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The list of shipwrecks in May 1877 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during May 1877.

1 May

List of shipwrecks: 1 May 1877

Ship	State	Description
Maranham	United Kingdom	The ship was sighted in distress whilst on a voyage from Mauritius to a Channel port. Presumed subsequently foundered with the loss of all hands.
Milano	United Kingdom	The schooner ran aground at Dragør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Königsberg, Germany to Bergen, Norway.

2 May

List of shipwrecks: 2 May 1877

Ship	State	Description
Janet and Maria	United Kingdom	The ship foundered in the North Sea off the Newarp Lightship ( Trinity House). Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Sandwich, Kent.
Ogmore	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground off Breaksea Point, Glamorgan. She was later refloated.
R. P. Buck	United States	The barque was wrecked 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) east of the mouth of the Ratel River, Cape Colony. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Java, Netherlands East Indies to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom.
Silvery Wave	United Kingdom	The brig ran aground near Breaksea Point.
St. Aubyn	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground in the Dardanelles. She was refloated with the assistance of tugs and put in to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.

3 May

List of shipwrecks: 3 May 1877

Ship	State	Description
Berkeley Castle	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at South Shields, County Durham. She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Quebec City, Canada.
Hendrika	Netherlands	The ship ran aground on the St. EstepPMG030577>"Ship and Mail News". Pall Mall Gazette. No. 3807 (First ed.). London. 3 May 1877.</ref>
Nouvelle Maria	France	The ship was driven ashore and sank at Queenstown, County Cork, United Kingdom.
Ogmore	United Kingdom	The steamship was driven ashore at Breaksea Point, Glamorgan.

4 May

List of shipwrecks: 4 May 1877

Ship	State	Description
Elizabeth Mary	United Kingdom	The ship was run into by the steamship Pelican ( United Kingdom) and was deiven ashore at Penarth, Glamorgan.
Koh-i-Noor	United Kingdom	The schooner was driven ashore at Balbriggan, County Dublin. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Balbriggan.
Rivera	Spain	The steamship ran aground on the Dorneiru Rock. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Vigo.
Scotia	United Kingdom	The barque was driven ashore at the Sletterhage Lighthouse, Denmark.
St. Pierre	France	The ship sprang a leak and sank in the River Spey.

6 May

List of shipwrecks: 6 May 1877

Ship	State	Description
Dan Glaister	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked in Holm Bay. Her crew were rescued.
Two unnamed vessels	Russia	Russo-Turkish War: The lighters were shelled and sunk in the Danube at Rahowa, Ottoman Empire.

7 May

List of shipwrecks: 7 May 1877

Ship	State	Description
Dragon	United Kingdom	The barque ran aground in the Hooghly River downstream of Diamond Harbour, India. She was on a voyage from Galle, Ceylon to Calcutta, India. She was refloated and completed her voyage.
Two unnamed vessels	Greece	Russo-Turkish War: The ships were shelled and burnt in the Danube at Vidin, Ottoman Empire. They were each on a voyage from Rahova, United Principalities to Sulina, Ottoman Empire. A third vessel was captured.

8 May

List of shipwrecks: 8 May 1877

Ship	State	Description
John Williams	United Kingdom	The ship was holed by a pile and sank at Portsmouth, Hampshire.
Teutonia	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground at New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. She was on a voyage from New Orleans to Liverpool, Lancashire.
Xantho	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Bebek, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated and taken in to Bebek.

