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List of shipwrecks in May 1871

April 27, 2024

The list of shipwrecks in May 1871 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during May 1871.

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1 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 1 May 1871
Ship State Description
Breeze   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Padstow, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Padstow to Plymouth, Devon.[1]
Ebenezer   United Kingdom The barque ran aground on the Cannon Rocks. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Dublin.[2]
Josephus   Netherlands The steamship collided with the steamship Princess Royal (  United Kingdom) and sank at Antwerp, Belgium.[2]
Neptune   Germany The sloop foundered. Her crew were rescued by the barque Askur (  Norway). Neptune was on a voyage from Drammen to Kragerø, Norway.[3]
Octa   United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked on Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to London.[3]
Rover   United Kingdom The ship struck a sunken wreck. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk to Dunkerque, Nord, France. Sh was assisted in to Harwich, Essex in a severely leaky condition.[1]
Unnamed Flag unknown The schooner ran aground on the Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay and sank. Her crew survived.[1]

2 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 2 May 1871
Ship State Description
Everhardus   United Kingdom The ship foundered 20 nautical miles (37 km) north of Montrose, Forfarshire. Her crew were rescued by the fishing boat St. Anna (  United Kingdom).[4][5]
Onward   United Kingdom The steamship sank off Domesnes, Russia. Her crew survived. she was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Riga, Russia.[3]

3 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 3 May 1871
Ship State Description
Angelsea   United Kingdom The ship was holed by ice and sank. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Quebec City, Canada.[3]
Lucibelle   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Starbuck Island. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sydney, New South Wales to Starbuck Island.[6][7]
Mercury   France The steamship ran aground in the Southwest Passage. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure.[8]
Rhein   Germany The steamship ran aground off "Tinsum". She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Bremen.[9]

4 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 4 May 1871
Ship State Description
Charles Maureau   France The ship was wrecked at Saint-Benoît, Réunion. Her crew were rescued.[10][11]
Inez   United States The ship was wrecked on the "Isle de St. Carlos". She was on a voyage from Maracaibo, Venezuela to New York. The wreck was pillaged by the local inhabitants.[12]
Newcastle   United Kingdom The steamship collided with another vessel and sank. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to South Shields, County Durham. She was refloated on 6 May and taken in to South Shields.[13]
Surprise   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore near Crail, Fife. She was refloated and taken in to Crail in a severely damaged condition.[4][14][5]
Vale   United Kingdom The smack sank off the Isle of Whithorn, Wigtownshire. Her crew were rescued by the Isle of Whithorn Lifeboat Charlie Peck (  Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Vale was on a voyage from Port Dinorwic, Caernarfonshire to Irvine, Ayrshire.[4][14][5][15]

5 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 5 May 1871
Ship State Description
Christian   Denmark The ship was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen to Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom.[13][16]
Enfield   United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on The Shingles, off the Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Eling, Hampshire to Swansea, Glamorgan.[4][9]
Mahmoudy   India The bugla foundered with the ultimate loss of 23 of the 45 people on board. Survivors were rescued by a steamship and a cotia. She was on a voyage from Mangalore to the Persian Gulf.[17]

6 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 6 May 1871
Ship State Description
Carrie   United States The steamship was destroyed by fire south of Savannah, Georgia with the loss of two lives. She was on a voyage from Augusta, Jamaica to Savannah.[10]
David Burn   United Kingdom The steamship was run into by the steamship Earl Percy (  United Kingdom) and sank 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) off South Shields, County Durham. All on board, more than 100 people, were rescued by Earl Percy.[18] David Burn broke in two on 10 June during efforts to raise her.[19]
Unnamed   United Kingdom The Thames barge collided with Cannon Street Railway Bridge, London and sank in the River Thames with the loss of one of her two crew.[16][20]

7 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 7 May 1871
Ship State Description
Curlew   United Kingdom The Mersey Flat sank at New Brighton, Cheshire.[13]
Gromhoi Flag unknown The ship ran aground. She was on a voyage from Cyprus to Saint Petersburg, Russia[16]
Prinz Adalbert   Germany The ship ran aground. She was on a voyage from Rhyl, Denbighshire, United Kingdom to Stettin. She was refloated.[13][16]
Tiber   United Kingdom The steamship was went ashore at Crosby, Lancashire in dense fog and broke in two.[13] She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Alexandria, Egypt.[16] The two parts were refloated in June 1871 and rebuilt as a barque.[21] She was again wrecked as Theodorus in May 1894.

8 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 8 May 1871
Ship State Description
City of Quebec   United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked on "Dead Island", off Cape Ray, Newfoundland Colony with the loss of all seventeen crew. She was on a voyage from London to Quebec City, Canada.[22][23][24][25][26]
Margaret Trail   United Kingdom The ship ran aground at the mouth of the River Mersey. She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to the Orkney Islands. She was refloated and put back to Runcorn in a leaky condition.[13]
Nimrod   United Kingdom The sloop was wrecked on the Sow and Pig Rocks, on the coast of Northumberland. Both crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Kingston, Moray to Sunderland, County Durham.[27]

9 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 9 May 1871
Ship State Description
Alert   Norway The brig foundered in the Dogger Bank. Her crew were rescued by the smack Ann and Sarah (  United Kingdom). Alert was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Copenhagen, Denmark.[28][29][30][31]
Erminia   United Kingdom The yacht ran aground in the Loo Stream. She was being towed from Cowes, Isle of Wight to Brighton, Sussex. She was refloated the next day and beached at East Cowes, Isle of Wight.[32]
Pretty Jane   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground off Moeraki, New Zealand. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Otago, New Zealand. She was refloated and completed her voyage.[33][34]

10 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 10 May 1871
Ship State Description
Aptrness   Greece The brig collided with the steamship Philade (  Russia) and sank 15 nautical miles (28 km) off the Yeni Kale Lighthouse, Russia with the loss of eight of her thirteen crew. Aptrness was on a voyage from Taganrog, Russia to a British port.[35]
Elizabeth   United Kingdom The brigantine collided with the barque Bertha (  Sweden) and sank off Morte Point, Devon. Her crew survived. Elizabeth was on a voyage from Workington, Cumberland to Newport, Monmouthshire.[36]
Isabella Atkinson   United Kingdom The barque was wrecked on the Galloper Sand. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Alexandria, Egypt.[28][37][27]
Unnamed Flag unknown The ship ran aground on the Arklow Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wicklow, United Kingdom.[38]
Unnamed   France The brigantine was driven ashore at Breaksea Point, Glamorgan, United Kingdom.[36]

