List of shipwrecks in May 1867

The list of shipwrecks in May 1867 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during May 1867.

1 May

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|ship=George and Henry

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked near Mizen Head, County Cork. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Limerick to Fort William, Inverness-shire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=2 May 1867 |issue=6009 }}{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=2 May 1867 |issue=13334 }}

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|ship=John

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The schooner was lost off Hartland Point, Devon.

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2 May

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|ship=E. M. Carvill

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Ballyquinton Point, County Down. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Dublin.

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|ship={{SS|Harriet Agnes|1865|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore on Öland, Sweden. Her nineteen crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen, Denmark to Stockholm, Sweden.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Harriet Agnes |date=15 August 1867 |page=9 |issue=258890 |column=D }}

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|ship=Hibernia

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was destroyed by fire at New York, United States.

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4 May

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|ship=Ariel

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The steamship capsized at Birkenhead, Cheshire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=8 May 1867 |issue=6014 }}

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6 May

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|ship=Banff

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The schooner capsized and sank in the River Ness when she was launched.

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|ship=Compass

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship struck the Vynell Rock, off the coast of Cornwall and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Ipswich, Suffolk. She put in to Penzance, Cornwall in a leaky condition.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=9 May 1867 |issue=13340 }}

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|ship=Gulnare

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The barque was wrecked at Dunan Head, Wigtownshire. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=8 May 1867 |page=12 |issue=25805 |column=F }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=8 May 1867 |issue=8530 }}

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|ship=Japanese

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was sighted in the Atlantic Ocean whilst on a voyage from Rangoon, Burma to Liverpool. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=28 November 1867 |issue=13514 |page=7 }}

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7 May

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|ship= Ben Nevis

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} New Zealand

|desc=The schooner left Wanganui for Havelock and was never seen again.Ingram & Wheatley, p. 144.

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|ship=Claret

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at "Tombye", Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from North Shields, County Durham to Kronstadt, Russia.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=11 May 1867 |issue=6017 }}

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|ship=Eliza

|flag={{flag|Prussia|civil}}

|desc=The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at "Tombye". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Copenhagen, Denmark.

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|ship=John Arthur

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Chiltepic", Mexico. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=3 July 1867 |issue=8578 }}

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|ship=Ukko

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in the Dardanelles. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated the next day.

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|ship=Zuma

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at "Tombye". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Danzig.

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8 May

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|ship=Anna

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The schooner was wrecked on Skagen, Denmark with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Gothenburg, Sweden.

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|ship=Bertha

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The barque was driven ashore at "Kandestererne", Denmark, Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Sundsvall, Sweden.

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|ship=Byron

|flag={{flag|United States|1865}}

|desc=File:Byron schooner.jpgThe two-masted schooner capsized and sank in {{convert|135|ft|m|0}} of water in Lake Michigan {{convert|12|mi}} southeast of Sheboygan, Wisconsin, at {{coord|43|36.310|N|087|41.268|W|name=Byron}} after colliding with the schooner Canton {{convert|4|mi}} off Amsterdam, Wisconsin. Canton rescued all three people aboard. Byron′s wreck lies within the Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast National Marine Sanctuary.{{cite web|url=https://nmssanctuaries.blob.core.windows.net/sanctuaries-prod/media/archive/wisconsin/wisconsin-proposed-deis-dmp.pdf|title=Proposed Wisconsin – Lake Michigan National Marine Sanctuary Draft Environmental Impact Statement and Draft Management Plan|publisher=National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Office of National Marine Sanctuaries|page=45|date=December 2016|access-date=November 6, 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.wisconsinshipwrecks.org/Vessel/Details/81?region=Index|title=Byron (1849)|publisher=Wisconsin Shipwrecks|access-date=November 6, 2024}}

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|ship=Ceylon

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Pomaron, Portugal to Liverpool, Lancashire.

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|ship=Enossis

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Milos, Greece. She was on a voyage from Constantinople, Ottoman Empire for Messina, Sicily.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=7 June 1867 |issue=6040 }}

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|ship=Villa Nova

|flag={{flag|Portugal|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground in Inverkip Bay. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom to Sines. She was refloated and put back to Glasgow.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=11 May 1867 |issue=8533 }}

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9 May

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|ship=Ayrshire Lass

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Long Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wexford. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=11 May 1867 |issue=6017 }} She was refloated with the assistance of a tug and resumed her voyage.

