The list of shipwrecks in May 1841 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during May 1841.
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1 May
editShip | State | Description |
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Brothers | United Kingdom | The Galway hooker was wrecked near Ballyheigue, County Galway. Her four crew survived.[1] |
Champion | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Sorkholm Reef, in the Baltic Sea.[2] |
Stambol | Austrian Empire | The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked near Sinope, Ottoman Empire. Her crew were rescued.[3] |
2 May
editShip | State | Description |
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Cambridge | United Kingdom | The ship was sunk by ice in the Baltic Sea. Her crew were rescued by a Russian ship. She was on a voyage from Reval, Russia to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[4][5] |
Clyde | United Kingdom | The ship struck rocks off Cooley Point, County Louth and sank. She was on a voyage from Workington, Cumberland to Annagassan, County Louth.[6] |
Exchange | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Kettleness Steel, off the coast of North Riding of Yorkshire. She was refloated and taken into Whitby.[7] |
Harmony | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Whitby Rock, off the coast of Yorkshire.[8] She was refloated the next day.[7] |
Johanna Sophia | Netherlands | The ship capsized and sank off Helsingør, Denmark with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Stralsund to Schiedam, South Holland.[9] Johanna Sophia was refloated on 22 May. She was subsequently taken into Copenhagen, Denmark for repairs.[10] |
Prince of Wales | United Kingdom | The ship was run aground and was damaged on the Whitby Rock. She was refloated the next day.[8][7] |
3 May
editShip | State | Description |
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Clytie | United Kingdom | The ship struck rocks off Coolie Point, County Louth and sank. She was on a voyage from Workington, Cumberland to Drogheda, County Louth.[11] |
Effort | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and was severely damaged at Llanelly, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Llanelly to London.[12] |
Jackson | United Kingdomp | The ship struck a rock off the Mount of Corby, County Louth and sank. Her crew were rescued.[13] |
Medway | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Thisted, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[2][14][15] |
North Briton | United Kingdom | The ship was sighted off Anjer, Netherlands East Indies whilst on a voyage from Singapore to London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[16] |
4 May
editShip | State | Description |
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Chance | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Hull, Yorkshire.[12] |
Lively | United Kingdom | The billy boy was wrecked on the Buxey Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Goole, Yorkshire to London.[17][18] |
Starbeck | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground off Lymington, Hampshire. She was on a voyage from Newport, Isle of Wight to Southampton, Hampshire. Starbeck was later refloated and resumed her voyage.[11] |
Susan | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off "Darlington". Her crew were rescued.[12] |
Union | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Nore. She was later refloated.[11] |
5 May
editShip | State | Description |
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Codrington | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Antigua. She was on a voyage from Antigua to London. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage on 7 May.[19] |
Dispatch | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked off Sanda Island, Argyllshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dundalk, County Louth to Greenock, Renfrewshire.[20] |
Frederico | Spain | The brig capsized in the Atlantic Ocean (29°30′N 67°30′W / 29.500°N 67.500°W) whilst bound for Puerto Rico. Her nine crew took to a boat. They were rescued on 6 June by Sylphe ( France).[21] |
6 May
editShip | State | Description |
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Dalmarnock | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Dundee, Forfarshire. She was on a voyage from Dundee to Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands. Dalmarnock was refloated and resumed her voyage.[22] |
Express | New South Wales | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Gerringong.[23] |
Mary Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to London. Mary Ann was refloated and taken into Margate.[6] |
Olivia | Dantzic | The barque ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Bremen. Olivia was refloated and put into Harwich, Essex, United Kingdom.[6][18] |
Sonne | Hamburg | The ship ran aground on the Half-ebb Rock, off Harwich and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Maldon, Essex to Hamburg.[24] |
7 May
editShip | State | Description |
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Diadem | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex.[24] |
8 May
editShip | State | Description |
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Breeze | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on Scatterie Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. All on board, the crew and 150 passengers, were rescued. She was on a voyage from Limerick to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America.[25] |
Paragon | United Kingdom | The ship was in collision with Susquehanna ( United States) in the Atlantic Ocean (43°20′N 26°30′E / 43.333°N 26.500°E) and was severely damaged. Her crew were taken off the next day by London ( United Kingdom). Paragon was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Halifax, Nova Scotia.[19][25][26] |
Rival | United Kingdom | The trow was wrecked at Sand Point, Somerset. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Highbridge to Pill.[27] |
To Systra | Prussia | The ship ran aground and sank off Hanö, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Memel to Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom.[15] |
9 May
editShip | State | Description |
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Isabella | United Kingdom | The ship was sunk by an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean (44°02′N 48°45′W / 44.033°N 48.750°W). Her crew took to the boats. One of them died before the survivors were rescued on 11 May by Kingston ( United Kingdom). Isabella was on a voyage from London to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America.[25] |
10 May
editShip | State | Description |
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Mary Scott | United Kingdom | The brig was run into by Brooklyn ( United States) and sank in the Irish Sea with eight of her fifteen crew. Survivors were rescued off the Isle of Man by a Manx fishing boat. Mary Scott was on a voyage from Valparaíso, Chile to Liverpool, Lancashire.[28][18][29] |
Premier | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked on Fårö, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Hull, Yorkshire[30] |
11 May
editShip | State | Description |
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Bernard | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent with the loss of all hands.[31] |
