The list of shipwrecks in May 1863 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during May 1863.(This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.) (en)
The ship departed from Trinidad for the Clyde. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. (en)
The ship was driven ashore near Bremen. (en)
The ship was lost off Singapore, Straits Settlements. (en)
The gunboat was sunk at her anchorage in the Chattahoochee River at Blountstown, Florida, by a boiler explosion, with the loss of 18 lives. She was refloated but never fully repaired. (en)
American Civil War: Confederate forces scuttled the 809-ton sidewheel paddle steamer as a blockship in the Yazoo River below Greenwood, Mississippi. Later in the month, the armed sternwheel paddle steamer , armed sternwheel paddle steamer , and tinclad steamer (en)
American Civil War, Union blockade: Loaded with a cargo of assorted merchandise, the schooner was burned by the Confederates at a wharf near the custom house at Point Isabel, Texas Confederate States of America, to prevent her capture when launches from the sloop-of-war approached. (en)
American Civil War, Union blockade: A boat expedition from the armed screw steamers and burned the schooners, which were aground and full of water on the York River at Milford Haven, Virginia. (en)
American Civil War: The 79-ton sternwheel paddle steamer was captured and burned in the Quiver River in Mississippi by a boat expedition from the armed sternwheel paddle steamer and the armed sidewheel paddle steamer . (en)
The brig was stranded at Kents Point, Mendocino, California United States. (en)
The ship was driven ashore at Courtown, County Wexford. (en)
The barque was driven into the yachts Echo, Fantasy, Mirage and William and Margaret and the cutter Wellington (en)
The steamship collided with the steamship Amalia and sank in the Mediterranean Sea with the loss of five of her 26 crew. Survivors were rescued by Amalia. Marie de Brabant was on a voyage from Gibraltar to Alicante, Spain and Malta. (en)
American Civil War, CSS Alabama's South Atlantic Expeditionary Raid: The 973-ton clipper, bound from Boston, Massachusetts or New York to San Francisco, California, with general cargo, was captured and burned in the Atlantic Ocean near Bahia, Brazil, by the screw sloop-of-war CSS Alabama . (en)
The ship was destroyed by fire in the Hooghly River. She was on a voyage from Calcutta to a port in China. (en)
The brig ran aground on the Racer Shoal, off the north Norfolk coast. She floated off and was beached at Warham, Norfolk, where she was wrecked. Her ten crew were rescued by a Blakeney yawl. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Bordeaux, Gironde, France. (en)
The ship ran aground on the James and Mary Sandbank, in the Hooghly River. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to a port in China. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. (en)
The 605-bulk-ton sidewheel paddle steamer was wrecked in the Gulf of Mexico. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Mobile, Alabama, Confederate States of America. (en)
American Civil War: The 493-ton sidewheel paddle steamer was shot to pieces at Snyder's Bluff on the Yazoo River in Mississippi by the ironclad gunboat . Union forces scuttled her wreck as a blockship in the Yazoo River at Haynes' Bluff in Mississippi. (en)
The ship was wrecked at Brisbane, Queensland. She was on a voyage from Tasmania to Brisbane. (en)
The ship was lost in ice off the coast of British North America. She was on a voyage from Jersey, Channel Islands to Arichat, Nova Scotia, British North America. (en)
American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner was burned on the Yeocomico River by boats from the armed sidewheel paddle steamer and the gunboat . (en)
American Civil War: Union forces found the charred remains of the sidewheel paddle steamer, under conversion to an ironclad ram when Confederate forces burned her to prevent her capture by Union forces, in the navy yard at Yazoo City, Mississippi. (en)
The schooner was abandoned in the North Sea. Her five crew were rescued by the schooner Pilin . Jasper was on a voyage from Rostock to Dundee, Forfarshire. (en)
The steamship was wrecked on the Burrells, off the coast of County Waterford, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from a Spanish port to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. (en)
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "L'Ance au Brilliant", Province of Canada, British North America. She was on a voyage from London to Quebec City, Province of Canada. (en)
The ship was wrecked on the Agger Sand, off the coast of Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Dram. (en)
The brig was lost near Lemvig, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Grimsby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom to Sandefjord. (en)
The steamship was lost off Rockhampton, Queensland. (en)
The ship struck the Ariadne Rock. She was on a voyage from Shanghai to Hong Kong. She put back to Shanghai and was beached. (en)
The ship was sighted in the Atlantic Ocean whilst on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Shanghai, China. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. (en)
American Civil War: Confederate forces scuttled the sidewheel paddle steamer as a blockship in the Yazoo River about below Fort Pemberton, Mississippi. Union forces later burned the wreck to the waterline. (en)
