# List of shipwrecks in May 1876

The list of shipwrecks in May 1876 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during May 1876.

## 1 May

List of shipwrecks: 1 May 1876 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Henriette Louise | Norway | The brig foundered off Cape Finisterre, Spain. Her crew were rescued by Fortuna (Flag unknown). Henriette Louise was on a voyage from Spain to Memel, Germany. |

## 2 May

List of shipwrecks: 2 May 1876 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Finchale | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Horsens Sandbank, in the North Sea off the Dutch coast. She was refloated and taken in to the Nieuwe Diep. |
| William, Henry, and Robert | United Kingdom | The brig foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands, according to a message in a bottle that washed was discovered at sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) north east of Tynemouth, Northumberland by the fishing boat No. 21 ( United Kingdom) in late June. |

## 3 May

List of shipwrecks: 3 May 1876 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| John Black | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore near the Sherbourne Lighthouse, Nova Scotia, Canada. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France to Sandy Hook, New Jersey, United States. |
| Kembla | New South Wales | The ship was driven ashore between Shepherd's Hill and Nobbys Head. She was on a voyage from Sydney to Newcastle. |
| You Yangs | New South Wales | The ship was driven ashore east south east of Nobbys Head Lighthouse. She was on a voyage from Sydney to Newcastle. |

## 4 May

List of shipwrecks: 4 May 1876 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Calcium | United Kingdom | The steamship struck the Goldstone Rock and foundered off Lindisfarne, Northumberland with thee loss of six of her eleven crew. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Leith, Lothian. |
| John Black | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore near the Sherbourne Lighthouse, Nova Scotia, Canada. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France to Sandy Hook, New Jersey, United States. |
| Vigilant | United States | The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cartagena, United States of Colombia. |

## 5 May

List of shipwrecks: 5 May 1876 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Emma | France | The ship was driven ashore at Latheron, Caithness, United Kingdom. |

## 7 May

List of shipwrecks: 7 May 1876 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Admiral | United Kingdom | The fishing cutter was lost off Rømø, Denmark. Her five crew survived. |
| Paragon | United Kingdom | The smack caught fire 15 nautical miles (28 km) north west of Trevose Head, Cornwall. Her three crew were rescued by a French lugger. She was on a voyage from Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire to Southampton, Hampshire. |

## 8 May

List of shipwrecks: 8 May 1876 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Marinus | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Antigua. She was refloated with assistance. |
| Martha | United States | The ship collided with Vincenzo Perotto ( Italy) and sank. Martha was on a voyage from New York to Puerto Rico. |

## 9 May

List of shipwrecks: 9 May 1876 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Carl | Denmark | The brig was driven ashore at Martinique. Her crew were rescued. She was a total loss. |
| Europa | Norway | The ship ran aground at West Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Pensacola, Florida to West Hartlepool. She was refloated. |

## 10 May

List of shipwrecks: 10 May 1876 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Cito | Germany | The barque was wrecked in a typhoon at Taiwan, China. |
| Clyde | United Kingdom | The barque was damaged in a typhoon in China. |
| Elliot | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven out to sea from Taiwan, China in a typhoon. |
| Figen | Flag unknown | The barque was wrecked in a typhoon in China. Her crew were rescued. |
| Leonore | Flag unknown | The brig was driven on to the Vulay Shoals, off Taiwan, China in a typhoon and was wrecked. |
| Maria | Isle of Man | The schooner was wrecked at "Clay Heide", near Castletown. Her crew survived. |
| Marie and Helen | Germany | The barque was wrecked in a typhoon at Taiwan, China. |
| Peckham | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at the Cliff End Fort, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Portsmouth, Hampshire. She was refloated. |
| Reunion | United States | The barque struck a rock and sank off Genoa, Italy. Her crew took to a boat and landed on Elba. She was on a voyage from Genoa to New York. |
| Soudon | Flag unknown | The barque was wrecked in a typhoon in China. Her crew were rescued. |
| Traviata | Flag unknown | The barque was wrecked in a typhoon in China. Her crew were rescued. |
| Wilhelm | Germany | The barque was wrecked in a typhoon at Taiwan, China. |
| Yarra | United Kingdom | The barque was damaged in a typhoon in China. |
| Unnamed | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked in a typhoon in China. |
| Unnamed | Germany | The schooner was wrecked in a typhoon in China. |

