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.

May 1826

Mon| Tue| Wed| Thu| Fri| Sat| Sun
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8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14
15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21
22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28
29 | 30 | 31 | Unknown date
References

## 2 May

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List of shipwrecks: 2 May 1826  Ship | State | Description

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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

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List of shipwrecks: 4 May 1826  Ship | State | Description

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Vine |  United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and was severely damaged in Strangford Lough.[2][3]

## 7 May

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List of shipwrecks: 7 May 1826  Ship | State | Description

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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

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List of shipwrecks: 8 May 1826  Ship | State | Description

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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

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List of shipwrecks: 9 May 1826  Ship | State | Description

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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

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List of shipwrecks: 10 May 1826  Ship | State | Description

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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

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List of shipwrecks: 11 May 1826  Ship | State | Description

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Favourite |  United Kingdom | The ship was holed by an anchor and sank in the River Thames.[3]

## 12 May

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List of shipwrecks: 12 May 1826  Ship | State | Description

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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

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List of shipwrecks: 13 May 1826  Ship | State | Description

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HMS Barracouta |  Royal Navy | The Cherokee-class brig-sloop was wrecked by a tornado in Algoa Bay.[13]

## 15 May

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List of shipwrecks: 15 May 1826  Ship | State | Description

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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

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List of shipwrecks: 16 May 1826  Ship | State | Description

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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

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List of shipwrecks: 17 May 1826  Ship | State | Description

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Nordstern |  Rostock | The ship was abandoned off Rostock. She was on a voyage from "Niestadt" to Rostock.[5]

## 18 May

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List of shipwrecks: 18 May 1826  Ship | State | Description

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Usk |  United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at the mouth of the Breede River, Africa. She was later refloated.[16][17]

## 19 May

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List of shipwrecks: 19 May 1826  Ship | State | Description

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Courier d'Haiti |  France | The ship struck a rock at Cayenne and was wrecked.[18]

## 22 May

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List of shipwrecks: 22 May 1826  Ship | State | Description

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Philippine |  France | The ship was wrecked at Senegal.[19]

## 24 May

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List of shipwrecks: 24 May 1826  Ship | State | Description

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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

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List of shipwrecks: 26 May 1826  Ship | State | Description

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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

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List of shipwrecks: 28 May 1826  Ship | State | Description

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Busiris |  United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Cobbler's Rocks, Barbados, Her crew were rescued.[21]

## 29 May

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List of shipwrecks: 29 May 1826  Ship | State | Description

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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

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List of shipwrecks: 30 May 1826  Ship | State | Description

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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

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List of shipwrecks: 31 May 1826  Ship | State | Description

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Marli |  Grenada | The drogher was wrecked in Sautlens Bay.[27]

## Unknown date

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

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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

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1. ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (6113). 5 May 1826.
2. ^ a b c "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (6114). 9 May 1826.
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.
9. ^ "Aberdeen Shipping". The Aberdeen Journal. No. 4096\. 12 July 1826.
10. ^ a b c d "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (6120). 30 May 1826.
11. ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (6115). 12 May 1826.
12. ^ a b "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. ^ a b "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (6133). 14 July 1826.
28. ^ a b "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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