List of shipwrecks in May 1836
The list of shipwrecks in May 1836 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during May 1836.
May 1836 | ||||||
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References |
1 May
Ship | Country | Description |
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Comet | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked near Oporto, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Oporto.[1][2] |
Dart | ![]() |
The ship capsized at Newport, Monmouthshire.[3] |
Margaret | ![]() |
The ship sprang a leak and was beached in "Kasterwick Bay". She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia, to London.[4] Margaret was later refloated and put into Reval, Russia.[5] |
Prince Leopold | ![]() |
The ship sprang a leak and was beached on the coast of Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, to Liverpool, Lancashire.[6] |
2 May
Ship | Country | Description |
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Caledonian | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk with the loss of two lives.[6] |
Evangelist | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at "Waldaw", France. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.[7] |
Frederick and Betsy | ![]() |
The schooner capsized off Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Boston, Lincolnshire, to London[6][8][9] |
Gleniffer | ![]() |
The paddle steamer struck the Buck Rocks, off Penzance, Cornwall, and foundered. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire, to Dartmouth, Devon.[9][10] |
Marie | ![]() |
The ship collided with another vessel and sank at Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde, to Havre de Grâce.[6][11] |
Parker | ![]() |
The ship sank at Shoeburyness, Essex. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, to London.[3] |
Thomas and Ann or Thomas and Jane | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Burnham Overy Staithe, Norfolk, with the loss of a crew member.[3][8] |
3 May
Ship | Country | Description |
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Albion | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Portland, Dorset.[6] |
Bedford | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Lowestoft, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued.[12][9] |
Jane | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and sank at Wainfleet, Lincolnshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Boston, Lincolnshire, to Sunderland, County Durham.[9] |
Mozambique | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Whitstable, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America.[6][11] |
Planter | ![]() |
The ship ran aground on the Middle Sand, in the North Sea. She floated off and foundered. Her crew were rescued. Planter was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, to London.[9] |
Trimdon | ![]() |
The ship ran aground on the Heap Sand, in the North Sea. She floated off and sank. Her crew were rescued. Trimdon was on a voyage from Sunderland to London.[9] |
Vier Gebroeders | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked west of Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium.[7] She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, to Antwerp, Belgium.[9] |
5 May
Ship | Country | Description |
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Felicité | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore 20 nautical miles (37 km) south of St. Ubes, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Port-Vendres, Pyrénées-Orientales to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure.[5] |
6 May
Ship | Country | Description |
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Teviotdale | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked near Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America.[13] |
7 May
Ship | Country | Description |
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Carnation | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore in the Gulf of Finland.[2] She was later refloated and put into Helsingør, Denmark.[14] |
John Heyes | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore on the east coast of Hogland, Russia.[2] John Heyes was later refloated and put into Helsingør, where she arrived on 12 May.[15][16] |
Ottoman | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked at "Poquestas". She was on a voyage from Palermo to New York, United States.[15] |
9 May
Ship | Country | Description |
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Fame | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on the La Folie Reef, off Aux Cayes, Haiti. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire, to Aux Cayes.[17] |
10 May
Ship | Country | Description |
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Maria | ![]() |
The galiot caught fire off the Isle of Pines, Cuba, and was abandoned.[18] |
13 May
Ship | Country | Description |
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Betsey | ![]() |
The ship sprang a leak and foundered at Newport, Monmouthshire.[19] |
Brothers | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore near the West Quoddy Head Lighthouse, Maine, United States, and sank. She was on a voyage from St. Andrews, New Brunswick, British North America, to Dublin. Brothers was later refloated and taken in to St Andrews, where she was condemned.[20][21] |
Catharina | ![]() |
The ship capsized in the North Sea (53°24′N 3°38′E).[5] |
Santa Maria | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Maranhão, Empire of Brazil. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Maranhão.[22] |
14 May
Ship | Country | Description |
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Harriet | ![]() |
The steamship caught fire in the River Thames and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from London to Portsmouth, Hampshire.[23] |
15 May
Ship | Country | Description |
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St. Johannes | Flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore on Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom, to "Holbeck".[24] |
16 May
18 May
20 May
Ship | Country | Description |
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Courier | ![]() |
The ship ran aground and sank at Le Croisic, Loire-Inférieure.[27] She was on a voyage from Le Croisic to Newfoundland, British North America.[28] |