## 11 May

List of shipwrecks: 11 May 1876 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Japan | United Kingdom | The ship was damaged by fire at Sunderland, County Durham. |
| Prince Soltykoff | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at East Greenwich, Kent. She was on a voyage from Sulina, Ottoman Empire to London. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage. |
| Winogene | Canada | The ship was wrecked in ice off the coast of Greenland. Her crew were rescued. |

## 12 May

List of shipwrecks: 12 May 1876 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Barboza Segundo | Portugal | The brigantine was wrecked at Madeira. Her crew were rescued. |
| Maurice | United States | The brigantine was wrecked at Madeira. Her crew were rescued. |
| Moura | Portugal | The cutter was wrecked at Madeira with the loss of a crew member. |
| Nellie Clifford | United States | The brigantine was wrecked at Madeira. Her crew were rescued, but a Portuguese customs officer was drowned. |
| Osprey | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Madeira. Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus. |
| Sarah Young | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at St. Peter's, Nova Scotia, Canada. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Quebec City, Canada. |

## 13 May

List of shipwrecks: 13 May 1876 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Balbec | France | The steamship ran aground at Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Havre de Grâce. |
| Edward John | United Kingdom | The schooner was run into by the steamship Lady Devonshire ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Mersey. Her crew were rescued by Lady Devonshire. Edward John was on a voyage from Teignmouth, Devon to Liverpool, or from Fowey, Cornwall to Runcorn, Cheshire. |
| Messina | Sweden | The barque ran aground at Ballyshannon, County Donegal, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Ballyshannon. |
| Prospero | United Kingdom | The ship was sighted in the Indian Ocean whilst on a voyage from Rangoon, Burma to London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |

## 14 May

List of shipwrecks: 14 May 1876 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Kate | New Zealand | The 26-ton schooner foundered off the mouth of the Grey River. Her crew were saved. |

## 15 May

List of shipwrecks: 15 May 1876 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| A 1 | United Kingdom | The barque collided with an iceberg in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence (48°40′N 62°45′W﻿ / ﻿48.667°N 62.750°W﻿ / 48.667; -62.750) She foundered the next day. Her crew were rescued by Bruces ( United Kingdom). A 1 was on her maiden voyage, from Liverpool, Lancashire to Montreal, Quebec, Canada. |

## 16 May

List of shipwrecks: 16 May 1876 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Accidental Star | United Kingdom | The barque foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (43°46′N 13°12′W﻿ / ﻿43.767°N 13.200°W﻿ / 43.767; -13.200). Her nine crew were rescued by the barque Ocean King ( United Kingdom). Accidental Star was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Vlaardingen, South Holland, Netherlands. |
| Amalia Sinnige | Netherlands | The steamship departed from Bremerhaven, Germany for Runcorn, Cheshire, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Erin | United Kingdom | The steamship sank at Bangor, County Down. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Bangor. |
| Soledad | Algeria | The ship was wrecked at "Merzetarl". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Philippeville. |

## 17 May

List of shipwrecks: 17 May 1876 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| August Reimers | Germany | The ship was wrecked on Taiwan, China. Her crew were rescued. |
| Cariata | Germany | The ship was wrecked on Taiwan, China. Her crew were rescued. |
| Craig Gowan | United Kingdom | The schooner struck the Feenish Rock, off the Aran Islands, County Galway and was wrecked. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Kinvara, County Galway to the Bristol Channel. |
| Fyen | Denmark | The ship was wrecked on Taiwan, China. Her crew were rescued. |
| Leonore | New South Wales | The ship was driven ashore at Amoy, China. |
| Sudan | Germany | The ship was wrecked on Taiwan, China. Her crew were rescued. |
| Torra | United Kingdom | The ship was damaged at Taiwan, China. |
| Wilhelm | Germany | The ship was wrecked on Taiwan, China. Her crew were rescued. |

## 18 May

List of shipwrecks: 18 May 1876 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ilmatar | Grand Duchy of Finland | The barque was wrecked at Dungeness, Kent, United Kingdom. Her seventeen crew were rescued by the Lydd Lifeboat. |
| Nile | New Zealand | The 24-ton schooner ran onto rocks near Pencarrow Head Lighthouse at the mouth of Wellington Harbour and became a total wreck. Her crew were rescued. |

