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The list of shipwrecks in May 1884 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during May 1884.

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1 May

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List of shipwrecks: 1 May 1884
Ship State Description
Denia  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to London. She was refloated with the assistance of a number of smacks and resumed her voyage.[1]
Matilde  Sweden The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Svaneke, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Kalmar to Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom.[1]
Seslin  United States The schooner was wrecked on a rock near Howkan (54°52′15″N 132°48′05″W / 54.87083°N 132.80139°W / 54.87083; -132.80139 (Howkan)), Long Island, Department of Alaska. Her three crew survived.[2]

3 May

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List of shipwrecks: 3 May 1884
Ship State Description
Jane M'Call  United Kingdom The schooner collided with the pier at Maryport, Cumberland and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Strangford River to Maryport.[3]
Kate Sancton  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore south of St. Bees Head, Cumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada.[3]
Nevada, and
Romano 		 United Kingdom The steamship Romano collided with the steamship Nevada and sank in the Atlantic Ocean. All on board were rescued by Nevada. Romano was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Nevada was on a voyage from New York, United States to Liverpool. She was severely damaged and put in to Saint John's, Newfoundland Colony on 6 May.[4]
Thetis  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on "Brian Island".[5]

4 May

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List of shipwrecks: 4 May 1884
Ship State Description
Tim Whiffler  United Kingdom The barge foundered off Ryde, Isle of Wight. Her crew were rescued.[3]

5 May

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List of shipwrecks: 5 May 1884
Ship State Description
Magellanes  Spain The steamship was driven ashore at Barcelona. She was on a voyage from Manila, Spanish East Indies to Barcelona.[3]
Riversdale  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Point Divi, India.[3]

6 May

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List of shipwrecks: 6 May 1884
Ship State Description
Northwest Lightship Trinity House The lightship was run into by the steamship Corso ( United Kingdom) and was severely damaged.[6]
Onega  Russia The steamship ran aground on the London Chest, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Saint Petersburg.[7]

8 May

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List of shipwrecks: 8 May 1884
Ship State Description
Gelderland  United Kingdom The steamship caught fire in the Red Sea. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland to Batavia, Netherlands East Indies She put back to Suez, Khedivate of Egypt, where she arrived on 12 May. Her passengers were transferred to Bertha (Flag unknown).[8]
City of Portland  United States The passenger ship, a paddle steamer, struck Northwest Ledge, off Owls Head, Maine (44°02′56″N 069°02′54″W / 44.04889°N 69.04833°W / 44.04889; -69.04833 (City of Portland)), and sank without loss of life in up to 40 feet (12 m) of water.[9]

9 May

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List of shipwrecks: 9 May 1884
Ship State Description
Constance  United Kingdom The barque sprang a leak and foundered off Jamaica. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Old Harbour, Jamaica to Goole, Yorkshire.[10][11]
Georgina  United Kingdom The ship collided with the steamship Vale of Calder ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Shannon. Her crew were rescued.[8]
Regina  Norway The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Gnisvärde, Gotland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Ljusne, Sweden.[6] She was later refloated and towed in to Visby, Gotland.[8]

10 May

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List of shipwrecks: 10 May 1884
Ship State Description
Cormorant, and
George Bewley 		 United Kingdom The barque George Bewley was run into by the steamship Cormorant and sank off the Tuskar Rock with the loss of three of her crew. George Bewley was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to a port in Chile. Cormorant was severely damaged at the bow. Her 22 passengers were taken off by the steamship Avoca ( United Kingdom). Cormorant was on a voyage from Cork to Liverpool. She put in to Rosslare Bay where temporary repairs were made. She then put in to Kingstown, County Dublin.[12][13]
J.S. Seaverns  United States The steamship sank in Lake Superior at Michipicoten, Ontario, Canada with no loss of life. Her wreck was discovered in 2016.

11 May

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List of shipwrecks: 11 May 1884
Ship State Description
Mercia  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at "Bakari". She was on a voyage from Livorno, Italy to New York, United States. She was refloated with assistance and put in to Patras, Greece.[8]
Syria  United Kingdom
The wreck of Syria
The sailing ship ran aground on the Nasili Reef off the Fiji Islands with the loss of 59 lives from her 497 passengers, plus her crew. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Suva, Fiji Islands.
Tunstall Canada Canada The steamship was holed by ice and foundered in the Gulf of St. Lawrence (46°30′N 62°54′W / 46.500°N 62.900°W / 46.500; -62.900). Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Pictou, Nova Scotia to Montreal, Quebec.[13][14][15]