11 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 11 May 1871
Ship State Description
Fanny   United Kingdom The ship foundered off "Magercoil". Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Rangoon, Burma to Bombay, India.[39]
Fyenoord   Netherlands The steamship was run into by C. M. Palmer (  United Kingdom) and was beached in the River Thames near the entrance to the West India Docks, London, United Kingdom. Fyenoord was on a voyage from London to Rotterdam, South Holland.[40]
Prince Adalbert   Germany The ship was driven ashore on the west coast of Denmark. She was on a voyage from Cyprus to Saint Petersburg, Russia. She was refloated and taken in to Fredrikshavn in a leaky condition.[22]
Sofia   Norway The ship was driven ashore near Sundby. She was on a voyage from London to Holmsund.[41]

12 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 12 May 1871
Ship State Description
Agnes Campbell   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Sound of Mull. She was on a voyage from Thurso, Caithness to Paisley, Renfrewshire.[42]
Kedar   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at the entrance to the Sea of Marmara. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.[43]
Weardale   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Jambe de Mouton, off Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure. She was refloated on 14 May and resumed her voyage.[44][45]

13 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 13 May 1871
Ship State Description
Ann   United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and foundered off Barmouth, Merionethshire.[46] Her crew were rescued.[44]
Fleetwing   Jersey The smack collided with the steamship Sun Foo (  United Kingdom) and sank in St Ives Bay with the loss of six lives. Fleetwing was on a voyage from Jersey to Runcorn, Cheshire.[10][47]
Mary Russell   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near "Hornbeck", Denmark. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Dundee, Forfarshire. She was refloated on 15 May and towed in to Helsingør, Denmark.[46][48]

14 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 14 May 1871
Ship State Description
Challenger   United Kingdom The full-rigged ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (48°00′N 15°30′W / 48.000°N 15.500°W / 48.000; -15.500). Her crew were rescued by Rapid (  United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Malden Island to London.[49][50]
Star of the West   United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was wrecked off Scatarie Island, Nova Scotia, Canada with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Quebec City, Canada.[51]

15 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 15 May 1871
Ship State Description
Fauna   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Svenska Högarne, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from London to Sundsvall, Sweden. She was refloated and put in to Stockholm, Sweden in a leaky condition.[52]
Jinko Maru   Japan The disabled junk washed ashore on Adak Island in the Aleutian Islands with three survivors aboard. She had been adrift since November 1870, when a storm carried away her masts and rudder during a voyage along the coast of Japan from Ise to Kumano with a cargo of rice.[53]

16 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 16 May 1871
Ship State Description
Gertruida Maira   Netherlands The ship was wrecked on the coast of Patagonia, Argentina. She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires, Argentina to the Falkland Islands.[54]
Karen Anne Sophie   Denmark The ship was wrecked at Thyborøn. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to the Sunnfjord.[10][11]
Mezerium   United Kingdom The brig departed from Valparaíso, Chile for the River Plate. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[55]
Sea Dog   United Kingdom The brig was sunk by ice. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to Saint John's, Newfoundland Colony.[8][56][57]
Sparkler   United Kingdom The barque was wrecked in the Sittaung River.[41] Her nineteen crew took to two boats. Six crew in the gig were reported missing.[58] She was on a voyage from Singapore, Straits Settlements to Moulmein, Burma.[26]

17 May edit

List of shipwrecks: May 1871
Ship State Description
No, 29   United Kingdom The pilot boat was driven ashore and wrecked at Curlew Point, Glamorgan.[8]

18 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 18 May 1871
Ship State Description
Alsace and Lorraine   France The barque was wrecked on Bird's Spit, off the coast of Sierra Leone.[59] Her crew were rescued.[60] She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Bathurst, Gambia Colony and Protectorate.[43]
George   Norway The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Langeoog, Germany.[45] Her crew were rescued.[61]
Lady Carleton   United Kingdom The steamship was destroyed by fire at Carleton.[35]
Royal Victoria   United Kingdom The barque foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (46°27′N 34°44′W / 46.450°N 34.733°W / 46.450; -34.733). Her crew were rescued by Wild Rose (  United Kingdom).[51][62] Royal Victoria was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Quebec City, Canada.[63]

19 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 19 May 1871
Ship State Description
Idolique   Canada The ship sprang a leak and was beached at or near Livorno, Italy in a waterlogged condition. She was on a voyage from Livorno to Baltimore, Maryland, United States.[64][11]
Willem III   Netherlands
 
Willem III
The passenger ship caught fire off the Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. All on board, 220 passengers and her crew, about 350 people in total, were rescued by the steamship Scorpio and a number of fishing boats (all   United Kingdom). Willem III was on her maiden voyage, from Rotterdam, South Holland to Batavia, Netherlands East Indies. She was towed to Portsmouth, Hampshire, United Kingdom, where she was beached and scuttled.[8][56][65][47] Subsequently sold, repaired and returned to service.

20 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 20 May 1871
Ship State Description
Edith Owen   United Kingdom The steamship collided with the steamship Florence (  United Kingdom) in the River Thames and was beached at Gravesend, Kent. Edith Owen was on a voyage from London to Liverpool, Lancashire.[10]
Northumberland   United Kingdom The ship sank off Hanko, Grand Duchy of Finland. Her crew were rescued.[11][47]
T. S. Webb   United Kingdom The steamship collided with the steamship Paraguay and sank in the English Channel off Dungeness, Kent.[10]
Ynez   United Kingdom The barque was wrecked at Maracaibo, Venezuela. Her seven crew were rescued by the schooner Columbian (  United Kingdom). Ynez was on a voyage from Maracaibo to New York.[66]

21 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 21 May 1871
Ship State Description
Esther Eitzen Flag unknown The ship ran aground at Kalk Bay, Cape Colony. She was refloated.[67]
Friendship   United Kingdom The brig was sunk by ice off Kalana, Russia. Her crew were rescued by the pilot cutter Sandhavn (  Sweden). Friendship was on a voyage from Whitby, Yorkshire to Cronstadt, Russia.[10][47]
Mermaid   United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Maplin Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was refloated with assistance from a tug and taken in to the River Thames.[10]
St. Nicolai   Russia The ship sank at Taganrog.[68]

22 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 22 May 1871
Ship State Description
Secret   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Amrum, Germany.[47][69]
Useful   United Kingdom The brig was run aground off Saltholm, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Memel, Germany to Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France.[43]

23 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 23 May 1871
Ship State Description
Dankbarkeit Flag unknown The ship sank off Osmussaar, Russia. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Reval, Russia.[64][70]
Gustave Pastor   Netherlands The steamship was driven ashore at Dungeness, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France.[64]
Malaga   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground near the lightship Eendrag (  Belgium). She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Antwerp, Belgium.[64]
Minnie   United Kingdom The ship collided with Elizabeth A. Oliver (  United States) and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the Isles of Scilly. Her crew were rescued by Ida (  United Kingdom). Minnie was on a voyage from London to Boston, Massachusetts, United States.[35][71][72]
Saxon   United Kingdom The ship was destroyed by fire in the Bay of Luce.[64][70]
White Jacket   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Rodrigues. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bombay, India to Hull, Yorkshire.[73]

