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The list of shipwrecks in May 1865 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during May 1865 .
List of shipwrecks: 16 May 1865
Ship
State
Description
Choice
Victoria
The 162-ton brigantine was wrecked at New Plymouth , New Zealand, when she dragged her anchors and went onshore during a heavy gale.[ 36]
Ellen Jenkins , orHelen Jenkinson
United Kingdom
The brigantine foundered 15 nautical miles (28 km) west of Bardsey Island , Pembrokeshire . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Ostend , West Flanders , Belgium.[ 37] [ 19]
Mary
United Kingdom
The brigantine foundered off Holyhead , Anglesey . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the River Duddon to Briton Ferry , Glamorgan .[ 38] [ 19]
Unnamed
Denmark
The East Indiaman capsized and sank at South Shields , County Durham , United Kingdom .[ 19]
List of shipwrecks: 18 May 1865
Ship
State
Description
Palinurus
New Zealand
The coal-laden ketch was wrecked at Sumner when the wind dropped suddenly while she was crossing a sandbar.[ 36]
List of shipwrecks: 21 May 1865
Ship
State
Description
Ellen
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground on the Droogden, in the Baltic Sea . She was on a voyage from Neustadt in Holstein , Duchy of Holstein to Leith , Lothian .[ 15]
Illustrious
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on St, Paul Island , Nova Scotia , British North America . She was on a voyage from Algiers , Algeria to Quebec City , Province of Canada , British North America.[ 56]
Julia
United States
Carrying a cargo of corn for an expedition by Brigadier General Alfred Sully , the steamer sank in the Missouri River about 10 nautical miles (19 km) downstream of Sioux City, Iowa .[ 57]
Orion
United Kingdom
The barque sprang a leak and foundered 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north west of the Wolf Rock , Cornwall . Her eleven crew were rescued by the schooner Cameleon ( United Kingdom ). Orion was on a voyage from Plymouth , Devon to Vera Cruz , Mexico.[ 58] [ 59]
List of shipwrecks: 24 May 1865
Ship
State
Description
Alliance
New Zealand
The 73-ton schooner was beached to the north of the mouth of the Waikato River when her sails were blown to shreds by a heavy gale.[ 61]
Delaware
United States
The 616- or 650-ton sidewheel paddle steamer was lost on the St. Johns River on the coast of Florida inside St. Johns Bar .[ 62]
Denbigh
United Kingdom
American Civil War , Union blockade : Pursued by the armed sidewheel paddle steamers USS Cornubia and USS Fort Jackson and the armed screw steamer USS Princess Royal (all United States Navy ) while trying to run the Union blockade during a voyage from Havana , Cuba , to Galveston, Texas , the 250-gross register ton sidewheel paddle steamer ran aground on the coast of Texas on Bird Key Spit near Bolivar Point . United States Navy warships shelled and wrecked her. A boarding party from the gunboat USS Kennebec and the sloop-of-war USS Seminole (both United States Navy ) burned her on 25 May, making her the last blockade runner destroyed during the American Civil War.[ 63]
Euphemia
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground and sank in the River Ouse . She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Lewes , Sussex .[ 64]
George Olympus
United Kingdom
The steamship sprang a leak and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 70 nautical miles (130 km) east south east of Sandy Hook , New Jersey , United States. Her crew were rescued by a pilot boat . She was on a voyage from New York , United States to London .[ 56]
Lecompt
Confederate States of America
American Civil War, Union blockade: Pursued by the sidewheel paddle steamer USS Cornubia ( United States Navy ), the schooner ran aground on the coast of Texas at Bird Key Spit in Galveston Bay . She was set afire by Union forces and became a wreck on Bolivar Point Beach .[ 65] [ 66]
List of shipwrecks: 25 May 1865
Ship
State
Description
Colonel Cowles
United States
American Civil War : The full-rigged ship was destroyed in port at Mobile, Alabama , when a nearby captured Confederate warehouse filled with ammunition exploded.[ 67]
Fusilier
United Kingdom
The full-rigged ship was wrecked on the Bluff Rocks, on the coast of the Colony of Natal with the loss of twenty lives. She was on a voyage from London to Melbourne , Victoria .[ 68]
HMS Herring
Royal Navy
The Albacore -class gunboat ran aground at Mickery Island, in the Firth of Forth . She was on a voyage from Leith , Lothian to North Queensferry , Fife .[ 69] She was later refloated, but was consequently broken up at Sheerness , Kent .[ 70]
Kate Dale
United States
American Civil War: The 428-bulk ton sidewheel paddle steamer was set afire and destroyed in port at Mobile, when a nearby captured Confederate warehouse filled with ammunition exploded.[ 71]
Nemesis
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground on the Rinfuhah Shoal.[ 72]
List of shipwrecks: 31 May 1865
Ship
State
Description
Anna
Stettin
The ship was driven ashore at Halmstad , Sweden. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland , United Kingdom to Stettin.[ 22]
Felix
Sweden
The brig ran aground off Skagen , Denmark. She was refloated and taken in tow by Portia ( United Kingdom ). Felix was on a voyage from Shoreham-by-Sea , Sussex , United Kingdom to Gothenburg .[ 72]
