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The list of shipwrecks in May 1872 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during May 1872.

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1 May

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List of shipwrecks: 1 May 1872
Ship State Description
Amirdavully  India The barque was wrecked in a cyclone at Madras. Her sixteen crew were rescued.[1]
Ardbeg  United Kingdom The ship was driven into by a dhony in a cyclone at Madras and was severely damaged. She was then driven ashore and wrecked with the loss of eight of her twelve crew.[2][3][4] She was on a voyage from Portsmouth, Hampshire to Madras.[5]
Armenian  United Kingdom The ship was driven into Hotspur ( United Kingdom) and then driven ashore and wrecked in a cyclone at Madras.[2][3] Her 23 crew were rescued.[1][6]
Bessie Gardner Canada Canada The schooner, which had been missing for some time, was discovered in a waterlogged condition by the schooner Oliver Bridges (Canada Canada) 150 nautical miles (280 km) off Cape Ann, Massachusetts, United States. Two dead crew members were on board.[7]
Burlington  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and wrecked in a cyclone at Madras. Her eighteen crew were rescued.[2][3][1]
Duprey de Lorne  France The barque was driven out to sea in a cyclone at Madras.[6][8][9][10]
Evelyn  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in a cyclone at Madras. She was refloated.[8]
Golconda  United Kingdom The ship struck an iceberg and sank off Cape Ray, Newfoundland Colony with the loss of fifteen of her 24 crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Quebec City, Canada.[11][12][13]
Hotspur  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship sank in a cyclone at Madras with the loss of five of her 35 crew. Survivors were rescued by rocket apparatus.[2][3][1]
Hydroos  India The barque was wrecked in a cyclone at Madras. Her 30 crew were rescued.[1]
Hydroos  India The brig was wrecked in a cyclone at Madras. Her fourteen crew were rescued.[1]
Inverness-shire  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in a cyclone at Madras. Her twenty crew were rescued.[1][6]
Jane Almond  United Kingdom The barque was destroyed by fire at Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[14]
Joachim Heinrich  Germany The schooner was wrecked. She was on a voyage from the coast of Patagonia to Buenos Aires, Argentina.[15]
John Scott  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was wrecked in a cyclone at Madras. Her seventeen crew were rescued.[1]
Joy Soondaree  India The brig was wrecked in a cyclone at Madras with the loss of two of her twenty crew.[1]
Juggernathaprasand  India The brig was wrecked in a cyclone at Madras. Her 22 crew were rescued.[1]
Kingdom  Belgium The barque was driven ashore and wrecked in a cyclone at Madras. Her sixteen crew were rescued.[2][1][6]
Mary Le Blanc  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked on Castle Island, Bermuda. She was on a voyage from Port-au-Prince, Haiti to Boston, Massachusetts, United States.[16]
Miser  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was driven ashore in a cyclone at Madras. Her 40 crew were rescued.[2][1][17]
Montezuma  France The steamship ran aground at Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce to Brazil. She was refloated the next day.[14][18]
Mootoooomarasawmy  India The 141-ton dhony was wrecked in a cyclone at Madras with the loss of one of her fifteen crew.[1]
Mootoooomarasawmy  India The 183-ton dhony was wrecked in a cyclone at Madras. Her sixteen crew were rescued.[1]
John Scott  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in a cyclone at Madras.[2]
Sir Robert Seppings  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and wrecked in a cyclone at Madras. All 400 people on board were rescued by rocket apparatus.[2][1]
Stree Kristnamoorthee  India The barque was wrecked in a cyclone at Madras. Her 36 crew were rescued.[1]
Stree Lutchmynurstruloo  India The dhony was wrecked in a cyclone at Madras. Her wleven crew were rescued.[1]
Stree Nagaswernsawmy  India The sloop was wrecked in a cyclone at Madras. Her fifteen crew were rescued.[1]
Stree Ramooloo  India The barque was driven ashore in a cyclone at Madras. Her 34 crew were rescued.[2][1]
Stree Ramooloo  India The dhony was wrecked in a cyclone at Madras. Her fourteen crew were rescued.[1]
Stree Runganayakulu  India The barque was wrecked in a cyclone at Madras. Her 31 crew were rescued.[1]
Stree Sambrajaputtaby Ramasawmy  India The dhony was wrecked in a cyclone at Madras. Her eighteen crew were rescued.[1]
Stree Veerabadrasawmy  India The barque was wrecked in a cyclone at Madras with the loss of three of her 31 crew.[1]
Stree Veeraragavasawmy  India The barque was wrecked in a cyclone at Madras. Her 36 crew were rescued.[1]
Stree Vencatayswerloo  India The 290-ton barque was wrecked in a cyclone at Madras. Her 40 crew were rescued.[1]
Stree Vencatayswerloo  India The 405-ton barque was wrecked in a cyclone at Madras. Her 30 crew were rescued.[1]
Stree Vencatayswerloo  India The schooner was wrecked in a cyclone at Madras. Her seventeen crew were rescued.[1]
Ungalataramayswera  India The dhony was wrecked in a cyclone at Madras. Her fifteen crew were rescued.[1]
Unnamed  India The dhony was driven into Ardbeg ( United Kingdom) in a cyclone at Madras. She was the driven ashore and wrecked.[2]