9 May

List of shipwrecks: 9 May 1877

Ship	State	Description
Albion	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground in the River Tweed. She was on a voyage from Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.
Alida	United States	1877 Iquique earthquake: The full-rigged ship was wrecked in an earthquake at Pabellón de Pica, Chile.
Arctic	United Kingdom	1877 Iquique earthquake: The ship was damaged in an earthquake at Pabellón de Pica or Huanillos. She was repaired.
Atlantic	Norway	1877 Iquique earthquake: The barque was damaged in an earthquake at Huanillos, Peru.
Austriana	United Kingdom	1877 Iquique earthquake: The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and severely damaged in an earthquake at Callao. She was later refloated.
Avonmore	United Kingdom	1877 Iquique earthquake: The ship was run into by Geneva ( United States), was driven ashore, refloated and sank in an earthquake at Huanillos with the loss of eight lives.
Callao	United Kingdom	1877 Iquique earthquake: The ship was damaged in an earthquake.
Caprera	United Kingdom	1877 Iquique earthquake: The barque was wrecked in an earthquake at Iquique, Peru.
Caroline	France	1877 Iquique earthquake: The ship was damaged in an earthquake at Iquique.
Carollton	United States	1877 Iquique earthquake: The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and severely damaged in an earthquake at Pabellón de Pica. She was later refloated.
C. F. Sergeant	United States	1877 Iquique earthquake: The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and damaged in an earthquake at Huanillos. She was later refloated.
Chanaral	France	1877 Iquique earthquake: The ship was damabed in an earthquake at Iquique.
Charles Luling	Germany	1877 Iquique earthquake: The ship was damaged in an earthquake at Punta de Lobos, Chile.
Cleveland	Norway	1877 Iquique earthquake: The full-rigged ship was damaged in an earthquake at Huanillos.
Condor	United Kingdom	The yacht was driven ashore at Douglas, Isle of Man. Her crew were rescued.
Conference	United Kingdom	1877 Iquique earthquake: The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and crushed by a rockfall in an earthquake at Huanillos. Her crew were rescued.
Conqueror	United Kingdom	1877 Iquique earthquake: The barque was severely damaged in an earthquake at Huanillos, or at Callao.
Conway Castle	United Kingdom	1877 Iquique earthquake: The full-rigged ship was driven ashore, refloated and sank in an earthquake at Huanillos. Her crew were rescued.
Coquimbo	France	1877 Iquique earthquake: The ship was damaged in an earthquake at Pabellón de Pica.
Cosmopolis	Canada Canada	1877 Iquique earthquake: The ship was damaged in an earthquake at Callao.
Courrier de Lima	France	1877 Iquique earthquake: The ship was severely damaged in an earthquake at Callao, or at Pabellón de Pica. She was consequently condemned.
Dakota	United Kingdom	The steamship was wrecked on the East Mouse, near Amlwch, Anglesey. All 530 people on board were rescued by the by rocket apparatus, the Amlwch Lifeboat and other vessels. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to New York, United States. She broke in two the next day and became a total wreck.
Drot No. 1	Norway	1877 Iquique earthquake: The barque sank in an earthquake at Callao.
Drot No. 2	Norway	1877 Iquique earthquake: The barque was driven ashore in an earthquake at Callao.
Duke of Rothesay	United Kingdom	1877 Iquique earthquake: The full-rigged ship was damaged in an earthquake at Huanillos.
Edinburgh Gift	United Kingdom	1877 Iquique earthquake: The ship was severely damaged in an earthquake.
E. F. Gubion	Germany	1877 Iquique earthquake: The full-rigged ship was wrecked in an earthquake at Pabellón de Pica.
Eliza Campbell	United Kingdom	1877 Iquique earthquake: The barque was severely damaged in an earthquake at Huanillos.
Eliza and Mathilde	Norway	1877 Iquique earthquake: The barque was severely damaged in an earthquake at Huanillos.
Estre Madura	United Kingdom	The schooner was driven ashore at Kirkcaldy, Fife. She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Kirkcaldy.
Felicia	United Kingdom	1877 Iquique earthquake: The full-rigged ship was severely damaged in an earthquake at Pabellón de Pica. She was consequently condemned.
Gabriel Castro	Peru	1877 Iquique earthquake: The hulk sank in an earthquake at Huanillos with the loss of all on board.
Gallino Sousequor	Italy	1877 Iquique earthquake: The full-rigged ship was severely damaged in an earthquake at Huanillos.
Gauthoid	Norway	1877 Iquique earthquake: The barque was damaged in an earthquake at Huanillos.
