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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{{PD}} Extract of US Navy memorandum about the ''Titanic''. This was copied from the US government site at: http://www.archives.gov/exhibit_hall/american_originals/titanic.html
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