The brig foundered off Cape Finisterre, Spain. Her crew were rescued by Fortuna (Flag unknown). Henriette Louise was on a voyage from Spain to Memel, Germany.[1]
2 May[]
For the loss of the French barque Jeanne Amelie on this date, see List of shipwrecks in April 1876 § 30 April.
List of shipwrecks: 2 May 1876
Ship
Country
Description
Finchale
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground on the Horsens Sandbank, in the North Sea off the Dutch coast. She was refloated and taken in to the Nieuwe Diep.[2]
William, Henry, and Robert
United Kingdom
The brig foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands, according to a message in a bottle that washed was discovered at sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) north east of Tynemouth, Northumberland by the fishing boatNo. 21 (United Kingdom) in late June.[3]
3 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 May 1876
Ship
Country
Description
John Black
United Kingdom
The barque was driven ashore near the , Nova Scotia, Dominion of Canada. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France to Sandy Hook, New Jersey, United States.[4]
Kembla
New South Wales
The ship was driven ashore between Shepherd's Hill and Nobbys Head. She was on a voyage from Sydney to Newcastle.[5]
You Yangs
New South Wales
The ship was driven ashore east south east of Nobbys Head Lighthouse. She was on a voyage from Sydney to Newcastle.[5]
4 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 May 1876
Ship
Country
Description
Calcium
United Kingdom
The steamship struck the Goldstone Rock and foundered off Lindisfarne, Northumberland with thee loss of six of her eleven crew. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Leith, Lothian.[6][7]
John Black
United Kingdom
The barque was driven ashore near the Sherbourne Lighthouse, Nova Scotia, Dominion of Canada. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France to Sandy Hook, New Jersey, United States.[6]
The ship was driven ashore at Latheron, Caithness, United Kingdom.[9]
7 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 May 1876
Ship
Country
Description
Admiral
United Kingdom
The fishing cutter was lost off Rømø, Denmark. Her five crew survived.[10]
Paragon
United Kingdom
The smack caught fire 15 nautical miles (28 km) north west of Trevose Head, Cornwall. Her three crew were rescued by a French lugger. She was on a voyage from Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire to Southampton, Hampshire.[11]
8 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 May 1876
Ship
Country
Description
Marinus
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at Antigua. She was refloated with assistance.[12]
Martha
United States
The ship collided with Vincenzo Perotto (Italy) and sank. Martha was on a voyage from New York to Puerto Rico.[12][13]
9 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 May 1876
Ship
Country
Description
Carl
Denmark
The brig was driven ashore at Martinique. Her crew were rescued. She was a total loss.[12]
Europa
Norway
The ship ran aground at West Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Pensacola, Florida to West Hartlepool. She was refloated.[12]
10 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 May 1876
Ship
Country
Description
Cito
Germany
The barque was wrecked in a typhoon at Taiwanfoo, China.[14][15]
The steamship was driven out to sea from Taiwanfoo in a typhoon.[15]
Figen
Flag unknown
The barque was wrecked in a typhoon in China. Her crew were rescued.[14]
Leonore
Flag unknown
The brig was driven on to the Vulay Shoals, off Taiwanfoo in a typhoon and was wrecked.[14][15]
Maria
Isle of Man
The schooner was wrecked at "Clay Heide", near Castletown. Her crew survived.[16]
Marie and Helen
Germany
The barque was wrecked in a typhoon at Taiwanfoo.[14][15]
Peckham
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at the Cliff End Fort, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Portsmouth, Hampshire. She was refloated.[16][17]
Reunion
United States
The barque struck a rock and sank off Genoa, Italy. Her crew took to a boat and landed on Elba. She was on a voyage from Genoa to New York.[18]
Soudon
Flag unknown
The barque was wrecked in a typhoon in China. Her crew were rescued.[14]
Traviata
Flag unknown
The barque was wrecked in a typhoon in China. Her crew were rescued.[14]
Wilhelm
Germany
The barque was wrecked in a typhoon at Taiwanfoo.[14][15]
The schooner was wrecked in a typhoon in China.[14]
11 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 May 1876
Ship
Country
Description
Japan
United Kingdom
The ship was damaged by fire at Sunderland, County Durham.[19]
Prince Soltykoff
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground at East Greenwich, Kent. She was on a voyage from Sulina, Ottoman Empire to London. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.[19]
Winogene
Dominion of Canada
The ship was wrecked in ice off the coast of Greenland. Her crew were rescued.[8]
The brigatine was wrecked at Madeira. Her crew were rescued.[20][1]
Moura
Portugal
The cutter was wrecked at Madeira with the loss of a crew member.[20][21]
Nellie Clifford
United States
The brigantine was wrecked at Madeira. Her crew were rescued,[20] but a Portuguese customs officer was drowned.[21]
Osprey
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore at Madeira. Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus.[22][23][21]
Sarah Young
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at St. Peter's, Nova Scotia, Dominion of Canada. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Quebec City, Dominion of Canada.[24]