## 19 May

List of shipwrecks: 19 May 1876 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| C. H. Soule | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Indian Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Elizabeth Martin ( United Kingdom). C. H. Soulo was on a voyage from Batavia, Netherlands East Indies to Greenock, Renfrewshire. |
| Constance | Italy | The barque was driven ashore at Carvellas, Brazil. She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires, Argentina to the English Channel. |
| Kotschka | Germany | The sloop was wrecked at Liepāja, Russia. Her crew were rescued. |
| Marie Georg | Germany | The brig was driven ashore at Carvellas. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Buenos Aires. |

## 20 May

List of shipwrecks: 20 May 1876 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Jenny Queirole | France | The ship was driven ashore in Big Glace Bay. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Montreal, Quebec, Canada. |
| Velleda | France | The ship was wrecked in the Devi River. Her crew were rescued. |
| Vigilante | United Kingdom | The steamship was wrecked at Cartagena, United States of Colombia. |

## 21 May

List of shipwrecks: 21 May 1876 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Rohamnee | India | The ship was destroyed by fire in the Indian Ocean with the loss of 36 of the 58 people on board. Survivors took to a raft; they were rescued on 24 May by Eva Joshua ( United Kingdom). Rohamnee was on a voyage from Calcutta to Ceylon. |

## 22 May

List of shipwrecks: 22 May 1876 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Argo | Norway | The brig ran aground off Naissaar, Russia. She was refloated with the assistance of a steamship and towed in to Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland. |
| Notre Dame | France | The lugger was run into by the steamship Marie Stuart ( United Kingdom) and sank at Dunkerque, Nord. Her crew were rescued. |
| Stanley Main | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Redcliffe Sand, in the Humber near North Ferriby, Yorkshire. She broke in two and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to Goole, Yorkshire. The wreck was dispersed by explosives in May 1877. |
| Swan | United Kingdom | The brigantine was driven ashore at Ramsgate, Kent. She was refloated and found to be leaky. |
| HMS Tyrian | Royal Navy | The Britomart-class gunboat ran aground at Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire. She was refloated. |

## 23 May

List of shipwrecks: 23 May 1876 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bonanza | United States | The fishing boat was wrecked off Plymouth, Massachusetts. Her crew were rescued. |
| Harrisburg | United Kingdom | The ship sank 10 nautical miles (19 km) south of Tavira, Portugal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Japan. |
| San Marcos | United Kingdom | The steamship put in to Baltimore, Maryland, United States on fire. She was on a voyage from Galveston, Texas, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Sarah | New Zealand | The 233-ton brig stranded and was wrecked on a reef on the coast of Northland, New Zealand, close to the Poor Knights Islands. |

## 24 May

List of shipwrecks: 24 May 1876 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Britannia | Germany | The ship ran aground at Maassluis, South Holland, Netherlands and was wrecked. |
| General Barrios | Guatemala | The steamship sprang a leak and foundered in the Bay of Fonseca with the loss of fourteen lives. She was on a voyage from San Jose to Ampala. |

## 25 May

List of shipwrecks: 25 May 1876 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Wilhelmine | Germany | The barque was driven ashore at Thisted, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Bristol, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom. |

## 26 May

List of shipwrecks: 26 May 1876 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Amazonas | Brazil | The steamship sank in the Maderia River between Borba and "Cochocirina". All on board were rescued. |
| Little Western | United Kingdom | The hulk was run into by the steamship Ryhope ( United Kingdom) and sank off Tilbury Fort, Essex. |
| S. N. Collymore | Canada | The ship collided with National Eagle ( United States) and sank. She was on a voyage from San Francisco, California, United States to Saint John, New Brunswick. |

## 27 May

List of shipwrecks: 27 May 1876 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Thérèse | France | The schooner was wrecked in the Faroe Islands. Her crew were rescued by the smack Nordlyset (Flag unknown). |

## 28 May

List of shipwrecks: 28 May 1876 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Catherine and Mary | United Kingdom | The ship struck a sunken rock off Start Point, Devon. She put in to Dartmouth, Devon in a leaky condition. |
| Ruby | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground and was wrecked off Inchcape, Fife. Her five crew were rescued by the steamship Drumhendry ( United Kingdom). Ruby was on a voyage from London to Dundee, Forfarshire. |

