List of shipwrecks in May 1871
The list of shipwrecks in May 1871 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during May 1871.
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1 May[]
Ship | Country | Description |
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Breeze | ![]() |
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Padstow, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Padstow to Plymouth, Devon.[1] |
Ebenezer | ![]() |
The barque ran aground on the Cannon Rocks. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Dublin.[2] |
Josephus | ![]() |
The steamship collided with the steamship Princess Royal (![]() |
Neptune | ![]() |
The sloop foundered. Her crew were rescued by the barque Askur (![]() |
Octa | ![]() |
The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked on Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to London.[3] |
Rover | ![]() |
The ship struck a sunken wreck. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk to Dunkerque, Nord, France. Sh was assisted in to Harwich, Essex in a severely leaky condition.[1] |
Unnamed | Flag unknown | The schooner ran aground on the Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay and sank. Her crew survived.[1] |
2 May[]
Ship | Country | Description |
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Everhardus | ![]() |
The ship foundered 20 nautical miles (37 km) north of Montrose, Forfarshire. Her crew were rescued by the fishing boat St. Anna (![]() |
Onward | ![]() |
The steamship sank off Domesnes, Russia. Her crew survived. she was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Riga, Russia.[3] |
3 May[]
Ship | Country | Description |
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Angelsea | ![]() |
The ship was holed by ice and sank. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Quebec City, Dominion of Canada.[3] |
Lucibelle | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on Starbuck Island. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sydney, New South Wales to Starbuck Island.[6][7] |
Mercury | ![]() |
The steamship ran aground in the Southwest Passage. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure.[8] |
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The steamship ran aground off "Tinsum". She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Bremen.[9] |
4 May[]
Ship | Country | Description |
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Charles Maureau | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked at Saint-Benoît, Réunion. Her crew were rescued.[10][11] |
Inez | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on the "Isle de St. Carlos". She was on a voyage from Maracaibo, Venezuela to New York. The wreck was pillaged by the local inhabitants.[12] |
Newcastle | ![]() |
The steamship collided with another vessel and sank. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to South Shields, County Durham. She was refloated on 6 May and taken in to South Sheilds.[13] |
Surprise | ![]() |
The schooner was driven ashore near Crail, Fife. She was refloated and taken in to Crail in a severely damaged condition.[4][14][5] |
Vale | ![]() |
The smack sank off the Isle of Whithorn, Wigtownshire. Her crew were rescued by the Isle of Whithorn Lifeboat Charlie Peck (![]() |
5 May[]
Ship | Country | Description |
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Christian | ![]() |
The ship was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen to Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom.[13][16] |
Enfield | ![]() |
The schooner ran aground on The Shingles, off the Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Eling, Hampshire to Swansea, Glamorgan.[4][9] |
Mahmoudy | ![]() |
The bugla foundered with the ultimate loss of 23 of the 45 people on board. Survivors were rescued by a steamship and a cotia. She was on a voyage from Mangalore to the Persian Gulf.[17] |
6 May[]
Ship | Country | Description |
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Carrie | ![]() |
The steamship was destroyed by fire south of Savannah, Georgia with the loss of two lives. She was on a voyage from Augusta, Jamaica to Savannah.[10] |
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The steamship was run into by the steamship (![]() | |
Unnamed | ![]() |
The Thames barge collided with Cannon Street Railway Bridge, London and sank in the River Thames with the loss of one of her two crew.[16][20] |
7 May[]
Ship | Country | Description |
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Curlew | ![]() |
The Mersey Flat sank at New Brighton, Cheshire.[13] |
Gromhoi | Flag unknown | The ship ran aground. She was on a voyage from Cyprus to Saint Petersburg, Russia[16] |
Prinz Adalbert | ![]() |
The ship ran aground. She was on a voyage from Rhyl, Denbighshire, United Kingdom to Stettin. She was refloated.[13][16] |
8 May[]
Ship | Country | Description |
