List of shipwrecks in May 1876

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The list of shipwrecks in May 1876 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during May 1876.

List of shipwrecks: 1 May 1876
ShipStateDescription
Henriette Louise Norway 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

List of shipwrecks: 2 May 1876
ShipStateDescription
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]

3 May

List of shipwrecks: 3 May 1876
ShipStateDescription
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]

4 May

List of shipwrecks: 4 May 1876
ShipStateDescription
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]

5 May

List of shipwrecks: 5 May 1876
ShipStateDescription
Emma France The ship was driven ashore at Latheron, Caithness, United Kingdom.[9]

7 May

List of shipwrecks: 7 May 1876
ShipStateDescription
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
ShipStateDescription
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
ShipStateDescription
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
ShipStateDescription
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 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 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]

11 May

List of shipwrecks: 11 May 1876
ShipStateDescription
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 Canada The ship was wrecked in ice off the coast of Greenland. Her crew were rescued.[8]

12 May

List of shipwrecks: 12 May 1876
ShipStateDescription
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]

13 May

List of shipwrecks: 13 May 1876
ShipStateDescription
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]

14 May

List of shipwrecks: 14 May 1876
ShipStateDescription
Kate New Zealand The 26-ton schooner foundered off the mouth of the Grey River. Her crew were saved.[30]

15 May

List of shipwrecks: 15 May 1876
ShipStateDescription
A 1  United Kingdom The barque collided with an iceberg in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence (48°40′N 62°45′W / 48.667°N 62.750°W / 48.667; -62.750) 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]

16 May

List of shipwrecks: 16 May 1876
ShipStateDescription
Accidental Star  United Kingdom The barque foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (43°46′N 13°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 France 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
ShipStateDescription
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]

18 May

List of shipwrecks: 18 May 1876
ShipStateDescription
Ilmatar Russian Empire 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
ShipStateDescription
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]

20 May

List of shipwrecks: 20 May 1876
ShipStateDescription
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]

21 May

List of shipwrecks: 21 May 1876
ShipStateDescription
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]

22 May

List of shipwrecks: 22 May 1876
ShipStateDescription
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 Dunkirk, 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]

23 May

List of shipwrecks: 23 May 1876
ShipStateDescription
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]

24 May

List of shipwrecks: 24 May 1876
ShipStateDescription
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
ShipStateDescription
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]

26 May

List of shipwrecks: 26 May 1876
ShipStateDescription
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 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
ShipStateDescription
Thérèse France The schooner was wrecked in the Faroe Islands. Her crew were rescued by the smack Nordlyset (Flag unknown).[56]

28 May

List of shipwrecks: 28 May 1876
ShipStateDescription
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]

29 May

List of shipwrecks: 29 May 1876
ShipStateDescription
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
ShipStateDescription
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

Unknown date

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