List of shipwrecks in May 1829

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The list of shipwrecks in May 1829 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during May 1829.

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1 May

List of shipwrecks: 1 May 1829
ShipCountryDescription
FloraCivil flag of Prussia 1701-1935.svg  Prussia The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Memel with the loss of eleven lives. [1]
Governor Arthur Flag of the United Kingdom.svg New South Wales The ship was wrecked at Nobbys Island. All on board were rescued. [2]
Henriette AugusteCivil flag of Prussia 1701-1935.svg  Prussia The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Memel. [1]
NautilusCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Memel. Her crew were rescued. [1]
PloughmanCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Memel. Her crew were rescued. [1]

3 May

List of shipwrecks: 3 May 1829
ShipCountryDescription
EleanorCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the North Sea off South Shields, County Durham and capsized. [3]

6 May

List of shipwrecks: 6 May 1829
ShipCountryDescription
Comet Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked in the Torres Strait. Her crew survived and was rescued by Fairfield three days later. [4]

7 May

List of shipwrecks: 7 May 1829
ShipCountryDescription
Dispatch Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tobago The ship was wrecked at Tobago. [5]
ElizabethCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Irish Sea. Her crew were rescued by Dee (Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom ). She was on a voyage from Youghal, County Cork to Cardiff, Glamorgan. [6]

8 May

List of shipwrecks: 8 May 1829
ShipCountryDescription
Batchelor Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Guernsey The ship ran aground near Cape Spartel, Morocco and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Trieste. [7] [8]
SplendidFlag of the United States (1822-1836).svg  United States The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Gibraltar. [8]

10 May

List of shipwrecks: 10 May 1829
ShipCountryDescription
ClydeCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was lost in the Magdalen Islands, British North America. She was on a voyage from Belfast, county Antrim to Miramichi, New Brunswick, British North America. [9]

11 May

List of shipwrecks: 11 May 1829
ShipCountryDescription
TheodosiaCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off The Smalls Lighthouse. Her crew were rescued by Waterloo (Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom ). [10]

13 May

List of shipwrecks: 13 May 1829
ShipCountryDescription
JohnCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship sank at Reval, Russia. [11]
JosephCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Bird Island. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America. [12]

16 May

List of shipwrecks: 16 May 1829
ShipCountryDescription
ArgoCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Boston Bay, Jamaica. Her crew were rescued. [13]
JaneCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The brigantine was sighted off Bermuda whilst on a voyage from Port-au-Prince, Haiti to Aberdeen. No further trace, presumed subsequently foundered with the loss of all hands. [14]

18 May

List of shipwrecks: 18 May 1829
ShipCountryDescription
Governor Ready Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Governor Ready. Wreck of the Ship 'Governor Ready' in Torres Straits.jpg
Governor Ready.
The ship was lost in the Torres Strait. The crew travelled in smaller boats until rescued by the Amity (flag unknown) on June 2. [15] [16]

21 May

List of shipwrecks: 21 May 1829
ShipCountryDescription
AnnCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The schooner capsized off "Winga" with the loss of one of her six crew. Survivors were rescued by St. Andrew (Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom ). Ann was on a voyage from Kiel, Duchy of Holstein to Leith, Lothian. [17]
GloryCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Saint Lucia. [18]

22 May

List of shipwrecks: 22 May 1829
ShipCountryDescription
HelpingNaval Ensign of Russia.svg  Imperial Russian Navy The frigate ran aground off Osmussaar. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt to Sveaborg, Grand Duchy of Finland. Helping subsequently broke up. [19]
John and JaneCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Marsden, County Durham. [20]

25 May

List of shipwrecks: 25 May 1829
ShipCountryDescription
JanetCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea off Cromer, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. [21]

27 May

List of shipwrecks: 27 May 1829
ShipCountryDescription
NellyCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. [22]

