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List of shipwrecks in May 1883

The list of shipwrecks in May 1883 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during May 1883.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

1 May

List of shipwrecks: 1 May 1883
Ship State Description
Attillio  Spain The brig was wrecked at Palma, Mallorca.[1]

3 May

List of shipwrecks: 3 May 1883
Ship State Description
Coldra  United Kingdom The steamship collided with the steamship Redbrook ( United Kingdom) at Bilbao, Spain and was beached.[1]

4 May

List of shipwrecks: 4 May 1883
Ship State Description
Zufreidenheit  Germany The steamship collided with the steamship Ernte ( Germany) and sank in the Vistula. All on board survived.[2]

5 May

List of shipwrecks: 5 May 1883
Ship State Description
Kilmeney Flag unknown The ship departed from Wellington, New Zealand for Newcastle, New South Wales. No further trace, reported overdue.[3]
Little Kate  United Kingdom The schooner was run down and sunk at Sheerness, Kent by the steamship Prinses Marie ( Netherlands) with the loss of one of the four people on board.[4]
Zambesi  United Kingdom The ship foundered in ice off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Quebec City, Canada.[2]

7 May

List of shipwrecks: 7 May 1883
Ship State Description
Tryall  United Kingdom The ship departed from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire for Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. No further trace, reported missing.[5]

9 May

List of shipwrecks: 9 May 1883
Ship State Description
Fidra  United Kingdom The steamship departed from Newcastle, New South Wales for Hong Kong. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[6]
Patria  Norway The barque ran aground, capsized and broke her back at Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Steinkjer to Hartlepool. She was declared a total loss.[2]
Strathendrick  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Crow Rock, off the coast of Pembrokeshire and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from the River Duddon to Newport, Monmouthshire.[2]

10 May

List of shipwrecks: 10 May 1883
Ship State Description
Astrakhan  Russia The steamship ran aground in the Bosphorus at Riva, Ottoman Empire.[7]
Aurania  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Clyde. She was refloated the next day.[8]
Countess  United Kingdom The fishing trawler was abandoned in the Irish Sea 35 nautical miles (65 km) south south west of the Hook Lighthouse, County Wexford. Her crew were rescued by the fishing trawler Esmerelda ( United Kingdom).[2] Countess was towed in to Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire by the tug Fiery Cross ( United Kingdom) on 15 May.[9]
Eliza Ann  United Kingdom The schooner sprang a leak and was beached near Kildonan, Isle of Arran. She was on a voyage from Larne, County Antrim to Ayr.[8]
Horsa  Denmark The steamship was driven ashore at "Bolsaxen". She was on a voyage from Nyborg to Aarhus.[7]
Kolstrup  Germany The ship was wrecked on "Dyer's Island", Cape Colony. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, B Belgium to Shanghai, China.[10]
Mercury  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at Blackpool, Lancashire. Her six crew were rescued.[11]
Nachimoff  Russia The steamship ran aground in the Bosphorus at Kilia, Ottoman Empire.[7]
Raynaud Haiti Haitian Navy The man-of-war collided with the steamship Don ( United Kingdom) and sank at Port-au-Prince.[12]
Rosebank  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground at Wick, Caithness and was damaged. She was refloated.[8]
Victoria  United Kingdom The ship capsized and sank in the Bristol Channel off Lavernock Point, Glamorgan. Her three crew survived. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[8]

11 May

List of shipwrecks: 11 May 1883
Ship State Description
Hugin  Norway The barque was driven ashore in the Nieuwe Diep. She was on a voyage from Galveston, Texas, United States to Hamburg, Germany.[7]

12 May

List of shipwrecks: 12 May 1883
Ship State Description
Inchgarvie  United Kingdom The steamship collided with the steamship Athens ( United Kingdom) at Antwerp, Belgium and was beached. Inchgarvie was on a voyage from Akyab, Burma to Antwerp.[11]
Mark  United Kingdom The ship departed from Maryport, Cumberland for Belfast, County Antrim. No further trace, reported missing.[13]
Nova Rosa  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on "Reune Head", Devon.[11]

13 May

List of shipwrecks: 13 May 1883
Ship State Description
Mississippi  United States The steamship, was destroyed by fire at Seattle, Washington. Her wreck was abandoned.
Mourino  United Kingdom The steamship collided with Brookfield at Gibraltar and was beached.[7]

14 May

List of shipwrecks: 14 May 1883
Ship State Description
Annie  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore on Öland, Sweden.[7] She was refloated and towed in to Kalmar, Sweden.[9]
Bessie  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Port Talbot, Glamorgan.[7]
Hans Holmboe  Norway The brig was driven ashore at Lemvig, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Christiania.[7]
Kalmia  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the James and Marys, in the Hooghly River.[7]
Nordstjernen  Sweden The brig was driven ashore on Öland. She was on a voyage from Oscarshamn to Antwerp, Belgium.[7]

