List of shipwrecks in May 1869

The list of shipwrecks in May 1869 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during May 1869.

1 May

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|ship={{SS|Lancefield|1861|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground on the North and South Rock, off the coast of County Antrim. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Malta. She was refloated and put back to the Clyde in a severely damaged condition.

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|ship=Lizzie Blair

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} New South Wales

|desc=The schooner ran aground at the mouth of the Richmond River.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?50948 |title=SV Lizzie Blair (+1869) |publisher=wrecksite.eu |date=26 November 2015 |accessdate=5 July 2020}}

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|ship=Mary Jane

|flag=22px Newfoundland Colony

|desc=The sealer was sunk by ice.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Shipp News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=30 September 1869 |issue=14090 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Omaha

|flag={{flag|United States|1867}}

|desc=The brig capsized and sank off Key West, Florida.

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|ship=Pero

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

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Corton Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Dordrecht, South Holland, Netherlands to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug and taken in to Lowestoft, Suffolk in a severely leaky condition.

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2 May

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|ship=Abrolhos

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Matilda ({{Flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Abrolhos was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Quebec City, Canada.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=17 May 1869 |issue=6648 }}

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|ship=Clematis

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Berdyansk, Russia. She was refloated on 6 May.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News|location=London |date=8 May 1869 |issue=7182 }}

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|ship=Italian Eagle

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Berdyansk.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=4 May 1869 |issue=6637 }}

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|ship=Rona

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

|desc=The brig foundered after being abandoned by her crew in the Pacific Ocean.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?231096 |title=SV Rona (+1869) |publisher=wrecksite.eu |date=26 November 2015 |accessdate=5 July 2020}}

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|ship=Union

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore south of the Kullen Lighthouse, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Riga, Russia.

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3 May

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|ship=Ann

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Chapman Head.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=4 May 1869 |issue=7178 }}

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|ship=Flora

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked off Sheerness, Kent. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Rochester, Kent to Sunderland, County Durham.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=7 May 1869 |issue=13965 |page=7 }}

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4 May

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|ship=Afiena

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The galiot was driven ashore and wrecked at Land's End, Cornwall, United Kingdom with the loss of four of her five crew. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.

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|ship=Clare Court

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Seaford, Sussex.

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|ship=Emma

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

|desc=The brig was wrecked on the Carrig Rocks, off Greenore Point, County Louth. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Bahia, Brazil.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=6 May 1869 |issue=6639 }}

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|ship=Roelfina Alida

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship collided with Venus ({{flag|Bremen}}) and sank in the North Sea with the loss of one life. Survivors were rescued by Venus. Roelfina Alida was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to a Scottish port.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=11 May 1869 |page=12 |issue=26434 |column=E }}

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|ship=Vriendschap

|flag=22px Danzig

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Hela, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Alloa, Clackmannanshire, United Kingdom to Danzig.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=7 May 1869 |issue=6640 }}

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|ship=Unnamed

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The barque ran aground on the Nore. She was refloated and sailed for London, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=5 May 1869 |issue=13963 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Unnamed

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

|desc=The steamship Princess Alexandra ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) collided with the schooners Hebe ({{flag|Denmark}}) and a Prussian schooner off Helsingør, Denmark. The Prussian vessel sank.

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5 May

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|ship=Europa

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

|desc=The brig was wrecked on Spiekeroog, Prussia.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=6 May 1869 |issue=6639 }}

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|ship=Fanny

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at Courtown, County Wexford. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Lisbon, Portugal.

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|ship=Prœne

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

|desc=The ship sank. She was refloated on 20 May and taken in to Helsingør, Denmark.

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6 May

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|ship=Kaiten

|flag=22px Republic of Ezo

|desc=Boshin War: The corvette was beached at Aomori Bay near Hakodate. She was burned by her crew on 20 June to prevent the ship from falling into enemy hands.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?164037 |title=Kaiten (+1869) |publisher=wrecksite.eu |date=6 May 2012 |accessdate=5 July 2020}}

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|ship=Mary Ant

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

|desc=The Yorkshire Billyboy was driven ashore at Ness Point, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Lowestoft, Suffolk to Hartlepool, County Durham.

