List of shipwrecks in May 1877

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

1 May

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|ship=Maranham

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

|desc=The ship was sighted in distress whilst on a voyage from Mauritius to a Channel port. Presumed subsequently foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=28 September 1877 |issue=16593 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Milano

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground at Dragør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Königsberg, Germany to Bergen, Norway.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=2 May 1877 |issue=28931 |page=14 |column=A }}

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2 May

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|ship=Janet and Maria

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the North Sea off the Newarp Lightship (22px Trinity House). Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Sandwich, Kent.{{Cite news |title=Foundering of a Sunderland Brig |newspaper=Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough |location=Middlesbrough |date=3 May 1877 |issue=2770 |page=3 }}

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|ship=Ogmore

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground off Breaksea Point, Glamorgan.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Western Mail |location=Cardiff |date=4 May 1877 |issue=2499 }} She was later refloated.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=10 May 1877 |issue=9147 }}

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|ship=R. P. Buck

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked {{convert|5|nmi|km}} east of the mouth of the Ratel River, Cape Colony. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Java, Netherlands East Indies to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Mails |date=7 May 1877 |issue=28935 |page=6 |column=E-F }}

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|ship=Silvery Wave

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

|desc=The brig ran aground near Breaksea Point.

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|ship=St. Aubyn

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground in the Dardanelles. She was refloated with the assistance of tugs and put in to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.

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3 May

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|ship=Berkeley Castle

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at South Shields, County Durham. She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Quebec City, Canada.

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|ship=Hendrika

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the St. EstepPMG030577>{{Cite news |title=Ship and Mail News |newspaper=Pall Mall Gazette |location=London |date=3 May 1877 |issue=3807 |edition=First }}

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|ship=Nouvelle Maria

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and sank at Queenstown, County Cork, United Kingdom.

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|ship=Ogmore

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at Breaksea Point, Glamorgan.

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4 May

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|ship=Elizabeth Mary

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

|desc=The ship was run into by the steamship Pelican ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and was deiven ashore at Penarth, Glamorgan.

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|ship=Koh-i-Noor

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Balbriggan, County Dublin. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Balbriggan.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=5 May 1877 |issue=28934 |page=8 |column=E }}{{Cite news |title= Shipping News |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=7 May 1877 |issue=7422 }}

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|ship=Rivera

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground on the Dorneiru Rock. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Vigo.

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|ship=Scotia

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore at the Sletterhage Lighthouse, Denmark.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=5 May 1877 |issue=28934 |page=8 |column=E }}

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|ship=St. Pierre

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship sprang a leak and sank in the River Spey.

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6 May

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|ship=Dan Glaister

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked in Holm Bay. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=8 May 1877 |issue=16470 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Two unnamed vessels

|flag={{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}

|desc=Russo-Turkish War: The lighters were shelled and sunk in the Danube at Rahowa, Ottoman Empire.{{Cite news |title=Latest Telegrams |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=9 May 1877 |issue=9687 }}

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7 May

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|ship=Dragon

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

|desc=The barque ran aground in the Hooghly River downstream of Diamond Harbour, India. She was on a voyage from Galle, Ceylon to Calcutta, India. She was refloated and completed her voyage.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=5 June 1877 |issue=9169 }}

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|ship=Two unnamed vessels

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=Russo-Turkish War: The ships were shelled and burnt in the Danube at Vidin, Ottoman Empire. They were each on a voyage from Rahova, United Principalities to Sulina, Ottoman Empire. A third vessel was captured.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The War On The Danube |date=12 May 1877 |issue=28940 |page=7 |column=A-B }}

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8 May

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|ship=John Williams

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

|desc=The ship was holed by a pile and sank at Portsmouth, Hampshire.{{Cite news |title=Local and District News |newspaper=Hampshire Telegraph |location=Portsmouth |date=9 May 1877 |issue=4667 }}

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|ship=Teutonia

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. She was on a voyage from New Orleans to Liverpool, Lancashire.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=10 May 1877 |issue=28938 |page=12 |column=A }}

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|ship=Xantho

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Bebek, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated and taken in to Bebek.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=10 May 1877 |issue=28938 |page=12 |column=A }}

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9 May

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|ship=Albion

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground in the River Tweed. She was on a voyage from Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

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|ship=Alida

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

|desc=1877 Iquique earthquake: The full-rigged ship was wrecked in an earthquake at Pabellón de Pica, Chile.

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|ship=Arctic

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

|desc=1877 Iquique earthquake: The ship was damaged in an earthquake at Pabellón de Pica or Huanillos. She was repaired.

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|ship=Atlantic

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

|desc=1877 Iquique earthquake: The barque was damaged in an earthquake at Huanillos, Peru.