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|ship=City of Melbourne

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground at Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Mobile, Alabama, United States to Liverpool. She was refloated.

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|ship= Goldseeker

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked at Hokitika while en route from Melbourne.

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|ship=Mutin

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The fishing schooner was wrecked off the south coast of Iceland. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=Sea King

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The barque was sunk by ice in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland with the loss of five of her crew. She was on a voyage from Grimsby, Lincolnshire to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America.{{Cite news |title=The Loss of the Barques "Sea King" and "Hercyna". - Great Suffering of the Crews. - Narrow Escape from Drowning and Starvation |newspaper=Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=14 June 1867 |issue=4299 }}

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10 May

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|ship=Conqueror

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was abandoned off the coast of Ceylon. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=7 June 1867 |page=10 |issue=25831 |column=F }}

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|ship=Continent

|flag={{flag|United States|1865}}

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France and/or Liverpool, Lancashire.

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|ship=Heroes of Alma

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship departed from Hong Kong for Hakodate, Japan. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.

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|ship=Julia Maxwell

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship departed from Havana, Cuba for Falmouth, Cornwall. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Shipping News |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=12 October 1867 |issue=4427 }}

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|ship=Pilgrim

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship caught fire in the West India Docks, London.

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|ship=Sarah Williams

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Kristiansand, Norway.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=14 May 1867 |issue=6019 }}

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11 May

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|ship=New Speedwell

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ketch was driven ashore at Kimmeridge, Dorset. She was refloated on 15 May.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=21 May 1867 |issue=13350 |page=7 }}

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|ship={{PS|Prince Consort|1858|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The paddle steamer was wrecked on Altens Rock, {{convert|3|nmi|km}} south of Aberdeen. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Granton, Lothian to the Orkney Islands.{{Cite news |title=The Loss of the Prince Consort Steamer |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=13 May 1867 |issue=4296 }}{{cite web |url=http://clydeships.co.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=&ref=22224&vessel=PRINCE+CONSORT |title=Prince Consort |publisher=Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=3 September 2020}}

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|ship=Prudence

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Rønne, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Saint Petersburg, Russia.

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|ship={{PS|Tynemouth|North Shields, 1860|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The paddle tug caught fire and sank in the Humber.{{Cite news |title=Steam Tug Destroyed in the Humber by Fire |newspaper=Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=15 May 1867 |issue=4295 }}

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|ship={{PS|William Cargill|1851|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The paddle tug collided with the steamship Fairy ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank in the River Tyne. Her crew were rescued. She was refloated on 15 May.{{Cite web |url=http://www.tynetugs.co.uk/williamcargill1851.html |title=William Cargill |publisher=Tyne Tugs |accessdate=22 January 2020 }}

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12 May

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|ship=Ann Rendle

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The brig was wrecked on the Ararife Reef, in the Abrolhos Islands, Brazil. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro to Bahía.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=22 June 1867 |issue=13378 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Feronia

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Crescencia ({{flag|Spain|civil-1785}}). Feronia was on a voyage from Fowey, Cornwall to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=24 May 1867 |page=11 |issue=25819 |column=F }}

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|ship= Frithjoy

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} New Zealand

|desc=The schooner was wrecked at Kennedy Bay during a strong gale. All hands were saved.

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|ship=Rama

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI|civil}} Guernsey

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Montville, Seine-Inférieure, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=15 May 1867 |page=12 |issue=25811 |column=F }}

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13 May

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|ship=Agnes

|flag=22px Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

|desc=The brig was driven ashore and capsized at Prerow with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Stockholm, Sweden.

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|ship=Alice

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Corton Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London.

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|ship=Ann Jones

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham to Newport, Monmouthshire. She was refloated and put in to Lowestoft, Suffolk in a leaky condition.

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|ship=Charlotte

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on Anholt. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Jakobstad, Denmark.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=14 May 1867 |issue=6019 }}

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|ship=Favourite

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Sizewell Bank, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London. She was refloated but consequently sank. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=Hermine

|flag=22px Stettin

|desc=The ship ran aground at "Suuderland".