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City of Quebec | ![]() |
The steamship was wrecked on "Dead Island", off Cape Ray, Newfoundland Colony with the loss of all seventeen crew. She was on a voyage from London to Quebec City, Dominion of Canada.[21][22][23][24][25] |
Margaret Trail | ![]() |
The ship ran aground at the mouth of the River Mersey. She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to the Orkney Islands. She was refloated and put back to Runcorn in a leaky condition.[13] |
Nimrod | ![]() |
The sloop was wrecked on the Sow and Pig Rocks, on the coast of Northumberland. Both crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Kingston, Moray to Sunderland, County Durham.[26] |
Tiber | ![]() |
The steamship was driven ashore at Crosby, Lancashire and broke in two.[13] She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Alexandria, Egypt.[16] |
9 May[]
Ship | Country | Description |
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Alert | ![]() |
The brig foundered in the Dogger Bank. Her crew were rescued by the smack Ann and Sarah (![]() |
Erminia | ![]() |
The yacht ran aground in the Loo Stream. She was being towed from Cowes, Isle of Wight to Brighton, Sussex. She was refloated the next day and beached at East Cowes, Isle of Wight.[31] |
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The steamship ran aground off Moeraki, New Zealand. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Otago, New Zealand. She was refloated and completed her voyage.[32][33] |
10 May[]
Ship | Country | Description |
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Aptrness | ![]() |
The brig collided with the steamship Philade (![]() |
Elizabeth | ![]() |
The brigantine collided with the barque Bertha (![]() |
Isabella Atkinson | ![]() |
The barque was wrecked on the Galloper Sand. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Alexandria, Egypt.[27][36][26] |
Unnamed | Flag unknown | The ship ran aground on the Arklow Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wicklow, United Kingdom.[37] |
Unnamed | ![]() |
The brigantine was driven ashore at Breaksea Point, Glamorgan, United Kingdom.[35] |
11 May[]
Ship | Country | Description |
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Fanny | ![]() |
The ship foundered off "Magercoil". Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Rangoon, Burma to Bombay, India.[38] |
Fyenoord | ![]() |
The steamship was run into by C. M. Palmer (![]() |
Prince Adalbert | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore on the west coast of Denmark. She was on a voyage from Cyprus to Saint Petersburg, Russia. She was refloated and taken in to Fredrikshavn in a leaky condition.[21] |
Sofia | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore near Sundby. She was on a voyage from London to Holmsund.[40] |
12 May[]
Ship | Country | Description |
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Agnes Campbell | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore in the Sound of Mull. She was on a voyage from Thurso, Caithness to Paisley, Renfrewshire.[41] |
Kedar | ![]() |
The steamship ran aground at the entrance to the Sea of Marmara. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.[42] |
Weardale | ![]() |
The steamship ran aground on the Jambe de Mouton, off Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure. She was refloated on 14 May and resumed her voyage.[43][44] |
13 May[]
Ship | Country | Description |
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Ann | ![]() |
The ship sprang a leak and foundered off Barmouth, Merionethshire.[45] Her crew were rescued.[43] |
Fleetwing | ![]() |
The smack collided with the steamship (![]() |
Mary Russell | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore near "Hornbeck", Denmark. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Dundee, Forfarshire. She was refloated on 15 May and towed in to Helsingør, Denmark.[45][47] |
14 May[]
Ship | Country | Description |
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Challenger | ![]() |
The full-rigged ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (48°00′N 15°30′W / 48.000°N 15.500°W). Her crew were rescued by Rapid (![]() |
Star of the West | ![]() |
The full-rigged ship was wrecked off Scatarie Island, Nova Scotia, Dominion of Canada with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Quebec City, Dominion of Canada.[50] |
15 May[]
Ship | Country | Description |
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Fauna | ![]() |
The ship ran aground on the Svenska Högarne, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from London to Sundsvall, Sweden. She was refloated and put in to Stockholm, Sweden in a leaky condition.[51] |
Jinko Maru | ![]() |
The disabled junk washed ashore on Adak Island in the Aleutian Islands with three survivors aboard. She had been adrift since November 1870, when a storm carried away her masts and rudder during a voyage along the coast of Japan from Ise to Kumano with a cargo of rice.[52] |
