List of shipwrecks in May 1826

The list of shipwrecks in May 1826 includes some ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during May 1826.

2 May

List of shipwrecks: 2 May 1826
ShipStateDescription
Bon Voileur Danzig The ship was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Danzig to Dublin, United Kingdom.[1] Bon Voileur later floated off; she was beached between Dunwich and Southwold, Suffolk, United Kingdom.[2]

4 May

List of shipwrecks: 4 May 1826
ShipStateDescription
Vine  United Kingdom The ship ran aground and was severely damaged in Strangford Lough.[2][3]

7 May

List of shipwrecks: 7 May 1826
ShipStateDescription
Aimable Paulina France The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (38°30′N 31°00′W / 38.500°N 31.000°W / 38.500; -31.000). She was on a voyage from St. Domingo to Fayal Island, Azores and Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône.[4]
Frau Maria Hamburg The ship foundered off Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Kiel, Duchy of Holstein to Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom.[5]
Regannot  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked near Tromsø, Norway.[6]
Weare Packet  United Kingdom The ship was lost on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London.[2]

8 May

List of shipwrecks: 8 May 1826
ShipStateDescription
Anne  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Cape Ray, Newfoundland, British North America. Her crew were rescued.[7]
Canada  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on St. Paul's Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America.[8][9]
Susannah  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to London.[10]

9 May

List of shipwrecks: 9 May 1826
ShipStateDescription
Minerva  United Kingdom The ship struck a sunken rock and sank off "Port Kelly". She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Cork.[3]
Vrow Helena  Netherlands The ship was wrecked on Ameland, Friesland.[11]

10 May

List of shipwrecks: 10 May 1826
ShipStateDescription
Elizabeth Hamburg The ship collided with Orinoco ( United States) in the Elbe and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by Orinoco. Elizabeth was on a voyage from Stockholm, Sweden to Hamburg. She was later taken in to Blankenese.[12]

11 May

List of shipwrecks: 11 May 1826
ShipStateDescription
Favourite  United Kingdom The ship was holed by an anchor and sank in the River Thames.[3]

12 May

List of shipwrecks: 12 May 1826
ShipStateDescription
Nassau  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Ireland to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America.[4]

13 May

List of shipwrecks: 13 May 1826
ShipStateDescription
HMS Barracouta  Royal Navy The Cherokee-class brig-sloop was wrecked by a tornado in Algoa Bay.[13]

15 May

List of shipwrecks: 15 May 1826
ShipStateDescription
Australia United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New South Wales The ship was lost 70 nautical miles (130 km) north of Sydney. She was on a voyage from Batavia, Netherlands East Indies to Sydney.[14] There were twelve survivors.[15]

16 May

List of shipwrecks: 16 May 1826
ShipStateDescription
Venus  United Kingdom The ship struck The Manacles, Cornwall and foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Newport, Monmouthshire.[12]

17 May

List of shipwrecks: 17 May 1826
ShipStateDescription
Nordstern Rostock The ship was abandoned off Rostock. She was on a voyage from "Niestadt" to Rostock.[5]

18 May

List of shipwrecks: 18 May 1826
ShipStateDescription
Usk  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at the mouth of the Breede River, Africa. She was later refloated.[16][17]

19 May

List of shipwrecks: 19 May 1826
ShipStateDescription
Courier d'Haiti France The ship struck a rock at Cayenne and was wrecked.[18]

22 May

List of shipwrecks: 22 May 1826
ShipStateDescription
Philippine France The ship was wrecked at Senegal.[19]

24 May

List of shipwrecks: 24 May 1826
ShipStateDescription
Horatio  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Prince Edward Island, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America.[4]

26 May

List of shipwrecks: 26 May 1826
ShipStateDescription
Vine  United Kingdom The ship struck the Crow Rock, in the Irish Sea off the coast of Pembrokeshire and sank. Her crew were rescued by Felicity ( United Kingdom). Vine was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Drogheda, County Louth.[20]

28 May

List of shipwrecks: 28 May 1826
ShipStateDescription
Busiris  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Cobbler's Rocks, Barbados, Her crew were rescued.[21]