The brig collided with the steamship and sank near Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire with the loss of three of the eleven people on board. Survivors were rescued by Pluto. Violet was on a voyage from Brăila, Ottoman Empire to an English port. (en)
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Penarth Head, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus. (en)
American Civil War: The 368-ton collier, a barque, was wrecked by a gale at Sand Island, Florida. (en)
American Civil War: The 47-ton screw tug and the two barges she was towing were set afire on the Mississippi River by Confederate artillery firing from Vicksburg, Mississippi, Confederate States of America. (en)
The ship ran aground at North Shields, Northumberland, United Kingdom and was wrecked. (en)
The schooner struck the Revel Stone, in the Baltic Sea and sank. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Albion . The schooner was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Cronstadt, Russia. (en)
The brig was driven ashore in the Saint Lawrence River. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Barcelona, Spain to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America. (en)
The ship ran aground on the Kentish Knock. She was on a voyage from North Shields, Northumberland to Galle, Ceylon. She was refloated and taken in to London for repairs. (en)
American Civil War: During a voyage from New York to San Francisco, California, with assorted cargo, the clipper was captured and burned in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Brazil by the screw sloop-of-war CSS Florida . (en)
The ship collided with the brigantine Scotia and foundered off the Runnel Stone, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Devoran, Cornwall to Swansea, Glamorgan. (en)
The ship was struck by a whale in the Atlantic Ocean and was consequently abandoned. Her crew were rescued by Commerce . Camana was on a voyage from Antigua to Liverpool, Lancashire. (en)
The 424-ton sidewheel paddle steamer struck a snag and sank without loss of life in a bend of the Missouri River below De Witt, Missouri. The vessel and her cargo both were a total loss. (en)
The ship was abandoned in ice off the coast of British North America. Sixteen of her crew were rescued by Union . Princess Royal was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America. (en)
The schooner was wrecked on Læsø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Lysekil. (en)
The schooner was driven onto rocks at Lyme Regis, Dorset. She was refloated with the assistance of the Lyme Regis Lifeboat and assisted in to that port. (en)
The ship was run down and sunk off "Melazzo" by the steamship Etna . (en)
The steamship was driven ashore at Clevedon, Somerset. Her passengers were landed. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Minehead, Somerset. (en)
American Civil War: The 142-ton sternwheel towboat was towing three barges – one carrying sutler′s stores and the other two loaded with coal – when she was captured by Confederate forces on the Mississippi River at Argyle Landing, 3 miles above Greenville, Mississippi. The Confederates destroyed her and all three barges. (en)
The 212-ton sternwheel paddle steamer struck a snag and sank in the Missouri River above Kickapoo, Kansas. She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service. (en)
The schooner ran aground on the Cross Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex to the River Tyne. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. (en)
The ship ran aground in the Belfast Lough. She was on a voyage from Maryport, Cumberland to Ballyshannon, County Donegal. (en)
American Civil War: The 567-ton sidewheel paddle steamer was scuttled by Confederate forces in the Yazoo River below Greenwood, to block the channel and prevent her capture by Union forces. Union forces later burned her wreck to the waterline. (en)
The screw sloop ran aground at Yokohama, Japan. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Yokohama. (en)
American Civil War: The screw steamer was burned – possibly while laid up and undergoing conversion into a gunboat – at Yazoo City, Mississippi, to prevent her capture by Union forces. (en)
The barque was lost. (en)
The barque was wrecked near Paranaguá, Brazil. (en)
The brig ran aground and sank at Ramsgate, Kent. (en)
The brig was lost at Bowens Landing, California. (en)
The ship was destroyed by fire at Tobago. (en)
The ship was wrecked at Indian Point. (en)
The ship was wrecked on Skyros, Greece. . (en)
The ship was driven ashore and sank in the Narva River. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Narva, Russia. (en)
The schooner was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew survived. She was subsequently beached north of Fredrikshald, Norway before being refloated and assisted in to that port. (en)
The barque was abandoned in ice off the coast of British North America and set afire. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America. (en)
The ship foundered off the Isles of Scilly. Her crew were rescued by Adrianus Johannes . (en)
American Civil War, CSS Alabama's South Atlantic Expeditionary Raid: The 1,074-ton ship, bound from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom, to Montevideo, Uruguay, and Calcutta, India, with a cargo of coal, was captured and burned in the South Atlantic Ocean by the screw sloop-of-war CSS Alabama . (en)
The ship put in to Harwich, Essex in a leaky condition and was beached. (en)
