List of shipwrecks in May 1865

The list of shipwrecks in May 1865 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during May 1865.

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1 May
List of shipwrecks: 1 May 1865
ShipCountryDescription
Fanny Taylor  United Kingdom The schooner collided with Harmonides ( United Kingdom) and sank off South Stack, Anglesey. Her crew were rescued.[1]
Mary Jane  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked. A message in a bottle washed up at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk on 7 May 1867 giving the news.[2]
Zoe  United Kingdom The ship was taken in to the Isles of Scilly in a derelict condition. She was on a voyage from "Camillos" to Antwerp, Belgium.[3]

2 May
List of shipwrecks: 2 May 1865
ShipCountryDescription
Æolus  United Kingdom The whaler was run ashore at West Horn Point, Iceland. Her 60 crew survived. She was on a voyage from Greenland to Hull, Yorkshire.[4][5]
John Munro  United Kingdom The ship ran aground near Lymington, Hampshire. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Southampton, Hampshire.[6]

3 May
List of shipwrecks: 3 May 1865
ShipCountryDescription
Nuovo  Spain The ship was wrecked on the Newgate Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Limerick to Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom.[3]
Wide-Awake  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Cape North, Nova Scotia, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America.[7][8]

4 May
List of shipwrecks: 4 May 1865
ShipCountryDescription
Success Flag unknown The 287-ton barque was wrecked south of Nelson, New Zealand while en route from Newcastle, New South Wales to Wellington, New Zealand.[9]

5 May
List of shipwrecks: 5 May 1865
ShipCountryDescription
Golden Rule  United States The 2,267-ton sidewheel paddle steamer was stranded on Roncador Reef in the Caribbean Sea off the coast of Nicaragua with 635 passengers on board. They were rescued a week later.[10]
Pomerania Stralsund The steamship was driven ashore near Malmö, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Malmö to Stralsund.[11]

6 May
List of shipwrecks: 6 May 1865
ShipCountryDescription
Hypatia  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Hooghly River. She was refloated.[12]
Kennington  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship ran aground in the Hooghly River. She was refloated.[12]

7 May
List of shipwrecks: 7 May 1865
ShipCountryDescription
Maple Leaf  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Saaremaa, Russia. She was refloated.[6]
Sylph  United States The steamer ran ashore on the Savannah River in Georgia upstream of Fort Pulaski.[13]
Three Sisters  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Lemvig, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Memel, Prussia.[6][14]

8 May
List of shipwrecks: 8 May 1865
ShipCountryDescription
USS Glasgow  United States Navy The sidewheel gunboat struck a submerged obstruction and sank in Mobile Bay off Mobile, Alabama. She was refloated on 19 June 1865 and returned to service on 1 July 1866.[15]
Hattie  United Kingdom The 284-gross register ton sidewheel paddle steamer was lost in the Atlantic Ocean.[16]
Hemisphere Borealis  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and was beached in the Aran Islands, County Galway. She was on a voyage from Newport Pratt, County Mayo to Penarth, Glamorgan. She was refloated on 13 May and take in to Galway for repairs.[17]
May  United Kingdom The 97-ton schooner, carrying china clay from Par, Cornwall to Runcorn, Cheshire, struck the Runnel Stone and sank. Her crew survived.[15][11] She subsequently refloated and came ashore at Cape Cornwall, Cornwall.[18]

9 May
List of shipwrecks: 9 May 1865
ShipCountryDescription
Inez Lee  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the West Rocks, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[11]
Rubens  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was wrecked at the mouth of the Salt River. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Cape Town, Cape Colony.[19][20]

10 May
List of shipwrecks: 10 May 1865
ShipCountryDescription
Dahlia  United Kingdom The barque ran aground on the Pickles Reef. She was on a voyage from Savannah-la-Mar, Jamaica to London. She was a total loss.[21]
Galeed  United Kingdom The ship struck the Runnel Stone and sank.[11]
Maria Soames  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked at Whitby, Yorkshire. Her nineteen crew were rescued by the Whitby Lifeboat.[22] She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Alexandria, Egypt.[23]
Tonderghie  United Kingdom The wherry, carrying quicklime, struck a rock in Whithorn Bay, caught fire and sank. She was on a voyage from Workington, Cumberland to the Isle of Whithorn, Lancashire.[24]