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|ship=Riga

|flag={{flag|Russian Empire}}

|desc=The steamship ran aground near Kronstadt. She was later refloated.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=14 May 1869 |issue=6646 }}

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7 May

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|ship={{SS|Général Abbatucci|1857|2}}

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The steamship collided with the brig Edward Hwidt ({{Flag|Norway|1844}} and sank in the Mediterranean Sea off Corsica with the loss of 49 of the 103 people on board. Survivors were rescued by Edward Hwidt and the barque Embla ({{Flag|Norway|1844}}). Général Abbatucci was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Civita Vecchia, Papal States.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Italy |date=17 May 1869 |page=11 |issue=26439 |column=A }}{{cite web |url=http://clydeships.co.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=&ref=19967&vessel=GENERAL+ABBATUCCI |title=General Abbatucci |publisher=Caledonian Maritime Heritage Trust |accessdate=13 October 2020}}

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|ship=Hermit

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground at Lagos, Africa. She was later refloated.

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|ship=Liburna

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at "Stjoringbrun", Sweden. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=Maria Hall

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

|desc=The ship collided with Secret ({{Flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and was abandoned by her crew, who were rescued by Secret. Maria Hall was on a voyage from Boston, Lincolnshire to Surinam.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=4 June 1869 |page=10 |issue=26455 |column=F }}

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8 May

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|ship=Alma

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on Tolbuchen Reefs, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Kronstadt, Russia. She was refloated and taken in to Kronstadt.

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|ship=Douglas

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

|desc=The barque ran aground at Elizabeth Reef in the Coral Sea off Queensland. Her nine crew took to a raft. They were supplied with provisions on 19 May by the schooner Stormbird ({{flagicon|UKGBI}} New South Wales) and on 23 May by {{ship|French ship|Marceau|1852|2}} ({{navy|France}}). They subsequently reached Newcastle, New South Wales. Douglas was on a voyage from Newcastle to Yokohama, Japan.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?50205 |title=SV Douglas (+1869) |publisher=wrecksite.eu |date=9 December 2012 |accessdate=5 July 2020}}{{Cite news |title=Dreadful Sufferings of a Shipwrecked Crew |newspaper=Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=20 August 1869 |issue=4052 }}

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|ship=Enid

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

|desc=The brig collided with the steamship Pilot ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank off the mouth of the Humber. Her crew were rescued by Pilot. Enid was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall to Leith, Lothian.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Court of Admiralty, June 28 |date=29 June 1869 |page=11 |issue=26476 |column=C }}

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|ship=Handy

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Wexford. Her four crew were rescued by the Wexford Lifeboat Civil Service (file:Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Royal National Lifeboat Institution |date=7 June 1869 |page=6 |issue=26457 |column=B }} She was on a voyage from Dublin to Wexford.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=12 May 1869 |issue=7185 }}

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|ship=Maria de Beandol

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

|desc=The ship was assisted in to Abrevac'h, Finistère, France in a sinking condition. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Porto.

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9 May

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|ship=Britannia

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} New South Wales

|desc=The schooner ran aground {{convert|4|nmi|km}} south of Morna Point, Port Stephens during a gale.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?50484 |title=Britannia (+1869) |publisher=wrecksite.eu |date=26 November 2015 |accessdate=5 July 2020}}

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|ship=Burnett

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} New South Wales

|desc=The brig foundered during a gale in the Newcastle Bight Bay {{convert|1|nmi|km}} off the coast with the loss of all seven crew.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?50180 |title=SV Burnett (+1869) |publisher=wrecksite.eu |date=9 December 2012 |accessdate=5 July 2020}}

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|ship=Charlotte

|flag={{flag|Sweden|1844}}

|desc=The schooner capsized and sank in the River Thames at Charlton, Kent, United Kingdom. She was refloated on 14 May and beached at Blackwall, Middlesex, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=11 May 1869 |issue=13968 |page=7 }}{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=17 May 1869 |issue=13973 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Eagleton

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} New South Wales

|desc=The schooner foundered during a gale {{convert|8|nmi|km}} south of Anna Bay, Port Stephens with the loss of all six crew.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?50370 |title=SV Eagleton (+1869) |publisher=wrecksite.eu |date=26 November 2015 |accessdate=5 July 2020}}

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|ship=Enid

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

|desc=The ship was run down and sunk in the North Sea off the mouth of the Humber by a steamship. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Enos, Ottoman Empire to Leith, Lothian.