American Civil War, Union blockade: The sloop-of-war was wrecked on St. Vincent Island in St. George's Sound on the coast of Florida during a hurricane. (en)
The schooner ran aground on the Barber Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk, United Kingdom. (en)
The schooner was driven ashore near Hellevoetsluis, Zeeland, Netherlands. (en)
The brigantine sank off South Uist, Outer Hebrides. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Limerick. (en)
The ship ran aground on the Pladders, in the Irish Sea off the coast of Anglesey. She was refloated and put in to Youghal, County Cork in a leaky condition. (en)
The ship ran aground on the Hveen Reef, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Riga, Russia. She was refloated. (en)
American Civil War, Union blockade: Attempting to run the Union blockade with a cargo of cotton and possibly gold, the 49- or 197-ton screw steamer struck the wreck of the steamship Georgiana and sank in Maffitt's Channel near Isle of Palms, South Carolina, Confederate States of America. (en)
The ship ran aground at Sligo. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Sligo. (en)
The smack was driven ashore at Hastings, Sussex. Her four crew were rescued by the Hastings Lifeboat. (en)
The barque was wrecked at Cape Three Points, on the coast of Patagonia, Argentina. Her fourteen crew survived; seven of them reached land, the rest were rescued by the schooner Tilton . Respigadera was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Callao, Peru. (en)
The ship was driven ashore at Pegu, Burma. She was on a voyage from Rangoon, Burma to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and subsequently resumed her voyage. (en)
The ship ran aground at Sandsend, Yorkshire. She was refloated and taken in to Whitby, Yorkshire. (en)
The ship was beached at Harwich, Essex. She was on a voyage from Bo'ness, Lothian to Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure, France. (en)
American Civil War: The sloop was sunk in Tabb's Creek in Virginia. (en)
The ship was driven ashore on "St. Bernard Island". She was on a voyage from the Rio de la Hacha to a British port. (en)
The barque ran aground in the Yangtze. She was on a voyage from Shanghai, China to London. (en)
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Malmö. Her crew were rescued. (en)
The ship was sighted whilst on a voyage from Bombay, India to Liverpool, Lancashire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. (en)
The ship caught fire at sea. She was on a voyage from London to Sydney, New South Wales. The fire was extinguished. (en)
American Civil War, CSS Alabama's South Atlantic Expeditionary Raid: The 848-ton full-rigged ship, bound for Calcutta, India, from London, United Kingdom, with a cargo of coal, was captured and burned in the South Atlantic Ocean off Bahia, Brazil, by the screw sloop-of-war CSS Alabama . (en)
The ship was driven ashore west of "Cape Rosier". She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Quebec City. (en)
The ship was wrecked at Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by the Coast Guard. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to Dunkerque, Nord. (en)
The 648-ton sidewheel paddle steamer burned on the Mississippi River at Island Number Eight near Hickman, Kentucky. (en)
The ship ran aground on The Platters, in the Irish Sea off the coast of Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Youghal, County Cork. She consequently put in to Holyhead, Anglesey in a leaky condition. (en)
American Civil War, CSS Alabama's South Atlantic Expeditionary Raid: The 483-ton barque, bound from Boston, Massachusetts, for Shanghai, China, with general cargo and six passengers, was captured and burned in the Atlantic Ocean near Bahia by the screw sloop-of-war CSS Alabama . (en)
The barque was wrecked on Salt Key Her crew were rescued by the brig Loranna . Wentworth was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. (en)
The barque foundered in the Indian Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Arundel . Fairy was on a voyage from Colombo, Ceylon to London. (en)
The brigantine foundered. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Montagu . Exchange was on a voyage from Truro, Cornwall to Swansea, Glamorgan. (en)
The ship was lost in ice off the coast of British North America. She was on a voyage from Galway to Quebec City. (en)
The ship was wrecked near "Great Manoce", New Brunswick, British North America. Her crew were rescued. (en)
The paddle tug was driven ashore and wrecked at Penarth Head whilst going to the assistance of Maine Rose . Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus. (en)
American Civil War: The sidewheel paddle steamer was burned on the Yazoo River to prevent her capture by Union forces. (en)
American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner was destroyed at Murrells Inlet, South Carolina, Confederate States of America, by the gunboat and other United States Navy ships. (en)
The ship was wrecked on the Table Reefs. She was on a voyage from Jacmel, Haiti to Bordeaux, Gironde, France. (en)
The schooner collided with Cheshire Witch and was abandoned off the Isles of Scilly. Her crew were rescued by Cheshire Witch. Rose was on a voyage from Llanelly, Glamorgan to London. (en)
The brig ran aground in the Rock Channel and was abandoned by her nine crew, who were rescued by the New Brighton Lifeboat. Her pilot remained on board. She was on a voyage from Barbadoes to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated with assistance from the tug Universe and taken in to Liverpool. (en)