Geneva	United States	1877 Iquique earthquake: The ship was driven into Avonmore ( United Kingdom), driven ashore, refloated and sank in an earthquake at Huanillos with the loss of nine lives.
Giuseppe	Italy	1877 Iquique earthquake: The full-rigged ship was damaged in an earthquake at Huanillos.
Gladiator	United Kingdom	1877 Iquique earthquake: The ship was damaged in an earthquake. She was consequently condemned.
Gontoid	Norway	1877 Iquique earthquake: The barque was damaged in an earthquake at Huanillos.
Governor Tilley	United Kingdom	1877 Iquique earthquake: The full-rigged ship was severely damaged in an earthquake at Huanillos. She was repaired.
Havre	France	1877 Iquique earthquake: The ship was wrecked at Punta de Lobos.
Herschel	Germany	1877 Iquique earthquake: The full-rigged ship was severely damaged in an earthquake at Huanillos.
Hiram	Norway	1877 Iquique earthquake: The barque was severely damaged in an earthquake at Callao.
Jeremiah Thompson	United States	1877 Iquique earthquake: The full-rigged ship was severely damaged in an earthquake at Huanillos.
Jessie Morris and Moira	United Kingdom	1877 Iquique earthquake: The ship was damaged in an earthquake at Punta de Lobos.
John Bryce	United States	1877 Iquique earthquake: The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and damaged in an earthquake at Pabellón de Pica. She was later refloated.
John Lawrence	Flag unknown	1877 Iquique earthquake: The ship was damaged in an earthquake.
Kenilworth	United Kingdom	1877 Iquique earthquake: The ship was damaged in an earthquake at Callao.
King Cedric	United Kingdom	1877 Iquique earthquake: The ship was damaged in an earthquake at Huanillos. She was repaired.
Lady Bellau	United Kingdom	1877 Iquique earthquake: The barque was wrecked in an earthquake at Pabellón de Pica.
Lancashire Witch	United Kingdom	1877 Iquique earthquake: The ship was damaged in an earthquake at Callao.
Launarshaugh	Germany	1877 Iquique earthquake: The barque was damaged in an earthquake at Huanillos.
Mallzerda	United Kingdom	1877 Iquique earthquake: The full-rigged ship was damaged in an earthquake at Pabellón de Pica.
Melville	United Kingdom	1877 Iquique earthquake: The ship was damaged in an earthquake at Huanillos.
Mexico	France	The ship was wrecked at Soulac-sur-Mer, Gironde. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to Bordeaux, Gironde.
Nichels	United Kingdom	1877 Iquique earthquake: The ship was damaged in an earthquake at Huanillos.
Niranand	Norway	1877 Iquique earthquake: The full-rigged ship was damaged in an earthquake at Pabellón de Pica.
Norham Castle	United Kingdom	1877 Iquique earthquake: The barque was severely damaged in an earthquake at Callao.
Pietro	Italy	1877 Iquique earthquake: The barque was wrecked in an earthquake at Pabellón de Pica.
Pietro B.	Italy	1877 Iquique earthquake: The ship was wrecked in an earthquake at Callao.
Prince Eugene	Canada	1877 Iquique earthquake: The ship was damaged in an earthquake at Callao.
Prince Leopold	United Kingdom	1877 Iquique earthquake: The barque was severely damaged in an earthquake at Callao.
Prince Umberto	United Kingdom	1877 Iquique earthquake: The full-rigged ship was severely damaged in an earthquake at Pabellón de Pica, or at Callao.
Resolute	United States	1877 Iquique earthquake: The full-rigged ship was damaged in an earthquake at Huanillos.
Sabrina	United Kingdom	1877 Iquique earthquake: The ship was run into by another vessel in an earthquake at Iquique and was damaged.
Samuel	United Kingdom	1877 Iquique earthquake: The barque was severely damaged in an earthquake at Huanillos.
Shamrock	United Kingdom	1877 Iquique earthquake: The ship was wrecked in an earthquake at Punta de Lobos.
Silvia B.	Italy	1877 Iquique earthquake: The barque was wrecked in an earthquake at Pabellón de Pica.
Sir John Lawrence	United Kingdom	1877 Iquique earthquake: The full-rigged ship was damaged in an earthquake at Huanillos.
St. Joseph	United States	1877 Iquique earthquake: The full-rigged ship was damaged in an earthquake at Pabellón de Pica.
Theobald	United States	1877 Iquique earthquake: The full-rigged ship was damaged in an earthquake at Huanillos.
Uggland	Norway	1877 Iquique earthquake: The barque was damaged in an earthquake at Huanillos.
Westfield	Canada	1877 Iquique earthquake: The ship was damaged in an earthquake at Callao.
William Leavitt	Canada	1877 Iquique earthquake: The full-rigged ship was severely damaged in an earthquake at Huanillos, or at Callao.
Zoermis Voss	Germany	1877 Iquique earthquake: The barque sank in an earthquake at Iquique.

