Iceberg Casualties – Ship Names starting with “T & U”

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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, T = additional information.

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
Tasmanic²	SS Cargo/ Passenger	01-May-1926	Grand Banks	45.00	46.00	Unknown	No damage	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Tellus	SS Cargo	27-Apr-1914	Grand Banks	47.37	48.48	Grounding on	Puncture	Unknown	Unknown	Growler	S1 C1
Terra Nova³	M/V Cargo	03-Oct-1990	Baffin Bay Area	73.48	78.04	Striking concealed growler/bergy bit in waves	Puncture	No	No	Multi-Year	S1 C1
Terra Nova³	M/V Cargo	31-Jul-1989	Baffin Bay Area	75.12	60.46	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	S1 C1
Terror, HMS⁴	Sailing Bomb Vessel	13 July 1837	Hudson Strait	63.00	75.30	Uplifted by berg	Puncture	No	No	Floe berg	S1 D1 C1
Thanemore⁵	SS Cargo/ Passenger	26-Nov-1890	Grand Banks	47.00	42.15	Unknown	Sinking	Yes	Unknown	Unknown	S1
Themis	Bark	18-May-1885	Grand Banks	41.30	49.45	Unknown	Abandoned	No	Unknown	Unknown
Thingvalla	SS Passenger	19-May-1890	Grand Banks	47.10	42.30	Direct Impact	Crushed	No	No	Large	S1
Thomas	Whaling Vessel	1-Jan-1812	Labrador Sea and Davis Strait	65.00	55.00	Grounding on	No damage	No	Unknown	Unknown
Thomas S. Gorton¹	Fishing Schooner	10-Jun-1956	Grand Banks	49.57	54.43	Unknown	Sinking	No	No	Unknown	S1
Thorndean	Steamer	1-May-1880	Gulf of St. Lawrence and South	47.36	58.06	Unknown	Sinking	No	Unknown	Unknown
Thyra	Bark	7-Jun-1880	Grand Banks	46.30	53.00	Direct Impact	Cracks	Unknown	Unknown	Large
Tillamook	Motor Schooner	15-Aug-1920	Alaskan Waters	57.09	133.00	Glancing Blow	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Tireless, HMS⁶	Nuclear Submarine	13-May-2003	Greenland Sea	80.00	6.00	Glancing Blow	Cracks	No	No	Unknown	S1
Titania	Brig	6-Jul-1880	Grand Banks	47.03	51.55	Unknown	Sinking	Yes	Unknown	Unknown	T1
Titanic	SS Passenger	14-Apr-1912	Grand Banks	41.56	50.14	Glancing Blow	Sinking	Yes	Unknown	Medium	S1
Topaz	Schooner	13-Jun-1876	Strait of Belle Isle and Approaches	51.57	55.15	Direct Impact	Hole	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Torr Head	SS Cargo	11-Feb-1899	Grand Banks	46.07	47.09	Glancing Blow	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	S1
Tower Bridge	SS Cargo	09-Apr-1935	Grand Banks	47.20	47.23	Unknown	Puncture	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	S1
Trave Ore	M/V Bulk Carrier	06-Jul-1989	Strait of Belle Isle and Approaches	52.27	51.13	Unknown	Crushed	Unknown	Unknown	Bergy bit	S1 C1 D1 D2
Trebia	SS Cargo	01-Jul-1907	Grand Banks	46.33	52.34	Direct Impact	Crushed	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Tresillian¹²	Steamship	01-May-1917	Grand Banks	46.35	53.00	Direct Impact	Crushed	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	T1 T2
Trois Soeurs	Unknown	1-Apr-1884	Grand Banks	44.05	50.05	Unknown	Sinking	No	Unknown	Unknown
Turret Crown	SS Cargo	03-May-1920	Grand Banks	45.08	48.46	Glancing Blow	Large hole	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	S1 S2
UB Prince	M/V Cargo	08-Jun-1995	Grand Banks	50.00	53.52	Unknown	Puncture	No	Unknown	Growler	S1 C1 C2 C3
Ulunda¹⁰	SS Cargo	29-May-1899	Grand Banks	47.33	52.40	Glancing Blow	Crushed	No	No	Unknown	S1 T1
Unacana	SS Tanker	23-Oct-1929	Alaskan Waters	57.30	133.48	Direct Impact	Denting	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Unionen	Steel Bark Tanker	1-Jun-1894	Grand Banks	46.06	46.57	Direct Impact	Crushed	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
United States	Packet Ship	5-Apr-1836	Grand Banks	43.00	50.05	Direct Impact	Cracks	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	S1
Unknown 10		4-May-1863	Grand Banks	49.00	51.00	Grounding on	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Unknown 11		23-May-1863	Grand Banks	45.06	48.53	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Unknown 12		25-May1861	Grand Banks	44.00	49.00	Unknown	Sinking	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Unknown 13		24-Jul-1839	Grand Banks	47.00	50.00	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Large
Unknown 14		1-Aug-1898	Strait of Belle Isle and Approaches	51.50	55.34	Unknown	Sinking	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Unknown 3		22-Apr-1969	Greenland Sea	60.40	49.06	Unknown	Large hole	No	Unknown	Unknown
Unknown 4		28-Jun-1901	Strait of Belle Isle and Approaches	51.15	55.45	Direct Impact	Sinking	Unknown	Unknown	Growler
Unknown 5		1-Jan-1890	Strait of Belle Isle and Approaches	54.41	56.02	Unknown	Unknown	Yes	Unknown	Unknown
Unknown 6		1-Jun-1889	Grand Banks	43.05	49.56	Unknown	Sinking	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Unknown 7		02-Apr-1917	Grand Banks	42.50	51.00	Grounding on	Denting	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Unknown 8		1-Jul-1876	Grand Banks	46.00	48.00	Unknown	Sinking	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Unknown 9		24-May-1871	Grand Banks	40.43	51.34	Unknown	Sinking	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Unnamed		1-Jan-1619	Greenland Sea	77.35	15.00	Grounding on	Unknown	Yes	Yes	Unknown
Unnamed 2		1-Jan-1639	Greenland Sea	80.00	28.00	Iceberg drifts upon vessel	Sinking	Yes	Yes	Unknown
Unnamed 3		11-Aug-1873	Grand Banks	47.52	53.23	Iceberg drifts upon vessel	Unknown	Yes	Unknown	Unknown
Unnamed 4		01-Jun-1968	Grand Banks	47.40	53.40	Unknown	Crushed	Yes	Unknown	Unknown
Unnamed 5		05-May-1944	Grand Banks	47.03	52.09	Glancing Blow	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Unnamed 7⁷	Punt	17-Jun-1882	Grand Banks	47.09	54.04	Impact	Crushed	Yes = 1	Yes = 2	Unknown	T1
Unnamed 8⁸	Punt	26-Jul-1887	Labrador Sea and Davis Strait	53.44	57.00	Awash	Sunk	Yes = 3	No	Small	T1
Unnamed 9⁹	Schooner?	Late July-188	Strait of Belle Isle and Approaches			Impact	Sunk	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Unnamed 10¹¹	Schooner	~9-Jun-1913	Strait of Belle Isle and Approaches	51.10	54.35	Impact	Sinking	No	No	Unknown	T1

