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The list of shipwrecks in May 1866 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during May 1866 .
1 May
List of shipwrecks: 1 May 1866
Ship
State
Description
Apolo
Spain
The brig was wrecked on Mindoro , Spanish East Indies with the loss of eight or nine lives. She was on a voyage from Albay to Manila .[1]
Generese
France
The ship foundered. She was on a voyage from Maracaibo , Venezuela to Marseille , Bouches-du-Rhône .[2]
Maharaj
British Raj
The steamship was wrecked off Jeetapore with the loss of twelve lives.[3] [4]
"Mary"
United States
The boat sank while coming from Boston to Gloucester, Massachusetts . Crew saved.[5]
Mary Ann
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Den Helder , North Holland , Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Den Helder.[6] She was refloated and towed into the Nieuwe Diep in a leaky condition.[7]
Mary Jane
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked. A message in a bottle washed up a Great Yarmouth , Norfolk on May 7, 1867 giving the news.[8]
Mercutio
Austrian Empire
The barque sank in Manila Bay . She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to Manila.[1]
Ortelius
Netherlands
The ship ran aground on the Brouwers Sands, in the Netherlands East Indies. She was refloated with assistance and resumed her voyage.
[9]
Progress
United Kingdom
The Portland, Dorset. Her crew were rescued.
[6]
Sir Robert Preston
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Andrews Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex . She was on a voyage from Saint-Valery-sur-Somme , Somme , France to Leith , Lothian . She was refloated and towed in to Harwich , Essex in a leaky condition.[6]
St. Julian
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean . Her twelve crew were rescued by J. A. Bishop ( United States ). St. Julian was on a voyage from Havana , Cuba to the Strait of Belle Isle .[10]
Tiempo
Spain
The brig was driven ashore in Manila Bay. She was on a voyage from Shanghai , China to Manila.[1]
2 May
List of shipwrecks: 2 May 1866
Ship
State
Description
Dauntless
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at Sunderland, County Durham. She was refloated with the assistance of two
steamships .
[11]
Dispatch
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore at Tetney Haven , Lincolnshire . She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth , Norfolk to Sunderland.[12] She was refloated on 15 May and taken in to Grimsby , Lincolnshire.[13]
Friend
United States
The schooner was scuttled off Eastport, Maine by Fenians , who had seizeed the schooner Wentworth ( United Kingdom ).[14]
Sterling
United States
The ship was abandoned in the Boston, Massachusetts.
[15]
Washington
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Ingonish , Nova Scotia , British North America . Her crew were rescued.[16]
Wonga Wonga
New Zealand
The 40-ton steamer was lost while attempting to enter the Grey River at Greymouth . A strong current caught her and slewed her, causing her to run aground. The heavy surf knocked her about to the extent that her back was broken. There were no deaths.[17]
3 May
4 May
5 May
6 May
7 May
8 May
List of shipwrecks: 8 May 1866
Ship
State
Description
Luna
Hamburg
The Sunderland, County Durham,
United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Sunderland. She was refloated.
[11]
Saucy Lass
United Kingdom
The ship foundered off
9 May
10 May
List of shipwrecks: 10 May 1866
Ship
State
Description
Elizabeth Jenkins
British North America
The barque ran aground on a reef off the coast of Cuba . She was on a voyage from Havana to Manzanillo .[37]
Euxine
United Kingdom
The Woosung to Shanghai. She was refloated and towed in to Shanghai.
[33] [36]
Evangelist
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at the mouth of the Egypt. She was refloated with the assistance of two
tugs and resumed her voyage.
[13]
Nubia
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on
Ocean Storm
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in Robin Hoods Bay. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to the Nieuwe Diep. She was refloated and towed back to Sunderland by the
tug Robert Burns (
United Kingdom ).