Catherine | British North America | The brigantine ran aground on the Horseshoe Reef and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Miramichi, New Brunswick to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. Catherine was later refloated and resumed her voyage.[32][33] |
Eliza and Ann | United Kingdom | The ship sank at Gloucester.[34] |
Isabella | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Kingstown, County Dublin. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Algiers, Algeria. Isabella was refloated and taken into Kingstown.[34] |
Memnon | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground off the coast of India and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Bombay to Liverpool.[35] |
12 May
editShip | State | Description |
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Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Cape Breton Point, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, British North America with the loss of seven crew. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall to Miramichi, New Brunswick, British North America.[25] |
City of Perth | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at "St. Louis", Republic of Texas. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from St. Louis to Liverpool, Lancashire.[36] |
St. Petersburg | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on St. Paul Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Richibucto, New Brunswick, British North America.[36] |
13 May
editShip | State | Description |
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Ganges | United States | The ship ran aground off "Mattacunbia" and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France. Ganges was refloated on 26 May and taken into Key West, Florida Territory.[36] |
15 May
editShip | State | Description |
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John | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Cape North, Nova Scotia, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Miramichi, New Brunswick, British North America.[36] |
16 May
editShip | State | Description |
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Beeze | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore on Paul's Island, Labrador, British North America.[37] |
17 May
editShip | State | Description |
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Earl of Durham | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on the "Walla Grundt". She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Riga, Russia. She was refloated on 19 May and taken into Landskrona, Sweden for repairs.[38] |
Elizabeth | New Zealand | The schooner was wrecked on a reef off the Poor Knights. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Bay of Islands to Auckland.[39] |
Hope and Athlone | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on the south east coast of Gotland, Sweden. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[30] |
Isabella | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Parton, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Belfast, County Antrim.[40] |
John Lloyd | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Youghal, County Cork. She was on a voyage from Youghal to Newport, Monmouthshire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[41] |
Raby Castle | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Nore. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London. She was refloated the next day with assistance from three luggers.[40][5] |
18 May
editShip | State | Description |
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Catapilco | United States | The brig was wrecked in a hurricane at Acajutla, El Salvador.[42] |
Diana | Hamburg | The ship struck a sunken rock off "Fugla Island" and was damaged. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Portugal to Hamburg. Diana put into Hammerfest, Norway for repairs.[43] |
Isadora | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Vizagapatam, India.[44][45] |
James Tamer | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Long Point, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Miramichi, New Brunswick, British North America.[46] |
Mary Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Point Escuminac, New Brunswick.[47] |
Mersey | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Fox Island Gully, New Brunswick. She was later refloated.[47] |
Minstrel | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on the Red Island Reef with the loss of 148 of the 156 people on board. She was on a voyage from Limerick to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America.[48] |
19 May
editShip | State | Description |
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Clarence | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the Saint Lawrence River.[37] |
Devereux | United Kingdom | The ship was severely damaged in a gale at Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America.[37] |
Java | United Kingdom | The ship was severely damaged in a gale at Quebec City.[37] |
Venture | United Kingdom | The ship was severely damaged in a gale at Quebec City.[37] |
Welsford | United Kingdom | The ship was severely damaged in a gale at Quebec City.[37] |
Wensleydale | United Kingdom | The ship was severely damaged in a gale at Quebec City.[37] |
William Dawson | United Kingdom | The ship was severely damaged in a gale at Quebec City.[37] |
20 May
editShip | State | Description |
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Amelie | France | The ship was lost on "Magdalene Island", near "Goree". Her crew were rescued. She had sailed from Havana, Cuba.[49] |
Donna Pascoa | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Calcutta, India. She was on a voyage from Calcutta to Bombay.[50] |
Highland Chief | United Kingdom | The ship caught fire in the Saint Lawrence River and was scuttled. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Montreal, Province of Canada, British North America.[37] |
Ida | Prussia | The ship ran aground and was wrecked off Rattray Head, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Liverpool, Lancashire.[4][15] |
Regia | United Kingdom | The grab brig was destroyed by fire off the north west coast of Ceylon with the loss of four of her 21 crew.[51] |
21 May
editShip | State | Description |
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Annandale | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked in the Magdalen Islands, Province of Canada, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Quebec City, Province of Canada.[36][52] |
Cornelius | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Monsicar Reef, in the Mediterranean Sea off Malta. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Falmouth, Cornwall.[53] |
Crown | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Budleigh Salterton, Devon. Her crew were rescued.[41] |
Watchful | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Anholt Reef, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to London. Watchful was later refloated.[54] |
22 May
editShip | State | Description |
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Agra | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked at Palmyras Point, India and was abandoned the next day. Six people in one boat were rescued by Colonel Newall ( United Kingdom). No trace of the 14 people in the second boat. She was on a voyage from Mauritius to Calcutta, India.[35][55] |
