# List of shipwrecks in May 1882

The list of shipwrecks in May 1882 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during May 1882.

## 1 May

List of shipwrecks: 1 May 1882 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Mohusser | India | The barque was wrecked at Saugor with much loss of life. There were at least ten survivors. She was on a voyage from Calcutta to Mauritius. |
| Western Belle | Flag unknown | The ship collided with an iceberg off the east coast of Canada and sank. |

## 2 May

List of shipwrecks: 2 May 1882 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Acastus | United Kingdom | The brigantine was beached at Land's End, 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) north of Whitby, Yorkshire. |
| Fernwood | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the Suez Canal. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Port Said, Egypt. |

## 4 May

List of shipwrecks: 4 May 1882 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alfgar, and White Sea | United Kingdom | The steamship Alfgar was run into by the steamship White Sea and sank in the Humber with the loss of one of the nineteen people on board. Alfgar was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Cronstadt, Russia. White Sea was severely damaged at the bow. She was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to Hull. |

## 6 May

List of shipwrecks: 6 May 1882 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Pearl | United Kingdom | The fishing smack was run down and sunk off the mouth of the Humber by the steamship Falcon ( United Kingdom) with the loss of a crew member. |
| Sappho | United States | The whaler, a barque, became a total loss when ice stove in her hull in the Bering Sea off Provideniya Bay on the southern coast of the Chukchi Peninsula of northeastern Siberia, Russia. |

## 8 May

List of shipwrecks: 8 May 1882 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Carl and Auguste | Germany | The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her thirteen crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Miramichi, New Brunswick, Canada. |
| Melanope | United Kingdom | The ship collided with Carisbrooke ( United Kingdom) at Rangoon, Burma and was severely damaged. Melanope was on a voyage from Melbourne, Victoria to Madras, India. |
| Navigation | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore in the Kertch Strait. She was refloated with assistance. |

## 9 May

List of shipwrecks: 9 May 1882 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| City of St. Andrews | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked on Taylor's Bank, in Liverpool Bay. Her crew were rescued by a gig. She was on a voyage from Garston, Lancashire to Newry, County Antrim. |
| Garibaldi | United Kingdom | The smack was wrecked on the Thornham Ridge, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew survived. |

## 10 May

List of shipwrecks: 10 May 1882 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Emma | Germany | The ship collided with Leo ( Germany) and sank off "Rieserhoft". Emma was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Dantsic. |
| Harbinger | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the Suez Canal. She was on a voyage from Bombay, India to Bordeaux, Gironde, France. |

## 11 May

List of shipwrecks: 11 May 1882 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bertha | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Blackhead Point, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque, Nord, France to Belfast, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from two tugs and taken in to Falmouth, Cornwall. |
| Bessie Morris | United Kingdom | The steamship arrived at Malta on fire. She was on a voyage from Bombay, India to Antwerp, Belgium. |
| Ranelagh | New South Wales | The steamship ran aground on the King's Reef. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cairns to Cooktown, Queensland. |
| Young Harry | United Kingdom | The smack was run into by Amadia ( United Kingdom) and sank in the North Sea. Her seven crew were rescued. |

## 12 May

List of shipwrecks: 12 May 1882 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Stoomvaart | Netherlands | The steamship ran aground in the Zuyder Zee. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Hamburg, Germany. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |

## 13 May

List of shipwrecks: 13 May 1882 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Dolphin | Germany | The barque foundered in the North Sea 13 nautical miles (24 km) north east by north of Heligoland. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Cuxhaven ( Germany). |
| Pliny | United Kingdom | "The Wreck of the 'Pliny' at Deal Beach, New Jersey, Saturday, May 13," illustration from Harper's Weekly, 27 May 1882 The schooner-rigged steamship was wrecked during a storm about 200 yards (183 m) off Deal Beach on the coast of New Jersey, about 1 mile (1.6 km) south of Elberon. The United States Life-Saving Service rescued all 55 people on board. She broke in two on 16 May, and her wreck sank in 10 to 25 feet (3 to 8 m) of water. |

## 14 May

List of shipwrecks: 14 May 1882 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Glance | United Kingdom | The Mersey Flat sank 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) off Point Lynas, Anglesey. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Connah's Quay, Flintshire to Amlwch, Anglesey. |
| Minstrel | Guernsey | The ship ran aground on the Lejoy and sank. Her crew were rescued by Edessa (Flag unknown)/ Minstrel was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Saint-Brieuc, Côtes-du-Nord, France. |
| Progress | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground at Courtmacsherry, County Cork. She was on a voyage from Garston, Lancashire to Courtmacsherry. She was refloated and found to be severely leaky. |