12 May

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List of shipwrecks: 12 May 1884
Ship State Description
Dagmar  Sweden The brig ran aground at Barranquilla, United States of Colombia and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom to Barranquilla.[16]

14 May

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List of shipwrecks: 14 May 1884
Ship State Description
Catherine and Alice  United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned off St. Albans Head, Dorset. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Nefyn, Caernarfonshire. She was towed in to Weymouth, Dorset by the schooner William Martyn ( United Kingdom).[15]
St. Olaf  Norway The brigantine capsized in Colwyn Bay and drifted ashore at Rhyl, Denbighshire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Norway to Connah's Quay, Flintshire.[15]

15 May

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List of shipwrecks: 15 May 1884
Ship State Description
Athanasios Vagliamos  Greece The ship was driven ashore on rocks just above Port Gaverne, Cornwall. Her three crew took to the boat and landed safely ashore. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Italy.[17]
Ilyrian  United Kingdom The cargo ship was wrecked on Cape Clear Island, County Cork. All on board survived. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Boston, Massachusetts, United States.[18][10]

17 May

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List of shipwrecks: 17 May 1884
Ship State Description
xxxx  United Kingdom The ship .[19]

18 May

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List of shipwrecks: 18 May 1884
Ship State Description
Catherine and Alice  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned off St Alban's Bay. She was subsequently towed in to port as a derelict. Her captain was found guilty at Liverpool sessions of "... neglecting to take measures to avert the loss of his vessel." He was sentenced to 18 months in prison.[20]
Cupido  Sweden The brigantine capsized off Skye, Outer Hebrides, United Kingdom with the loss of two lives. She was on a voyage from Malmö to Campbeltown, Argyllshire, United Kingdom.[21]

19 May

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List of shipwrecks: 19 May 1884
Ship State Description
Felicia, and
Northern Star 		 Germany
 United Kingdom 		The steamships collided off Bornholm, Denmark. Northern Star sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Memel, Germany to an English port. Felicia was severely damaged at the bow. She was on a voyage from Burntisland, Fife, United Kingdom to Cronstadt, Russia. She put in to Copenhagen, Denmark.[19]
Retriever  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore on the north of Santorini, Greece and was severely damaged.[19] She was declared a total loss[22]

22 May

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List of shipwrecks: 22 May 1884
Ship State Description
Castalia  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked near Dénia, Spain. She was on a voyage from Valencia, Spain to New York, United States.[21]

23 May

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List of shipwrecks: 23 May 1884
Ship State Description
''Brothers,
Flower of Portsoy,
Mary Ann, and
Velocity 		 United Kingdom The ships collided in the River Mersey and were all damaged; Flower of Portsoy and Mary Ann severely.[16]
Unnamed Flag unknown The derelict schooner was driven ashore in a capsized condition on the Isle of Skye, Outer Hebrides, United Kingdom.[23]

24 May

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List of shipwrecks: 24 May 1884
Ship State Description
Askalon  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground off "Cape Romania".[16] She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to Calcutta, India. She was refloated and taken into a port for a survey.[22]
Mourino  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore on the south point of Öland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from London to Cronstadt, Russia. She was refloated with assistance and taken in to Oskarshamn, Sweden.[16]
Penelope  United Kingdom The schooner collided with the steamship Princess Alice ( United Kingdom) and sank off the Buchan Ness Lighthouse, Aberdeenshire. Her crew were rescued.[24]
Petrel, and an
unnamed vessel 		 United Kingdom The schooner Petrel collided with a Mersey Flat off Seacombe, Cheshire. Both vessels sank. Their crews were rescued.[16]

26 May

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List of shipwrecks: 26 May 1884
Ship State Description
Daring, and
Skeellings 		Flags unknown The schooner Daring collided with the steamshipSkeellings and both vessels sank off the Chicken Rock, Isle of Man. The captain and two of the crew of Daring drowned.[25]

27 May

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List of shipwrecks: 27 May 1884
Ship State Description
Constance  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the River Avon and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.[26]
Daring  United Kingdom The schooner was run down and sunk off the Isle of Man. Her crew were rescued by Brothers ( United Kingdom).[24]
Eleanor and Jane  United Kingdom The schooner struck a sunken rock and foundered off the mouth of the River Yealm. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Port Madoc, Caernarfonshire to Hamburg, Germany.[22]
Unnamed Flag unknown The schooner ran aground on the Brook Ledge, off the Isle of Wight, United Kingdom.[22]

28 May

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List of shipwrecks: 28 May 1884
Ship State Description
Progress  United Kingdom The Mersey Flat was run into by the steamship Renpor ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Mersey.[26]