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|ship=Austriana

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

|desc=1877 Iquique earthquake: The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and severely damaged in an earthquake at Callao. She was later refloated.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=31 August 1877 |issue=9244 }}

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|ship=Avonmore

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

|desc=1877 Iquique earthquake: The ship was run into by Geneva ({{flag|United States|1867}}), was driven ashore, refloated and sank in an earthquake at Huanillos with the loss of eight lives.{{Cite news |title=The Late Destructive Tidal Wave in South America |newspaper=Leeds Mercury |location=Leeds |date=5 July 1877 |issue=12242 }}

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|ship=Callao

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

|desc=1877 Iquique earthquake: The ship was damaged in an earthquake.{{Cite news |title=Great Shipping Disaster in South America |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=24 May 1877 |issue=6945 }}

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|ship=Caprera

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

|desc=1877 Iquique earthquake: The barque was wrecked in an earthquake at Iquique, Peru.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Disasters at Sea |date=25 May 1877 |issue=28952 |page=6 |column=C }}

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|ship=Caroline

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=1877 Iquique earthquake: The ship was damaged in an earthquake at Iquique.

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|ship=Carollton

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

|desc=1877 Iquique earthquake: The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and severely damaged in an earthquake at Pabellón de Pica. She was later refloated.

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|ship=C. F. Sergeant

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

|desc=1877 Iquique earthquake: The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and damaged in an earthquake at Huanillos. She was later refloated.

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|ship=Chanaral

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=1877 Iquique earthquake: The ship was damabed in an earthquake at Iquique.

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|ship=Charles Luling

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=1877 Iquique earthquake: The ship was damaged in an earthquake at Punta de Lobos, Chile.

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|ship=Cleveland

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

|desc=1877 Iquique earthquake: The full-rigged ship was damaged in an earthquake at Huanillos.

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|ship=Condor

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

|desc=The yacht was driven ashore at Douglas, Isle of Man. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=Conference

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

|desc=1877 Iquique earthquake: The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and crushed by a rockfall in an earthquake at Huanillos. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=Conqueror

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

|desc=1877 Iquique earthquake: The barque was severely damaged in an earthquake at Huanillos, or at Callao.

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|ship=Conway Castle

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

|desc=1877 Iquique earthquake: The full-rigged ship was driven ashore, refloated and sank in an earthquake at Huanillos. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=Coquimbo

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=1877 Iquique earthquake: The ship was damaged in an earthquake at Pabellón de Pica.

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|ship=Cosmopolis

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

|desc=1877 Iquique earthquake: The ship was damaged in an earthquake at Callao.

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|ship=Courrier de Lima

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=1877 Iquique earthquake: The ship was severely damaged in an earthquake at Callao, or at Pabellón de Pica. She was consequently condemned.

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|ship= {{SS|Dakota|1875|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship was wrecked on the East Mouse, near Amlwch, Anglesey. All 530 people on board were rescued by the by rocket apparatus, the Amlwch Lifeboat and other vessels. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to New York, United States. She broke in two the next day and became a total wreck.{{cite web|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?531|title=SS Dakota [+1877]|access-date=10 October 2013|publisher=wrecksite.eu}}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Disasters at Sea |date=11 May 1877 |issue=28939 |page=8 |column=C }}

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|ship=Drot No. 1

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

|desc=1877 Iquique earthquake: The barque sank in an earthquake at Callao.

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|ship=Drot No. 2

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

|desc=1877 Iquique earthquake: The barque was driven ashore in an earthquake at Callao.

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|ship=Duke of Rothesay

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

|desc=1877 Iquique earthquake: The full-rigged ship was damaged in an earthquake at Huanillos.

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|ship=Edinburgh Gift

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

|desc=1877 Iquique earthquake: The ship was severely damaged in an earthquake.

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|ship=E. F. Gubion

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=1877 Iquique earthquake: The full-rigged ship was wrecked in an earthquake at Pabellón de Pica.

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|ship=Eliza Campbell

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

|desc=1877 Iquique earthquake: The barque was severely damaged in an earthquake at Huanillos.

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|ship=Eliza and Mathilde

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

|desc=1877 Iquique earthquake: The barque was severely damaged in an earthquake at Huanillos.

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|ship=Estre Madura

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Kirkcaldy, Fife. She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Kirkcaldy.

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|ship=Felicia

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

|desc=1877 Iquique earthquake: The full-rigged ship was severely damaged in an earthquake at Pabellón de Pica. She was consequently condemned.

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|ship=Gabriel Castro

|flag={{flag|Peru}}

|desc=1877 Iquique earthquake: The hulk sank in an earthquake at Huanillos with the loss of all on board.

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|ship=Gallino Sousequor

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

|desc=1877 Iquique earthquake: The full-rigged ship was severely damaged in an earthquake at Huanillos.

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|ship=Gauthoid

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

|desc=1877 Iquique earthquake: The barque was damaged in an earthquake at Huanillos.

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|ship=Geneva

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

|desc=1877 Iquique earthquake: The ship was driven into Avonmore ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}), driven ashore, refloated and sank in an earthquake at Huanillos with the loss of nine lives.

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|ship=Giuseppe

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

|desc=1877 Iquique earthquake: The full-rigged ship was damaged in an earthquake at Huanillos.

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|ship=Gladiator

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

|desc=1877 Iquique earthquake: The ship was damaged in an earthquake. She was consequently condemned.