24 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 24 May 1871
Ship State Description
Ann Bradshaw   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Ballywalter, County Down. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Belfast, County Antrim. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Belfast.[35]
Foam   New Zealand The 40-ton ketch was driven onto Farewell Spit, New Zealand, in a sou'westerly gale and was wrecked.[74]
Minerva   United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south of Portpatrick, Wigtownshire. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque, Nord, France to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. She was refloated on 7 June and towed in to Portpatrick.[75][71]
Probus   Germany The schooner sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her six crew took to a boat; they were rescued by the brig Julie (  United States). Probus was on a voyage from Puerto Rico to Falmouth, Cornwall or Queenstown, County Cork, United Kingdom.[33][76]
St. Nicolai   Russia The ship sank at Taganrog.[75]
Unnamed Flag unknown The brig was struck by lightning and foundered off Gonaïves, Haiti.[77]

25 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 25 May 1871
Ship State Description
Alix   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the English Bank, in the River Plate. SHe was on a voyage from Monte Video, Uruguay to the Rio Grande. She was refloated and put back to Monte Video.[78]
Isabella   United Kingdom The barque was sunk by ice off the Packerort Lighthouse, Russia. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Cronstadt, Russia.[35]
Isabella   United Kingdom The ship was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean, according to a message in a bottle that was discovered on Cape Clear Island, County Cork on 9 September. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire.[79]

26 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 26 May 1871
Ship State Description
Auckland   New Zealand The steamship was wrecked at the mouth of the Snowy River, Victoria.[80] She was on a voyage from Melbourne, Victoria to Sydney, New South Wales.[81]
Fides   Austria-Hungary The ship was driven ashore 6 nautical miles (11 km) west of Marbella, Spain. She was on a voyage from Sulina, Ottoman Empire to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom.[50][62][82]

27 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 27 May 1871
Ship State Description
Aunt Sally   United Kingdom The brigantine ran aground on the Whitby Rocks. She was on a voyage from Ramsgate, Kent to Sunderland, County Durham.[59] She was later refloated and put back to Ramsgate.[60]
Gambia   United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked in Algoa Bay.[83]
Gannet   United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked at Gurnard's Head, Cornwall.[84] All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Antwerp, Belgium.[49] She broke in three in mid-June.[84]
Norseman   United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked at Algoa Bay.[85]
Souvenance   France The full-rigged ship was wrecked near Bredasdorp, Cape Colony with the loss of more than 450 coolies. She was on a voyage from the Antilles to Pondicherry, India.[86][87][88]
Suomi Flag unknown The ship was driven ashore at Holmpton, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Hull, Yorkshire. She had become a wreck by 8 June.[89]
Tairoa   New Zealand The 51-ton paddle steamer became unresponsive while crossing the bar at Port Molyneux, at the mouth of the Clutha River and became a total loss.[74]
Two unnamed vessels   Russia The barques sank at Archangelsk.[90]

28 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 28 May 1871
Ship State Description
Julia   New Zealand The 15-ton schooner was wrecked at Takatu Point in the Hauraki Gulf with the loss of one life.[74]
Scotia   United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Cartagena, Spain. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Cartagena. She was refloated.[59]
Souákin   Egypt The steamship was run down and sunk in the Strait of Gubal by the steamship Africa (  United Kingdom). All on board, more than 90 people, were rescued by Africa and another steamship.[89][91]
Triumph   United Kingdom The dandy rigged fishing smack was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew took to a boat; they were rescued by a brig.[92] She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to London.[93]

30 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 30 May 1871
Ship State Description
Starling   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on Skallingen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Königsberg, Germany.[75]

