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List of shipwrecks in May 1874

April 19, 2024

The list of shipwrecks in May 1874 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during May 1874.

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.

1 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 1 May 1874
Ship State Description
Amelia   United Kingdom The brig foundered in the North Sea 100 nautical miles (190 km) south west of Heligoland. Her six crew were rescued by an Italian vessel. Amelia was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to a Baltic port.[1]
Kutty Rahiman   India The brig foundered in the Bay of Bengal. Her nineteen crew took to a boat. They were rescued on 10 May by Evangeline (  Jersey). Kutty Rahiman was on a voyage from Galle, Ceylon to Chittagong.[2]
Lizzie   United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked at Port Nolloth, Cape Colony.[3]
Menzaleh   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Barrow-in-Furness to Quebec City, Canada. She was refloated on 4 May.[4]

3 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 3 May 1874
Ship State Description
Albert   United Kingdom The steamship was run into by the steamship Martaban (  United Kingdom) and sank in the Clyde at Greenock, Renfrewshire.[5]
Emulous   New Zealand The 157-ton brigantine went ashore in a heavy swell at Oamaru. The schooner Ocean Wave stranded nearby but lifted clear at the next high tide. Although the Emulous was described as a wreck and sold as such at auction, she was refloated later in 1874, only to again run aground just north of Oamaru on 11 October. On this second occasion she was too badly wrecked to be repaired.[6]

4 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 4 May 1874
Ship State Description
Blue Jacket   United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore and wrecked on Schiermonnikoog, Friesland, Netherlands. Her crew survived.[4]

6 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 6 May 1874
Ship State Description
Puno   United Kingdom The ship struck rocks off the Isla de Flores, Uruguay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Callao, Peru. She was refloated and put in to Monte Video, Uruguay.[7][8]
Unnamed Flag unknown The steamship foundered in the North Sea 32 nautical miles (59 km) north north east of the Noord Hinder Lightship (  Netherlands) with the loss of all hands.[9]

7 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 7 May 1874
Ship State Description
Clifton   United Kingdom The barque was wrecked at Oeiras, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Malabar to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[10]
Concurrent   Netherlands The ship was sunk by ice at Cronstadt, Russia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[11][1]

8 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 8 May 1874
Ship State Description
Ceres   United Kingdom The fishing cutter was driven ashore on Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued.[12]
Clifton   United Kingdom The barque was destroyed by fire at Lagos, Portugal with some loss of life.[12]
Edgar   United Kingdom The fishing cutter was driven ashore on Terschelling. Her crew were rescued.[12]
Express   United Kingdom The fishing cutter was driven ashore on Terschelling. Her crew were rescued.[12]
Mizpah   United Kingdom The fishing cutter was driven ashore on Terschelling. Her crew were rescued.[12]
Times   United Kingdom The tug collided with the steamship Emily (  United Kingdom) and sank in the River Thames at Greenwich, Kent.[11]

9 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 9 May 1874
Ship State Description
Great Yarmouth   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Lowestoft, Suffolk. She was refloated.[11]
Jolly Dogs   United Kingdom The Thames barge capsized in The Downs. She was towed in to Ramsgate, Kent.[11]
Maritana, and
Retreiver 		  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship collided with the tug Retreiver off the Tuskar Rock and foundered with the loss of a crew member. Maritana was on her maiden voyage, from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to San Francisco, California, United States. Retreiver also sank. Her crew survived.[13] Survivors from both vessels were rescued by the tug Universe (  United Kingdom).[14][15]

10 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 10 May 1874
Ship State Description
HMS Endymion   Royal Navy The screw frigate ran aground in Palermo Bay, Sicily, Italy. Refloated and sailed to Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy for assessment.
Eve   Italy The brig collided with the steamship Alice (  United Kingdom) and sank at "Seraglio". Her crew were rescued.[11]
HMS Narcissus   Royal Navy The screw frigate ran aground in Palermo Bay suffering moderate damage. Refloated and sailed to Cagliari for assessment.
Pearl   United Kingdom The schooner was sunk by a large marine animal off Galle, Ceylon with the loss of one of her six crew. Survivors were rescued by the steamship Strathowen (  United Kingdom. Pearl was on a voyage from Mauritius to Rangoon, Burma.[16]