## 15 May

List of shipwrecks: 15 May 1882 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Oxion | United Kingdom | The fishing vessel was run down and sunk in the River Liffey by the steamship St. George ( United Kingdom). |

## 16 May

List of shipwrecks: 16 May 1882 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Delight | Grenada | The sloop sank off Bequia. All on board survived. She was on a voyage from Carriacou to Barbados. |

## 17 May

List of shipwrecks: 17 May 1882 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| City of Perth | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the coast of New Zealand. She was subsequently refloated and towed in to Port Chalmers. |
| Hopper No. 5 | United Kingdom | The hopper barge was run into and sunk by the steamship Raithwaite Hall ( United Kingdom) at the mouth of the River Tyne. Her crew were rescued by a fishing smack. |
| Modern | United Kingdom | The ship was sighted in the South Atlantic whilst on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Java, Netherlands East Indies. No further trace, reported missing. |
| Zizine | United Kingdom | The barquentine sank in the Bay of Biscay. All nine people on board were rescued by Marchioness of Londonderry ( United Kingdom). Zizine was on a voyage from Santander, Spain to Newport, Monmouthshire. |

## 18 May

List of shipwrecks: 18 May 1882 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| H. M. Thanhouser | United States | The steamship sank in the Ohio River near West Franklin, Indiana with the loss of one life. |
| Progress | Canada | The steamship was destroyed by fire at Green Island with the loss of three of her crew. |
| Rosetta | United Kingdom | The ship was run down and sunk by the Thames barge Elizabeth ( United Kingdom) in the River Crouch off Foulness Island, Essex. |

## 19 May

List of shipwrecks: 19 May 1882 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Constance | United Kingdom | The schooner was destroyed by fire at Queenborough Pier, Kent. |
| Consus | United Kingdom | The brigantine was destroyed by fire at Queenborough Pier. |
| Socotra | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at the entrance to the Gulf of Martaban and was wrecked. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Rangoon to Moulmein, Burma. |

## 20 May

List of shipwrecks: 20 May 1882 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Athlete | United Kingdom | The steamship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her thirteen crew were rescued by the steamship Alliance ( United States). Athlete was on a voyage from Bilbao, Spain to Swansea, Glamorgan. |

## 21 May

List of shipwrecks: 21 May 1882 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Harvey Mills | United Kingdom | The ship collided with the barqueEta ( United Kingdom) and was beached at Crookhaven, County Cork. Harvey Mills was on a voyage from Carrizal Bajo, Chile to Swansea, Glamorgan. She was later refloated and towed in to Queenstown, County Cork for repairs. |

## 23 May

List of shipwrecks: 23 May 1882 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Largo Bay | United Kingdom | The steamship was run ashore 30 nautical miles (56 km) from Ras Ghareb, Egypt. She was on a voyage from Bombay, India to Port Said, Egypt. She was refloated. |

## 24 May

List of shipwrecks: 24 May 1882 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hermann | Germany United Kingdom | The schooner collided with the paddle steamer Great Western and sank in the English Channel. Her crew were rescued. |

## 25 May

List of shipwrecks: 25 May 1882 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bella | Denmark | The schooner was wrecked at "Strathjerbuk", on the west coast of Iceland with the loss of all twenty crew. |
| Lovenorn | Netherlands | The schooner was wrecked at "Strathjerbuk" with the loss of all twelve crew. |

## 26 May

List of shipwrecks: 26 May 1882 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Black Watch | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the River Suir. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Cardiff, Glamorgan She was refloated but found to be severely leaky and was beached at Check Point, County Waterford. The hole was patched and she resumed her voyage. |
| Canima | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Nantucket Shoals, off the coast of Massachusetts, United States. She was on a voyage from Saint John's, Newfoundland Colony to New York, United States. |

## 28 May

List of shipwrecks: 28 May 1882 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Dictator | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at La Rochelle, Charente-Inférieure, France. She was on a voyage from Bilbao, Spain to an English port. |

## 29 May

List of shipwrecks: 29 May 1882 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Mini | Germany | The schooner was driven ashore at "Aalsgaard", Denmark. She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire, United Kingdom to Pärnu, Russia. |

## 30 May

List of shipwrecks: 30 May 1882 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Barletta | Italy | The steamship foundered near Yalta, Russia. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Unity ( United Kingdom). Barletta was on a voyage from Taganrog, Russia to Gibraltar. |
| Flora | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Knavestone, in the Farne Islands, Northumberland. She subsequently broke her back and was consequently declared a total loss. |
| Lancaster | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground near Ras Ghareb, Egypt. She was on a voyage from Bombay, India to Dunkerque, Nord, France. She was refloated and towed in to Suez, Egypt in a severely damaged condition by the steamship Ossian ( United Kingdom). |