31 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 31 May 1871
Ship State Description
Assunta Gianello   Italy The barque was destroyed by fire near Almería, Spain with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Oran, Algeria to Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom.[89][94]
Rhea   Germany The barque collided with the steamship Hansa (  Germany and sank off Sandy Hook, New Jersey, United States with the loss of eight of her fifteen crew. Survivors were rescued by Hansa. Rhea was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands to New York, United States.[59][95]
Two unnamed vessels Flags unknown The schooners ran aground on the West Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay.[62]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in May 1871
Ship State Description
Adele Regina   France The fishing lugger collided with an American barque and sank in the English Channel 12 nautical miles (22 km) off Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure with the loss of twelve of her eighteen crew.[41][20]
A. F. Larrabee   United States The ship foundered. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Frontera, Mexico.[75]
Albert Flag unknown The schooner was wrecked on Östergarnsholm, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stettin, Germany to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[59]
Alfred   Norway The brig ran aground near Reval, Russia. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland.[11][47] Alfred was refloated in mid-June and completed her voyage.[96]
Angele Victoria   France The ship was wrecked between Berck and Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France. Her crew were rescued.[97]
Anna   Russia The barque was driven ashore in the Daugava.[46]
Atlantic   Germany The ship was wrecked near "Languillo". She was on a voyage from Port-au-Prince, Haiti to Hamburg.[22]
Auguste   Germany The ship was driven ashore at Terranova. She was consequently condemned.[41]
Baroda   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Muckraputty Lumps, in the Hooghly River. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Calcutta, India.[51] She was refloated and completed her voyage.[60]
Berendina   Netherlands The ship collided with the steamship Danube (  United Kingdom) and was abandoned by her crew, who were rescued by Danube. Berendina was on a voyage from Livorno, Italy to Antwerp, Belgium. Danube towed her in to Lisbon, Portugal in a sinking condition.[10]
Breadalbane   United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked on the Hassa-el-Thamid Reef, near Jeddah, Jeddah Eyalet before 15 May. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Bombay, India.[98][89][94]
Burgess   Canada The sailing barge sprang a leak and was beached. She was on a voyage from Kingston, Ontario to Montreal, Quebec.[47]
Cadrio   India The ship foundered off "Khetty" between 13 and 15 May with the loss of more than 80 lives. There were four or five survivors. She was on a voyage from Kurrachee to "Kotasair".[99][100]
Candace   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore by ice between "Richmond Bay" and New London, Prince Edward Island, Canada. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Cascumpec, Prince Edward Island.[50]
Charles   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on "Richelieu Island". She was on a voyage from Montreal to the Newfoundland Colony.[101]
Chimborino   United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore in the Danube downstream of Sulina, Ottoman Empire.[101]
Chusan   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the coast of Korea. She was on a voyage from Yantai, China to "Passeitor Port". The wreck was burnt on the orders of the Korean government.[102]
Corinna   Italy The schooner foundered off San Pietro Island, Sardinia. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to an English port.[22]
Cormorant   United Kingdom The barque ran aground in the Bonny River. She was refloated and beached.[59]
Dayspring   United Kingdom The ship foundered at Monte Rosa, São Tomé Island. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Melbourne, Victoria.[103]
Deerfoot   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Southend-on-Sea, Essex. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London. She was refloated.[103]
Delta   United States The ship ran aground on the Trijon Shoals. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to Richibucto, New Brunswick, Canada.[51]
Dromedary   United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore in the Daugava.[46]
Elise   France The brig foundered off the Norwegian coast. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Riga, Russia.[28][104]
Eliza   United Kingdom The ship collided with the Newarp Lightship (  Trinity House) and sank. Her crew were rescued.[28]
Eliza and Alice   United Kingdom The barque struck a rock at Cape St. Francis, Cape Colony and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sundsvall, Sweden to Port Elizabeth, Cape Colony.[27]
Eliza Hunter   United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina, United States to London.[28][105][30]
Emily McNear   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Keeling Island. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Hong Kong.[10][11][106]
Eugenie   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Champlain, Quebec. She was on a voyage from "Purtow" to Montreal.[101]
Eurichetta   United Kingdom The ship capsized at Darien, Georgia, United States.[49]
Express   The ship was destroyed by fire. She was on a voyage from Halifax to Guysborough, Nova Scotia.[51]
Forganhall   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Bic, Quebec. She was on a voyage from Quebec City to Greenock, Renfrewshire. She was refloated and put back to Quebec City in a waterlogged condition.[49]
Frederick   Norway The ship was abandoned in the North Sea before 9 May.[22] She was towed in to Aberdeen, United Kingdom on that date.[97]
Glory of the Seas   United Kingdom The clipper ran aground on the Round Reef. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick to Liverpool. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[41][107][49]
Harvest Maid   United States The ship was wrecked in the Saint Lawrence River. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to Paspébiac, Quebec.[48]
Harvest Queen   United Kingdom The ship was beached.[49]
Haselunne   Germany The brig was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Carl Johann (  Denmark). Haselunne was on a voyage from London to Königsberg.[28][30]
Hellechina Reina Flag unknown The ship was holed by ice and sank off "Wulff". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Saint Petersburg.[108]
Hoop   Belgium The ship was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Ghent, East Flanders to Saint Petersburg.[51]
Houghton   United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked on Öland, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Riga to Dunkerque, Nord, France.[35][107][49]
Iberian   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.[101] She was refloated.[109]
Lammegina   Netherlands The ship sank of Keri, Russia. She was on a voyage from Livorno to Saint Petersburg.[64]
Maggie   United States The ship was driven ashore in Orange Bay.[16]
Margaret Tod   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on Naissaar, Russia. She was on a voyage from Reval to Leith. She was refloated and put back to Reval in a waterlogged condition.[59][110] The leak was stopped and she sailed in early June for Riga, Russia for repairs.[84]
Maria Busch   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Halifax.[48][60]
Mary Bentley   United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Caibarién, Cuba to New York.[59]
Michelino   Italy The ship ran aground in the Sea of Marmara. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Batoum, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated and taken in to Constantinople.[105]
Mima   United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Inverness. She was on a voyage from Invermoriston, Inverness-shire to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire.[56] She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[47]
Mondego   Portugal The steamship caught fire at Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France.[50]
Napoli   Italy The steamship ran aground near Palermo, Sicily.[46] She was refloated and put in to Palermo.[48]
Nellie Staples   United States The ship was abandoned at sea.[51]
Nordlyset Flag unknown The ship was wrecked on the Caicos Bank. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Havana, Cuba.[49]
Omega   United States The ship was wrecked on the Brigantine Shoals. She was on a voyage from Sagua La Grande, Cuba to New York.[16]
Pactolus   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Larne, County Antrim. Her crew were rescued.[48][45]
Puchoco   Chile The ship foundered. She was on a voyage from Valparaíso to Coronel.[52]
Queen   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Plymouth, Devon. She was refloated.[46]
Queen of the Belgians   United Kingdom The ship was run ashore on Nevis before 27 May. She was refloated.[111]
Red Jacket   United Kingdom The ship ran aground at the Cantick Head, Orkney Islands. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Dundee, Forfarshire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[42]
Remembrance   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Mowiss Reef, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Gävle, Sweden to Hartlepool. She was refloated and towed in to Varberg, Sweden in a leaky condition .[101]
Sir Robert McClure   United Kingdom The ship ran aground. She was on a voyage from Charleston to Plymouth. She was refloated and put back to Charleston.[10]
Starling   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Horns Reef, in the North Sea before 30 May. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Königsberg. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[75]
Thetis   United Kingdom The ship ran aground off Pakefield, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk to Antwerp. She was refloated and taken in to Harwich, Essex in a leaky condition.[13]
Thornhill   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on "Barque Island". She was on a voyage from Quebec City to Glasson Dock, Lancashire. She was later refloated and resumed her voyage.[35][107][112]
Tribsees   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Dardanelles. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Constantinople. She was refloated.[48]
Tropic Bird   United States The ship was wrecked on the Colorado Reef, off the coast of Cuba. She was on a voyage from Cuba to Boston.[16]
Victoria   United States The ship was driven ashore at "Peapath". She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Constantinople.[36]