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|ship=Jessie

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground off Newcastle, New South Wales with the loss of three of her five crew.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?50986 |title=SV Jessie (+1869) |publisher=wrecksite.eu |date=26 November 2015 |accessdate=5 July 2020}}

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|ship=Nancy

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} New South Wales

|desc=The schooner ran aground off Newcastle with the loss of one of her six crew.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?50781 |title=SV Nancy (+1869) |publisher=wrecksite.eu |date=26 November 2015 |accessdate=5 July 2020}}

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|ship=Secret

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} New South Wales

|desc=The schooner ran aground and was wrecked off Port Stephens with the loss of a crew member.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?51433 |title=Secret (+1869) |publisher=wrecksite.eu |date=26 November 2015 |accessdate=5 July 2020}}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=12 July 1869 |issue=6696 }}

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10 May

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|ship=Aline

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked {{convert|4|nmi|km}} north of Viana do Castelo, Portugal with the loss of twelve of her seventeen crew. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Bangor, Maine, United States.

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|ship=Luella

|flag={{flagicon|Canada|1868}} Canada

|desc=The schooner ran aground after capsizing during a gale in the Barren Islands off the south-central coast of the Department of Alaska.{{cite web |url=https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-l/ |title=ALASKA SHIPWRECKS (L) |publisher=alaskashipwreck.com |accessdate=5 July 2020}}

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|ship=Norge

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Hammerfest, Norway. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Hammerfest.

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11 May

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|ship=Chōyō Maru

|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}

|desc=File:Warship Banryu bombards and sinks Choyo 1869 Naval Battle of Hakodate.png Boshin War (Naval Battle of Hakodate Bay): The corvette sank during combat after she was hit in the ammunition magazine by the schooner Banryū ({{flagicon image|Seal of Ezo.svg|22px}} Republic of Ezo) and exploded in Hakodate Bay, Japan with the loss of 86 onboard.{{cite book |last1=Jentschura |first1=Hansgeorg |first2=Dieter |last2=Jung |first3=Peter |last3=Mickel |year=1977 |title=Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1869–1945 |publisher=United States Naval Institute |location=Annapolis, Maryland |isbn=0-87021-893-X }}

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|ship=Energy

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Bay of Biscay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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|ship=Joe Baker

|flag={{flag|United States|1867}}

|desc=The tug suffered a boiler explosion off Staten Island. Three of her crew were severely wounded.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=28 May 1869 |issue=6658 }}

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|ship=W. Y. E.

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

|desc=The brigantine collided with the steamship Earl of Erne ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank at Dundalk, County Louth. She was on the return leg of her maiden voyage, from Pomaron, Portugal to Liverpool, Lancashire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=14 May 1869 |issue=6646 }}{{Cite news |title=Local News |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=12 July 1869 |issue=6696 }}

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12 May

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|ship=Cheyenne,
Clifton,
Darling,
Mary Erwin,
Melnotte, and
Westmoreland

|flag={{flag|United States|1867}}

|desc=The steamboat Clifton caught fire at Cincinnati, Ohio. the fire spread to the other five steamboats. Darling and Melnotte were severely damaged, the other four boats were destroyed. One person on board Cheyenne died.

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|ship=Gladiolus

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Bahia, Brazil to New York, United States.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=7 July 1869 |issue=7233 }}

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|ship=Hare

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

|desc=The schooner was towed in to Beaumaris, Anglesey in a sinking condition by the pilot boat No. 3 ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Hare was on a voyage from Laxey, Isle of Man to Runcorn, Cheshire.

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|ship=Hematine

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Dungeness, Kent. She was on a voyage from Sicily, Italy to London. She was refloated.

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|ship=Louise

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

|desc=The ship ran aground in the King's Channel. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was refloated and found to be leaky.

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|ship=Maggie

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Dungeness. She was refloated.

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|ship=Mataoka

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

|desc=The ship departed from Littleton, New Zealand for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=9 December 1869 |issue=14150 |page=7 }}

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|ship={{SS|Mississippi|1862|2}}

|flag={{flag|United States|1867}}

|desc=The steamship was wrecked on Martinique.{{Cite news |title=Loss of the American Steamer Mississippi |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=27 May 1869 |issue=44465 }} She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to New York.

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|ship=Pfeil

|flag={{flag|Hamburg|admiralty}}

|desc=The steamship ran aground at Cuxhaven. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

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|ship=Volta

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Itaparica Island, Brazil.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=31 May 1869 |issue=7201 }}

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|ship=Zeta

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked at Lagos, Africa.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=14 June 1869 |issue=6672 }} She was refloated on 14 May.

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13 May

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|ship=Eole

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The pilot cutter struck a sunken wreck and was beached at Hope Cove, Devon, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=Little Annie

|flag={{flag|United States|1867}}

|desc=The schooner ran aground off Gull Rock Bar, California.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?35094 |title=Little Annie (+1869) |publisher=wrecksite.eu |date=26 November 2015 |accessdate=5 July 2020}}

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14 May

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|ship=Ant

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

|desc=The ship foundered off Cromer, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk to Blyth, Northumberland.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=15 May 1869 |issue=6647 }}

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|ship=Elizabeth Jane

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Batten Reefs, in Plymouth Sound. She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Antwerp, Belgium. She was refloated and taken in to Plymouth, Devon.