2 May

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List of shipwrecks: 2 May 1872
Ship State Description
Coringa  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Indian Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Bombay, India.[19]
Holmside  United Kingdom The collier collided with the collier Earl of Durham in the River Thames and was beached.[8]
Precursor  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Malta. She was refloated.[8]

3 May

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List of shipwrecks: 3 May 1872
Ship State Description
Flora  Norway The brig was wrecked on Bonaire. She was on a voyage from Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands to Curaçao, Curaçao and Dependencies.[20]
Noor Jehan  United Kingdom The barque collided with the full-rigged ship Carin ( United Kingdom) and sank in the English Channel between Portland, Dorset and Start Point, Devon. Her crew were rescued by Carin. Noor Jehan was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Fiume, Austria-Hungary.[21]
Prima Donna  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Løkken-Vrå, Denmark. Her crew were rescued.[18][22]
Richard Roper  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore in Ballochney Bay. Her crew were rescued.[23]
Saint Martin  Belgium The fishing smack was driven ashore and wrecked at Wick, Caithness, United Kingdom. Her eight crew were rescued by a coble.[8]
Scud  United Kingdom The lugger struck the Spanish Ledges, off St Mary's, Isles of Scilly, and sank. Her crew were rescued.[22][24]
Thomas  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Moville, County Donegal.[22]

4 May

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List of shipwrecks: 4 May 1872
Ship State Description
Christina  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore on Inishbofin, County Donegal.[25]
Darien  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Savannah River, She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire.[12]
Etoile  France The brig was wrecked at "Ludmore Point", Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. Her eight crew were rescued by the lifeboat Rescue ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Etoile was on a voyage from Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine to Riga, Russia.[18][22][26]
Georgiana  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore north of Maryport, Cumberland.[18][22] She was refloated on 6 May and taken in to Maryport.[4]
John and Mary  United Kingdom The schooner struck rocks off St Patrick's Island, County Dublin and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Dublin.[11]
Marie Louise  France The ship ran aground on the Hook Sand, in the Solent. She was on a voyage from Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine to Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom.[18][22]
Sherlock  United Kingdom The brig foundered in the North Sea 47 nautical miles (87 km) off Texel, North Holland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to the Nieuwe Diep.[27]

5 May

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List of shipwrecks: 5 May 1872
Ship State Description
Eva  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on Rockabill Island, County Dublin. Her crew were rescued.[28]
Lydie and Azeline  Sweden The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Agger, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Charlestown, Cornwall, United Kingdom to Stockholm.[29]
Mina  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore on "Refi Bragen", Denmark. Her crew were rescued by the Thisted Lifeboat. Mina was on a voyage from Clackmannan to Gothenburg, Sweden. She was refloated with the assistance of the steamship Aleandra ( United Kingdom) and towed in to Kristiansand, Norway.[30][10]
Royal Victoria  United Kingdom The schooner collided with the steamship Annalong ( United Kingdom) and was beached in the Belfast Lough near Carrickfergus, County Antrim. Her four crew were rescued the next day by the Coastguard.[31]
Tadmor  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Anticosti Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire to Quebec City, Canada.[32][33]

6 May

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List of shipwrecks: 6 May 1872
Ship State Description
Castle Eden United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Burma The ship sank at Rangoon.[34]
Hugh M. Griffie  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Pullaheeney, County Sligo.[4]