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The list of shipwrecks in May 1871 includes ships sunk foundered grounded or otherwise lost during May 1871 This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources May 1871 MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 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 References1 May editList of shipwrecks 1 May 1871 Ship State Description Breeze nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Padstow Cornwall She was on a voyage from Padstow to Plymouth Devon 1 Ebenezer nbsp United Kingdom The barque ran aground on the Cannon Rocks She was on a voyage from Belfast County Antrim to Dublin 2 Josephus nbsp Netherlands The steamship collided with the steamship Princess Royal nbsp United Kingdom and sank at Antwerp Belgium 2 Neptune nbsp Germany The sloop foundered Her crew were rescued by the barque Askur nbsp Norway Neptune was on a voyage from Drammen to Kragero Norway 3 Octa nbsp United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked on Terschelling Friesland Netherlands She was on a voyage from Hamburg Germany to London 3 Rover nbsp United Kingdom The ship struck a sunken wreck She was on a voyage from King s Lynn Norfolk to Dunkerque Nord France Sh was assisted in to Harwich Essex in a severely leaky condition 1 Unnamed Flag unknown The schooner ran aground on the Burbo Bank in Liverpool Bay and sank Her crew survived 1 2 May editList of shipwrecks 2 May 1871 Ship State Description Everhardus nbsp United Kingdom The ship foundered 20 nautical miles 37 km north of Montrose Forfarshire Her crew were rescued by the fishing boat St Anna nbsp United Kingdom 4 5 Onward nbsp United Kingdom The steamship sank off Domesnes Russia Her crew survived she was on a voyage from Hull Yorkshire to Riga Russia 3 3 May editList of shipwrecks 3 May 1871 Ship State Description Angelsea nbsp United Kingdom The ship was holed by ice and sank She was on a voyage from Greenock Renfrewshire to Quebec City Canada 3 Lucibelle nbsp United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Starbuck Island Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Sydney New South Wales to Starbuck Island 6 7 Mercury nbsp France The steamship ran aground in the Southwest Passage She was on a voyage from New Orleans Louisiana United States to Havre de Grace Seine Inferieure 8 Rhein nbsp Germany The steamship ran aground off Tinsum She was on a voyage from New York United States to Bremen 9 4 May editList of shipwrecks 4 May 1871 Ship State Description Charles Maureau nbsp France The ship was wrecked at Saint Benoit Reunion Her crew were rescued 10 11 Inez nbsp United States The ship was wrecked on the Isle de St Carlos She was on a voyage from Maracaibo Venezuela to New York The wreck was pillaged by the local inhabitants 12 Newcastle nbsp United Kingdom The steamship collided with another vessel and sank She was on a voyage from Hull Yorkshire to South Shields County Durham She was refloated on 6 May and taken in to South Shields 13 Surprise nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore near Crail Fife She was refloated and taken in to Crail in a severely damaged condition 4 14 5 Vale nbsp United Kingdom The smack sank off the Isle of Whithorn Wigtownshire Her crew were rescued by the Isle of Whithorn Lifeboat Charlie Peck nbsp Royal National Lifeboat Institution Vale was on a voyage from Port Dinorwic Caernarfonshire to Irvine Ayrshire 4 14 5 15 5 May editList of shipwrecks 5 May 1871 Ship State Description Christian nbsp Denmark The ship was abandoned in the North Sea Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Copenhagen to Leith Lothian United Kingdom 13 16 Enfield nbsp United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on The Shingles off the Isle of Wight She was on a voyage from Eling Hampshire to Swansea Glamorgan 4 9 Mahmoudy nbsp India The bugla foundered with the ultimate loss of 23 of the 45 people on board Survivors were rescued by a steamship and a cotia She was on a voyage from Mangalore to the Persian Gulf 17 6 May editList of shipwrecks 6 May 1871 Ship State Description Carrie nbsp United States The steamship was destroyed by fire south of Savannah Georgia with the loss of two lives She was on a voyage from Augusta Jamaica to Savannah 10 David Burn nbsp United Kingdom The steamship was run into by the steamship Earl Percy nbsp United Kingdom and sank 2 nautical miles 3 7 km off South Shields County Durham All on board more than 100 people were rescued by Earl Percy 18 David Burn broke in two on 10 June during efforts to raise her 19 Unnamed nbsp United Kingdom The Thames barge collided with Cannon Street Railway Bridge London and sank in the River Thames with the loss of one of her two crew 16 20 7 May editList of shipwrecks 7 May 1871 Ship State Description Curlew nbsp United Kingdom The Mersey Flat sank at New Brighton Cheshire 13 Gromhoi Flag unknown The ship ran aground She was on a voyage from Cyprus to Saint Petersburg Russia 16 Prinz Adalbert nbsp Germany The ship ran aground She was on a voyage from Rhyl Denbighshire United Kingdom to Stettin She was refloated 13 16 Tiber nbsp United Kingdom The steamship was went ashore at Crosby Lancashire in dense fog and broke in two 13 She was on a voyage from Liverpool Lancashire to Alexandria Egypt 16 The two parts were refloated in June 1871 and rebuilt as a barque 21 She was again wrecked as Theodorus in May 1894 8 May editList of shipwrecks 8 May 1871 Ship State Description City of Quebec nbsp United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked on Dead Island off Cape Ray Newfoundland Colony with the loss of all seventeen crew She was on a voyage from London to Quebec City Canada 22 23 24 25 26 Margaret Trail nbsp United Kingdom The ship ran aground at the mouth of the River Mersey She was on a voyage from Runcorn Cheshire to the Orkney Islands She was refloated and put back to Runcorn in a leaky condition 13 Nimrod nbsp United Kingdom The sloop was wrecked on the Sow and Pig Rocks on the coast of Northumberland Both crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Kingston Moray to Sunderland County Durham 27 9 May editList of shipwrecks 9 May 1871 Ship State Description Alert nbsp Norway The brig foundered in the Dogger Bank Her crew were rescued by the smack Ann and Sarah nbsp United Kingdom Alert was on a voyage from Middlesbrough Yorkshire United Kingdom to Copenhagen Denmark 28 29 30 31 Erminia nbsp United Kingdom The yacht ran aground in the Loo Stream She was being towed from Cowes Isle of Wight to Brighton Sussex She was refloated the next day and beached at East Cowes Isle of Wight 32 Pretty Jane nbsp United Kingdom The steamship ran aground off Moeraki New Zealand She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Otago New Zealand She was refloated and completed her voyage 33 34 10 May editList of shipwrecks 10 May 1871 Ship State Description Aptrness nbsp Greece The brig collided with the steamship Philade nbsp Russia and sank 15 nautical miles 28 km off the Yeni Kale Lighthouse Russia with the loss of eight of her thirteen crew Aptrness was on a voyage from Taganrog Russia to a British port 35 Elizabeth nbsp United Kingdom The brigantine collided with the barque Bertha nbsp Sweden and sank off Morte Point Devon Her crew survived Elizabeth was on a voyage from Workington Cumberland to Newport Monmouthshire 36 Isabella Atkinson nbsp United Kingdom The barque was wrecked on the Galloper Sand Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from South Shields County Durham to Alexandria Egypt 28 37 27 Unnamed Flag unknown The ship ran aground on the Arklow Bank in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wicklow United Kingdom 38 Unnamed nbsp France The brigantine was driven ashore at Breaksea Point Glamorgan United Kingdom 36 11 May editList of shipwrecks 11 May 1871 Ship State Description Fanny nbsp United Kingdom