List of shipwrecks in May 1825
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The list of shipwrecks in May 1825 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during May 1825.
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1 May
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Albemarle | United States | The steamboat was destroyed by fire in the Delaware River.[1] |
Clio | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Sandhammer Reef, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[2] |
Thetis | Sweden | The galiot was wrecked near Quillebeuf-sur-Seine, Eure, France. Her crew were rescued.[3] |
3 May
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Vierge Marie | Netherlands | The ship ran aground off Walcheren, Zeeland. She was on a voyage from Messina, Sicily to Dordrecht, South Holland.[3] |
4 May
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Rebecca | United States | The ship was lost off Rum Key. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to New York.[4] |
5 May
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Eliza Ann | United Kingdom | The brig sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean and was abandoned by her crew, who were rescued by Mercator ( United Kingdom).[5] Eliza Ann was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Wiscasset, Maine, United States.[6] |
6 May
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Henrietta | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on a reef off Neuwark and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Anclam, Prussia to Liverpool, Lancashire.[2] |
Place | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off Polperro, Cornwall while on a voyage from Fowey, Cornwall to Swansea, Glamorgan. Her crew survived.[7][8] |
Test's Hill | United Kingdom | The ship capsized in a squall off Plymouth, Devon. Her crew were rescued.[3] |
7 May
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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William | United Kingdom | The ship was lost in ice in Pleasant Bay, Nova Scotia. All on board were rescued by Cumberland ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Whitehaven to Richibucto, New Brunswick, British North America.[9] |
8 May
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Albert | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Cambridge ( United Kingdom) rescued the crew. Albert was on a voyage from Virginia, United States to London.[10] |
Ocean | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Morrison's Reef, of the coast of Jamaica.[11] |
9 May
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Oglethorpe | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Tybee Island, Georgia, United States. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia to Liverpool, Lancashire. Oglethorpe was refloated on 11 May and resumed her voyage.[12][13] |
11 May
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was holed by ice off Hogland, Russia and was beached at "Hundswick". All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to London. Ann was later refloated and taken in to Reval, Russia,[6][14][15] where she was declared beyond repair.[16] |
Dick | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked 30 nautical miles (56 km) from the mouth of the Rio Grande with some loss of life. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France to the Pacific Ocean.[17] |
Sally | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on "Feroy" with the loss of three of her four crew. She was on a voyage from Killala, County Louth to Liverpool, Lancashire.[5] |
Sons of Commerce | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Folley Reef, off Aux Cayes, Haiti. She was on a voyage from Jacmel, Haiti to London.[18][19] |
Whim | Saint Vincent | The drogging sloop capsized in a squall and sank with the loss of more than eight lives.[20] |
12 May
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Molly | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked off Ballywalter, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Kilrush, County Clare to Liverpool, Lancashire.[21] |
Vrow Christina | Hamburg | The ship was wrecked on Norderney, Kingdom of Hanover. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.[5] |
14 May
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Anna | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground off the north coast of Bermuda. She was on voyage from Bermuda to Demerara and London. She was refloated on 21 May.[22] |
Primeiro de Cataluna | Spain | The ship was sunk off the entrance to the Strait of Gibraltar in an engagement with Vincedor ( Gran Colombian Navy) with the loss of three lives. The 80 surviving passengers and crew were rescued by Vincedor. Primeiro de Cataluna was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Barcelona.[13] |
15 May
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Friends | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Isle of Niquette. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America.[23] |
17 May
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Centurion | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and was beached on Goose Island, Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[22] She was refloated the same day. She returned to Quebec City on 18 May, then went to Munn's Cove to unload her cargo and undergo repairs.[17][24] |
Columbus | United Kingdom | The four-masted full-rigged ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her 72 crew were rescued by Dolphin ( British North America). She was on a voyage from London to the St. Lawrence River.[6][25][26] |
18 May
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Friends | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Bequette Island, Lower Canada, British North America. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Quebec City, Lower Canada.[27] |
19 May
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Mary | United Kingdom | The sloop sprang a leak and foundered in the English Channel off The Needles, Isle of Wight. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Swanage, Dorset to Cowes, Isle of Wight.[5] |
Simon Taylor | Jamaica | The sloop was wrecked in Bull Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Kingston to Marichoneal Bay.[11] |
20 May
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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John | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Viceosa Reef, in the Black River. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from London to "Poyais".[28][29][30] |
21 May
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Aurora | France | The ship was driven ashore near La Bouille, Seine-Inférieure. She was on a voyage from Cette, Hérault to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure.[6] |
22 May
