# List of shipwrecks in May 1868

The list of shipwrecks in May 1868 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during May 1868.

## 1 May

List of shipwrecks: 1 May 1868 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Governor Cushman | United States | The steamship suffered a boiler explosion at Buffalo, New York, killing eleven people. She was on a voyage from Buffalo to Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada. |

## 2 May

List of shipwrecks: 2 May 1868 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Middleton | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the Dardanelles. |
| Onda | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Louise ( United Kingdom). Onda was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Quebec City, Canada. |

## 3 May

List of shipwrecks: 3 May 1868 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| HMS Lord Warden | Royal Navy | The Lord Clyde-class ironclad ran aground in the Mediterranean Sea. She was subsequently refloated, repaired, and returned to service. |
| Vesta | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off Barra, Outer Hebrides. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to New York, United States |

## 4 May

List of shipwrecks: 4 May 1868 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Annam Maria | Hamburg | The ship was driven ashore on Amrum, Prussia and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to "Heyer". |
| Arabian | United States | The sternwheel paddle steamer sank in the Missouri River near Atchison, Kansas. |

## 5 May

List of shipwrecks: 5 May 1868 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Lady Middleton | United Kingdom | The schooner struck a sunken rock and foundered north east of the Isle of Skye, Outer Hebrides. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Dublin. |
| Staffa | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Dragør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Arbroath, Forfarshire. |

## 7 May

List of shipwrecks: 7 May 1868 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Express | New Zealand | The schooner was wrecked at Whangaroa. |

## 8 May

List of shipwrecks: 8 May 1868 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Gleaner | United Kingdom | The 135-ton brig was thought to have hit the Seven Stones reef and sank 30 miles (48 km) northwest by west of Land's End, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Bilboa, Spain to Newport, Monmouthshire. |

## 9 May

List of shipwrecks: 9 May 1868 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ennerdale | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground on Rathlin Island, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She was refloated and put in to Belfast, County Antrim. |

## 10 May

List of shipwrecks: 10 May 1868 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Industry | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Faro, Portugal. She was on a voyage from "Savira" to Hull, Yorkshire. |
| Joseph Hume | United Kingdom | The ship collided with Columbia ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Saint Vincent to London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Theta | United Kingdom | The ship was damaged by fire at Tome, Japan. |

## 11 May

List of shipwrecks: 11 May 1868 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Freedom | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Donaghadee, County Down. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Brest, Finistère, France. |
| Jane Campbell | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near the North and South Lighthouse, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Portrush, County Antrim. She was refloated and taken in to the Strangford Lough. |
| Joseph Hume | United Kingdom | The barque collided with Columbia ( United States) in the Atlantic Ocean (46°09′N 31°58′W﻿ / ﻿46.150°N 31.967°W﻿ / 46.150; -31.967). One sailor got on board Columbia. Joseph Hume was presumed to have subsequently foundered with the loss of all 29 people on board. She was on a voyage from Saint Vincent to London. |
| HMS Sealark | Royal Navy | The Pandora-class brig-sloop was driven ashore at Kettle Point, Devon. Subsequently refloated, repaired and returned to service. |

## 13 May

List of shipwrecks: 13 May 1868 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Union | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground at Rabat, Morocco. She was on a voyage from Rabat to Gibraltar. |

## 14 May

List of shipwrecks: 14 May 1868 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Auguste Vicran | Prussia | The ship was wrecked in the Orkney Islands, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Memel to Dublin, United Kingdom. |
| Belfast | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Horse Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of Lancashire and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Limerick to Preston, Lancashire. |
| Canton | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked at Acajutla, El Salvador. |
| Erling | Norway | The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Christiania to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| May | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off Kinsale, County Cork. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Boston, Massachusetts, United States. |

## 15 May

List of shipwrecks: 15 May 1868 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hawk | United Kingdom | The steamship was damaged by fire at Saint John's, Newfoundland Colony. |
| Lybia | United Kingdom | The barque-rigged steamship struck the Pearl Rock, off Gibraltar and sank. She was on a voyage from Venice, Italy to London. |
| Pearl | United Kingdom | The smack sprang a leak and sank 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) north west of Padstow, Cornwall. Her three crew survived. She was on a voyage from Porthcawl, Glamorgan to Falmouth, Cornwall. |