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|ship=Monarch

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship foundered in the North Sea {{Convert|45|nmi|km}} east of Tynemouth, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued by the tug {{PS|Ursa Major|1856|2}} ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Monarch was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Kronstadt, Russia.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=18 May 1867 |issue=13348 |page=6 }}

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|ship=St. Nicholas

|flag={{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}

|desc=The lighter sank at Taganrog.

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14 May

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|ship=Anne Brown

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The smack was wrecked at Ramsey, Isle of Man. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Maryport, Cumberland to Dumfries.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=18 May 1867 |page=11 |issue=25814 |column=F }}

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|ship=Arctic

|flag={{flag|Norway|1844}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Tabasco. Her crew were rescued. She was a total loss.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=4 July 1867 |issue=13388 }}

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|ship={{SV|Col. Orne||2}}

|flag={{flag|United States|1865}}

|desc=The schooner was run down and sunk while on her homeward passage from New York. Crew saved.{{cite web |url=https://www.downtosea.com/1851-1875/1867.htm |title=1867 |publisher=downtothesea.com |access-date=7 July 2021}}

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15 May

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|ship=Duo

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The barque was wrecked {{convert|25|nmi|km}} south of Laguna, Brazil. At least five crew survived.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=23 July 1867 |issue=13404 |page=7 }}

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16 May

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|ship=Guy Mannering

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Matinicus Isle, Maine, United States. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, United States to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=21 May 1867 |page=13 |issue=25816 |column=F }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=2 July 1867 |issue=6061 }}

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|ship=Hercyna

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The barque was driven onto the Port Nieuf Rock, in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Grimsby, Lincolnshire to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America.

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|ship=New Speedwell

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ketch was driven ashore on the coast of Dorset. She was on a voyage from Kimmeridge to Cowes, Isle of Wight. She was refloated and put in to Weymouth, Dorset in a leaky condition.

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17 May

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|ship=Cora Linn

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship collided with Lady Hassett ({{Flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank off Lundy Island, Devon.

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|ship=Harrison

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Neustadt in Holstein, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Wismar to Gävle, Sweden.

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|ship=Lord Raglan

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore near Hellevoetsluis, Zeeland, Netherlands.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=18 May 1867 |issue=6023 }}

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|ship=Monarch

|flag={{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}

|desc=The brig foundered in the English Channel off Weymouth, Dorset.

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|ship=Robert

|flag={{flag|Prussia|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground off "Hoddersee". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rostock to Danzig.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=23 May 1867 |issue=13352 |page=7 }}

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18 May

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|ship=Chicago

|flag={{flag|United States|1865}}

|desc=The steamship ran aground on the Diamond Reef. She was on a voyage from New York to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

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20 May

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|ship=Cresswell

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship sank on the Lemon Sand, in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Daring ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Cresswell was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Alexandria, Egypt.

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|ship=Helen

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The smack was wrecked on the Skullmartin Rock, in the Belfast Lough.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=22 May 1867 |page=5 |issue=25817 |column=F }}

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|ship=New Whim

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The schooner was wrecked on Scroby Sands, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued by the Caister Lifeboat.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=22 May 1867 |issue=6026}}{{Cite news |title=Royal National Lifeboat Institution |newspaper=Leeds Mercury |location=Leeds |date=7 June 1867 |issue=9095 }}

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|ship=Spring

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from South Shields to London. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Bridlington, Yorkshire.

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|ship=Trusty

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The schooner sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea off Southwold, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued by the sloop Mystery ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Trusty was on a voyage from West Hartlepool County Durham to Honfleur, Manche, France.{{Cite news |title=Harwich |newspaper=Essex Standard |location=Colchester |date=29 May 1867 |issue=1902 |volume=37 }}

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|ship=Union

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The collier, a schooner, sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea {{convert|13|nmi|km}} north north west of the Outer Dowsing Lightship (22px Trinity House). Her crew were rescued by the brig Rover ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Union was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Cowes, Isle of Wight.{{Cite news |title=Cowes |newspaper=Isle of Wight Observer |location=Ryde |date=25 May 1867 |issue=769 }}

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21 May

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|ship=Blonde

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The barque foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Otago ({{Flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Blonde was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British North America to Sligo.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=6 July 1867 |issue=13390 |page=6 }}

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|ship=Choice

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The smack was driven ashore and wrecked at Scarborough, Yorkshire with the loss of two of her five crew. Survivors were rescued by the Scarborough Lifeboat.