1. Struck an iceberg, Lat. 49° 57′ N, Long. 54° 43′ W, Notre Dame Bay, Nfld. See http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf002/42-21_165676_3_open.pdf andhttps://mha.mun.ca/mha/pviewphoto.php?Record_ID=18973&pagev=2
2. According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Tellus_(1911) was heading to Wabana from Rotterdam and was repaired in St. John’s.
3. For colour photo & vessels specs see https://mha.mun.ca/mha/pviewphoto/Record_ID/1776
4. Although this incident is not really a collision it is rather a remarkable event of a tongue of underwater ice some 20 feet or so thick uplifting and almost capsizing the vessel. It is beautifully described in George Back’s 1838 account Narrative of an expedition in H. M. S. Terror, undertaken with a view to geographical discovery on the Arctic shores, in the years 1836-7. For a history and specifications of the Terror see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Terror_(1813)
5. We have no records of icebergs in the shipping lanes after late October, however some of these were very large so it is possible they could have lasted well into November.
6. For a more detailed account see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Tireless_(S88)
7. New addition. An iceberg incident rather than a collision when an iceberg toppled onto ice harvesters.
8. New addition. Another iceberg incident rather than a collision whereby an iceberg likely foundered swamping the boat.
9. New addition. According to The Harbour Grace Standard 1 August 1888, “Monday’s Trinity Record says that a craft belonging to Thomas Mulloney, Indian Arm. ran into an iceberg in the Straits [of Belle Isle?] lately and was lost.
10. New addition as of 4 March 2023. Struck a berg just off the Narrows to St. John’s. Damage slight. For vessel particulars see Lloyd’s Register https://hec.lrfoundation.org.uk/archive-library/lloyds-register-of-ships-online
11. New addition as of 24 March 2023. Position and date approximate. Vessel eventually wrecked ashore.
12. Presumably because of war measures the name of the ship was withheld in the newspaper reports describing its collision with an iceberg but subsequent reports describing its repair made it evident that the ship was the SS Tresillian. The ship was escorted into St. John’s on May 4 and it appears the accident happened about 4 days earlier putting it about the 30 April – 1 May.