List of shipwrecks in May 1868
The list of shipwrecks in May 1868 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during May 1868.
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References |
1 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Governor Cushman | ![]() | The steamship suffered a boiler explosion at Buffalo, New York, killing eleven people. She was on a voyage from Buffalo to Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada.[1] |
2 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Middleton | ![]() | The steamship ran aground in the Dardanelles.[2] |
Onda | ![]() | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Louise (![]() |
3 May
Ship | State | Description |
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HMS Lord Warden | ![]() | The Lord Clyde-class ironclad ran aground in the Mediterranean Sea. She was subsequently refloated, repaired, and returned to service.[4] |
Vesta | ![]() | The ship foundered off Barra, Outer Hebrides. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to New York, United States[5] |
4 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Annam Maria | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore on Amrum, Prussia and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to "Heyer".[6] |
Arabian | ![]() | The sternwheel paddle steamer sank in the Missouri River near Atchison, Kansas.[7] |
5 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Lady Middleton | ![]() | The schooner struck a sunken rock and foundered north east of the Isle of Skye, Outer Hebrides. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Dublin.[8] |
Staffa | ![]() | The brig was driven ashore at Dragør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Arbroath, Forfarshire.[9] |
7 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Express | ![]() | The schooner was wrecked at Whangaroa.[10] |
8 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Gleaner | ![]() | The 135-ton brig was thought to have hit the Seven Stones reef and sank 30 miles (48 km) northwest by west of Land's End, Cornwall.[11][12] She was on a voyage from Bilboa, Spain to Newport, Monmouthshire.[13] |
9 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Ennerdale | ![]() | The barque ran aground on Rathlin Island, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She was refloated and put in to Belfast, County Antrim.[14] |
10 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Industry | ![]() | The ship ran aground at Faro, Portugal. She was on a voyage from "Savira" to Hull, Yorkshire.[15] |
Joseph Hume | ![]() | The ship collided with Columbia (![]() |
Theta | ![]() | The ship was damaged by fire at Tome, Japan.[17] |
11 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Freedom | ![]() | The schooner was driven ashore at Donaghadee, County Down. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Brest, Finistère, France.[18] |
Jane Campbell | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore near the North and South Lighthouse, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Portrush, County Antrim. She was refloated and taken in to the Strangford Lough.[18] |
Joseph Hume | ![]() | The barque collided with Columbia (![]() |
HMS Sealark | ![]() | The Pandora-class brig-sloop was driven ashore at Kettle Point, Devon. Subsequently refloated, repaired and returned to service.[4] |
13 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Union | ![]() | The schooner ran aground at Rabat, Morocco. She was on a voyage from Rabat to Gibraltar.[21] |
14 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Auguste Vicran | ![]() | The ship was wrecked in the Orkney Islands, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Memel to Dublin, United Kingdom.[22] |
Belfast | ![]() | The ship ran aground on the Horse Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of Lancashire and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Limerick to Preston, Lancashire.[14] |
Canton | ![]() | The barque was wrecked at Acajutla, El Salvador.[23] |
Erling | ![]() | The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Christiania to Liverpool, Lancashire.[14] |
May | ![]() | The ship foundered off Kinsale, County Cork. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Boston, Massachusetts, United States.[14] |
15 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Hawk | ![]() | The steamship was damaged by fire at Saint John's, Newfoundland Colony.[5][24] |
Lybia | ![]() | The barque-rigged steamship struck the Pearl Rock, off Gibraltar and sank. She was on a voyage from Venice, Italy to London.[22][25][26] |
Pearl | ![]() | The smack sprang a leak and sank 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) north west of Padstow, Cornwall. Her three crew survived. She was on a voyage from Porthcawl, Glamorgan to Falmouth, Cornwall.[27] |
16 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Coronation | ![]() | The ship foundered 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) off Padstow, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued.[28] |
