List of shipwrecks in May 1883
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| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Attillio |  Spain |
The brig was wrecked at Palma, Mallorca.[1] |
3 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Coldra |  United Kingdom |
The steamship collided with the steamship Redbrook ( United Kingdom) at Bilbao, Spain and was beached.[1] |
4 May
5 May
| Ship | State | 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, Canada. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Quebec City, Canada.[2] |
7 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Tryall | United Kingdom |
The ship departed from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire for Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. No further trace, reported missing.[5] |
9 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Fidra | United Kingdom |
The steamship departed from Newcastle, New South Wales for Hong Kong. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[6] |
| 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
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Astrakhan |  Russia |
The steamship ran aground in the Bosphorus at Riva, Ottoman Empire.[7] |
| Aurania | United Kingdom |
The steamship ran aground in the Clyde. She was refloated the next day.[8] |
| 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.[9] |
| 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.[8] |
| Horsa |  Denmark |
The steamship was driven ashore at "Bolsaxen". She was on a voyage from Nyborg to Aarhus.[7] |
| Kolstrup |  Germany |
The ship was wrecked on "Dyer's Island", Cape Colony. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, B Belgium to Shanghai, China.[10] |
| Mercury | United Kingdom |
The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at Blackpool, Lancashire. Her six crew were rescued.[11] |
| Nachimoff | Russia |
The steamship ran aground in the Bosphorus at Kilia, Ottoman Empire.[7] |
| Raynaud |  Haitian Navy |
The man-of-war collided with the steamship Don ( United Kingdom) and sank at Port-au-Prince.[12] |
| Rosebank | United Kingdom |
The schooner ran aground at Wick, Caithness and was damaged. She was refloated.[8] |
| 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.[8] |
11 May
12 May
| Ship | State | 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.[11] |
| Mark | United Kingdom |
The ship departed from Maryport, Cumberland for Belfast, County Antrim. No further trace, reported missing.[13] |
| Nova Rosa | United Kingdom |
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on "Reune Head", Devon.[11] |
13 May
| Ship | State | 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.[7] |
14 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Annie | United Kingdom |
The steamship was driven ashore on Öland, Sweden.[7] She was refloated and towed in to Kalmar, Sweden.[9] |
| Bessie | United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore near Port Talbot, Glamorgan.[7] |
| Hans Holmboe | Norway |
The brig was driven ashore at Lemvig, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Christiania.[7] |
| Kalmia | United Kingdom |
The ship ran aground on the James and Marys, in the Hooghly River.[7] |
| Nordstjernen |  Sweden |
The brig was driven ashore on Öland. She was on a voyage from Oscarshamn to Antwerp, Belgium.[7] |
16 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Job T. Wilson | United States |
The steamship sank in a gale off Windmill Point, Virginia with the loss of a crew member.[14] |
17 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Chinsura |  India |
The steamship was driven ashore near False Point.[15] She was declared a total loss.[10] |
| 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.[15] |
18 May
| Ship | State | 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.[10] |
19 May
| Ship | State | 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.[12] |
21 May
23 May
| Ship | State | 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.[17] She was refloated on 1 June.[18] |
24 May
| Ship | State | 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".[19] |
25 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Amon | United States |
The steamship was wrecked on a railway bridge pier at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with the loss of a crew member.[14] |
| Falke | Germany |
The barque sank at "Ichabor" with the loss of all on board.[20] |
| 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.[17] |
30 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Fedalma | Germany |
The ship departed from Rockhampton, Maine, United States for Hamburg. No further trace, reported missing.[21] |
