List of shipwrecks in May 1870
1 May
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|ship={{PS|City of Quebec|1864|2}}
|flag={{flagicon|Canada|1868}} Canada
|desc=The Paddle steamer collided with the steamship {{SS|Germany|1868|2}} ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank in the Saint Lawrence River with the loss of two lives. She was on a voyage from Quebec City to Pictou, Nova Scotia.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=4 May 1870 |issue=9465 }}{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=5 May 1870 |issue=14276 |page=7 }}
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|ship=Jean McLean
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The sloop was driven ashore at Machrie, Isle of Arran.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=3 May 1870 |issue=9464 }}
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2 May
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|ship=Coringa
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore in Morte Bay. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France to Bombay, India. She was refloated and taken in to Newport, Monmouthshire in a leaky condition.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=3 May 1870 |page=11 |issue=26740 |column=A }}
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|ship=Jean McLean
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore in Macrie Bay.
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|ship=Maria Danovara
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}
|desc=The barque was destroyed by fire off Saint Vincent. She was on a voyage from Carloforte, Sardinia to Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom.
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3 May
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|ship=Carl
|desc=The brig was abandoned in the Mediterranean Sea 3 leagues ({{convert|9|nmi|km}} west of Ténès, Algeria. She was on a voyage from Catanzaro, Italy to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. She came ashore and was wrecked.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=10 May 1870 |page=10 |issue=26746 |column=F }}
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|ship=City of Lahore
|flag={{flagcountry|British Raj}}
|desc=The ship ran aground on the Roypore Sand, in the Hooghly River. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Calcutta. She was refloated and taken in to Calcutta.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=9 May 1870 |issue=14279 |page=6 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=12 May 1870 |issue=9472 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=7 June 1870 |issue=5257 }}
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|ship=Eos
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship ran aground in the Doboy Sound. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Brunswick, Georgia, United States. She was later refloated and taken in to Darien, Georgia.
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|ship=Hackmatac
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship ran aground on a reef in the Hainan Strait. She was attacked by pirates the next day and was abandoned by her passengers and crew. Hackmatac was plundered and burnt. She was on a voyage from Bangkok, Siam to "Hoiho", China.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=8 August 1870 |page=11 |issue=26823 |column=F }}
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|ship=St. Austell
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore in Algoa Bay. She was on a voyage from Mauritius to Algoa Bay.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=28 June 1870 |page=10 |issue=26788 |column=F }}
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5 May
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|ship=Apostle Peter
|flag={{Flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship collided with Bona Fide ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and foundered off St. George's Island, Devon.
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|ship=Commerce
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The schooner was damaged by fire in the Stonehouse Pool, Plymouth, Devon.
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|ship=Hugh Taylor
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship ran aground on the Englishman's Shoal, in the Dardanelles. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Taganrog, Russia. She was refloated on 7 May and resumed her voyage.
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|ship=Meg
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The brig was driven ashore at New Carlisle, Quebec, Canada. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Chaleur Bay. She was refloated.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=11 May 1870 |issue=9471 }}
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|ship=Richard
|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI|civil}} Jersey
|desc=The ship departed from Porto, Portugal for Burin, Newfoundland Colony. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=27 October 1870 |page=7 |issue=26892 |column=F }}
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6 May
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|ship=Dunmail
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship struck a sunken rock at Hong Kong and sank.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=China |date=30 May 1870 |page=7 |issue=26763 |column=A-B }} She was on a voyage from London to Hong Kong.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=7 June 1870 |page=6 |issue=26770 |column=E }}
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|ship={{SS|Earl of Elgin|1861|2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The steamship was run into by the steamship {{SS|Jesmond|1869|2}} ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank in the North Sea {{convert|8|nmi|km}} off Huntcliffe Foot, Yorkshire with the loss of eight of the twenty people on board. Survivors were rescued by Jesmond. Earl of Elgin was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Bordeaux, Gironde, France.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Fatal Collision at Sea |date=9 May 1870 |page=12 |issue=26745 |column=C }}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Earl of Elgin Steamer |date=12 May 1870 |page=10 |issue=26748 |column=E }}
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|ship=Five Sisters
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The brig was abandoned {{convert|25|nmi|km}} west of "Cape Aspinal". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Pomaron, Portugal to Gloucester.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=20 May 1870 |page=10 |issue=26755 |column=F }}{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=20 May 1870 |issue=14289 |page=7 }}
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|ship=Iduna
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was sighted in the South China Sea whilst on a voyage from Singapore, Straits Settlements to Hong Kong. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=26 November 1870 |issue=9642 }}
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7 May
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|ship=Jeune Victoire
|flag={{flag|France}}
|desc=The ship collided with the steamship James Shaw ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank at Rouen, Seine-Inférieure.