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|ship=Jane Catherine

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Penzance, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Portmadoc, Caernarfonshire to Riga, Russia.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=17 May 1869 |issue=6648 }}

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|ship=Lady Seymour

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Quebec City, Canada. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Quebec City.

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|ship=Mary Simmons

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

|desc=The schooner collided with another schooner and sank. Her crew were rescued by the lugger Adèle ({{flag|France}}). Mary Simmons was on a voyage from Neath, Glamorgan to Plymouth, Devon.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=19 May 1869 |page=5 |issue=26437 |column=D }}

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|ship=Necromancer

|flag={{flag|New Zealand}}

|desc=The schooner ran aground at Farewell Spit after having sprung a leak.Ingram & Wheatley, p. 164.

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|ship=Richard Roberts

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

|desc=The ship sprang a leak and foundered off Strumble Head, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Liverpool, Lancashire.

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|ship=Tartar

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Falmouth, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to China.

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15 May

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|ship=Arran Isle

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI|civil}} Isle of Man

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Aberdovey, Merionethshire. She was refloated the next day and taken in to the River Dovey.

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|ship=Cardross

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Dymchurch, Kent. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to the Clyde.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=18 May 1869 |issue=7190 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=18 May 1869 |issue=6649 }} She was refloated on 24 May and taken in to Dover, Kent.

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|ship=Don

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

|desc=The barque caught fire at Algeciras, Spain and was scuttled.

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|ship=Don Juan

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} New South Wales

|desc=The ship foundered off Bird Island, Tasmania with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Shipping News |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=20 July 1869 |issue=4981 }}

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|ship=Frances Ellen

|flag={{flag|United States|1867}}

|desc=The fishing vessel ran aground off Fort Pickens, Florida before shifting sandbars let her drift into deeper waters where she sank.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VtmuDwAAQBAJ&q=shipwrecks+may+1869&pg=PA306 |title=More Shipwrecks of Florida: A Comprehensive Listing |date= 26 November 2019|isbn=9781683340379 |accessdate=5 July 2020|last1=Singer |first1=Steven Danforth }}

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|ship=Golden Light

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the brig Æolus ({{flag|Norway|1844}}). Golden Light was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to New York, United States.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=22 May 1869 |issue=6653 }}{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=22 May 1869 |issue=13978 |page=7 }}

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16 May

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|ship=Cheduba

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

|desc=The steamship foundered in the Bay of Bengal with the loss of all 96 people on board.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?200489 |title=SS Cheduba (+1869) |publisher=wrecksite.eu |date=3 March 2015 |accessdate=5 July 2020}} She was on a voyage from Calcutta, Indian to Rangoon, Burma.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters and Loss of Life in the Indian Seas |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=5 July 1869 |issue=9205 }}

}}

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|ship=Cornelia Maria

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The brigantine foundered off Trevose Head, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Par, Cornwall to Runcorn, Cheshire, United Kingdom.

}}

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|ship=Margaret

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked in Trinity Bay with the loss of all but one of her fifteen crew. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Quebec City, Canada.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=9 June 1869 |page=5 |issue=26459 |column=E }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=10 June 1869 |issue=6668 }}

}}

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|ship=Nelly

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground at Rye, Sussex and was damaged.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=19 May 1869 |issue=13975 |page=7 }}

}}

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|ship=Seabreeze

|flag={{flagicon|Canada|1868}} Canada

|desc=The ship put in to Antigua in a waterlogged condition and sank there.

}}

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|ship=Zetus

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked in Trinity Bay with the loss of all seventeen crew. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Quebec City.

}}

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|ship=Unnamed

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The brigantine foundered in the English Channel. Her seven crew survived.

}}

17 May

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|ship=Dharwar

|flag={{flagcountry|British Raj}}

|desc=The ship caught fire and was scuttled at Penang, Straits Settlements. The fire was not extinguished until 21 May.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=28 June 1869 |issue=7225 }}

}}

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|ship=Eclipse

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

|desc=The brig ran aground at Ram Island, off Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States to Halifax, Nova Scotia. The wreck was lifted and auctioned off at a later date.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?237055 |title=SV Eclipse (+1869) |publisher=wrecksite.eu |date=26 November 2015 |accessdate=5 July 2020}}

}}

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|ship=Fairy

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Galloper Sand. Her crew were rescued by Emanuel ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Fairy was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France.

