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The list of shipwrecks in May 1836 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during May 1836.

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1 May

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List of shipwrecks: 1 May 1836
Ship State Description
Comet  Hamburg The ship was wrecked near Oporto, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Oporto.[1][2]
Dart  United Kingdom The ship capsized at Newport, Monmouthshire.[3]
Margaret  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and was beached in "Kasterwick Bay". She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia, to London.[4] Margaret was later refloated and put into Reval, Russia.[5]
Prince Leopold  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and was beached on the coast of Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, to Liverpool, Lancashire.[6]

2 May

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List of shipwrecks: 2 May 1836
Ship State Description
Caledonian  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk with the loss of two lives.[6]
Evangelist  Belgium The ship was driven ashore at "Waldaw", France. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.[7]
Frederick and Betsy  United Kingdom The schooner capsized off Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Boston, Lincolnshire, to London[6][8][9]
Gleniffer  United Kingdom The paddle steamer struck the Buck Rocks, off Penzance, Cornwall, and foundered. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire, to Dartmouth, Devon.[9][10]
Marie  France The ship collided with another vessel and sank at Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde, to Havre de Grâce.[6][11]
Parker  United Kingdom The ship sank at Shoeburyness, Essex. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, to London.[3]
Thomas and Ann or Thomas and Jane  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Burnham Overy Staithe, Norfolk, with the loss of a crew member.[3][8]

3 May

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List of shipwrecks: 3 May 1836
Ship State Description
Albion  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Portland, Dorset.[6]
Bedford  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Lowestoft, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued.[12][9]
Jane  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and sank at Wainfleet, Lincolnshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Boston, Lincolnshire, to Sunderland, County Durham.[9]
Mozambique  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Whitstable, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America.[6][11]
Planter  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Middle Sand, in the North Sea. She floated off and foundered. Her crew were rescued. Planter was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, to London.[9]
Trimdon  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Heap Sand, in the North Sea. She floated off and sank. Her crew were rescued. Trimdon was on a voyage from Sunderland to London.[9]
Vier Gebroeders  Netherlands The ship was driven ashore and wrecked west of Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium.[7] She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, to Antwerp, Belgium.[9]

5 May

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List of shipwrecks: 5 May 1836
Ship State Description
Felicité  France The ship was driven ashore 20 nautical miles (37 km) south of St. Ubes, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Port-Vendres, Pyrénées-Orientales to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure.[5]

6 May

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List of shipwrecks: 6 May 1836
Ship State Description
Teviotdale  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America.[13]

7 May

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List of shipwrecks: 7 May 1836
Ship State Description
Carnation  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Gulf of Finland.[2] She was later refloated and put into Helsingør, Denmark.[14]
John Heyes  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the east coast of Hogland, Russia.[2] John Heyes was later refloated and put into Helsingør, where she arrived on 12 May.[15][16]
Ottoman Kingdom of the Two Sicilies The ship was wrecked at "Poquestas". She was on a voyage from Palermo to New York, United States.[15]

9 May

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List of shipwrecks: 9 May 1836
Ship State Description
Fame  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the La Folie Reef, off Aux Cayes, Haiti. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire, to Aux Cayes.[17]

10 May

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List of shipwrecks: 10 May 1836
Ship State Description
Maria  Netherlands The galiot caught fire off the Isle of Pines, Cuba, and was abandoned.[18]

13 May

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List of shipwrecks: 13 May 1836
Ship State Description
Betsey  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and foundered at Newport, Monmouthshire.[19]
Brothers  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near the West Quoddy Head Lighthouse, Maine, United States, and sank. She was on a voyage from St. Andrews, New Brunswick, British North America, to Dublin. Brothers was later refloated and taken in to St Andrews, where she was condemned.[20][21]
Catharina  Hamburg The ship capsized in the North Sea (53°24′N 3°38′E / 53.400°N 3.633°E / 53.400; 3.633).[5]
Santa Maria  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Maranhão, Empire of Brazil. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Maranhão.[22]

14 May

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List of shipwrecks: 14 May 1836
Ship State Description
Harriet  United Kingdom The steamship caught fire in the River Thames and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from London to Portsmouth, Hampshire.[23]

15 May

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List of shipwrecks: 15 May 1836
Ship State Description
St. Johannes Flag unknown The ship was driven ashore on Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom, to "Holbeck".[24]

16 May

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List of shipwrecks: 16 May 1836
Ship State Description
Trois Jules  France The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Sines, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Toulon, Var to Dunkerque, Nord.[25]