16 May[]
Ship | Country | Description |
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Gertruida Maira | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on the coast of Patagonia, Argentina. She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires, Argentina to the Falkland Islands.[53] |
Karen Anne Sophie | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked at Thyborøn. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to the Sunnfjord.[10][11] |
Mezerium | ![]() |
The brig departed from Valparaíso, Chile for the River Plate. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[54] |
Sea Dog | ![]() |
The brig was sunk by ice. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to Saint John's, Newfoundland Colony.[8][55][56] |
Sparkler | ![]() |
The barque was wrecked in the Sittaung River.[40] Her nineteen crew took to two boats. Six crew in the gig were reported missing.[57] She was on a voyage from Singapore, Straits Settlements to Moulmein, Burma.[25] |
17 May[]
Ship | Country | Description |
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No, 29 | ![]() |
The pilot boat was driven ashore and wrecked at Curlew Point, Glamorgan.[8] |
18 May[]
Ship | Country | Description |
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Alsace and Lorraine | ![]() |
The barque was wrecked on Bird's Spit, off the coast of Sierra Leone.[58] Her crew were rescued.[59] She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Bathurst, Gambia Colony and Protectorate.[42] |
George | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Langeoog, Germany.[44] Her crew were rescued.[60] |
Lady Carleton | ![]() |
The steamship was destroyed by fire at Carleton.[34] |
Royal Victoria | ![]() |
The barque foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (46°27′N 34°44′W / 46.450°N 34.733°W). Her crew were rescued by Wild Rose (![]() |
19 May[]
Ship | Country | Description |
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Idolique | ![]() |
The ship sprang a leak and was beached at or near Livorno, Italy in a waterlogged condition. She was on a voyage from Livorno to Baltimore, Maryland, United States.[63][11] |
Willem III | ![]() |
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20 May[]
Ship | Country | Description |
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Edith Owen | ![]() |
The steamship collided with the steamship Florence (![]() |
Northumberland | ![]() |
The ship sank off Hanko, Grand Duchy of Finland. Her crew were rescued.[11][46] |
T. S. Webb | ![]() |
The steamship collided with the steamship Paraguay and sank in the English Channel off Dungeness, Kent.[10] |
Ynez | ![]() |
The barque was wrecked at Maracaibo, Venezuela. Her seven crew were rescued by the schooner Columbian (![]() |
21 May[]
Ship | Country | Description |
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Esther Eitzen | Flag unknown | The ship ran aground at Kalk Bay, Cape Colony. She was refloated.[66] |
Friendship | ![]() |
The brig was sunk by ice off Kalana, Russia. Her crew were rescued by the pilot cutter Sandhavn (![]() |
Mermaid | ![]() |
The schooner ran aground on the Maplin Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was refloated with assistance from a tug and taken in to the River Thames.[10] |
St. Nicolai | ![]() |
The ship sank at Taganrog.[67] |
22 May[]
Ship | Country | Description |
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Secret | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked near Amrum, Germany.[46][68] |
Useful | ![]() |
The brig was ran aground off Saltholm, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Memel, Germany to Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France.[42] |
23 May[]
Ship | Country | Description |
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Dankbarkeit | Flag unknown | The ship sank off Osmussaar, Russia. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Reval, Russia.[63][69] |
Gustave Pastor | ![]() |
The steamship was driven ashore at Dungeness, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France.[63] |
Malaga | ![]() |
The steamship ran aground near the lightship Eendrag (![]() |
Minnie | ![]() |
The ship collided with Elizabeth A. Oliver (![]() ![]() |
Saxon | ![]() |
The ship was destroyed by fire in the Bay of Luce.[63][69] |
White Jacket | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on Rodrigues. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bombay, India to Hull, Yorkshire.[72] |
24 May[]
Ship | Country | Description |
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Ann Bradshaw | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Ballywalter, County Down. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Belfast, County Antrim. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Belfast.[34] |
Foam | ![]() |
