List of shipwrecks in May 1878

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The list of shipwrecks in May 1878 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during May 1878.

List of shipwrecks: 1 May 1878
ShipStateDescription
Medillon Colombia United States of Colombia The sternwheeler exploded at Honda with the loss of 27 lives. She was on a voyage from Honda to "Caracoli". She was refloated on 4 May but grounded again. Subsequently refloated.[1][2]
Norden Sweden The ship ran aground in the River Nene. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom. She was refloated the next day and found to be severely leaky.[3]
Sontag United States The barque was sighted off "Bouka Island" whilst on a voyage from Sydney, New South Wales to Hong Kong. She may have been the vessel wrecked before 11 June on "Namayonne", in the "Halls Group" whose crew were murdered and eaten by the local inhabitants.[4]

2 May

List of shipwrecks: 2 May 1878
ShipStateDescription
Alexander  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked by ice. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Akureyri, Iceland.[5]
Bernita  United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore in Dunraven Bay, Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bilbao, Spain to Newport, Monmouthshire.[3]
Fawn  United Kingdom The fishing smack collided with another vessel and sank in the North Sea with the loss of all seven crew.[3]
Henrietta  Germany The brig was driven ashore on Læsø, Denmark and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Dordrecht, South Holland, Netherlands to Riga, Russia. She was refloated and taken in to Fredrikshavn, Denmark.[3]
Union  United Kingdom The schooner foundered in the North Sea off the Mouse Lightship ( Trinity House) with the loss of one of her three crew. Survivors were rescued by Sherburn ( United Kingdom). Union was on a voyage from London to Blakeney, Norfolk.[6]
Unnamed Board of Customs The tender collided with the tug Toiler ( United Kingdom) in the River Mersey and was beached at Tranmere, Cheshire.[3]

3 May

List of shipwrecks: 3 May 1878
ShipStateDescription
Abstainer  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground at Carrickfergus, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Carrickfergus to a Baltic port.[7]
Active Norway The barque ran aground on the Vestr Fingrunddel and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[3]
Ada Elizabeth  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Kingsdown, Kent. She was on a voyage from Harwich, Essex to Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. She was refloated and taken in to The Downs.[3]
Escape  United Kingdom The ketch was driven ashore at Cowes, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Cowes. She was refloated and taken in to Cowes.[7]
Fria  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore at "Ellekalde", north of Helsingør, Denmark. She was refloated with the assistance of a steamship and towed in to Helsingør.[8][9]

4 May

List of shipwrecks: 4 May 1878
ShipStateDescription
Bonita  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at the Dunraven Castle, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Bilbao, Spain to Newport, Monmouthshire.[7]
B1185 France The fishing lugger was driven ashore at Aberdeen, United Kingdom.[10] She was refloated and taken in to Aberdeen.[11]
City of Aberdeen  United Kingdom The barque ran aground on the Roan Bank, in the English Channel off New Romney, Kent.[12] She was on a voyage from London to Cleveland Bay, Queensland. She was refloated and taken in to The Downs.[7]
Genie  United Kingdom The barque ran aground at Leith, Lothian. She was on a voyage from Sfax, Beylik of Tunis, or from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada to Leith. She was refloated on 6 May and taken in to Leith.[13][14]
Hagelik Norway The schooner ran aground on the Lillegrunden, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Trondheim to Gävle, Sweden.[7]
Jorgen Flag unknown The barque ran aground in the River Mersey off the Runcorn Lightship () and was severely damaged. She was refloated.[12][15]
Lady Clarendon  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Bremen, Germany.[15]
Leveret  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground at Ballyness, County Donegal. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to Ballyness.[7]

5 May

List of shipwrecks: 5 May 1878
ShipStateDescription
Johanne Denmark The schooner collided with the steamship Calypso ( United Kingdom) in the Øresund and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to a Danish port.[7]
Silver Craig  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore at Dungeness, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Callao, Peru. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[7]

6 May

List of shipwrecks: 6 May 1878
ShipStateDescription
Arrange  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore on Seal Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, United States to Cork.[14]
Beaconsfield  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Odesa, Russia. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[13]
Duna  Russia The steamship ran aground off Osmussaar. she was on a voyage from Reval to Riga and Saint Petersburg. She was refloated.[13]
Eastern Queen  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Pluckington Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and taken in to Liverpool.[13]
Peter der Grosse  Germany The steamship was driven ashore on Seskar, Russia.[13]
Sofala  United Kingdom The barque ran aground in the Rock Channel. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Bahía Limón. She was refloated and put back to Liverpool in a leaky condition.[13]
W. H. Harkness  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the River Thames at Barking, Essex. She was on a voyage from London to Callao, Peru. She was refloated and taken in to Gravesend, Kent.[13]