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|ship=Gontoid

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

|desc=1877 Iquique earthquake: The barque was damaged in an earthquake at Huanillos.

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|ship=Governor Tilley

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

|desc=1877 Iquique earthquake: The full-rigged ship was severely damaged in an earthquake at Huanillos. She was repaired.

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|ship=Havre

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=1877 Iquique earthquake: The ship was wrecked at Punta de Lobos.

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|ship=Herschel

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=1877 Iquique earthquake: The full-rigged ship was severely damaged in an earthquake at Huanillos.

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|ship=Hiram

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

|desc=1877 Iquique earthquake: The barque was severely damaged in an earthquake at Callao.

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|ship=Jeremiah Thompson

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

|desc=1877 Iquique earthquake: The full-rigged ship was severely damaged in an earthquake at Huanillos.

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|ship=Jessie Morris and Moira

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

|desc=1877 Iquique earthquake: The ship was damaged in an earthquake at Punta de Lobos.{{Cite news |title=The Earthquakes in Peru |newspaper=York Herald |location=York |date=26 June 1877 |issue=6358 |page=8 }}

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|ship=John Bryce

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

|desc=1877 Iquique earthquake: The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and damaged in an earthquake at Pabellón de Pica. She was later refloated.

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|ship=John Lawrence

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=1877 Iquique earthquake: The ship was damaged in an earthquake.

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|ship=Kenilworth

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

|desc=1877 Iquique earthquake: The ship was damaged in an earthquake at Callao when she collided with Gladan ({flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and J. Bryce (({{flag|United States|1867}}).

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|ship=King Cedric

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

|desc=1877 Iquique earthquake: The ship was damaged in an earthquake at Huanillos. She was repaired.

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|ship=Lady Bellau

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

|desc=1877 Iquique earthquake: The barque was wrecked in an earthquake at Pabellón de Pica.

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|ship=Lancashire Witch

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

|desc=1877 Iquique earthquake: The ship was damaged in an earthquake at Callao.

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|ship=Launarshaugh

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=1877 Iquique earthquake: The barque was damaged in an earthquake at Huanillos.

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|ship=Mallzerda

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

|desc=1877 Iquique earthquake: The full-rigged ship was damaged in an earthquake at Pabellón de Pica.

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|ship=Matilde

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

|desc=1877 Iquique earthquake: The barque was damged in an earthquake at Huanillos.

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|ship=Melville

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

|desc=1877 Iquique earthquake: The ship was damaged in an earthquake at Huanillos.

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|ship=Mexico

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Soulac-sur-Mer, Gironde. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to Bordeaux, Gironde.

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|ship=Nichels

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

|desc=1877 Iquique earthquake: The ship was damaged in an earthquake at Huanillos.

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|ship=Niranand

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

|desc=1877 Iquique earthquake: The full-rigged ship was damaged in an earthquake at Pabellón de Pica.

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|ship=Norham Castle

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

|desc=1877 Iquique earthquake: The barque was severely damaged in an earthquake at Callao.

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|ship=Pietro

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

|desc=1877 Iquique earthquake: The barque was wrecked in an earthquake at Pabellón de Pica.

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|ship=Pietro B.

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

|desc=1877 Iquique earthquake: The ship was wrecked in an earthquake at Callao.

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|ship=Prince Eugene

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

|desc=1877 Iquique earthquake: The ship was damaged in an earthquake at Callao.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Tidal Wave in the Pacific |date=13 June 1877 |issue=28967 |page=10 |column=F }}

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|ship=Prince Leopold

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

|desc=1877 Iquique earthquake: The barque was severely damaged in an earthquake at Callao.

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|ship=Prince Umberto

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

|desc=1877 Iquique earthquake: The full-rigged ship was severely damaged in an earthquake at Pabellón de Pica, or at Callao.

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|ship=Resolute

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

|desc=1877 Iquique earthquake: The full-rigged ship was damaged in an earthquake at Huanillos.

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|ship=Sabrina

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

|desc=1877 Iquique earthquake: The ship was run into by another vessel in an earthquake at Iquique and was damaged.

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|ship=Samuel

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

|desc=1877 Iquique earthquake: The barque was severely damaged in an earthquake at Huanillos.

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|ship=Shamrock

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

|desc=1877 Iquique earthquake: The ship was wrecked in an earthquake at Punta de Lobos.

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|ship=Silvia B.

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

|desc=1877 Iquique earthquake: The barque was wrecked in an earthquake at Pabellón de Pica.

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|ship=Sir John Lawrence

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

|desc=1877 Iquique earthquake: The full-rigged ship was damaged in an earthquake at Huanillos.

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|ship=St. Joseph

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

|desc=1877 Iquique earthquake: The full-rigged ship was damaged in an earthquake at Pabellón de Pica.

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|ship=Theobald

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

|desc=1877 Iquique earthquake: The full-rigged ship was damaged in an earthquake at Huanillos.

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|ship=Uggland

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

|desc=1877 Iquique earthquake: The barque was damaged in an earthquake at Huanillos.