The 40-ton ketch was driven onto Farewell Spit, New Zealand, in a sou'westerly gale and was wrecked.[73] |
Minerva | ![]() |
The steamship was driven ashore 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south of Portpatrick, Wigtownshire. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque, Nord, France to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. She was refloated on 7 June and towed in to Portpatrick.[74][70] |
Probus | ![]() |
The schooner sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her six crew took to a boat; they were rescued by the brig Julie (![]() |
St. Nicolai | ![]() |
The ship sank at Taganrog.[74] |
Unnamed | Flag unknown | The brig was struck by lightning and foundered off Gonaïves, Haiti.[76] |
25 May[]
Ship | Country | Description |
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Alix | ![]() |
The ship ran aground on the English Bank, in the River Plate. SHe was on a voyage from Monte Video, Uruguay to the Rio Grande. She was refloated and put back to Monte Video.[77] |
Isabella | ![]() |
The barque was sunk by ice off the Packerort Lighthouse, Russia. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Cronstadt, Russia.[34] |
Isabella | ![]() |
The ship was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean, according to a message in a bottle that was discovered on Cape Clear Island, County Cork on 9 September. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire.[78] |
26 May[]
Ship | Country | Description |
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Auckland | ![]() |
The steamship was wrecked at the mouth of the Snowy River, Victoria.[79] She was on a voyage from Melbourne, Victoria to Sydney, New South Wales.[80] |
Fides | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore 6 nautical miles (11 km) west of Marbella, Spain. She was on a voyage from Sulina, Ottoman Empire to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom.[49][61][81] |
27 May[]
Ship | Country | Description |
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Aunt Sally | ![]() |
The brigantine ran aground on the Whitby Rocks. She was on a voyage from Ramsgate, Kent to Sunderland, County Durham.[58] She was later refloated and put back to Ramsgate.[59] |
Gambia | ![]() |
The steamship was wrecked in Algoa Bay.[82] |
Gannet | ![]() |
The steamship was wrecked at Gurnard's Head, Cornwall.[83] All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Antwerp, Belgium.[48] She broke in three in mid-June.[83] |
Norseman | ![]() |
The steamship was wrecked at Algoa Bay.[84] |
Souvenance | ![]() |
The full-rigged ship was wrecked near Bredasdorp, Cape Colony with the loss of more than 450 coolies. She was on a voyage from the Antilles to Pondicherry, India.[85][86][87] |
Suomi | Flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore at Holmpton, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Hull, Yorkshire. She had become a wreck by 8 June.[88] |
Tairoa | ![]() |
The 51-ton paddle steamer became unresponsive while crossing the bar at Port Molyneux, at the mouth of the Clutha River and became a total loss.[73] |
Two unnamed vessels | ![]() |
The barques sank at Archangelsk.[89] |
28 May[]
Ship | Country | Description |
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Julia | ![]() |
The 15-ton schooner was wrecked at in the Hauraki Gulf with the loss of one life.[73] |
Scotia | ![]() |
The ship ran aground at Cartagena, Spain. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Cartagena. She was refloated.[58] |
Souákin | ![]() |
The steamship was run down and sunk in the by the steamship Africa (![]() |
Triumph | ![]() |
The dandy rigged fishing smack was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew took to a boat; they were rescued by a brig.[91] She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to London.[92] |
30 May[]
Ship | Country | Description |
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Starling | ![]() |
The ship ran aground on Skallingen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Königsberg, Germany.[74] |
31 May[]
Ship | Country | Description |
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Assunta Gianello | ![]() |
The barque was destroyed by fire near Almería, Spain with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Oran, Algeria to Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom.[88][93] |
Rhea | ![]() |
The barque collided with the steamship (![]() |
Two unnamed vessels | Flags unknown | The schooners ran aground on the West Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay.[61] |
Unknown date[]
Ship | Country | Description |
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Adele Regina | ![]() |
The fishing lugger collided with an American barque and sank in the English Channel 12 nautical miles (22 km) off Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure with the loss of twelve of her eighteen crew.[40][20] |
A. F. Larrabee | ![]() |