16 May

List of shipwrecks: 16 May 1883
Ship State Description
Job T. Wilson  United States The steamship sank in a gale off Windmill Point, Virginia with the loss of a crew member.[14]

17 May

List of shipwrecks: 17 May 1883
Ship State Description
Chinsura  India The steamship was driven ashore near False Point.[15] She was declared a total loss.[10]
Sappho  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Scheldt opposite Bath, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Bristol, Gloucestershire. She subsequently brok in tow; the stern section sank.[15]

18 May

List of shipwrecks: 18 May 1883
Ship State Description
Catania  United Kingdom The steamship struck an uncharted rock and was abandoned in the Hanish Islands. Her crew were rescued by Stolzenfels ( Germany). Catania was on a voyage from Kurrachee, India to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.[10]

19 May

List of shipwrecks: 19 May 1883
Ship State Description
Sierra Palma  United Kingdom The ship struck a sunken rock and foundered 30 nautical miles (56 km) east of East London, Cape Colony with the loss of one of the 30 people on board. She was on a voyage from Rangoon, Burma to Liverpool, Lancashire.[12]

21 May

List of shipwrecks: 21 May 1883
Ship State Description
Amity  United Kingdom The steamship collided with the steamship India and sank. Her crew were rescued by India. Amity was on a voyage from Taganrog, Russia to London.[16]

23 May

List of shipwrecks: 23 May 1883
Ship State Description
Bay of Cadiz  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Scarp Island, Outer Hebrides. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Dundee, Forfarshire.[17] She was refloated on 1 June.[18]

24 May

List of shipwrecks: 24 May 1883
Ship State Description
Isle of Arran  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore on the coast of Sweden. She was on a voyage from Charlestown to "Frederica".[19]

25 May

List of shipwrecks: 25 May 1883
Ship State Description
Amon  United States The steamship was wrecked on a railway bridge pier at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with the loss of a crew member.[14]
Falke  Germany The barque sank at "Ichabor" with the loss of all on board.[20]
Iduna, and
Zadok 		 United Kingdom The steamship Iduna was run into by the barque Zadok and sank 14 nautical miles (26 km) off St. Catherine's Point, Isle of Wight. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Málaga, Spain. Zadok was severely damaged; she put in to Portsmouth, Hampshire waterlogged at the bow.[17]

30 May

List of shipwrecks: 30 May 1883
Ship State Description
Fedalma  Germany The ship departed from Rockhampton, Maine, United States for Hamburg. No further trace, reported missing.[21]

31 May

List of shipwrecks: 31 May 1883
Ship State Description
Alexander II  Russia The ship was driven ashore at "Kibbasar", Saaremaa. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[18]
Leslie  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Dunfanaghy, County Donegal. She was refloated the next day.[18]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in May 1883
Ship State Description
Bellmore  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Bermuda. She was refloated.[7]
Bina Campbell  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Indian Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bimlipatam, India to London.[22]
Eureka  United States The steamship was wrecked in the Peril Strait. All on board survived.[23]
Fides  United Kingdom The brig foundered at sea on or before 12 May. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to Vlaardingen, South Holland, Netherlands.[7]
Gulnare  Canada Canada The ship was driven ashore in Little Egg Harbor. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Port Antonio, Jamaica.[7]
Hilda  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore on Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles. Her crew survived.[24]
Inga  Norway The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom to Quebec City, Canada.[7]
Iris  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Cardiff, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.[7]
John R. Worcester  United States The ship was driven ashore at Alleppey, India. She was on a voyage from Colombo, Ceylon to Alleppey.[8]
Ludwig  Belgium The steamship was severely damaged by fire at Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Montreal.[18]
Margarethe Flag unknown The ship was driven ashore near Pärnu, Russia.[7]
Niels Koren  Norway The schooner ran aground at Copenhagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from St. David's, Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom to Westervik, Sweden.[8]
Vrijheid  Netherlands The brig foundered in the Indian Ocean before 15 May. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Moluccas, Netherlands East Indies to Amsterdam, North Holland.[9]

References

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  2. ^ a b c d e "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 30817. London. 11 May 1883. col F, p. 11.
  3. ^ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 30918. London. 6 September 1883. col F, p. 8.
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  6. ^ "High Courth of Justice". The Times. No. 31809. London. 13 July 1886. col D-F, A, pp. 3-4.
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  12. ^ a b "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 30827. London. 23 May 1883. col D, p. 6.
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  14. ^ a b "Annual report of the Supervising Inspector-general Steamboat-inspection Service, Year ending June 30, 1883". Columbia University. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
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  21. ^ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 31069. London. 29 February 1884. col E, p. 11.
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