7 May

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List of shipwrecks: 7 May 1872
Ship State Description
Gem  United Kingdom The schooner struck the quayside at Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France and sank. She was on a voyage from Charlestown, Cornwall to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure.[30] She was refloated on 27 May.[35]
Jean Baptiste  France The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham, United Kingdom to Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, Somme. She was refloated and taken in to Lowestoft, Suffolk, United Kingdom.[12]
Lake Huron Canada Canada The clipper was driven ashore by ice and wrecked on Anticosti Island, Nova Scotia.[15][36][32] She was on a voyage from Montreal, Quebec to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[37]
L. H. de Weber  United States The ship was driven ashore at "Castlehill". She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire, United Kingdom to Providence, Rhode Island.[12] She was refloated.[10]
Ostrich  United Kingdom The ship collided with Betsy ( United Kingdom) and sank off Lundy Island, Devon. Her crew were rescued by Betsy.[28][12]

8 May

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List of shipwrecks: 8 May 1872
Ship State Description
Thames  United Kingdom The steamship caught fire at West Hartlepool, County Durham. The fire was extinguished with the assistance of the tug John Bull ( United Kingdom).[25][38]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the East Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay.[25]

9 May

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List of shipwrecks: 9 May 1872
Ship State Description
Rhodes  United Kingdom The schooner collided with the steamship Mark Anthony ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Thames at Northfleet, Kent. Her crew were rescued.[23][10]

10 May

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List of shipwrecks: 10 May 1872
Ship State Description
Rival  United States The ship was sighted in the Atlantic Ocean (28°14′S 43°35′E / 28.233°S 43.583°E / -28.233; 43.583) whilst on a voyage from Rangoon, Burma to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands,[39] more than 22 people.[40]
Thomas Adams  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Dundee, Forfarshire. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Dundee.[30]
Wanderer  United States The brig was wrecked in the "Levianski Islands". Her crew were rescued by Moorburg ( United States). Wanderer was on a voyage from San Francisco, California to Nicholaieff, Russia.[41]

11 May

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List of shipwrecks: 11 May 1872
Ship State Description
Minnie  United Kingdom The yacht capsized and sank in the River Thames at Grays Thurrock, Essex with the loss of one of the three people on board.[42]
Norwich  United Kingdom The steamship foundered at sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Lagos.[43]
St. Patrick  United Kingdom The steamship sank at Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She was refloated the next day.[32]

12 May

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List of shipwrecks: 12 May 1872
Ship State Description
Elizabeth and Ann  United Kingdom The sloop was run into by the steamship Dodo ( United Kingdom and sank at Cork. Her crew were rescued.[36][44]
Nooit Gedacht  Netherlands The ship collided with the steamship Pascal ( United Kingdom) and sank in the Scheldt. Her crew were rescued.[45]

13 May

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List of shipwrecks: 13 May 1872
Ship State Description
Little Dorritt  United Kingdom The yacht was wrecked on the Dogger Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wexford. Both crew were rescued by the Wexford Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Weymouth, Dorset.[46][47]
Impulse  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Ochre Pit Point, Newfoundland Colony. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Harbour Grace, Newfoundland Colony.[27]
Lizzie Tivin  United Kingdom The smack ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dartmouth, Devon to Hull, Yorkshire.[46] She was later refloated and taken in the River Thames.[15]
Staffa  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire and Odessa, Russia. She was refloated and taken in to Harwich, Essex.[46]
Uncle Tom  United Kingdom The Mersey Flat ran aground on the East Hoyle Sandbank, in Liverpool Bay and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Garston, Lancashire to Caernarfon.[46]
Unnamed  Italy The brig collided with a Greek brig and sank in the Mediterranean Sea 10 nautical miles (19 km) off Carloforte, Sardinia. Her crew were rescued by the Greek vessel.[35]

14 May

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List of shipwrecks: 14 May 1872
Ship State Description
Alumina  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore at Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. She was on a voyage from Saint John to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated but was consequently condemned.[48][37]
Maria Francisco  Italy The barque ran aground at Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Odessa, Russia to Cork, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Gibraltar in a leaky condition.[15][36]
Try  United Kingdom The trow sank at Cardiff, Glamorgan.[46]

15 May

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List of shipwrecks: 15 May 1872
Ship State Description
Frithiof  Norway The barque ran aground at Gilleleje, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom to Stockholm, Sweden. She was refloated, but ran aground off "Spodsbjerg". She was refloated and taken in to Helsingør, Denmark in a leaky condition.[36]
Isabelle  France The schooner collided with the steamship West ( United Kingdom) and was abandoned in the English Channel. All on board were rescued by West. Isabelle was on a voyage from the Charente to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure.[45][49]