29 May

List of shipwrecks: 29 May 1826
ShipStateDescription
Bruce Hamburg The ship was wrecked on the Long Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Kent, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Brazil to Hamburg.[6]
Dido  Netherlands The ship was driven ashore on Goeree, Zeeland. She was on a voyage from Cette, Hérault, France to Rotterdam, South Holland.[22]
General Brock United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jersey The ship was run down and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (47°50′N 48°30′W / 47.833°N 48.500°W / 47.833; -48.500) with the ultimate loss of fourteen of her eighteen crew.[23] She was on a voyage from Jersey to Gaspé, Lower Canada, British North America.[24]
Good Intent  United Kingdom The smack struck a rock and foundered in the North Sea north of Bergen, Norway.[25] Her crew were rescued.[7]
Wilhelmina Bremen The ship was lost on the Cross Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bremen tt St. Thomas, Virgin Islands.[6]

30 May

List of shipwrecks: 30 May 1826
ShipStateDescription
Success  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on St. George's Bank and foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Portsmouth, Hampshire, to Port-au-Prince, Haiti.[26]

31 May

List of shipwrecks: 31 May 1826
ShipStateDescription
Marli United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Grenada The drogher was wrecked in Sautlens Bay.[27]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in May 1826
ShipStateDescription
Agenora  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Dragor Reef. She was on a voyage from Pillau, Prussia to London. Agenora was later refloated and put into Copenhagen, Denmark for repairs.[10]
Belle Julie France The whaler was lost in ice off Newfoundland, British North America with much loss of life. She was on a voyage from Granville, Manche to Newfoundland.[28]
Caroline  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to Cork. Caroline was later taken in to Richibucto, New Brunswick, British North America.[27]
Gurnet United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New South Wales The ship was driven ashore and wrecked north of Sydney with the loss of all four crewe.[29]
Nathalie France The whaler was lost in ice off Newfoundland with much loss of life. She was on a voyage from Granville to Newfoundland[28]
Storkedder Denmark The ship capsized in the North Sea before 25 May. She was towed in to Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom bottom up.[10]
Stranger  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Dragor Reef. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Plymouth, Devon. She was later refloated and put into Helsingør, Denmark.[10]
Sun  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked in the Torres Strait with the loss of 24 of the 36 people on board.[30]

References

  1. ↑ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (6113). 5 May 1826.
  2. 1 2 3 "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (6114). 9 May 1826.
  3. 1 2 3 "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (6116). 16 May 1826.
  4. 1 2 3 "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (6132). 11 July 1826.
  5. 1 2 "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (6119). 26 May 1826.
  6. 1 2 3 "From Lloyd's Marine List - June 3". Caledonian Mercury. No. 16348. 3 June 1826.
  7. 1 2 "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (6126). 20 June 1826.
  8. ↑ "From Lloyd's Marine List - July 4". Caledonian Mercury. No. 16362. 8 July 1826.
  9. ↑ "Aberdeen Shipping". The Aberdeen Journal. No. 4096. 12 July 1826.
  10. 1 2 3 4 "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (6120). 30 May 1826.
  11. ↑ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (6115). 12 May 1826.
  12. 1 2 "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (6117). 19 May 1826.
  13. ↑ "Meteorology". The Sydney Herald. Sydney. 7 March 1842. p. 2.
  14. ↑ "From Lloyd's Marine List - Oct. 3". Caledonian Mercury. No. 16401. 7 October 1826.
  15. ↑ "(untitled)". The Morning Post. No. 17464. 5 December 1826.
  16. ↑ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (6146). 29 August 1826.
  17. ↑ "Ship News". The Morning Post. No. 17358. 5 August 1826.
  18. ↑ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (6137). 28 July 1826.
  19. ↑ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (6136). 25 July 1826.
  20. ↑ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (6122). 6 June 1826.
  21. ↑ "Ship News". The Morning Chronicle. No. 17733. 14 July 1826.
  22. ↑ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (6121). 2 June 1826.
  23. ↑ "Ship News". The Bristol Mercury. No. 1853. 24 July 1826.
  24. ↑ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (6135). 21 July 1826.
  25. ↑ "From Lloyd's List - June 20". Caledonian Mercury. No. 16356. 24 June 1826.
  26. ↑ "(untitled)". The Times. No. 13036. London. 3 August 1826. col. F, p. 3.
  27. 1 2 "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (6133). 14 July 1826.
  28. 1 2 "Ship News". The Glasgow Herald. No. 2476. 15 September 1826.
  29. ↑ "(untitled)". The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser. 10 May 1826.
  30. ↑ "LOSS OF THE BRIG SUN". The Morning Post. No. 17465. 6 December 1826.

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