[13]
11 May
12 May
List of shipwrecks: 12 May 1866
Ship
State
Description
Southwick
United Kingdom
The
13 May
14 May
List of shipwrecks: 14 May 1866
Ship
State
Description
Brisk
New Zealand
The cutter was holed and foundered in the Hauraki Gulf . It is thought that it was deliberately scuttled as an insurance fraud.[46]
Dolphin
Flag unknown
Chincha Islands War : The ship, a prize of the Spanish, was burn and scuttled off Valparaíso , Chile.[47]
General Grant
United States
Victoria, to
London carrying passengers, plus a cargo of wool, hides, and some 2,576 ounces of gold. Sixty-eight of those aboard (55 passengers and 13 crew) were lost. The remaining crew and passengers were marooned on the Auckland Islands for over a year and a half, and several of them did not survive the ordeal. They survivors were finally rescued by the
whaling brig Amherst (
New Zealand ) in November 1867. Several unsuccessful attempts were made to
salvage gold from the wreck.
[48]
Pallion
United Kingdom
The
Venetia
Flag unknown
Chicha Island War: The ship, a prize of the Spanish, was burnt and scuttled off Valparaíso.[47]
Unnamed
Flag unknown
The brig was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands , in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk , United Kingdom with the loss of all hands.[13]
15 May
List of shipwrecks: 15 May 1866
Ship
State
Description
Scotia
United Kingdom
The ship foundered 40 nautical miles (74 km) off Moulmein, Burma to a British port.
[50]
16 May
17 May
18 May
19 May
20 May
List of shipwrecks: 20 May 1866
Ship
State
Description
Annie Fisher
United Kingdom
The
Exertion
United Kingdom
The schooner sprang a leak and was beached at Withernsea , Yorkshire . She was on a voyage from Bridlington , Yorkshire to London . She was refloated on 22 May and towed in to Grimsby , Lincolnshire for repairs.[15]
Great Northern
United Kingdom
The steamship was driven ashore at Southport , Lancashire . She was on a voyage from Dublin to Liverpool , Lancashire.[25]
Hastings
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground on the Scroby Sands , Norfolk . She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Lisbon , Portugal. She was refloated with the assistance of two tugs and a boat and taken in to Great Yarmouth , Norfolk.[56]
Providence
United Kingdom
The sloop was severely damaged at Amlwch , Anglesey when the schooner Alnwick ( United Kingdom ) heeled over onto her.[57]
21 May
22 May
23 May
24 May
25 May
26 May
27 May
28 May
29 May
30 May
31 May
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in May 1866
Ship
State
Description
Alliance
Straits Settlements
The pilgrim ship was wrecked on an island off Massowah , Sultanate of Aussa . All on board were rescued.[77]
Amandus
Stralsund
The ship sank in the North Sea . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stralsund to Leith , Lothian , United Kingdom .[38]
Clara Ewen
United Kingdom
The ship sank off Sagres Point , Portugal.[30]
Clarion
United States
The schooner was lost off Newport, Rhode Island . Crew saved.[78]
Clepper
Flag unknown
The galliot was wrecked at
Lisbon , Portugal on or before 2 May.
[12]
Commodore
United Kingdom
The ship was sunk by ice off the Magdalen Islands , Nova Scotia , British North America before 7 May. She was on a voyage from a British port to Chatham, New Brunswick , British North America.[21] [22]
Ellen
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on Red Island, Newfoundland . She was on a voyage from Swansea , Glamorgan to Quebec City , Province of Canada , British North America.[10] She was consequently condemned.[79]
Finland
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Hull , Yorkshire to Gävle , Sweden.[41]
Glencaira
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at St. Peter's, Nova Scotia . She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Quebec City. She was refloated and completed her voyage, arriving on 15 May.[80]
J. P. Whedore
United States
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 21 May.[34]
Lawrence
British Raj
The steamship sank in the Indus River upstream of Kotree .[4]
Margaret Darling
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the
Maria
New Zealand
The 161-ton schooner went aground on a spit at Hokitika ripping out the starboard side of her hull.[17]
Roi des Bricks
France
The brig was wrecked at the mouth of the Nunez River , French Guinea .[81]
Siam
United Kingdom
The steamship was wrecked on the Alagnada Reef.[19]
St. Pierre
British North America
The ship was abandoned before 18 May. Her crew were rescued.[47]
Virginia
France
The ship was wrecked. She was on a voyage from
Washington
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked in Aspy Bay before 7 May. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Quebec City , Province of Canada , British North America.[22]
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Shipwrecks 1860–69, by month
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