Edith | ![]() | The steamship ran aground near Maassluis, Zeeland, Netherlands.[25] |
Gesine | Flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore at Agger, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Narva, Russia.[25] |
HMS Royalist | ![]() | The Rosario-class sloop ran aground at Port-au-Prince, Haiti.[29] She was refloated and taken in to Port Royal, Jamaica for repairs.[30] |
17 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Lizzie Lee | ![]() | The ship was wrecked in the Buffalo River.[31] |
Mary and Anne, and Norfolk | ![]() | The brig Mary and Anne struck the pier, capsized and sank at Boulogne-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais, France. She was run into on 24 May by the steamship Norfolk (![]() |
Primera de Puntales | ![]() | The steamship exploded and sank at Cádiz.[33] |
18 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Arcadia | ![]() | The ship ran aground on the Stag Rocks, near Brook, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Truro, Cornwall to London.[15] |
Minerva | ![]() | The ship collided with Nestor (![]() |
19 May
Ship | State | Description |
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St. Bride | ![]() | The ship sprang a leak and sank off Skenagham Point, County Antrim. Two crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bangor, County Down to Larne, County Antrim.[21] |
20 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Helene | ![]() | The barque was driven ashore in Cloghy Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Cronstadt, Russia. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug and resumed her voyage.[26] |
William Miles | ![]() | The ship was wrecked at Pensacola, Florida, United States. She was on a voyage from Pensacola to Queenstown, County Cork.[35][36] |
21 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Rambler | ![]() | The ship was abandoned off St. Abb's Head, Berwickshire. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Riga, Russia.[26] |
22 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Garonne | ![]() | The steamship ran aground and was wrecked on the Buck Rocks, near Land's End, Cornwall with the loss of nineteen of the 37 people on board. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Bordeaux, Gironde, France.[37][38][39] |
Hope | ![]() | The brig sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Beatriz (![]() |
Moravia | ![]() | The ship ran aground at Dundee, Forfarshire, United Kingdom.[41] |
Templar | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Boston, Massachusetts. She was refloated and towed in to Edgartown, Massachusetts in a derelict condition.[35] |
23 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Benares | ![]() | The steamship ran aground in the Fisherman's Group, China and was wrecked.[36] |
Blue Bell | ![]() | The 53-ton schooner foundered off Whangaroa Heads.[42] |
Lessing | ![]() | The ship was wrecked on Fair Isle, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom. All 480 people on board survived.[43][36] |
Martha Birnie | ![]() | The ship was run into by Lottie Maria (![]() |
Mystery | ![]() | The steamship ran aground and was wrecked north of Port Patrick, Wigtownshire. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newry, County Antrim to Ardrossan, Ayrshire.[45] |
24 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Heroine | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Vlieland, Friesland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Hamburg.[21] |
Norfolk | ![]() | The steamship ran onto the wreck of Mary Ann (![]() |
25 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Lesmona | ![]() | The ship was captured by pirates and sunk off the Paracel Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to Shanghai.[46] |
Lochnagar | ![]() | The ship was wrecked in the Navigator's Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Baker's Island to an English port.[47] |
Prince Frederick William | ![]() | The ship was run ashore at Dunaff, County Donegal and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire to Quebec City, Canada.[48] |
Thomas Connolly | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at Silloth, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Maryport, Cumberland. She was refloated.[49] |
Union | ![]() | The ship foundered in the North Sea. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to Swinemünde.[50] |
26 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Moneta | ![]() | The ship caught fire in the Burrard Inlet and was scuttled.[35] |
27 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Guildford | ![]() | The barque was wrecked at Bassa, Gambia Colony and Protectorate.[51] |
28 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Emilie | ![]() | The ship was abandoned at sea. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Narva, Russian Empire.[35] |
Excelsior | ![]() | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on Fire Island, New York. She was on a voyage from New York City to Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.[52] |
