The list of shipwrecks in May 1874 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during May 1874.
Ship | State | Description |
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Amelia | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
The brig foundered in the Bay of Bengal. Her nineteen crew took to a boat. They were rescued on 10 May by Evangeline (![]() |
Lizzie | ![]() |
The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked at Port Nolloth, Cape Colony.[3] |
Menzaleh | ![]() |
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] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Albert | ![]() |
The steamship was run into by the steamship Martaban (![]() |
Emulous | ![]() |
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] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Blue Jacket | ![]() |
The smack was driven ashore and wrecked on Schiermonnikoog, Friesland, Netherlands. Her crew survived.[4] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Puno | ![]() |
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 (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Clifton | ![]() |
The barque was wrecked at Oeiras, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Malabar to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[10] |
Concurrent | ![]() |
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] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Ceres | ![]() |
The fishing cutter was driven ashore on Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued.[12] |
Clifton | ![]() |
The barque was destroyed by fire at Lagos, Portugal with some loss of life.[12] |
Edgar | ![]() |
The fishing cutter was driven ashore on Terschelling. Her crew were rescued.[12] |
Express | ![]() |
The fishing cutter was driven ashore on Terschelling. Her crew were rescued.[12] |
Mizpah | ![]() |
The fishing cutter was driven ashore on Terschelling. Her crew were rescued.[12] |
Times | ![]() |
The tug collided with the steamship Emily (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Great Yarmouth | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
The Thames barge capsized in The Downs. She was towed in to Ramsgate, Kent.[11] |
Maritana, and Retreiver |
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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 (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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HMS Endymion | ![]() |
The screw frigate ran aground in Palermo Bay, Sicily, Italy. Refloated and sailed to Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy for assessment. |
Eve | ![]() |
The brig collided with the steamship Alice (![]() |
HMS Narcissus | ![]() |
The screw frigate ran aground in Palermo Bay suffering moderate damage. Refloated and sailed to Cagliari for assessment. |
Pearl | ![]() |
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 (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Derzhava | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Anna | ![]() |
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked in St Andrews Bay. Her six crew were rescued by the Saint Andrews Lifeboat Ladies' Own (![]() |
Hilda | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
The schooner sprang a leak and sank 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north of Aberdovey, Merionethshire.[26] |
Viking | ![]() |
The steamship was driven ashore at Father Point, Quebec, Canada. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Montreal, Quebec.[9] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Pioneer | ![]() |
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] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Neride | ![]() |
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] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Firefly | ![]() |
The brigantine ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew were rescued by Jane Cargill (![]() |
Hanover | ![]() |
The ship departed from Tianjin, China for Newcastle, New South Wales. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[27] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Sarah M. Sanders | ![]() |
The fishing schooner sank off Dennis Port, Massachusetts.[30] |
Tegetthoff | ![]() |
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Ship | State | Description |
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HMS Niobe | ![]() |
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Ship | State | Description |
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Agnes | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
The despatch vessel ran aground at Ryde, Isle of Wight.[35] She was refloated with assistance from the tug Camel (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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British Admiral | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
The corvette ran aground in the River Thames. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[35] She was refloated and resumed her voyage |
Ship | State | Description |
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Ellen Stuart | ![]() |
The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at the South Foreland, Kent. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to London.[40] |
Quangtse | ![]() |
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] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Coronet | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
The 27-ton ketch capsized and sank near Pigeon Bay, Banks Peninsula.[36] |
Maitland | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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 (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Agamemnon | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
The schooner sank off Sea Palling, Norfolk. Her crew survived.[49] |
Gomos | ![]() |
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 (![]() |
Mary Thompson | ![]() |
The 49-ton collier schooner was driven onto a reef and wrecked at Omaha Bay, New Zealand.[36] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Elite | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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] |
Ship | State | Description |
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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 | ![]() |
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] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Nabob | ![]() |
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] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Anton Gerhard | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked at Alvarado, Mexico.[57] |
Aurelia | ![]() |
The brig foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued.[58] |
Ceres | ![]() |
The full-rigged ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean.[35] |
Drogheda | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on "Variety Island".[59] |
Estrelle | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on Inagua, Bahamas. She was on a voyage from New York to Cuba.[12] |
Ethiopia | ![]() |
The steamship lost her propeller in the Atlantic Ocean before 8 May. Her passengers were taken off by the steamship State of Pennsylvania (![]() |
Euphegena, or Iphigenia |
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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 | ![]() |
The ship was sunk by ice at Quebec City.[60] |
Helen | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
The ship struck a rock off Tamsui, Formosa before 12 May and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[23] |
Idaho | ![]() |
The steamship was driven ashore on Fire Island, New York before 26 May. She was refloated.[64] |
Iphigenia | ![]() |
The barque was wrecked at "Cayames".[4] |
Leander | ![]() |
The brigantine was driven ashore at the Grauerort fortress, in the Elbe. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Africa.[20] |
Linda | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked at Quebec City before 13 May. She was on a voyage from Cap-Saint-Ignace to Montreal.[65] |
Moss Rose | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Rangoon, Burma before 15 May. She was refloated and taken in to Akyab for repairs.[20] |
Napoleon III | ![]() |
The ship was sunk by ice at Quebec City.[60] |
Norway | ![]() |
The steamship ran aground in the Danube.[35] |
Pacifico | ![]() |
The brig was driven ashore at Roquetas de Mar, Spain. Her crew were rescued.[24] |
Racoon | ![]() |
The Pearl-class corvette ran aground at Barbadoes.[66] |
River Plate | ![]() |
The schooner ran aground and was wrecked at Port Alfred, Cape Colony.[35] |
Shandon | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on the Long Bank Reef. She was on a voyage from New York to Cárdenas, Cuba.[28] |
Teaser | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
Third Carlist War: The barque was scuttled near Portugalete, Spain.[67] |