11 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 11 May 1874
Ship State Description
Derzhava   Imperial Russian Navy The royal yacht, a paddle steamer, ran aground at Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands.[17] She was on a voyage from Vlissingen to Gravesend, Kent, United Kingdom. She was refloated on 13 May.[18]
Eliza Nelson   United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the Domesnes Reef, in the Baltic Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen, Denmark to Riga, Russia.[19]
Zuova   Italy The brig was driven ashore and wrecked on Nexø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to Dundee, Forfarshire, United Kingdom.[20][21]

12 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 12 May 1874
Ship State Description
Anna   Norway The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked in St Andrews Bay. Her six crew were rescued by the Saint Andrews Lifeboat Ladies' Own (  Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[22][23] Anna was on a voyage from Dram to St Andrews, Fife, United Kingdom.[24]
Hilda   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Battery Point, in the Firth of Forth. She was on a voyage from Alloa, Clackmannanshire to Christiania, Norway.[23]
Orlebar   United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Richibucto, New Brunswick, Canada.[25]
Severn   United Kingdom The schooner sprang a leak and sank 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north of Aberdovey, Merionethshire.[26]
Viking   United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Father Point, Quebec, Canada. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Montreal, Quebec.[9]

13 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 13 May 1874
Ship State Description
Pioneer   United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Hoek van Holland, South Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland to Bristol, Gloucestershire. She was refloated and put back to Rotterdam in a leaky condition.[9]

14 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 14 May 1874
Ship State Description
Neride   Germany The barque ran aground on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was refloated with the assistance of some smacks and a tug and assisted in to Harwich, Essex, United Kingdom.[20]

15 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 15 May 1874
Ship State Description
Firefly   United Kingdom The brigantine ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew were rescued by Jane Cargill (  United Kingdom). Firefly was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands to South Shields, County Durham. She floated off and came ashore at Sea Palling, Norfolk.[20]
Hanover   United Kingdom The ship departed from Tianjin, China for Newcastle, New South Wales. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[27]

17 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 17 May 1874
Ship State Description
Nore   Sweden The steamship ran aground at Domsten. She was on a voyage from an English port at a Russian port.[28]

18 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 18 May 1874
Ship State Description
Bonita   Belgium The steamship ran aground and was wrecked at Vigo, Spain. Her crew were rescued.[29]

20 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 20 May 1874
Ship State Description
Sarah M. Sanders   United States The fishing schooner sank off Dennis Port, Massachusetts.[30]
Tegetthoff   Austria-Hungary
 
Tegethoff fast in the ice in the Barents Sea.
Austro-Hungarian North Pole expedition: The steamship was abandoned in the Barents Sea 275 nautical miles (509 km) off Franz Josef Land.[31]

21 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 21 May 1874
Ship State Description
HMS Niobe   Royal Navy
 
The wreck of Niobe (centre). Illustration from the Illustrated London News, 18 July 1874.
The Amazon-class sloop was wrecked in fog off Miquelon Island with the loss of one life. The gunvessel HMS Woodlark (  Royal Navy) saved the rest of her crew.[32][33][34][35]

22 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 22 May 1874
Ship State Description
Agnes   New Zealand The 23-ton cutter departed from Manukau Harbour for the Waikato River. She was not sighted again, although wreckage from her washed ashore near Raglan in late June.[36]
Bezerra de Menezes   Brazil Navy The corvette ran aground in the River Thames at Blackwall, Middlesex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Rio de Janeiro.[28] She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[37]
HMS Lively   Royal Navy The despatch vessel ran aground at Ryde, Isle of Wight.[35] She was refloated with assistance from the tug Camel (  United Kingdom).[38]

23 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 23 May 1874
Ship State Description
British Admiral   United Kingdom The passenger ship, travelling from Liverpool, Lancashire to Melbourne, Victoria was sunk after hitting rocks off King's Island, Tasmania. Only nine of the 88 passengers and crew were rescued.[39]
Bezerra de Menezes   Brazil Navy The corvette ran aground in the River Thames. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[35] She was refloated and resumed her voyage

24 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 24 May 1874
Ship State Description
Ellen Stuart   United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at the South Foreland, Kent. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to London.[40]
Quangtse   United Kingdom The steamship ran ashore at the South Foreland. She was on a voyage from China to London. She was refloated the next day with the assistance of a tug.[41]

25 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 25 May 1874
Ship State Description
Coronet   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Cardiff, Glamorgan. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.[42]
Emu   New Zealand The 27-ton ketch capsized and sank near Pigeon Bay, Banks Peninsula.[36]
Maitland   United Kingdom The clipper was wrecked on Huon Island with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Moreton Bay to Fuzhou, China.[43][44][45]
Princess Clementine   United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at the Abbot's Cliff, between Dover and Folkestone, Kent. She was on a voyage from Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France to Folkestone. She was refloated with the assistance of Queen of the Belgians (  United Kingdom).[46]

