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Shipwreck Preservation Society of Newfoundland and Labrador Advancing the awareness, documentation, and stewardship of shipwrecks throughout our province.
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7 August 1869, the 85m German I sail and steam Ocean Liner, built in 1863 at Greenock, ran aground in thick fog at ...
07/08/2026

7 August 1869, the 85m German I sail and steam Ocean Liner, built in 1863 at Greenock, ran aground in thick fog at Freshwater Cove just West of Mistaken Point. All 270 crew and passengers landed safely.

03/08/2026
3 August 1901, the 99m British cargo steamship Acis, built just a year before, ran aground 0.5 miles west of Freshwa...
03/08/2026

3 August 1901, the 99m British cargo steamship Acis, built just a year before, ran aground 0.5 miles west of Freshwater Point while on voyage from Galveston to Hamburg.

2 August 1901, the 87m Swedish cargo steamship Vera, built in 1899, went ashore at Blackhead Cove. All crew landed s...
02/08/2026

2 August 1901, the 87m Swedish cargo steamship Vera, built in 1899, went ashore at Blackhead Cove. All crew landed safely.

31 July 1893, the British steamship Straits of Gibraltar, while on voyage from Glasgow for Montreal, ran aground on ...
31/07/2026

31 July 1893, the British steamship Straits of Gibraltar, while on voyage from Glasgow for Montreal, ran aground on Belle Isle and was abandoned off Quirpon. All 25 crew were picked up by the Fiona and landed at Tilt Cove.

31 July 1936, the Newfoundland sail and motor barquentine Amberic was lost at Cape Freels, near St. Shott's, while o...
31/07/2026

31 July 1936, the Newfoundland sail and motor barquentine Amberic was lost at Cape Freels, near St. Shott's, while on voyage from Montreal to St. John's. Scottish-built barquentine, in 1894, was refitted with a diesel engine. The crew of nine landed safely.
https://mha.mun.ca/mha/pviewphoto.php?Record_ID=2185&pagev=23

29 July 1932, the three masted schooner Cape Race wrecked near St. Shott's. She was built in 1918 at Liverpool, Nova...
29/07/2026

29 July 1932, the three masted schooner Cape Race wrecked near St. Shott's. She was built in 1918 at Liverpool, Nova Scotia for F.H. Ellis & Co. and later passed to Mark Burke of Newfoundland and finally to Reuben G. Benson of St. John's.

https://mha.mun.ca/mha/pviewphoto.php?Record_ID=3099&pagev=18

27 July 1853, the British barque Charles Clarke wrecked in the fog at Freshwater Point on the eastern side of Trepas...
27/07/2026

27 July 1853, the British barque Charles Clarke wrecked in the fog at Freshwater Point on the eastern side of Trepassey Bay while on voyage from Hamburg to Quebec with 188 Passengers. Five passengers perished.

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