The list of shipwrecks in May 1827 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during May 1827.

1 May

List of shipwrecks: 1 May 1827
Ship State Description
Wakefield  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Point-Peters, Gaspé Bay.[1]
Whitby  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Point-Peters. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America.[1]

2 May

List of shipwrecks: 2 May 1827
Ship State Description
Belzoni  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Prince Edward Island, British North America.[2]
George Clinton  United States The ship ran aground in the North East Passage, Belize.[3]
Stockton  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Prince Edward Island.[2]

3 May

List of shipwrecks: 3 May 1827
Ship State Description
Margaret and Ann  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Prince Edward Island, British North America with the loss of all hands.[2][4]
Pilot United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Grenada The sloop was wrecked at Bacolet, Grenada.[1]

4 May

List of shipwrecks: 4 May 1827
Ship State Description
Agnes  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore at Llanmadoc, Glamorgan. Her crew survived.[5]

5 May

List of shipwrecks: 5 May 1827
Ship State Description
Harriet  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Basque Island, Lower Canada, British North America.[6]

7 May

List of shipwrecks: 7 May 1827
Ship State Description
Annanziata Kingdom of the Two Sicilies The ship was wrecked on Lipari. She was on a voyage from Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany to Palermo.[7]

8 May

List of shipwrecks: 8 May 1827
Ship State Description
Watson  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Nymindegab, Denmark. Her crew were rescued.[8]

14 May

List of shipwrecks: 14 May 1827
Ship State Description
Universe  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on a reef off Dragør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to Hull, Yorkshire.[9]

15 May

List of shipwrecks: 15 May 1827
Ship State Description
George  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire.[10]
Roberts  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Sunderland, County Durham. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Peterhead, Aberdeenshire to Sunderland.[8]

17 May

List of shipwrecks: 17 May 1827
Ship State Description
Commerce  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Spanish Battery Rocks, North Shields, County Durham.[8]
Dankbarkeit Danzig The ship was wrecked on Barra, Outer Hebrides, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Danzig to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[11]
Unity  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at North Shields.[8]

18 May

List of shipwrecks: 18 May 1827
Ship State Description
Tees  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk and sank.[8]

23 May

List of shipwrecks: 23 May 1827
Ship State Description
Sybilla  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Oban, Argyllshire.[12]

26 May

List of shipwrecks: 26 May 1827
Ship State Description
Alfe Hamburg The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Helsingborg, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[6]
Cumberland  United Kingdom The merchant ship departed Hobart, Van Diemen's Land, bound for London and was never heard from again. In 1828, Lloyd's List and newspapers in Van Diemen's Land reported that pirates destroyed her during her voyage and murdered her crew and passengers.[6]

27 May

List of shipwrecks: 27 May 1827
Ship State Description
Hercules  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on a reef off Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Gothemburg, Sweden to London. Hercules was refloated on 30 May and taken into Aalborg, Denmark for repairs.[6]
Melville Watson  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Chale, Isle of Wight. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[13][12]

29 May

List of shipwrecks: 29 May 1827
Ship State Description
Minerva  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Drogheda, County Louth and was abandoned by her crew. She was refloated on 10 June and taken in to Dundalk, County Louth.[2]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in May 1827
Ship State Description
Atlantio  Spain The brig foundered 14 leagues (42 nautical miles (78 km)) off the coast of New York, United States. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Matanzas.[14]
Carolina  United States The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Long Island, New York in early May. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim, United Kingdom to New York City.[15]

References

  1. ^ a b c "From Lloyd's Marine List – June 29". Caledonian Mercury. No. 16516. 2 July 1827.
  2. ^ a b c d "Lloyd's Marine List – June 26". Caledonian Mercury. No. 16515. 30 June 1827.
  3. ^ "Naval Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc. No. 839. 22 June 1827.
  4. ^ "Ship News". The Standard. No. 33. 27 June 1827.
  5. ^ Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks" (PDF). Swansea Docks. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
  6. ^ a b c d "Shipping Intelligence". The Hull Packet and Original Weekly Commercial, Literary and General Advertiser. No. 2222. 19 June 1827.
  7. ^ "Ship News". The Standard. No. 46. 12 July 1827.
  8. ^ a b c d e "Shipping Intelligence". The Hull Packet and Original Weekly Commercial, Literary and General Advertiser. No. 2219. 29 May 1827.
  9. ^ "Shipping Intelligence". The Hull Packet and Original Weekly Commercial, Literary and General Advertiser. No. 2220. 5 June 1827.
  10. ^ "Naval Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc. No. 836. 1 June 1827.
  11. ^ "Naval Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc. No. 837. 8 June 1827.
  12. ^ a b "From Lloyd's Marine List – May 29". Caledonian Mercury. No. 16503. 2 June 1827.
  13. ^ "(untitled". The Times. No. 13314. London. 25 June 1827. col C, p. 6.
  14. ^ "(untitled)". The Times. No. 13312. London. 22 June 1827. col A.
  15. ^ "Ship News". The Standard. No. 8. 29 May 1827.

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