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|ship=Westfield

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

|desc=1877 Iquique earthquake: The ship was damaged in an earthquake at Callao.

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|ship=William Leavitt

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

|desc=1877 Iquique earthquake: The full-rigged ship was severely damaged in an earthquake at Huanillos, or at Callao.

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|ship=Zoermis Voss

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=1877 Iquique earthquake: The barque sank in an earthquake at Iquique.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Earthquake in Peru |date=27 June 1877 |issue=28979 |page=4 |column=B-C }}

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10 May

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|ship=Charger

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Quebec City, Canada. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Quebec City.

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|ship=Pacific

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

|desc=1877 Iquique earthquake: The whaler ran aground at Maui, Hawaii due to the approach of a tsunami.{{cite news |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/8955668 |title=The Tidal Wave in the Pacific |newspaper=The Mercury |location=Hobart |date=30 August 1877 |page=3 }}

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|ship=Rothesay

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at New York, United States. She was on a voyage from Rochester to Helsingør, Denmark. She was refloated and put back to New York.

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|ship=Tamor

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at Almería, Spain. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Rochester, Kent, United Kingdom.

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11 May

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|ship=Frithiof

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

|desc=The brig was holed by ice and sank off "Westergard", Öland, Sweden. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=12 May 1877 |issue=28940 |page=13 |column=D }}

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|ship= {{ship|Ottoman ironclad|Lütf-ü Celil||2}}

|flag={{navy|Ottoman Empire|1844}}

|desc=File:Illustration of the sinking of the ironclad Luft-u Celil.jpg Russo-Turkish War: The ironclad warship exploded and sank in the Danube off Izmail after being hit by Russian artillery, suffering about 160 men killed. The river monitor {{ship|Ottoman monitor|Feth-ül İslam||2}} ({{navy|Ottoman Empire|1844}}) rescued twenty survivors.

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|ship=Morris

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Sandery Point, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Red Bay, County Antrim to Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire.

}}

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|ship=Unnamed

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

|desc=The pilot boat capsized off Tynemouth, Northumberland with the loss of one of the two people on board.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Disasters at Sea |date=12 May 1877 |issue=28940 |page=12 |column=E }}

}}

12 May

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|ship=R. Bartlett

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

|desc=The barque foundered in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland with the loss of all but four of her crew. Survivors took to a boat; they were rescued on 18 May by the barque Catherine ({{flag|United States|1867}}).{{Cite news |title=Latest Shipping |newspaper=Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=6 July 1877 |issue=4793 }}

}}

13 May

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|ship=Comorin

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at Chardonnière, Île d'Oléron, Vendée, France. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Bordeaux, Gironde, France.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=15 May 1877 |issue=28942 |page=11 |column=B }}

}}

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|ship=Helen

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Street, Devon. Her crew were rescued.

}}

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|ship=Venus

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The steamship ran aground at Málaga, Spain. She was on a voyage from Palermo, Sicily, Italy to Rotterdam, South Holland. She was refloated with assistance from the steamship Cádiz ({{flag|Spain|civil-1785}}).

}}

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|ship= William Gifford

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The 232-ton barque, which had sprung a leak on 11 May, was run ashore in Toetoes Bay and was wrecked. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Oamaru to Port Chalmers.Ingram & Wheatley, p. 216.

}}

14 May

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|ship=Ardmore

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at Riva, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Nicholaieff, Russia to a British port.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=16 May 1877 |issue=28943 |page=7 |column=E }} She was refloated on 16 May and towed in to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Concordia

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The barque was run into by the steamship {{SS|Martin|1875|2}} ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank in the River Thames at Plaistow, Essex.

}}

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|ship=East Goodwin Lightship, and
Wohldorf

|flag=22px Trinity House
{{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The barque Wohldorf collided with the East Goodwin Lightship. Both vessels were severely damaged. Wohldorf was on a voyage from Kiel to Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom. She was towed in to Ramsgate, Kent, United Kingdom by the tug Rescue ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|ivil}}).

}}

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|ship=Giovanni

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

|desc=The barque caught fire and sank off Beşiktaş, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=17 May 1877 |issue=28944 |page=12 |column=A }}

}}

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|ship=Hulda

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

|desc=The ship collided with 'Emilie ({{flag|Sweden|1844}}) and sank. Her crew were rescued. Hulda was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Nyköping.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Meindina

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Mountaineer

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore and damaged at Sandhammaren, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Stockholm, Sweden. She was later refloated and towed in to Ystad, Sweden in a leaky condition.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Peter Anna

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Sandhammaren. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Königsberg to Korsør, Denmark.

}}

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|ship=Tynedale

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at Bayonne, Basses-Pyrénées, France. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Bayonne.

}}

15 May

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|ship=Atlantico

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

|desc=The steamship was driven into Vasco da Gama ({{navy|Portugal|civil}}) and sank at Lisbon. Her crew were rescued.

