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List of shipwrecks in May 1883

The list of shipwrecks in May 1883 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during May 1883.

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1 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 1 May 1883
Ship State Description
Attillio   Spain The brig was wrecked at Palma, Mallorca.[1]

3 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 3 May 1883
Ship State Description
Coldra   United Kingdom The steamship collided with the steamship Redbrook (  United Kingdom) at Bilbao, Spain and was beached.[1]

4 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 4 May 1883
Ship State Description
Zufreidenheit   Germany The steamship collided with the steamship Ernte (  Germany) and sank in the Vistula. All on board survived.[2]

5 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 5 May 1883
Ship State Description
Kilmeney Flag unknown The ship departed from Wellington, New Zealand for Newcastle, New South Wales. No further trace, reported overdue.[3]
Little Kate   United Kingdom The schooner was run down and sunk at Sheerness, Kent by the steamship Prinses Marie (  Netherlands) with the loss of one of the four people on board.[4]
Zambesi   United Kingdom The ship foundered in ice off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Quebec City, Canada.[2]

7 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 7 May 1883
Ship State Description
Tryall   United Kingdom The ship departed from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire for Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. No further trace, reported missing.[5]

9 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 9 May 1883
Ship State Description
Fidra   United Kingdom The steamship departed from Newcastle, New South Wales for Hong Kong. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[6]
Patria   Norway The barque ran aground, capsized and broke her back at Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Steinkjer to Hartlepool. She was declared a total loss.[2]
Strathendrick   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Crow Rock, off the coast of Pembrokeshire and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from the River Duddon to Newport, Monmouthshire.[2]

10 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 10 May 1883
Ship State Description
Astrakhan   Russia The steamship ran aground in the Bosphorus at Riva, Ottoman Empire.[7]
Aurania   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Clyde. She was refloated the next day.[8]
Countess   United Kingdom The fishing trawler was abandoned in the Irish Sea 35 nautical miles (65 km) south south west of the Hook Lighthouse, County Wexford. Her crew were rescued by the fishing trawler Esmerelda (  United Kingdom).[2] Countess was towed in to Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire by the tug Fiery Cross (  United Kingdom) on 15 May.[9]
Eliza Ann   United Kingdom The schooner sprang a leak and was beached near Kildonan, Isle of Arran. She was on a voyage from Larne, County Antrim to Ayr.[8]
Horsa   Denmark The steamship was driven ashore at "Bolsaxen". She was on a voyage from Nyborg to Aarhus.[7]
Kolstrup   Germany The ship was wrecked on "Dyer's Island", Cape Colony. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, B Belgium to Shanghai, China.[10]
Mercury   United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at Blackpool, Lancashire. Her six crew were rescued.[11]
Nachimoff   Russia The steamship ran aground in the Bosphorus at Kilia, Ottoman Empire.[7]
Raynaud   Haitian Navy The man-of-war collided with the steamship Don (  United Kingdom) and sank at Port-au-Prince.[12]
Rosebank   United Kingdom The schooner ran aground at Wick, Caithness and was damaged. She was refloated.[8]
Victoria   United Kingdom The ship capsized and sank in the Bristol Channel off Lavernock Point, Glamorgan. Her three crew survived. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[8]

11 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 11 May 1883
Ship State Description
Hugin   Norway The barque was driven ashore in the Nieuwe Diep. She was on a voyage from Galveston, Texas, United States to Hamburg, Germany.[7]

12 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 12 May 1883
Ship State Description
Inchgarvie   United Kingdom The steamship collided with the steamship Athens (  United Kingdom) at Antwerp, Belgium and was beached. Inchgarvie was on a voyage from Akyab, Burma to Antwerp.[11]
Mark   United Kingdom The ship departed from Maryport, Cumberland for Belfast, County Antrim. No further trace, reported missing.[13]
Nova Rosa   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on "Reune Head", Devon.[11]

13 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 13 May 1883
Ship State Description
Mississippi   United States The steamship, was destroyed by fire at Seattle, Washington. Her wreck was abandoned.
Mourino   United Kingdom The steamship collided with Brookfield at Gibraltar and was beached.[7]