17 May

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List of shipwrecks: 17 May 1872
Ship State Description
Andrew Johnson  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Sudpill, in the Elbe. She was on a voyage from the Guañape Islands, Peru to Hamburg, Germany.[50][51]
Tripoli  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Tuskar Rock and was wrecked. All 200 passengers were rescued. by the schooners Naiad and Spencer and the steamships Halcyon and Toward (all  United Kingdom). Her 80 crew were taken off the next day by a tug. Tripoli was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Boston, Massachusetts, United States.[52][53][54]

18 May

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List of shipwrecks: 18 May 1872
Ship State Description
Rosevean  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground and capsized in the River Parrett. She was on a voyage from Ballinacurra, County Cork to Bridgwater, Somerset. She was righted.[50]
Unnamed  Germany The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (30°15′N 19°16′W / 30.250°N 19.267°W / 30.250; -19.267). Her crew were rescued by Ocean Bell ( United Kingdom). The ship was on a voyage from Hamburg to the Peter the Great Gulf.[55]

21 May

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List of shipwrecks: 21 May 1872
Ship State Description
Minerva  Norway The ship was driven ashore on Heligoland. She was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to New York, United States. She was refloated and put back to Cuxhaven, Germany in a leaky condition.[52]

22 May

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List of shipwrecks: 22 May 1872
Ship State Description
Natalia  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on Anticosti Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. She was on a voyage from North Shields, Northumberland to Quebec City, Canada. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[56]

23 May

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List of shipwrecks: 23 May 1872
Ship State Description
Baltimore, and
Lorenzo Semprun 		 Germany
 Spain 		The steamship Baltimore collided with the steamship Lorenzo Semprun in the English Channel 12 nautical miles (22 km) off Hastings, Sussex, United Kingdom and was consequently beached at Hastings. All on board, 110 passengers plus her crew, were rescued by the Coastguard and the Hastings Lifeboat. Baltimore was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States to Hamburg. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom. She was subsequently repaired at Bremen. Lorenzo Semprun was on a voyage from Ålesund, Norway to Santander. She put in to Southampton in a severely damaged condition.[57][52][58][59][60]
Oracle  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground and sank in Vefsnfjord. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from London to Vefsn, Norway.[61][37]
Violet  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Rio de Janeiro.[62]

24 May

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List of shipwrecks: 24 May 1872
Ship State Description
Bentinck  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked on the west coast of Africa between Lagos and Accra, Gold Coast. Her crew survived the wreck, but were attacked by the local inhabitants.[63][64]
Bessie Rodgers  United Kingdom The barque ran aground at Waterford. She was refloated.[52]
Coila  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore south of Cronstadt, Russia.[65] She was refloated on 27 May.[66]
Fitzpatrick  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Platters, off Holyhead, Anglesey.[52]
Thais  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the East Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay.[52] She was on a voyage from Mostyn, Flintshire to Liverpool, Lancashire.[67] She was refloated and taken in to Liverpool.[65]
Four unnamed vessels  United Kingdom The ships were driven ashore and wrecked between Lagos and Accra.[64]

25 May

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List of shipwrecks: 25 May 1872
Ship State Description
Evadne  United Kingdom The barque was holed by ice and sank 10 nautical miles (19 km) north of St. Paul Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. Her crew survived.[68]
George  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Mittelplatt, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from West Hartlepool, County Durham to Geestemünde, Germany. She was refloated and completed her voyage.[69]
Halcyon  United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked on the North Chicken Rock, off the Tuskar Rock. All on board were rescued by the steamship Ruby ( United Kingdom). Halcyon was on a voyage from Liverpool to New York.[53][70]
Josephine  United States The schooner sprung a leak and sunk off Portland, Maine crew saved.[71]
Lady Cecilia  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore on Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Cronstadt, Russia.[69]
Victoria  United Kingdom The ship was holed by ice and sank 10 nautical miles (19 km) north of St. Paul Island. Her crew survived.[68]

26 May

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List of shipwrecks: 26 May 1872
Ship State Description
Elaine  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at East London, Cape Colony.[19]
Emma  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at East London.[72][73]
Martha  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at the mouth of the Buffalo River.[19][74]
Quanza  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at the mouth of the Buffalo River, Cape Colony.[19][74]
Refuge  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at the mouth of the Buffalo River.[72][73][74]
Shark  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at the mouht of the Buffalo River.[19][72][74]