26 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 26 May 1874
Ship State Description
Agamemnon   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Hangkow, China.[47] She was on a voyage from Hankow to a British port. She was refloated on 30 May.[48]
Arab   United Kingdom The schooner sank off Sea Palling, Norfolk. Her crew survived.[49]
Gomos   United Kingdom Cable ship stranded in Rio Grande do Sul on bar while transporting 204 nmi (378 km; 235 mi) of cable. No loss of life, but the ship and cable were lost. Replacement cable lost with some 58 lives on foundering of La Plata (  United Kingdom) on 29 November 1874.[50][51]
Mary Thompson   New Zealand The 49-ton collier schooner was driven onto a reef and wrecked at Omaha Bay, New Zealand.[36]

27 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 27 May 1874
Ship State Description
Elite   United Kingdom The barquentine was wrecked on the Pallister Reef, off Barbuda. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Montserrat to London.[52]
Rubenow   Germany The ship was wrecked on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to the White Sea.[53]

28 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 28 May 1874
Ship State Description
Earl of South Esk The 336-ton barque, laden with a cargo of coal from Australia, hit Barrett's Reef while trying to enter Wellington Harbour, New Zealand, in a heavy sea. The crew abandoned ship and were saved, and Earl of South Esk slipped off the reef and sank minutes later.[36]
Gogo   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Villareal, Spain. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Huelva, Spain. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.[54]

29 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 29 May 1874
Ship State Description
Nabob   United States The ship was sighted off Cape Horn, Chile whilst on a voyage from Portland, Oregon to Queenstown, County Cork, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[55][56]

Unknown date edit

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in May 1874
Ship State Description
Anton Gerhard   Germany The ship was wrecked at Alvarado, Mexico.[57]
Aurelia   United Kingdom The brig foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued.[58]
Ceres   Denmark The full-rigged ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean.[35]
Drogheda   United Kingdom The ship was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Quebec City, Canada.[28]
Durham   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on "Variety Island".[59]
Estrelle   Canada The ship was wrecked on Inagua, Bahamas. She was on a voyage from New York to Cuba.[12]
Ethiopia   United Kingdom The steamship lost her propeller in the Atlantic Ocean before 8 May. Her passengers were taken off by the steamship State of Pennsylvania (  United States).[60]
Euphegena, or
Iphigenia 		  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands. The wreck was plundered by the local inhabitants. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Pensacola, Florida, United States.[61][62]
Georgia   United States The ship was sunk by ice at Quebec City.[60]
Helen   United Kingdom The brig foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Montrose, Forfarshire.[63]
Hydra   Germany The ship struck a rock off Tamsui, Formosa before 12 May and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[23]
Idaho   United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore on Fire Island, New York before 26 May. She was refloated.[64]
Iphigenia   United Kingdom The barque was wrecked at "Cayames".[4]
Leander   Germany The brigantine was driven ashore at the Grauerort fortress, in the Elbe. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Africa.[20]
Linda   United Kingdom The steamship caught fire and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Saint John's, Newfoundland Colony.[12]
Marie Vigilante   Canada The ship was wrecked at Quebec City before 13 May. She was on a voyage from Cap-Saint-Ignace to Montreal.[65]
Moss Rose   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Rangoon, Burma before 15 May. She was refloated and taken in to Akyab for repairs.[20]
Napoleon III   United States The ship was sunk by ice at Quebec City.[60]
Norway   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Danube.[35]
Pacifico   United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Roquetas de Mar, Spain. Her crew were rescued.[24]
Racoon   United Kingdom The Pearl-class corvette ran aground at Barbadoes.[66]
River Plate   United Kingdom The schooner ran aground and was wrecked at Port Alfred, Cape Colony.[35]
Shandon   United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada before 13 May. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Montreal, Quebec. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[65]
Sylvia   United States The ship was wrecked on the Long Bank Reef. She was on a voyage from New York to Cárdenas, Cuba.[28]
Teaser   Canada The ship was wrecked in the Caicos Islands. Her cew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Inagua to Halifax, Nova Scotia.[12]
Tenasserim   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at "Buckeer", Burma. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Rangoon, Burma. She was refloated and completed her voyage.[28]
William Cargill   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Barbadoes. She was on a voyage from Callao, Peru to Saint Vincent.[9][20]
Unnamed Flag unknown The brig capsized in the North Sea. She was driven ashore on Sylt, Germany.[35]
Unnamed   Carlists Third Carlist War: The barque was scuttled near Portugalete, Spain.[67]