10 May

List of shipwrecks: 10 May 1877

Ship	State	Description
Charger	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore near Quebec City, Canada. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Quebec City.
Rothesay	Norway	The ship was driven ashore at New York, United States. She was on a voyage from Rochester to Helsingør, Denmark. She was refloated and put back to New York.
Tamor	Austria-Hungary	The brig was driven ashore at Almería, Spain. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Rochester, Kent, United Kingdom.

11 May

List of shipwrecks: 11 May 1877

Ship	State	Description
Frithiof	Norway	The brig was holed by ice and sank off "Westergard", Öland, Sweden. Her crew were rescued.
Lütf-ü Celil	Ottoman Navy	Russo-Turkish War: The ironclad warship exploded and sank in the Danube off Izmail after being hit by Russian artillery, suffering about 160 men killed. The river monitor Feth-ül İslam ( Ottoman Navy) rescued twenty survivors.
Morris	United Kingdom	The schooner was driven ashore at Sandery Point, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Red Bay, County Antrim to Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire.
Unnamed	United Kingdom	The pilot boat capsized off Tynemouth, Northumberland with the loss of one of the two people on board.

12 May

List of shipwrecks: 12 May 1877

Ship	State	Description
R. Bartlett	United States	The barque foundered in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland with the loss of all but four of her crew. Survivors took to a boat; they were rescued on 18 May by the barque Catherine ( United States).

13 May

List of shipwrecks: 13 May 1877

Ship	State	Description
Comorin	United Kingdom	The steamship was driven ashore at Chardonnière, Île d'Oléron, Vendée, France. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Bordeaux, Gironde, France.
Helen	United Kingdom	The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Street, Devon. Her crew were rescued.
Venus	Netherlands	The steamship ran aground at Málaga, Spain. She was on a voyage from Palermo, Sicily, Italy to Rotterdam, South Holland. She was refloated with assistance from the steamship Cádiz ( Spain).
William Gifford	Flag unknown	The 232-ton barque, which had sprung a leak on 11 May, was run ashore in Toetoes Bay and was wrecked. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Oamaru to Port Chalmers.

14 May

List of shipwrecks: 14 May 1877

Ship	State	Description
Ardmore	United Kingdom	The steamship was driven ashore at Riva, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Nicholaieff, Russia to a British port. She was refloated on 16 May and towed in to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.
Concordia	Germany	The barque was run into by the steamship Martin ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Thames at Plaistow, Essex.
East Goodwin Lightship, and Wohldorf	Trinity House  Germany	The barque Wohldorf collided with the East Goodwin Lightship. Both vessels were severely damaged. Wohldorf was on a voyage from Kiel to Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom. She was towed in to Ramsgate, Kent, United Kingdom by the tug Rescue ( United Kingdom).
Giovanni	Italy	The barque caught fire and sank off Beşiktaş, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.
Hulda	Sweden	The ship collided with 'Emilie ( Sweden) and sank. Her crew were rescued. Hulda was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Nyköping.
Meindina	Germany	The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued.
Mountaineer	United Kingdom	The brig was driven ashore and damaged at Sandhammaren, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Stockholm, Sweden. She was later refloated and towed in to Ystad, Sweden in a leaky condition.
Peter Anna	Germany	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Sandhammaren. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Königsberg to Korsør, Denmark.
Tynedale	United Kingdom	The steamship was driven ashore at Bayonne, Basses-Pyrénées, France. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Bayonne.