The ship was wrecked in Table Bay. Her crew were rescued. (en)
American Civil War: Damaged by gunfire from the sidewheel paddle steamer while trying to run the Union blockade with a large cargo of cotton and 16 passengers on board, the steamer was run aground on Eleuthera in the Bahamas by her crew to prevent her from sinking. Gunfire from Rhode Island killed one person aboard Margaret and Jessie. Subsequently salvaged and commissioned into the United States Navy as . (en)
The ship ran aground on the Caldren Rocks, in the Truro River. She was on a voyage from Königsberg to Truro, Cornwall, United Kingdom. She was refloated and towed in to Malpas, Cornwall. (en)
American Civil War, Union blockade: The barque was driven aground by a hurricane on Sand Island in St. George's Sound, Florida, and wrecked. (en)
American Civil War, Union blockade: The 100-ton sloop was captured at Point Isabel, Texas, by a four-boat expedition from the sloop-of-war . The boat crews burned her after she ran aground as they attempted to get her into the Gulf of Mexico. (en)
The ship was wrecked on the coast of Queensland. Her crew survived. (en)
The ship ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom and was abandoned. She was on a voyage from Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium to Dublin, United Kingdom. (en)
The full-rigged ship caught fire at Sydney, New South Wales and was scuttled. Subsequently refloated and repaired. (en)
The schooner spang a leak and was abandoned off the Longships Lighthouse, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued by a pilot cutter. She was on a voyage from Pentewan, Cornwall to Newport, Monmouthshire. (en)
The ship was wrecked on the Jardanillos. She was on a voyage from Cienfuegos, Cuba to Boston, Massachusetts. (en)
American Civil War: The 210-ton full-rigged ship burned at Seabrook's Landing at Hilton Head, South Carolina, Confederate States of America. (en)
American Civil War, Union blockade: Disabled by a storm in the North Atlantic Ocean after being captured by the schooner , the schooner was abandoned at by her United States Navy prize crew, which was taken aboard the barque Aurora . The abandoned wreck of Sophia was found later aground on Egg Island, Georgia. (en)
The ship ran aground in the Belfast Lough. She was on a voyage from Caernarfon to Sligo. (en)
The sloop was wrecked at Montrose, Forfarshire. Her crew were rescued by the Montrose Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Bo'ness, Lothian to Banff, Aberdeenshire. (en)
The ship was wrecked on Clarke Island, Tasmania. She was on a voyage from Port Albert to Otago, New Zealand. (en)
The steamship was wrecked in the Saltee Islands, County Wexford, United Kingdom. (en)
American Civil War, Union blockade: After being captured in the eastern branch of the Yeocomico River or Wicomico Creek in Virginia by the armed tug , the schooner was burned by the armed tug . (en)
The ship was driven ashore at Burnham Overy Staithe, Norfolk, United Kingdom. She was refloated and towed in to Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. (en)
The schooner collided with Colleen Bawn and sank in the North Sea off the Newarp Lightship . Brothers was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to London. (en)
The armed tug burned and sank while moored at a wharf at Gosport Navy Yard in Portsmouth, Virginia. She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service. (en)
The ship ran aground at Bridport, Dorset. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Bridport. She was refloated. (en)
American Civil War: The armed full-rigged ship was wrecked on a coral reef in the North Atlantic Ocean off Cap-Haïtien, Haiti, and was abandoned. (en)
American Civil War, Union blockade: The blockade runner′s crew burned her in the Gulf of Mexico to prevent her capture by the sidewheel gunboat . (en)
The ship ran aground on the Blacktail Sand, in the Thames Estuary. She was on a voyage from Dantzic to London. (en)
American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner was burned in the Yeocomico River by boats from the armed sidewheel paddle steamer and the gunboat . (en)
The brigantine was holed by ice and abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her seventeen crew were rescued by the barque William Fisher . Escort was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Boston, Massachusetts, United States. (en)
The ship departed Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America for Liverpool, Lancashire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. (en)
The steamship was destroyed at Acarahú by a boiler explosion with the loss of nine lives. (en)
American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner was captured, run aground, and burned at Point Isabel, Texas, by a shore party from the sloop-of-war . (en)
The ship ran aground in the Hooghly River. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Calcutta, India. She was refloated and taken in to Calcutta in a leaky condition. (en)
American Civil War: The schooner burned in the waters of Virginia. The armed sidewheel paddle steamer rescued her crew and fired sixteen shells into her to scuttle her. (en)
American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner was chased ashore and burned by boat crews from the gunboats and near Galveston, Texas. (en)