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The list of shipwrecks in May 1874 includes ships sunk foundered grounded or otherwise lost during May 1874 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 1874 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 1874 Ship State Description Amelia nbsp United Kingdom The brig foundered in the North Sea 100 nautical miles 190 km south west of Heligoland Her six crew were rescued by an Italian vessel Amelia was on a voyage from Hartlepool County Durham to a Baltic port 1 Kutty Rahiman nbsp India The brig foundered in the Bay of Bengal Her nineteen crew took to a boat They were rescued on 10 May by Evangeline nbsp Jersey Kutty Rahiman was on a voyage from Galle Ceylon to Chittagong 2 Lizzie nbsp United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked at Port Nolloth Cape Colony 3 Menzaleh nbsp United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Barrow in Furness Lancashire She was on a voyage from Barrow in Furness to Quebec City Canada She was refloated on 4 May 4 3 May editList of shipwrecks 3 May 1874 Ship State Description Albert nbsp United Kingdom The steamship was run into by the steamship Martaban nbsp United Kingdom and sank in the Clyde at Greenock Renfrewshire 5 Emulous nbsp New Zealand The 157 ton brigantine went ashore in a heavy swell at Oamaru The schooner Ocean Wave stranded nearby but lifted clear at the next high tide Although the Emulous was described as a wreck and sold as such at auction she was refloated later in 1874 only to again run aground just north of Oamaru on 11 October On this second occasion she was too badly wrecked to be repaired 6 4 May editList of shipwrecks 4 May 1874 Ship State Description Blue Jacket nbsp United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore and wrecked on Schiermonnikoog Friesland Netherlands Her crew survived 4 6 May editList of shipwrecks 6 May 1874 Ship State Description Puno nbsp United Kingdom The ship struck rocks off the Isla de Flores Uruguay She was on a voyage from Liverpool Lancashire to Callao Peru She was refloated and put in to Monte Video Uruguay 7 8 Unnamed Flag unknown The steamship foundered in the North Sea 32 nautical miles 59 km north north east of the Noord Hinder Lightship nbsp Netherlands with the loss of all hands 9 7 May editList of shipwrecks 7 May 1874 Ship State Description Clifton nbsp United Kingdom The barque was wrecked at Oeiras Portugal She was on a voyage from Malabar to Newcastle upon Tyne Northumberland 10 Concurrent nbsp Netherlands The ship was sunk by ice at Cronstadt Russia Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Saint Petersburg Russia 11 1 8 May editList of shipwrecks 8 May 1874 Ship State Description Ceres nbsp United Kingdom The fishing cutter was driven ashore on Terschelling Friesland Netherlands Her crew were rescued 12 Clifton nbsp United Kingdom The barque was destroyed by fire at Lagos Portugal with some loss of life 12 Edgar nbsp United Kingdom The fishing cutter was driven ashore on Terschelling Her crew were rescued 12 Express nbsp United Kingdom The fishing cutter was driven ashore on Terschelling Her crew were rescued 12 Mizpah nbsp United Kingdom The fishing cutter was driven ashore on Terschelling Her crew were rescued 12 Times nbsp United Kingdom The tug collided with the steamship Emily nbsp United Kingdom and sank in the River Thames at Greenwich Kent 11 9 May editList of shipwrecks 9 May 1874 Ship State Description Great Yarmouth nbsp United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Newcombe Sand in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk She was on a voyage from Riga Russia to Lowestoft Suffolk She was refloated 11 Jolly Dogs nbsp United Kingdom The Thames barge capsized in The Downs She was towed in to Ramsgate Kent 11 Maritana andRetreiver nbsp United Kingdom The full rigged ship collided with the tug Retreiver off the Tuskar Rock and foundered with the loss of a crew member Maritana was on her maiden voyage from Glasgow Renfrewshire to San Francisco California United States Retreiver also sank Her crew survived 13 Survivors from both vessels were rescued by the tug Universe nbsp United Kingdom 14 15 10 May editList of shipwrecks 10 May 1874 Ship State Description HMS Endymion nbsp Royal Navy The screw frigate ran aground in Palermo Bay Sicily Italy Refloated and sailed to Cagliari Sardinia Italy for assessment Eve nbsp