}}

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|ship=Hope

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the English Channel off Dungeness, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Cherbourg, Seine-Inférieure, France.

}}

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|ship=James Macqueen

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Osmussaar, Russia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Kronstadt, Russia.

}}

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|ship=Jessy

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

|desc=The ship struck a rock near The Pillars and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Quebec City, Canada.

}}

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|ship=John Mann

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

|desc=The ship collided with Amoor ({{flag|Spain|civil-1785}}) and then ran aground. She was on a voyage from Grimsby, Lincolnshire to Quebec City. She was refloated and taken in to Quebec City.

}}

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|ship=Orissia

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Quarry Harbour". Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from "Quarry Harbour" to Beauly, Inverness-shire.

}}

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|ship=Robert James Haynes

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

|desc=The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Dragør, Denmark, She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to Ipswich, Suffolk.

}}

18 May

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|ship=Caledonia

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

|desc=The ship ran aground {{Convert|20|nmi|km}} east of Key West, Florida, United States. She was on a voyage from Pensacola, Florida to Liverpool, Lancashire.

}}

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|ship=Golconda

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

|desc=The ship ran aground {{convert|30|nmi|km}} east of Key West. She was refloated on 20 May and towed in to Key West.

}}

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|ship=Mistress of the Seas

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

|desc=The ship departed from Bombay, India for Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Missing Vessels |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=27 September 1869 |issue=9277 }}

}}

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|ship=Star of Peace

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

|desc=The ship capsized at Harwich, Essex. She was on a voyage from London to Norwich, Norfolk.

}}

19 May

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|ship=Exley

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Llanmaddock, Glamorgan.

}}

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|ship={{SS|Grecian|1867|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship struck the Split Rocks in the Saint Lawrence River and sank with the loss of one life. There were about 200 survivors. She was on a voyage from Toronto, Ontario to Montreal, Quebec, Canada.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=1 June 1869 |issue=7202 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=3 June 1869 |issue=6663 }}

}}

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|ship=Henriette

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at "Steensnæs", near Fredrikshavn, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Kappeln.

}}

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|ship=Sibyl

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Nore. She was on a voyage from Pomaron, Portugal to London. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=21 May 1869 |issue=7193 }}

}}

20 May

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|ship={{ship|Haitian ship|Alexandre Pétion||2}}

|flag={{flagicon|Haiti|1859}} Haitian Navy

|desc=The ship ran aground off Cape Dame Maria. She was refloated.{{Cite news |title=The West Indies |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=16 June 1869 |issue=6336 }}

}}

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|ship=Prince of Wales

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

|desc=The ship ran aground. She was on a voyage from London to a Norwegian port. She was refloated and taken in to Brightlingsea, Essex in a leaky condition.

}}

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|ship=Robert Low

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=15 June 1869 |issue=6673 }}

}}

21 May

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|ship=Bremerin Tackens

|flag={{flag|Bremen}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Sal, Cape Verde Islands. She was on a voyage from Bremen to the Cape Verde Islands.

}}

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|ship=Countess of Durham

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

|desc=The schooner was run into by the steamship Gladstone ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank in the North Sea. Her three crew were rescued by Gladstone.

}}

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|ship=Golconda

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Key West, Florida, United States. She was on a voyage from Pensacola, Florida to Liverpool, Lancashire.

}}

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|ship=Princess Victoria

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Öland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to London. She was refloated with the assistance of a steamship and resumed her voyage.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=28 May 1869 |issue=7199 }}

}}

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|ship=Swallow

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

|desc=The fishing smack was run down and sunk off Cape Barfleur, Manche, France by Vauban ({{flag|France}}).

}}

22 May

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|ship=Dharwar

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} Straits Settlements

|desc=The ship was destroyed by fire at Galle, Ceylon.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=10 June 1869 |page=7 |issue=26460 |column=E }}

}}

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|ship=Genius

|flag={{flag|Bremen}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at English Point, Canada. She was on a voyage from Bremen to Montreal, Quebec, Canada.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Freeman's Journal |location=Dublin |date=1 June 1869 }}

}}

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|ship=Hudson

|flag={{flag|United States|1867}}

|desc=The ship departed from Akyab, Buram for Falmouth, Cornwall, united Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=24 February 1870 |page=6 |issue=26682 |column=E }}

}}

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|ship=Lidskjalfolsen

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Cape Rosier, Canada. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France to Quebec City, Canada.

