/ Passenger	01-Oct-1922	Alaskan Waters	58.15	135.54	Direct Impact	Hole	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
King’s County	Bark	1-Jul-1893	Grand Banks	45.00	48.00	Unknown	Puncture	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Kings-borough¹¹	SS Cargo	25-Jul-1941	Strait of Belle Isle	51.45	54.25	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Berg	S1
Knight Bachelor³	SS Cargo	26-Apr-1897	Grand Banks	42.24	48.15	Direct Impact	Crushed	No	No	Medium	S1 D1 D2 C1
Krios⁴	M/V Bulk Carrier	26-Jul-2006	South Greenland Waters	61.58	29.31	Unknown	Hole	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	S1 C1 C2
Kristina Logos	M/V Stern Trawler	22-Jun-1983	Labrador Sea and Davis Strait	56.17	58.40	Unknown	Hole	No	Unknown	Unknown	S1 C1
Kronprinz Wilhelm	SS Passenger	08-Jul-1907	Grand Banks	42.50	50.31	Glancing Blow	Denting	No	Unknown	Small	S1
Kyle	SS Passenger	01-Jun-1965	Strait of Belle Isle and Approaches	51.30	56.30	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	S1 S2 S3
La Campine	SS Tanker	29-Apr-1897	Grand Banks	46.50	48.00	Glancing Blow	Puncture	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	S1
Lady Agnes⁸	Schooner	21-Sep-1886	Grand Banks	47.58	51.52	Direct Impact	Puncture	Unknown	Unknown	Large	S1 S2 T1
Lady Falkland 2	Bark	19-Apr-1854	Grand Banks	42.00	46.00	Direct Impact	Hole	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Lady Falkland 1	Bark	13-May-1847	Grand Banks	46.05	46.30	Direct Impact	Crushed	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Lady Hobart	Sailing Ship	28-Jun-1803	Grand Banks	46.33	44.25	Direct Impact	Sinking	Yes	Yes	Large	S1
Lake Anja	M/V Tanker	07-May-1980	Strait of Belle Isle and Approaches	51.36	56.15	Unknown	Unknown	No	Unknown	Growler	S1 C1
Lake Champlain	SS Passenger	06-May-1909	Grand Banks	46.40	52.55	Direct Impact	Hole	Unknown	Unknown	Growler	S1 S2
Lake Nepigon 2	SS Cargo/ Passenger	1-Jul-1893	Strait of Belle Isle and Approaches	51.25	56.55	Unknown	Hole	No	Unknown	Unknown	S1
Lake Nepigon 1	SS Cargo/ passenger	24-May-1886	Grand Banks	46.27	54.34	Direct Impact	Denting	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	S1
Lake Superior	SS Passenger	30-Jun-1894	Strait of Belle Isle and Approaches	51.30	56.30	Unknown	Hole	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	S1
Langshaw	Steam Schooner	3-Mar-1880	Grand Banks	46.03	49.40	Direct Impact	Hole	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Lauderdale	Steam Schooner	2-May-1885	Grand Banks	46.06	50.15	Direct Impact	Denting	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Laurel (I)	Sailing Ship	26-Jul-1842	Grand Banks	47.30	40.00	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Laurel (II)	Ship	13-Jun-1874	Grand Banks	46.00	48.00	Direct Impact	Puncture	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Le Raymound⁹	Schooner	24-Apr-1923	Grand Banks	48.57	47.55	Direct Impact	Sinking	Yes	Unknown	Unknown	C1
Leicester¹⁰	SS Cargo	17-Jun-1926	Strait of Belle Isle and Approaches	52.00	54.40	Direct Impact	Puncture	No	Unknown	Unknown	S1 T1
Leon⁷	Bark	21-Jun-1882	Grand Banks	47.40	43.20	Direct Impact	Crushed	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	T1
Leonidas N. Condylis⁵	SS Cargo	24-Jul-1944	Strait of Belle Isle and Approaches	51.00	55.30	Direct Impact	Crushed	No	No	Unknown	T1
Lewis & Clark, USS	Submarine	196-	Unknown	0.00	0.00	Glancing Blow	Cracks	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	S1
Liberty	Bark	13-Jun-1875	Strait of Belle Isle and Approaches	49.50	59.11	Unknown	Unknown	No	Unknown	Unknown