7 May

List of shipwrecks: 7 May 1878
ShipStateDescription
Clara  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Ballyferris Point, County Down. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France.[16]
Commodore  United Kingdom The steamship collided with the steamship Wimbledon ( United Kingdom) and sank in the Yenikale Strait.[17][18] Commodore was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France to Kertch, Russia.[19] She had been refloated and taken in to Sebastopol, Russia by 28 May.[20]
John Clarke United States The ship was driven ashore at "Cutter". She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to Calais, Maine. She was a total loss.[16]
Lizzie Gardner  United Kingdom The steamship was beached at Cairnryan, Wigtownshire. She was on a voyage from Glasgow to Belfast, County Antrim.[16]
Maindee Park  United Kingdom The steamship was damaged by fire at Königsberg, Germany.[18]
Orvar Odd Flag unknown The steamship was damaged by fire at Königsberg.[18]
River Plate Cape Colony The ship was wrecked near Guion Point.[21]
Rosa France The brig collided with the steamship Denia ( United Kingdom) and sank in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Denia.[17][16]

8 May

List of shipwrecks: 8 May 1878
ShipStateDescription
Eliza  United Kingdom The fishing boat was abandoned off Whitby, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by the Whitby Lifeboat, which later took in to Whitby.[22]
Inheritance  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Joachim Bank, off Shantou, China. She was on a voyage from Niuzhuang to Shantou. She was refloated and taken in to Shantou.[17]
James and Sarah  United Kingdom The fishing boat was abandoned off Whitby. Her crew were rescued by the Whitby Lifeboat. She subsequently sank.[22]

9 May

List of shipwrecks: 9 May 1878
ShipStateDescription
Britannia Norway The schooner was driven ashore at Nidingen, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Libava, Courland Governorate to Schiedam, South Holland, Netherlands.[17]
Confidence  United Kingdom The ship sank after being hit by a tidal wave off the coast of Peru.[23]
Esther and Mary  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore "near the Fane Lane", County Dublin. She was on a voyage from Bangor to Dundalk, County Louth.[17]
Fayal Norway The barque sank at Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands.[17]
Maria  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Filey, Yorkshire.[9]
Sisters  United Kingdom The brig ran aground and was wrecked on the Holm Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. Her eight crew were rescued by a yawl. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Sheerness, Kent.[24][25]
W. J. Lewis Canada Canada The ship was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the barques Oasis and Titania (both  United Kingdom). W. J. Lewis was on a voyage from Buenos Aires to Hamburg, Germany.[26][27]

10 May

List of shipwrecks: 10 May 1878
ShipStateDescription
Alarm  United Kingdom The pilot cutter was run down and sunk in the Bristol Channel by the steamship Foyle ( United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued by Foyle.[28]
China  United Kingdom The steamship suffered an onboard explosion and caught fire at Bombay, India and was scuttled with the loss of three lives.[29]
Hinemoa New Zealand The 75-ton schooner left Auckland for Samoa with a crew of six and one passenger, and was not sighted again.[30]
Sardinian  United Kingdom The steamship was damaged by an onboard explosion and caught fire off Moville, County Donegal. She was scuttled. Four of the 518 people on board were killed. Sardinian was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Quebec City, Canada.[31][32][33] She was later refloated and taken in to Birkenhead, Cheshire.[34]

11 May

List of shipwrecks: 11 May 1878
ShipStateDescription
Esther and Mary  United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore and wrecked at Gormanstown, County Meath. She was on a voyage from Bangor to Dundalk, County Louth.[35]
Lily of the Wave New Zealand The 10-ton ketch stranded on a beach near the mouth of Nelson Harbour, during a gale and subsequently broke up.[36]
Mermaid  New Zealand The 9-ton ketch stranded and was wrecked on North Tata Island during a gale.[36]
Tom of Chester  United Kingdom The smack sprang a leak and foundered 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) off Drogheda, County Louth. Both crew were rescued by a lifeboat.[35]

12 May

List of shipwrecks: 12 May 1878
ShipStateDescription
Edward John  United Kingdom The barquentine was run into by the steamship Lady Downshire ( United Kingdom) and sank in the Crosby Channel.[37]
Gipsy  United Kingdom The schooner-rigged steamship struck rocks and sank in the River Avon at Bristol, Gloucestershire, lying across the river. She was on a voyage from Bristol to Waterford. She broke in two during salvage efforts, blocking the river until 17 May. Her remains were later blown up to clear the river.[28][38]
Lloyd's Herald New Zealand The 48-ton schooner was holed while off the coast of The Catlins during a gale. She was deliberately run ashore at Wiltshire (Wilsher) Bay near Kaka Point to save the lives of the crew.[36]

13 May

List of shipwrecks: 13 May 1878
ShipStateDescription
Pfeil  Germany The schooner was wrecked on Boa Vista Island, Cape Verde Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Lagos, Lagos Colony.[39]