Italy The brig collided with the steamship Alice nbsp United Kingdom and sank at Seraglio Her crew were rescued 11 HMS Narcissus nbsp Royal Navy The screw frigate ran aground in Palermo Bay suffering moderate damage Refloated and sailed to Cagliari for assessment Pearl nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was sunk by a large marine animal off Galle Ceylon with the loss of one of her six crew Survivors were rescued by the steamship Strathowen nbsp United Kingdom Pearl was on a voyage from Mauritius to Rangoon Burma 16 11 May editList of shipwrecks 11 May 1874 Ship State Description Derzhava nbsp Imperial Russian Navy The royal yacht a paddle steamer ran aground at Vlissingen Zeeland Netherlands 17 She was on a voyage from Vlissingen to Gravesend Kent United Kingdom She was refloated on 13 May 18 Eliza Nelson nbsp United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the Domesnes Reef in the Baltic Sea Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Copenhagen Denmark to Riga Russia 19 Zuova nbsp Italy The brig was driven ashore and wrecked on Nexo Denmark She was on a voyage from Cronstadt Russia to Dundee Forfarshire United Kingdom 20 21 12 May editList of shipwrecks 12 May 1874 Ship State Description Anna nbsp Norway The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked in St Andrews Bay Her six crew were rescued by the Saint Andrews Lifeboat Ladies Own nbsp Royal National Lifeboat Institution 22 23 Anna was on a voyage from Dram to St Andrews Fife United Kingdom 24 Hilda nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Battery Point in the Firth of Forth She was on a voyage from Alloa Clackmannanshire to Christiania Norway 23 Orlebar nbsp United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Belfast County Antrim to Richibucto New Brunswick Canada 25 Severn nbsp United Kingdom The schooner sprang a leak and sank 2 nautical miles 3 7 km north of Aberdovey Merionethshire 26 Viking nbsp United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Father Point Quebec Canada She was on a voyage from Liverpool Lancashire to Montreal Quebec 9 13 May editList of shipwrecks 13 May 1874 Ship State Description Pioneer nbsp United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Hoek van Holland South Holland Netherlands She was on a voyage from Rotterdam South Holland to Bristol Gloucestershire She was refloated and put back to Rotterdam in a leaky condition 9 14 May editList of shipwrecks 14 May 1874 Ship State Description Neride nbsp Germany The barque ran aground on the Shipwash Sand in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk United Kingdom Her crew were rescued She was refloated with the assistance of some smacks and a tug and assisted in to Harwich Essex United Kingdom 20 15 May editList of shipwrecks 15 May 1874 Ship State Description Firefly nbsp United Kingdom The brigantine ran aground on the Haisborough Sands in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk Her crew were rescued by Jane Cargill nbsp United Kingdom Firefly was on a voyage from Rotterdam South Holland Netherlands to South Shields County Durham She floated off and came ashore at Sea Palling Norfolk 20 Hanover nbsp United Kingdom The ship departed from Tianjin China for Newcastle New South Wales No further trace presumed foundered with the loss of all hands 27 17 May editList of shipwrecks 17 May 1874 Ship State Description Nore nbsp Sweden The steamship ran aground at Domsten She was on a voyage from an English port at a Russian port 28 18 May editList of shipwrecks 18 May 1874 Ship State Description Bonita nbsp Belgium The steamship ran aground and was wrecked at Vigo Spain Her crew were rescued 29 20 May editList of shipwrecks 20 May 1874 Ship State Description Sarah M Sanders nbsp United States The fishing schooner sank off Dennis Port Massachusetts 30 Tegetthoff nbsp Austria Hungary nbsp Tegethoff fast in the ice in the Barents Sea Austro Hungarian North Pole expedition The steamship was abandoned in the Barents Sea 275 nautical miles 509 km off Franz Josef Land 31 21 May editList of shipwrecks 21 May 1874 Ship State Description HMS Niobe nbsp Royal Navy nbsp The wreck of Niobe centre Illustration from the Illustrated London News 18 July 1874 The Amazon class sloop was wrecked in fog off Miquelon Island with the loss of one life The gunvessel HMS Woodlark nbsp Royal Navy saved the rest of her crew 32 33 34 35 22 May editList