List of shipwrecks in May 1883

The list of shipwrecks in May 1883 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during May 1883.

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May 1883
Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
	1	2	3	4	5	6
7	8	9	10	11	12	13
14	15	16	17	18	19	20
21	22	23	24	25	26	27
28	29	30	31	Unknown date
References

1 May

List of shipwrecks: 1 May 1883

Ship	Country	Description
Attillio	Spain	The brig was wrecked at Palma, Mallorca. [1]

3 May

List of shipwrecks: 3 May 1883

Ship	Country	Description
Coldra	United Kingdom	The steamship collided with the steamship Redbrook (  United Kingdom ) at Bilbao, Spain and was beached. [1]

4 May

List of shipwrecks: 4 May 1883

Ship	Country	Description
Zufreidenheit	Germany	The steamship collided with the steamship Ernte (  Germany ) and sank in the Vistula. All on board survived. [2]

5 May

List of shipwrecks: 5 May 1883

Ship	Country	Description
Kilmeney	Flag unknown	The ship departed from Wellington, New Zealand for Newcastle, New South Wales. No further trace, reported overdue. [3]
Little Kate	United Kingdom	The schooner was run down and sunk at Sheerness, Kent by the steamship Prinses Marie (  Netherlands) with the loss of one of the four people on board. [4]
Zambesi	United Kingdom	The ship foundered in ice off the coast of Nova Scotia, Dominion of Canada. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Quebec City, Dominion of Canada. [2]

7 May

List of shipwrecks: 7 May 1883

Ship	Country	Description
Tryall	United Kingdom	The ship departed from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire for Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. No further trace, reported missing. [5]

9 May

List of shipwrecks: 9 May 1883

Ship	Country	Description
Patria	Norway	The barque ran aground, capsized and broke her back at Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Steinkjer to Hartlepool. She was declared a total loss. [2]
Strathendrick	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground on the Crow Rock, off the coast of Pembrokeshire and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from the River Duddon to Newport, Monmouthshire. [2]

10 May

List of shipwrecks: 10 May 1883

Ship	Country	Description
Astrakhan	Russia	The steamship ran aground in the Bosphorus at Riva, Ottoman Empire. [6]
Aurania	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground in the Clyde. She was refloated the next day. [7]
Countess	United Kingdom	The fishing trawler was abandoned in the Irish Sea 35 nautical miles (65 km) south south west of the Hook Lighthouse, County Wexford. Her crew were rescued by the fishing trawler Esmerelda (  United Kingdom ). [2] Countess was towed in to Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire by the tug Fiery Cross (  United Kingdom ) on 15 May. [8]
Eliza Ann	United Kingdom	The schooner sprang a leak and was beached near Kildonan, Isle of Arran. She was on a voyage from Larne, County Antrim to Ayr. [7]
Horsa	Denmark	The steamship was driven ashore at "Bolsaxen". She was on a voyage from Nyborg to Aarhus. [6]
Kolstrup	Germany	The ship was wrecked on "Dyer's Island", Cape Colony. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, B Belgium to Shanghai, China. [9]
Mercury	United Kingdom	The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at Blackpool, Lancashire. Her six crew were rescued. [10]
Nachimoff	Russia	The steamship ran aground in the Bosphorus at Kilia, Ottoman Empire. [6]
Raynaud	Haitian Navy	The man-of-war collided with the steamship Don (  United Kingdom ) and sank at Port-au-Prince. [11]
Rosebank	United Kingdom	The schooner ran aground at Wick, Caithness and was damaged. She was refloated. [7]
Victoria	United Kingdom	The ship capsized and sank in the Bristol Channel off Lavernock Point, Glamorgan. Her three crew survived. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Cardiff, Glamorgan. [7]

11 May

List of shipwrecks: 11 May 1883

Ship	Country	Description
Hugin	Norway	The barque was driven ashore in the Nieuwe Diep. She was on a voyage from Galveston, Texas, United States to Hamburg, Germany. [6]

12 May

List of shipwrecks: 12 May 1883

Ship	Country	Description
Inchgarvie	United Kingdom	The steamship collided with the steamship Athens (  United Kingdom ) at Antwerp, Belgium and was beached. Inchgarvie was on a voyage from Akyab, Burma to Antwerp. [10]
Mark	United Kingdom	The ship departed from Maryport, Cumberland for Belfast, County Antrim. No further trace, reported missing. [12]
Nova Rosa	United Kingdom	The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on "Reune Head", Devon. [10]

13 May

List of shipwrecks: 13 May 1883

Ship	Country	Description
Mississippi	United States	The steamship, was destroyed by fire at Seattle, Washington. Her wreck was abandoned.
Mourino	United Kingdom	The steamship collided with Brookfield at Gibraltar and was beached. [6]

14 May

List of shipwrecks: 14 May 1883

Ship	Country	Description
Annie	United Kingdom	The steamship was driven ashore on Öland, Sweden. [6] She was refloated and towed in to Kalmar, Sweden. [8]
Bessie	United Kingdom	The ship was drivena shore near Port Talbot, Glamorgan. [6]
Hans Holmboe	Norway	The brig was driven ashore at Lemvig, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Christiania. [6]
Kalmia	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground on the James and Marys, in the Hooghly River. [6]
Nordstjernen	Sweden	The brig was driven ashore on Öland. She was on a voyage from Oscarshamn to Antwerp, Belgium. [6]

