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.

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1 May

List of shipwrecks: 1 May 1836

Ship	State	Description
Comet	Hamburg	The ship was wrecked near Porto, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Porto.[1][2]
Dart	United Kingdom	The ship capsized at Newport, Monmouthshire.[3]
Margaret	United Kingdom	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	United Kingdom	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

List of shipwrecks: 2 May 1836

Ship	State	Description
Caledonian	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk with the loss of two lives.[6]
Evangelist	Belgium	The ship was driven ashore at "Waldaw", France. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.[7]
Frederick and Betsy	United Kingdom	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	United Kingdom	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	France	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	United Kingdom	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	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Burnham Overy Staithe, Norfolk, with the loss of a crew member.[3][8]

3 May

List of shipwrecks: 3 May 1836

Ship	State	Description
Albion	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Portland, Dorset.[6]
Bedford	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Lowestoft, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued.[12][9]
Jane	United Kingdom	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	United Kingdom	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	United Kingdom	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	United Kingdom	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	Netherlands	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

List of shipwrecks: 5 May 1836

Ship	State	Description
Felicité	France	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

List of shipwrecks: 6 May 1836

Ship	State	Description
Teviotdale	United Kingdom	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

List of shipwrecks: 7 May 1836

Ship	State	Description
Carnation	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore in the Gulf of Finland.[2] She was later refloated and put into Helsingør, Denmark.[14]
John Heyes	United Kingdom	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	Kingdom of the Two Sicilies	The ship was wrecked at "Poquestas". She was on a voyage from Palermo to New York, United States.[15]

9 May

List of shipwrecks: 9 May 1836

Ship	State	Description
Fame	United Kingdom	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

List of shipwrecks: 10 May 1836

Ship	State	Description
Maria	Netherlands	The galiot caught fire off the Isle of Pines, Cuba, and was abandoned.[18]

13 May

List of shipwrecks: 13 May 1836

Ship	State	Description
Betsey	United Kingdom	The ship sprang a leak and foundered at Newport, Monmouthshire.[19]
Brothers	United Kingdom	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	Hamburg	The ship capsized in the North Sea (53°24′N 3°38′E).[5]
Santa Maria	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Maranhão, Empire of Brazil. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Maranhão.[22]

14 May

List of shipwrecks: 14 May 1836

Ship	State	Description
Harriet	United Kingdom	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

List of shipwrecks: 15 May 1836

Ship	State	Description
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

List of shipwrecks: 16 May 1836

Ship	State	Description
Trois Jules	France	The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Sines, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Toulon, Var to Dunkirk, Nord.[25]

18 May

List of shipwrecks: 18 May 1836

Ship	State	Description
Charles Guillaume	France	The ship was driven ashore on Antigua. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde, to Guadeloupe.[26]

20 May

List of shipwrecks: 20 May 1836

Ship	State	Description
Courier	France	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	United Kingdom	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

List of shipwrecks: 21 May 1836

Ship	State	Description
Pollux	United Kingdom	The ship sprang a leak and sank at Weymouth, Dorset. She was on a voyage from Portland, Dorset, to London.[5]
Tigris	United Kingdom	The paddle steamer capsized and sank in the Euphrates during a squall with the loss of twenty lives.[31]

22 May

List of shipwrecks: 22 May 1836

Ship	State	Description
Albany	United Kingdom	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	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground on the Nore.[15]
Lancaster	United Kingdom	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

List of shipwrecks: 23 May 1836

Ship	State	Description
Lerwick	United Kingdom	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

List of shipwrecks: 24 May 1836

Ship	State	Description
Aurora	Sweden	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 ( United Kingdom). Aurora was on a voyage from Stockholm to London, United Kingdom.[27][5][35]

25 May

List of shipwrecks: 25 May 1836

Ship	State	Description
Commercium	Bremen	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	French Navy	The Dryade-class frigate ran aground on the south coast of Saint Croix. She was later refloated and taken in to Frederickstadt.[36]
Harrier	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Weymouth, Dorset.[27]
Mary	United Kingdom	The ship struck the pier and sank at Sunderland, County Durham.[37]
Poll	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Weymouth.[27]
Stirling Castle	United Kingdom	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

List of shipwrecks: 26 May 1836

Ship	State	Description
Cyrus	United Kingdom	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

List of shipwrecks: 27 May 1836

Ship	State	Description
Anfield	United Kingdom	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	United Kingdom	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

List of shipwrecks: 30 May 1836

Ship	State	Description
Jean	United Kingdom	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	United Kingdom	The ship was destroyed by fire at Ascension Island. She was on a voyage from Madras, India, to London.[43]

31 May

List of shipwrecks: 31 May 1836

Ship	State	Description
Douglas	United States	The ship was wrecked near "Walsh Wood". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Norfolk, Virginia.[20]
Nueva Esperanza	Spain	The ship was wrecked in the Abaco Islands. She was on a voyage from Barcelona to Havana, Cuba.[18]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in May 1836

Ship	State	Description
Catharina	Flag unknown	The ship was wrecked in the North Sea (53°24′N 3°38′E) on or before 19 May.[32]
Charles	United States	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	United Kingdom	The ship was lost off Ramsgate, Kent.[45]>[9]
Dispatch	United Kingdom	The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 18 May.[46]
Elizabeth	United States	The whaler was wrecked on North Cape, New Zealand, with the loss of all hands.[47][48]
Englishman	United Kingdom	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	United Kingdom	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	United Kingdom	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	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked near Swansea, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Carmarthen to Gloucester.[50]

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