## 16 May

List of shipwrecks: 16 May 1868 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Coronation | United Kingdom | The ship foundered 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) off Padstow, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. |
| Edith | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground near Maassluis, Zeeland, Netherlands. |
| Gesine | Flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore at Agger, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Narva, Russia. |
| HMS Royalist | Royal Navy | The Rosario-class sloop ran aground at Port-au-Prince, Haiti. She was refloated and taken in to Port Royal, Jamaica for repairs. |

## 17 May

List of shipwrecks: 17 May 1868 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Lizzie Lee | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in the Buffalo River. |
| Mary and Anne, and Norfolk | United Kingdom | The brig Mary and Anne struck the pier, capsized and sank at Boulogne-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais, France. She was run into on 24 May by the steamship Norfolk ( United Kingdom) and was declared a total loss. Norfolk was also wrecked. |
| Primera de Puntales | Spain | The steamship exploded and sank at Cádiz. |

## 18 May

List of shipwrecks: 18 May 1868 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Arcadia | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Stag Rocks, near Brook, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Truro, Cornwall to London. |
| Minerva | United Kingdom | The ship collided with Nestor ( United Kingdom) and sank off the Copeland Islands, County Down. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Gijón, Spain. |

## 19 May

List of shipwrecks: 19 May 1868 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| St. Bride | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and sank off Skenagham Point, County Antrim. Two crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bangor, County Down to Larne, County Antrim. |

## 20 May

List of shipwrecks: 20 May 1868 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Helene | Belgium | The barque was driven ashore in Cloghy Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Cronstadt, Russia. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug and resumed her voyage. |
| William Miles | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Pensacola, Florida, United States. She was on a voyage from Pensacola to Queenstown, County Cork. |

## 21 May

List of shipwrecks: 21 May 1868 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Rambler | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned off St. Abb's Head, Berwickshire. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Riga, Russia. |

## 22 May

List of shipwrecks: 22 May 1868 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Garonne | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground and was wrecked on the Buck Rocks, near Land's End, Cornwall with the loss of nineteen of the 37 people on board. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Bordeaux, Gironde, France. |
| Hope | United Kingdom | The brig sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Beatriz ( Spain). Hope was on a voyage from Pomaron, Portugal to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Moravia | United States | The ship ran aground at Dundee, Forfarshire, United Kingdom. |
| Templar | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Boston, Massachusetts. She was refloated and towed in to Edgartown, Massachusetts in a derelict condition. |

## 23 May

List of shipwrecks: 23 May 1868 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Benares | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the Fisherman's Group, China and was wrecked. |
| Blue Bell | New Zealand | The 53-ton schooner foundered off Whangaroa Heads. |
| Lessing | Bremen | The ship was wrecked on Fair Isle, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom. All 480 people on board survived. |
| Martha Birnie | United Kingdom | The ship was run into by Lottie Maria ( United Kingdom) in The Downs and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from London to Sydney, New South Wales. She put back to London for repairs. |
| Mystery | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground and was wrecked north of Port Patrick, Wigtownshire. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newry, County Antrim to Ardrossan, Ayrshire. |

## 24 May

List of shipwrecks: 24 May 1868 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Heroine | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Vlieland, Friesland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Hamburg. |
| Norfolk | United Kingdom | The steamship ran onto the wreck of Mary Ann ( United Kingdom) at Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Boulogne to Hull, Yorkshire. |

## 25 May

List of shipwrecks: 25 May 1868 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Lesmona | China | The ship was captured by pirates and sunk off the Paracel Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to Shanghai. |
| Lochnagar | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in the Navigator's Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Baker's Island to an English port. |
| Prince Frederick William | United Kingdom | The ship was run ashore at Dunaff, County Donegal and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire to Quebec City, Canada. |
| Thomas Connolly | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Silloth, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Maryport, Cumberland. She was refloated. |
| Union | Prussia | The ship foundered in the North Sea. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to Swinemünde. |

## 26 May

List of shipwrecks: 26 May 1868 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Moneta | United Kingdom | The ship caught fire in the Burrard Inlet and was scuttled. |