29 May

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List of shipwrecks: 29 May 1884
Ship State Description
Delabole  United Kingdom The steamship collided with the barque Caspar ( United Kingdom) and foundered in the Bristol Channel off the Bull Point Lighthouse, Devon. Her crew were rescued by Caspar. Delabole was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Caen, Calvados, France.[27]
Doktor Witte  Germany The brig was driven ashore at Kastrup, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Bristol, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom.[27]
Posang  China The steamship ran aground in the Fisherman's Group. Her passengers were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to Shanghai.[27] She was abandoned as a total loss.[28]

30 May

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List of shipwrecks: 30 May 1884
Ship State Description
Westminster  United Kingdom The steamship collided with the steamship Nerissa ( United Kingdom) and sank off the Mouse Sand. Her crew were rescued by Nerissa.[29]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in May 1884
Ship State Description
Albertha  Netherlands The brig was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Sunbeam ( United Kingdom), which put four of her crew aboard. They took Albertha in to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[26]
Anna Carolina  Germany The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Kuresaare, Russia. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands to Vyborg, Grand Duchy of Finland.[16]
Aspirant  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked on the Lemon and Ower Sands, in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Nentwater ( United Kingdom). Aspirant was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Aspinwall, United States of Colombia.[13]
Boskenna Bay Flag unknown The steamship was driven ashore in Chesapeake Bay. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States to Antwerp, Belgium. She was later refloated and resumed her voyage.[6]
Bulli  New South Wales The steamship was driven ashore at Paternoster Point, Cape Colony. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Adelaide, South Australia. She was declared a total loss.[6][30]
Denderah  Germany The steamship collided with the steamship SS Rio ( Germany) and sank at São Vicente, Cape Verde Islands. All on board were rescued. Denderah was on a voyage from Valparaíso, Chile to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France.[15]
Doris  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at "Balanga", Africa before 11 May. Her crew were rescued.[13]
D. W. Pickering  United Kingdom The ship struck the Harry Furlong Rocks, in the Irish Sea off the coast of Anglesey. She consequently foundered off The Skerries, Anglesey. Her crew survived.[15]
Gothenburg City  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Sproge, Gotland, Sweden. She was on her maiden voyage, from Hartlepool, County Durham to Stockholm, Sweden.[3]
Grassendale  United Kingdom The ship departed from New York, United States for Shanghai, China. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all 32 crew.[31]
Hero  Russia The barque ran aground at Gibraltar.[3] She was refloated.[7]
Elsa  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore on Romsø, Denmark.[7] She was later refloated and put in to Helsingør, Denmark in a waterlogged condition.[8]
Giulia Anna  Italy The barque was wrecked at Cape Palos, Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sourabaya, Netherlands East Indies to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.[16]
Harbinger  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Couva, Trinidad.[29]
J. P. Taylor  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Whitburn Steel Rocks. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to the River Tyne. She was refloated with assistance and taken in to the River Tyne.[16]
Knight Templar  United Kingdom The tug collided with the steamship El Dorado ( United Kingdom) and sank at Blyth, Northumberland.[23]
L. H. de Veber Canada Canada The barque ran aground on the Lereher Rock. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick to Avonmouth, Somerset, United Kingdom. She was refloated and put in to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia in a leaky condition.[22]
Nebo  United Kingdom The steamship struck the Aliwal Rock and foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to the Natal Colony.[32]
Orion  Austria-Hungary The steamship was damaged by fire at Hong Kong.[23]
Pendle Hill  United Kingdom The brig was reported to have been wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Port Mackay, Queensland to Sydney, New South Wales.[29] She was refloated in late June and towed in to Hong Kong.[33]
Pony  Germany The tug was run into by the steamship Paola ( Germany) at Swinemünde and sank.[8]
Ravenscliffe  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and wrecked in the Bahamas. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France to Doboy, Georgia, United States.[34]
Rio Branco  Brazil The steamship was wrecked. All on board were rescued.[16]
River Lagan  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Falsterbo, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Ventspils, Russia to Ardrossan, Ayrshire. She was later refloated and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark.[16]
Senorine  France The brig was lost on the Grand Banks of Newfoundland with the loss of 62 lives.[35]
Stolzenfels  Germany The steamship was run into by the steamship Canton ( United Kingdom) at Saigon, French Indo-China and sank.[12] All on board were rescued.[15]
William Symington  United Kingdom The ship caught fire at A Coruña, Spain. She was on a voyage from Genoa, Italy to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[16]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The Yorkshire Billyboy ran aground on the Nore.[22]

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