16 May

List of shipwrecks: 16 May 1883

Ship	Country	Description
Job T. Wilson	United States	The steamship sank in a gale off Windmill Point, Virginia with the loss of a crew member. [13]

17 May

List of shipwrecks: 17 May 1883

Ship	Country	Description
Chinsura	India	The steamship was driven ashore near False Point. [14] She was declared a total loss. [9]
Sappho	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground in the Scheldt opposite Bath, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Bristol, Gloucestershire. She subsequently brok in tow; the stern section sank. [14]

18 May

List of shipwrecks: 18 May 1883

Ship	Country	Description
Catania	United Kingdom	The steamship struck an uncharted rock and was abandoned in the Hanish Islands. Her crew were rescued by Stolzenfels (  Germany ). Catania was on a voyage from Kurrachee, India to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. [9]

19 May

List of shipwrecks: 19 May 1883

Ship	Country	Description
Sierra Palma	United Kingdom	The ship struck a sunken rock and foundered 30 nautical miles (56 km) east of East London, Cape Colony with the loss of one of the 30 people on board. She was on a voyage from Rangoon, Burma to Liverpool, Lancashire. [11]

21 May

List of shipwrecks: 21 May 1883

Ship	Country	Description
Amity	United Kingdom	The steamship collided with the steamship India and sank. Her crew were rescued by India. Amity was on a voyage from Taganrog, Russia to London. [15]

23 May

List of shipwrecks: 23 May 1883

Ship	Country	Description
Bay of Cadiz	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore on Scarp Island, Outer Hebrides. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Dundee, Forfarshire. [16] She was refloated on 1 June. [17]

24 May

List of shipwrecks: 24 May 1883

Ship	Country	Description
Isle of Arran	United Kingdom	The steamship was driven ashore on the coast of Sweden. She was on a voyage from Charlestown to "Frederica". [18]

25 May

List of shipwrecks: 25 May 1883

Ship	Country	Description
Amon	United States	The steamship was wrecked on a railway bridge pier at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with the loss of a crew member. [13]
Falke	Germany	The barque sank at "Ichabor" with the loss of all on board. [19]
Iduna, and Zadok	United Kingdom	The steamship Iduna was run into by the barque Zadok and sank 14 nautical miles (26 km) off St. Catherine's Point, Isle of Wight. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Málaga, Spain. Zadok was severely damaged; she put in to Portsmouth, Hampshire waterlogged at the bow. [16]

31 May

List of shipwrecks: 31 May 1883

Ship	Country	Description
Alexander II	Russia	The ship was driven ashore at "Kibbasar", Saaremaa. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. [17]
Leslie	United Kingdom	The schooner was driven ashore at Dunfanaghy, County Donegal. She was refloated the next day. [17]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in May 1883

Ship	Country	Description
Bellmore	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground at Bermuda. She was refloated. [6]
Bina Campbell	United Kingdom	The ship foundered in the Indian Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bimlipatam, India to London. [20]
Eureka	United States	The steamship was wrecked in the Peril Strait. All on board survived. [21]
Fides	United Kingdom	The brig foundered at sea on or before 12 May. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to Vlaardingen, South Holland, Netherlands. [6]
Gulnare	Canada Dominion of Canada	The ship was driven ashore in Little Egg Harbor. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Port Antonio, Jamaica. [6]
Hilda	United Kingdom	The schooner was driven ashore on Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles. Her crew survived. [22]
Inga	Norway	The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom to Quebec City, Dominion of Canada. [6]
Iris	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground at Cardiff, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. [6]
John R. Worcester	United States	The ship was driven ashore at Alleppey, India. She was on a voyage from Colombo, Ceylon to Alleppey. [7]
Ludwig	Belgium	The steamship was severely damaged by fire at Montreal, Quebec, Dominion of Canada. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Montreal. [17]
Margarethe	Flag unknown	The ship was driven ashore near Pärnu, Russia. [6]
Niels Koren	Norway	The schooner ran aground at Copenhagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from St. David's, Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom to Westervik, Sweden. [7]
Vrijheid	Netherlands	The brig foundered in the Indian Ocean before 15 May. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Moluccas, Netherlands East Indies to Amsterdam, North Holland. [8]

References

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2. "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 30817. London. 11 May 1883. col F, p. 11.
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9. "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 30823. London. 19 May 1883. col C, p. 9.
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11. "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 30827. London. 23 May 1883. col D, p. 6.
12. "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 30870. London. 12 July 1883. col F, p. 6.
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17. "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 30836. London. 2 June 1883. col E, p. 13.
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19. "The German barque". The Cornishman. No. 262. 19 July 1883. p. 5.
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22. "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 30844. London. 12 June 1883. col A, p. 12.

Ship events in 1883
Ship launches:	1878	1879	1880	1881	1882	1883	1884	1885	1886	1887	1888
Ship commissionings:	1878	1879	1880	1881	1882	1883	1884	1885	1886	1887	1888
Ship decommissionings:	1878	1879	1880	1881	1882	1883	1884	1885	1886	1887	1888
Shipwrecks:	1878	1879	1880	1881	1882	1883	1884	1885	1886	1887	1888