The schooner was run into by the steamshipLady Devonshire (United Kingdom) and sank in the River Mersey. Her crew were rescued by Lady Devonshire. Edward John was on a voyage from Teignmouth, Devon to Liverpool,[26][27] or from Fowey, Cornwall to Runcorn, Cheshire.[13]
Messina
Sweden
The barque ran aground at Ballyshannon, County Donegal, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Ballyshannon.[25]
Prospero
United Kingdom
The ship was sighted in the Indian Ocean whilst on a voyage from Rangoon, Burma to London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[28][29]
The barque foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (43°46′N13°12′W / 43.767°N 13.200°W / 43.767; -13.200). Her nine crew were rescued by the barque Ocean King (United Kingdom). Accidental Star was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Vlaardingen, South Holland, Netherlands.[34][35]
Amalia Sinnige
Netherlands
The steamship departed from Bremerhaven, Germany for Runcorn, Cheshire, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[36][37]
Erin
United Kingdom
The steamship sank at Bangor, County Down. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Bangor.[38]
Soledad
Algeria
The ship was wrecked at "Merzetarl". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Philippeville.[39]
17 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 May 1876
Ship
Country
Description
August Reimers
Germany
The ship was wrecked on Formosa. Her crew were rescued.[40]
Cariata
Germany
The ship was wrecked on Formosa. Her crew were rescued.[40]
Craig Gowan
United Kingdom
The schooner struck the Feenish Rock, off the Aran Islands, County Galway and was wrecked. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Kinvara, County Galway to the Bristol Channel.[41]
Fyen
Denmark
The ship was wrecked on Formosa. Her crew were rescued.[40]
The ship was wrecked on Formosa. Her crew were rescued.[40]
18 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 18 May 1876
Ship
Country
Description
Ilmatar
Grand Duchy of Finland
The barque was wrecked at Dungeness, Kent, United Kingdom. Her seventeen crew were rescued by the Lydd Lifeboat.[42]
Nile
New Zealand
The 24-ton schooner ran onto rocks near Pencarrow Head Lighthouse at the mouth of Wellington Harbour and became a total wreck. Her crew were rescued.[30]
19 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 May 1876
Ship
Country
Description
C. H. Soule
United Kingdom
The full-rigged ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Indian Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Elizabeth Martin (United Kingdom). C. H. Soulo was on a voyage from Batavia, Netherlands East Indies to Greenock, Renfrewshire.[43][44]
Constance
Italy
The barque was driven ashore at , Brazil. She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires, Argentina to the English Channel.[39]
Kotschka
Germany
The sloop was wrecked at Liepāja, Russia. Her crew were rescued.[41]
Marie Georg
Germany
The brig was driven ashore at Carvellas. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Buenos Aires.[39]
20 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 May 1876
Ship
Country
Description
Jenny Queirole
France
The ship was driven ashore in Big Glace Bay. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Montreal, Quebec, Dominion of Canada.[45]
Velleda
France
The ship was wrecked in the Devi River. Her crew were rescued.[41]
The ship was destroyed by fire in the Indian Ocean with the loss of 36 of the 58 people on board. Survivors took to a raft; they were rescued on 24 May by Eva Joshua (United Kingdom). Rohamnee was on a voyage from Calcutta to Ceylon.[47]
22 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 22 May 1876
Ship
Country
Description
Argo
Norway
The brig ran aground off Naissaar, Russia. She was refloated with the assistance of a steamship and towed in to Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland.[48]
Notre Dame
France
The lugger was run into by the steamshipMarie Stuart (United Kingdom) and sank at Dunkerque, Nord. Her crew were rescued.[39]
Stanley Main
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Redcliffe Sand, in the Humber near North Ferriby, Yorkshire. She broke in two and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to Goole, Yorkshire.[40] The wreck was dispersed by explosives in May 1877.[49]
Swan
United Kingdom
The brigantine was driven ashore at Ramsgate, Kent. She was refloated and found to be leaky.[40]
The fishing boat was wrecked off Plymouth, Massachusetts. Her crew were rescued.[51]
Harrisburg
United Kingdom
The ship sank 10 nautical miles (19 km) south of Tavira, Portugal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Japan.[48]
San Marcos
United Kingdom
The steamship put in to Baltimore, Maryland, United States on fire. She was on a voyage from Galveston, Texas, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire.[52]
Sarah
New Zealand
The 233-ton brig stranded and was wrecked on a reef on the coast of Northland, New Zealand, close to the Poor Knights Islands.[30]
24 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 May 1876
Ship
Country
Description
Britannia
Germany
The ship ran aground at Maassluis, South Holland, Netherlands and was wrecked.[39]
General Barrios
Guatemala
The steamship sprang a leak and foundered in the Bay of Fonseca with the loss of fourteen lives. She was on a voyage from San Jose to Ampala.[53]
25 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 May 1876
Ship
Country
Description
Wilhelmine
Germany
The barque was driven ashore at Thisted, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Bristol, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom.[41]