}}

23 May

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|ship=Collingwood

|flag={{flag|New Zealand}}

|desc=The barque ran aground at Timaru, South Island during a gale.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?240543 |title=SV Collingwood (+1869) |publisher=wrecksite.eu |date=22 February 2011 |accessdate=5 July 2020}}

}}

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|ship=Fordmill

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

|desc=The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by the schooner Queen ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Fordmill was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=21 June 1869 |issue=14003 |page=7 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=29 June 1869 |issue=7226 }}

}}

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|ship=Hirondelle

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

|desc=The ship ran aground in the Clyde. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Hong Kong. She was refloated and taken in to Gareloch.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=26 May 1869 |issue=13981 |page=7 }}

}}

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|ship=S. M.

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

|desc=The steam lighter ran aground and sank at Torryburn, Fife. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire to Torryburn.

}}

24 May

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|ship=Karen Marie

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The koff ran aground at Nymindegab. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom to Nymindegab.

}}

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|ship=Susan Jane

|flag={{flag|New Zealand}}

|desc=The barque ran aground at Timaru, South Island during a gale.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?292243 |title=SV Susan Jane (+1869) |publisher=wrecksite.eu |date=22 February 2011 |accessdate=6 July 2020}}

}}

25 May

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|ship=Dolphin

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

|desc=The schooner was run into by the steamship {{SS|Tasso|1864|2}} ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank off the Owers Sandbank, in the English Channel off the coast of Sussex. Her crew were rescued by Tasso. Dolphin was on a voyage from Saint Vincent to London.{{Cite news |title=Collision off the "Owers". - Sinking of a Vessel |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=26 May 1869 |issue=13981 |page=3 }}

}}

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|ship=Figlia Maggiore

|flag=22px Trieste

|desc=The ship was run into and sunk by the steamship {{SS|Russia|1867|2}} ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) off Bedloes Island, New York City, United States. Her crew survived.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=7 June 1869 |issue=6666 }}

}}

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|ship=Flora

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore east of Charlestown, Cornwall, United Kingdom.

}}

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|ship=Freedom

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Ballygally, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Belfast to Red Bay, County Antrim.

}}

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|ship=Helen

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

|desc=The ship departed from Cochin, India for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=5 October 1869 |issue=6769 }}

}}

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|ship=Mayflower

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

|desc=The yacht broke from her moorings, drove ashore and sank at Montrose, Forfarshire.{{Cite news |title=Montrose |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=26 May 1869 |issue=4933 }}

}}

26 May

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|ship=Acorn

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

|desc=The ketch collided with the steamship South of Ireland ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank off St. Anns Head, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued by South of Ireland.

}}

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|ship=Isabella Saunders

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Constance ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Isabella Saunders was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to New York, United States.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=15 June 1869 |issue=13998 |page=7 }}

}}

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|ship=Mary Jane

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

|desc=The steamship struck a rock and sank near Ardrishaig, Argyllshire. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Ardrishaig.

}}

27 May

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|ship=Branch

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

|desc=The schooner was abandoned off Les Hanois, Guernsey, Channel Islands. Her crew were rescued by Hannah ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Branch was taken in to Falmouth, Cornwall in a derelict condition on 5 June by Terpsichore ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=8 June 1869 |issue=7208 }}

}}

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|ship=Condor

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

|desc=The brigantine ran aground at Arbroath, Forfarshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Memel to Arbroath. She was refloated.{{Cite news |title=Arbroath |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=29 May 1869 |issue=4937 }}

}}

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|ship=Gloriana

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Fisherrow, Lothian. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Fisherrow. She was refloated the next day.

}}

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|ship=Henry Harvey

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

|desc=The brigantine ran aground on the Shingles, in the Thames Estuary. She was on a voyage from London to Hayle, Cornwall.

}}

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|ship=Hugh and Ann

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Shingles. She was on a voyage from London to Waterford.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ocean

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground at Arbroath. She was refloated.

}}

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|ship=Ostern

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The brig foundered in the North Sea {{convert|125|nmi|km}} off Boddam, Aberdeenshire with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Loss of a North German Vessel and all on Board |newspaper=Bradford Observer |location=Bradford |date=3 June 1869 |issue=2012 |page=8 |volume=36 }}

}}

28 May

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|ship=Auguste

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in a capsized condition at Bacton, Norfolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Larvik to Montrose, Forfarshire, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=23 June 1869 |issue=7221 }}

}}

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|ship=Maria Catharina

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The smack ran aground at Buckie, Banffshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Christiania, Norway to Buckie. She was refloated the next day and placed under repair.