31 May

List of shipwrecks: 31 May 1829
ShipCountryDescription
EmulusCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk and foundered. Her crew were rescued. [7]
OscarCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked 10 nautical miles (19 km) south of Cape Rouse ( 21°45′N59°40′E / 21.750°N 59.667°E / 21.750; 59.667 ). She was on a voyage from Bombay to Bushehr, Iran. [23]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in May 1829
ShipCountryDescription
AdolphineFlag of France.svg  France The galiot was wrecked near Deal, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Malmö, Sweden to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure. [11]
BetseyCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The schooner foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk with the loss of all six crew. [24]
CharlotteCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the west coast of Grand Manan Island, New Brunswick, British North America. [25]
Cuba Packet Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jamaica The schooner was wrecked on a reef off the mouth of the Bannada River. Her crew were rescued. [13]
James Lucas Flag of the United Kingdom.svg New South Wales The schooner-rigged lighter was wrecked on Bruny Island, Van Diemen's Land. She was on a voyage from Maquarie Harbour to Hobart, Van Diemen's Land. [26]
LegatusCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Chaleur Bay, Lower Canada, British North America before 23 May. [9]
ThetisCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was lost on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, British North America before 9 May. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Pictou, Nova Scotia. [27]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Shipping Intelligence". The Hull Packet and Humber Mercury. No. 2322. 19 May 1829.
  2. ↑ "(untitled)". The Times. No. 14049. London. 20 October 1829. col B, p. 3.
  3. ↑ "Marine Intelligence". The Newcastle Courant etc. No. 8051. 9 May 1829.
  4. ↑ "Ship News". The Times. No. 14048. London. 19 October 1829. col B, p. 4.
  5. ↑ "Ship News". The Standard. No. 651. 17 June 1829.
  6. ↑ "Naval Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc. No. 941. 15 May 1829.
  7. 1 2 "From Lloyd's List – June 2". Caledonian Mercury. No. 16815. 6 June 1829.
  8. 1 2 "Ship News". The Standard. No. 637. 1 June 1829.
  9. 1 2 "Naval Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc. No. 949. 10 July 1829.
  10. ↑ "(untitled)". The Belfast News-Letter. No. 9594. 19 May 1829.
  11. 1 2 "Shipping Intelligence". The Hull Packet and Humber Mercury. No. 2325. 9 June 1829.
  12. ↑ "Shipping Intelligence". The Hull Packet and Humber Mercury. No. 2328. 30 June 1829.
  13. 1 2 "Ship News". The Morning Post. No. 18282. 17 July 1829.
  14. ↑ "Aberdeen Shipping". The Aberdeen Journal. No. 4274. 9 December 1829.
  15. ↑ "SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1829". The Hobart Town Courier. 31 October 1829.
  16. ↑ Wilson, Thomas Braidwood (1835). Narrative of a Voyage Round the World: Comprehending an Account of the Wreck of the Ship "Governor Ready" in Torres Straits, a Description of the British Settlements on the Coasts of New Holland... Dawsons. pp. 12, 48.
  17. ↑ "Ship News". Caledonian Mercury. No. 16812. 30 May 1829.
  18. ↑ "Ship News". The Standard. No. 667. 6 July 1829.
  19. ↑ Chernyshev, Alexander Alekseevich (2012). Погибли без боя. Катастрофы русских кораблей XVIII–XX вв [They died without a fight. Catastrophes of Russian ships of the XVIII-XX centuries] (in Russian). Veche.
  20. ↑ "From Lloyd's List – May 26". Caledonian Mercury. No. 18612. 30 May 1829.
  21. ↑ "Ship News". The Standard. No. 633. 25 May 1829.
  22. ↑ "Shipping Intelligence". The Hull Packet and Humber Mercury. No. 2324. 2 June 1829.
  23. ↑ "BOMBAY". The Australian. 13 November 1829.
  24. ↑ "Aberdeen Shipping". The Aberdeen Journal. No. 4249. 17 June 1829.
  25. ↑ "From Lloyd's List – February 12". Caledonian Mercury. No. 16925. 15 February 1830.
  26. ↑ "Major Vessels Built at the Tasmanian Government Dockyards" (PDF). Keyportarthurg. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  27. ↑ "Ship News". The Standard. No. 644. 9 June 1829.
Ship events in 1829
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Ship commissionings: 1824 1825 1826 1827 1828 1829 1830 1831 1832 1833 1834
Ship decommissionings: 1824 1825 1826 1827 1828 1829 1830 1831 1832 1833 1834
Shipwrecks: 1824 1825 1826 1827 1828 1829 1830 1831 1832 1833 1834

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