14 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 14 May 1883
Ship State Description
Annie   United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore on Öland, Sweden.[7] She was refloated and towed in to Kalmar, Sweden.[9]
Bessie   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Port Talbot, Glamorgan.[7]
Hans Holmboe   Norway The brig was driven ashore at Lemvig, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Christiania.[7]
Kalmia   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the James and Marys, in the Hooghly River.[7]
Nordstjernen   Sweden The brig was driven ashore on Öland. She was on a voyage from Oscarshamn to Antwerp, Belgium.[7]

16 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 16 May 1883
Ship State Description
Job T. Wilson   United States The steamship sank in a gale off Windmill Point, Virginia with the loss of a crew member.[14]

17 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 17 May 1883
Ship State Description
Chinsura   India The steamship was driven ashore near False Point.[15] She was declared a total loss.[10]
Sappho   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Scheldt opposite Bath, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Bristol, Gloucestershire. She subsequently brok in tow; the stern section sank.[15]

18 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 18 May 1883
Ship State Description
Catania   United Kingdom The steamship struck an uncharted rock and was abandoned in the Hanish Islands. Her crew were rescued by Stolzenfels (  Germany). Catania was on a voyage from Kurrachee, India to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.[10]

19 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 19 May 1883
Ship State Description
Sierra Palma   United Kingdom The ship struck a sunken rock and foundered 30 nautical miles (56 km) east of East London, Cape Colony with the loss of one of the 30 people on board. She was on a voyage from Rangoon, Burma to Liverpool, Lancashire.[12]

21 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 21 May 1883
Ship State Description
Amity   United Kingdom The steamship collided with the steamship India and sank. Her crew were rescued by India. Amity was on a voyage from Taganrog, Russia to London.[16]

23 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 23 May 1883
Ship State Description
Bay of Cadiz   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Scarp Island, Outer Hebrides. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Dundee, Forfarshire.[17] She was refloated on 1 June.[18]

24 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 24 May 1883
Ship State Description
Isle of Arran   United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore on the coast of Sweden. She was on a voyage from Charlestown to "Frederica".[19]

25 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 25 May 1883
Ship State Description
Amon   United States The steamship was wrecked on a railway bridge pier at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with the loss of a crew member.[14]
Falke   Germany The barque sank at "Ichabor" with the loss of all on board.[20]
Iduna, and
Zadok 		  United Kingdom The steamship Iduna was run into by the barque Zadok and sank 14 nautical miles (26 km) off St. Catherine's Point, Isle of Wight. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Málaga, Spain. Zadok was severely damaged; she put in to Portsmouth, Hampshire waterlogged at the bow.[17]

30 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 30 May 1883
Ship State Description
Fedalma   Germany The ship departed from Rockhampton, Maine, United States for Hamburg. No further trace, reported missing.[21]

31 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 31 May 1883
Ship State Description
Alexander II   Russia The ship was driven ashore at "Kibbasar", Saaremaa. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[18]
Leslie   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Dunfanaghy, County Donegal. She was refloated the next day.[18]

Unknown date edit

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in May 1883
Ship State Description
Bellmore   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Bermuda. She was refloated.[7]
Bina Campbell   United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Indian Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bimlipatam, India to London.[22]
Eureka   United States The steamship was wrecked in the Peril Strait. All on board survived.[23]
Fides   United Kingdom The brig foundered at sea on or before 12 May. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to Vlaardingen, South Holland, Netherlands.[7]
Gulnare   Canada Canada The ship was driven ashore in Little Egg Harbor. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Port Antonio, Jamaica.[7]
Hilda   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore on Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles. Her crew survived.[24]
Inga   Norway The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom to Quebec City, Canada.[7]
Iris   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Cardiff, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.[7]
John R. Worcester   United States The ship was driven ashore at Alleppey, India. She was on a voyage from Colombo, Ceylon to Alleppey.[8]
Ludwig   Belgium The steamship was severely damaged by fire at Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Montreal.[18]
Margarethe Flag unknown The ship was driven ashore near Pärnu, Russia.[7]
Niels Koren   Norway The schooner ran aground at Copenhagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from St. David's, Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom to Westervik, Sweden.[8]
Vrijheid   Netherlands The brig foundered in the Indian Ocean before 15 May. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Moluccas, Netherlands East Indies to Amsterdam, North Holland.[9]

References edit

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