Industry | ![]() | The ship caught fire off Sheringham, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Colchester, Essex. She was taken in to Blakeney, Norfolk for repairs.[24] |
Jacare | ![]() | The steamship sank at Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was later refloated and taken in to Tigre for repairs.[53] |
Mora | ![]() | The ship ran aground at Kurrachee, India. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Kurrachee. She was refloated.[36] |
Sarah | ![]() | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Montreal.[35][54] |
29 May
Ship | State | Description |
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HMS Britomart | ![]() | The Britomart-class gunboat was driven ashore at Windmill Point, Quebec, Canada.[52] |
Nossa Senhora de Cononco | ![]() | The brig was wrecked on the coast of the Cape Colony with the loss of two of the 116 people on board.[55][56] |
30 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Disraeli | ![]() | The ship was sighted in the Atlantic Ocean whilst on a voyage from Akyab, British Burma to Falmouth, Cornwall. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[57] |
Stephane | ![]() | The ship was wrecked 18 nautical miles (33 km) off St. Andrew's Island She was on a voyage from Aspinwall, United States of Colombia to a Mexican port.[58] |
31 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Coquimbana | Flag unknown | The ship was wrecked in the Falkland Islands.[59] |
Providencia | ![]() | The schooner was wrecked 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) north of "Arzilla".[60] |
Unknown date
Ship | State | Description |
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Actif | ![]() | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean before 18 May. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Brest, Finistère to the Newfoundland Colony.[28] |
Albert Gallatin | ![]() | The ship was destroyed by fire at Mobile, Alabama.[18] |
Ann | ![]() | The steamship ran aground in the Danube. She was on a voyage from Brăila to Sulina, Ottoman Empire and Antwerp, Belgium. She was refloated.[18] |
Babinau and Gaudry | ![]() | The schooner capsized off Anticosti Island, Nova Scotia before 15 May. She was on a voyage from Montreal, Quebec to Saint John's, Newfoundland Colony.[50] |
Bellona | ![]() | The ship ran aground at Demerara, British Guiana. She was refloated.[61] |
Billow | ![]() | The sealer was lost in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence before 11 May.[21] |
Canny Scot | ![]() | The ship was wrecked at Gaspé, Quebec. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France to Montreal.[22][54] |
Ceres | ![]() | The sealer was lost in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence before 11 May.[21] |
Clipper | ![]() | The sealer was lost in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence before 11 May.[21] |
C. Newton | ![]() | The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from the Clyde to Montreal.[35] |
Crescent | ![]() | The ship was abandoned at sea. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Quebec City, Canada.[26] |
Criterion | ![]() | The ship was destroyed by fire at Pärnu, Russia.[61] |
Ernest | ![]() | The sealer was lost in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence before 11 May.[21] |
Euxine | ![]() | The ship was destroyed by fire at sea before 11 May.[18] |
Far East | ![]() | The steamship was damaged by fire in Annesley Bay before 11 May. She was taken in to Suez, Egypt for repairs.[18] |
Forest Lad | ![]() | The ship sank at Mocissus, Ottoman Empire.[35] |
Gazelle | ![]() | The sealer was lost in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence before 11 May.[21] |
Home | ![]() | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean before 28 May. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Quebec City.[48] |
Jules | ![]() | The ship was wrecked on the English Bank, in the River Plate. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to Monte Video, Uruguay.[22] |
Karanjah | ![]() | The steamship was wrecked in the Red Sea. She was on a voyage from Suez to Jeddah, Jeddah Eyalet.[35] |
Lettice Catherine | ![]() | The ship was wrecked near Bahia, Brazil before 11 May. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Monte Video, Uruguay.[18] |
Providenzia | ![]() | The schooner was wrecked 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) north of Arzila, Morocco. She was on a voyage from Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands to Barcelona.[62] |
Royal Charlie | ![]() | The ship was abandoned at se before 6 May. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Boston, Massachusetts.[63] |
Susan | ![]() | The sealer was lost in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence before 11 May.[21] |
Vedra | ![]() | The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Quebec City.[35] |
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