List of shipwrecks in May 1866
The list of shipwrecks in May 1866 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during May 1866 .
1 May
List of shipwrecks: 1 May 1866
Ship
State
Description
Apolo
Spain
The brig was wrecked on Mindoro , Spanish East Indies with the loss of eight or nine lives. She was on a voyage from Albay to Manila .[ 1]
Generese
France
The ship foundered. She was on a voyage from Maracaibo , Venezuela to Marseille , Bouches-du-Rhône .[ 2]
Maharaj
British Raj
The steamship was wrecked off Jeetapore with the loss of twelve lives.[ 3] [ 4]
"Mary"
United States
The boat sank while coming from Boston to Gloucester, Massachusetts . Crew saved.[ 5]
Mary Ann
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Den Helder , North Holland , Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Den Helder.[ 6] She was refloated and towed into the Nieuwe Diep in a leaky condition.[ 7]
Mary Jane
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked. A message in a bottle washed up a Great Yarmouth , Norfolk on May 7, 1867 giving the news.[ 8]
Mercutio
Austrian Empire
The barque sank in Manila Bay . She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to Manila.[ 1]
Ortelius
Netherlands
The ship ran aground on the Brouwers Sands, in the Strait of Sunda . She was on a voyage from Amsterdam , North Holland to Batavia , Netherlands East Indies . She was refloated with assistance and resumed her voyage.[ 9]
Progress
United Kingdom
The barque foundered in the English Channel 20 nautical miles (37 km) south west of Portland, Dorset . Her crew were rescued.[ 6]
Sir Robert Preston
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Andrews Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex . She was on a voyage from Saint-Valery-sur-Somme , Somme , France to Leith , Lothian . She was refloated and towed in to Harwich , Essex in a leaky condition.[ 6]
St. Julian
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean . Her twelve crew were rescued by J. A. Bishop ( United States ). St. Julian was on a voyage from Havana , Cuba to the Strait of Belle Isle .[ 10]
Tiempo
Spain
The brig was driven ashore in Manila Bay. She was on a voyage from Shanghai , China to Manila.[ 1]
2 May
List of shipwrecks: 2 May 1866
Ship
State
Description
Dauntless
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at Sunderland, County Durham . She was on a voyage from Leith , Lothian to Sunderland, County Durham . She was refloated with the assistance of two steamships .[ 11]
Dispatch
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore at Tetney Haven , Lincolnshire . She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth , Norfolk to Sunderland.[ 12] She was refloated on 15 May and taken in to Grimsby , Lincolnshire.[ 13]
Friend
United States
The schooner was scuttled off Eastport, Maine by Fenians , who had seizeed the schooner Wentworth ( United Kingdom ).[ 14]
Sterling
United States
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean . Her crew were rescued by Anne Mary Dixon ( United Kingdom ). Sterling was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire , United Kingdom to Boston, Massachusetts .[ 15]
Washington
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Ingonish , Nova Scotia , British North America . Her crew were rescued.[ 16]
Wonga Wonga
New Zealand
The 40-ton steamer was lost while attempting to enter the Grey River at Greymouth . A strong current caught her and slewed her, causing her to run aground. The heavy surf knocked her about to the extent that her back was broken. There were no deaths.[ 17]
3 May
List of shipwrecks: 3 May 1866
Ship
State
Description
Arcturus
United States
The fishing schooner struck on L'Hommadieu Shoal and sank. Crew saved. She was abandoned to the underwriters, and subsequently raised and sold.[ 18]
Elsina
Netherlands
The galiot sprang a leak and was beached at Matosinhos , Portugal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland , United Kingdom to Oporto , Portugal.[ 19] [ 11] [ 13] She was refloated on 10 May and taken in to Leixões , Portugal.[ 20]
Flach
Chilean Navy
The submarine sank with the loss of her entire 11-man crew during a test run in the bay off Valparaíso .
Frindsbury
United Kingdom
The barque foundered after striking ice off the Magdalen Islands , Quebec , British North America with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Aberdovey , Cardiganshire to Miramichi, New Brunswick , British North America.[ 21] [ 22] [ 23] [ 24] [ 25]
Hornet
United States
The clipper ship burned at sea and sank in the Pacific Ocean during a voyage from New York City to San Francisco , California . The crew abandoned ship in three open lifeboats , two of which disappeared. Fourteen men survived for 43 days aboard the third boat before reaching Hawaii on 15 June.
