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                      HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE
                         WASHINGTON D.C. 
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                 DAILY MEMORANDUM
                                                          


No. 1013.                                   April 15, 1912.
                                                           
                  NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN                       
                                                           
           OBSTRUCTONS OF THE AMERICAN COAST.                       
                                                           
     Mar. 28 – Lat 24° 20', lon 80° 02', passed a broken spar
projecting about 3 feet out of water, apparently attached to
sunken wrockage.--EVELYN (SS) Wright.

            OBSTRUCTIONS ALONG THE OVER-SEA ROUTES.

     Apr 7 - Lat 35° 20', lon 59° 40', saw a lowermast covered
with marine growth.--ADRIATICO (It. ss), Cevascu.

                      ICE REPORTS.

     Apr 7 - Lat 45° 10', lon 56° 40', ran into a strip of field
ice about 3 or 4 miles wide extending north and south as far
as could be seen.  Some very heavy pans were seen.--ROSALIND
(Br ss), Williams.

     Apr 10 - Lat 41° 50', lon 50° 25', passed a large ice
field a few hundred feet wide and 15 miles long extending in a
NNE direction.--EXCELSIOR (Ger ss). (New York Herald)

     COLLISION WITH ICEBERG - Apr 14 - Lat 41° 46', lon 50°
14', the British steamer TITANIC collided with an iceberg
seriously damaging her bow; extent not definitely known.

     Apr 14 - The German steamer AMERIKA reported by radio
telegraph passing two large icebergs in lat 41° 27'. lon 50°
08',--TITANIC (Br ss).

     Apr 14 - Lat 42° 06', lon 49° 43', encountered extensive
field ice and saw seven icebergs of considerable size.--PISA
(Ger ss).

                           J. J. K N A P P
                                    Captain, U. S. Navy/
                                       Hydrographer.

 

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