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The list of shipwrecks in May 1843 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during May 1843 .
1 May
2 May
3 May
4 May
List of shipwrecks: 4 May 1843
Ship
State
Description
Eliza
United States
The brig collided with Avon ( United Kingdom ) and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (43°30′N 17°13′W / 43.500°N 17.217°W / 43.500; -17.217 ). All thirteen people on board were rescued by Avon . Eliza was on a voyage from Faial Island , Azores to Savannah, Georgia .[ 7] [ 8] [ 9] >
Hope
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground and was damaged at Plymouth , Devon .[ 1]
Lancet
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore at Absecon, New Jersey , United States.[ 6]
HDMS St. Jan
Royal Danish Navy
The ship sprang a leak in the Øresund . The leak was repaired, but she subsequently sprang another leak off Flekkerøy , Norway. Consequently decommissioned on 26 Jund and scrapped.[ 10]
Tay
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Shippegan Harbour , New Brunswick , British North America .[ 11] She was on a voyage from South Shields , County Durham to Miramichi, New Brunswick .[ 12] She was refloated on 23 June and put under repair.[ 13]
5 May
List of shipwrecks: 5 May 1843
Ship
State
Description
Briton
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground off Crosby, Lancashire . She was o a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Rio de Janeiro , Brazil . She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 1]
Maria
Russian Empire
The ship was holed by ice and capsized at "Tolbeacon", Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Messina , Sicily to Saint Petersburg . She was driven ashore and wrecked before 15 May.[ 14] [ 15]
Perseverance
New South Wales
The cutter was wrecked on the South Reef, off Sydney Heads . She was on a voyage from Sydney to Kiama .[ 16]
Sarah Crisp
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at the mouth of the Rangoon River .[ 17]
Two Brothers
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Shoreham-by-Sea , Sussex . She was on a voyage from Caernarfon to Shoreham-by-the-Sea. She was refloated on 7 May and taken into Shoreham-by-the-Sea.[ 18] [ 1]
Twee Gebroeders
Belgium
The galiot ran aground off Brook, Isle of Wight , United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from Bordeaux , Gironde , France to Brussels . She was refloated and taken into Cowes , Isle of Wight , where she was repaired.[ 1] [ 19]
6 May
7 May
8 May
9 May
10 May
11 May
13 May
15 May
16 May
List of shipwrecks: 16 May 1843
Ship
State
Description
Fox
Van Diemen's Land
The whaler , a brig , was driven ashore and wrecked at George Town .[ 35] She was refloated and put under repair.[ 36]
Harmonie
Bremen
The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Friesland , Netherlands . She was on a voyage from Hull , Yorkshire , United Kingdom to Bremen.[ 4] [ 6]
Virginia
United States
The packet ship , a brig , was run into off the coast of County Cork , United Kingdom by the schooner Jane ( United Kingdom ). Her crew were rescued by Jane . She capsized the next day and was driven ashore and wrecked at Derk Cove, near Kinsale , County Cork on 20 May.[ 37] [ 38] [ 39] [ 40] Virginia was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire , United Kingdom to Boston, Massachusetts .[ 41]
17 May
18 May
19 May
20 May
21 May
22 May
23 May
24 May
25 May
26 May
27 May
28 May
29 May
30 May
List of shipwrecks: 30 May 1843
Ship
State
Description
Albion
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on Inchkeith . She was on a voyage from Leith , Lothian to Rotterdam , South Holland , Netherlands.[ 68]
Aurora
United States
The barque was driven ashore at Buenos Aires , Argentina.[ 69]
Brilliante
Kingdom of Sardinia
The brig was driven ashore at Buenos Aires.[ 70] [ 71]
Celerity
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on The Shingles, off the Isle of Wight . She was on a voyage from Southampton , Hampshire to Penzance , Cornwall .[ 50]
Harriet
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at the mouth of the Palmones . She was on a voyage from Algiers , Algeria to Quebec City , Province of Canada , British North America . She was refloated and taken into Algeceiras Bay.[ 72]
Jeune Estelle
France
The brig was driven ashore at Buenos Aires.[ 70] [ 71]
Marco Polo
Belgium
The ship was damaged in a gale at Bueno Aires. She was consequently condemned.[ 73]
Oswego
United States
The brig was driven aground at Buenos Aires.[ 71]
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in May 1843
Ship
State
Description
Abigail
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground in the River Shannon . She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Limerick . She was refloated on 29 May and taken into Limerick.[ 14]
Adventurer
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked in Sandown Bay, Cape Colony . She was on a voyage from Sandown Bay to Algoa Bay .[ 70]
Ariel
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Margate , Kent before 21 May.[ 37]
Athenais
France
The ship capsized whilst on a voyage from Nantes , Loire-Inférieure to Cette , Hérault . She was taken into the Bay of Bourgneuf on 27 May in a capsized condition.[ 50]
Chance
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked in the Swan River before 31 May. She was on a voyage from Java , Netherlands East Indies to the Swan River Colony .[ 74]
Concord
United Kingdom
The ship was in collision with Ebenezar ( United Kingdom and foundered.[ 15] [ 75]
Eliza and Ellen
United Kingdom
The ship departed from London in late May. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 76]
Industry
British North America
The ship was wrecked on Partridge Island . She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Saint John, New Brunswick .[ 4]
Orb
United States
The ship was wrecked on the Man of War Shoals before 23 May. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to New York .[ 11]
Pathfinder
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on St James' and Marys' Lump, in the Hooghly River . She was on a voyage from Calcutta , India to London.[ 25]
Phoebe
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at Aberdyfi , Merionethshire before 17 May.[ 42]
Racer
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Bare Bush Keys, off the coast of Jamaica before 29 May. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Vera Cruz , Mexico.[ 77]
Resolution
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground and sank in the Hooghly River. She was on a voyage from Calcutta to a port in Arracan . She was refloated on 7 May.[ 25]
Sarah
United Kingdom
The ship was departed from Arakan for Penang , Malaya . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 78]
Thompson
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked in the Crooked Island Passage, Bahamas .[ 37]
Tres Irmaos
Portugal
The ship foundered off Socotra , Mahra Sultanate with the loss of 25 of the 40 people on board. She was on a voyage from Mozambique to Bombay , India .[ 55]
Vigilant
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar before 8 May. Three crew were rescued by Rodolphe ( Île Bourbon ). Vigilant was on a voyage from Marseille , Bouches-du-Rhône to Île Bourbon . She came ashore on Madagascar in early July and was wrecked.[ 79] [ 59] [ 80]
Zakrewsky
Grand Duchy of Finland
The ship was lost off Saaremaa before 18 May. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes , Portugal to Oulu .[ 81]
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