List of shipwrecks in May 1831
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The list of shipwrecks in May 1831 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during May 1831.
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23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 |
30 | 31 | Unknown date |
4 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Archibald | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Sandhamn, Sweden.[1] |
5 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Janet | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire. Her crew were rescued by the Fraserburgh Lifeboat.[2] |
Mary Ann | United Kingdom | The schooner was in collision with a brig and sank with the loss of three of her five crew. she was on a voyage from Portaferry, County Down to Campbeltown, Argyllshire.[3] |
9 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Hero | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on St. Paul's Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. Her crew were rescued.[4] |
10 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Sarah | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off Skagen, Denmark.[5] |
11 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Jessie | New South Wales | The sloop was wrecked off Newcastle. Her crew were rescued.[6][7] |
John | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in Jank's Sound, off Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued.[8] |
Union | United Kingdom | The ship was lost on the East Barrow Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. All on board were rescued by the cutter Area ( United Kingdom).[2] |
12 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Doris | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Lady Ridley ( United Kingdom).[9] |
Duke of York | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Madeira, Portugal.[10][11] |
George | Cape Colony | The cutter was wrecked on Dyer Island. Her crew were rescued.[12] |
13 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Mary Ann | United Kingdom | The brig capsized off Hiiumaa, Russia with some loss of life. .[13] |
14 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Fleece | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked on Scroby Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew were rescued by HMS Royal Charlotte ( Royal Navy). She was on a voyage from Boston, Lincolnshire to London.[1][14] |
15 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Rattler | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Arctic Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Arkhangelsk, Russia.[15] |
17 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Pero | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at North Somercotes, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from London to Hull, Yorkshire.[16] |
19 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Coosa | United States | The steamboat collided with Huntress ( United States) and sank in the Mississippi River 90 miles (140 km) downstream of the mouth of the Ohio River with the loss of eight lives. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Louisville, Kentucky.[17] |
Henrick | Hamburg | The three-masted barque capsized in the River Thames at St. Katherine's Dock, London, United Kingdom. Her twenty crew survived. She was refloated later that day.[18][19] |
Thorne | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Robin Island, Cape Colony. She was on a voyage from the Cape Colony to London.[12] |
20 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Lively | United Kingdom | The ship capsized and sank off "Huen Island". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Pillau, Prussia to Ramsey, Isle of Man.[13] |
22 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Prosperous | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked and sank on the north coast of Guernsey, Channel Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Weymouth, Dorset to Guernsey.[20] |
23 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Ruby | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Poole, Dorset to St. Andrews, New Brunswick, British North America.[21] |
24 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Hercules | United Kingdom | The ship was lost on the Corton Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Dominica to London.[5] |
Lady Cathcart | United Kingdom | The ship was destroyed by fire at Kingston, Jamaica.[22] |
Windart | United Kingdom | The ship was lost on the Corton Sand.[5] |
25 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Sarah | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Lossiemouth, Inverness-shire where she subsequently became a wreck.[23] |
26 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Cape Breton | Spain | The ship was destroyed by fire at Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[13] |
Mary Porter | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to St. John, New Brunswick, British North America.[21] |
Sir Charles Ogle | British North America | The ship was lost west of Halifax, Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from Demerara to Halifax.[21] |
27 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Governor Hodgson | United Kingdom | The ship was wreckled at County Harbour, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Bermuda to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America.[21] |
Mary | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Anholt, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to London.[10] |
Unknown date
Ship | State | Description |
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Devenant | France | The ship was driven ashore in the Bay of Anthie in early May. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Maritime to Hamburg.[20] |
Maria | United Kingdom | The ship was captured in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa by a 10-gun Spanish pirate brig. Most of her crew were murdered and the ship was scuttled.[24] |
Mina | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea approximately 20 nautical miles (37 km) north of Kinnaird Head, Aberdeenshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ballachulish, Inverness-shire to Dundee, Forfarshire.[2] |
Mersey | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on "The Triangles" before 25 May. She was on a voyage from .Liverpool, Lancashire to Vera Cruz, Mexico.[25] |
HMS Monkey | Royal Navy | The schooner was wrecked at Tampico, Mexico. Her crew were rescued.[26] |
Providence | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean whilst on a voyage from Liverpool to Newfoundland, British North America. Her crew were rescued.[27] |
References
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- ^ a b c "SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE". The Hull Packet and Humber Mercury. No. 2426. 17 May 1831.
- ^ "Naval Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc. No. 1045. 13 May 1831.
- ^ "Ship News". The Times. No. 14572. London. 6 June 1831. col F, p. 6. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)
- ^ a b c "Ship News". The Morning Chronicle. No. 19263. 25 May 1831.
- ^ "Domestic Intelligence". The Sydney Monitor. 18 May 1831.
- ^ "Domestic Intelligence". The Sydney Herald. 23 May 1831.
- ^ "Ship News". The Morning Post. No. 18853. 14 May 1831.
- ^ "Ship News". Caledonian Mercury. No. 17174. 15 August 1831.
- ^ a b "Ship News". The Standard. No. 1268. 7 June 1831.
- ^ "Ship News". The Morning Post. No. 18875. 8 June 1831.
- ^ a b "FROM LLOYD'S LIST - August 12". Caledonian Mercury. No. 17174. 15 August 1831.
- ^ a b c "FROM LLOYD'S LIST - May 31". Caledonian Mercury. No. 17143. 4 May 1831.
- ^ "(untitled)". The Bury and Norwich Post: Or, Suffolk and Norfolk Telegraph, Essex, Cambridge and Ely Intelligencer. No. 2552. 25 May 1831.
- ^ "Ship News". The Morning Chronicle. No. 19270. 2 June 1831.
- ^ "SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE". The Hull Packet and Humber Mercury. No. 2427. 24 May 1831.
- ^ "Another Steam-Boat Disaster". The Times. No. 14583. London. 6 July 1831. col B, p. 5. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)
- ^ "SEVERE GALE - ACCIDENTS on the RIVER". The Times. No. 14543. London. 20 May 1831. col F, p. 6. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)
- ^ "ACCIDENTS ON THE RIVER". The Standard. No. 1253. 20 May 1831.
- ^ a b "Ship News". The Times. No. 14549. London. 27 May 1831. col B, p. 4. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)
- ^ a b c d "Naval Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc. No. 1052. 1 July 1831.
- ^ "FROM LLOYD'S LIST - July 15". Caledonian Mercury. No. 17162. 18 July 1831.
- ^ "Ship News". Caledonian Mercury. No. 17144. 6 June 1831.
- ^ "Naval Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury. No. 1067. 14 October 1831.
- ^ "Naval Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc. No. 1058. 12 August 1831.
- ^ "(untitled)". The Times. No. 14593. London. 18 June 1831. col D, p. 2. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)
- ^ "Naval Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc. No. 1051. 24 June 1831.