The ship foundered off Magercoil Her crew survived She was on a voyage from Rangoon Burma to Bombay India 39 Fyenoord nbsp Netherlands The steamship was run into by C M Palmer nbsp United Kingdom and was beached in the River Thames near the entrance to the West India Docks London United Kingdom Fyenoord was on a voyage from London to Rotterdam South Holland 40 Prince Adalbert nbsp Germany The ship was driven ashore on the west coast of Denmark She was on a voyage from Cyprus to Saint Petersburg Russia She was refloated and taken in to Fredrikshavn in a leaky condition 22 Sofia nbsp Norway The ship was driven ashore near Sundby She was on a voyage from London to Holmsund 41 12 May editList of shipwrecks 12 May 1871 Ship State Description Agnes Campbell nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Sound of Mull She was on a voyage from Thurso Caithness to Paisley Renfrewshire 42 Kedar nbsp United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at the entrance to the Sea of Marmara She was on a voyage from Liverpool Lancashire to Constantinople Ottoman Empire 43 Weardale nbsp United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Jambe de Mouton off Havre de Grace Seine Inferieure France She was on a voyage from Blyth Northumberland to Rouen Seine Inferieure She was refloated on 14 May and resumed her voyage 44 45 13 May editList of shipwrecks 13 May 1871 Ship State Description Ann nbsp United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and foundered off Barmouth Merionethshire 46 Her crew were rescued 44 Fleetwing nbsp Jersey The smack collided with the steamship Sun Foo nbsp United Kingdom and sank in St Ives Bay with the loss of six lives Fleetwing was on a voyage from Jersey to Runcorn Cheshire 10 47 Mary Russell nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Hornbeck Denmark She was on a voyage from Riga Russia to Dundee Forfarshire She was refloated on 15 May and towed in to Helsingor Denmark 46 48 14 May editList of shipwrecks 14 May 1871 Ship State Description Challenger nbsp United Kingdom The full rigged ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 48 00 N 15 30 W 48 000 N 15 500 W 48 000 15 500 Her crew were rescued by Rapid nbsp United Kingdom She was on a voyage from Malden Island to London 49 50 Star of the West nbsp United Kingdom The full rigged ship was wrecked off Scatarie Island Nova Scotia Canada with the loss of her captain She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne Northumberland to Quebec City Canada 51 15 May editList of shipwrecks 15 May 1871 Ship State Description Fauna nbsp United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Svenska Hogarne in the Baltic Sea She was on a voyage from London to Sundsvall Sweden She was refloated and put in to Stockholm Sweden in a leaky condition 52 Jinko Maru nbsp Japan The disabled junk washed ashore on Adak Island in the Aleutian Islands with three survivors aboard She had been adrift since November 1870 when a storm carried away her masts and rudder during a voyage along the coast of Japan from Ise to Kumano with a cargo of rice 53 16 May editList of shipwrecks 16 May 1871 Ship State Description Gertruida Maira nbsp Netherlands The ship was wrecked on the coast of Patagonia Argentina She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires Argentina to the Falkland Islands 54 Karen Anne Sophie nbsp Denmark The ship was wrecked at Thyboron Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Sunderland County Durham United Kingdom to the Sunnfjord 10 11 Mezerium nbsp United Kingdom The brig departed from Valparaiso Chile for the River Plate No further trace presumed foundered with the loss of all hands 55 Sea Dog nbsp United Kingdom The brig was sunk by ice Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Cadiz Spain to Saint John s Newfoundland Colony 8 56 57 Sparkler nbsp United Kingdom The barque was wrecked in the Sittaung River 41 Her nineteen crew took to two boats Six crew in the gig were reported missing 58 She was on a voyage from Singapore Straits Settlements to Moulmein Burma 26 17 May editList of shipwrecks May 1871 Ship State Description No 29 nbsp United Kingdom The pilot boat was driven ashore and wrecked at Curlew Point Glamorgan 8 18 May editList of shipwrecks 18 May 1871 Ship State Description Alsace and Lorraine nbsp France The barque was wrecked on Bird s Spit off the coast of Sierra Leone 59 Her crew were rescued 60 She was on a voyage from Marseille Bouches du Rhone to Bathurst Gambia Colony and Protectorate 43 George nbsp Norway The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Langeoog Germany 45 Her crew were rescued 61 Lady Carleton nbsp United Kingdom The steamship was destroyed by fire at Carleton 35 Royal Victoria nbsp United Kingdom The barque foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 46 27 N 34 44 W 46 450 N 34 733 W 46 450 34 733 Her crew were rescued by Wild Rose nbsp United Kingdom 51 62 Royal Victoria was on a voyage from Hull Yorkshire to Quebec City Canada 63 19 May editList of shipwrecks 19 May 1871 Ship State Description Idolique nbsp Canada The ship sprang a leak and was beached at or near Livorno Italy in a waterlogged condition She was on a voyage from Livorno to Baltimore Maryland United States 64 11 Willem III nbsp Netherlands nbsp Willem III The passenger ship caught fire off the Isle of Wight United Kingdom All on board 220 passengers and her crew about 350 people in total were rescued by the steamship Scorpio and a number of fishing boats all nbsp United Kingdom Willem III was on her maiden voyage from Rotterdam South Holland to Batavia Netherlands East Indies She was towed to Portsmouth Hampshire United Kingdom where she was beached and scuttled 8 56 65 47 Subsequently sold repaired and returned to service 20 May editList of shipwrecks 20 May 1871 Ship State Description Edith Owen nbsp United Kingdom The steamship collided with the steamship Florence nbsp United Kingdom in the River Thames and was beached at Gravesend Kent Edith Owen was on a voyage from London to Liverpool Lancashire 10 Northumberland nbsp United Kingdom The ship sank off Hanko Grand Duchy of Finland Her crew were rescued 11 47 T S Webb nbsp United Kingdom The steamship collided with the steamship Paraguay and sank in the English Channel off Dungeness Kent 10 Ynez nbsp United Kingdom The barque was wrecked at Maracaibo Venezuela Her seven crew were rescued by the schooner Columbian nbsp United Kingdom Ynez was on a voyage from Maracaibo to New York 66 21 May editList of shipwrecks 21 May 1871 Ship State Description Esther Eitzen Flag unknown The ship ran aground at Kalk Bay Cape Colony She was refloated 67 Friendship nbsp United Kingdom The brig was sunk by ice off Kalana Russia Her crew were rescued by the pilot cutter Sandhavn nbsp Sweden Friendship was on a voyage from Whitby Yorkshire to Cronstadt Russia 10 47 Mermaid nbsp United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Maplin Sands in the North Sea off the coast of Essex She was refloated with assistance from a tug and taken in to the River Thames 10 St Nicolai nbsp Russia The ship sank at Taganrog 68 22 May editList of shipwrecks 22 May 1871 Ship State Description Secret nbsp United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Amrum Germany 47 69 Useful nbsp United Kingdom The brig was run aground off Saltholm Denmark She was on a voyage from Memel Germany to Boulogne Pas de Calais France 43 23 May editList of shipwrecks 23 May 1871 Ship State Description Dankbarkeit Flag unknown The ship sank off Osmussaar Russia She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne Northumberland to Reval Russia 64 70 Gustave Pastor nbsp Netherlands The steamship was driven ashore at Dungeness Kent United Kingdom She was on a voyage from Antwerp Belgium to Havre de Grace Seine Inferieure France 64 Malaga nbsp United Kingdom The steamship ran aground near the lightship Eendrag nbsp