The list of shipwrecks in May 1876 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during May 1876.
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Ship | Country | Description |
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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 boat No. 21 ( United Kingdom ) in late June. [3] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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John Black | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore near the Sherbourne Lighthouse, Nova Scotia, 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] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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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, Canada. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France to Sandy Hook, New Jersey, United States. [6] |
Vigilant | United States | The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cartagena, United States of Colombia. [8] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Emma | France | The ship was driven ashore at Latheron, Caithness, United Kingdom. [9] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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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] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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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] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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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] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Cito | Germany | The barque was wrecked in a typhoon at Taiwan, China. [14] [15] |
Clyde | United Kingdom | The barque was damaged in a typhoon in China. [14] |
Elliot | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven out to sea from Taiwan, China 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 Taiwan, China 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 Taiwan, China. [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 Taiwan, China. [14] [15] |
Yarra | United Kingdom | The barque was damaged in a typhoon in China. [14] |
Unnamed | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked in a typhoon in China. [14] |
Unnamed | Germany | The schooner was wrecked in a typhoon in China. [14] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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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 | Canada | The ship was wrecked in ice off the coast of Greenland. Her crew were rescued. [8] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Barboza Segundo | Portugal | The brigantine was wrecked at Madeira. Her crew were rescued. [20] [1] |
Maurice | United States | The brigantine 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, Canada. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Quebec City, Canada. [24] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Balbec | France | The steamship ran aground at Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Havre de Grâce. [25] |
Edward John | United Kingdom | The schooner was run into by the steamship Lady 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] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Kate | New Zealand | The 26-ton schooner foundered off the mouth of the Grey River. Her crew were saved. [30] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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A 1 | United Kingdom | The barque collided with an iceberg in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence ( 48°40′N62°45′W / 48.667°N 62.750°W ) She foundered the next day. Her crew were rescued by Bruces ( United Kingdom ). A 1 was on her maiden voyage, from Liverpool, Lancashire to Montreal, Quebec, Canada. [31] [32] [33] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Accidental Star | United Kingdom | The barque foundered in the Atlantic Ocean ( 43°46′N13°12′W / 43.767°N 13.200°W ). 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] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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August Reimers | Germany | The ship was wrecked on Taiwan, China. Her crew were rescued. [40] |
Cariata | Germany | The ship was wrecked on Taiwan, China. 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 Taiwan, China. Her crew were rescued. [40] |
Leonore | New South Wales | The ship was driven ashore at Amoy, China. [40] |
Sudan | Germany | The ship was wrecked on Taiwan, China. Her crew were rescued. [40] |
Torra | United Kingdom | The ship was damaged at Taiwan, China. [40] |
Wilhelm | Germany | The ship was wrecked on Taiwan, China. Her crew were rescued. [40] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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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] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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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 Carvellas, 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] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Jenny Queirole | France | The ship was driven ashore in Big Glace Bay. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Montreal, Quebec, Canada. [45] |
Velleda | France | The ship was wrecked in the Devi River. Her crew were rescued. [41] |
Vigilante | United Kingdom | The steamship was wrecked at Cartagena, United States of Colombia. [46] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Rohamnee | India | 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] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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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 steamship Marie 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] |
HMS Tyrian | Royal Navy | The Britomart-class gunboat ran aground at Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire. She was refloated. [50] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Bonanza | United States | 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] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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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] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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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] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Amazonas | Brazil | The steamship sank in the Maderia River between Borba and "Cochocirina". All on board were rescued. [8] [46] [54] |
Little Western | United Kingdom | The hulk was run into by the steamship Ryhope ( United Kingdom ) and sank off Tilbury Fort, Essex. [41] |
S. N. Collymore | 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] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Thérèse | France | The schooner was wrecked in the Faroe Islands. Her crew were rescued by the smack Nordlyset (Flag unknown). [56] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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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 steamship Drumhendry ( United Kingdom ). Ruby was on a voyage from London to Dundee, Forfarshire. [57] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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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] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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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] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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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 Punta Caleta, Cuba. Her crew were rescued. [65] [66] Also reported as driven ashore and wrecked at "Cape Antonio", Jamaica. [67] |
John Liddell | 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 steamship Laurel ( United Kingdom ). Mary was on a voyage from Glenarm to Belfast, County Antrim. [41] |
The Brothers | United Kingdom | The steam lighter was destroyed by fire at Dundee, Forfarshire. [69] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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A. J. | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Montreal, Quebec, Canada. [48] |
Apollo | Norway | The barque ran aground at Saint John, New Brunswick, 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 tug Liverpool ( 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] |
Dart | Jamaica | The sloop ran aground and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from the Rio Nuevo to St. Anne's Bay. [40] |
Dovre | Flag unknown | The ship ran aground at Akyab, Burma. [19] |
Felix Conceicão | Portugal | The brigantine was driven ashore Barbadoes. All on board were rescued. She was a total loss. [41] |
Guiseppina | Austria-Hungary | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Garrucha, Spain. [72] |
Hawk | Newfoundland Colony | The sealer, a steamship, was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued. [40] |
Jane Young | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Langlade Island before 13 May. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Quebec City. [1] |
Julia Lingley | United Kingdom | The abandoned brigantice was towed in to Pernambuco, Brazil. [13] |
Kashgar | India | 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, Canada. She was refloated and taken in to Saint John, New Brunswick in a leaky condition. [17] |