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|ship=Scotia

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Pensacola, Florida, United States.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=14 June 1867 |issue=6046 }}

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|ship=Sea Belle

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The schooner was run into and abandoned off Møn, Denmark. Her crew were rescued by Charlotte Kanland (file:Flagge Wismar.svg Wismar). Sea Belle was on a voyage from the Firth of Forth to Danzig. She was taken in to Præstø, Denmark in a derelict condition.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=30 May 1867 |issue=6033 }}

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|ship= Smuggler

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} New Zealand

|desc=The schooner capsized near Rodney Point, Whanganui Island, while en route from Whangārei to Auckland, with the loss of one life, the ship's cook.Ingram & Wheatley, p. 145.

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|ship=Sophia

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship collided with Quickstep ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank off the coast of Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued by Quickstep. Sophia was on a voyage from the River Duddon to Swansea, Glamorgan.

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|ship=Susan Hincks

|flag={{flag|United States|1865}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Pensacola.

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|ship=Thomas Dryden

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The brigantine foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Bombay, India.

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|ship= Three Brothers

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} New Zealand

|desc=The schooner was wrecked at Waikawa Heads when it dragged its anchor while riding out a gale.

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|ship=William and Sarah

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Sheringham Shoal, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to the Nieuw Diep. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk in a leaky condition.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=22 May 1867 |issue=13351 |page=7 }}

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22 May

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|ship=Elizabeth Lane

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The collier, a brig, was wrecked on the Lemon and Ower Sand, in the North Sea. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands to South Shields, County Durham.{{Cite news |title=Yarmouth |newspaper=Bury and Norwich Post |location=Bury St. Edmunds |date=28 May 1867 |issue=4431 }}

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|ship=Newton

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The brig struck the Sheringham Shoal, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk and foundered. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Widdrington ({{Flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Newton was on a voyage from South Shields to Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure, France.{{Cite news |title=Yarmouth |newspaper=Ipswich Journal |location=Ipswich |date=25 May 1867 |issue=6682 }}

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|ship=North American

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} British North America

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore on Anticosti Island, Nova Scotia. Her passengers were taken off.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=9 July 1867 |issue=13392 |page=7 }} She was on a voyage from Montreal, Province of Canada to London. She was declared a total loss.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=11 July 1867 |issue=13394 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Santiago de Cuba

|flag={{flag|United States|1865}}

|desc=The steamship was wrecked on the coast of New Jersey with the loss of six lives. She was on a voyage from Nicaragua to New York.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The United States |date=11 June 1867 |page=8 |issue=25834 |column=A-B }}

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|ship=Wisconsin

|flag={{flag|United States|1865}}

|desc=The steamship was destroyed by fire in Lake Ontario with the loss of 30 lives.

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23 May

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|ship=Amicizia

|flag={{flag|Austria-Hungary|civil}}

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk, United Kingdom and sank. All twelve people on board were rescued by the Kessingland and Pakefield Lifeboats. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Savona, Italy.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=25 May 1867 |issue=13354 |page=7 }}{{Cite news |title=Lowestoft |newspaper=Ipswich Journal |location=Ipswich |date=1 June 1867 |issue=6683 }}

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|ship=Lady Anne

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground near Le Crotoy, Somme, France. She was on a voyage from Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk to Le Crotoy.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=28 May 1867 |issue=13356 |page=7 }} She was refloated on 31 May and take in to Saint-Valery-sur-Somme.

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24 May

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|ship=Heinrich Beckman

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Endracht Bank. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Odesa, Russia. She was refloated.

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25 May

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|ship=Dorset

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The schooner sprang a leak and sank off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued by Elizabeth. Dorset was on a voyage from Ipswich, Suffolk to Hull, Yorkshire.

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|ship=Hannah Mary

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship sank in Ramsey Sound.

