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The list of shipwrecks in May 1888 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during May 1888.

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1 May

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List of shipwrecks: 1 May 1888
Ship State Description
Lucinda  United Kingdom The steamship collided with the steamship Garonne ( United Kingdom) and sank in the Red Sea (18°35′N 39°45′E / 18.583°N 39.750°E / 18.583; 39.750) with the loss of two of her crew. Lucinda was on a voyage from Akyab, Burma to Port Said, Egypt.[1][2]
Margaret  United Kingdom The clipper-schooner carrying straw, sank not far from Dover.[3]

3 May

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List of shipwrecks: 3 May 1888
Ship State Description
Isabel  United States The schooner sank in the Shumagin Islands, District of Alaska during a storm. All nineteen members of her crew abandoned ship in eight dories, but twelve of them perished in the boats. Over the month following the sinking, the seven survivors were rescued, the last two from a dory on 4 June by the schooner Kodiak ( United States).[4]

4 May

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List of shipwrecks: 4 May 1888
Ship State Description
Exmoor  United Kingdom The steamship foundered in the North Sea off Texel, North Holland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued by the barque King's County ( United Kingdom). Exmoor was on a voyage from Ipswich, Suffolk to Libava, Courland Governorate.[5]

5 May

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List of shipwrecks: 5 May 1888
Ship State Description
Penyghent, and
Tsar 		 United Kingdom
 Russia 		The steamship Penyghent collided with the steamship Tsar and sank in the Black Sea 185 nautical miles (343 km) north of the entrance to the Bosphorus. Her crew were rescued by Tsar. Tsar was severely damaged at the bow. She put back to Odessa.[5][6]
No. 8  Belgium The pilot boat, a sloop, collided with the steamship Amethyst ( United Kingdom) and sank in the English Channel 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) off Beachy Head, Sussex, United Kingdom. Her six crew survived.[7]

6 May

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List of shipwrecks: 6 May 1888
Ship State Description
Benizon, and
Eureka 		 United Kingdom
 United States 		The steamships collided in the Atlantic Ocean. Eureka sank. Her crew were rescued by Benizon. Benizon was on a voyage from Matanzas, Cuba to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was towed in to Philadelphia severely damaged at the bow.[8]

7 May

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List of shipwrecks: 7 May 1888
Ship State Description
Catalonia  United Kingdom The steamship struck a rock off Mizen Head, County Cork and was damaged. Subsequently repaired and returned to service.
Egyptian Monarch  United Kingdom The steamship struck a rock in the Isles of Scilly and was damaged. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to London. She put in to Falmouth, Cornwall waterlogged at the bow.[5]

8 May

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List of shipwrecks: 8 May 1888
Ship State Description
Electric  United Kingdom The tug ran aground on Lundy Island, Devon and sank. Her crew were rescued.[9]
Henry Edmunds  United Kingdom The brigantine was wrecked at Overton, Glamorgan. Her crew survived.[10]
Kirklees  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Breaksea Point, Glamorgan and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Cork to Newport, Monmouthshire. She completed her voyage.[11]

9 May

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List of shipwrecks: 9 May 1888
Ship State Description
Boucau  France The steamship ran aground on Lundy Island, Devon, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Bayonne, Basses-Pyrénées. She was refloated.[9]
Gerhardine  Germany The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at the mouth of the Corga, Cape Colony with the loss of two of her crew.[9]
Radnor  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on Lundy Island and sank. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Galaţi, Romania.[9]

10 May

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List of shipwrecks: 10 May 1888
Ship State Description
Amana  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Suez, Egypt. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Rangoon, Burma.[11]

11 May

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List of shipwrecks: 11 May 1888
Ship State Description
Protector  United Kingdom The ship struck a floating object and foundered in the North Channel between Torr Head, County Antrim and the Mull of Kintyre, Argyllshire. Her crew survived.[11]

13 May

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List of shipwrecks: 13 May 1888
Ship State Description
No. 5  United Kingdom The pilot boat was run down and sunk by the barque Governor ( United Kingdom) 2+1⁄2 nautical miles (4.6 km) south of the Bar Lightship ( Trinity House) with the loss of a pilot.[11]

16 May

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List of shipwrecks: 16 May 1888
Ship State Description
Arklow Canada Canada The ship was damaged by fire at Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom.[12]
Christina Canada Canada The barque was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean (45°00′N 8°50′W / 45.000°N 8.833°W / 45.000; -8.833). Her crew were rescued by a steamship. Christina was on a voyage from Cardiff to Cape Town, Cape Colony.[13]
Melanesia  United Kingdom The ship was sighted in the Atlantic Ocean (5°48′N 21°44′W / 5.800°N 21.733°W / 5.800; -21.733) whilst on a voyage from the River Tyne to Valparaíso, Chile. No further trace,[14] reported missing.[15]

17 May

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List of shipwrecks: 17 May 1888
Ship State Description
City of Para Flag unknown The ship ran aground at Old Providence Island, Colombia. She was on a voyage from Colón, Colombia to New York, United States.[16]
Jeune Hortense  France The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Long Rock, Cornwall.[17][18] The Penzance Lifeboat, having been brought by carriage to the beach near Marazion, rescued four of her crew.[19]
Otto Flag unknown The ship was driven ashore in Mount's Bay, Cornwall. She was salvaged and later was renamed Providence and operated out of Penzance.[20]
Nulli Secundus  Germany The brigantine was driven ashore in Mount's Bay.[20]

18 May

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List of shipwrecks: 18 May 1888
Ship State Description
Emilie  Norway The barque collided with another vessel off the Wolf Rock, Cornwall, United Kingdom and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Goole, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. She put in to Plymouth Soud.[21]

