The list of shipwrecks in May 1836 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during May 1836.
2 May
List of shipwrecks: 2 May 1836
Ship | Country | 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-Maritime. 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 | Country | 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 St. 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] |
16 May
List of shipwrecks: 16 May 1836
Ship | Country | Description |
Trois Jules |
France |
The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Sines, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Toulon, Var to Dunkerque, Nord.[25] |
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in May 1836
Ship | Country | Description |
Catharina |
Flag unknown |
The ship was wrecked in the North Sea (53°24′N 3°38′E / 53.400°N 3.633°E / 53.400; 3.633) 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] |
References
- ↑ "Ship News". The Standard (2811). London. 13 May 1836.
- 1 2 3 "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury (17926). Edinburgh. 16 May 1836.
- 1 2 3 "Ship News". The Times (16094). London. 1 May 1836. col A, p. 7.
- ↑ "Shipping Intelligence". The Hull Packet (2688). Hull. 27 May 1836.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury (17932). Edinburgh. 30 May 1836.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Ship News". The Times (16095). London. 5 May 1836. col F, p. 6.
- 1 2 3 "Ship News". The Times (16097). London. 7 May 1836. col A, p. 7.
- 1 2 "Ship News". The Standard (2802). London. 3 May 1836.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury (17923). Edinburgh. 9 May 1836.
- ↑ "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury (17924). Edinburgh. 12 May 1836.
- 1 2 "Liverpool, May 3". The Morning Post (20408). London. 5 May 1836.
- ↑ "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury (17922). Edinburgh. 7 May 1836.
- ↑ "Ship News". The Standard (2848). London. 25 June 1836.
- ↑ "Ship News". The Morning Post (20423). London. 23 May 1836.
- 1 2 3 4 "Ship News". The Times (16113). London. 26 May 1836. col E, p. 6.
- ↑ "Ship News". The Morning Post (20501). London. 22 August 1836.
- ↑ "Ship News". The Standard (2846). London. 23 June 1836.
- 1 2 "Ship News". The Morning Post (20463). London. 8 July 1836.
- ↑ "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury (17928). Edinburgh. 21 May 1836.
- 1 2 "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury (17046). Edinburgh. 2 July 1836.
- ↑ "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury (17974). Edinburgh. 27 August 1836.
- ↑ "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury (17952). Edinburgh. 16 July 1836.
- ↑ "Ship News". The Morning Post (20416). London. 14 May 1836.
- 1 2 "Ship News". The Times (16119). London. 2 June 1836. col E, p. 6.
- ↑ "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury (1795). Edinburgh. 5 June 1836.
- ↑ "Ship News". The Morning Post (20443). London. 15 June 1836.
- 1 2 3 4 "Ship News". The Times (16114). London. 27 May 1836. col D, p. 4.
- ↑ "Ship News". The Morning Post (20427). London. 27 May 1836.
- ↑ "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury (18006). Edinburgh. 10 November 1836.
- ↑ "Ship News". The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser. Sydney. 18 March 1837. p. 2.
- ↑ "The Euphrates Expedition". The Times (16168). London. 29 July 1836. p. 3.
- 1 2 3 "Ship News". The Times (16116). London. 30 May 1836. col F, p. 6.
- ↑ "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury (17948). Edinburgh. 7 July 1836.
- ↑ "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury (17970). Edinburgh. 18 August 1836.
- ↑ "Gravesend, Dec. 14". The Standard (3000). 20 December 1836. 20 December 1836.
- ↑ "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury (17949). Edinburgh. 9 July 1836.
- ↑ "Ship News". The Morning Post (20455). London. 29 June 1836.
- ↑ "Ship News". The Morning Post (20633). London. 25 January 1837.
- ↑ "Ship News". The Times (16140). London. 23 June 1836. col D, p. 6.
- ↑ "Ship News". The Times (16142). London. 29 June 1836. col F, p. 6.
- ↑ "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury (17981). Edinburgh. 12 September 1836.
- ↑ "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury (17938). Edinburgh. 13 June 1836.
- ↑ "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury (17958). Edinburgh. 30 July 1836.
- ↑ "Melancholy loss of life off Cape Clear". The Times (16102). London. 13 May 1836. col B, p. 6.
- ↑ "Ship News". The Times (16196). London. 31 August 1836. col D, p. 4.
- ↑ "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury (18007). Edinburgh. 12 November 1836.
- ↑ "Ship News". The Times (16411). London. 9 May 1837. col F, p. 2.
- ↑ "Ship News". The Morning Post (20721). London. 9 May 1837.
- ↑ "Ship News". The Times (16102). London. 13 May 1836. col D, p. 6.
- ↑ "Ship News". The Standard (2809). London. 11 May 1836.
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