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Henry Schultz | United States | The steamboat was destroyed by fire at Augusta, Georgia.[1] |
23 May
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Semper | Spain | The brig ran aground off Bermuda. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Tenerife, Canary Islands. Semper was refloated and put into St. George's, Bermuda for repairs.[27] |
25 May
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Cornelia Henrica | Netherlands | The ship ran aground in the Noordhollandsch Kanaal at Purmerend and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Batavia Netherlands East Indies.[14] |
Ringdove | Saint Lucia | The drogher was lost in the Dorée River.[29] |
Success | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by George ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from North Shields, County Durham to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America.[31] |
Thomas | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham.[14] |
27 May
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Alert | Netherlands East Indies | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Temerario (flag unknown). Active was on a voyage from Batavia to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.[32] |
Brutus | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Florida Reef. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to London.[20] |
28 May
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Heureux | France | The ship was wrecked on Long Key, off Crooked Island, Bahamas. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from St. Jago de Cuba, Cuba to Bordeaux, Gironde.[11] |
Vrow Sophia | Netherlands | The ship was driven ashore near Halmstadt, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to Amsterdam, North Holland.[33] |
31 May
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Eliza | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Limerick for Glasgow, Renfrewshire. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Irish Sea with the loss of all hands.[34] |
Juno | United States | The ship sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean and was abandoned. All on board were rescued by Olive ( United Kingdom) before she was set afire. Juno was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Boston, Massachusetts.[27] |
Unknown date
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Catherine | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Three Sisters ( United Kingdom).[9] |
Catharina Sophia | Prussia | The ship was wrecked on Bornholm, Denmark.[5] |
Hermit | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned off Bird Island, British North America before 16 May.[35] |
Hibernia | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the Hooghly River. She was on a voyage from Bengal, India to Rangoon.[36] |
Lydia & Mary | United States | The ship was capsized and sunk by a waterspout. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Faial Island, Azores to Tampico, Mexico.[10] |
Mary Ann | United States | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean on or before 23 May.[13] |
Pallas | Gibraltar | The ship was driven ashore at the mouth of the Mississippi River on or before 24 May.[17] |
Prince of Saxe Coburg | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Hogsty Reef and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Jacmel, Haiti to Plymouth, Devon. Prince of Saxe Coburg was refloated and put into Norfolk, Virginia, United States.[10] |
Sons of Commerce | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Folly Reef, off Aux Cayes, Haiti before 21 May. She was on a voyage from Jacmel, Haiti to London.[33][37] |
St. Lawrence | British North America | The ship ran aground in the St. Lawrence River. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada to London.[17] |
Trevor | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk.[15] |
Vittoria | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the Hooghly River. She was on a voyage from Calcutta to Rangoon.[36] |
Vrow Gesina | Netherlands | The ship was lost near "Pero". She was on a voyage from Dantzig to Amsterdam, North Holland.[21] |
References
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- ^ a b "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (6012). 17 May 1825.
- ^ a b c "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (6011). 10 May 1825.
- ^ "Ship News". The Morning Post. No. 17068. 9 September 1825.
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- ^ a b c d "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (6016). 31 May 1825.
- ^ "(untitled)". Hampshire Telegraph and Sussex Chronicle etc. No. 1336. 11 May 1825.
- ^ Larn, Richard; Larn, Bridget (1997). Shipwreck Index of the British Isles. London: Lloyd's Register of Shipping.
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- ^ a b c "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (6024). 28 June 1825.
- ^ a b c "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (6032). 26 July 1825.
- ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (6022). 21 June 1825.
- ^ a b c "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (6019). 10 June 1825.
- ^ a b c "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (6015). 27 May 1825.
- ^ a b "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (6017). 3 June 1825.
- ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (6047). 16 September 1825.
- ^ a b c d "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (6030). 19 July 1825.
- ^ "Ship News". The Morning Post. No. 17020. 8 July 1825.
- ^ "From Lloyd's List – July 8". Caledonian Mercury. No. 16207. 11 July 1825.
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- ^ a b "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (6013). 20 May 1825.
- ^ a b "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (6029). 15 July 1825.
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- ^ "Marine Intelligence". The Newcastle Courant etc. No. 7756. 4 June 1825.
- ^ "(untitled)". The Times. No. 12667. London. 30 May 1825. col B, p. 3.
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- ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (6035). 5 August 1825.
- ^ a b "From Lloyd's List – August 5". Caledonian Mercury. No. 16219. 8 August 1825.
- ^ "Ship News". The Morning Post. No. 17045. 6 August 1825.
- ^ "Ship News". Caledonian Mercury. No. 16206. 9 July 1825.
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- ^ a b "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (6027). 8 July 1825.
- ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (6040). 23 August 1825.
- ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (6025). 1 July 1825.
- ^ a b "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (6063). 11 November 1825.
- ^ "(untitled)". The Times. No. 12699. London. 7 July 1825. col C, p. 2.