}}

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|ship=Danae

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground at Ockachiv, Russia. She was refloated with assistance from a Russian steamship and resumed her voyage.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Nautilus

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

|desc=The brig was wrecked on Navassa Island in a hurricane.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=29 June 1877 |issue=10566 }} Her crew survived.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Western Mail |location=Cardiff |date=5 July 1877 |issue=2552 }}

}}

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|ship=Sally and Hannah

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

|desc=The fishing lugger ran aground and sank off Grainthorpe, Lincolnshire. Her crew survived. She was refloated with assistance from the smacks Morning Star and Ruth (both {{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and taken in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire.{{Cite news |title=Scarbro' |newspaper=York Herald |location=York |date=23 May 1877 |issue=6329 |page=7 }}

}}

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|ship=Unnamed

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Cannon Rock, off the coast of County Down, United Kingdom.

}}

16 May

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|ship=Baron Hambro

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Gasgardia, Öland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was refloated with assistance and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= Feronia

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The 329-ton barque stranded and became a wreck near the entrance to Kaipara Harbour, New Zealand.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Marietta Tilton

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

|desc=The schooner collided with the steamship {{SS|Harrisburg|1874|2}} ({{flag|United States|1867}}) and sank off the Cross Rip Lightship ({{flag|United States|1867}}) with much loss of life. Four survivors were rescued by Harrisburg.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Western Mail |location=Cardiff |date=4 June 1877 |issue=2525 }}

}}

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|ship=Unnamed

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The fishing smack was run down and sunk off Penmarc'h, Finistère by the steamship Rothesay ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) with the loss of six of her nine crew. Survivors were rescued by another smack.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=20 May 1877 |issue=28947 |page=11 |column=B }} Also reported as run down by the steamship Faulconnier ({{flag|France}}).

}}

17 May

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|ship=Good Hope

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground on the Moniscar Reef, in the Mediterranean Sea off Malta. She was refloated on 21 May and taken in to Valetta, Malta.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Julia Anne

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Colombo, Ceylon. Her crew were rescued. She subsequently broke up.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=21 May 1877 |issue=9697 }}

}}

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|ship=Morehampton

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at "Cettinge". She was on a voyage from Königsberg, Germany to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ottawa

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground in the Hellegat. She was on a voyage from the Black Sea to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=19 May 1877 |issue=28946 |page=14 |column=B }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Yokohama

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Colombo. Her crew were rescued. She subsequently broke up.

}}

18 May

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|ship=Adonis

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the coast of Saint Domingo. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Domingo to Liverpool, Lancashire.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=10 August 1877 |issue=29017 |page=11 |column=E }}{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=10 August 1877 |issue=16551 |page=7 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Baramoncita

|flag={{flag|Norway|civil}}

|desc=The brig was driven ashore on Hiiumaa, Russia. She was on a voyage from Stavanger to Narva, Russia. She was refloated and taken in to Baltic Port, Russia in a leaky condition.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=21 May 1877 |issue=9697 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Iris

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at Hammeren, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to Hamburg, Germany. She was refloated with assistance and resumed her voyage.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Mary Cory

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

|desc=The brigantine ran aground at Plymouth, Devon.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=21 May 1877 |issue=9156 }} She was refloated on 22 May and taken in to the Cattewater.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Sjælland

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at "Stapelbodden". She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France to Riga and Reval, Russia.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Tam o{{'}}Shanter

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Grainthorpe, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Calais, France.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Thomas Young

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Stronsay, Orkney Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Lerwick, Shetland Islands.

}}

19 May

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|ship=Aros Bay

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Dungeness, Kent. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Rangoon, Burma. She was refloated with the assistance of the tugs Macgregor, Renown and Victor (all {{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and taken in to The Downs.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Probate, Divorce, and Admiralty Division, July 2 |date=3 July 1877 |issue=28984 |page=11 |column=E }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Emilia

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

|desc=The barque ran aground at Civita Vecchia. She was on a voyage from Civita Vecchia to a British port.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Emma

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The brig ran aground. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was refloated and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark in a leaky condition.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Mandal

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore at "Margen". She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Narva, Russia. She was refloated and taken in to Reval, Russia in a leaky condition

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Severn

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at Cartagena, Spain.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=20 June 1877 |issue=9182 }}

}}

20 May

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|ship=Fauchon

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Grasar Shoal. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Oskarshamn, Sweden. She was refloated on 31 May with the assistance of a steamship.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=12 June 1877 |issue=9175 }}

}}

21 May

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|ship=Morecambe Queen

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground off Morecambe, Lancashire. Her passengers were taken off.{{Cite news |title=The Morecambe Queen Aground on a Sandbank |newspaper=Lancaster Gazetter |location=Lancaster |date=23 May 1877 |issue=4724 }}

}}

22 May

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|ship=Ascupart

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground at Saltholmen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Cronstadt, Russia. She was refloated with assistance from a steamship and put in to Copenhagen, Denmark.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Glenroy

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

|desc=The barque ran aground on a reef off the coast of Brazil. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Maranhão, Brazil. She was refloated and taken in to Maranhão in a severely leaky condition and was beached there.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=22 June 1877 |issue=10565 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Haabet

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

|desc=The ship was taken in to Portsoy, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom in a derelict and waterlogged condition.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=24 May 1877 |issue=28950 |page=12 |column=B }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Hastings

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

|desc=The ship was damaged by ice and sank in the Baltic Sea. Her crew were rescued by Star of Hope ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Upton

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground at Hela, Germany.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Venus

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

|desc=The ship caught fire at Ardglass, County Down and was scuttled.

