- Source: List of shipwrecks in May 1881
- Orang Māori
- List of shipwrecks in May 1881
- List of shipwrecks in 1881
- List of shipwrecks in January 1881
- List of shipwrecks of Cornwall (1881–1890)
- List of shipwrecks in October 1881
- List of shipwrecks in July 1881
- List of shipwrecks in April 1881
- List of shipwrecks in February 1881
- List of shipwrecks in August 1881
- List of shipwrecks in September 1881
The list of shipwrecks in May 1881 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during May 1881.