}}

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|ship=Robert

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

|desc=The schooner capsized and sank in the North Sea {{convert|50|nmi|km}} east of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, United Kingdom. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Brussels, West Flanders, Belgium to Copenhagen, Denmark.{{Cite news |title=Yarmouth |newspaper=Bury and Norwich Press |location=Bury St. Edmunds |date=1 June 1869 |issue=4536 |page=7 }}

}}

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|ship=Sarah Jane

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

|desc=The cutter ran aground at Howth, County Dublin. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Bangor and Arklow, County Wicklow.

}}

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|ship=Stephen and Elizabeth

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

|desc=The brig foundered {{convert|11|nmi|km}} north east of Trevose Head, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Llanelly, Glamorgan to Port-en-Bessin, Calvados, France.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=3 June 1869 |page=6 |issue=26454 |column=D }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=3 June 1869 |issue=7204 }}

}}

29 May

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|ship=Alberta

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

|desc=The ship was damaged by fire in St. Bride's Bay. She was on a voyage from Huelva, Spain to Liverpool, Lancashire.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=2 June 1869 |issue=13987 |page=7 }}

}}

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|ship=Lady Aberdour

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

|desc=The brig ran aground off Kennetpans, Clackmannanshire. She was on a voyage from Alloa, Clackmannanshire to Genoa, Italy. She was refloated and taken in to Leith, Lothian.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Lithuania

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at Slite, Gotland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Grimsby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom to Kronstadt, Russia.

}}

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|ship=Superb

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked on the Jadder. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Tønsberg.

}}

30 May

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|ship=Constantine

|flag={{flag|Spain|civil-1785}}

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the North Sea off the coast of Nord, France. She was on a voyage from Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland to Cádiz.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=4 June 1869 |issue=6664 }}

}}

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|ship=Eliza and Jane

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Point Lucena, Brazil. She was on a voyage from London to Pernambuco, Brazil. She was condemned, refloated and taken in to Paraíba, Brazil.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=5 July 1869 |issue=14015 |page=7 }}

}}

31 May

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|ship=Ann Livington

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

|desc=The ship foundered {{convert|30|nmi|km}} off Bilbao, Spain. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Aigle ({{flag|France}}). Ann Livington was on a voyage from Bilbao to Cardiff, Glamorgan.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=14 June 1869 |page=6 |issue=26463 |column=B }}

}}

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|ship=Boreas

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

|desc=The barque ran aground and sank on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Era ({{flag|Norway|1844}}). Boreas was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Naples, Italy.

}}

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|ship=Catharina Geerdina

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Portugal. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Portugal to Rotterdam, South Holland.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=8 June 1869 |issue=6667 }}

}}

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|ship=John and Mary

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

|desc=The smack was driven ashore at Burry Port, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to Bridgwater, Somerset.

}}

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|ship=St. Leonards

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Dendermonde, East Flanders, Belgium to Wells-next-the-Sea.

}}

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|ship=Antes

|flag={{flag|United States|1867}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged near Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to Halifax, Nova Scotia.

}}

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|ship=Arthur Crosbie

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Prato Shoals, in the South China Sea. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to Tientsin, China.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=21 May 1869 |issue=6652 }}

}}

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|ship=Auguste

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship foundered of San Sebastián, Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom.

}}

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|ship=Banryū

|flag={{flagicon image|Seal of Ezo.svg|34px}} Republic of Ezo

|desc=Boshin War (Naval Battle of Hakodate Bay): The schooner was beached by her crew at Hakodate Bay, Japan and set on fire after running out of ammunition. The wreck was later salvaged and used in civil service.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7laQAgAAQBAJ&q=Imperial+Japanese+Navy+AND+1888+whaler&pg=PA166 |title=Japan and Britain after 1859: Creating Cultural Bridges |page=166 |first=Olive |last=Checkland |publisher=Routledge |year=2002 |location=London |isbn=978-0700717477}}

}}

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|ship=Buccleugh

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

|desc=The ship was run down in the Gulf of Finland by the steamship Norfolk ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Her crew were rescued. Buccleugh was on a voyage from Burntisland, Fife to Kronstadt, Russia.