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|ship=Sarah Nicholson
|flag={{flag|United States|1867}}
|desc=The ship ran aground east of Bermuda. She was on a voyage from Shanghai, China to New York. She was refloated with assistance from a pilot boat.
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|ship=Southern Eagle
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship departed from Rangoon, Burma for Liverpool, Lancashire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=24 December 1870 |issue=9666 }}
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9 May
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|ship=Caractacus
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked off Drummond Island.
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|ship=Hay
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The steamship was wrecked off Hainan, China. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to Manila, Spanish East Indies.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=14 June 1870 |page=11 |issue=26776 |column=A }}
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|ship={{HMS|Slaney|1857|6}}
|flag={{navy|United Kingdom}}
|desc=The {{sclass|Algerine|gunboat}} was wrecked in the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea during a typhoon with the loss of 41 of her crew.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?134080 |title=HMS Slaney (+1870) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=17 November 2020}}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Loss of the Slaney |date=28 July 1870 |page=5 |issue=26814 |column=C }}
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11 May
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|ship={{PS|Garibaldi|1864|2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The paddle tug collided with Susan
({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank at Leith, Lothian.{{Cite web |url=http://www.tynetugs.co.uk/garibaldi1864.html |title=Garibaldi |publisher=Tyne Tugs |accessdate=9 December 2020 }}
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|ship=Lady of the Lake
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The smack foundered in Giltar Sound. The sole crew member on board survived. She was on a voyage from Lydstep Haven, to Tenby, Pembrokeshire.{{Cite news |title=Tenby |newspaper=Western Mail |location=Cardiff |date=12 May 1870 |issue=322 }}
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|ship=Maria
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered off Cape St. Vincent, Portugal. Her crew were rescued by the barque Eros ({{flag|Norway|1844}}). Maria was on a voyage from Villareal, Spain to the River Tyne.
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|ship=Mary Ann
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The lighter sank near Carradale, Argyllshire. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Rothesay, Isle of Bute to Campbeltown, Argyllshire.{{Cite news |title=Lighter Sunk |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=13 May 1870 |issue=9473 }}
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|ship=St. Rolla
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Cairnryan, Wigtownshire. She was refloated.
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|ship=Telegraphe
|flag={{flagicon|France}} Martinique
|desc=The ship was wrecked near Le Vauclin. She was on a voyage from Saint-Pierre to Robert.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=9 June 1870 |page=7 |issue=26772 |column=F }}
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|ship=Walter Scott
|flag={{flag|Norway|1844}}
|desc=The barque ran aground at Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom. She was refloated.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Northern Echo |location=Darlington |date=12 May 1870 |issue=112 }}
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12 May
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|ship=Agnes
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship sank off Carradale, Argyllshire.
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|ship=Cygnet
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The smack collided with Architecht ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank off Point Lynas, Anglesey. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Porthleven, Cornwall to Liverpool, Lancashire.
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|ship=Effort
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The schooner foundered in St Bride's Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Waterford.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=16 May 1870 |page=9 |issue=26751 |column=B }}
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|ship=Eliza
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Berehaven, County Cork. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Berehaven .
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|ship=Henrietta
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore in the Kenmare River.
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|ship=Ida Maria
|desc=The barque ran aground on the Little Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay. All fourteen people on board were rescued by the New Brighton Lifeboat Willie and Arthur (file:Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution){{Cite news |title=Royal National Life-boat Institution |newspaper=Morning Post |location=London |date=3 June 1870 |issue=30105 |page=2 }} Ida Maria floated off and ran aground on Taylor's Bank. She was refloated and towed in to Liverpool.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=16 May 1870 |issue=9475 }}
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|ship=Idmarel
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The barque was driven ashore at New Brighton, Cheshire. Her fourteen crew were rescued by the New Brighton Lifeboat.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=14 May 1870 |issue=9474 }}
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|ship=Julia Curtoise
|flag={{flag|France}}
|desc=The schooner was wrecked on Caldy Island, Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Granville, Manche to llanelli, Glamorgan, United Kingdom.