15 May

List of shipwrecks: 15 May 1877

Ship	State	Description
Atlantico	Portugal	The steamship was driven into Vasco da Gama ( Portuguese Navy) and sank at Lisbon. Her crew were rescued.
Danae	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground at Ockachiv, Russia. She was refloated with assistance from a Russian steamship and resumed her voyage.
Nautilus	United Kingdom	The brig was wrecked on Navassa Island in a hurricane. Her crew survived.
Sally and Hannah	United Kingdom	The fishing lugger ran aground and sank off Grainthorpe, Lincolnshire. Her crew survived. She was refloated with assistance from the smacks Morning Star and Ruth (both  United Kingdom) and taken in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire.
Unnamed	Flag unknown	The ship ran aground on the Cannon Rock, off the coast of County Down, United Kingdom.

16 May

List of shipwrecks: 16 May 1877

Ship	State	Description
Baron Hambro	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Gasgardia, Öland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was refloated with assistance and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark.
Feronia	Flag unknown	The 329-ton barque stranded and became a wreck near the entrance to Kaipara Harbour, New Zealand.
Marietta Tilton	United States	The schooner collided with the steamship Harrisburg ( United States) and sank off the Cross Rip Lightship ( United States) with much loss of life. Four survivors were rescued by Harrisburg.
Unnamed	France	The fishing smack was run down and sunk off Penmarc'h, Finistère by the steamship Rothesay ( United Kingdom) with the loss of six of her nine crew. Survivors were rescued by another smack. Also reported as run down by the steamship Faulconnier ( France).

17 May

List of shipwrecks: 17 May 1877

Ship	State	Description
Good Hope	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground on the Moniscar Reef, in the Mediterranean Sea off Malta. She was refloated on 21 May and taken in to Valetta, Malta.
Julia Anne	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Colombo, Ceylon. Her crew were rescued. She subsequently broke up.
Morehampton	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at "Cettinge". She was on a voyage from Königsberg, Germany to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.
Ottawa	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground in the Hellegat. She was on a voyage from the Black Sea to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.
Yokohama	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Colombo. Her crew were rescued. She subsequently broke up.

18 May

List of shipwrecks: 18 May 1877

Ship	State	Description
Adonis	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on the coast of Saint Domingo. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Domingo to Liverpool, Lancashire.
Baramoncita	Norway	The brig was driven ashore on Hiiumaa, Russia. She was on a voyage from Stavanger to Narva, Russia. She was refloated and taken in to Baltic Port, Russia in a leaky condition.
Iris	Sweden	The steamship was driven ashore at Hammeren, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to Hamburg, Germany. She was refloated with assistance and resumed her voyage.
Mary Cory	United Kingdom	The brigantine ran aground at Plymouth, Devon. She was refloated on 22 May and taken in to the Cattewater.
Sjælland	Denmark	The steamship was driven ashore at "Stapelbodden". She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France to Riga and Reval, Russia.
Tam o'Shanter	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Grainthorpe, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Calais, France.
Thomas Young	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Stronsay, Orkney Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Lerwick, Shetland Islands.