}}

23 May

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|ship=Concezzione

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

|desc=The barque ran aground on the Kish Bank, in the Irish Sea. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, historic, United Kingdom to Genoa.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=24 May 1877 |issue=16484 |page=7 }}

}}

24 May

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Duke of Newcastle

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Torre Nuevo". She was on a voyage from Valencia, Spain to Livorno, Italy.

}}

25 May

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Dauntless

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

|desc=The smack ran aground on the Haaks Bank, in the North Sea off the coast of the Netherlands and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=6 June 1877 |issue=28961 |page=11 |column=F }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=1 June 1877 |issue=10562 }} She was later refloated and returned to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, where she arrived on 5 June.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=8 June 1877 |issue=10563 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Lindesnæs

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

|desc=The steamship was destroyed by fire off Porkkalanniemi, Grand Duchy of Finland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Christiania to Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Lorn

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore in the Øresund. She was on a voyage from Wilmington, Delaware, United States to Stettin, Germany.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Pelago|1872|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore near Livorno, Italy. She was on a voyage from Genoa to Naples and Sicily, Italy.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Disasters at Sea |date=28 May 1877 |issue=28953 |page=11 |column=B }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Silbury

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground at West Cowes, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Huelva, Spain to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

}}

26 May

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=James Mason

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Villareal, Spain. She was on a voyage from Porto, Portugal to Villareal. She was refloated.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{Ship|Ottoman monitor|Seyfi||2}}

|flag={{navy|Ottoman Empire}}

|desc=Russo-Turkish War: The {{Sclass|Hizbir|monitor||warship}} was sunk with a spar torpedo by the torpedo boat {{ship|NMS|Rândunica||2}} ({{navy|Kingdom of Romania}}), in the Danube near Măcin. The first instance in history when a torpedo craft sank its target without also sinking.{{cite book |first=Cristian |last=Crăciunoiu |title=Romanian Navy Torpedo Boats |page=19 |publisher=Modelism |year=2003 |isbn=9789738101173 }}{{cite book |first=Lawrence |last=Sondhaus |title=Navies of Europe |page=88 |publisher=Routledge |year=2002 |isbn=978-0582506138 }}

}}

27 May

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Caroline and Elizabeth

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

|desc=The Humber Keel collided with another Humber Keel and sank in the Humber near Hull, Yorkshire. Her crew survived.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=1 June 1877 |issue=4788 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Charlotte

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Bideford, Devon. Her crew were rescued by a pilot boat.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Essen

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The steamship sank off the Swedish coast.{{Cite news |title=Loss of Russian Guns |newspaper=Morning Post |location=London |date=28 May 1877 |issue=32734 |page=5 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Golconda

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

|desc=The ship was sighted in the Indian Ocean whilst on a voyage from Bassein, India to Shanghai, China. No further trace, reported missing.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=9 November 1877 |issue=16629 |page=7 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Joannis Scaltzounis

|flag={{flagicon|Greece|1863-naval}} Greece

|desc=The brig was wrecked on the Hook Sands, in the Bristol Channel off Clevedon, Somerset, United Kingdom. All on board were rescued by a tug. She was on a voyage from Constanţa, Ottoman Empire to Gloucester, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=Gales and Shipwrecks |newspaper=Leeds Mercury |location=Leeds |date=29 May 1877 |issue=12210 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Miriam

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore and wrecked between Saltburn-by-the-Sea and Skinningburn, Yorkshire with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Hartlepool, County Durham.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Rambler

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

|desc=The fishing lugger ran aground at Lowestoft, Suffolk with the loss of a crew member.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Seraphina

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

|desc=The smack was driven ashore and wrecked at Bideford. Her crew were rescued by a pilot boat.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Silvery Wave

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

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Pennington Spit, off the coast of Hampshire. She was on a voyage from Southampton, Hampshire to Cardiff, Glamorgan.

