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List of shipwrecks in May 1833

The list of shipwrecks in May 1833 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during May 1833.

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1 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 1 May 1833
Ship State Description
Flora   New South Wales The ship was wrecked on the Great Barrier Reef.[1]
Thomas and Eleanor   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near "Scowrie". Her crew were rescued.[2]

3 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 3 May 1833
Ship State Description
Albion   United Kingdom The brig sprang a leak and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of fifteen of the 30 people on board. Survivors were rescued by the brig Neptune (  United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Cork to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America.[3][4][5]

5 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 5 May 1833
Ship State Description
Eagle   United Kingdom The ship ran aground in Carnarvon Bay and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Newfoundland, British North America.[6]
Sweedland   United Kingdom The ship was lost at Saugor, India.[7]

7 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 7 May 1833
Ship State Description
Harriet   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Riding Rocks. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Mobile, Alabama, United States.[3]
Tronto   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at St. Mary's, Nova Scotia, British North America.[8]

8 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 8 May 1833
Ship State Description
Catharine   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked by ice. Her crew were rescued by Traveller (  United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Irvine, Ayrshire to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America.[9][10]

9 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 9 May 1833
Ship State Description
Harvest Home   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on whilst on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Miramichi, New Brunswick, British North America.[11][12]

10 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 10 May 1833
Ship State Description
Courier de Cette   France The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Harfleur, Seine-Inférieure, where she was subsequently wrecked. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine. An insurance claim was rejected due to suspected barratry.[13][14]
Martha   United Kingdom The brig was sunk by ice in the Atlantic Ocean 290 nautical miles (540 km) off the coast of Newfoundland. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Newfoundland.[15][16]

11 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 11 May 1833
Ship State Description
Lady of the Lake   United Kingdom The brig was sunk by ice off Cape St. Francis, Newfoundland, British North America with the loss of between 170 and 265 lives. About 30 survivors were rescued by Amazon (  United Kingdom).
Panana   United States The ship was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Fortitude (  United Kingdom).[10]
Ranger   United Kingdom The barque was in collision with an iceberg and foundered. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from London to Miramichi, New Brunswick, British North America.[17][18]

12 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 12 May 1833
Ship State Description
Hero   United Kingdom The ship was lost in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Newfoundland, British North America.[19]

13 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 13 May 1833
Ship State Description
Baltic   United Kingdom The ship departed from Manila, Spanish East Indies for Singapore. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[20][21]
Lady Campbell   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Saint John.[22]
Viscount Palmerston   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Jutland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[23]

16 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 16 May 1833
Ship State Description
Fortuna   Grand Duchy of Finland The ship struck a rock and foundered near Porvoo, Finland. The crew were rescued. Fortuna was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to Porvoo, Grand Duchy of Finland.[17][24]
Julia   United Kingdom The ship was damaged by ice and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by Breakwater (  United Kingdom). Julia was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America.[17]

18 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 18 May 1833
Ship State Description
Little Ann   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the coast of British North America. Her crew were rescued by Amethyst (  British North America.)[8]

19 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 19 May 1833
Ship State Description
Elphinstone   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the coast of "Mayo". She was on a voyage from Bombay, India to Sumatra.[25]
Lioness   United States The steamboat was destroyed by an explosion and fire in the Red River, Louisiana with the loss of fourteen lives. Lioness was on a voyage from New Orleans to Natchitoches, Louisiana.[16][26]
Raikes   United Kingdom The ship was lost in Conception Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Harbour Grace, Newfoundland.[15][27]
Sylph   United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in ice off Carbonear Island Newfoundland. She was later towed into "Musquito".[27][28]

20 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 20 May 1833
Ship State Description
George   United Kingdom The ship was lost off Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America.[3]
Orb   United States The ship was wrecked on The Triangles. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York to Vera Cruz, Mexico.[19]

21 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 21 May 1833
Ship State Description
Duke of York   British East India Company The East Indiaman was driven ashore at "Hedgellee Creek", India. Although almost undamaged, she was not refloatable. Duke of York was on a voyage from London to Madras, India.[29][30]
Eamont   United Kingdom The East Indiaman was driven ashore and wrecked south of Kedgeree, India.[29][30]
General Fisher   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked south of Kedgeree.[30]
J & H Cumming   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the south coast of Long Island, United States with the loss of two lives. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to New York, United States.[27]
Lord Amherst   British East India Company The East Indiaman was driven ashore at Kedgeree and broke her back.[29][30]
Robert   United Kingdom The East Indiaman was driven ashore and wrecked north of Kedgeree.[29][30]
Sultan   United Kingdom The ship foundered off the coast of India. Two of her crew survived.[30]

22 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 22 May 1833
Ship State Description
Hope   United Kingdom The ship struck an iceberg and foundered. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America.[17]

24 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 24 May 1833
Ship State Description
Elizabeth   United States The ship was wrecked in Hell Gate. She was on a voyage from Pictou, Nova Scotia, British North America to New York.[19]

27 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 27 May 1833
Ship State Description
Hoppet   Grand Duchy of Finland The ship was driven ashore on "Magunsholm". She was on a voyage from Vaasa to Riga, Russia.[31]

28 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 28 May 1833
Ship State Description
Despreux   France The whaler was lost in the Chiloé Archipelago, Chile.[32][33]

30 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 30 May 1833
Ship State Description
Twee Gebroeders   Netherlands The ship was wrecked on Langeoog, Kingdom of Hanover. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Harlingen, Friesland to a Norwegian port.[31]
Volunteer   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cape Fonchin, Nova Scotia, British North America. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cork to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America.[34]

31 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 31 May 1833
Ship State Description
Hannah   United Kingdom The ship ran aground near St. Ann's, Nova Scotia, British North America and was wrecked. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Down to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America.[35]

Unknown date edit

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in May 1833
Ship State Description
Inverary Castle   United Kingdom The paddle steamer ran aground in the Clyde and was abandoned by her crew.[36]
Magnet   United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 21 May. Her crew were rescued by the brig Jane (  United Kingdom.[19][37]
Maria   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the coast of Newfoundland before 24 May. Her crew were rescued by Frances and Harriet (  United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Miramichi, New Brunswick.[19][27][37]
Wellington   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in ice. Her crew were rescued by Shannon (  United Kingdom).[27]

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