14 May

List of shipwrecks: 14 May 1878
ShipStateDescription
Leopold Auguste France The brig sprang a leak and sank off the Isle of Wight, United Kingdom with the loss of four of her nine crew.[40][41][42]
Noord Holland Netherlands The ship was driven ashore at Narva, Russia. Her crew were rescued.[43]
Winifred  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Naples, Italy. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[44]

15 May

List of shipwrecks: 15 May 1878
ShipStateDescription
Corsair  United Kingdom The steamship foundered off Browndown, Hampshire with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Portsmouth, Hampshire to Cowes, Isle of Wight.[44]
Dolphin  United Kingdom The ship sprung a leak at latitude 49°00′N 70°10′W / 49.000°N 70.167°W / 49.000; -70.167. A bottle containing the ships position was found at Padstow Cornwall, along with the following message: Water gaining. Crew taking to boats.[45]
Medina  United Kingdom The steamship foundered in Stokes Bay with the loss of three of the four people on board. She was on a voyage from Portsmouth, Hampshire to Newport, Isle of Wight.[46][47]
Remoleader Venezuela The tug exploded and sank off Coro with the loss of thirteen of the sixteen people on board.[2]

16 May

List of shipwrecks: 16 May 1878
ShipStateDescription
Ann Gambles  United Kingdom The 424-ton barque was driven onto rocks at Tiwai Point, New Zealand during a strong gale and was while trying to enter Bluff Harbour. Her aft bulkhead gave way and the vessel was swamped. All crew survived, but the vessel and cargo were lost. She was on a voyage from Gravesend, Kent to Bluff Harbour.[48]
Unnamed United States The schooner was wrecked on São Miguel Island, Azores.[21]

17 May

List of shipwrecks: 17 May 1878
ShipStateDescription
Beaver United States During a voyage from Glenora, British Columbia, Canada, to Wrangell, Department of Alaska, the steamer was wrecked on a reef while passing the Stikine River in Southeast Alaska. Her machinery was salvaged, but otherwise she was a total loss.[49]
Emily  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Estância, Brazil. She was a total loss.[50]
Madala  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Lappen, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Kronstadt, Russia.[51]
Pride of the Taff  United Kingdom The pilot boat was run down and sunk off Lundy Island, Devon by the schooner H. R. Tilton ( United States) with the loss of three lives.[50][52]
Water Hen  United Kingdom The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 112 nautical miles (207 km) east of Flores Island, Azores. Her crew were rescued by the full-rigged ship Cairnsmore ( United Kingdom). Water Hen was on a voyage from Maceió, Brazil to the English Channel.[39]
No. 3  United Kingdom The pilot boat foundered 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) off Aberdeen. All three people on board were rescued by the pilot boat No. 4 ( United Kingdom).[53]

18 May

List of shipwrecks: 18 May 1878
ShipStateDescription
Herbert  United Kingdom The smack struck a sunken wreck and foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Lincolnshire. Her crew were rescued by a smack.[54]
Kedar  United Kingdom The barque was abandoned off the Friendly Islands. One of her crew died in the 50 days they spent on a raft. She was on a voyage from the Burrard Inlet, British Columbia, Canada to Melbourne, Australia.[55]
Onega  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore on Anholt, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London. She was refloated with assistance and towed in to Copenhagen, Denmark the next day.[52][51]
Shon Quilt  United Kingdom The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her nine crew were rescued by Innisfail ( United Kingdom) and she subsequently foundered. Shon Quilt was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[56][57][58]
Zephyr Sweden The schooner was driven ashore and damaged at Marstrand. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Kronstadt, Russia. She was later refloated with the assistance of two steamships and towed in to Gothenburg.[50][34][20]

19 May

List of shipwrecks: 19 May 1878
ShipStateDescription
Abelone Denmark The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Hasle, Bornholm. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[52][34]
Cyrus Canada Canada The barque was driven ashore and wrecked on the Towzer Sands, off "Landlos", Glamorgan, United Kingdom. Her eleven crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Santos, Brazil.[52][59]
Midias  United Kingdom The ship capsized in the River Dee near Chester, Cheshire. Her crew were rescued.[27]
Witch  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore at Hasle. She was on a voyage from London to Riga, Russia. She was refloated with assistance.[52]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The smack sank off Warden Point, Isle of Sheppey, Kent.[52]