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|ship=Nonpareil

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The schooner foundered off the Tuskar Rock. Her four crew survived. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Waterford.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=30 May 1867 |page=12 |issue=25824 |column=D }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=28 May 1867 |issue=8547 }}{{Cite news |title=Loss of Two Liverpool Vessels |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=31 May 1867 |issue=6034 }}

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26 May

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|ship=Ariel

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The schooner collided with Blackburn and sank in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Iddo ({{Flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=31 May 1867 |issue=6034 }}{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=31 May 1867 |issue=13359 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Unnamed

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The schooner was run down and sunk by the steamship Princess Royal off Portpatrick, Wigtownshire with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=A Schooner Run Down by a Steamer |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=28 May 1867 |issue=6031 }}

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27 May

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|ship={{PS|Acquilla|1843|2}}

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI|civil}} Jersey

|desc=The paddle steamer was abandoned in the Irish Sea. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Jersey.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=29 May 1867 |issue=8548 }} She came ashore at Bonmahon, County Waterford and was wrecked.

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|ship=Blanche Moore

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Longbank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wexford. Her 37 crew were rescued by the File:Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg {{Lbs|Carnsore}} lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Calcutta, India.

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|ship=Hyndman

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The brig foundered in the Atlantic Ocean {{Convert|45|nmi|km}} off Sines, Portugal. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Villa Real to Ipswich, Suffolk.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=7 June 1867 |issue=13365 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Majestic

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Flamborough Head, Yorkshire.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=28 May 1867 |issue=13356 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Nadeschda

|flag={{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}

|desc=The ship ran aground and was wrecked near Domesnes, Courland Governorate. She was on a voyage from Riga to an English port.

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|ship=Ophelia

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship departed from Hong Kong. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=19 March 1868 |issue=13610 |page=7 }}

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28 May

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|ship=Elizabeth

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Whitstable, Kent. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. She was refloated.

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|ship=Fame

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The schooner was run down and sunk in the River Thames at Erith, Kent by the steamship General Havelock ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Her crew were rescued by General Havelock. Fame was on a voyage from Teignmouth, Devon to London.{{Cite news |title=Another Vessel Run Down in the Thames |newspaper=Reynold's Newspaper |location=London |date=2 June 1867 |issue=877 }}

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|ship=Hermann Albert

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Montevideo, Uruguay to an English port.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=6 August 1867 |page=11 |issue=25882 |column=C }}

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|ship=Mary and Fanny

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Ramsey Island, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from Ayr to Llanelly, Glamorgan.

}}

30 May

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|ship= {{HMS|Osprey|1856|6}}

|flag={{navy|United Kingdom}}

|desc=The {{sclass|Vigilant|gunvessel}} was wrecked in Algoa Bay off Cape St. Francis, Cape Colony with the loss of a crew member.{{cite web |url=http://www.pdavis.nl/ShowShip.php?id=1843 |title=HMS Osprey (1856) |publisher= William Loney RN |accessdate=17 August 2020}}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=8 July 1867 |page=9 |issue=25857 |column=C }}

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31 May

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|ship=Coquimbana

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The barque ran aground on the Tyssen Patch, in Falkland Sound. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Valparaíso, Chile to Bristol, Gloucestershire.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=3 September 1867 |issue=13440 }}

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|ship=Jantje Tiddens

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship was sunk by ice off "Somers", Russia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Saint Petersburg, Russia.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=4 June 1867 |page=14 |issue=25828 |column=D }}

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|ship={{ship|Russian frigate|Svetlana|1858|2}}

|flag={{navy|Russian Empire}}

|desc=The {{sclass|Ilya Murmorets|frigate}} ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. She was refloated.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=3 June 1867 |issue=13361 |page=7 }}

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Unknown date

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|ship=Alert

|flag={{flag|Norway|1844}}

|desc=The brig ran aground at Porto, Portugal and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Porto to London, United Kingdom.

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|ship=Alsager

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground at the mouth of the Mississippi River. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire.