Leipzic
United Kingdom
The steamship suffered an onboard explosion and caught fire, severely injuring three of her crew. She put back to Hartlepool , County Durham .[ 6]
4 May
5 May
6 May
7 May
8 May
9 May
List of shipwrecks: 9 May 1866
Ship
State
Description
Benjamin Attwood
Italy
The steamship was driven ashore near Vona , Ottoman Empire . She was on a voyage from Constantinople to Trebizonde , Ottoman Empire.[ 32]
Centenary
United Kingdom
The schooner was towed in to Porthclais , Pembrokeshire in a derelict condition. She was on a voyage from Barrow in Furness , Lancashire to Briton Ferry , Glamorgan .[ 31]
Effort
United Kingdom
The brigantine ran aground on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London .[ 11] [ 13] She was refloated and taken in to Harwich , Essex .[ 31]
Flora
Norway
The brig was driven ashore near Hjørring , Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool , County Durham to Copenhagen , Denmark.[ 13]
Young Lochinvar
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on Hainan Island , China near with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to Foo Chow Foo , China.[ 33] [ 34] [ 35] [ 36]
10 May
11 May
List of shipwrecks: 11 May 1866
Ship
State
Description
Barbadian
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on "Roskar", Russia . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool , County Durham to Cronstadt , Russia.[ 38]
Betsey
United Kingdom
The schooner collided with the steamship Black Diamond ( United Kingdom ) and sank in the Swin . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool to Gravesend, Kent .[ 26]
Good Intent
British North America
The ship collided with the steamship Africa ( United Kingdom ) and sank with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Halifax to Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia .[ 15]
Haabets Anker
Norway
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Dunbar , Lothian , United Kingdom . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dram to Leith , Lothian.[ 38] [ 39]
Hecla
United Kingdom
The paddle tug collided with the paddle steamer Britannia ( United Kingdom ) and sank at the mouth of the River Tyne . Her three crew were rescued.[ 13]
Lindisfarne
United Kingdom
The brig ran aground at Guánia, Puerto Rico . She was on a voyage from "Pome", Puerto Rico to Guánia. She was refloated.[ 10] [ 40]
Oregon
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore by ice near Vyborg , Grand Duchy of Finland .[ 13] [ 25]
12 May
13 May
14 May
List of shipwrecks: 14 May 1866
Ship
State
Description
Brisk
New Zealand
The cutter was holed and foundered in the Hauraki Gulf . It is thought that it was deliberately scuttled as an insurance fraud.[ 46]
Dolphin
Flag unknown
Chincha Islands War : The ship, a prize of the Spanish, was burn and scuttled off Valparaíso , Chile.[ 47]
General Grant
United States
The wreck of General Grant at Auckland Island . The 1,200-ton barque ran aground and sank off the Auckland Islands , south of New Zealand . She was en route from Hobsons Bay , Victoria , to London carrying passengers, plus a cargo of wool, hides, and some 2,576 ounces of gold. Sixty-eight of those aboard (55 passengers and 13 crew) were lost. The remaining crew and passengers were marooned on the Auckland Islands for over a year and a half, and several of them did not survive the ordeal. They survivors were finally rescued by the whaling brig Amherst ( New Zealand ) in November 1867. Several unsuccessful attempts were made to salvage gold from the wreck.[ 48]
Pallion
United Kingdom
The brig ran aground on the Heppen Sand, in the Baltic Sea . She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Swinemünde , Prussia . She was refloated.[ 13]
Venetia
Flag unknown
Chicha Island War: The ship, a prize of the Spanish, was burnt and scuttled off Valparaíso.[ 47]
Unnamed
Flag unknown
The brig was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands , in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk , United Kingdom with the loss of all hands.[ 13]
15 May
List of shipwrecks: 15 May 1866
Ship
State
Description
Scotia
United Kingdom
The ship foundered 40 nautical miles (74 km) off Amherst , Burma with the loss of a crew member.[ 49] She was on a voyage from Moulmein , Burma to a British port.[ 50]
16 May
17 May
18 May
19 May
20 May
List of shipwrecks: 20 May 1866
Ship
State
Description
Annie Fisher
United Kingdom