## 29 May

List of shipwrecks: 29 May 1876 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Belfort | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Lagos, Lagos Colony for Falmouth, Cornwall or Queenstown, County Cork. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Brazilian | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Vendrée Reef. She was on a voyage from Spain to London. She was refloated and put in to Brest, Finistère, France sinking at the bows. Brazilian was refloated on 5 September. |
| Briton | United Kingdom | The Mersey Flat ran aground off the Hilbre Islands, Cheshire. She was refloated on 21 June. |
| Elizabeth Martin | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Black Rock, off Falmouth. She was on a voyage from Carrizal to Greenock, Renfrewshire. |
| Golden Fleece | United Kingdom | The smack was driven ashore on Vlieland, Friesland, Netherlands and was abandoned by her crew. She was refloated. |
| Joaquino Anna | United States | The schooner was abandoned. Her crew were rescued. She was towed in to Hong Kong by the schooner Scotland ( United States). |
| Lady Helena | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground off the Hilbre Islands. She was refloated on 21 June. |
| Merry Monarch | United Kingdom | The barque ran into the Sloane Quay, in the Bosphorus and was beached at Büyükdere. She was on a voyage from Constantinople, Ottoman Empire to Taganrog, Russia. |
| Rosa del Turia | Spain | The ship was wrecked on the Pelican Shoals. She was on a voyage from St. Mary's to Málaga. |

## 30 May

List of shipwrecks: 30 May 1876 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Anna | France | The schooner was driven ashore and severely damaged near Wick, Caithness, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Aberdeen, United Kingdom. |
| British King | United Kingdom | The ship departed from the River Tyne for San Francisco, California, United States. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all 40 crew. |
| Edouard | France | The schooner ran aground at Berck, Pas-de-Calais. |

## 31 May

List of shipwrecks: 31 May 1876 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| British Ensign | United Kingdom | The brigantine was driven ashore and severely damaged at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Great Yarmouth. She was refloated and towed in to Great Yarmouth. |
| Delta | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Lagos, Lagos Colony for Deal, Kent. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Dryaden | Norway | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Punta Caleta, Cuba. Her crew were rescued. Also reported as driven ashore and wrecked at "Cape Antonio", Jamaica. |
| John Liddell | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Woolwich Dockyard, Kent whilst avoiding a collision with a barge. |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The sloop was abandoned off Sanda Island, in the Firth of Clyde. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Laurel ( United Kingdom). Mary was on a voyage from Glenarm to Belfast, County Antrim. |
| The Brothers | United Kingdom | The steam lighter was destroyed by fire at Dundee, Forfarshire. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in May 1876 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| A. J. | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Montreal, Quebec, Canada. |
| Apollo | Norway | The barque ran aground at Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. She was on a voyage from Saint John to Belfast, County Antrim, United Kingdom. She was refloated and put back to Saint John in a severely damaged condition. She was placed under repair. |
| Atlantic | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Kentish Knock. She was refloated with assistance from the tug Liverpool ( United Kingdom) and was towed in to Ramsgate, Kent. |
| Catharina | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 28 May. |
| Dart | Jamaica | The sloop ran aground and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from the Rio Nuevo to St. Anne's Bay. |
| Dovre | Flag unknown | The ship ran aground at Akyab, Burma. |
| Felix Conceicão | Portugal | The brigantine was driven ashore Barbadoes. All on board were rescued. She was a total loss. |
| Guiseppina | Austria-Hungary | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Garrucha, Spain. |
| Hawk | Newfoundland Colony | The sealer, a steamship, was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued. |
| Jane Young | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Langlade Island before 13 May. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Quebec City. |
| Julia Lingley | United Kingdom | The abandoned brigantice was towed in to Pernambuco, Brazil. |
| Kashgar | India | The ship was destroyed by fire off the coast of Goa. Her crew were rescued. |
| Lucia C. | Italy | The ship was driven ashore at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia to Queenstown, County Cork, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to the Delaware Breakwater. |
| N. C. Kierkegaard | Flag unknown | The ship foundered off the Rattlesnake Shoals before 11 May. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Savannah, Georgia. |
| Rita | Spain | The steamship ran aground in the Southwest Pass. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. |
| Saratoga | United States | The fishing schooner was sunk, possibly in a collision, on the Georges Bank in early May. Lost with between nine and twelve crew. |
| Tradesman | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore near "Coursuelles", France. |
| Wenonah | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Musquash, New Brunswick, Canada. She was refloated and taken in to Saint John, New Brunswick in a leaky condition. |