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|ship=Love
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The schooner foundered off Skrinkle Head, Pembrokeshire with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=16 May 1870 |issue=14285 |page=7 }}
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|ship=Margarets
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The brig was wrecked at Steinort, Prussia. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Local and General |newspaper=Leeds Mercury |location=Leeds |date=18 May 1870 |issue=10014 }} She was on a voyage from Swinemünde, Prussia to Riga, Russia.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Northern Echo |location=Darlington |date=19 May 1870 |issue=118 }}
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|ship=Mary and Jane
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged on Mutton Island, County Clare. She was on a voyage from Saundersfoot, Pembrokeshire to Limerick. She was refloated.
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|ship=Queen of the Taff
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked at Rio Real, Brazil. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro to Pará, Brazil.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=15 July 1870 |issue=9527 }}
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13 May
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|ship=Catherine
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore in the Bay of Luce. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Peel, Isle of Man.
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|ship=Immanuel
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at West Wemyss, Fife.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=14 May 1870 |issue=9474 }}
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|ship=Sicily Juliette
|flag={{flag|France}}
|desc=The barque was wrecked on the Anegada Reef, off Tortola. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States to Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=30 June 1870 |page=7 |issue=26790 |column=F }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=1 July 1870 |issue=9515 }}
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|ship={{SS|Teutonia|1863|2}}
|flag={{flag|Hamburg|admiralty}}
|desc=The steamship ran aground at Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Hamburg.
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14 May
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|ship=Chronos
|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}
|desc=The ship struck a sunken wreck and sank in the Vlie.
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|ship=Dublin Lass
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Guernsey, Channel Islands to London.
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15 May
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|ship=Kestrel
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The steamship ran aground on the Cross Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her passengers were transferred to the steamship Lord Cardigan ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Kestrel was later refloated.
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|ship=Titia Jacobina
|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}
|desc=The ship collided with Marianne (22px Danzig) and was abandoned off Bornholm. She was subsequently taken in to Kristiansand, Denmark.
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16 May
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|ship=Carmino
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}
|desc=The brig was driven ashore on Heligoland.
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|ship=Eagle
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Inférieure, France. She was on a voyage from Callao, Peru to Saint-Nazaire.
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|ship=Faugh-a-Ballaugh
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered {{convert|40|nmi|km}} off the Bishop Rock, Isles of Scilly. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=17 May 1870 |page=11 |issue=26752 |column=B }}
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|ship=Julie
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on Caldy Island, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Granville, Manche to Llanelly, Glamorgan.
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17 May
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|ship=City of London
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Barnhourie Bank, in the Solway Firth. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Trinidad to the Clyde.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=20 May 1870 |issue=9479 }}
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|ship=Emily
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The brigantine ran aground on the Brake Sand.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=19 May 1870 |page=11 |issue=26754 |column=D }} She was refloated and resumed her voyage.
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|ship=George and Mary Coyles
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The smack ran aground and capsized in the Solway Firth with the loss of both crew. She was on a voyage from Carsethorn, Kirkcudbrightshire to Maryport, Cumberland.{{Cite news |title=Wreck in the Solway Firth - Two Men Drowned |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=18 May 1870 |issue=9477 }}
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|ship=Sarah
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The schooner ran aground on the Cockle Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham to Ipswich, Suffolk. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.
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|ship=Thomas Hope
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship ran aground on the Spykerplaat. She was on a voyage from London to Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium.
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|ship=West Riding
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Akyab, Burma and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Akyab to an English port. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Akyab.
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|ship=Unnamed
|flag=Flag unknown
|desc=The schooner was run into and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|33|nmi|km}} south by west of Cape Clear Island, County Cork, United Kingdom by the full-rigged ship Herculaneum ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=25 June 1870 |page=11 |issue=26786 |column=D }}
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18 May
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|ship=Collingwood
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship sank in the River Ouse downstream of Selby, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from London to York.
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|ship=Shamrock
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Ballantrae, Ayrshire. She was on a voyage from Chester, Cheshire to Ballantrae.