27 May

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List of shipwrecks: 27 May 1872
Ship State Description
Queen of May  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at East London.[19][72]
Stella  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Port Beaufort, Cape Colony.[72]

28 May

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List of shipwrecks: 28 May 1872
Ship State Description
Erimus  Netherlands The steamship ran aground off Brielle, South Holland.[75]
Jane Davie  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked east of East London, Cape Colony with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by the steamship Bismarck ( Germany) and the East London Lifeboat. Jane Davie was on a voyage from Rangoon, Burma to Liverpool, Lancashire.[19][72][76][77]
Phoenix Canada The steamship was destroyed by fire near Trois-Rivières, Quebec with the loss of a crew member.[78]

29 May

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List of shipwrecks: 29 May 1872
Ship State Description
Ant  United Kingdom The ship was destroyed by fire at Gatehouse of Fleet, Wigtownshire. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Gatehouse of Fleet.[32]
Dalton  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Walney Island, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Ramsey, Isle of Man to Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire.[75]
Emperor Canada Canada While steaming at night in fog during a voyage from Yarmouth, Nova Scotia to Portland, Maine, United States with about 80 passengers and crew aboard, the 175-foot (53 m), 600-gross register ton sidewheel paddle steamer struck Eastern Ledge, a reef off Seal Island in Penobscot Bay on the evening of 28 May. She rolled over and sank without loss of life at 43°53′38″N 068°43′45″W / 43.89389°N 68.72917°W / 43.89389; -68.72917 (Emperor) early on 29 May.[79][80]
Endeavour  United Kingdom The tug suffered a boiler explosion and sank in the English Channel off Eastbourne, Sussex.[32] Her crew survived.[81]
Rover United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Isle of Man The dandy rigged lugger collided with the lugger Chief Templar (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Isle of Man) and sank in the Irish Sea 30 nautical miles (56 km) south west of the Old Head of Kinsale, County Cork. Her crew were rescued by Chief Templar.[82]
Thames  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Alderney, Channel Islands. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Adra, Spain.[75][35]
Ysusguiza  India The barque ran aground at Chittagong and became hogged.[75]

30 May

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List of shipwrecks: 30 May 1872
Ship State Description
Caledonia  New Zealand The 60-ton schooner was dashed on rocks at the mouth of the Catlins River.[83]
Nicolas Etienne Jenne  France The ship was wrecked at "Kootana", Africa.[84]
Paul  France The ship was wrecked at "Leckie", Africa.[84]
San Antonio Flag unknown The ship was towed in to Gibraltar in a derelict condition. She had been on a voyage from Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[85]