of shipwrecks 22 May 1874 Ship State Description Agnes nbsp New Zealand The 23 ton cutter departed from Manukau Harbour for the Waikato River She was not sighted again although wreckage from her washed ashore near Raglan in late June 36 Bezerra de Menezes nbsp Brazil Navy The corvette ran aground in the River Thames at Blackwall Middlesex United Kingdom She was on a voyage from London United Kingdom to Rio de Janeiro 28 She was refloated and resumed her voyage 37 HMS Lively nbsp Royal Navy The despatch vessel ran aground at Ryde Isle of Wight 35 She was refloated with assistance from the tug Camel nbsp United Kingdom 38 23 May editList of shipwrecks 23 May 1874 Ship State Description British Admiral nbsp United Kingdom The passenger ship travelling from Liverpool Lancashire to Melbourne Victoria was sunk after hitting rocks off King s Island Tasmania Only nine of the 88 passengers and crew were rescued 39 Bezerra de Menezes nbsp Brazil Navy The corvette ran aground in the River Thames She was refloated and resumed her voyage 35 She was refloated and resumed her voyage24 May editList of shipwrecks 24 May 1874 Ship State Description Ellen Stuart nbsp United Kingdom The full rigged ship was driven ashore at the South Foreland Kent She was on a voyage from Calcutta India to London 40 Quangtse nbsp United Kingdom The steamship ran ashore at the South Foreland She was on a voyage from China to London She was refloated the next day with the assistance of a tug 41 25 May editList of shipwrecks 25 May 1874 Ship State Description Coronet nbsp United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands Kent She was on a voyage from Antwerp Belgium to Cardiff Glamorgan She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage 42 Emu nbsp New Zealand The 27 ton ketch capsized and sank near Pigeon Bay Banks Peninsula 36 Maitland nbsp United Kingdom The clipper was wrecked on Huon Island with the loss of all hands She was on a voyage from Moreton Bay to Fuzhou China 43 44 45 Princess Clementine nbsp United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at the Abbot s Cliff between Dover and Folkestone Kent She was on a voyage from Boulogne Pas de Calais France to Folkestone She was refloated with the assistance of Queen of the Belgians nbsp United Kingdom 46 26 May editList of shipwrecks 26 May 1874 Ship State Description Agamemnon nbsp United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Hangkow China 47 She was on a voyage from Hankow to a British port She was refloated on 30 May 48 Arab nbsp United Kingdom The schooner sank off Sea Palling Norfolk Her crew survived 49 Gomos nbsp United Kingdom Cable ship stranded in Rio Grande do Sul on bar while transporting 204 nmi 378 km 235 mi of cable No loss of life but the ship and cable were lost Replacement cable lost with some 58 lives on foundering of La Plata nbsp United Kingdom on 29 November 1874 50 51 Mary Thompson nbsp New Zealand The 49 ton collier schooner was driven onto a reef and wrecked at Omaha Bay New Zealand 36 27 May editList of shipwrecks 27 May 1874 Ship State Description Elite nbsp United Kingdom The barquentine was wrecked on the Pallister Reef off Barbuda Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Montserrat to London 52 Rubenow nbsp Germany The ship was wrecked on the Longsand in the North Sea off the coast of Essex United Kingdom Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from London to the White Sea 53 28 May editList of shipwrecks 28 May 1874 Ship State Description Earl of South Esk The 336 ton barque laden with a cargo of coal from Australia hit Barrett s Reef while trying to enter Wellington Harbour New Zealand in a heavy sea The crew abandoned ship and were saved and Earl of South Esk slipped off the reef and sank minutes later 36 Gogo nbsp United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Villareal Spain She was on a voyage from Liverpool Lancashire to Huelva Spain She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage 54 29 May editList of shipwrecks 29 May 1874 Ship State Description Nabob nbsp United States The ship was sighted off Cape Horn Chile whilst on a voyage from Portland Oregon to Queenstown County Cork United Kingdom No further trace presumed foundered with the loss of all hands 55 56 Unknown date editList of shipwrecks Unknown date in May 1874 Ship State Description Anton Gerhard nbsp Germany The ship was wrecked at Alvarado