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|ship=Wigtownshire
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship sank near Lagos, Portugal. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Don Luiz ({{flag|Portugal|civil}}). Wigtownshire was on a voyage from Pomaron, Portugal to Liverpool.{{Cite news |title=Latest Commercial News |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=27 May 1870 |issue=9485 }}
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|ship=William Allen
|flag={{flagicon|Canada|1868}} Canada
|desc=The barque was sunk by ice. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Harbour Grace, Nova Scotia.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=9 June 1870 |issue=9496 }}{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=9 June 1870 |issue=14306 |page=7 }}
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20 May
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|ship=Hope
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The schooner foundered off St. Govans Head, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=24 May 1870 |issue=14292 |page=7 }}
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|ship=Professor Schweigard
|flag=Flag unknown
|desc=The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom to Corfu, Greece.
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|ship=Sarah
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at West Hartlepool, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium.
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21 May
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|ship=America
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The barque was run into by Marpisa ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) {{convert|5|nmi|km}} off the Saltees Lightship (22px Trinity House) and sank. Her crew were rescued by Marpisa. America was on a voyage from Trinidad to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.{{Cite news |title=Serious Collision at Sea |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=23 May 1870 |issue=54719 }}{{Cite news |title=Collision at Sea|newspaper=Freeman's Journal |location=Dublin |date=23 May 1870 }}
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|ship=Asterias
|flag={{flag|United States|1867}}
|desc=The barque exploded and sank in the Bristol Channel off Lundy Island, Devon, United Kingdom with the loss of two of her seventeen crew. Survivors were rescued by the schooner Beryl ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Asterias was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Hong Kong.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=26 May 1870 |page=12 |issue=26758 |column=B }}
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|ship=Bridgewater
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Stranraer, Wigtownshire. Hrt crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Maryport, Cumberland.
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|ship=Dorothea
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked at Thisted, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Copenhagen, Denmark.
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|ship=Ellen Ball
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship ran aground and sank at Villareal, Spain. She was on a voyage from Villareal to Liverpool, Lancashire.
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|ship=Selskar
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The brig was driven ashore near Castletown, Isle of Man. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to "Wadsoe".{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=23 May 1870 |page=8 |issue=26757 |column=D }}
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|ship=Willie
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The schooner was wrecked near Lucea, Jamaica. The wreck was plundered by the local inhabitants.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=30 June 1870 |issue=14324 |page=7 }}
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|ship=Warden Law
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The barque foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the barque Nathaniel ({{flag|Norway|1844}}). Warden Law was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to New York, United States.{{Cite news |title=Wreck of a Barque |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=13 June 1870 |issue=14309 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=14 June 1870 |issue=9500 }}
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23 May
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|ship=Anna Maria
|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}
|desc=The brig foundered in the South Atlantic. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Solide ({{flag|Netherlands}}). Anna Maria was on a voyage from the Arroyo Negro, Uruguay to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=29 July 1870 |page=11 |issue=26815 |column=B }}{{Cite news |title=Falmouth |newspaper=Royal Cornwall Gazette |location=Truro |date=6 August 1870 |issue=3499 |page=4 }}
}}
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|ship=Mabrookah
|flag={{flag|Ottoman Empire|red}}
|desc=The brig was wrecked on the Egyptian coast. She was on a voyage from Damietta to Alexandria.{{Cite news |title=Malta |newspaper=Morning Post |location=London |date=10 June 1870 |issue=30111 |page=3 }}
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|ship=Willie
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The schooner was wrecked near Lucea, Jamaica. She was on a voyage from New York to a port in British Honduras.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=11 June 1870 |page=12 |issue=26774 |column=D }}{{Cite news |title=The West India and South America Mails |newspaper=Pall Mall Gazette |location=London |date=29 June 1870 |issue=1677 }}
}}
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24 May
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|ship=Diana
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship sank in the Ísafjarðardjúp. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Maryport, Cumberland to the Josfjarð.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=2 July 1870 |page=11 |issue=26792 |column=C }}
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|ship=Harvest Home
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Öland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to Norrköping, Sweden. She was refloated and taken in to Kalmar.