The ship foundered. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Frontera, Mexico.[74] |
Albert | Flag unknown | The schooner was wrecked on Östergarnsholm, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stettin, Germany to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[58] |
Alfred | ![]() |
The brig ran aground near Reval, Russia. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland.[11][46] Alfred was refloated in mid-June and completed her voyage.[95] |
Angele Victoria | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked between Berck and Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France. Her crew were rescued.[96] |
Anna | ![]() |
The barque was driven ashore in the Daugava.[45] |
Atlantic | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked near "Languillo". She was on a voyage from Port-au-Prince, Haiti to Hamburg.[21] |
Auguste | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Terranova. She was consequently condemned.[40] |
Baroda | ![]() |
The ship ran aground on the Muckraputty Lumps, in the Hooghly River. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Calcutta, India.[50] She was refloated and completed her voyage.[59] |
Berendina | ![]() |
The ship collided with the steamship Danube (![]() |
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The steamship was wrecked on the Hassa-el-Thamid Reef, near Jeddah, Jeddah Eyalet before 15 May. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Bombay, India.[97][88][93] | |
Burgess | ![]() |
The sailing barge sprang a leak and was beached. She was on a voyage from Kingston, Ontario to Montreal, Quebec.[46] |
Cadrio | ![]() |
The ship foundered off "Khetty" between 13 and 15 May with the loss of more than 80 lives. There were four or five survivors. She was on a voyage from Kurrachee to "Kotasair".[98][99] |
Candace | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore by ice between "Richmond Bay" and New London, Prince Edward Island, Dominion of Canada. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Cascumpec, Prince Edward Island.[49] |
Charles | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore on "Richelieu Island". She was on a voyage from Montreal to the Newfoundland Colony.[100] |
Chimborino | ![]() |
The barque was driven ashore in the Danube downstream of Sulina, Ottoman Empire.[100] |
Chusan | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on the coast of Korea. She was on a voyage from Chefoo, China to "Passeitor Port". The wreck was burnt on the orders of the Korean government.[101] |
Corinna | ![]() |
The schooner foundered off San Pietro Island, Sardinia. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to an English port.[21] |
Cormorant | ![]() |
The barque ran aground in the Bonny River. She was refloated and beached.[58] |
Dayspring | ![]() |
The ship foundered at Monte Rosa, São Tomé Island. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Melbourne, Victoria.[102] |
Deerfoot | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore near Southend-on-Sea, Essex. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London. She was refloated.[102] |
Delta | ![]() |
The ship ran aground on the Trijon Shoals. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to Richibucto, New Brunswick, Dominion of Canada.[50] |
Dromedary | ![]() |
The steamship was driven ashore in the Daugava.[45] |
Elise | ![]() |
The brig foundered off the Norwegian coast. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Riga, Russia.[27][103] |
Eliza | ![]() |
The ship collided with the (![]() |
Eliza and Alice | ![]() |
The barque struck a rock at Cape St. Francis, Cape Colony and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sundsvall, Sweden to Port Elizabeth, Cape Colony.[26] |
Eliza Hunter | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina, United States to London.[27][104][29] |
Emily McNear | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on Keeling Island. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Hong Kong.[10][11][105] |
Eugenie | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Champlain, Quebec. She was on a voyage from "Purtow" to Montreal.[100] |
Eurichetta | ![]() |
The ship capsized at Darien, Georgia, United States.[48] |
Express | ![]() |
The ship was destroyed by fire. She was on a voyage from Halifax to Guysborough, Nova Scotia.[50] |
Forganhall | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Bic, Quebec. She was on a voyage from Quebec City to Greenock, Renfrewshire. She was refloated and put back to Quebec City in a waterlogged condition.[48] |
Frederick | ![]() |
The ship was abandoned in the North Sea before 9 May.[21] She was towed in to Aberdeen, United Kingdom on that date.[96] |
Glory of the Seas | ![]() |
The clipper ran aground on the Round Reef. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick to Liverpool. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[40][106][48] |