## 27 May

List of shipwrecks: 27 May 1868 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Guildford | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked at Bassa, Gambia Colony and Protectorate. |

## 28 May

List of shipwrecks: 28 May 1868 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Emilie | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned at sea. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Narva, Russian Empire. |
| Excelsior | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on Fire Island, New York. She was on a voyage from New York City to Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. |
| Industry | United Kingdom | The ship caught fire off Sheringham, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Colchester, Essex. She was taken in to Blakeney, Norfolk for repairs. |
| Jacare | United Kingdom | The steamship sank at Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was later refloated and taken in to Tigre for repairs. |
| Mora | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Kurrachee, India. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Kurrachee. She was refloated. |
| Sarah | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Montreal. |

## 29 May

List of shipwrecks: 29 May 1868 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| HMS Britomart | Royal Navy | The Britomart-class gunboat was driven ashore at Windmill Point, Quebec, Canada. |
| Nossa Senhora de Cononco | Portugal | The brig was wrecked on the coast of the Cape Colony with the loss of two of the 116 people on board. |

## 30 May

List of shipwrecks: 30 May 1868 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Disraeli | United Kingdom | The ship was sighted in the Atlantic Ocean whilst on a voyage from Akyab, British Burma to Falmouth, Cornwall. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Stephane | France | The ship was wrecked 18 nautical miles (33 km) off St. Andrew's Island She was on a voyage from Aspinwall, United States of Colombia to a Mexican port. |

## 31 May

List of shipwrecks: 31 May 1868 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Coquimbana | Flag unknown | The ship was wrecked in the Falkland Islands. |
| Providencia | Spain | The schooner was wrecked 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) north of "Arzilla". |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in May 1868 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Actif | France | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean before 18 May. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Brest, Finistère to the Newfoundland Colony. |
| Albert Gallatin | United Kingdom | The ship was destroyed by fire at Mobile, Alabama. |
| Ann | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the Danube. She was on a voyage from Brăila to Sulina, Ottoman Empire and Antwerp, Belgium. She was refloated. |
| Babinau and Gaudry | Canada | The schooner capsized off Anticosti Island, Nova Scotia before 15 May. She was on a voyage from Montreal, Quebec to Saint John's, Newfoundland Colony. |
| Bellona | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Demerara, British Guiana. She was refloated. |
| Billow | Canada | The sealer was lost in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence before 11 May. |
| Canny Scot | Canada | The ship was wrecked at Gaspé, Quebec. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France to Montreal. |
| Ceres | Canada | The sealer was lost in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence before 11 May. |
| Clipper | Canada | The sealer was lost in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence before 11 May. |
| C. Newton | United Kingdom | The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from the Clyde to Montreal. |
| Crescent | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned at sea. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Quebec City, Canada. |
| Criterion | United Kingdom | The ship was destroyed by fire at Pärnu, Russia. |
| Ernest | Canada | The sealer was lost in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence before 11 May. |
| Euxine | United Kingdom | The ship was destroyed by fire at sea before 11 May. |
| Far East | United Kingdom | The steamship was damaged by fire in Annesley Bay before 11 May. She was taken in to Suez, Egypt for repairs. |
| Forest Lad | Jersey | The ship sank at Mocissus, Ottoman Empire. |
| Gazelle | Canada | The sealer was lost in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence before 11 May. |
| Home | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean before 28 May. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Quebec City. |
| Jules | France | The ship was wrecked on the English Bank, in the River Plate. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to Monte Video, Uruguay. |
| Karanjah | Egypt | The steamship was wrecked in the Red Sea. She was on a voyage from Suez to Jeddah, Jeddah Eyalet. |
| Lettice Catherine | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Bahia, Brazil before 11 May. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Monte Video, Uruguay. |
| Providenzia | Spain | The schooner was wrecked 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) north of Arzila, Morocco. She was on a voyage from Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands to Barcelona. |
| Royal Charlie | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned at se before 6 May. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Boston, Massachusetts. |
| Susan | Canada | The sealer was lost in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence before 11 May. |
| Vedra | United Kingdom | The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Quebec City. |