List of shipwrecks in May 1851
The list of shipwrecks in May 1851 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during May 1851 .
1 May
2 May
List of shipwrecks: 2 May 1851
Ship
State
Description
Charles Forbes
India
The ship ran aground on the Pyramid Shoals, in the Strait of Malacca and was wrecked. Some of her crew were rescued by the paddle steamer Malta ( United Kingdom ). The remainder were subsequently rescued by HMS Amazon ( Royal Navy ). Charles Forbes was on a voyage from Bombay , India to China .[ 8] [ 9] [ 10] [ 11]
Felton Park
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Little Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay . She was on a voyage from Constantinople , Ottoman Empire to Liverpool , Lancashire. She was refloated and completed her voyage.[ 12] [ 13]
Friendship
United Kingdom
The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned off the Farne Islands , Northumberland . She was on a voyage from Arbroath , Forfarshire to Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland. She was subsequently taken in to North Sunderland , County Durham .[ 14]
Mars
United Kingdom
The steamship struck rocks and sank off Crail , Fife with the loss of two lives.[ 6]
Marsden
United Kingdom
The ship sank in the North Sea off Saltfleet , Lincolnshire . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Maldon, Essex .[ 14]
Webster
United States
The steamboat was destroyed by fire in the Mississippi River upstream of Vicksburg, Mississippi with the loss of 40 of the 100 people on board.[ 15] [ 16]
3 May
List of shipwrecks: 3 May 1851
Ship
State
Description
Isabella and Jane
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore 50 nautical miles (93 km) north of Bayonne , Basses-Pyrénées , France.[ 17]
Jacques
British North America
The brig was driven ashore on Janvrin Island , Nova Scotia . She was on a voyage from Havana , Cuba to Montreal and/or Quebec City , Province of Canada . She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 18] [ 19]
Vesta
Russia
The barque was driven ashore and damaged at Cardiff , Glamorgan , United Kingdom .[ 20] She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Naples , Kingdom of the Two Sicilies .[ 21] She was refloated on 22 May and taken in to Bristol , Gloucestershire , United Kingdom for repairs.[ 22]
4 May
List of shipwrecks: 4 May 1851
Ship
State
Description
Chance
Jersey
The ship was discovered abandoned in the Gulf of St Lawrence by Thomas Henry ( ). A skeleton crew was put aboard and she was taken in to Quebec City , Province of Canada , British North America .[ 23]
Fife
United Kingdom
The ship was in collision with a foreign brig and foundered in the English Channel 20 nautical miles (37 km) off Beachy Head , Sussex . Her crew were rescued by a Bermudan brig. She was on a voyage from Exeter , Devon to Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland .[ 6] [ 24]
Josephine
Norway
The barque was driven ashore near Sunderland, County Durham , United Kingdom .[ 6]
Penrhyn Castle
United Kingdom
The flat was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Orme Head , Caernarfonshire . Her crew were rescued.[ 25]
Phoenix
Russia
The ship was driven ashore near the Tolbukhin Lighthouse . She was on a voyage from Messina , Sicily to Saint Petersburg .[ 26]
Sophie
Stettin
The ship was driven ashore east of Burnham Overy Staithe , Norfolk , United Kingdom.[ 14] She was refloated on 13 May and taken in to Wells-next-the-Sea , Norfolk.[ 27]
Totness
United Kingdom
The schooner was sunk by ice in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued on 15 May, but six passengers were left on the ice. She was on a voyage from Plymouth , Devon to St. Anthony, Newfoundland .[ 28]
Zieper Zaritza
Peru
The ship was driven ashore at Wexford , United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Peru to Liverpool , Lancashire , United Kingdom.[ 14] She was refloated on 7 May.[ 29]
5 May
List of shipwrecks: 5 May 1851
Ship
State
Description
Amber
British North America
The ship was wrecked in the Gut of Canso . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Prince Edward Island to Halifax, Nova Scotia .[ 18]
Ellen
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the North Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of Lancashire . She was on a voyage from Glasgow , Renfrewshire to Liverpool , Lancashire.[ 6]
Fife
United Kingdom
The schooner was in collision with a brig and sank in the English Channel 17 nautical miles (32 km) off Beachy Head , Sussex . Her six crew took to the jolly boat and were later rescued by the brig James ( Bermuda ). Fife was on a voyage from Seaton , Devon to Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland .[ 30] [ 31]
Peerless
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Alicante , Spain. She was on a voyage from Saint John's, Newfoundland , British North America to Cádiz and Alicante. She was refloated.[ 32]
Sun
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Race Horse Bank, off the coast of Massachusetts , United States. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Boston, Massachusetts . She was refloated and taken in to Boston in a leaky condition.[ 33]
6 May
List of shipwrecks: 6 May 1851
Ship
State
Description
Falkland
India
The paddle steamer broke in two and sank 60 nautical miles (110 km) off Kurrachee with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by the paddle steamer Berenice ( India ). Falkland was on a voyage from Bombay to Kurrachee.[ 34] [ 35]
Hoop
Netherlands
The ship was wrecked on Anegada , Virgin Islands . She was on a voyage from Rotterdam , South Holland to Puerto Rico.[ 36]
Island Maid
United Kingdom
The ship was struck the Coal Rock, off the coast of Anglesey . She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Liverpool , Lancashire . She consequently put in to Amlwch , Anglesey.[ 20]
