List of shipwrecks in May 1829

The list of shipwrecks in May 1829 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during May 1829.

1 May

List of shipwrecks: 1 May 1829
Ship State Description
Flora Prussia The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Memel with the loss of eleven lives.[1]
Governor Arthur New South Wales The ship was wrecked at Nobbys Island. All on board were rescued.[2]
Henriette Auguste Prussia The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Memel.[1]
Nautilus  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Memel. Her crew were rescued.[1]
Ploughman  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Memel. Her crew were rescued.[1]

3 May

List of shipwrecks: 3 May 1829
Ship State Description
Eleanor  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the North Sea off South Shields, County Durham and capsized.[3]

6 May

List of shipwrecks: 6 May 1829
Ship State Description
Comet  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked in the Torres Strait. Her crew survived and was rescued by Fairfield three days later.[4]

7 May

List of shipwrecks: 7 May 1829
Ship State Description
Dispatch Tobago The ship was wrecked at Tobago.[5]
Elizabeth  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Irish Sea. Her crew were rescued by Dee ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Youghal, County Cork to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[6]

8 May

List of shipwrecks: 8 May 1829
Ship State Description
Batchelor Guernsey The ship ran aground near Cape Spartel, Morocco and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Trieste.[7][8]
Splendid United States The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Gibraltar.[8]

10 May

List of shipwrecks: 10 May 1829
Ship State Description
Clyde  United Kingdom The ship was lost in the Magdalen Islands, British North America. She was on a voyage from Belfast, county Antrim to Miramichi, New Brunswick, British North America.[9]

11 May

List of shipwrecks: 11 May 1829
Ship State Description
Theodosia  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off The Smalls Lighthouse. Her crew were rescued by Waterloo ( United Kingdom).[10]

13 May

List of shipwrecks: 13 May 1829
Ship State Description
John  United Kingdom The ship sank at Reval, Russia.[11]
Joseph  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Bird Island. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America.[12]

16 May

List of shipwrecks: 16 May 1829
Ship State Description
Argo  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Boston Bay, Jamaica. Her crew were rescued.[13]
Jane  United Kingdom The brigantine was sighted off Bermuda whilst on a voyage from Port-au-Prince, Haiti to Aberdeen. No further trace, presumed subsequently foundered with the loss of all hands.[14]

18 May

List of shipwrecks: 18 May 1829
Ship State Description
Governor Ready  United Kingdom The ship was lost in the Torres Strait. The crew travelled in smaller boats until rescued by the Amity (flag unknown) on June 2.[15][16]

21 May

List of shipwrecks: 21 May 1829
Ship State Description
Ann  United Kingdom The schooner capsized off "Winga" with the loss of one of her six crew. Survivors were rescued by St. Andrew ( United Kingdom). Ann was on a voyage from Kiel, Duchy of Holstein to Leith, Lothian.[17]
Glory  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Saint Lucia.[18]

22 May

List of shipwrecks: 22 May 1829
Ship State Description
Helping  Imperial Russian Navy The frigate ran aground off Osmussaar. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt to Sveaborg, Grand Duchy of Finland. Helping subsequently broke up.[19]
John and Jane  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Marsden, County Durham.[20]

25 May

List of shipwrecks: 25 May 1829
Ship State Description
Janet  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea off Cromer, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued.[21]

27 May

List of shipwrecks: 27 May 1829
Ship State Description
Nelly  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued.[22]

31 May

List of shipwrecks: 31 May 1829
Ship State Description
Emulus  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk and foundered. Her crew were rescued.[7]
Oscar  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked 10 nautical miles (19 km) south of Cape Rouse (21°45′N 59°40′E / 21.750°N 59.667°E / 21.750; 59.667). She was on a voyage from Bombay to Bushehr, Iran.[23]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in May 1829
Ship State Description
Adolphine France The galiot was wrecked near Deal, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Malmö, Sweden to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure.[11]
Betsey  United Kingdom The schooner foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk with the loss of all six crew.[24]
Charlotte  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the west coast of Grand Manan Island, New Brunswick, British North America.[25]
Cuba Packet Jamaica The schooner was wrecked on a reef off the mouth of the Bannada River. Her crew were rescued.[13]
James Lucas New South Wales The schooner-rigged lighter was wrecked on Bruny Island, Van Diemen's Land. She was on a voyage from Maquarie Harbour to Hobart, Van Diemen's Land.[26]
Legatus  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Chaleur Bay, Lower Canada, British North America before 23 May.[9]
Thetis  United Kingdom The ship was lost on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, British North America before 9 May. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Pictou, Nova Scotia.[27]

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