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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 edit

List of shipwrecks: 2 May 1826
Ship State Description
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 Dantzig to Dublin, United Kingdom.[1] Bon Voileur later floated off; she was beached between Dunwich and Southwold, Suffolk, United Kingdom.[2]

4 May edit

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

7 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 7 May 1826
Ship State Description
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 edit

List of shipwrecks: 8 May 1826
Ship State Description
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 edit

List of shipwrecks: 9 May 1826
Ship State Description
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 edit

List of shipwrecks: 10 May 1826
Ship State Description
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 edit

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

12 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 12 May 1826
Ship State Description
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 edit

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

15 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 15 May 1826
Ship State Description
Australia   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 edit

List of shipwrecks: 16 May 1826
Ship State Description
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 edit

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

18 May edit

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

19 May edit

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

22 May edit

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

24 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 24 May 1826
Ship State Description
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 edit

List of shipwrecks: 26 May 1826
Ship State Description
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 edit

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

29 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 29 May 1826
Ship State Description
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   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 edit

List of shipwrecks: 30 May 1826
Ship State Description
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 edit

List of shipwrecks: 31 May 1826
Ship State Description
Marli   Grenada The drogher was wrecked in Sautlens Bay.[27]

Unknown date edit

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in May 1826
Ship State Description
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   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 edit

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  3. ^ a b c "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (6116). 16 May 1826.
  4. ^ a b c "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (6132). 11 July 1826.
  5. ^ a b "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (6119). 26 May 1826.
  6. ^ a b c "From Lloyd's Marine List - June 3". Caledonian Mercury. No. 16348. 3 June 1826.
  7. ^ a b "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.
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  12. ^ a b "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (6117). 19 May 1826.
  13. ^ "Meteorology". The Sydney Herald. Sydney. 7 March 1842. p. 2.
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  30. ^ "LOSS OF THE BRIG SUN". The Morning Post. No. 17465. 6 December 1826.

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