Royal Adelaide | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the River Thames at Erith, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Leith, Lothian.[56] Royal Adelaide was refloated on 24 May.[57] |
23 May
editShip | State | Description |
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Wallace | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Grand Manan Island, New Brunswick, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Saint John, New Brunswick.[58] |
24 May
editShip | State | Description |
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Admiral Benbow | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in the Bay of Fundy near Campobello Island, New Brunswick, British North America. Her crew were rescued.[52] |
Agra | United Kingdom | The ship was lost off Point Palmyras, India. She was on a voyage from Mauritius to Calcutta, India.[45] |
25 May
editShip | State | Description |
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Henry Wellesley | United Kingdom | The barque went ashore near Calais, France, and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from London to Hobart, Van Diemen's Land. |
Jannette | Belgium | The ship was in collision with Fortuna ( Danzig) in the English Channel off The Casquets and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Guernsey, Channel Islands. Jannette was towed into Salcombe, Devon, United Kingdom on 27 May.[59][54] |
Maria | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ipswich, Suffolk to Liverpool, Lancashire.[38] |
Miranda | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was wrecked on "Reeas Island". Her crew took to the boats and reached Sourabaya, Netherlands East Indies.[60] |
Watchful | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground off Anholt, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to Limerick. Watchful was later refloated.[61] |
Wilsons | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Middle Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London.[10] |
26 May
editShip | State | Description |
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Eliza | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground at Hayle, Cornwall.[59] |
Young Benjamin | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and was damaged on the Cabe Rocks, Cornwall. She was refloated the next day.[54] |
28 May
editShip | State | Description |
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George Marriott | Trieste | The ship was wrecked on Grand Bahama. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Trieste.[62][63] |
Sampson | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground off the coast of Newfoundland, British North America. All passengers on board were landed. She was on a voyage from London to New York, United States. Sampson was refloated and taken into Whitehead, Nova Scotia, British North America.[30][64] |
Zwei Gebruders | Lübeck | The ship was driven ashore at Bremen and abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Lübeck to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.[61] |
29 May
editShip | State | Description |
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Anna | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on the coast of Arakan. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Moulmein, Burma.[51] |
Edina | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Torbay, Newfoundland, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Matanzas, Cuba to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America.[65][66] |
Edward and Margaret | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Gore Sand, in the Bristol Channel with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Bridgwater, Somerset.[67] |
Lady Douglas | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on "Cape Le Have", Nova Scotia, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia, United States to Halifax, Nova Scotia.[65] |
Rosehill | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the North Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Dunkerque, Nord, France.[68] |
Samson | United Kingdom | The ship struck a rock at Whitehead, Nova Scotia and was wrecked. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to New York, United States.[36][69] |
30 May
editShip | State | Description |
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Margarets | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the London Chest, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Saint Petersburg, Russia. Margarets was refloated and completed her voyage.[70] |
31 May
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editShip | State | Description |
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Alarm | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex before 29 May. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to London.[54] |
Albion | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Red Island Reef before 20 May, having been abandoned before 15 April. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America.[37][52] |
Charles | United States | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off British Honduras on or before 7 May, her crew possibly having been attacked. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Bordeaux, Gironde, France.[72] |
Content | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Saltholm, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Rostock to Preston, Lancashire. Content was refloated and put into Copenhagen, Denmark for repairs, arriving on 15 May.[15] |
Elizabeth | New Zealand | The schooner was wrecked on a reef between the Bay of Islands and Auckland. Her crew were rescued.[73] |
Elizabeth Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides. She was refloated on 8 May.[40] |
Harriett | New Zealand | The cutter was presumed to have foundered whilst on a voyage from Wellington to Auckland. No trace was ever found.[73] |
Hiram | Netherlands | The ship caught fire whilst on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France to Vera Cruz, Mexico. She put into "St. Marks", where she was consequently condemned.[74] |
Lord Wenlock | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Saaremaa, Russia. She was on a voyage from Dantsic to Saint Petersburg, Russia. Lord Wenlock was refloated and taken into Saint Petersburg for repairs. She arrived on 27 May.[43] |
Mary Atkinson | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Lowestoft, Suffolk. She was refloated on 11 May.[41] |
New Brunswick | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground off the Isle of Grain, Kent. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia, United States to Chatham, Kent. New Brunswick was refloated on 21 May.[41] |
Olga | Russian Empire | The ship was driven ashore at "Alt Salls". She was refloated and taken into Pärnu, where she arrived on 16 May.[43] |
Olivia | Danzig | The barque ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. she was refloated but subsequently came ashore between Landguard Fort and Felixtowe, Suffolk, United Kingdom.[75] |
Sarah | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and sank at Galveston, Republic of Texas. She was on a voyage from Galveston to Liverpool, Lancashire.[69] |
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