Mexico 57 Aurelia nbsp United Kingdom The brig foundered in the North Sea Her crew were rescued 58 Ceres nbsp Denmark The full rigged ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 35 Drogheda nbsp United Kingdom The ship was abandoned at sea Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Hartlepool County Durham to Quebec City Canada 28 Durham nbsp United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Variety Island 59 Estrelle nbsp Canada The ship was wrecked on Inagua Bahamas She was on a voyage from New York to Cuba 12 Ethiopia nbsp United Kingdom The steamship lost her propeller in the Atlantic Ocean before 8 May Her passengers were taken off by the steamship State of Pennsylvania nbsp United States 60 Euphegena orIphigenia nbsp United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Grand Cayman Cayman Islands The wreck was plundered by the local inhabitants She was on a voyage from Cardiff Glamorgan to Pensacola Florida United States 61 62 Georgia nbsp United States The ship was sunk by ice at Quebec City 60 Helen nbsp United Kingdom The brig foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands She was on a voyage from South Shields County Durham to Montrose Forfarshire 63 Hydra nbsp Germany The ship struck a rock off Tamsui Formosa before 12 May and was wrecked Her crew were rescued 23 Idaho nbsp United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore on Fire Island New York before 26 May She was refloated 64 Iphigenia nbsp United Kingdom The barque was wrecked at Cayames 4 Leander nbsp Germany The brigantine was driven ashore at the Grauerort fortress in the Elbe She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Africa 20 Linda nbsp United Kingdom The steamship caught fire and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Liverpool Lancashire to Saint John s Newfoundland Colony 12 Marie Vigilante nbsp Canada The ship was wrecked at Quebec City before 13 May She was on a voyage from Cap Saint Ignace to Montreal 65 Moss Rose nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Rangoon Burma before 15 May She was refloated and taken in to Akyab for repairs 20 Napoleon III nbsp United States The ship was sunk by ice at Quebec City 60 Norway nbsp United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Danube 35 Pacifico nbsp United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Roquetas de Mar Spain Her crew were rescued 24 Racoon nbsp United Kingdom The Pearl class corvette ran aground at Barbadoes 66 River Plate nbsp United Kingdom The schooner ran aground and was wrecked at Port Alfred Cape Colony 35 Shandon nbsp United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Trois Rivieres Quebec Canada before 13 May She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Montreal Quebec She was refloated and resumed her voyage 65 Sylvia nbsp United States The ship was wrecked on the Long Bank Reef She was on a voyage from New York to Cardenas Cuba 28 Teaser nbsp Canada The ship was wrecked in the Caicos Islands Her cew were rescued She was on a voyage from Inagua to Halifax Nova Scotia 12 Tenasserim nbsp United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Buckeer Burma She was on a voyage from Glasgow Renfrewshire to Rangoon Burma She was refloated and completed her voyage 28 William Cargill nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Barbadoes She was on a voyage from Callao Peru to Saint Vincent 9 20 Unnamed Flag unknown The brig capsized in the North Sea She was driven ashore on Sylt Germany 35 Unnamed nbsp Carlists Third Carlist War The barque was scuttled near Portugalete Spain 67 References edit a b Shipping Intelligence Western Mail No 1569 Cardiff 12 May 1874 Nineteen Asiatic Seamen Picked Up by a Jersey Vessel Star Vol 61 no 21 Saint Peter Port 8 August 1874 Shipping Intelligence Daily News No 8772 London 6 June 1874 a b c Shipping Intelligence Glasgow Herald No 10718 Glasgow 5 May 1874 Glasgow Sherriff Court Glasgow Herald No 11010 Glasgow 10 April 1875 Ingram amp Wheatley pp 193 194 Shipping Intelligence Daily News No 8774 London 9 June 1874 Mercantile Ship News Glasgow Herald No 15558 London 9 June 1874 p 6 a b c d Shipping Intelligence Glasgow Herald No 10726 Glasgow 14 May 1874 British Vessels Lost and Passengers Drowned Pall Mall Gazette No 2898 London 1 June 1874 a b c d e Shipping Intelligence Daily News No 8749 London 11 May 1874 a b c d e f g h Latest Shipping