12 May
List of shipwrecks: 12 May 1865
ShipCountryDescription
Abeona or Adeona New South Wales The schooner grounded on a spit at the mouth of New Zealand's Whanganui River and could not be refloated.[25]
Fiery Star  United Kingdom The disabled clipper sank in the Pacific Ocean about 25 nautical miles (46 km) off the coast of New Zealand in the vicinity of 37°05′S 175°42′E, due to damage caused by a fire on board that had been discovered on 19 April during a storm and had never been put out. The barque Dauntless (Flag unknown) rescued the eighteen people remaining aboard Fiery Star. Another 87 people who had abandoned Fiery Star in four lifeboats on 20 April disappeared without trace.
Malakoff  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. Her crew were rescued by a fishing boat. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Halifax, Nova Scotia.[26]
Murray South Australia The pilot boat, a schooner was driven ashore in Wallaroo Bay. She was consequently condemned.[27]
Oak New Zealand The 120-ton brigantine was the first of several ships wrecked during a three-day gale at Hokitika. She arrived at the town from Invercargill, but was caught by a fierce current and driven ashore, where she was pummeled by a storm surge. All passengers and crew survived, but several of the livestock that were being transported were lost.[28]

13 May
List of shipwrecks: 13 May 1865
ShipCountryDescription
E. O. Stanard  United States Carrying stores for an expedition by Brigadier General Alfred Sully ( Union Army), the 281-ton sidewheel paddle steamer struck a snag and sank in the Missouri River at De Soto Bend.[29]

14 May
List of shipwrecks: 14 May 1865
ShipCountryDescription
Amazon  United States The lumber schooner ran aground on the coast of California at the entrance to San Francisco Bay at Cliff House.[30]
Gannet New Zealand The 27-top cutter (or sloop), carrying timber from Picton was driven ashore by a heavy sea during a gale at Hokitika.[31]
Glasgow New Zealand The 47-ton schooner was buffeted by a heavy sea during a gale, losing her rudder and anchor cable. She was carried onto a beach to the south of the mouth of the Hokitika River.[32]

15 May
List of shipwrecks: 15 May 1865
ShipCountryDescription
Minnehaha  United States The 531-ton sdewheel paddle steamer burned at New Orleans, Louisiana.[33]
Unnamed  France The ship was wrecked on Boa Vista, Cape Verde Islands with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to the River Plate.[34]

16 May
List of shipwrecks: 16 May 1865
ShipCountryDescription
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.[35]
Ellen Jenkins, or
Helen 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.[36][18]
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.[37][18]
Unnamed  Denmark The East Indiaman capsized and sank at South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom.[18]

17 May
List of shipwrecks: 17 May 1865
ShipCountryDescription
Alacrity  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and wrecked in Table Bay.[38]
Alma  United Kingdom The ship was severely damaged in Table Bay.[39]
Athens  United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked at the Cape of Good Hope, Cape Colony with the loss of 28 of her 45 crew. She was on a voyage from Cape Town, Cape Colony to Mauritius.[40][41][38]
Benjamin Miller  United Kingdom The cutter was driven ashore and wrecked in Table Bay.[38]
Brabner  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and wrecked in Table Bay.[38]
Carstens  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked in Table Bay.[38]
City of Peterborough  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and wrecked in Table Bay with the loss of all seventeen people on board.[38][42]
Closter  Denmark The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked in Table Bay.[38]
Dane Cape Colony The steamship was severely damaged in Table Bay.[43][41]
Dart  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) south of Bridlington, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London.[44]
Galatea  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and damaged in Table Bay. She was refloated.[38]
Gem  United Kingdom The cutter was driven ashore and wrecked in Table Bay.[38]
Giles  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked in Table Bay.[38]
Glendenny  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and wrecked in Table Bay.[38]
Isabel  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked in Table Bay.[38]
Jane  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and damaged in Table Bay. She was refloated.[38]
Kehrwieder Flag unknown The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked in Table Bay.[38]
Maria Johanna  Netherlands The brig was driven ashore and wrecked in Table Bay.[38]
Primauguet  French Navy The Phlégéton-class corvette was driven ashore in Simon's Bay. She was refloated with assistance from HMS Valorous ( Royal Navy).[38][45]
Royal Arthur  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and wrecked in Table Bay.[38] She was on a voyage from Mauritius to London.[42]
Royal Minstrel  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore in Table Bay. She was refloated.[38]
Rutland  United Kingdom The ship was damaged by fire at Liverpool, Lancashire.[44]
Star of the West  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore in Table Bay. She was refloated.[38]
Tanjore  France The full-rigged ship was severely damaged by fire at Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône.[46]