}}

28 May

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|ship=Calypso

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=The steamship ran aground on the Urgento Shoal. She was on a voyage from Corfu to Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Cambria

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground in the River Thames at Tilburyness, Essex. She was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ceres

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

|desc=The brig foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Söderhamn.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=30 May 1877 |issue=28955 |page=12 |column=A }}{{Cite news |title=Maritime Notes |newspaper=Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough |location=Middlesbrough |date=30 May 1877 |issue=2789 |page=4 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Gloria|1875|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship ran around and was wrecked off Pulau Laut, Spanish East Indies ({{coord|04|35|15|N|107|58|45|E}}). All on board were rescued, but her passengers were refused passage to Singapore, Straits Settlements on board the barque Marquis of Argyle ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) as they were political prisoners.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Straits Settlement |date=16 July 1877 |issue=28995 |page=5 |column=F }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=3 November 1877 |issue=11814 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=John Harley

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Nash Point, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Cork to Newport, Monmouthshire.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Junak

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Castletown, Isle of Man. Her fifteen crew were rescued by the Castletown Lifeboat Commercial Traveller (file:Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution) and by rocket apparatus. Junak was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Glasgow, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=29 May 1877 |issue=28954 |page=12 |column=A }} She was refloated with assistance from the tender Trader ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) on 31 May.{{Cite news |title=Castletown and the South |newspaper=Isle of Man Times |location=Douglas |date=2 June 1877 |issue=840 |page=5 |volume=17 }}

}}

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|ship=Lavinia

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Castletown with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Storm at the Isle of Man - Wreck of a Belfast Vessel and Drowning of the Crew |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=29 May 1877 |issue=19294 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Lorena

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

|desc=The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked at Scarlett Point, Isle of Man with the loss of all hands.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Pembrokeshire Lass

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

|desc=The brigantine ran aground on Ted's Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of Lancashire. Her crew were rescued by the Southport Lifeboat Eliza Fearnley (file:Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution), but her captain refused to leave the vessel. Pembrokeshire Lass was on a voyage from Cork to Liverpool, Lancashire.{{Cite news |title=Latest News |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=28 May 1877 |issue=6949 }}{{Cite news |title=Wreck of a Vessel |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=29 May 1877 |issue=19294 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Sultana

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on The Manacles, Cornwall. She was refloated and taken in to Falmouth, Cornwall in a leaky condition.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Tri Fratelli

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

|desc=The barque ran aground on the Black Middens, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to South Shields, County Durham. She was refloated with assistance from the tug {{PS|Stephensons|1866|2}} ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and taken in to South Shields.{{Cite news |title=Gales and Shipwrecks |newspaper=Leeds Mercury |location=Leeds |date=29 May 1877 |issue=12210 }}

}}

29 May

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|ship=Gloria

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

|desc=The steamship was wrecked at "Pulo Sant". She was on a voyage from Manila, Spanish East Indies to Barcelona.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=21 November 1878 |issue=9627 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Island Queen

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

|desc=The brigantine ran aground on the Splough Rock, off Greenore Point, County Louth and sank. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Cork.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=30 May 1877 |issue=9164 }}

}}

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|ship=Martha Lavana

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk, United Kingdom. Her crew got aboard the Shipwash Lightship (22px Trinity House), from where they were rescued by the smack Albatross ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).{{cite book |title=The Salvagers |first=Hervey |last=Benham |author-link=Hervey Benham |page=194 |publisher=Essex County Newspapers Ltd |location=Colchester |year=1980 |isbn=00-950944-2-3}} Martha Lavana was on a voyage from Bergen to San Sebastián and Gijón, Spain.{{Cite news |title=Casualties at Sea |newspaper=Reynold's Newspaper |location=London |date=3 June 1877 |issue=1399 }}

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|ship=Tartar

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Shanghai, China. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug.

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30 May

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|ship=Gloria

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The steamship ran aground of Pulo Lant, in the Natuna Sea and was wrecked. All on board survived.{{Cite news |title=The Straits Settlements. Singapore, June 16 |newspaper=Morning Post |location=London |date=16 July 1877 |issue=32776 |page=5 }}

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31 May

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|ship=Eliza McLaughin

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

|desc=The ship ran aground near Antwerp, Belgium. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk, United Kingdom to Baltimore, Maryland, United States. She was refloated on 9 June and towed in to Antwerp.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=13 June 1877 |issue=9176 }}

}}

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|ship=Maria et Bertha

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The lugger collided with the steamship Acklington ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank at Redon, Ille-et-Vilaine. Her crew were rescued. Maria et Bertha was on a voyage from Miquelon to Redon.

}}

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|ship=Punjaub

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

|desc=The ship departed from Kobe, Japan for Falmouth, Cornwall. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all 22 crew.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Disasters at Sea |date=10 January 1878 |issue=29148 |page=10 |column=D }}

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Unknown date

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|ship=Adriatic

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

|desc=The ship was damaged by ice and was beached on Anticosti Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Quebec City, Canada.

}}

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|ship=Amicitia

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The brig capsized at sea. She was towed in to Copenhagen, Denmark on 28 May.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=29 May 1877 |issue=164848 |page=6 }}

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|ship=Annie Jones

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=20 June 1877 |issue=28973 |page=11 |column=F }}

}}

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|ship=Azow

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

|desc=The barque was run into by the steamship {{SS|Nurnberg|1874|2}} ({{flagcountry|German Empire}}) and sank off the coast of Maryland, United States with the loss of four of her crew. Survivors were rescued by Nurnberg. Azow was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to Queenstown, County Cork, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=25 May 1877 |issue=10561 }} The wreck was dispersed by explosives on 6 July.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=20 July 1877 |issue=10569 }}