Lilburn¹	Snow	31-May-1854	Grand Banks	43.00	50.00	Unknown	Sinking	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Lily of the West	Schooner	1-Sep-1899	Strait of Belle Isle and Approaches	52.00	51.30	Direct Impact	Sinking	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Limosa	Steamship	1-Jul-1881	Strait of Belle Isle and Approaches	51.37	56.22	Direct Impact	Crushed	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Liverpool	Packet Ship	25-Jul-1822	Grand Banks	43.50	48.00	Direct Impact	Sinking	No	Unknown	Unknown
Lizzie Cameron⁶	Bark	16-Jun-1882	Grand Banks	45.00	48.00	Direct Impact	Sinking	No	Unknown	Unknown	T1
London (I)	Whaling Vessel	1-Jan-1817	Labrador Sea and Davis Strait	60.00	56.00	Unknown	Sinking	Yes	Unknown	Unknown
London (II)	Bark	12-May-1841	Grand Banks	43.00	50.30	Direct Impact	Cracks	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Lone Star¹²	SS Cargo	20-Mar-1943	Greenland Seas	59.00	38.00	Unknown	Puncture	No	No	Growler
Lord Gough	Steamship	27-May-1885	Grand Banks	42.44	50.21	Glancing Blow	Unknown	No	No	Large	S1
Lord Wellington	Sailing Ship	14-May-1823	Grand Banks	44.00	52.00	Direct Impact	Abandoned	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	S1
Lotus	Bark	11-May-1844	Grand Banks	45.40	45.50	Unknown	Sinking	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Louis Maersk	M/V Bulk Carrier	19-May-1976	Strait of Belle Isle and Approaches	51.45	55.10	Unknown	Hole	No	Unknown	Unknown	S1 C1
Louis S. St-Laurent, CCGS	Icebreaker	17-Aug-2001	Baffin Bay Area	80.07	69.53	Glancing Blow	No damage	No	No	Medium	S1 B1 B2 C1
Louise A.W.	Schooner	01-Jun-1913	Grand Banks	47.02	52.46	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Growler
Loyal	Sailing Ship	18-Jun-1888	Strait of Belle Isle and Approaches	51.38	56.02	Iceberg drifts upon vessel	Sinking	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Lucien Paquin 2	M/V Cargo	20-Aug-1998	Labrador Sea and Davis Strait	68.46	63.03	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	S1 C1
Lucien Paquin 1	M/V Cargo	20-Jul-1985	Hudson Strait	61.25	65.30	Striking concealed growler/bergy bit in field ice	Denting	No	No	Multi-Year	S1 D1 D2 C1 C2
Lydia Maria	M/V Schooner	24-May-1959	Grand Banks	47.00	52.30	Unknown	Hole	No	No	Small

1. From http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/sunderland121.html . “David Watts has advised (thanks!) that Lilburn was indeed lost in 1854 as per the following news report dated May 31, 1854:- The LILBURN [Capt. T. Ellison ?] struck an iceberg on the Newfoundland Banks. Her bottom was knocked in, the rudder unshipped, masts went by the board. With eleven feet of water in the hold, her crew took to the longboat & skiff, & soon after she sank. On the following day the crew were picked up by the Portuguese schooner ESPARDARTE [Capt. Francisco Rogue Nanos] who later transferred them to the NICARAGUA of Gloucester, bound from Quebec to her home port.“
2. Built as a Liberty EC2-S-C1 ship, Mary Lyon, launched 1943. The topics of the sinking and rescue are well covered by the Winnipeg Free Press, https://archives.winnipegfreepress.com/ . I suspect Copyright prevents me from reproducing here but I can provide further details if contacted.
3. Details of the incident can be found at: https://plimsoll.southampton.gov.uk/SOTON_Documents/Plimsoll/17413.pdf
4. New addition. The vessel was 40 miles west of Iceland, en route from Murmansk for Montreal, Quebec and Windsor, Ontario when she is said to have struck ice damaging her bulbous bow. Iceland ice charts show pack ice limited to north side of island. Greenland ice chart shows locality in area of bergy water. Repairs at Montreal end of August.