## 31 May

List of shipwrecks: 31 May 1882 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Louise Dorothea | Germany | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked in Mossel Bay with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Port Augusta, South Australia to the Natal Colony. |
| Virago | United Kingdom | The steamship departed from Hull, Yorkshire for Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. No further trace, reported missing. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in May 1882 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alice and Kate | United Kingdom | The schooner struck the wreck of the steamship Albert ( United Kingdom) and sank off Pemnarth, Glamorgan. She was later refloated and taken into the Glamorganshire Canal. |
| Austruweel | Belgium | The brig collided with the steamship Atlantico ( Italy) and sank in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Atlantico. |
| Avé Marie | France | The fishing vessel was wrecked on the coast of Iceland. Her crew survived. |
| Benjamin | France | The ship ran aground in the River Usk and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from L'Orient, Morbihan to Newport, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom. |
| Brilliant | Norway | The abandoned barque was taken in to IJmuiden, North Holland in a severely damaged condition. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia, United States to Bremen, Germany. |
| Cashmere | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Newcastle, New South Wales. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Newcastle. |
| Catherine Leed | Flag unknown | The ship was wrecked on San Salvador Island, Bahamas. She was on a voyage from New York to Gibara, Cuba. |
| Celæno | United Kingdom | The barque was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. |
| Clift | United Kingdom | The Thames barge collided with the brigantine Charles P. Knight ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Thames off the Coalhouse Fort, Essex. Her crew were rescued. |
| Dame de Perpétuel Secours | France | The fishing vessel was wrecked on the coast of Iceland. Her crew survived. |
| Elvin Keplin | Germany | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. |
| Forsoget | Flag unknown | The derelict schooner was taken in to Rønne, Denmark. |
| Fortuna | Denmark | The schooner ran aground at Lowestoft, Suffolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Dantsic, Germany to Lowestoft. She was refloated and taken in to Lowestoft in a severely leaky condition. |
| Francesca | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at East London, Cape Colony. |
| Holyrood | Flag unknown | The steamship sank whilst on a voyage from Saigon, French Indochina to Singapore, Straits Settlements. |
| Johanne Augusta | Flag unknown | The schooner capsized in the Skaggerak (56°30′N 4°43′E﻿ / ﻿56.500°N 4.717°E﻿ / 56.500; 4.717). |
| John Balsey | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was on a voyage from Cárdenas, Cuba to New York. She was refloated and found to be severely leaky. |
| Lizzie | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on "Cardos Island". She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to the Rio Grande. |
| Mallard | United Kingdom | The barque was abandoned off The Lizard, Cornwall before 3 May. Six of her crew were rescued by Aberfoyle ( United Kingdom). Mallard was towed in to Plymouth, Devon on 5 May by the tug Secret ( United Kingdom). |
| Marmion | United Kingdom | The waterlogged and abandoned steamship ran aground 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) off the Swedish coast. |
| Napoleon | Norway | The brig was wrecked of Båstad, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France to Helsingør, Denmark. |
| Novara | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was destroyed by fire in the Pacific Ocean. Her crew took to three boats; those in two of the boats were rescued by the barque Enrique Tevodoro ( Germany). Four crew in the third boat were reported missing. Novara was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to San Francisco, California, United States. |
| Olive Branch | United Kingdom | The smack foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands. |
| Othello | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Odessa, Russia. She was refloated. |
| Peders Minde | Denmark | The schooner was driven ashore in the Ätran. |
| Perveche | Flag unknown | The ship was wrecked at Saint-Louis, Senegal. She was on a voyage from Pensacola, Florida, United States to Saint-Louis. |
| Recovery | United Kingdom | The tug ran aground in the Clyde at Greenock, Renfrewshire. She was refloated and taken in to Greenock. |
| Roseneath | United Kingdom | The barque foundered at sea. Eight of the thirteen people on board were rescued by the steamship Mardi ( Germany). Five crew in a pinnace were reported missing. Roseneath was on a voyage from Mejillones, Chile to Liverpool. |
| Sigtruder | Denmark | The schooner departed from Copenhagen for Reykjavík, Iceland. No further trace, reported missing. |
| Skulda | Norway | The ship was towed in to Portland, Dorset, United Kingdom in a capsized condition. |
| Star of India | United Kingdom | The ship was beached at Valparaíso, Chile, where she was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. SHe was on a voyage from San Francisco, California, United States to Queenstown, County Cork. |
| Thorbecke | Netherlands | The ship collided with the steamship Cadoxton ( United Kingdom) and was severely damaged. Thorbecke was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Batavia, Netherlands East Indies. She put back to Amsterdam. |
| Vindobala | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore in the Gulf of Suez. She was on a voyage from South Shields to Bombay, India. |
| 10th June | Germany | The barque was abandoned in the North Sea. |