The list of shipwrecks in May 1865 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during May 1865.
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List of shipwrecks: 16 May 1865
Ship | State | Description |
Choice |
Victoria |
The 162-ton brigantine was wrecked at New Plymouth, New Zealand, when she dragged her anchors and went onshore during a heavy gale.[36] |
Ellen Jenkins, or Helen Jenkinson |
United Kingdom |
The brigantine foundered 15 nautical miles (28 km) west of Bardsey Island, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium.[37][19] |
Mary |
United Kingdom |
The brigantine foundered off Holyhead, Anglesey. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the River Duddon to Briton Ferry, Glamorgan.[38][19] |
Unnamed |
Denmark |
The East Indiaman capsized and sank at South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom.[19] |
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List of shipwrecks: 18 May 1865
Ship | State | Description |
Palinurus |
New Zealand |
The coal-laden ketch was wrecked at Sumner when the wind dropped suddenly while she was crossing a sandbar.[36] |
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List of shipwrecks: 21 May 1865
Ship | State | Description |
Ellen |
United Kingdom |
The schooner ran aground on the Droogden, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Neustadt in Holstein, Duchy of Holstein to Leith, Lothian.[15] |
Illustrious |
United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked on St, Paul Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Algiers, Algeria to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America.[56] |
Julia |
United States |
Carrying a cargo of corn for an expedition by Brigadier General Alfred Sully, the steamer sank in the Missouri River about 10 nautical miles (19 km) downstream of Sioux City, Iowa.[57] |
Orion |
United Kingdom |
The barque sprang a leak and foundered 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north west of the Wolf Rock, Cornwall. Her eleven crew were rescued by the schooner Cameleon ( United Kingdom). Orion was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Vera Cruz, Mexico.[58][59] |
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List of shipwrecks: 23 May 1865
Ship | State | Description |
Frederika |
Sweden |
The ship departed from Newcaste upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom for Norrköpng. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[60] |
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List of shipwrecks: 24 May 1865
Ship | State | Description |
Alliance |
New Zealand |
The 73-ton schooner was beached to the north of the mouth of the Waikato River when her sails were blown to shreds by a heavy gale.[61] |
Delaware |
United States |
The 616- or 650-ton sidewheel paddle steamer was lost on the St. Johns River on the coast of Florida inside St. Johns Bar.[62] |
Denbigh |
United Kingdom |
American Civil War, Union blockade: Pursued by the armed sidewheel paddle steamers USS Cornubia and USS Fort Jackson and the armed screw steamer USS Princess Royal (all United States Navy) while trying to run the Union blockade during a voyage from Havana, Cuba, to Galveston, Texas, the 250-gross register ton sidewheel paddle steamer ran aground on the coast of Texas on Bird Key Spit near Bolivar Point. United States Navy warships shelled and wrecked her. A boarding party from the gunboat USS Kennebec and the sloop-of-war USS Seminole (both United States Navy) burned her on 25 May, making her the last blockade runner destroyed during the American Civil War.[63] |
Euphemia |
United Kingdom |
The schooner ran aground and sank in the River Ouse. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Lewes, Sussex.[64] |
George Olympus |
United Kingdom |
The steamship sprang a leak and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 70 nautical miles (130 km) east south east of Sandy Hook, New Jersey, United States. Her crew were rescued by a pilot boat. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to London.[56] |
Lecompt |
Confederate States of America |
American Civil War, Union blockade: Pursued by the sidewheel paddle steamer USS Cornubia ( United States Navy), the schooner ran aground on the coast of Texas at Bird Key Spit in Galveston Bay. She was set afire by Union forces and became a wreck on Bolivar Point Beach.[65][66] |
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List of shipwrecks: 25 May 1865
Ship | State | Description |
Colonel Cowles |
United States |
American Civil War: The full-rigged ship was destroyed in port at Mobile, Alabama, when a nearby captured Confederate warehouse filled with ammunition exploded.[67] |
Fusilier |
United Kingdom |
The full-rigged ship was wrecked on the Bluff Rocks, on the coast of the Colony of Natal with the loss of twenty lives. She was on a voyage from London to Melbourne, Victoria.[68] |
HMS Herring |
Royal Navy |
The Albacore-class gunboat ran aground at Mickery Island, in the Firth of Forth. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to North Queensferry, Fife.[69] She was later refloated, but was consequently broken up at Sheerness, Kent.[70] |
Kate Dale |
United States |
American Civil War: The 428-bulk ton sidewheel paddle steamer was set afire and destroyed in port at Mobile, when a nearby captured Confederate warehouse filled with ammunition exploded.[71] |
Nemesis |
United Kingdom |
The steamship ran aground on the Rinfuhah Shoal.[72] |
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List of shipwrecks: 31 May 1865
Ship | State | Description |
Anna |
Stettin |
The ship was driven ashore at Halmstad, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Stettin.[22] |
Felix |
Sweden |
The brig ran aground off Skagen, Denmark. She was refloated and taken in tow by Portia ( United Kingdom). Felix was on a voyage from Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex, United Kingdom to Gothenburg.[72] |