5. Updated 14 Jan 2026. The International Ice Patrol Bulletin for 1944 mentions two unnamed ships as colliding with icebergs towards the end of July. We now know one was the SS Merton of Convoy ONS 245, and the other from two separate sources was the 3923 grt cargo ship SS Leonidas N. Condylis. One source is from the Canadian Forces headquarters report “HMCS Preserver (Fairmile Depot Ship, 1942-1945)”, which can be found at https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/services/military-history/history-heritage/official-military-history-lineages/reports/forces-headquarters-1965-1970/book-hmcs-preserver-1942-1945.html. On p.33, item 53 it states, “even at the height of summer, on 24 July, ML [Motor Launch] 103 had to rush off to escort ss. LEONIDAS CONDYLIS to Corner Brook, after the Greek merchantmen [sic] had struck an iceberg near Cape Bauld”. The basic details agree with the report given in the Western Star (T1). The initial “N” is omitted in the ship’s name but confirmation that the ship was at Corner Brook is given in Arnold Hague’s Ports Database (http://www.convoyweb.org.uk/ports/index.html?search.php?vessel=LEONIDAS~armain). The second source just recently uncovered is the Movement Card held by the UK National Archives. The ship was under charter to the Ministry of War Transportation. It departed Tommy’s Arm the northern coast of Newfoundland on the 23 July , no doubt carrying lumber when it struck an iceberg next day; “.. near Groix Is.[= Groais Is.] Bow damaged, lost both anchors. To proceed Halifax for Light repairs . Temp rprs Corner Brook exp[ect] comp[letion] 5/8. Stem [?] bars[?] set over buckled. Crew accommodations wrecked. Cargo in No. 1 hold will be discharged. Temp rprs 2-3 days[?].” The ship appears to have been extensively damaged as it went on to dry-dock in St. John, New Brunswick and did not leave there until 13 November. The collision near Groais Is. (Grey Islands) agrees well with near Cape Bauld but the location in the table above has been modified slightly to place it nearer the islands. Some ship particulars can be found at: https://www.krigsseilerregisteret.no/en/skip/1123304
7. The Harbor Grace Standard as in T1 gives the latitude as 47 degs 24 mins.
8. Date and location in table amended to conform to description given in the Colonist in T1.
9. Added info as of 19 Jan 2024. Date and position in table above come from the International Ice Patrol Bulletin No.59 Season of 1973. The St. John’s Evening Telegram of 7 May 1923 p.4 col. 5 states that the French schooner Carioca arrived at St. Pierre on the 6th with the 30 crewmen of the St. Pierre schooner Raymond which sank after striking an iceberg 200 miles east of the Flemish Cap. The positions are not quite the same but undoubtedly is the same ship. https://mahonebaymuseum.com/research/ship-database/ lists a 252 gross ton tern schooner Raymonde built in 1920 and sold to the French fisheries. A further article in the Evening Telegram 13 June 1923 p.3 col. 5 states that the St. Jean and the Regulus picked up 24 of the crew. A mess boy died of exposure and his companion had to have his toes amputated after having been frozen and that he was taken to St. Pierre for treatment.
10. New addition as of 7 Feb 2024. The SS Leicester was a steel screw steamer of 2505 register tonnage built in 1919 by W. Gray & Co. Ltd. of W. Hartlepool and owned by Anglo-European SS Co. Ltd. It was built as the War Currant, and named Rudchester in 1929 and Heminge in 1934. It was on a voyage from Bristol to Montreal with a cargo of salt when it struck ice. The newspaper reports indicate that this was off the Funk Islands. However, the route was through the Strait of Belle Isle and the Royal Gazette reports that this was the first vessel through this season on the 17th. Dates don’t quite match. Off the Funk Islands would be off course so it is likely that this was the position from which the Leicester made its radio report. It is not clear if it was an iceberg, or growler, or a solid pan of ice but it was sufficient enough to cause considerable damage
11. New addition as of 13 Jan 2026. The 3368 grt cargo ship SS Kingsborough was in Convoy SC 38 and the only reference so far is from its Movement Card, “Repairs (Voyage) at Middlebrough 17/8 [?]. Struck iceberg prev 6/8. Slight damage.” However several other ships were damaged by ice in that convoy including the Agia Marina, Armathia, Boltonhall, Dimitrios Chandris and Senta. Particulars of the Kingsborough can be viewed at: https://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?ref=10865
12. (New addition as of 27 Jan 2026). The 5,101 grt U.S. cargo ship, Lone Star, carrying general cargo and explosives, was part of Convoy HX 229A, Halifax to UK, and punctured by ice. It is not know exactly where or when but is mentioned in the same context as the Belgian Airman. A number of vessels were damaged by ice in this voyage with the catastrophic loss of the SS Svend Foyn on the 19th and it is thought that the the Lone Star and the Belgian Airman received their damage around this time or perhaps shortly after, on the 20th, according to the date of some of the naval messages. Both ships were diverted to Reykjavik with serious leaks forward. Both Middlebrook’s Convoy and Rohwer’s Critical Convoy Battles mention them.
Naval messages at: http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c5513/4450 and some ship specs at https://www.statesmarinelines.com/ships/lone_star.htm