21 May

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List of shipwrecks: 21 May 1888
Ship State Description
Albion  United Kingdom The pilot boat, a lugger, was run down and sunk by a steamship 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) off the Bolt Tail, Devon.[13]

23 May

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List of shipwrecks: 23 May 1888
Ship State Description
Paparisetta  Italy The barque was abandoned in the Indian Ocean 50 nautical miles (93 km) east of East London, Cape Colony. Her crew were rescued by the barquentine Myvanwy ( United Kingdom). Paparisetta was on a voyage from Java, Netherlands East Indies to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom.[22]

25 May

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List of shipwrecks: 25 May 1888
Ship State Description
Pactolus  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Dungeness, Kent. She was on a voyage from Trinidad to London. She was refloated with assistance and resumed her voyage in a leakyn condition.[23]
Zouave  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was abandoned at sea. Her thirteen crew were rescued by the full-rigged ship Larnica ( United Kingdom). Zouave was on a voyage from Mobile, Alabama to Queenborough, Kent.[24][25]

26 May

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List of shipwrecks: 26 May 1888
Ship State Description
Granit  Norway The barque sprang a leak and foundered in the South Atlantic. Her crew were rescued by the barque Askoy ( Norway). Granit was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France to Buenos Aires, Argentina.[26]

27 May

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List of shipwrecks: 27 May 1888
Ship State Description
Glenorchy  United Kingdom The ship caught fire at sea. She was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to Calcutta, India. The fire was extinguished and she completed her voyage.[27]

29 May

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List of shipwrecks: 29 May 1888
Ship State Description
Active  United Kingdom The ketch was run down and sunk off Berry Head, Devon by the full-rigged ship Airlie ( United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued by the fishing trawler Latona ( United Kingdom). Active was on a voyage from Deptford, Kent to Plymouth, Devon.[28]

30 May

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List of shipwrecks: 30 May 1888
Ship State Description
Atlas  Sweden The steamship was driven ashore in the Great Belt. She was on a voyage from a German port to Horsens.[28]
Long Ditton  United Kingdom The steamship collided with the steamship Saltwick ( United Kingdom) in the Bute Channel and was beached at Cardiff, Glamorgan.[28]
Soleria  United Kingdom The barque was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued by Rewa ( United Kingdom).[24]
Teal  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the River Thames at East Greenwich, Middlesex. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands to London.[28]

31 May

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List of shipwrecks: 31 May 1888
Ship State Description
Chilton  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. She was refloated the next day but consequently foundered.[29]
Maggie McRae Canada Canada The schooner foundered in Lake Superior 6 nautical miles (11 km) east of Thunder Cape, Ontarion.[29]
Sailor Prince  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Cardiff, Glamorgan. She was then run into by the steamship Rosslyn ( United Kingdom).[30]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in May 1888
Ship State Description
Aeriel  Denmark The schooner was driven ashore on Saltholmen. She was on a voyage from Dantsic to Hayle, Cornwall, United Kingdom. She was refloated.[18]
Ananda  Sweden The ship ran aground at Arkö. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Norrköping. She was refloated and beached on Gränsö in a waterlogged condition.[11]
City of Bristol  United Kingdom The steamship caught fire. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands to Belfast, County Antrim. The fire was extinguished and she was towed in to Swansea, Glamorgan.[29][30]
City of Rotterdam  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Krautzand, in the North Sea.[23]
Dordogne,
Dunmail, and
Gloamin 		Flag unknown
 United Kingdom
 United Kingdom 		The steamship Dordogne collided with the steamship Dunmail at Penarth, Glamorgan. She attempted to put in to Penarth, but was run into by the steamship Gloamin and was severely damaged She put in to Cardiff, Glamorgan. Dunmail was severely damaged. Gloamin put in to Penarth.[5]
Dunleary  United Kingdom The barquentine ran aground and was wrecked in the River Mersey.[11]
Fay  United Kingdom The schooner caught fire and sank in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Harburg, Germany to Brest, Finistère, France.[23]
Fratellanza  Italy The ship was lost in Netherlands East Indies waters.[12] At least some of her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Sourabaya, Netherlands East Indies to an English port.[18]
Ganges  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at False Point, India.[18]
Hinricke  Germany The brig foundered at sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Paysandú, Uruguay to Falmouth, Cornwall.[11]
Jeune St. Vincent  France The ship was run into by the steamship Springbok ( United Kingdom) at Swansea and was severely damaged. Jeune St. Vincent put in to Swansea.[5]
Marie Riebeck  Germany The barque was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the barque Riga ( Norway). Marie Riebeck was on a voyage from Genoa, Italy to a port in California, United States.[11]
Marquis de Mudela  Spain The steamship was driven ashore. She was refloated and taken in to El Ferrol in a leaky condition.[11]
Minstrel King  United Kingdom The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Teutonia ( Germany).[28]
Normandy  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Las Palmas, Canary Islands. She was on a voyage from London to Madagascar. She was refloated and found to be leaky.[11]
Prins Frederick  Netherlands The steamship was driven ashore. She was later refloated and towed in to Gibraltar.[29]
Raffaele Ligure  Italy The barque ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. She was abandoned the next day and became a wreck.[31]
Regulus  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Poti, Austria-Hungary.[29]
Robilant  Italy The steamship was damaged by fire at Norfolk, Virginia, United States.[28]
Stockholm  Sweden The steamship ran aground in the Elbe at Schulauw, Germany. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to Hamburg, Germany.[23]
Tiger  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Elbe at Schulauw. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Hamburg.[23]
W. H. White  United States The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 20 May.[30]
Many unnamed vessels  France Between 30 and 35 fishing vessels were wrecked on the coast of Iceland with the loss of about 400 lives.[24]

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