Harvest Maid | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked in the Saint Lawrence River. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to Paspébiac, Quebec.[47] |
Harvest Queen | ![]() |
The ship was beached.[48] |
Haselunne | ![]() |
The brig was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Carl Johann (![]() |
Hellechina Reina | Flag unknown | The ship was holed by ice and sank off "Wulff". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Saint Petersburg.[107] |
Hoop | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Ghent, East Flanders to Saint Petersburg.[50] |
Houghton | ![]() |
The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked on Öland, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Riga to Dunkerque, Nord, France.[34][106][48] |
Iberian | ![]() |
The steamship ran aground at Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.[100] She was refloated.[108] |
Lammegina | ![]() |
The ship sank of Keri, Russia. She was on a voyage from Livorno to Saint Petersburg.[63] |
Maggie | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore in Orange Bay[disambiguation needed].[16] |
Margaret Tod | ![]() |
The steamship ran aground on Naissaar, Russia. She was on a voyage from Reval to Leith. She was refloated and put back to Reval in a waterlogged condition.[58][109] The leak was stopped and she sailed in early June for Riga, Russia for repairs.[83] |
Maria Busch | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Dominion of Canada. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Halifax.[47][59] |
Mary Bentley | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Caibarién, Cuba to New York.[58] |
Michelino | ![]() |
The ship ran aground in the Sea of Marmara. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Batoum, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated and taken in to Constantinople.[104] |
Mima | ![]() |
The ship ran aground at Inverness. She was on a voyage from Invermoriston, Inverness-shire to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire.[55] She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[46] |
Mondego | ![]() |
The steamship caught fire at Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France.[49] |
Napoli | ![]() |
The steamship ran aground near Palermo, Sicily.[45] She was refloated and put in to Palermo.[47] |
Nellie Staples | ![]() |
The ship was abandoned at sea.[50] |
Nordlyset | Flag unknown | The ship was wrecked on the Caicos Bank. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Havana, Cuba.[48] |
Omega | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on the Brigantine Shoals. She was on a voyage from Sagua La Grande, Cuba to New York.[16] |
Pactolus | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Larne, County Antrim. Her crew were rescued.[47][44] |
Puchoco | ![]() |
The ship foundered. She was on a voyage from Valparaíso to Coronel.[51] |
Queen | ![]() |
The steamship ran aground at Plymouth, Devon. She was refloated.[45] |
Queen of the Belgians | ![]() |
The ship was run ashore on Nevis before 27 May. She was refloated.[110] |
Red Jacket | ![]() |
The ship ran aground at the Cantick Head, Orkney Islands. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Dundee, Forfarshire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[41] |
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The ship ran aground on the Mowiss Reef, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Gävle, Sweden to Hartlepool. She was refloated and towed in to Varberg, Sweden in a leaky condition .[100] |
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The ship ran aground. She was on a voyage from Charleston to Plymouth. She was refloated and put back to Charleston.[10] |
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The ship ran aground on the Horns Reef, in the North Sea before 30 May. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Königsberg. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[74] |
Thetis | ![]() |
The ship ran aground off Pakefield, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk to Antwerp. She was refloated and taken in to Harwich, Essex in a leaky condition.[13] |
Thornhill | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore on "Barque Island". She was on a voyage from Quebec City to Glasson Dock, Lancashire. She was later refloated and resumed her voyage.[34][106][111] |
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The ship was driven ashore in the Dardanelles. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Constantinople. She was refloated.[47] |
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The ship was wrecked on the Colorado Reef, off the coast of Cuba. She was on a voyage from Cuba to Boston.[16] |
Victoria | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at "Peapath". She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Constantinople.[35] |
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