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|ship=Anna Wilhelmina

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship foundered in the North Sea before 4 May with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to "Wardoe".{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=7 May 1867 |page=11 |issue=25804 |column=F }}{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=10 May 1867 |issue=10037 }}

}}

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|ship=Bethiah Jewett

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in Moisic Bay before 17 May. Her crew survived. Bethiah Jewett was on a voyage from the Clyde to Montreal, Province of Canada, British North America.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=31 May 1867 |issue=6034 }} She was consequently condemned.

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|ship=Broderlandet

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship foundered off the Shetland Islands, United Kingdom with the loss of nineteen of her crew. She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Bombay, India.

}}

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|ship=Ellida

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Coquimbo, Chile.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=3 June 1867 |page=11 |issue=25827 |column=F }} She was on a voyage from Coquimbo to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=4 June 1867 |issue=6037 }}

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|ship=Enchanter

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in Trinity Bay before 17 May. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to Quebec City, Province of Canada. She was later refloated and taken in to Quebec City for repairs.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=19 June 1867 |issue=6050 }}

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|ship=Excellent

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued by Nina ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Excellent was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Quebec City.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=14 May 1867 |page=13 |issue=25810 |column=D }}

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|ship=Fiery Star

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was destroyed by an onboard explosion off Pernambuco, Brazil with the loss of her captain.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Formosa

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The steamship struck a rock off Ockseu Island, Formosa and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Amoy to Hong Kong.

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|ship=Freeland

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship foundered before 23 May. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Singapore, Straits Settlements.

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|ship=Gem of the Seas

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship capsized on the stocks at Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands. She was consequently broken up.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Glenalva

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in Trinity Bay. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Quebec City.

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|ship=Hand of Providence

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The brig foundered on or before 25 May. Her crew were rescued. she was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Kronstadt, Russia.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=27 May 1867 |page=11 |issue=25821 |column=F }}{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=31 May 1867 |issue=10040 }}

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|ship= Harrier

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} New Zealand

|desc= The cutter left Auckland for Wellington in mid-May with a crew of two and a cargo of doors and other house fittings, and was not seen again.Ingram & Wheatley, p. 149.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Jane

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship collided with a barque and sank off Ystad, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Kronstadt, Russia.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=14 May 1867 |issue=6019 }}

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|ship=Johanna Maria Christina

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Batavia, Netherlands East Indies.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=18 June 1867 |issue=6049 }}

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|ship=Lancastrian

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground at the mouth of the Mississippi River. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to New Orleans.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Lightning

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship sank off Tortola.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=28 May 1867 |issue=6031 }}

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|ship=Nile

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Cape Chat, Province of Canada. She was on a voyage from New York to Quebec City. She had been refloated by 16 May.

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|ship=Prudhoe Castle

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Cape Cestos. She was refloated on 15 May.

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|ship=Research

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was aground on the Red Island Reef. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Quebec City. She was refloated and resumed her voyage in a leaky condition, arriving at Quebec City on 20 May.

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|ship=Salem

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 11 May. Her crew were rescued by North Western ({{flag|United States|1865}}). Salem was on a voyage from London to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=4 June 1867 |issue=8553 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=10 June 1867 |issue=6042 }}

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|ship=Superior

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was sunk by ice off Cape Freels, Newfoundland, British North America. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=Virginia

|flag={{flag|Prussia|civil}}

|desc=The full-rigged ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean before 13 May. Her crew were rescued by Royal Edward ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Virginia was on a voyage from Kronstadt to the Amoor River.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=26 June 1867 |page=12 |issue=25847 |column=F }}{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=25 June 1867 |issue=13381 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Wabene

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at North Cape, Prince Edward Island, British North America. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Miramichi, New Brunswick.

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|ship=Wasp

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The schooner sank at Cape Town, Cape Colony before 9 May.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=10 May 1867 |issue=6016 }}

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|ship=Ziagra

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The barque ran aground on the Carang Brom Reef, in the Bangka Strait before 12 May. She was on a voyage from London to Singapore, Straits Settlements. She was refloated and completed her voyage.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=29 June 1867 |issue=13384 |page=7 }}

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References

=Bibliography=

Ingram, C. W. N., and Wheatley, P. O., (1936) Shipwrecks: New Zealand disasters 1795–1936. Dunedin, NZ: Dunedin Book Publishing Association.

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Category:Maritime incidents in May 1867