The list of shipwrecks in May 1838 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during May 1838.
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References |
1 May
editShip | State | Description |
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Priscilla | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Point-aux-Barques, Newfoundland, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America.[1][2] |
2 May
editShip | State | Description |
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Duke of Wellington | United Kingdom | The paddle steamer was run into by the schooner Fairy ( United Kingdom) and was beached in the Humber. She was later refloated.[3] |
3 May
editShip | State | Description |
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Alexandria | United States | The ship was wrecked whilst on a voyage from New York to Jamaica. Her crew were rescued.[4] |
Salt Rock | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Ridge Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Kent. She was later refloated.[5][6] |
Zaanstrom | Belgium | The ship foundered off the Cape of Good Hope. Her crew were rescued.[7] |
4 May
editShip | State | Description |
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Durham | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Weymouth, Dorset.[3] She was later refloated and taken into Weymouth.[8] |
5 May
editShip | State | Description |
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Horace | United States | The barque was wrecked on rocks off Kennebunkport, Maine and then came ashore. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[9] |
6 May
editShip | State | Description |
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Constant | Belgium | The ship ran aground in the Scheldt. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[10] |
Hope | United Kingdom | The ship was beached in the River Great Ouse 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) from King's Lynn, Norfolk.[11] |
Wilhelmine | Stettin | The brig was driven ashore at Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Sunderland. Wilhelmine was refloated the next day.[6] |
7 May
editShip | State | Description |
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Maria | Bremen | The ship was driven ashore on the Sandwich Flats. She was on a voyage from Bremen to San Sebastián, Spain. Mariawas refloated on 8 May and resumed her voyage.[11] |
Mary | United Kingdom | The ship struck the Sizewell Bank, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk and was consequently beached at Orford, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Ipswich, Suffolk.[12] |
Rebecca | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Millevache Shoal, off the coast of Labrador, British North America. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada to the Clyde. Rebecca was refloated in late July and taken into Quebec City.[13][14][15] |
9 May
editShip | State | Description |
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Brother | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Montrose, Forfarshire She was refloated and put back to Montrose.[16] |
Minerva | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Montrose. She was later refloated and put back to Montrose.[16] |
Phœnix | United Kingdom | The ship capsized at Jersey, Channel Islands.[17] |
10 May
editShip | State | Description |
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Johanna | Hamburg | The ship was driven ashore on Scharhörn, Hamburg. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Genoa, Kingdom of Sardinia.[16] |
Pauline | Hamburg | The ship ran aground on the Vogel Sand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to a Baltic port.[16] |
Thomas and Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Platters Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from London to Althorpe, Lincolnshire. Thomas and Elizabeth was refloated and put into Harwich, Essex.[17] |
11 May
editShip | State | Description |
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Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in Carnarvon Bay north of Aberdovey, Merionethshire with the loss of all hands.[18][19] |
Felix | France | The ship was driven ashore near Calais. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure.[18][19] |
Kent | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (47°22′N 27°16′W / 47.367°N 27.267°W). Her crew were rescued by Demerara Packet and Hobart ( United Kingdom).[20] |
Salus | United Kingdom | The brig was driven into the New Cut Bridge, King's Lynn, Norfolk and sank.[21] |
Symmetry | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the East Barrows Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Bridport, Dorset. Symmetry was refloated the next day and put into Wivenhoe, Essex.[16][17][8] |
12 May
editShip | State | Description |
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Commerce | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked 10 nautical miles (19 km) south of Bridlington, Yorkshire.[8] |
Magnet | United Kingdom | The ship was sunk by ice off Riga, Russia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to Riga.[22] |
Mary Ann | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham to Exmouth, Devon.[8] |
Monmouth | United Kingdom | The ship collided with Pomona and foundered off the Calf of Man, Isle of Man. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Dublin.[23] |
13 May
editShip | State | Description |
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Mary Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Pictou, Nova Scotia, British North America.[24] |
Rebecca | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Millevaches Shoal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America.[25][26] |
15 May
editShip | State | Description |
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Diana | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Horn Reef, off Ringkøbing, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands to Riga, Russia.[27][28] |
19 May
editShip | State | Description |
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Agnes | Guernsey | The ship was driven ashore at Sidmouth, Devon. She was refloated on 22 May at towed into Starcross.[29] |
Clarence | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Sidmouth.[29] |
Eclair | Norway | The ship foundered in the North Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) off Whitby, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Bergen.[28] |
Hope | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near the Orfordness Lighthouse, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Bridlington, Yorkshire.[30] |
John Cook | United Kingdom | The schooner capsized off Ryhope, County Durham. She subsequently drove ashore and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[31] |
Sybil | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned off Poorhead, County Cork. Her crew were rescued.[32] |
20 May
editShip | State | Description |
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X. Y. Z. | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at South Shields, County Durham. Her crew were rescued. She was refloated on 26 May and taken into South Shields.[32][33][34] |
23 May
editShip | State | Description |
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Harriet | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Crygill, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Liverpool, Lancashire.[22] Harriet was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.[28] |