Vicissitude | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked in the Maldive Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Mauritius to Calcutta, India.[29][30] |
21 May
Ship | Country | Description |
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Pollux | ![]() |
The ship sprang a leak and sank at Weymouth, Dorset. She was on a voyage from Portland, Dorset, to London.[5] |
Tigris | ![]() |
The paddle steamer capsized and sank in the Euphrates during a squall with the loss of twenty lives.[31] |
22 May
Ship | Country | Description |
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Albany | ![]() |
The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Wick, Caithness, where she caught fire owing to her cargo of quicklime getting wet. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, to Wick.[32] |
Jane and Mary | ![]() |
The ship ran aground on the Nore.[15] |
Lancaster | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore on "Table Island". All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York, United States, to Dublin.[33] |
23 May
Ship | Country | Description |
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Lerwick | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Brier Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Donegal to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America.[34] |
24 May
Ship | Country | Description |
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Aurora | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by Britannia (![]() |
25 May
Ship | Country | Description |
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Commercium | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on the Kentish Knock or the Long Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Bremen to Gloucester, United Kingdom.[5] |
Didon | ![]() |
The Dryade-class frigate ran aground on the south coast of Saint Croix. She was later refloated and taken in to Frederickstadt.[36] |
Harrier | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Weymouth, Dorset.[27] |
Mary | ![]() |
The ship struck the pier and sank at Sunderland, County Durham.[37] |
Poll | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Weymouth.[27] |
Stirling Castle | ![]() |
![]() Stirling Castle. The brig was wrecked on Swaines reef, in the Pacific Ocean off Rockhampton, New South Wales. She was on a voyage from Sydney, New South Wales, to Singapore.[38] |
26 May
Ship | Country | Description |
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Cyrus | ![]() |
The ship was holed by her anchor and sank at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth to Liverpool, Lancashire.[32] |
27 May
Ship | Country | Description |
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Anfield | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Barren Island, Brooklyn, New York, United States. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to New York.[39][40] |
Regulus | ![]() |
The ship departed from The Downs for Bermuda. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[41] |
Sancho Panza | Flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore at Blackball Head, County Cork, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from the Mediterranean to Liverpool. Sancho Panza was refloated the next day and taken in to Youghall, County Cork, in a leaky condition.[24] |
30 May
Ship | Country | Description |
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Jean | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at the Point of Ayr, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from Strangford, County Antrim, to Liverpool, Lancashire.[42] |
Premier | ![]() |
The ship was destroyed by fire at Ascension Island. She was on a voyage from Madras, India, to London.[43] |
31 May
Ship | Country | Description |
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Douglas | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked near "Walsh Wood". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Norfolk, Virginia.[20] |
Nueva Esperanza | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked in the Abaco Islands. She was on a voyage from Barcelona to Havana, Cuba.[18] |
Unknown date
Ship | Country | Description |
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Catharina | Flag unknown | The ship was wrecked in the North Sea (53°24′N 3°38′E) on or before 19 May.[32] |
Charles | ![]() |
The ship foundered off Cape Clear Island, County Cork, with the loss of nearly 300 lives. Twelve crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom, to an American port.[44] |
Craster | ![]() |
The ship was lost off Ramsgate, Kent.[45]>[9] |
Dispatch | ![]() |
The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 18 May.[46] |
Elizabeth | ![]() |
The whaler was wrecked on North Cape, New Zealand, with the loss of all hands.[47][48] |
Englishman | ![]() |
The ship ran aground and was wrecked at the mouth of the River Tees. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham.[49] |
George Canning | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on the Heaps Sandbank, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham, before 4 May. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, to London.[7] |
Lady Dundas | ![]() |
The ship ran aground on the Dragor Reef before 12 May and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia, to Dundee, Forfarshire. Lady Dundas was refloated and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark, for repairs.[15] |
Percys | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked near Swansea, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Carmarthen to Gloucester.[50] |
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- "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury (17932). Edinburgh. 30 May 1836.
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Ship events in 1836 | |||||||||||
Ship launches: | 1831 | 1832 | 1833 | 1834 | 1835 | 1836 | 1837 | 1838 | 1839 | 1840 | 1841 |
Ship commissionings: | 1831 | 1832 | 1833 | 1834 | 1835 | 1836 | 1837 | 1838 | 1839 | 1840 | 1841 |
Ship decommissionings: | 1831 | 1832 | 1833 | 1834 | 1835 | 1836 | 1837 | 1838 | 1839 | 1840 | 1841 |
Shipwrecks: | 1831 | 1832 | 1833 | 1834 | 1835 | 1836 | 1837 | 1838 | 1839 | 1840 | 1841 |
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