}}

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|ship=Carolina

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Sandby, Öland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Gunnebo, Sweden.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=23 May 1877 |issue=9158 }}

}}

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|ship=City of Quebec

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

|desc=The ship ran aground in the Saint Lawrence River and was damaged. She was refloated and taken in to Quebec City.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=10 May 1877 |issue=9688 }}

}}

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|ship={{SS|City of San Francisco|1875|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship struck a rock and foundered. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Panama City, United States of Colombia to San Francisco, California.{{Cite news |title=Loss of a Mail Steamship |newspaper=Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough |location=Middlesbrough |date=30 May 1877 |issue=2789 |page=4 }}

}}

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|ship=Clara Chapman

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

|desc=The vessel was lost at Sandy Point. Her crew were rescued.{{cite web |url=https://www.downtosea.com/1876-1900/1877.htm |title=1877 |publisher=downtothesea.com |access-date=2 July 2021}}

}}

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|ship=Clarissa

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Ventava, Courland Governorate. She was refloated with assistance.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=23 May 1877 |issue=9158 }}

}}

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|ship=Contest

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

|desc=The tug was driven ashore at Bic, Quebec.

}}

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|ship=Crosby

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at Ochakiv, Russia. She was on a voyage from Nicholaieff, Russia to an English port. She was refloated on 3 May with assistance from the steamship Asire ({{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}) and resumed her voyage.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=5 May 1877 |issue=9684 }}

}}

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|ship=Cruzeiro

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The barque was driven ashore at Pará, Brazil. She was on a voyage from Nantes, Loire-Inférieure to Pará.

}}

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|ship=Dumsires

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at "St. Valier", Canada. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and put back to Quebec City in a leaky condition.

}}

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|ship=Ella Vose

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

|desc=The barque collided with the barque Pohono ({{flagicon|Canada|1868}} Canada and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of the Newfoundland Colony with the loss of ten of her sixteen crew. Survivors were rescued by Pohono. Ella Vose was on a voyage from Baltimore to Queenstown.{{Cite news |title=Collision at Sea - Loss of Ten Lives |newspaper=Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough |location=Middlesbrough |date=30 May 1877 |issue=2789 |page=4 }}

}}

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|ship=Emily Smith

|flag={{flag|Western Australia|1870}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Kangaroo Island, South Australia with the loss of 30 lives.{{Cite news |title=Loss of a Vessel and 30 Lives |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=23 May 1877 |issue=7436 }}

}}

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|ship=Enigheden

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship foundered at sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ivittuut, Iceland to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Euclid|1866|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground on the Fahludd Reef, in the Baltic Sea. .

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|ship=Fanny David

|flag={{flag|Belgium}}

|desc=The steamship collided with an Ottoman Navy man-of-war at Çeşme, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Odessa, Russia to Antwerp. She was severely damaged and was beached.

}}

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|ship=Gambia

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

|desc=The steamship was wrecked at Madeira.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=8 June 1877 |issue=9172 }}

}}

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|ship=Geertruida

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The schooner was holed by ice and sank near Riga, Russia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Firth of Forth to Riga.

}}

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|ship=Hadda

|flag={{flag|South Australia|1876}}

|desc=The barque was wrecked in Champion Bay. Her crew were rescued.

}}

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|ship=Hendrika

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The steamship ran aground on the St. Estephe Bank, in the Gironde. She was refloated on 3 May and resumed her voyage.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=4 May 1877 |issue=28933 |page=12 |column=B }}

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|ship=Jenny

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

|desc=The Mersey Flat collided with another vessel and sank in the River Mersey off Egremont, Lancashire. Her crew survived.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=23 May 1877 |issue=9158 }}

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|ship=Lothair

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore near Esquimault, British Columbia. She was on a voyage from Miramichi, New Brunswick to Esquimault.

}}

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|ship=Monkwearmouth

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at "Puhha Karri", near Reval, Russia. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Port Kunda, Russia.

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|ship=Sealcote

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

|desc=The full-rigged ship foundered in Plettenburg Bay on or before 22 May. Her 27 crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rangoon, Burma to Falmouth, Cornwall.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=12 June 1877 |issue=28966 |page=11 |column=F }}{{Cite news |title=Foundering of a Steamer |newspaper=Morning Post |location=London |date=11 June 1877 |issue=32746 }}

}}

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|ship=Stefano Dimitri

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked near "Mlaska", Austria-Hungary. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Makarska, Austria-Hungary to Corfu, Greece.

}}

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|ship={{HMS|Tyrian|1861|6}}

|flag={{navy|UK}}

|desc=The {{sclass|Britomart|gunboat}} was driven ashore. She was refloated and taken in to Leith, Lothian.{{Cite news |title=Multiple News Items |newspaper=Southampton Herald |location=Southampton |date=9 May 1877 |issue=3224 |page=4 |volume=53 }}

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|ship=William

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Skagen, Denmark. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

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|ship=Unnamed

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at "Filsand", Saaremaa, Russia.

}}

References

=Bibliography=

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

1877-05

Category:Maritime incidents in May 1877