Belgium She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough Yorkshire to Antwerp Belgium 64 Minnie nbsp United Kingdom The ship collided with Elizabeth A Oliver nbsp United States and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the Isles of Scilly Her crew were rescued by Ida nbsp United Kingdom Minnie was on a voyage from London to Boston Massachusetts United States 35 71 72 Saxon nbsp United Kingdom The ship was destroyed by fire in the Bay of Luce 64 70 White Jacket nbsp United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Rodrigues Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Bombay India to Hull Yorkshire 73 24 May editList of shipwrecks 24 May 1871 Ship State Description Ann Bradshaw nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Ballywalter County Down She was on a voyage from Swansea Glamorgan to Belfast County Antrim She was refloated the next day and taken in to Belfast 35 Foam nbsp New Zealand The 40 ton ketch was driven onto Farewell Spit New Zealand in a sou westerly gale and was wrecked 74 Minerva nbsp United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore 2 nautical miles 3 7 km south of Portpatrick Wigtownshire She was on a voyage from Dunkerque Nord France to Glasgow Renfrewshire She was refloated on 7 June and towed in to Portpatrick 75 71 Probus nbsp Germany The schooner sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean Her six crew took to a boat they were rescued by the brig Julie nbsp United States Probus was on a voyage from Puerto Rico to Falmouth Cornwall or Queenstown County Cork United Kingdom 33 76 St Nicolai nbsp Russia The ship sank at Taganrog 75 Unnamed Flag unknown The brig was struck by lightning and foundered off Gonaives Haiti 77 25 May editList of shipwrecks 25 May 1871 Ship State Description Alix nbsp United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the English Bank in the River Plate SHe was on a voyage from Monte Video Uruguay to the Rio Grande She was refloated and put back to Monte Video 78 Isabella nbsp United Kingdom The barque was sunk by ice off the Packerort Lighthouse Russia She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne Northumberland to Cronstadt Russia 35 Isabella nbsp United Kingdom The ship was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean according to a message in a bottle that was discovered on Cape Clear Island County Cork on 9 September She was on a voyage from Boston Massachusetts United States to Liverpool Lancashire 79 26 May editList of shipwrecks 26 May 1871 Ship State Description Auckland nbsp New Zealand The steamship was wrecked at the mouth of the Snowy River Victoria 80 She was on a voyage from Melbourne Victoria to Sydney New South Wales 81 Fides nbsp Austria Hungary The ship was driven ashore 6 nautical miles 11 km west of Marbella Spain She was on a voyage from Sulina Ottoman Empire to Falmouth Cornwall United Kingdom 50 62 82 27 May editList of shipwrecks 27 May 1871 Ship State Description Aunt Sally nbsp United Kingdom The brigantine ran aground on the Whitby Rocks She was on a voyage from Ramsgate Kent to Sunderland County Durham 59 She was later refloated and put back to Ramsgate 60 Gambia nbsp United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked in Algoa Bay 83 Gannet nbsp United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked at Gurnard s Head Cornwall 84 All on board were rescued She was on a voyage from Liverpool Lancashire to Antwerp Belgium 49 She broke in three in mid June 84 Norseman nbsp United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked at Algoa Bay 85 Souvenance nbsp France The full rigged ship was wrecked near Bredasdorp Cape Colony with the loss of more than 450 coolies She was on a voyage from the Antilles to Pondicherry India 86 87 88 Suomi Flag unknown The ship was driven ashore at Holmpton Yorkshire United Kingdom She was on a voyage from Alexandria Egypt to Hull Yorkshire She had become a wreck by 8 June 89 Tairoa nbsp New Zealand The 51 ton paddle steamer became unresponsive while crossing the bar at Port Molyneux at the mouth of the Clutha River and became a total loss 74 Two unnamed vessels nbsp Russia The barques sank at Archangelsk 90 28 May editList of shipwrecks 28 May 1871 Ship State Description Julia nbsp New Zealand The 15 ton schooner was wrecked at Takatu Point in the Hauraki Gulf with the loss of one life 74 Scotia nbsp United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Cartagena Spain She was on a voyage from Sunderland County Durham to Cartagena She was refloated 59 Souakin nbsp Egypt The steamship was run down and sunk in the Strait of Gubal by the steamship Africa nbsp United Kingdom All on board more than 90 people were rescued by Africa and another steamship 89 91 Triumph nbsp United Kingdom The dandy rigged fishing smack was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk Her crew took to a boat they were rescued by a brig 92 She was on a voyage from Hull Yorkshire to London 93 30 May editList of shipwrecks 30 May 1871 Ship State Description Starling nbsp United Kingdom The ship ran aground on Skallingen Denmark She was on a voyage from Antwerp Belgium to Konigsberg Germany 75 31 May editList of shipwrecks 31 May 1871 Ship State Description Assunta Gianello nbsp Italy The barque was destroyed by fire near Almeria Spain with the loss of a crew member She was on a voyage from Oran Algeria to Cardiff Glamorgan United Kingdom 89 94 Rhea nbsp Germany The barque collided with the steamship Hansa nbsp Germany and sank off Sandy Hook New Jersey United States with the loss of eight of her fifteen crew Survivors were rescued by Hansa Rhea was on a voyage from Rotterdam South Holland Netherlands to New York United States 59 95 Two unnamed vessels Flags unknown The schooners ran aground on the West Hoyle Bank in Liverpool Bay 62 Unknown date editList of shipwrecks Unknown date in May 1871 Ship State Description Adele Regina nbsp France The fishing lugger collided with an American barque and sank in the English Channel 12 nautical miles 22 km off Dieppe Seine Inferieure with the loss of twelve of her eighteen crew 41 20 A F Larrabee nbsp United States The ship foundered She was on a voyage from New Orleans Louisiana to Frontera Mexico 75 Albert Flag unknown The schooner was wrecked on Ostergarnsholm Sweden Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Stettin Germany to Saint Petersburg Russia 59 Alfred nbsp Norway The brig ran aground near Reval Russia She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne Northumberland United Kingdom to Helsinki Grand Duchy of Finland 11 47 Alfred was refloated in mid June and completed her voyage 96 Angele Victoria nbsp France The ship was wrecked between Berck and Boulogne Pas de Calais France Her crew were rescued 97 Anna nbsp Russia The barque was driven ashore in the Daugava 46 Atlantic nbsp Germany The ship was wrecked near Languillo She was on a voyage from Port au Prince Haiti to Hamburg 22 Auguste nbsp Germany The ship was driven ashore at Terranova She was consequently condemned 41 Baroda nbsp United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Muckraputty Lumps in the Hooghly River She was on a voyage from Liverpool Lancashire to Calcutta India 51 She was refloated and completed her voyage 60 Berendina nbsp Netherlands The ship collided with the steamship Danube nbsp United Kingdom and was abandoned by her crew who were rescued by Danube Berendina was on a voyage from Livorno Italy to Antwerp Belgium Danube towed her in to Lisbon Portugal in a sinking condition 10 Breadalbane nbsp United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked on the Hassa el Thamid Reef near Jeddah Jeddah Eyalet before 15 May She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Bombay India 98 89 94 Burgess nbsp Canada The sailing barge sprang a leak and was beached She was on a voyage from Kingston Ontario to Montreal Quebec 47 Cadrio