The hulk was run into by the steamship (United Kingdom) and sank off Tilbury Fort, Essex.[41]
S. N. Collymore
Dominion of Canada
The ship collided with National Eagle (United States) and sank. She was on a voyage from San Francisco, California, United States to Saint John, New Brunswick.[55]
27 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 May 1876
Ship
Country
Description
Thérèse
France
The schooner was wrecked in the Faroe Islands. Her crew were rescued by the smackNordlyset (Flag unknown).[56]
28 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 May 1876
Ship
Country
Description
Catherine and Mary
United Kingdom
The ship struck a sunken rock off Start Point, Devon. She put in to Dartmouth, Devon in a leaky condition.[8][41]
Ruby
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground and was wrecked off Inchcape, Fife. Her five crew were rescued by the steamshipDrumhendry (United Kingdom). Ruby was on a voyage from London to Dundee, Forfarshire.[57]
29 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 May 1876
Ship
Country
Description
Belfort
United Kingdom
The ship departed from Lagos, Lagos Colony for Falmouth, Cornwall or Queenstown, County Cork. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[58]
Brazilian
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground on the Vendrée Reef. She was on a voyage from Spain to London. She was refloated and put in to Brest, Finistère, France sinking at the bows.[46][18]Brazilian was refloated on 5 September.[59]
Briton
United Kingdom
The Mersey Flat ran aground off the Hilbre Islands, Cheshire.[8] She was refloated on 21 June.[60]
Elizabeth Martin
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Black Rock, off Falmouth. She was on a voyage from Carrizal to Greenock, Renfrewshire.[8]
Golden Fleece
United Kingdom
The smack was driven ashore on Vlieland, Friesland, Netherlands and was abandoned by her crew. She was refloated.[41]
Joaquino Anna
United States
The schooner was abandoned. Her crew were rescued. She was towed in to Hong Kong by the schooner Scotland (United States).[61][62]
Lady Helena
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground off the Hilbre Islands.[8] She was refloated on 21 June.[60]
Merry Monarch
United Kingdom
The barque ran into the Sloane Quay, in the Bosphorus and was beached at Büyükdere. She was on a voyage from Constantinople, Ottoman Empire to Taganrog, Russia.[8][41]
Rosa del Turia
Spain
The ship was wrecked on the Pelican Shoals. She was on a voyage from St. Mary's to Málaga.[8]
30 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 30 May 1876
Ship
Country
Description
Anna
France
The schooner was driven ashore and severely damaged near Wick, Caithness, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Aberdeen, United Kingdom.[41]
British King
United Kingdom
The ship departed from the River Tyne for San Francisco, California, United States. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all 40 crew.[63]
Edouard
France
The schooner ran aground at Berck, Pas-de-Calais.[41]
31 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 31 May 1876
Ship
Country
Description
British Ensign
United Kingdom
The brigantine was driven ashore and severely damaged at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Great Yarmouth. She was refloated and towed in to Great Yarmouth.[64]
Delta
United Kingdom
The ship departed from Lagos, Lagos Colony for Deal, Kent. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[28]
Dryaden
Norway
The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at , Cuba. Her crew were rescued.[65][66] Also reported as driven ashore and wrecked at "Cape Antonio", Jamaica.[67]
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground at Woolwich Dockyard, Kent whilst avoiding a collision with a barge.[68]
Mary
United Kingdom
The sloop was abandoned off Sanda Island, in the Firth of Clyde. Her crew were rescued by the steamshipLaurel (United Kingdom). Mary was on a voyage from Glenarm to Belfast, County Antrim.[41]
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Montreal, Quebec, Dominion of Canada.[48]
Apollo
Norway
The barque ran aground at Saint John, New Brunswick, Dominion of Canada. She was on a voyage from Saint John to Belfast, County Antrim, United Kingdom. She was refloated and put back to Saint John in a severely damaged condition. She was placed under repair.[1]
Atlantic
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Kentish Knock. She was refloated with assistance from the tugLiverpool (United Kingdom) and was towed in to Ramsgate, Kent.[70]
Catharina
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 28 May.[71]
The ship was destroyed by fire off the coast of Goa. Her crew were rescued.[12]
Lucia C.
Italy
The ship was driven ashore at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia to Queenstown, County Cork, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to the Delaware Breakwater.[73]
N. C. Kierkegaard
Flag unknown
The ship foundered off the Rattlesnake Shoals before 11 May. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Savannah, Georgia.[19]
Rita
Spain
The steamship ran aground in the Southwest Pass. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.[1]
Saratoga
United States
The fishing schooner was sunk, possibly in a collision, on the Georges Bank in early May. Lost with between nine and twelve crew.[74]
Tradesman
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore near "Coursuelles", France.[17]
Wenonah
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Musquash, New Brunswick, Dominion of Canada. She was refloated and taken in to Saint John, New Brunswick in a leaky condition.[17]