18 May
List of shipwrecks: 18 May 1865
ShipCountryDescription
Palinurus New Zealand The coal-laden ketch was wrecked at Sumner when the wind dropped suddenly while she was crossing a sandbar.[35]

19 May
List of shipwrecks: 19 May 1865
ShipCountryDescription
Burd Levi  United States The 205-ton sternwheel paddle steamer exploded on the Ohio River at West Franklin, Indiana, killing five people.[47]
Childers  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Foochow, China.[48]
Ocean Queen  United Kingdom The barque foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 14 nautical miles (26 km) west north west of the Isles of Scilly. Her eighteen crew were rescued by the barque Hygeia ( United Kingdom). Ocean Queen was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America.[49][50][46][51]
Wanderer  United Kingdom The ship was destroyed by fire at Mogador, Morocco.[52]

20 May
List of shipwrecks: 20 May 1865
ShipCountryDescription
City of Dunedin New Zealand The 327-ton paddle steamer left Wellington for Nelson on 20 May. Cook Strait at the time had a heavy swell, and it is thought she may have been cast onto rocks near Cape Terawhiti. Wreckage was found later in the month. Approximately 40 crew and passengers were lost.[53]
Ellora  United Kingdom The ship sank at Bombay, India. She was on a voyage from Bombay to Liverpool, Lancashire.[54]
Wakool New Zealand The 46-ton steamer was driven ashore by a gale north of the mouth of the Hokitika River, and as a result broke amidships.[31]

21 May
List of shipwrecks: 21 May 1865
ShipCountryDescription
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.[14]
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.[55]
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.[56]
Orion  United Kingdom The barque sprang a leak and foundered 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) nort 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.[57][58]

22 May
List of shipwrecks: 22 May 1865
ShipCountryDescription
Ellora  United Kingdom The ship foundered off Bombay, India. Her crew were rescued.[57]

23 May
List of shipwrecks: 23 May 1865
ShipCountryDescription
Frederika  Sweden The ship departed from Newcaste upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom for Norrköpng. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[59]

24 May
List of shipwrecks: 24 May 1865
ShipCountryDescription
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.[60]
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.[61]
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.[62]
Euphemia  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground and sank in the River Ouse. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Lewes, Sussex.[63]
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.[55]
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.[64][65]

25 May
List of shipwrecks: 25 May 1865
ShipCountryDescription
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.[66]
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.[67]
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.[68] She was later refloated, but was consequently broken up at Sheerness, Kent.[69]
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.[70]
Nemesis  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Rinfuhah Shoal.[71]