31 May

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List of shipwrecks: 31 May 1872
Ship State Description
Counsellor  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Danube at Gorgova, Ottoman Empire.[20][66]
Esk  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Danube at Gorgova.[20][66]
Holly Bough  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Berdyanski, Russia.[66] She was refloated and repaired.[86]
York  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Danube at Gorgova.[20][66]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in May 1872
Ship State Description
Alma, and
Siam 		 French Navy
 Sweden 		The barque Siam collided with the Alma-class ironclad Alma at Wusong, China and sank. She was on a voyage from Nagasaki, Japan to Wusong. Alma was consequently beached.[65]
Alpha  Norway The ship was wrecked on Grand Cay, Bahamas. Her crew were rescued.[18]
Anna Margaretha  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Læsø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Saint Petersburg, Russia. She was refloated and taken in to Fredrikshavn, Denmark, where she sprang a leak.[4]
Antonia  Italy The brig ran aground. She was on a voyage from Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire to Saint Petersburg. She was refloated and towed in to Gibraltar.[32]
Aruim  Norway The ship was driven ashore at Cape Tormentine, New Brunswick, Canada.[75] She was on a voyage from Larvik to Quebec City, Canada.[35]
A. W. Hutchings  United Kingdom The ship struck the Brockbank and sank. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Calais, France.[30]
Bertha Angele  France The ship was abandoned at sea. She was on a voyage from the Île de Ré, Charente-Inférieure to Miquelon.[53]
Berwick  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Quitasneno Reefs. She was on a voyage from Aspinwall, United States of Colombia to Cienfuegos, Cuba.[20]
B. P. King Canada The ship was wrecked in the Turks Islands. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick to St. Jago de Cuba, Cuba.[87]
Burnett  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Honfleur, Manche, France.[18]
Calabar  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned at sea. She was on a voyage from a port in Central America to Queenstown, County Cork.[61][37]
Cambrian  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore on Prince Edward Island, Canada.[53]
Chance  United Kingdom The ship foundered at sea. She was on a voyage from Jersey, Channel Islands to Gaspé, Quebec, Canada.[16]
Clara Sayers  New South Wales The ship was wrecked on a reef off Rodrigues. She was on a voyage from Newcastle to Mauritius.[25]
Cornelia  United Kingdom The ship was sunk by ice. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Grimsby, Lincolnshire to Quebec City.[52][37]
Dumfries  United Kingdom The ship capsized off the Carsethorn Lighthouse, Wigtownshire. She was righted with assistance.[18]
Ellen Bernard  United States The ship was wrecked off Grand Bahama, Bahamas. She was on a voyage from Cienfuegos to New York.[50]
Emma Canada Canada The schooner collided with the tug Goliah (Canada Canada) and sank near Halifax, Nova Scotia.[28]
F. Pirandello  United States The ship ran aground on the Sisters and was severely damaged. She was refloated.[8]
Freitas Irmaos  Portugal The ship ran aground on the Sisters and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to Halifax.[8]
Grace Sargeant  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Pacific Ocean before 25 May. Her crew were rescued.[16]
Halcyon  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in the Magdalen Islands, Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham.[16]
Halcyon  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Portrush, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to Portrush.[18]
Isabel  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Brake Sand. She was on a voyage from London to Dublin. She was refloated and taken in to The Downs.[65]
Katiagnes  United States The ship was driven ashore on Fisherman Island Maine. She was on a voyage from New York to Saint John's, Newfoundland Colony.[51]
Lady Westmoreland  United Kingdom The barque ran aground on the White Island Reef and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Quebec City.[46][32] She was consequently condemned.[37]
Laquilla  United States The steamship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 7 May.[86]
Laura  Portugal The ship foundered off Cádiz, Spain. She was on a voyage from Bahia, Brazil to Oporto.[60][32]
Lord Clyde Dominion of Newfoundland Newfoundland Colony The ship was sunk by ice at Battle Harbour.[11]
Lorton  Spain The barque was wrecked in the "Goulos Islands", Spanish East Indies. Her crew survived.[75] She was on a voyage from London to Yokohama, Japan.[35]
Lucia  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Holyhead, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Swansea, Glamorgan.[30]
Margareta  Netherlands The ship foundered at sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Goeree, Zeeland to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.[18]
Martha  Norway The ship foundered near Pondicherry, India. Her crew were rescued on 5 May by Marthe (Flag unknown).[88]
Mary Blane  United States The ship was wrecked off Castle Island, Bermuda. She was on a voyage from Port-au-Prince, Haita to Boston, Massachusetts.[50][51]
Monticello  United States The sealer was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the brigantine Louise ( France).[45]
Norwa  China The steamship struck a submerged object and was beached at Cutter Place. She was pon a voyage from Swatow to Shanghai.[87]
Ornen  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Cape Tormentine. She was on a voyage from Halifax to Miramichi, New Brunswick.[20]
Perseverance  United Kingdom The ship collided with the steamship Eclair ( United Kingdom) and sank.[51]
Peter  United Kingdom The Mersey Flat ran aground on the West Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay.[60]
Retreiver Dominion of Newfoundland Newfoundland Colony The sealer, a steamship, was sunk by ice at Battle Harbour.[11]
Rhea Sylvia  United States The ship ran aground on the Mucates Reefs. She was on a voyage from New York to Havana, Cuba.[23]
Rientje  Netherlands The schooner ran aground at Narva, Russia. Her crew were rescued.[28]
Sandbach  United Kingdom The ship was severely damaged at Demerara, British Guiana.[60]
Sparkling Wave  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore by ice in the Dwina.[89]
St. Paul's Flag unknown The ship was wrecked at Whitehead, Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from New York to Quebec City.[46][47]
Valparaíso  Chile The steamship ran aground in the Chaco Narrows before 18 May. She broke in two and sank during salvage efforts.[90]
Viking United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British Guiana The schooner sank near Albion.[46]
Wasp  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in the Magdalen Islands. She was on a voyage from Montreal to Antwerp, Belgium.[53]
Unnamed  Russia The lighter ran aground at Narva. Her crew were rescued.[28][25]

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