18 May

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List of shipwrecks: 18 May 1836
Ship State Description
Charles Guillaume  France The ship was driven ashore on Antigua. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde, to Guadeloupe.[26]

20 May

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List of shipwrecks: 20 May 1836
Ship State Description
Courier  France The ship ran aground and sank at Le Croisic, Loire-Inférieure.[27] She was on a voyage from Le Croisic to Newfoundland, British North America.[28]
Vicissitude  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in the Maldive Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Mauritius to Calcutta, India.[29][30]

21 May

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List of shipwrecks: 21 May 1836
Ship State Description
Pollux  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and sank at Weymouth, Dorset. She was on a voyage from Portland, Dorset, to London.[5]
Tigris  United Kingdom The paddle steamer capsized and sank in the Euphrates during a squall with the loss of twenty lives.[31]

22 May

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List of shipwrecks: 22 May 1836
Ship State Description
Albany  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Wick, Caithness, where she caught fire owing to her cargo of quicklime getting wet. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, to Wick.[32]
Jane and Mary  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Nore.[15]
Lancaster  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on "Table Island". All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York, United States, to Dublin.[33]

23 May

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List of shipwrecks: 23 May 1836
Ship State Description
Lerwick  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Brier Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Donegal to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America.[34]

24 May

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List of shipwrecks: 24 May 1836
Ship State Description
Aurora Sweden The ship was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by Britannia ( United Kingdom). Aurora was on a voyage from Stockholm to London, United Kingdom.[27][5][35]

25 May

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List of shipwrecks: 25 May 1836
Ship State Description
Commercium  Bremen The ship was wrecked on the Kentish Knock or the Long Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Bremen to Gloucester, United Kingdom.[5]
Didon  French Navy The Dryade-class frigate ran aground on the south coast of Saint Croix. She was later refloated and taken in to Frederickstadt.[36]
Harrier  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Weymouth, Dorset.[27]
Mary  United Kingdom The ship struck the pier and sank at Sunderland, County Durham.[37]
Poll  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Weymouth.[27]
Stirling Castle  United Kingdom
Stirling Castle.

The brig was wrecked on Swaines reef, in the Pacific Ocean off Rockhampton, New South Wales. She was on a voyage from Sydney, New South Wales, to Singapore.[38]

26 May

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List of shipwrecks: 26 May 1836
Ship State Description
Cyrus  United Kingdom The ship was holed by her anchor and sank at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth to Liverpool, Lancashire.[32]

27 May

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List of shipwrecks: 27 May 1836
Ship State Description
Anfield  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Barren Island, Brooklyn, New York, United States. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to New York.[39][40]
Regulus  United Kingdom The ship departed from The Downs for Bermuda. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[41]
Sancho Panza Flag unknown The ship was driven ashore at Blackball Head, County Cork, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from the Mediterranean to Liverpool. Sancho Panza was refloated the next day and taken in to Youghall, County Cork, in a leaky condition.[24]

30 May

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List of shipwrecks: 30 May 1836
Ship State Description
Jean  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at the Point of Ayr, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from Strangford, County Antrim, to Liverpool, Lancashire.[42]
Premier  United Kingdom The ship was destroyed by fire at Ascension Island. She was on a voyage from Madras, India, to London.[43]

31 May

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List of shipwrecks: 31 May 1836
Ship State Description
Douglas  United States The ship was wrecked near "Walsh Wood". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Norfolk, Virginia.[20]
Nueva Esperanza  Spain The ship was wrecked in the Abaco Islands. She was on a voyage from Barcelona to Havana, Cuba.[18]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in May 1836
Ship State Description
Catharina Flag unknown The ship was wrecked in the North Sea (53°24′N 3°38′E / 53.400°N 3.633°E / 53.400; 3.633) on or before 19 May.[32]
Charles  United States The ship foundered off Cape Clear Island, County Cork, with the loss of nearly 300 lives. Twelve crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom, to an American port.[44]
Craster  United Kingdom The ship was lost off Ramsgate, Kent.[45]>[9]
Dispatch  United Kingdom The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 18 May.[46]
Elizabeth  United States The whaler was wrecked on North Cape, New Zealand, with the loss of all hands.[47][48]
Englishman  United Kingdom The ship ran aground and was wrecked at the mouth of the River Tees. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham.[49]
George Canning  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Heaps Sandbank, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham, before 4 May. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, to London.[7]
Lady Dundas  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Dragor Reef before 12 May and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia, to Dundee, Forfarshire. Lady Dundas was refloated and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark, for repairs.[15]
Percys  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Swansea, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Carmarthen to Gloucester.[50]

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