26 May
List of shipwrecks: 26 May 1865
ShipCountryDescription
Esmeralda  Argentina The steamship ran aground at San Fernando de Buena Vista. She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires to Rosario.[72]
CSS Viper  Confederate States Navy American Civil War: Captured by Union Army forces in April, the torpedo boat was under tow from Appalachicola, Florida, to Key West, Florida, by the screw steamer USS Yucca ( United States Navy) when she sprang a leak during a storm and sank in the Gulf of Mexico. A United States Navy prize crew aboard her was removed safely before she sank.[73]
Warrior  United Kingdom The ship collided with the barque Tropique ( France) and sank in the English Channel off The Lizard, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued by Tropique. Warrior was on a voyage from Naguabo, Puerto Rico to London.[49][74][14]
Unnamed  Kingdom of Hanover The schooner was wrecked on Inchkeith, Fife, United Kingdom.[75]

28 May
List of shipwrecks: 28 May 1865
ShipCountryDescription
Abigail  United States American Civil War: The whaler, a barque, was burned near the Shantar Islands in the northwestern Sea of Okhotsk at 57°07′N 153°01′E by the merchant raider CSS Shenandoah ( Confederate States Navy). Shenandoah had captured Abigail on 27 May.[76][77][78]
Anne  United Kingdom The ship collided with an Austrian vessel and in the Mediterranean Sea off Cape de Gatt, Spain. She consequently foundered on the next day.[79]
Pilot New Zealand The cutter broke up on a sandspit at the mouth of West Wanganui Inlet (possibly Whanganui Inlet on the South Island's West Coast).[60]
Sir R. Abercrombie  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned off the Agulpha Bank, in the Indian Ocean. She was on a voyage from Madras, India to London.[80]
Sybil  United Kingdom The ship departed from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire for Riga, Russia. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[81]

29 May
List of shipwrecks: 29 May 1865
ShipCountryDescription
Annie  United Kingdom The barque collided with another vessel and sank in the Bay of Biscay. Her crew were rescued.[21]
Governor Troup  United States Carrying over 200 passenger and crew and a cargo of cotton, the 155-ton sidewheel paddle steamer ran into the South Carolina bank of the Savannah River below Augusta, Georgia, killing 40 people.[82]
Leveret  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Hoek van Holland, South Holland, Netherlands. She had been refloated by 8 June.[21]
Robert and Lizzie  United Kingdom The ship sank off Falster, Denmark. Her crew survived.[52]

30 May
List of shipwrecks: 30 May 1865
ShipCountryDescription
Agnes and Mary  United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore at Groomsport, County Down.[83]
Inca  France The brig was wrecked on Tinos, Greece. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Taganrog, Russia.[20]
Johannes Hincke  Sweden The ship was driven ashore north of Marstrand.[84]
Wave  United Kingdom The yacht was wrecked at Hartlepool, County Durham. Her five crew were rescued.[21]

31 May
List of shipwrecks: 31 May 1865
ShipCountryDescription
Anna Stettin The ship was driven ashore at Halmstad, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Stettin.[21]
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.[71]
Northern Chief  United States The fishing schooner collided with the steamship Bosphorus ( United Kingdom) and sank at Boston, Massachusetts.[85]
Pickering  United Kingdom The brigantine collied with the schooner Cornwall ( United Kingdom) and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to London.[21]
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.[21]
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.[21]

Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in May 1865
ShipCountryDescription
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.[86]
Angela Burdett Coutts  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Masulipatam, India before 13 May.[87]
Anglo-Saxon  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at "Point Leir", British North America before 27 May.[84]
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.[84]
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.[60]
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.[23]
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][88]
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.[29]
Corsair South Australia The pilot boat foundered at Adelaide with the loss of four of her five crew.[27]
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.[89][90]
Eagle Flag unknown The schooner was stranded on the coast of California at Russian Gulch during a gale.[91]
Edith  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Genoa, Italy to Alexandria, Egypt.[92]
Esperanza  Spain The ship was wrecked near Ribadesella. She was on a voyage from Ribadeo to Swansea, Glamorgan.[93]
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.[21]
George  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near "Cintra" before 21 May. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Pará, Brazil.[94]
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.[50]
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.[50]
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.[35]
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.[36]
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.[60]
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.[56]
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.[21]
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).[95]
Pliny F. Barton  United States The 40-ton screw steamer burned on the St. Clair River in Michigan.[96]
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.[84]

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