List of shipwrecks in May 1823
The list of shipwrecks in May 1823 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during May 1823.
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References |
2 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Mariner | ![]() | The ship departed from the Bay of Islands, New Zealand for Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[1][2] |
3 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Mary Ann | ![]() | The ship was sunk by ice in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew took to the boats and were rescued the next day by Princess of Wales (![]() |
4 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Betsey | ![]() | The ship struck rocks and sank at Peterhead, Aberdeenshire.[4] |
Gaspard | ![]() | The ship caught fire at Nantes, Loire-Inférieure and was scuttled.[5] |
Robert & Georgiana | ![]() | The ship was wrecked on the Sunk Sand, in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Norway to L'Orient, Morbihan, France.[6] |
5 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Halifax | ![]() | The ship capsized in the River Thames near London Bridge. She was on a voyage from London to Leeds, Yorkshire.[7] |
6 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Mountstone (or Mount Stone) | ![]() | The brig struck an iceberg and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (46°10′N 45°30′W / 46.167°N 45.500°W / 46.167; -45.500). All eight people on board survived, but six of them died in the ten days before the survivors were rescued.[8] She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon, to St. John's, Newfoundland, British North America.[9] |
Peace | ![]() | The ship struck the Runnel Stone and was beached in Whitsand Bay. She was on a voyage from Salcombe, Devon, to Liverpool, Lancashire.[10] Peace was refloated on 8 May and taken in to Penzance, Cornwall.[11] |
7 May
Ship | State | Description |
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8 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Societé | ![]() | The ship was wrecked near Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to Dunkerque, Nord.[12] |
9 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Friends | ![]() | The sloop foundered with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Jersey, Channel Islands, to Faversham, Kent.[13] |
Helena | ![]() | The ship was run aground 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) south of "Fowis Island" and was abandoned by her crew. She was subsequently taken in to "Pile Foundry", Lancashire, United Kingdom. Helena was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain, to Bremen.[14] |
10 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Bardsea | ![]() | The ship departed from Maryport, Cumberland. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[15] |
Maria Louise | ![]() | The ship was wrecked at "Bretegnole". She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde, to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure.[12] |
Supply | ![]() | The schooner was wrecked at St. Bees Head, Cumberland, with the loss of twelve lives. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland, to Liverpool, Lancashire.[16] |
11 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Comète | ![]() | The ship was wrecked at Dunkerque, Nord. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Marennes, Charente-Maritime to Dunkerque.[12] |
Friends | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Whitehaven, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Sierra Leone to Whitehaven.[5] |
Hortense | ![]() | The ship capsized at Havre de Grâce. She was on a voyage from Saint Domingo to Havre de Grâce.[5] |
Supply | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked between Drigg and Ravenglass, Cumberland, with the loss of twelve lives. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland, to Liverpool, Lancashire.[17] |
13 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Constantia | ![]() | The barque was wrecked in Gabaron Bay, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. The crew and all six passengers were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America.[9][18] |
General Phipps | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore in Bootle Bay. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[5] General Phipps was refloated on 15 May and taken in to Liverpool.[14] |
14 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Lord Wellington | ![]() | The ship struck an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Miramichi, New Brunswick, British North America.[19] |
16 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Appledram | ![]() | The sloop ran aground east of Worms Head, Glamorgan. She was refloated on 6 June.[20] |
Robert | ![]() | The brig was wrecked at Longness Point, Isle of Man, with the loss of about 40 lives, with no more than 19 survivors. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Liverpool, Lancashire.[13][21] |
Termagent | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at Maryland, Cumberland.[22] |
17 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Hannah | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore near Helsingør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Whitby, Yorkshire, to Bandholm, Denmark.[23] She had been refloated by 23 May and resumed her voyage.[24] |
Helen & Jessie | ![]() | The ship struck the Bondicar Rocks, Northumberland, and sank. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, to Alloa, Clackmannanshire.[24] |
18 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Joseph | ![]() | The brig capsized in the River Severn at Arlingham, Gloucestershire. Her crew survived.[25] |
20 May
Ship | State | Description |
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August Wilhelm | ![]() | The ship was wrecked at Thisted, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Bristol, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom.[26] |
Vesta | ![]() | The ship struck an iceberg and sank in the Atlantic Ocean 100 nautical miles (190 km) east of Cape St. Francis, Newfoundland, British North America. Her crew were rescued by Elizabeth (![]() |
22 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Success | ![]() | The ship was wrecked in the Caicos Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Norfolk, Virginia, to Jamaica.[27] |
26 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Collector | ![]() | The schooner was wrecked off St. George's, Grenada. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to St. Thomas, Virgin Islands.[19] |
27 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Cuttack | ![]() | The brig was lost in the Bay of Bengal.[28] |
Helen | ![]() | The brig was wrecked on Long Island, in the Bay of Bengal with the loss of all hands.[28][29] |
Liverpool | ![]() | The ship was wrecked in the Bay of Bengal with the loss of all but four of her crew.[29] |
Orracabezza | ![]() | The ship was wrecked in the Bay of Bengal. At least 36 of her crew survived.[28][29] |
Torch Lightship | ![]() | The lightship was lost in the Bay of Bengal.[29] |
30 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Nathaniel | ![]() | The collier was driven ashore at Brighton, Sussex. She was refloated on 5 June.[26] |
Orbit | ![]() | The ship was wrecked on the Leadburg Reef. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, to Liverpool, Lancashire.[30] |
Unknown date
Ship | State | Description |
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Cossack | ![]() | The ship was wrecked at the mouth of the Gambier River, New Zealand. Her crew survived[31][32] |
Estrella | ![]() | The brig was wrecked on the Great Isaac Key. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Puerto Rico to Havana, Cuba.[19] |
Eugenie | ![]() | The ship foundered in the Bay of Biscay before 12 May. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde, to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure.[12] |
Frederick | ![]() | The ship was foundered whilst on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure. Her crew were rescued by a Norwegian vessel.[33] |
Hazard | ![]() | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Squirrel (![]() |
Jane | ![]() | The schooner was wrecked in the Abaco Islands.[34] |
Jeune Emilie | ![]() | The ship was wrecked on the French coast. She was on a voyage from Rouen to Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom.[13] |
Joseph | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore in the River Severn. She was on a voyage from Newhaven, Sussex, to Pembroke.[11] |
Leopard | ![]() | The sloop was wrecked on the Florida Keys. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from St Augustines, Florida Territory to Havana.[19] |
Le Zéphyr | ![]() | The brig was wrecked on the coast of Catalonia, Spain. Her crew were taken prisoner.[35] |
Sans Souci | ![]() | The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. She was refloated and subsequently came shore near Ramsgate, Kent. Sans Souci was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde, to Saint-Valery-sur-Somme. She was later refloated and taken in to Ramsgate in a damaged condition.[11] |
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- ^ a b c "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (5802). 13 May 1823.
- ^ a b c d "Ship News". The Morning Chronicle. No. 16875. 21 May 1823.
- ^ a b c "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (5806). 27 May 1823.
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- ^ "Whitehaven - May 12". The Times. No. 11877. London. 21 May 1823. col A, p. 3.
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- ^ Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks" (PDF). Swansea Docks. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
- ^ "Most Melancholy Shipwreck off the Isle of Man - Forty lives lost". The York Herald, and General Advertiser. No. 1708. 31 May 1823.
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