}}
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|ship=Prince of Wales
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The paddle steamer was run into by the collier Sunderland off Portsea, Hampshire and was beached. Her passengers were landed.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=26 May 1870 |issue=14294 |page=7 }} She was on a voyage from Portsmouth, Hampshire to Ryde, Isle of Wight.{{Cite news |title=Collision between a Steam Packet and a Collier |newspaper=Southampton Herald |location=Southampton |date=28 May 1870 |issue=2500 |volume=47 }}
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25 May
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|ship=Rapid
|flag={{flagcountry|New Zealand}}
|desc= The 31-ton schooner was wrecked after it stranded at the mouth of the Manawatu River.Ingram & Wheatley, p. 169.
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26 May
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|ship=Carolina
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}
|desc=The brig was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of about 130 lives. Thirteen people were rescued. She was on a voyage from Genoa to Buenos Aires, Argentina.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Northern Echo |location=Darlington |date=22 July 1870 |issue=172 }}
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|ship=Dodo
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The steamship was run into by the steamship Hopper ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) off Penarth, Glamorgan and was severely damaged.
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|ship=Gertrude
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The brig ran aground at Maryport, Cumberland and was severely damaged. She was refloated the next day.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=30 May 1870 |issue=14297 |page=7 }}
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27 May
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|ship=Folly
|flag={{flagcountry|New Zealand}}
|desc= The 17-ton ketch was lost after becoming stranded on a bar at the mouth of the Waimakariri River.
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|ship=Johanne
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and sank at Agger Tange, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Riga, Russia.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Northern Echo |location=Darlington |date=31 May 1870 |issue=128 }}
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|ship=Scottish Chief
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on Valentia Island, County Cork. She was on a voyage from Limerick to Cork.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=4 June 1870 |issue=14302 }}
}}
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28 May
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|ship=Emma
|flag={{flag|Russian Empire}}
|desc=The brig was wrecked on Hiiumaa. She was on a voyage from Vyborg, Grand Duchy of Finland to Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=30 May 1870 |page=8 |issue=26763 |column=F }}
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|ship=Hugh Miller
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Smerby Castle, Argyllshire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=30 May 1870 |issue=9487 }}
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|ship=Osprey
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship ran aground near Kronstadt, Russia. She was on a voyage from London to Kronstadt.
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|ship=Royal Berkshire
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was run into by Bengal ({{flag|United States|1867}}) and sank in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of eight of her fifteen crew. Survivors were rescued by Bengal. Royal Berkshire was on a voyage from Mauritius to a British port.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=20 July 1870 |page=6 |issue=26807 |column=F }}
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|ship=Victoria Hortense
|flag={{flag|France}}
|desc=The ship ran aground near Kronstadt. She was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Inférieure to Kronstadt.
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29 May
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|ship=Almira
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship ran aground on the Pluckington Bank, in Liverpool Bay.
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|ship=Commerce
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship ran aground at Kertch, Russia. She was refloated the next day.
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|ship=Emilie
|flag={{flag|Hamburg|admiralty}}
|desc=The barque was wrecked at Prawle Head, Devon, United Kingdom. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Iquique, Chile to Altona.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=31 May 1870 |page=12 |issue=26764 |column=A }}
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30 May
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|ship=Bertholly
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The schooner ran aground at Dungarvan, County Waterford. Her three crew were rescued by the Dungarvan Lifeboat Christopher Ludlow (file:Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution).
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|ship=Cornubia
|flag={{flag|Canada|1868}} Canada
|desc=The ship was lost near Whitehead, Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from Motril Spain to Sherbrooke, Nova Scotia.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=10 June 1870 |page=5 |issue=26773 |column=E }}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=29 June 1870 |page=10 |issue=26789 |column=B }}
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|ship=Etoile Immacule des Mers
|flag={{flag|France}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked in the Faroe Islands with the loss of a crew member.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=3 June 1870 |issue=14301 |page=7 }}
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|ship=Albany
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on Long Island, New York, United States. She was on a voyage from Tobago to London.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=31 May 1870 |issue=9488 }}
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|ship=Albion
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked in the Islands of Fleet, Wigtownshire. She was on a voyage from Maryport, Cumberland to Belfast, County Antrim.
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|ship=Alice Abbott
|flag={{flag|United States|1867}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Cape Henry, Virginia. She was on a voyage from Demerara, British Guiana to Baltimore, Maryland. She was refloated and taken in to Norfolk, Virginia in a leaky condition.