19 May

List of shipwrecks: 19 May 1877

Ship	State	Description
Aros Bay	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Dungeness, Kent. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Rangoon, Burma. She was refloated with the assistance of the tugs Macgregor, Renown and Victor (all  United Kingdom) and taken in to The Downs.
Emilia	Italy	The barque ran aground at Civita Vecchia. She was on a voyage from Civita Vecchia to a British port.
Emma	Germany	The brig ran aground. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was refloated and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark in a leaky condition.
Mandal	Norway	The barque was driven ashore at "Margen". She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Narva, Russia. She was refloated and taken in to Reval, Russia in a leaky condition
Severn	United Kingdom	The steamship was driven ashore at Cartagena, Spain.

20 May

List of shipwrecks: 20 May 1877

Ship	State	Description
Fauchon	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground on the Grasar Shoal. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Oskarshamn, Sweden. She was refloated on 31 May with the assistance of a steamship.

21 May

List of shipwrecks: 21 May 1877

Ship	State	Description
Morecambe Queen	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground off Morecambe, Lancashire. Her passengers were taken off.

22 May

List of shipwrecks: 22 May 1877

Ship	State	Description
Ascupart	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground at Saltholmen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Cronstadt, Russia. She was refloated with assistance from a steamship and put in to Copenhagen, Denmark.
Glenroy	United Kingdom	The barque ran aground on a reef off the coast of Brazil. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Maranhão, Brazil. She was refloated and taken in to Maranhão in a severely leaky condition and was beached there.
Haabet	Norway	The ship was taken in to Portsoy, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom in a derelict and waterlogged condition.
Hastings	United Kingdom	The ship was damaged by ice and sank in the Baltic Sea. Her crew were rescued by Star of Hope ( United Kingdom).
Upton	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground at Hela, Germany.
Venus	United Kingdom	The ship caught fire at Ardglass, County Down and was scuttled.

23 May

List of shipwrecks: 23 May 1877

Ship	State	Description
Concezzione	Italy	The barque ran aground on the Kish Bank, in the Irish Sea. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, historic, United Kingdom to Genoa.

24 May

List of shipwrecks: 24 May 1877

Ship	State	Description
Duke of Newcastle	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Torre Nuevo". She was on a voyage from Valencia, Spain to Livorno, Italy.

25 May

List of shipwrecks: 25 May 1877

Ship	State	Description
Dauntless	United Kingdom	The smack ran aground on the Haaks Bank, in the North Sea off the coast of the Netherlands and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was later refloated and returned to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, where she arrived on 5 June.
Lindesnæs	Norway	The steamship was destroyed by fire off Porkkalanniemi, Grand Duchy of Finland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Christiania to Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland.
Lorn	Norway	The barque was driven ashore in the Øresund. She was on a voyage from Wilmington, Delaware, United States to Stettin, Germany.
Pelago	United Kingdom	The steamship was driven ashore near Livorno, Italy. She was on a voyage from Genoa to Naples and Sicily, Italy.
Silbury	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground at West Cowes, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Huelva, Spain to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

26 May

List of shipwrecks: 26 May 1877

Ship	State	Description
James Mason	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground at Villareal, Spain. She was on a voyage from Oporto, Portugal to Villareal. She was refloated.
Seyfi	Ottoman Navy	Russo-Turkish War: The Hizbir-class monitor was sunk with a spar torpedo by the torpedo boat Rândunica ( Royal Romanian Navy), in the Danube near Măcin. The first instance in history when a torpedo craft sank its target without also sinking.