24 May
edit27 May
editShip | State | Description |
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Amelia | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on rocks in the Black Sea off "Foultcha" or "Trultcha". Her crew were rescued.[36][37] |
Beauty | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Green Island. She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America to Saint John's, Newfoundland and Fortune Bay.[38] |
George | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on St. Paul Island, Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland to Waterford.[39][40] |
John | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Seaton Sluice, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to Sunderland, County Durham. John was later refloated and taken into Seaton Sluice.[34] |
28 May
editShip | State | Description |
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Isabella | United Kingdom | The ship struck the Sheringham Shoal, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk and foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to London.[41] |
29 May
editShip | State | Description |
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Flèche | Belgium | The ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea off Almería, Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ostend, West Flanders to Algiers, Algeria.[15] |
Sir Robert Peel | United Kingdom | Patriot War, Rebellions of 1837–1838: The paddle steamer was set afire and destroyed by Patriotes in the Saint Lawrence River at Mullet Creek Bay, Lower Canada. Her crew were rescued by Oneida ( British North America).[42] |
30 May
editShip | State | Description |
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Belzoni | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Saarenmaa, Russia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Cronstadt, Russia.[15] |
Bystro | Imperial Russian Navy | The tender was driven ashore at Tuapse.[43] |
Femistokl | Imperial Russian Navy | The brig was driven ashore at Tuapse with the loss of two of her 149 crew.[43] |
Frembengeren | Hamburg | The ship ran aground on the Oster Till with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany to Hamburg. Frembengeren was later refloated.[41] |
Gazelle | British North America | The steamship ran aground on a reef and consequently sank. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick to Windsor, Upper Canada.[44] |
Langeron | Imperial Russian Navy | The transport ship was driven ashore at Tuapse. Her crew survived.[43] |
Luch | Imperial Russian Navy | The tender was driven ashore at Tuapse with the loss of three of her 48 crew.[43] |
Oderin | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked 12 nautical miles (22 km) north of Figueira da Foz, Portugal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland to Figueira da Foz.[45] |
Yazon | Imperial Russian Navy | The steamship was driven ashore at Tuapse with the loss of 41 of her 61 crew.[43] |
Eight unnamed vessels | Russia | The ships were driven ashore at Tuapse.[43] |
31 May
editShip | State | Description |
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Frank | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Morant Bay, Jamaica for Liverpool, Lancashire. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands.[46] |
Messemvriya | Imperial Russian Navy | The corvette was abandoned 2 versts (1.15 nautical miles (2.13 km) off Sochi with the loss of seven of her crew and six reported missing. She came ashore and was wrecked.[43] |
Nicholas I | Russia | The steamship caught fire and was beached at Gross Klütz, Prussia, where she was destroyed. Of her 33 crew and 132 passengers, three crew and two passengers were killed. Nicholas I was on a voyage from Saint Petersburgh, Russia to Travemünde, Lübeck.[47] |
Varna | Imperial Russian Navy | The Tenedos-class frigate was driven ashore and wrecked at Sochi with the loss of seventeen of her 334 crew.[43] |
Six unnamed vessels | Russia | The ships were driven ashore at Sochi. Their crews survived.[43] |
Unknown date
editShip | State | Description |
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Ambassador | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Cat Key. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire. Ambassador was later refloated and taken into Nassau, Bahamas.[17] |
Amedée | France | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Trois Monts Bouges Magnique ( France). Amedée was on a voyage from Laguna to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure.[48] |
Brilliant | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was driven ashore on Red Island, Newfoundland, British North America before 8 May. She was later refloated and towed into Quebec City, Lower Canada by British America ( British North America), arriving on 14 June.[25][26] |
Canadian | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked at Bic, Lower Canada, British North America before 26 May. She was on a voyage from London to Quebec City.[49] |
Caroline | United Kingdom | The barque sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Ann, Massachusetts, United States before 8 May. All on board were rescued by Heroine ( United Kingdom).[25][26] |
Cora | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland.[50] |
Frau Catharina | Denmark | The ship was wrecked near Ebeltoft. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Horsens.[12] |
General Graham | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at Cape Ray, Newfoundland before 8 May.[25][26] She was later refloated and taken into Quebec City for repairs.[15] |
James Seyre | British North America | The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 1 May.[28] |
Jean Bart | France | The whaler was burnt at Ocean Bay on Chatham Island in early May. Her crew were murdered by the local inhabitants.[51][52] |
Jonge Ranger | Netherlands | The ship was abandoned in the North Sea. She was subsequently taken into Mundesley, Norfolk, United Kingdom.[27] |
Lord Sidmouth | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore between Carrabas Point and Trinity Cove before 14 May.[25] |
Lord Wellington | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. There were at least eleven survivors.[25][26] |
Mangerton | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Kentish Knock before 7 May. She was on a voyage from London to Archangelsk, Russia. Mangerton was later refloated and resumed her voyage.[53] |
Margaret and Graham | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and damaged near Margate, Kent. She was later refloated and repaired.[8] |
Marquis Wellington | United Kingdom | The ship was sunk by ice. Her crew were rescued by Arabian.[14] |
Michael | United Kingdom | The ship was holed by ice and foundered before 14 May. She was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to Riga, Russia.[31] |
Providentia | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and sank at Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk.[31] |
Ross | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on a reef off Cape Ray and was damaged.[54] |
Syllerley | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was wrecked 6 nautical miles (11 km) east of Cape Ray. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Quebec City.[55][26] |
Unity | British North America | The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 17 May.[56] |
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