Joss
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Swillies, in the Menai Strait . She was on a voyage from Porthdinllaen , Caernarfonshire to Runcorn , Cheshire .[ 37]
Maria
Hamburg
The ship foundered in the North Sea with the loss of three of her four crew. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Hull , Yorkshire , United Kingdom .[ 20]
Sophia
United Kingdom
The ship was blown out to sea from Madras , India . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 38]
7 May
8 May
9 May
10 May
11 May
12 May
13 May
14 May
15 May
16 May
17 May
18 May
19 May
20 May
List of shipwrecks: 20 May 1851
Ship
State
Description
Catherine
New South Wales
The cutter was lost in the "Morurga River". Her crew were rescued.[ 54]
21 May
22 May
23 May
25 May
26 May
27 May
List of shipwrecks: 27 May 1851
Ship
State
Description
Courrier de Brest
France
The ship was driven ashore and sank near "Pierre Porcée". Her crew were rescued.[ 23]
28 May
29 May
30 May
31 May
List of shipwrecks: 31 May 1851
Ship
State
Description
Brothers
British North America
The ship was wrecked on Marie Joseph Island. She was on a voyage from Pictou to Halifax, Nova Scotia .[ 81]
Castor
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Memel , Prussia . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Malmö , Sweden to Memel.[ 72]
Fidelity
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground in the Victoria Channel. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Drogheda , County Louth .[ 23]
George Buckham
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on a reef in the Pacific Ocean . Duke of Roxburgh ( United Kingdom ) rescued her crew. George Buckham was on a voyage from Sydney , New South Wales to Hong Kong .[ 82]
HMS Reynard
Royal Navy
HMS Reynard .
The 8-gun screw sloop was wrecked on or near Pratas Island whilst going to the aid of Velocipede ( United Kingdom ). Her crew were rescued by HMS Pilot ( Royal Navy ).
Savannah
United States
The ship was destroyed by fire at Tyler, Texas . Her crew survived.[ 28]
Snowdrop
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Long Nose, off the north Kent coast. She was on a voyage from Youghal , County Cork to London . she was refloated on 15 June and taken in to Whitstable , Kent.[ 3]
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in May 1851
Ship
State
Description
Adolphe Eugene
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near "Chassiron". She was on a voyage from Bordeaux , Gironde to Nantes , Loire-Inférieure .[ 12]
Alice Haviland
United Kingdom
The ship ran ashore near Stavanger , Norway before 10 May. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Saint Petersburg , Russia . She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 41]
Ariel
United States
Heavy rains caused an earthen dam across the outlet to Geneva Lake in Wisconsin to break, resulting in a surge of water through the lake which swept the three-masted schooner several miles downstream. She suffered so much damage that she was abandoned in place and left to rot.[ 83]
Britannia
United Kingdom
The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 17 May.[ 84]
Dorothy
United Kingdom
The ship severely damaged at Saint-Valery-sur-Somme , Somme , France before 20 May. She was declared a total loss.[ 22]
Emily
United Kingdom
The barque was wrecked in a typhoon at Madras , India .[ 34]
Fourth of June
United States
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 16 May.[ 73]
Friendship
United Kingdom
The barque foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Dove ( United Kingdom ). Friendship was on a voyage from London to Valparaíso , Chile.[ 36]
Gallinipper
United States
The 95-foot (29 m) trading schooner sank at the mouth of the Milwaukee River at Milwaukee , Wisconsin . She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service.[ 85]
George Horne
United Kingdom
The ship foundered 200 nautical miles (370 km) west of Kangaroo Island , South Australia before 2 May. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Adelaide , South Australia to Swansea , Glamorgan .[ 86]
Grace Darling
United Kingdom
The ship ran ashore near Stavanger before 10 May. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Pillau , Prussia .[ 41]
Hero
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Suadava Atoll. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Calcutta , India.[ 9]
Hope
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Florida Reef before 15 May.[ 28]
Iona
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean before 29 May.[ 87]
John Whiteley
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on a reef near "Plymouth" before 10 May. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Auckland , New Zealand to Sydney , New South Wales .[ 88]
Joseph Yeoward
United Kingdom
The ship foundered with the loss of two of her crew. Survivors were rescued on 26 May by Champion ( United Kingdom ). Joseph Yeoward was on a voyage from Callao , Peru to Liverpool.[ 89]
Mahoning
United States
The 119-foot (36 m) brigantine went aground at the Grand River in Lake Erie on the coast of the Province of Canada . She was refloated and returned to service.[ 90]
Plenty
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Sweden before 14 May. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Cronstadt , Russia. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 33]
Sarah
British North America
The ship was destroyed by fire at Digby, Nova Scotia before 12 May.[ 18]
Savannah
United States
The ship was destroyed by fire at "Tyber". All on board survived. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia to New York .[ 91]
Star
United Kingdom
The schooner was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands , Kent before 13 May. Her crew were rescued.[ 27]
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