27 May

List of shipwrecks: 27 May 1877

Ship	State	Description
Caroline and Elizabeth	United Kingdom	The Humber Keel collided with another Humber Keel and sank in the Humber near Hull, Yorkshire. Her crew survived.
Charlotte	United Kingdom	The schooner was driven ashore at Bideford, Devon. Her crew were rescued by a pilot boat.
Essen	Germany	The steamship sank off the Swedish coast.
Golconda	United Kingdom	The ship was sighted in the Indian Ocean whilst on a voyage from Bassein, India to Shanghai, China. No further trace, reported missing.
Joannis Scaltzounis	Greece	The brig was wrecked on the Hook Sands, in the Bristol Channel off Clevedon, Somerset, United Kingdom. All on board were rescued by a tug. She was on a voyage from Constanţa, Ottoman Empire to Gloucester, United Kingdom.
Miriam	United Kingdom	The barque was driven ashore and wrecked between Saltburn-by-the-Sea and Skinningburn, Yorkshire with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Hartlepool, County Durham.
Rambler	United Kingdom	The fishing lugger ran aground at Lowestoft, Suffolk with the loss of a crew member.
Seraphina	United Kingdom	The smack was driven ashore and wrecked at Bideford. Her crew were rescued by a pilot boat.
Silvery Wave	United Kingdom	The brig ran aground on the Pennington Spit, off the coast of Hampshire. She was on a voyage from Southampton, Hampshire to Cardiff, Glamorgan.

28 May

List of shipwrecks: 28 May 1877

Ship	State	Description
Calypso	Greece	The steamship ran aground on the Urgento Shoal. She was on a voyage from Corfu to Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire.
Cambria	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground in the River Thames at Tilburyness, Essex. She was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.
Ceres	Sweden	The brig foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Söderhamn.
Gloria	Spain	The steamship ran around and was wrecked off Pulau Laut, Spanish East Indies (04°35′15″N 107°58′45″E / 4.58750°N 107.97917°E / 4.58750; 107.97917). All on board were rescued, but her passengers were refused passage to Singapore, Straits Settlements on board the barque Marquis of Argyle ( United Kingdom) as they were political prisoners.
John Harley	United Kingdom	The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Nash Point, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Cork to Newport, Monmouthshire.
Junak	Austria-Hungary	The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Castletown, Isle of Man. Her fifteen crew were rescued by the Castletown Lifeboat Commercial Traveller ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution) and by rocket apparatus. Junak was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Glasgow, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom. She was refloated with assistance from the tender Trader ( United Kingdom) on 31 May.
Lavinia	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Castletown with the loss of all hands.
Lorena	United Kingdom	The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked at Scarlett Point, Isle of Man with the loss of all hands.
Pembrokeshire Lass	United Kingdom	The brigantine ran aground on Ted's Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of Lancashire. Her crew were rescued by the Southport Lifeboat Eliza Fearnley ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution), but her captain refused to leave the vessel. Pembrokeshire Lass was on a voyage from Cork to Liverpool, Lancashire.
Sultana	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground on The Manacles, Cornwall. She was refloated and taken in to Falmouth, Cornwall in a leaky condition.
Tri Fratelli	Italy	The barque ran aground on the Black Middens, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to South Shields, County Durham. She was refloated with assistance from the tug Stephensons ( United Kingdom) and taken in to South Shields.

29 May

List of shipwrecks: 29 May 1877

Ship	State	Description
Gloria	Spain	The steamship was wrecked at "Pulo Sant". She was on a voyage from Manila, Spanish East Indies to Barcelona.
Island Queen	United Kingdom	The brigantine ran aground on the Splough Rock, off Greenore Point, County Louth and sank. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Cork.
Martha Lavana	Norway	The ship was wrecked on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk, United Kingdom. Her crew got aboard the Shipwash Lightship ( Trinity House), from where they were rescued by the smack Albatross ( United Kingdom). Martha Lavana was on a voyage from Bergen to San Sebastián and Gijón, Spain.
Tartar	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Shanghai, China. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug.

30 May

31 May

List of shipwrecks: 31 May 1877

Ship	State	Description
Eliza McLaughin	Canada	The ship ran aground near Antwerp, Belgium. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk, United Kingdom to Baltimore, Maryland, United States. She was refloated on 9 June and towed in to Antwerp.
Maria et Bertha	France	The lugger collided with the steamship Acklington ( United Kingdom) and sank at Redon, Ille-et-Vilaine. Her crew were rescued. Maria et Bertha was on a voyage from Miquelon to Redon.
Punjaub	United Kingdom	The ship departed from Kobe, Japan for Falmouth, Cornwall. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all 22 crew.