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|ship=Amolihne
|flag={{flag|Norway|1844}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked off Novaya Zemlya, Russia before 5 May. Her crew survived.
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|ship=Anna Karma
|flag={{flag|Norway|1844}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked north of Bodø with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Hammerfest to Bergen.
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|ship=Ann Catherine
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship sank at Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=16 May 1870 |issue=9475 }}
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|ship=Atala
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}
|desc=The barque was wrecked at Lebu, Chile.{{Cite news |title=West Indian and Pacific Mails |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=12 May 1870 |issue=54709 }} Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Latest News |newspaper=Leeds Mercury |location=Leeds |date=12 May 1870 |issue=10010 }}
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|ship=Aurora
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Moville, County Donegal.
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|ship=Caroline
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked in the White Sea. Her crew survived.
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|ship=Cattarena
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked in the Balearic Islands, Spain. She was on a voyage from Reggio di Calabria to London.
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|ship=Champion
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The barque foundered between 11 and 18 May. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to a Baltic port.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Northern Echo |location=Darlington |date=18 May 1870 |issue=117 }}
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|ship=Christine
|flag=Flag unknown
|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Lemvig, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Messina, Sicily, Italy to Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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|ship=Citadel
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The steamship ran aground at Grangemouth, Stirlingshire. She was refloated.
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|ship=Clotilde
|flag={{flag|United States|1867}}
|desc=The ship was damaged by fire at Boston, Massachusetts. She was on a voyage from Boston to Cienfuegos, Cuba.
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|ship=Commerce
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship collided with another vessel and was beached near New York, United States.
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|ship=Cordelia
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost in St. Mary's River. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to Miramichi, New Brunswick, Canada.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=25 May 1870 |issue=9483 }}
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|ship=Cutter
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked in Richmond Bay, Chile.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=29 July 1870 |issue=9539 }}
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|ship=Dauntless
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and severely damaged on Ferret Island, County Kerry. She was on a voyage from Sligo to Cardiff, Glamorgan.
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|ship=Delphin
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship ran aground in the Dardanelles. She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Odesa, Russia. She was refloated and completed her voyage.
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|ship=Dido
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship ran aground on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk.
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|ship=Dongen
|flag=Flag unknown
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Gilleleje, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Kronstadt, Russia.
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|ship=Dummail
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The clipper struck a rock at Hong Kong and sank before 19 May. She was on a voyage from London to Hong Kong.{{Cite news |title=Latest News |newspaper=Birmingham Daily Post |location=Birmingham |date=30 May 1870 |issue=3701 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Northern Echo |location=Darlington |date=30 May 1870 |issue=127 }}{{Cite news |title=India |newspaper=Birmingham Daily Post |location=Birmingham |date=7 June 1870 |issue=3708 }}
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|ship=Edward Curlin
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The barque foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, United States in late May. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Mystic ({{flag|United States|1867}}). Edward Curlin was on a voyage from Barbados to New York.
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|ship=Eleanor
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Kronstadt, Russia.
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|ship=Elizabeth
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship ran aground on the Dowerness Reef.
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|ship=Elphinstone
|flag={{flag|United States|1867}}
|desc=The brig was wrecked at Nassau, Bahamas.
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|ship=Emerald
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The schooner collided with Martha Cobb ({{Flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and was abandoned in a sinking condition. Her crew were rescued by Martha Cobb. Emerald was on a voyage from Briton Ferry, Glamorgan to Brixham, Devon.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=25 May 1870 |issue=14293 |page=7 }}
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|ship=Emily Augusta
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The full-rigged ship ran aground on the Owers Sand, in the English Channel off the coast of Sussex. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands to Quebec City, Canada. She was refloated and taken into The Downs in a leaky condition.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=3 May 1870 |issue=9464 }}
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|ship=Epervier
|flag={{flag|France}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at "Hennegaard", on the coast of Jutland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Inférieure to Königsberg, Prussia.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=4 May 1870 |issue=9465 }}
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|ship=Fanny
|flag={{flagicon|France}} Martinique
|desc=The Brig was wrecked on the Farquhar Atoll.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=6 June 1870 |issue=9493 }}
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|ship=Foyeland
|flag={{flag|Norway|1844}}
|desc=The schooner ran aground at Grangemouth. She was refloated.