Northern Chief
United States
The fishing schooner collided with the steamship Bosphorus ( United Kingdom ) and sank at Boston, Massachusetts , or off Cape Sable Island . 5 crewmen scrambled aboard Bosphorus before the ship sank. Her Captain and 5 crewmen drowned.[ 86] [ 87]
Pickering
United Kingdom
The brigantine collided with the schooner Cornwall ( United Kingdom ) and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to London .[ 22]
Rosa
Guernsey
The barque ran aground on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk . She was on a voyage from South Shields , County Durham to Guernsey. She was refloated and taken in to Lowestoft , Suffolk in a leaky condition.[ 22]
Volta
United Kingdom
The barque was driven ashore at "Stubben", Denmark. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Saint Petersburg , Russia . She was refloated on 2 June and taken in to Copenhagen , Denmark for repairs.[ 22]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in May 1865
Ship
State
Description
Alibi
United Kingdom
The barque ran aground on the Carysfort Reef on or before 11 May. She was on a voyage from Cardiff , Glamorgan to Cienfuegos , Cuba .[ 88]
Angela Burdett Coutts
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked near Masulipatam , India before 13 May.[ 89]
Anglo-Saxon
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at "Point Leir", British North America before 27 May.[ 85]
Argentinus
United Kingdom
The ship was sunk by ice before 27 May. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull , Yorkshire to Quebec City , Province of Canada , British North America.[ 85]
Blue Bell
New Zealand
The ketch left Hokitika for Greymouth sometime in May, and was not seen again. She may have capsized in a gale. She had a crew of four.[ 61]
Brothers
United Kingdom
The ship sprang a leak off Skerries , County Dublin and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Lady Eglington ( United Kingdom ). Brothers was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Marseille , Bouches-du-Rhône , France.[ 24]
Cairngorm
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground in the Saint Lawrence River at Kamouraska , Province of Canada. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan , Ayrshire to Quebec City. She was refloated on 8 May.[ 8] [ 90]
Cora II
United States
Carrying a cargo of stores and ordnance for an expedition by brigadier General Alfred Sully , the 215-ton sternwheel paddle steamer sank in the Missouri River near De Soto and Fort Calhoun , Nebraska Territory on 1 or 4 May.[ 30]
Corsair
South Australia
The pilot boat foundered at Adelaide with the loss of four of her five crew.[ 28]
Dolly
Confederate States of America
American Civil War : After being seized by Union forces in May 1863 at Edwards Ferry , North Carolina , the steamer was sunk in a canal along with a lighter carrying a cargo of iron plates. The sinking of both vessels was reported on 27 May.[ 91] [ 92]
Eagle
Flag unknown
The schooner was stranded on the coast of California at Russian Gulch during a gale .[ 93]
Edith
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Genoa , Italy to Alexandria , Egypt .[ 94]
Esperanza
Spain
The ship was wrecked near Ribadesella . She was on a voyage from Ribadeo to Swansea , Glamorgan.[ 95]
Eugenie
Italy
The full-rigged ship was driven ashore in Tangier Bay . She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland , United Kingdom to Castello a Mare , Sicily .[ 22]
George
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked near "Cintra" before 21 May. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Pará , Brazil .[ 96]
Hope
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 12 May. her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Limerick to Quebec City.[ 51]
Independence
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Arichat , Nova Scotia . She was on a voyage from Buctouche , New Brunswick , British North America to Liverpool. She was later refloated.[ 51]
Kate
United Kingdom
The 245-ton brig was wrecked near New Plymouth , New Zealand. She was becalmed and driven on shore by a heavy swell.[ 36]
Kate
United States
The ship was wrecked on Old Providence Island , United States of Colombia . She was on a voyage from New York to Puerto Rico.[ 37]
Kate Williams
New Zealand
The schooner left Hicks Bay for Auckland early in May, and was either wrecked on the coast or foundered at sea.[ 61]
Mars
United States
The 55-ton sidewheel paddle steamer struck a snag and sank in the Missouri River at Coughlan's Landing across from the mouth of the Fishing River .[ 57]
Mary Pring
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Korsør , Denmark. She was refloated and taken in to Kiel , Prussia , where she arrived on 22 May.[ 22]
Mercury
United States
The 184-ton sternwheel paddle steamer was beached and sank in the Mississippi River at Harrison's Landing downstream of St. Louis , Missouri , after colliding with Hard Times ( United States ).[ 97]
Pliny F. Barton
United States
The 40-ton screw steamer burned on the St. Clair River in Michigan .[ 98]
Two Brothers
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned off the Tuskar Rock before 9 May. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan , Ayrshire to Marseille , Bouches-du-Rhône , France.[ 85]
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