Intelligence The Times No 27998 London 9 May 1874 col C p 11 News of the Day Birmingham Daily Post No 4937 Birmingham 11 May 1874 Disastrous Shipping Casualty Bradford Observer Vol 61 no 3546 Bradford 11 May 1874 p 3 Frightful Collision off the Tuskar Dundee Courier No 6486 Dundee 11 May 1874 A Successor to the Sea Serpent The Times No 28046 London 1 July 1874 col F p 5 Accident to the Czar s Yacht Morning Post No 31784 Second ed London 13 May 1874 p 5 The Czar s Visit a Disappointment Pall Mall Gazette No 2882 Second ed London 13 May 1874 Shipping Intelligence Glasgow Herald No 10775 Glasgow 10 July 1874 a b c d e f Shipping Intelligence Glasgow Herald No 10728 Glasgow 16 May 1874 Shipping Intelligence Glasgow Herald No 10763 Glasgow 26 June 1874 Lifeboat Services The Times No 28024 London 9 June 1874 col F p 6 a b c Shipping Intelligence Glasgow Herald No 10725 Glasgow 13 May 1874 a b Mercantile Ship News The Standard No 15535 London 13 May 1874 p 6 Latest Shipping Intelligence The Times No 28031 London 17 June 1874 col B p 11 Shipping Intelligence Western Mail No 1571 Cardiff 14 May 1874 Latest Shipping Intelligence The Times No 28182 London 10 December 1874 col B p 10 a b c d e Shipping Intelligence Daily News No 8760 London 23 May 1874 Summary Bradford Observer Vol 41 no 3554 Bradford 20 May 1874 p 2 1874 downtothesea com Retrieved 5 July 2021 The Austro Hungarian North Pole Expedition of 1872 74 Istria Retrieved 21 May 2021 Anonymous Wreck of H M S Niobe Illustrated London News July 18 1974 p 80 battleships cruisers co uk List of Royal Navy Cruisers from 1876 1945 The Annual Register A Review of Public Events At Home and Abroad For the Year 1874 London Rivingtons 1875 pp 55 56 a b c d e f g Latest Shipping Intelligence The Times No 28011 London 25 May 1874 col B p 13 a b c d Ingram amp Wheatley p 194 Shipping Intelligence Daily News No 8761 London 25 May 1874 Naval and Military Intelligence The Times No 27811 London 25 May 1874 col D E p 12 Wreck of the ship British Admiral Australian Town and Country Journal Sydney New South Wales 6 June 1874 p 34 Retrieved 31 December 2019 A Ship Aground Pall Mall Gazette No 2892 London 25 May 1874 Disasters to Shipping Morning Post No 31794 London 26 May 1874 p 4 Shipping Intelligence Western Mail No 1584 Second ed Cardiff 29 May 1874 Shipping Liverpool Mercury No 8450 Liverpool 17 February 1875 Shipping Accidents Belfast News Letter No 56187 Belfast 18 February 1875 Shipping Disasters Manchester Times No 897 Manchester 20 February 1875 Stranding of a Passenger Steamer Morning Post No 31794 London 26 May 1874 p 4 The Mails The Times No 28017 London 1 June 1874 col C D p 12 Grounding of a Tea Laden Steamer Dundee Courier No 6504 Dundee 1 June 1874 Shipping Intelligence Daily News No 8764 London 28 May 1874 Description GLAHM 113841 submarine telegraph cable Hooper William London England England 1868 1868 University of Glasgow History of Science Collection Retrieved 26 January 2020 Glover Bill History of the Atlantic Cable amp Submarine Telegraphy The Evolution of Cable amp Wireless Part 3 The Western and Brazilian Telegraph Company Retrieved 26 January 2020 Latest Shipping Intelligence The Times No 28028 London 13 June 1874 col E p 10 Shipping Intelligence Glasgow Herald No 10738 Glasgow 28 May 1874 Shipping Intelligence Glasgow Herald No 10748 Glasgow 9 June 1874 Shipping Intelligence Glasgow Herald No 10883 Glasgow 13 November 1874 Shipping Intelligence Daily News No 8914 London 19 November 1874 Shipping Intelligence Glasgow Herald No 10734 Glasgow 23 May 1874 Shipping Intelligence Hull Packet No 4661 Hull 15 May 1874 Vessel Wrecked Dundee Courier No 6518 Dundee 17 June 1874 a b c Shipping Intelligence Glasgow Herald No 10724 Glasgow 12 May 1874 Disasters at Sea Western Mail No 1587 Cardiff 2 June 1874 Saturday June 6 1874 Western Mail No 1591 Cardiff 6 June 1874 Supposed Loss of a Brig Dundee Courier No 6495 Dundee 21 May 1874 The Mails The Times No 28013 London 27 May 1874 col F p 7 a b Shipping Intelligence Glasgow Herald No 10727 Glasgow 15 May 1874 Reported Naval Disaster Western Mail No 1578 Second ed Cardiff 22 May 1874 The Carlist War The Standard No 15540 London 19 May 1874 p 5 Bibliography edit Ingram C W N and Wheatley P O 1936 Shipwrecks New Zealand disasters 1795 1936 Dunedin NZ Dunedin Book Publishing Association Retrieved from https en wikipedia org 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