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|ship=General Williams
|flag={{flagicon|Canada|1868}} Canada
|desc=The ship sank off Cape La Have, Nova Scotia on or about 26 May. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Boston, Massachusetts, United States.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=13 June 1870 |page=8 |issue=26775 |column=F }}{{Cite news |title=Maritime Extracts |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=16 June 1870 |issue=5265 }}
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|ship=Gibraltar
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The tug sank at Dunbar, Lothian before 23 May.
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|ship=Gogra
|flag=Flag unknown
|desc=The steamship was driven ashore "near Linga".
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|ship=Gratitude
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Donaghadee, County Down. She was on a voyage from Maryport to Londonderry.
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|ship=Gulas Taverar
|flag={{flag|Denmark}}
|desc=The ship sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Assens to Antwerp, Belgium.
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|ship=Helen Nicholson
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on "Prince's Island". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Shanghai, China.
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|ship=Henry and Mary
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Brora, Sutherland. She was on a voyage from Wick, Caithness to Brora.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=7 May 1870 |issue=9468 }}
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|ship=Hero
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was destroyed by fire at sea before 5 May. She was on a voyage from Cienfuegos, Cuba to Montreal, Quebec, Canada.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=9 May 1870 |issue=9469 }}
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|ship=Ilma
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship ran aground at Rangoon, Burma.
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|ship=Iris
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Wismar. She was on a voyage from Burntisland, Fife to Lübeck.
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|ship=Irne
|flag={{flag|Spain|civil-1785}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Kronstadt.
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|ship=Jessie Collin
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was abandoned at sea. She was discovered by the steamship {{SS|Moravian|1864|2}} ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}), which put some of her cre aboard. Jessie Collin was towed in to Moville, County Donegal on 26 May.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=27 May 1870 |issue=14295 |page=7 }}
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|ship=Johanna
|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Donaghadee. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Narva, Russia.
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|ship=Jonathan
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ketch was wrecked near Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.
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|ship=Joseph Hume
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered on or about 10 May with some loss of life.{{London Gazette |issue=23709 |date=24 February 1871 |page=706 }}
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|ship=Jupiter
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship ran aground near Visby, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Libava, Courland Governorate to London. She was refloated.
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|ship=Lan Tong
|flag={{flagcountry|Qing dynasty|1862}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Samar Island, Spanish East Indies. She was on a voyage from Manila, Spanish East Indies to Shanghai.
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|ship=Larch
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was beached at Harwich, Essex. She was on a voyage from Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, Somme, France to Runcorn, Cheshire.
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|ship=Leviathan
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore in the Bahamas. She was on a voyage from Sagua La Grande, Cuba to Falmouth, Cornwall.
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|ship=M. A. Forbes
|flag={{flagicon|Canada|1868}} Canada
|desc=The barque was wrecked in the Currituck Inlet on or before 6 May. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Baltimore, Maryland, United States.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Northern Echo |location=Darlington |date=20 May 1870 |issue=119 }}
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|ship=Maid of Athens
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Staten Island, New York, United States and was subsequently destroyed by fire. Her crew were rescued; eight of them by Foam ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Maid of Athens was on a voyage from London to Callao, Peru.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=21 June 1870 |issue=9506 }}
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|ship=Margaret
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked at "Stenort", Courland Governorate.
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|ship=Maria
|flag={{flag|Sweden|1844}}
|desc=The schooner was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Oscarshamn to Stralsund. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.
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|ship=Mary Jane
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The fishing vessel ran aground on the Daisley Sands, in The Wash and was wrecked. Both crew were rescued by a cutter from {{HMS|Porcupine|1844|6}} ({{navy|United Kingdom}}). They were transferred to a foreign vessel, which towed Mary Jane in to King's Lynn, Norfolk in a waterlogged condition.{{Cite news |title=Norfolk |newspaper=Ipswich Journal |location=Ipswich |date=21 May 1870 |issue=6828 }}
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|ship=May
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship ran aground in the Dardanelles. She was on a voyage from a port in Ottoman Syria to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated.
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|ship=Meg
|flag={{flag|Norway|1844}}
|desc=The ship ran aground on the Krantsand. She was refloated.