The brig sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean . Her crew were rescued by the steamship Borussia ( United Kingdom ). Annie Fisher was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Montreal , Province of Canada , British North America .[ 55]
Exertion
United Kingdom
The schooner sprang a leak and was beached at Withernsea , Yorkshire . She was on a voyage from Bridlington , Yorkshire to London . She was refloated on 22 May and towed in to Grimsby , Lincolnshire for repairs.[ 15]
Great Northern
United Kingdom
The steamship was driven ashore at Southport , Lancashire . She was on a voyage from Dublin to Liverpool , Lancashire.[ 25]
Hastings
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground on the Scroby Sands , Norfolk . She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Lisbon , Portugal. She was refloated with the assistance of two tugs and a boat and taken in to Great Yarmouth , Norfolk.[ 56]
Providence
United Kingdom
The sloop was severely damaged at Amlwch , Anglesey when the schooner Alnwick ( United Kingdom ) heeled over onto her.[ 57]
21 May
22 May
23 May
24 May
25 May
26 May
List of shipwrecks: 26 May 1866
Ship
State
Description
Elizabeth , andFriendship
United Kingdom
The schooners collided off Land's End , Cornwall and both foundered. Their crews were rescued.[ 60] Friendship was on a voyage from Plymouth , Devon to Swansea , Glamorgan .[ 69]
Ellen
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore in Sennen Cove , Cornwall . She was refloated.[ 60] She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to the River Yealm . She was refloated on 26 May and taken in to Penzance , Cornwall.[ 70] [ 61]
John Paxton
United Kingdom
The barque ran aground on the Cockle Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk . She was on a voyage from South Shields , County Durham to Taranto , Italy . She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth , Norfolk in a leaky condition.[ 60] [ 47] [ 56]
27 May
28 May
29 May
30 May
31 May
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in May 1866
Ship
State
Description
Alliance
Straits Settlements
The pilgrim ship was wrecked on an island off Massowah , Sultanate of Aussa . All on board were rescued.[ 77]
Amandus
Stralsund
The ship sank in the North Sea . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stralsund to Leith , Lothian , United Kingdom .[ 38]
Clara Ewen
United Kingdom
The ship sank off Sagres Point , Portugal.[ 30]
Clarion
United States
The schooner was lost off Newport, Rhode Island . Crew saved.[ 78]
Clepper
Flag unknown
The galliot was wrecked at Lisbon , Portugal on or before 2 May.[ 12]
Commodore
United Kingdom
The ship was sunk by ice off the Magdalen Islands , Nova Scotia , British North America before 7 May. She was on a voyage from a British port to Chatham, New Brunswick , British North America.[ 21] [ 22]
Ellen
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on Red Island, Newfoundland . She was on a voyage from Swansea , Glamorgan to Quebec City , Province of Canada , British North America.[ 10] She was consequently condemned.[ 79]
Finland
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Hull , Yorkshire to Gävle , Sweden.[ 41]
Glencaira
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at St. Peter's, Nova Scotia . She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Quebec City. She was refloated and completed her voyage, arriving on 15 May.[ 80]
J. P. Whedore
United States
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 21 May.[ 34]
Lawrence
British Raj
The steamship sank in the Indus River upstream of Kotree .[ 4]
Margaret Darling
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean . She was on a voyage from Ambriz , Portuguese West Africa to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 30]
Maria
New Zealand
The 161-ton schooner went aground on a spit at Hokitika ripping out the starboard side of her hull.[ 17]
Roi des Bricks
France
The brig was wrecked at the mouth of the Nunez River , French Guinea .[ 81]
Siam
United Kingdom
The steamship was wrecked on the Alagnada Reef.[ 19]
St. Pierre
British North America
The ship was abandoned before 18 May. Her crew were rescued.[ 47]
Virginia
France
The ship was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Saint Domingo to Havre de Grâce , Seine-Inférieure .[ 41]
Washington
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked in Aspy Bay before 7 May. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Quebec City , Province of Canada , British North America.[ 22]
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