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in May 1877

Ship	State	Description
Adriatic	United Kingdom	The ship was damaged by ice and was beached on Anticosti Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Quebec City, Canada.
Amicitia	Netherlands	The brig capsized at sea. She was towed in to Copenhagen, Denmark on 28 May.
Annie Jones	United Kingdom	The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean.
Azow	Norway	The barque was run into by the steamship Nurnberg ( Germany) and sank off the coast of Maryland, United States with the loss of four of her crew. Survivors were rescued by Nurnberg. Azow was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to Queenstown, County Cork, United Kingdom. The wreck was dispersed by explosives on 6 July.
Carolina	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore near Sandby, Öland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Gunnebo, Sweden.
City of Quebec	Canada	The ship ran aground in the Saint Lawrence River and was damaged. She was refloated and taken in to Quebec City.
City of San Francisco	United States	The steamship struck a rock and foundered. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Panama City, United States of Colombia to San Francisco, California.
Clara Chapman	United States	The vessel was lost at Sandy Point. Her crew were rescued.
Clarissa	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore near Ventava, Courland Governorate. She was refloated with assistance.
Contest	Canada	The tug was driven ashore at Bic, Quebec.
Crosby	United Kingdom	The steamship was driven ashore at Ochakiv, Russia. She was on a voyage from Nicholaieff, Russia to an English port. She was refloated on 3 May with assistance from the steamship Asire ( Russia) and resumed her voyage.
Cruzeiro	France	The barque was driven ashore at Pará, Brazil. She was on a voyage from Nantes, Loire-Inférieure to Pará.
Dumsires	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at "St. Valier", Canada. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and put back to Quebec City in a leaky condition.
Ella Vose	United Kingdom	The barque collided with the barque Pohono ( Canada and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of the Newfoundland Colony with the loss of ten of her sixteen crew. Survivors were rescued by Pohono. Ella Vose was on a voyage from Baltimore to Queenstown.
Emily Smith	Western Australia	The ship was wrecked on Kangaroo Island, South Australia with the loss of 30 lives.
Enigheden	Flag unknown	The ship foundered at sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ivittuut, Iceland to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
Euclid	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground on the Fahludd Reef, in the Baltic Sea. .
Fanny David	Belgium	The steamship collided with an Ottoman Navy man-of-war at Çeşme, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Odessa, Russia to Antwerp. She was severely damaged and was beached.
Gambia	United Kingdom	The steamship was wrecked at Madeira.
Geertruida	Netherlands	The schooner was holed by ice and sank near Riga, Russia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Firth of Forth to Riga.
Hadda	South Australia	The barque was wrecked in Champion Bay. Her crew were rescued.
Hendrika	Netherlands	The steamship ran aground on the St. Estephe Bank, in the Gironde. She was refloated on 3 May and resumed her voyage.
Jenny	United Kingdom	The Mersey Flat collided with another vessel and sank in the River Mersey off Egremont, Lancashire. Her crew survived.
Lothair	Canada	The barque was driven ashore near Esquimault, British Columbia. She was on a voyage from Miramichi, New Brunswick to Esquimault.
Monkwearmouth	United Kingdom	The brig was driven ashore at "Puhha Karri", near Reval, Russia. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Port Kunda, Russia.
Sealcote	United Kingdom	The full-rigged ship foundered in Plettenburg Bay on or before 22 May. Her 27 crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rangoon, Burma to Falmouth, Cornwall.
Stefano Dimitri	Germany	The ship was wrecked near "Mlaska", Austria-Hungary. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Makarska, Austria-Hungary to Corfu, Greece.
HMS Tyrian	Royal Navy	The Britomart-class gunboat was driven ashore. She was refloated and taken in to Leith, Lothian.
William	Norway	The ship was driven ashore on Skagen, Denmark. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.
Unnamed	Flag unknown	The steamship was driven ashore at "Filsand", Saaremaa, Russia.

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• Lists of shipwrecks by year
• Maritime incidents in May 1877