20 May

List of shipwrecks: 20 May 1878
ShipStateDescription
Ægean  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Amager, Denmark. She was on a voyage from London to Luleå, Sweden. She was refloated with assistance and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark.[51]
Ariel  United Kingdom The schooner collided with the schooner Goddess ( United Kingdom) and was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Goddess.[52] Ariel was towed in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire in a derelict condition.[51]
Cassandra  United Kingdom The brig ran aground off Goeree, Zeeland, Netherlands and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. She was a total loss.[60][61]
Johann Sverdrup Flag unknown The barque capsized at Burntisland, Fife, United Kingdom and was wrecked.[51]
Laura Portugal The brig was wrecked at Salinas, Brazil with the loss of 170 lives.[60][62]
Leander  Germany The brig ran aground on the Spijker Plaat, in the North Sea off the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from Port-au-Prince, Haiti to Antwerp, Belgium.[52] She was refloated and towed in to Antwerp.[63][27]
Northumberland  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Weilingen Channel.[52]

21 May

List of shipwrecks: 21 May 1878
ShipStateDescription
HMS Cormorant  Royal Navy The Osprey-class sloop ran into another vessel in the River Medway and was severely damaged.[64]
North Carolina United States The ship was driven ashore "at Big Island". She was on a voyage from Wilmington, North Carolina to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[65]
Viking  United Kingdom The smack sank at Ballywater, County Down.[60]

22 May

List of shipwrecks: 22 May 1878
ShipStateDescription
Aberystwyth  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Dunaverty Castle, Argyllshire. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to Troon, Ayrshire. She was refloated and taken in to Troon.[65]
Lottie  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Cap Haïtien, Haiti. She was refloated with assistance.[54]
Roath  United Kingdom The ship struck the Mearns Blackhead. She was on a voyage from Caen, Calvados, France to Cardiff, Glamorgan. She put in to Falmouth, Cornwall in a leaky condition.[54]

23 May

List of shipwrecks: 23 May 1878
ShipStateDescription
Abeona  United Kingdom The schooner foundered in the Bristol Channel south west of Ilfracombe, Devon. Her crew were rescued by the tug Hazard ( United Kingdom). Abeona was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Penzance, Cornwall.[66]
Garland  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her nine crew were rescued by the Clacton Lifeboat Albert Edward ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[25][67] Garland was on a voyage from the River Tyne to London.[68]
Khedive, and
Voorwarts		  United Kingdom
Netherlands		 The steamship Voorwarts was run into by the steamship Khedive and was beached at Muka Head, Malaya, where she was wrecked. Her 130 passengers and 81 crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Batavia, Netherlands East Indies to Amsterdam, North Holland. Khedive was on a voyage from Bombay, India to China. She was taken in to Penang, Malaya in a severely damaged condition.[69][70][71][72][73]
Soskummeren Norway The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Saaremaa, Russia. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland.[54]
Unnamed Flag unknown The brig ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom.[54]

24 May

List of shipwrecks: 24 May 1878
ShipStateDescription
Elseina Geertruida Netherlands The ship ran aground and sank in the Zuyder Zee. She was on a voyage from Kampen, Overijssel to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom.[74]

25 May

List of shipwrecks: 25 May 1878
ShipStateDescription
Italian Hero  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at La Atunara, Spain. She was on a voyage from Genoa, Italy to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated.[75]
Secret United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jersey The ketch ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands to Jersey. She was refloated.[39]
William and Susannah  United Kingdom The ketch sprang a leak and sank in the North Sea off Aldeburgh, Suffolk. Her three crew and the ship's dog were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Spalding, Lincolnshire.[39][76]

27 May

List of shipwrecks: 27 May 1878
ShipStateDescription
Othere  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore at Barnegat, New Jersey, United States. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France to New York, United States.[77]
Stanley  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Kertch, Russia. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[20]

28 May

List of shipwrecks: 28 May 1878
ShipStateDescription
Charlotte  Germany The ship was driven ashore in the River Avon.[77] She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to New York, United States.[72]
Ganger Rolf Sweden The ship ran aground on the Langgrogrunden. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to Nordmaling.[77]

29 May

List of shipwrecks: 29 May 1878
ShipStateDescription
Muriel  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated.[78]
Nojet  Russia The schooner ran aground on the Middlegrund. She was on a voyage from Loviisa, Grand Duchy of Finland to Montrose, Forfarshire, United Kingdom. She was refloated with assistance.[79]
Nonsuch  United Kingdom The schooner capsized at Wapping, Middlesex.[79] She was righted.[80]
United  United Kingdom The brig ran aground at Saltholm, Denmark. She was refloated on 1 June and taken in to Helsingør, Denmark.[79][81]

30 May

List of shipwrecks: 30 May 1878
ShipStateDescription
Avona  United Kingdom The ship was damaged by fire in the West India Docks, London.[82]
Stornoway  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on a reef in Loch Carron and sank. She was on her maiden voyage, from Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides to Stromeferry, Ross-shire. Although declared a total loss, she was refloated in mid-June. Subsequently repaired and returned to service.[83][84][80]

31 May

Unknown date

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