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The list of shipwrecks in May 1868 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during May 1868 .
List of shipwrecks: 14 May 1868
Ship
State
Description
Auguste Vicran
Prussia
The ship was wrecked in the Orkney Islands , United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from Memel to Dublin , United Kingdom.[ 22]
Belfast
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Horse Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of Lancashire and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Limerick to Preston, Lancashire .[ 14]
Canton
United Kingdom
The barque was wrecked at Acajutla , El Salvador.[ 23]
Erling
Norway
The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands , Kent , United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from Christiania to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 14]
May
United Kingdom
The ship foundered off Kinsale , County Cork . She was on a voyage from Cardiff , Glamorgan to Boston, Massachusetts , United States.[ 14]
List of shipwrecks: 22 May 1868
Ship
State
Description
Garonne
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground and was wrecked on the Buck Rocks, near Land's End , Cornwall with the loss of nineteen of the 37 people on board. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Bordeaux , Gironde , France.[ 37] [ 38] [ 39]
Hope
United Kingdom
The brig sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean . Her crew were rescued by the steamship Beatriz ( Spain ). Hope was on a voyage from Pomaron , Portugal to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 40]
Moravia
United States
The ship ran aground at Dundee , Forfarshire , United Kingdom .[ 41]
Templar
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Nantucket, Massachusetts , United States and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Calcutta , India to Boston, Massachusetts . She was refloated and towed in to Edgartown, Massachusetts in a derelict condition.[ 35]
List of shipwrecks: 28 May 1868
Ship
State
Description
Emilie
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned at sea. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Narva , Russian Empire .[ 35]
Excelsior
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on Fire Island , New York . She was on a voyage from New York City to Halifax, Nova Scotia , Canada .[ 52]
Industry
United Kingdom
The ship caught fire off Sheringham , Norfolk . She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Colchester , Essex . She was taken in to Blakeney, Norfolk for repairs.[ 24]
Jacare
United Kingdom
The steamship sank at Buenos Aires , Argentina. She was later refloated and taken in to Tigre for repairs.[ 53]
Mora
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at Kurrachee , India . She was on a voyage from Greenock , Renfrewshire to Kurrachee. She was refloated.[ 36]
Sarah
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Montreal.[ 35] [ 54]
List of shipwrecks: 31 May 1868
Ship
State
Description
Coquimbana
Flag unknown
The ship was wrecked in the Falkland Islands .[ 59]
Providencia
Spain
The schooner was wrecked 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) north of "Arzilla".[ 60]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in May 1868
Ship
State
Description
Actif
France
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean before 18 May. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Brest , Finistère to the Newfoundland Colony .[ 28]
Albert Gallatin
United Kingdom
The ship was destroyed by fire at Mobile, Alabama .[ 18]
Ann
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground in the Danube . She was on a voyage from Brăila to Sulina , Ottoman Empire and Antwerp , Belgium. She was refloated.[ 18]
Babinau and Gaudry
Canada
The schooner capsized off Anticosti Island , Nova Scotia before 15 May. She was on a voyage from Montreal , Quebec to Saint John's , Newfoundland Colony .[ 50]
Bellona
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at Demerara , British Guiana . She was refloated.[ 61]
Billow
Canada
The sealer was lost in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence before 11 May.[ 21]
Canny Scot
Canada
The ship was wrecked at Gaspé, Quebec . She was on a voyage from Marseille , Bouches-du-Rhône , France to Montreal.[ 22] [ 54]
Ceres
Canada
The sealer was lost in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence before 11 May.[ 21]
Clipper
Canada
The sealer was lost in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence before 11 May.[ 21]
C. Newton
United Kingdom
The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from the Clyde to Montreal.[ 35]
Crescent
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned at sea. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Quebec City , Canada .[ 26]
Criterion
United Kingdom
The ship was destroyed by fire at Pärnu , Russia .[ 61]
Ernest
Canada
The sealer was lost in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence before 11 May.[ 21]
Euxine
United Kingdom
The ship was destroyed by fire at sea before 11 May.[ 18]
Far East
United Kingdom
The steamship was damaged by fire in Annesley Bay before 11 May. She was taken in to Suez , Egypt for repairs.[ 18]
Forest Lad
Jersey
The ship sank at Mocissus , Ottoman Empire.[ 35]
Gazelle
Canada
The sealer was lost in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence before 11 May.[ 21]
Home
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean before 28 May. She was on a voyage from Troon , Ayrshire to Quebec City.[ 48]
Jules
France
The ship was wrecked on the English Bank, in the River Plate . She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce , Seine-Inférieure to Monte Video , Uruguay.[ 22]
Karanjah
Egypt
The steamship was wrecked in the Red Sea . She was on a voyage from Suez to Jeddah , Jeddah Eyalet .[ 35]
Lettice Catherine
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked near Bahia , Brazil before 11 May. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Monte Video , Uruguay.[ 18]
Providenzia
Spain
The schooner was wrecked 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) north of Arzila , Morocco. She was on a voyage from Santa Cruz de Tenerife , Canary Islands to Barcelona .[ 62]
Royal Charlie
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned at se before 6 May. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Boston, Massachusetts .[ 63]
Susan
Canada
The sealer was lost in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence before 11 May.[ 21]
Vedra
United Kingdom
The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from South Shields , County Durham to Quebec City.[ 35]
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Shipwrecks 1860–69, by month
1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869