The list of shipwrecks in May 1857 includes ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during May 1857.
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List of shipwrecks: 6 May 1857
Ship | State | Description |
Hebe |
United Kingdom |
The ship was driven onto a rock at Moulmein, Burma. She was consequently condemned.[22] |
Philah |
United States |
The ship was driven ashore in the Dry Tortugas. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Gothenburg, Sweden. She was refloated and taken in to Key West, Florida in a severely leaky condition.[23] |
Shepphard |
United Kingdom |
The brigantine ran aground on the Corton Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Hythe, Kent. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.[4] |
Ward Jackson |
United Kingdom |
The ship ran aground on the London Chest, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Cronstadt, Russia.[24] She was refloated and taken in to Cronstadt.[4] |
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List of shipwrecks: 11 May 1857
Ship | State | Description |
Greenwell |
United Kingdom |
The ship ran aground on the Swinebottoms, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to London. She was later refloated and resumed her voyage.[29] |
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List of shipwrecks: 12 May 1857
Ship | State | Description |
Britannia |
United Kingdom |
The brig was driven ashore and wrecked on Inagua, Bahamas. She was on a voyage from Port-au-Prince, Haiti to Queenstown, County Cork.[30] |
HMS Exmouth |
Royal Navy |
The Albion-class ship of the line ran aground in Cewgreace Bay, west of The Lizard, Cornwall. She was refloated. |
James Trail |
United Kingdom |
The ship ran aground at Thurso, Caithness. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Thurso. She was refloated.[31] |
Neptune |
United Kingdom |
The ship struck the Hold Rocks and was damaged. She put in to Plymouth, Devon in a leaky condition.[32] |
Prompt |
United States |
The ship was struck by lightning, caught fire and sank in Mobile Bay. She was on a voyage from Mobile, Alabama to Baltimore, Maryland.[33] |
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List of shipwrecks: 13 May 1857
Ship | State | Description |
Alliance |
United Kingdom |
The ketch foundered in the North Sea off Huttoft, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk to London.[34] |
H. M. |
United Kingdom |
The barque was wrecked on Cozumel, Venezuela. Her crew were rescued.[35] |
Lida |
United Kingdom |
The ship was damaged by fire at Ramsgate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France.[32] |
Mabel |
United Kingdom |
The ship ran aground on the Swinebottoms, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Stockholm, Sweden. She was refloated and taken in to Helsingør, Denmark.[31] |
Vintage |
United Kingdom |
The ship ran aground on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was refloated and taken in to Lowestoft, Suffolk in a leaky condition.[32] |
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List of shipwrecks: 27 May 1857
Ship | State | Description |
Aphrogenia |
United Kingdom |
The barque was driven ashore at Cochin, India.[54] She broke up on 2 June.[15] |
Aztec |
United Kingdom |
The ship ran aground off "Dalhousie". She was on a voyage from Bassein to Rangoon, Burma. She had been refloated by 2 September.[55] |
Belmont |
United Kingdom |
The ship ran aground and was damaged at Portmahomack, Ross-shire.[56] |
John |
United Kingdom |
The ship was abandoned off Fishguard, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France.[53] |
Superior |
United Kingdom |
The barque foundered off Queenstown, County Cork. Her crew were rescued by Borland ( United Kingdom). Superior was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Ascension Island.[45][57][58] |
Vesta |
Stettin |
The brig ran aground in the Castletown River. She was on a voyage from Dantzic to Dundalk, County Louth, United Kingdom. She was refloated on 1 June.[53][59] |
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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in May 1857
Ship | State | Description |
Almenial |
Kingdom of Sardinia |
The barque was wrecked on the Northern Towbeys Reef, off the coast of British Honduras. Her crew survived.[68] |
Arracan |
United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore at "Fullah", India. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Calcutta, India. She was refloated and completed her voyage, arriving on 12 May.[63] |
Ayrshire |
United Kingdom |
The ship ran aground on the China Baker Sands, off the coast of Burma. She was refloated.[17] |
Blackbird |
United Kingdom |
The brig capsized in the Atlantic Ocean before 7 May.[19] |
Brewer |
United Kingdom |
The ship ran aground on the Riding Rocks before 25 May. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Gibraltar. She was refloated and taken in to Nassau, Bahamas.[44] |
British Lion |
United Kingdom |
The ship ran aground at Brunswick, Georgia, United States and broke her back. She was refloated and towed in to Savannah, Georgia for repairs, arriving on 31 May.[69] |
Clarendon |
United Kingdom |
The ship ran aground on the China Baker Sands and was damaged. She was refloated and taken in to Calcutta, India for repairs.[17] |
Edward Johnston |
United Kingdom |
The ship foundered. Her crew were rescued by State of Maine ( United States). Edward Johnston was on a voyage from Callao, Peru to Queenstown, County Cork.[70] |
Grace Vernon |
British North America |
The ship capsized on being launched at Quebec City, Province of Canada before 23 May. She was righted but found to be severely hogged.[44] |
Ceres |
Portugal |
The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean before 15 May. Her crew were rescued by Maria (Flag unknown}). Ceres was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Lisbon.[71] |
Europa |
United Kingdom |
The barque capsized in the Atlantic Ocean and was abandoned.[66] |
Hebrides |
United Kingdom |
The barque was driven ashore at Portland, Dorset. She was refloated on 27 May with assistance from the steamship Ocean Bride and was towed in to Weymouth, Dorset.[57] |
Lord Brougham |
United Kingdom |
The ship ran aground off Gotland, Sweden before 15 May. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to London. She had floated off and foundered by 28 May.[56] |
Malacca |
United Kingdom |
The ship ran aground in Thornhill's Channel, in the Hooghly River. She was on a voyage from Calcutta to London. She was refloated and put back to Calcutta, where she arrived on 16 May in a leaky condition.[63][15] |
Mary and Ann |
United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked on the Barnum Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Lincolnshire before 7 May.[72] |
Mary St. George |
United Kingdom |
The ship was beached on the north coast of Madeira. She was a total loss.[73] |
Nymph |
United Kingdom |
The barque was lost at "Thelamock", near Amoy China.[66][68] |
San Para |
Brazil |
The ship was wrecked on the Welsh coast in early May.[74] |
Solon |
United Kingdom |
The brig ran aground on the Cockle Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was refloated but then ran aground on the Caister Patch. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Rochester, Kent. Solon was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk in a leaky condition.[28] |
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