The ship was driven ashore near Otago, New Zealand. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Otago. (en)
The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the full-rigged ship Coleroon . Alburtus was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Lisbon, Portugal. (en)
The barque was driven ashore and sank at Sadler's Point, County Durham, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Batavia, Netherlands East Indies. She was refloated in late July and beached. (en)
The ship ran aground in the Yangtze. She was refloated and taken in to Shanghai, China. (en)
The ship was lost off Cape Horn, Chile. She was on a voyage form London to Callao, Peru. (en)
The barque was destroyed by fire at Port of Spain, Trinidad. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to the Port of Spain. (en)
The Humber Keel sank off Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. Her crew survived. (en)
American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner was captured and burned at Piney Point on the Yeocomico River in Virginia by boats from the armed sidewheel paddle steamer and the gunboat . (en)
The ship was abandoned in the Indian Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Chanaral . Alice Maud was on a voyage from Calcutta to Bombay, India. (en)
The brigantine was wrecked at Indian Point, Cuba. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States to Trinidad de Cuba, Cuba. (en)
The smack struck a rock and sank off Morte Point, Devon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bideford, Devon to Cardiff, Glamorgan. (en)
American Civil War: The tugboat sank in the Yazoo River near Chickasaw Bayou in Warren County, Mississippi, after colliding with the ironclad ram . (en)
American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner was captured and burned in the Gulf of Mexico near Fort Morgan, Alabama, by a boat crew from the screw steamer . (en)
The ship was driven ashore at Skipsea, Yorkshire. She was refloated and taken in to Bridlington, Yorkshire to. (en)
The ship was lost in ice in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of five of her nine crew. She was on a voyage from London to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America. (en)
The barque was wrecked on the Salt Key. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to South Shields, County Durham. She was later refloated. (en)
The brig ran aground on the Pye Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was refloated with assistance from the smack John and William and taken in to Handford Creek. (en)
American Civil War: As United States Navy gunboats approached, the 710-ton sidewheel paddle steamer was burned to the waterline and scuttled by Confederate forces in the Yazoo River below Greenwood to block the channel and prevent her capture by Union forces. (en)
American Civil War: The sternwheel casemate ironclad was sunk in the Mississippi River by gunfire from Confederate artillery at Vicksburg, Confederate States of America, suffering five killed and 14 wounded by Confederate gunfire and another 15 drowned or missing. She later was refloated, repaired, and returned to service. (en)
The steamship was wrecked on the Formosa Banks, in the South China Sea with the loss of two of her crew. The wreck was plundered by local fishing boats. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to San Francisco, California. (en)
The schooner sank off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Her crew survived. (en)
The brig was wrecked on Barbuda. She was on a voyage from Macao, China to Havana, Cuba. (en)
The ship departed from Calais, France for a British port. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. (en)
The ship was driven ashore at Maceió, Brazil. She was consequently condemned. (en)
The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at Cape de Gatt, Spain. Her crew were rescued. (en)
The 456-ton sidewheel paddle steamer was destroyed by fire after colliding with Hu Quang on the Yangtze River. (en)
The ship was abandoned off the Blasket Islands, County Kerry. Her crew were rescued by Vesper . Fidelity was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Galway. (en)
The full-rigged ship was wrecked off Isle aux Morts, Newfoundland, British North America. Her crew were rescued. (en)
The ship ran aground on the Falls, off the north Norfolk coast and sank. Her crew survived. (en)
American Civil War: The coal barges were scuttled in the lower part of the Alexandria Falls on the Red River of the South in Louisiana, Confederate States of America to raise the water level so that Rear Admiral David Dixon Porter′s fleet could escape downstream. (en)
The steamship ran aground on the Fahludd Reef, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Hartlepool, County Durham. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. (en)
American Civil War: The schooner, loaded with a cargo of United States Navy coal, was captured and set afire by Confederate guerrillas on the Neuse River in North Carolina, Confederate States of America. The steamer Allison found the burning schooner and completed her destruction after Allison′s crew had removed her cargo. (en)
American Civil War: The schooner was burned by Confederate forces at Point Isabel, Texas, Confederate States of America. (en)
The list of shipwrecks in May 1863 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during May 1863.(This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.) (en)
