The list of shipwrecks in May 1830 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during May 1830 .
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3 May
5 May
7 May
List of shipwrecks: 7 May 1830
Ship
State
Description
Mary
United Kingdom
The ship departed from Mauritius for London . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 3]
9 May
List of shipwrecks: 9 May 1830
Ship
State
Description
Acorn
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Sunderland, County Durham with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Colchester , Essex to Sunderland.[ 4]
Adriana
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands , Kent , United Kingdom Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Trapani to Bergen , Norway.[ 5]
Agenoria
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Lindisfarne , Northumberland .[ 6]
Albany
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Sunderland.[ 6]
Ann
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Sunderland with the loss of two of her crew.[ 6] [ 5] [ 7]
Barbara
United Kingdom
The ship sank at Sunderland.[ 4]
Bellona
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Tunstall , Yorkshire . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Sunderland.[ 4]
Charlotte Christine
Hamburg
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Hornsea , Yorkshire . She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Wells-next-the-Sea , Norfolk .[ 4] [ 5]
Cyrus
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at South Shields , County Durham . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to London.[ 8]
Dasher
United Kingdom
The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Sunderland.[ 4]
Die Frau Melina
flag unknown
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near "Sister Churches", Yorkshire with the loss of all hands.[ 4]
Doggerbank
Sweden
The galiot was wrecked near Whitby , Yorkshire . Her six crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Karlskrona to Amsterdam , North Holland , Netherlands .[ 5] [ 8] [ 9]
Eleanor
United Kingdom
The ship sank at Sunderland.[ 4]
Eliza
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Lindisfarne.[ 6]
Elizabeth
United Kingdom
The brig foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Yorkshire .[ 4]
Farmer
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Sunderland.[ 4]
Frau Metta
Duchy of Holstein
The ship capsized in the North Sea off Withernsea , East Riding of Yorkshire with the loss of all hands. The wreck subsequently came ashore. She was on a voyage from Carolinensiel to Hull , Yorkshire .[ 5]
Helena
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on rocks at Boulmer , Northumberland . She was on a voyage from Berwick-upon-Tweed to Newcastle upon Tyne .[ 4]
Hero
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cowden, Yorkshire . Her eleven crew survived.[ 10]
John
United Kingdom
The ship sank at Sunderland.[ 4]
Jubilee
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Lindisfarne.[ 6]
Lady Milner
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Bridlington , Yorkshire .[ 10] She was refloated on 21 May.[ 11]
Lord Nelson
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Sunderland.[ 6] [ 5]
Lovely Ann
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Bridlington.[ 10] The ship later broke up.[ 12]
Mackerill
Guernsey
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Bridlington. Her crew were rescued.[ 10]
Merchants' Friend
United Kingdom
The ship sank at Sunderland.[ 4]
Milton
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Sunderland.[ 4]
Polly
United Kingdom
The ship was dfriven ashore at Bridlington.[ 10] She was refloated on 21 May.[ 11]
St. Albans
United Kingdom
The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Sunderland.[ 4]
10 May
List of shipwrecks: 10 May 1830
Ship
State
Description
Byron
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at South Shields , County Durham .[ 6] [ 5]
De Hoffnung
Netherlands
The galiot was driven ashore and wrecked at Hornsea , Yorkshire with the loss of all but her captain of her four crew. She was on a voyage from Glückstadt , Kingdom of Hanover to Hull , Yorkshire.[ 4] [ 10]
Fort Augustus
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Barmston , Yorkshire . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to South Shields , County Durham .[ 6] [ 4] [ 10] Fort Augustus was refloated on 8 June and taken in to Bridlington , Yorkshire .[ 12]
Progress
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Waxholme , Yorkshire . She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Portsmouth , Hampshire .[ 4]
Repute
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Bridlington , Yorkshire . She was on a voyage from Goole , Yorkshire to London.[ 4] [ 10] She was refloated on 22 May.[ 11]
Thomas and Alice
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Hornsea , Yorkshire . Her crew were rescued.[ 4] [ 10]
13 May
List of shipwrecks: 13 May 1830
Ship
State
Description
Matilda
United Kingdom
The brig was struck by lightning , set afire and destroyed by and explosion in the Bonny River , Nigeria . Over 100 people died. Of her crew, there were two survivors, who were ashore at the time.[ 13] [ 14]
14 May
15 May
17 May
18 May
20 May
22 May
24 May
28 May
List of shipwrecks: 28 May 1830
Ship
State
Description
Juno
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Thisted , Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Gothenburg , Sweden.[ 29]
31 May
Unknown date
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^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s "Ship News". The Times . No. 14225. London. 13 May 1830. col E, p. 1.
^ a b c d e f g "The Late Gale". The Hull Packet and Humber Mercury . No. 2374. 18 May 1830.
^ a b c d e f g h "Marine Intelligence". The Newcastle Courant etc . No. 8103. 15 May 1830.
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^ a b "Ship News". The Morning Post . No. 18540. 14 May 1830.
^ "FATAL LOSS BY THE LATE STORMS". The York Herald, and General Advertiser . No. 3005. 15 May 1830.
^ a b c d e f g h i "Disasters in the Late Gale". The Hull Packet and Humber Mercury . No. 2373. 11 May 1830.
^ a b c "From Lloyd's List – May 25". Caledonian Mercury . No. 16986. 29 May 1830.
^ a b "Shipping Intelligence". The Hull Packet and Humber Mercury . No. 2378. 15 June 1830.
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^ "Ship News". The Standard . No. 980. 6 July 1830.
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^ "LOSS OF THE COLONIAL CUTTER AMELIA" . The Sydney Monitor . 2 June 1830.
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^ a b c d e "CITY. - TUESDAY, 12 O'CLOCK". The Standard . No. 1118. 14 December 1830.
^ "Ship News". The Standard . No. 1002. 31 July 1830.
^ a b "Ship News". The Times . No. 14234. London. 24 May 1830. col F, p. 3.
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^ a b "Ship News". The Times . No. 14256. London. 18 June 1830. col F, p. 6.
^ "Ship News". The Times . No. 14274. London. 9 July 1830. col E, p. 3.
^ "Ship News". The Standard . No. 964. 17 July 1830.
^ Henderson, Graeme (1980) Unfinished Voyages: Western Australian Shipwrecks 1622–1850 . (University of Western Australia). ISBN 0855641762 pp. 107-108.
^ "From Lloyd's List – June 8". Caledonian Mercury . No. 16992. 12 June 1830.
^ a b "Ship News". The Times . No. 14276. London. 12 July 1830. col F, p. 4.
^ a b "Shipping Intelligence". The Hull Packet and Humber Mercury . No. 2382. 13 July 1830.
^ "WRECK OF THE ELISABETH" . The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales ASdvertiser . 27 May 1830.
^ "Ship News". The Standard . No. 953. 4 June 1830.
^ a b "Portsmouth". Hampshire Telegraph and Sussex Chronicle . No. 1600. 7 June 1830.
^ "(untitled)". The Times . No. 14246. London. 7 June 1830. col E, p. 2.
Shipwrecks 1830–39, by month
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