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|ship=Mentor
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Huelva, Spain.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=31 May 1870 |issue=9488 }}
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|ship=Miroslavo
|flag=File:Flag of the Papal States (1808-1870).svg Papal States
|desc=The ship was wrecked off "Lombarda". She was on a voyage from Civita Vecchia to Venice, Italy.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=5 May 1870 |issue=9466 }}
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|ship=Narva
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Donaghadee.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=13 May 1870 |issue=9473 }}
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|ship=Nione
|flag={{flag|France}}
|desc=The steamship was driven ashore on Bornholm, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Dunkirk, Nord to Saint Petersburg. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.
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|ship=Nord
|flag={{flag|France}}
|desc=The steamship ran aground off Bornholm and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Kronstadt. She was refloated and completed her voyage.
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|ship=Orient
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The brig sprang a leak and foundered off Môle-Saint-Nicolas, Haiti between 4 and 6 May. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Haiti to London.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=9 June 1870 |issue=14306 |page=7 }}
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|ship=Orion
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the North Sea.
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|ship=Parsee
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore in Chinnio Bay. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to Swatow, China.
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|ship=Patriotess
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore in the Danube near Galaţi, Ottoman Empire.
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|ship=Pink
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Colchester, Essex. She was refloated and assisted in to Brightlingsea, Essex.
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|ship=Rifleman
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship ran aground at Teignmouth, Devon. She was refloated.
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|ship=Robert Cleugh
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship ran aground off Dymchurch, Kent. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. She was refloated and taken in to Hythe, Kent.
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|ship=Rusking
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked off "Lews Island".{{Cite news |title=Shipwreck off Lews |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=20 May 1870 |issue=5242 }}
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|ship=Rutlandshire
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship ran aground in the Hooghly River. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Mauritius. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.
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|ship=R. W. Griffiths
|flag={{flag|United States|1867}}
|desc=The ship ran aground on the Brigas Shoals. She was on a voyage from Matanzas, Cuba to New York.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=26 May 1870 |issue=9484 }}
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|ship=Sea King
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The tug caught fire and was scuttled at "Kivport". She was severely damaged.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=2 May 1870 |issue=9463 }}
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|ship=Sir Hugh Rose
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship ran aground in the Rangafulla Channel. She was on a voyage from Moulmein, Burma to Calcutta. She was refloated and completed her voyage.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=14 May 1870 |issue=9474 }}
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|ship=Societe
|flag={{flag|France}}
|desc=The ship struck the Parquettes. She was on a voyage from Audierne, Finistère to Dunkirk. She attempted to put in to Camaret-sur-Mer, Finistère but sank just outside the port.
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|ship=Solferino
|flag={{flagicon|Canada|1868}}
|desc=The schooner was driven ashore in Olive Cove. She was declared a total loss.
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|ship=Spinner
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The brig was driven ashore at Domesnes, Courland Governorate. She was refloated with assistance.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=17 May 1870 |issue=9476 }}
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|ship=Sunbeam
|flag={{flag|United States|1867}}
|desc=The ship was destroyed by fire at Talcahuano, Chile. She was on a voyage from Iquique Chile to an American port.
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|ship=Sydcap
|flag={{flag|Norway|1944}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked off Novaya Zemlya before 5 May. Her crew survived.
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|ship=Thomas Hamlin
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship departed from Liverpool for the Saint Lawrence River in mid-May. Presumed subsequently foundered, wreckage washed up on Islay in late May.
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|ship=Thomas Wolcombe
|flag={{flag|United States|1867}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Santa Anna. She was on a voyage from New York to Frontera.
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|ship=Unity
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Ardrossan, Ayrshire. She was refloated.
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{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Valkyrien
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship ran aground on the Florida Reefs. She was on a voyage from the Black River to Falmouth. She was refloated and completed her voyage.
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|ship=Varuna
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Port Phillip, Victoria.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=19 May 1870 |issue=9478 }}
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|ship=Vine
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The steamship ran aground near Copenhagen, Denmark. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.
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|ship=William Allan
|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} Jamaica
|desc=The ship was sunk by ice. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Harbour Grace, Newfoundland Colony.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=21 May 1870 |issue=9480 }}
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|ship=Witch of the Wave
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Castle Island, Bermuda.
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|ship=Zeffiro
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}
|desc=The brig sank off "Posiza Island".{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=23 May 1870 |issue=9482 }}
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References
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=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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