}}

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|ship=Catherine and Anne

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Bahia, Brazil.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=31 May 1869 |issue=6660 }}

}}

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|ship=Clemence

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked near Bathurst, Gambia Colony and Protectorate.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=West Coast of Africa |date=1 June 1869 |page=12 |issue=26452 |column=A }} All on board survived.{{Cite news |title=Latest News |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=1 June 1869 |issue=44469 }}

}}

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|ship=Delphin

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned off Cádiz, Spain.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=18 May 1869 |issue=6649 }}

}}

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|ship=Glaurus

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

|desc=The ship was discovered derelict in the Atlantic Ocean by Shannon ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). She put eight crew on board; they took Glaurus in to Saint Helena. She had been on a voyage from Norway to Australia.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=10 June 1869 |issue=6668 }}

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|ship=Grange

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

|desc=The steamship collided with the steamship Levant ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) at Gibraltar and was beached.

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|ship=Honor

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Domesnes, Russia. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Riga, Russia.

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|ship=Jeanne

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The schooner was abandoned at sea before 14 May.{{Cite news |title=Mail and Ship News |newspaper=Leeds Mercury |location=Leeds |date=26 May 1869 |issue=9710 }} Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=26 May 1869 |issue=6656 }}

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|ship=Juanita

|flag={{flag|Hamburg|admiralty}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the coast of Aracan, Burma. She was on a voyage from Akyab, Burma to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=17 July 1869 |issue=6701 }}

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|ship=Lucia Jantina

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship sank near Saint Petersburg, Russia. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Saint Petersburg.

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|ship={{PS|Marquis of Abercorn|1865|2}}

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

|desc=The paddle steamer was run into by the paddle steamer {{PS|Lord Gough|1863|2}} ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank {{convert|8|nmi|km}} off Portpatrick, Wigtownshire. All on board were rescued. Marquis of Abercorn was on a voyage from Dublin to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.{{Cite news |title=Loss of the Steamer Marquis of Abercorn |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=19 May 1869 |issue=9166 }}

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|ship=Martha

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

|desc=The brigantine was wrecked at Guadeloupe.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=25 May 1869 |issue=6655 }}

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|ship=Matoaka

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI|civil}} United Kingdom

|desc=The full-rigged ship disappeared in the Indian Ocean along with all 77 onboard (45 passengers and 32 crew) after departing Lyttelton, New Zealand on 13 May.{{cite news |title=Latest |newspaper=Timaru Herald |volume=XI |issue=473 |date=8 December 1869 |page=2}}

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|ship=Penguin

|flag={{flag|United States|1867}}

|desc=The ship was abandoned at sea. She was on a voyage from Cuba to New York.

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|ship=Preene

|flag=22px Rostock

|desc=The ship collided with the steamship Princess Alexandra ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank. She was on a voyage from Rostock to Copenhagen, Denmark.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=6 May 1869 |issue=6639 }}

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|ship=Pride of the West

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Norte Point. She was on a voyage from Haiti to Cardiff, Glamorgan.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=6 May 1869 |issue=6639 }}

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|ship=Redite

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Bay of Biscay before 17 May. She was on a voyage from Swansea to Cádiz.

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|ship=Rotterdam

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at Kalana, Russia. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Saint Petersburg, Russia.

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|ship=Senhorinha

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

|desc=The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Lisbon to Paysandú, Uruguay.

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|ship=Seraphina Tatham

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked near Barbados. She was on a voyage from London to Barbados.

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|ship=Spray

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at "North Torbay", Newfoundland Colony with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Gibraltar to Saint John's, Newfoundland Colony.

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|ship=Stag

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Bombay, India and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Mauritius to Bombay. She was condemned.

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|ship=St. Bede

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at Brăila, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Brăila to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. She was refloated.

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|ship='{{SS|St. George|1861|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship was wrecked on the Blonde Rock, off Seal Island, Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from Portland, Maine to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.{{Cite news |title=Latest News |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=4 May 1869 |issue=44446 }}{{Cite news |title=Total Wreck of an Allan Steamship |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=4 May 1869 |issue=4915 }}

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|ship=Theodor Korner

|flag=22px Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

|desc=The brig foundered off the north coast of Kent, United Kingdom before 17 May.

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|ship=Thomas and Mary

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

|desc=The brig foundered in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to the Nieuw Diep.{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=7 May 1869 |issue=10141 }}

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|ship=Two Ellens

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked near Shelburne, Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Saint Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=20 May 1869 |issue=6651 }}

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|ship=William Wheatley

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked off the coast of Cuba.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=21 May 1869 |issue=6652 |edition=Second }}

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|ship=Zeta

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

|desc=The steamship struck a rock and was beached in Tongey Bay.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=28 May 1869 |issue=6658 }} She was later refloated and taken in to Valparaíso, Chile for repairs.

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References

1869-05

Category:Maritime incidents in May 1869