List of shipwrecks in May 1829
The list of shipwrecks in May 1829 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during May 1829.
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4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
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References |
1 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Flora | Prussia | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Memel with the loss of eleven lives.[1] |
Governor Arthur | New South Wales | The ship was wrecked at Nobbys Island. All on board were rescued.[2] |
Henriette Auguste | Prussia | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Memel.[1] |
Nautilus | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Memel. Her crew were rescued.[1] |
Ploughman | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Memel. Her crew were rescued.[1] |
3 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Eleanor | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the North Sea off South Shields, County Durham and capsized.[3] |
6 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Comet | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked in the Torres Strait. Her crew survived and was rescued by Fairfield three days later.[4] |
7 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Dispatch | Tobago | The ship was wrecked at Tobago.[5] |
Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Irish Sea. Her crew were rescued by Dee ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Youghal, County Cork to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[6] |
8 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Batchelor | Guernsey | The ship ran aground near Cape Spartel, Morocco and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Trieste.[7][8] |
Splendid | United States | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Gibraltar.[8] |
10 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Clyde | United Kingdom | The ship was lost in the Magdalen Islands, British North America. She was on a voyage from Belfast, county Antrim to Miramichi, New Brunswick, British North America.[9] |
11 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Theodosia | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off The Smalls Lighthouse. Her crew were rescued by Waterloo ( United Kingdom).[10] |
13 May
Ship | State | Description |
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John | United Kingdom | The ship sank at Reval, Russia.[11] |
Joseph | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Bird Island. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America.[12] |
16 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Argo | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Boston Bay, Jamaica. Her crew were rescued.[13] |
Jane | United Kingdom | The brigantine was sighted off Bermuda whilst on a voyage from Port-au-Prince, Haiti to Aberdeen. No further trace, presumed subsequently foundered with the loss of all hands.[14] |
18 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Governor Ready | United Kingdom | The ship was lost in the Torres Strait. The crew travelled in smaller boats until rescued by the Amity (flag unknown) on June 2.[15][16] |
21 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Ann | United Kingdom | The schooner capsized off "Winga" with the loss of one of her six crew. Survivors were rescued by St. Andrew ( United Kingdom). Ann was on a voyage from Kiel, Duchy of Holstein to Leith, Lothian.[17] |
Glory | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Saint Lucia.[18] |
22 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Helping | Imperial Russian Navy | The frigate ran aground off Osmussaar. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt to Sveaborg, Grand Duchy of Finland. Helping subsequently broke up.[19] |
John and Jane | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Marsden, County Durham.[20] |
25 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Janet | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Cromer, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued.[21] |
27 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Nelly | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued.[22] |
31 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Emulus | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk and foundered. Her crew were rescued.[7] |
Oscar | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked 10 nautical miles (19 km) south of Cape Rouse (21°45′N 59°40′E / 21.750°N 59.667°E / 21.750; 59.667). She was on a voyage from Bombay to Bushehr, Iran.[23] |
Unknown date
Ship | State | Description |
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Adolphine | France | The galiot was wrecked near Deal, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Malmö, Sweden to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure.[11] |
Betsey | United Kingdom | The schooner foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk with the loss of all six crew.[24] |
Charlotte | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the west coast of Grand Manan Island, New Brunswick, British North America.[25] |
Cuba Packet | Jamaica | The schooner was wrecked on a reef off the mouth of the Bannada River. Her crew were rescued.[13] |
James Lucas | New South Wales | The schooner-rigged lighter was wrecked on Bruny Island, Van Diemen's Land. She was on a voyage from Maquarie Harbour to Hobart, Van Diemen's Land.[26] |
Legatus | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Chaleur Bay, Lower Canada, British North America before 23 May.[9] |
Thetis | United Kingdom | The ship was lost on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, British North America before 9 May. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Pictou, Nova Scotia.[27] |
References
- ^ a b c d "Shipping Intelligence". The Hull Packet and Humber Mercury. No. 2322. 19 May 1829.
- ^ "(untitled)". The Times. No. 14049. London. 20 October 1829. col B, p. 3.
- ^ "Marine Intelligence". The Newcastle Courant etc. No. 8051. 9 May 1829.
- ^ "Ship News". The Times. No. 14048. London. 19 October 1829. col B, p. 4.
- ^ "Ship News". The Standard. No. 651. 17 June 1829.
- ^ "Naval Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc. No. 941. 15 May 1829.
- ^ a b "From Lloyd's List – June 2". Caledonian Mercury. No. 16815. 6 June 1829.
- ^ a b "Ship News". The Standard. No. 637. 1 June 1829.
- ^ a b "Naval Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc. No. 949. 10 July 1829.
- ^ "(untitled)". The Belfast News-Letter. No. 9594. 19 May 1829.
- ^ a b "Shipping Intelligence". The Hull Packet and Humber Mercury. No. 2325. 9 June 1829.
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". The Hull Packet and Humber Mercury. No. 2328. 30 June 1829.
- ^ a b "Ship News". The Morning Post. No. 18282. 17 July 1829.
- ^ "Aberdeen Shipping". The Aberdeen Journal. No. 4274. 9 December 1829.
- ^ "SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1829". The Hobart Town Courier. 31 October 1829.
- ^ Wilson, Thomas Braidwood (1835). Narrative of a Voyage Round the World: Comprehending an Account of the Wreck of the Ship "Governor Ready" in Torres Straits, a Description of the British Settlements on the Coasts of New Holland... Dawsons. pp. 12, 48.
- ^ "Ship News". Caledonian Mercury. No. 16812. 30 May 1829.
- ^ "Ship News". The Standard. No. 667. 6 July 1829.
- ^ Chernyshev, Alexander Alekseevich (2012). Погибли без боя. Катастрофы русских кораблей XVIII–XX вв [They died without a fight. Catastrophes of Russian ships of the XVIII-XX centuries] (in Russian). Veche.
- ^ "From Lloyd's List – May 26". Caledonian Mercury. No. 18612. 30 May 1829.
- ^ "Ship News". The Standard. No. 633. 25 May 1829.
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". The Hull Packet and Humber Mercury. No. 2324. 2 June 1829.
- ^ "BOMBAY". The Australian. 13 November 1829.
- ^ "Aberdeen Shipping". The Aberdeen Journal. No. 4249. 17 June 1829.
- ^ "From Lloyd's List – February 12". Caledonian Mercury. No. 16925. 15 February 1830.
- ^ "Major Vessels Built at the Tasmanian Government Dockyards" (PDF). Keyportarthurg. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
- ^ "Ship News". The Standard. No. 644. 9 June 1829.
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