Northern Chief |
United States |
The fishing schooner collided with the steamship Bosphorus ( United Kingdom) and sank at Boston, Massachusetts, or off Cape Sable Island. 5 crewmen scrambled aboard Bosphorus before the ship sank. Her Captain and 5 crewmen drowned.[86][87] |
Pickering |
United Kingdom |
The brigantine collided with the schooner Cornwall ( United Kingdom) and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to London.[22] |
Rosa |
Guernsey |
The barque ran aground on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Guernsey. She was refloated and taken in to Lowestoft, Suffolk in a leaky condition.[22] |
Volta |
United Kingdom |
The barque was driven ashore at "Stubben", Denmark. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Saint Petersburg, Russia. She was refloated on 2 June and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark for repairs.[22] |
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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in May 1865
Ship | State | Description |
Alibi |
United Kingdom |
The barque ran aground on the Carysfort Reef on or before 11 May. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Cienfuegos, Cuba.[88] |
Angela Burdett Coutts |
United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked near Masulipatam, India before 13 May.[89] |
Anglo-Saxon |
United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore at "Point Leir", British North America before 27 May.[85] |
Argentinus |
United Kingdom |
The ship was sunk by ice before 27 May. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America.[85] |
Blue Bell |
New Zealand |
The ketch left Hokitika for Greymouth sometime in May, and was not seen again. She may have capsized in a gale. She had a crew of four.[61] |
Brothers |
United Kingdom |
The ship sprang a leak off Skerries, County Dublin and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Lady Eglington ( United Kingdom). Brothers was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.[24] |
Cairngorm |
United Kingdom |
The ship ran aground in the Saint Lawrence River at Kamouraska, Province of Canada. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Quebec City. She was refloated on 8 May.[8][90] |
Cora II |
United States |
Carrying a cargo of stores and ordnance for an expedition by brigadier General Alfred Sully, the 215-ton sternwheel paddle steamer sank in the Missouri River near De Soto and Fort Calhoun, Nebraska Territory on 1 or 4 May.[30] |
Corsair |
South Australia |
The pilot boat foundered at Adelaide with the loss of four of her five crew.[28] |
Dolly |
Confederate States of America |
American Civil War: After being seized by Union forces in May 1863 at Edwards Ferry, North Carolina, the steamer was sunk in a canal along with a lighter carrying a cargo of iron plates. The sinking of both vessels was reported on 27 May.[91][92] |
Eagle |
Flag unknown |
The schooner was stranded on the coast of California at Russian Gulch during a gale.[93] |
Edith |
United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Genoa, Italy to Alexandria, Egypt.[94] |
Esperanza |
Spain |
The ship was wrecked near Ribadesella. She was on a voyage from Ribadeo to Swansea, Glamorgan.[95] |
Eugenie |
Italy |
The full-rigged ship was driven ashore in Tangier Bay. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Castello a Mare, Sicily.[22] |
George |
United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked near "Cintra" before 21 May. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Pará, Brazil.[96] |
Hope |
United Kingdom |
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 12 May. her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Limerick to Quebec City.[51] |
Independence |
United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore at Arichat, Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from Buctouche, New Brunswick, British North America to Liverpool. She was later refloated.[51] |
Kate |
United Kingdom |
The 245-ton brig was wrecked near New Plymouth, New Zealand. She was becalmed and driven on shore by a heavy swell.[36] |
Kate |
United States |
The ship was wrecked on Old Providence Island, United States of Colombia. She was on a voyage from New York to Puerto Rico.[37] |
Kate Williams |
New Zealand |
The schooner left Hicks Bay for Auckland early in May, and was either wrecked on the coast or foundered at sea.[61] |
Mars |
United States |
The 55-ton sidewheel paddle steamer struck a snag and sank in the Missouri River at Coughlan's Landing across from the mouth of the Fishing River.[57] |
Mary Pring |
United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore at Korsør, Denmark. She was refloated and taken in to Kiel, Prussia, where she arrived on 22 May.[22] |
Mercury |
United States |
The 184-ton sternwheel paddle steamer was beached and sank in the Mississippi River at Harrison's Landing downstream of St. Louis, Missouri, after colliding with Hard Times ( United States).[97] |
Pliny F. Barton |
United States |
The 40-ton screw steamer burned on the St. Clair River in Michigan.[98] |
Two Brothers |
United Kingdom |
The ship was abandoned off the Tuskar Rock before 9 May. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.[85] |
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"Mercantile Ship News". The Standard. No. 12711. London. 5 May 1865. p. 6.
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"Royal National Lifeboat Institution". The Times. No. 25201. London. 2 June 1865. col F, p. 11.
"Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury. No. 5391. Liverpool. 11 May 1865.
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Ingram & Wheatley, p. 118.
Ingram & Wheatley, p. 119.
Ingram & Wheatley, pp. 118–119.
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"Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury. No. 5449. Liverpool. 18 July 1865.
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