nbsp India The ship foundered off Khetty between 13 and 15 May with the loss of more than 80 lives There were four or five survivors She was on a voyage from Kurrachee to Kotasair 99 100 Candace nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore by ice between Richmond Bay and New London Prince Edward Island Canada She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Cascumpec Prince Edward Island 50 Charles nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Richelieu Island She was on a voyage from Montreal to the Newfoundland Colony 101 Chimborino nbsp United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore in the Danube downstream of Sulina Ottoman Empire 101 Chusan nbsp United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the coast of Korea She was on a voyage from Yantai China to Passeitor Port The wreck was burnt on the orders of the Korean government 102 Corinna nbsp Italy The schooner foundered off San Pietro Island Sardinia She was on a voyage from Alexandria Egypt to an English port 22 Cormorant nbsp United Kingdom The barque ran aground in the Bonny River She was refloated and beached 59 Dayspring nbsp United Kingdom The ship foundered at Monte Rosa Sao Tome Island She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Melbourne Victoria 103 Deerfoot nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Southend on Sea Essex She was on a voyage from South Shields County Durham to London She was refloated 103 Delta nbsp United States The ship ran aground on the Trijon Shoals She was on a voyage from Boston Massachusetts to Richibucto New Brunswick Canada 51 Dromedary nbsp United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore in the Daugava 46 Elise nbsp France The brig foundered off the Norwegian coast Her crew survived She was on a voyage from Hartlepool County Durham to Riga Russia 28 104 Eliza nbsp United Kingdom The ship collided with the Newarp Lightship nbsp Trinity House and sank Her crew were rescued 28 Eliza and Alice nbsp United Kingdom The barque struck a rock at Cape St Francis Cape Colony and sank Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Sundsvall Sweden to Port Elizabeth Cape Colony 27 Eliza Hunter nbsp United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean She was on a voyage from Charleston South Carolina United States to London 28 105 30 Emily McNear nbsp United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Keeling Island Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Cardiff Glamorgan to Hong Kong 10 11 106 Eugenie nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Champlain Quebec She was on a voyage from Purtow to Montreal 101 Eurichetta nbsp United Kingdom The ship capsized at Darien Georgia United States 49 Express nbsp The ship was destroyed by fire She was on a voyage from Halifax to Guysborough Nova Scotia 51 Forganhall nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Bic Quebec She was on a voyage from Quebec City to Greenock Renfrewshire She was refloated and put back to Quebec City in a waterlogged condition 49 Frederick nbsp Norway The ship was abandoned in the North Sea before 9 May 22 She was towed in to Aberdeen United Kingdom on that date 97 Glory of the Seas nbsp United Kingdom The clipper ran aground on the Round Reef She was on a voyage from Saint John New Brunswick to Liverpool She was refloated and resumed her voyage 41 107 49 Harvest Maid nbsp United States The ship was wrecked in the Saint Lawrence River She was on a voyage from Baltimore Maryland to Paspebiac Quebec 48 Harvest Queen nbsp United Kingdom The ship was beached 49 Haselunne nbsp Germany The brig was abandoned in the North Sea Her crew were rescued by Carl Johann nbsp Denmark Haselunne was on a voyage from London to Konigsberg 28 30 Hellechina Reina Flag unknown The ship was holed by ice and sank off Wulff Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Saint Petersburg 108 Hoop nbsp Belgium The ship was wrecked She was on a voyage from Ghent East Flanders to Saint Petersburg 51 Houghton nbsp United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked on Oland Sweden Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Riga to Dunkerque Nord France 35 107 49 Iberian nbsp United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Constantinople Ottoman Empire 101 She was refloated 109 Lammegina nbsp Netherlands The ship sank of Keri Russia She was on a voyage from Livorno to Saint Petersburg 64 Maggie nbsp United States The ship was driven ashore in Orange Bay 16 Margaret Tod nbsp United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on Naissaar Russia She was on a voyage from Reval to Leith She was refloated and put back to Reval in a waterlogged condition 59 110 The leak was stopped and she sailed in early June for Riga Russia for repairs 84 Maria Busch nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Shelburne Nova Scotia Canada She was on a voyage from Glasgow Renfrewshire to Halifax 48 60 Mary Bentley nbsp United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean She was on a voyage from Caibarien Cuba to New York 59 Michelino nbsp Italy The ship ran aground in the Sea of Marmara She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Batoum Ottoman Empire She was refloated and taken in to Constantinople 105 Mima nbsp United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Inverness She was on a voyage from Invermoriston Inverness shire to Middlesbrough Yorkshire 56 She was refloated and resumed her voyage 47 Mondego nbsp Portugal The steamship caught fire at Havre de Grace Seine Inferieure France 50 Napoli nbsp Italy The steamship ran aground near Palermo Sicily 46 She was refloated and put in to Palermo 48 Nellie Staples nbsp United States The ship was abandoned at sea 51 Nordlyset Flag unknown The ship was wrecked on the Caicos Bank She was on a voyage from Newport Monmouthshire to Havana Cuba 49 Omega nbsp United States The ship was wrecked on the Brigantine Shoals She was on a voyage from Sagua La Grande Cuba to New York 16 Pactolus nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Larne County Antrim Her crew were rescued 48 45 Puchoco nbsp Chile The ship foundered She was on a voyage from Valparaiso to Coronel 52 Queen nbsp United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Plymouth Devon She was refloated 46 Queen of the Belgians nbsp United Kingdom The ship was run ashore on Nevis before 27 May She was refloated 111 Red Jacket nbsp United Kingdom The ship ran aground at the Cantick Head Orkney Islands She was on a voyage from Calcutta India to Dundee Forfarshire She was refloated and resumed her voyage 42 Remembrance nbsp United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Mowiss Reef in the Baltic Sea She was on a voyage from Gavle Sweden to Hartlepool She was refloated and towed in to Varberg Sweden in a leaky condition 101 Sir Robert McClure nbsp United Kingdom The ship ran aground She was on a voyage from Charleston to Plymouth She was refloated and put back to Charleston 10 Starling nbsp United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Horns Reef in the North Sea before 30 May She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Konigsberg She was refloated and resumed her voyage 75 Thetis nbsp United Kingdom The ship ran aground off Pakefield Suffolk She was on a voyage from Wells next the Sea Norfolk to Antwerp She was refloated and taken in to Harwich Essex in a leaky condition 13 Thornhill nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Barque Island She was on a voyage from Quebec City to Glasson Dock Lancashire She was later refloated and resumed her voyage 35 107 112 Tribsees nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Dardanelles She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Constantinople She was refloated 48 Tropic Bird nbsp United States The ship was wrecked on the 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