List of shipwrecks in May 1825

The list of shipwrecks in May 1825 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during May 1825.

1 May
List of shipwrecks: 1 May 1825
ShipCountryDescription
Albemarle  United States The steamboat was destroyed by fire in the Delaware River.[1]
Clio  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Sandhammer Reef, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[2]
Thetis Sweden The galiot was wrecked near Quillebeuf-sur-Seine, Eure, France. Her crew were rescued.[3]

3 May
List of shipwrecks: 3 May 1825
ShipCountryDescription
Vierge Marie  Netherlands The ship ran aground off Walcheren, Zeeland. She was on a voyage from Messina, Sicily to Dordrecht, South Holland.[3]

4 May
List of shipwrecks: 4 May 1825
ShipCountryDescription
Rebecca  United States The ship was lost off Rum Key. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to New York.[4]

5 May
List of shipwrecks: 5 May 1825
ShipCountryDescription
Eliza Ann  United Kingdom The brig sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean and was abandoned by her crew, who were rescued by Mercator ( United Kingdom).[5] Eliza Ann was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Wiscasset, Maine, United States.[6]

6 May
List of shipwrecks: 6 May 1825
ShipCountryDescription
Henrietta  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on a reef off Neuwark and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Anclam, Prussia to Liverpool, Lancashire.[2]
Place  United Kingdom The ship foundered off Polperro, Cornwall while on a voyage from Fowey, Cornwall to Swansea, Glamorgan. Her crew survived.[7][8]
Test's Hill  United Kingdom The ship capsized in a squall off Plymouth, Devon. Her crew were rescued.[3]

7 May
List of shipwrecks: 7 May 1825
ShipCountryDescription
William  United Kingdom The ship was lost in ice in Pleasant Bay, Nova Scotia. All on board were rescued by Cumberland ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Whitehaven to Richibucto, New Brunswick, British North America.[9]

8 May
List of shipwrecks: 8 May 1825
ShipCountryDescription
Albert  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Cambridge ( United Kingdom) rescued the crew. Albert was on a voyage from Virginia, United States to London.[10]
Ocean  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Morrison's Reef, of the coast of Jamaica.[11]

9 May
List of shipwrecks: 9 May 1825
ShipCountryDescription
Oglethorpe  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Tybee Island, Georgia, United States. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia to Liverpool, Lancashire. Oglethorpe was refloated on 11 May and resumed her voyage.[12][13]

11 May
List of shipwrecks: 11 May 1825
ShipCountryDescription
Ann  United Kingdom The ship was holed by ice off Hogland, Russia and was beached at "Hundswick". All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to London. Ann was later refloated and taken in to Reval, Russia,[6][14][15] where she was declared beyond repair.[16]
Dick  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked 30 nautical miles (56 km) from the mouth of the Rio Grande with some loss of life. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France to the Pacific Ocean.[17]
Sally  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on "Feroy" with the loss of three of her four crew. She was on a voyage from Killala, County Louth to Liverpool, Lancashire.[5]
Sons of Commerce  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Folley Reef, off Aux Cayes, Haiti. She was on a voyage from Jacmel, Haiti to London.[18][19]
Whim Saint Vincent The drogging sloop capsized in a squall and sank with the loss of more than eight lives.[20]

12 May
List of shipwrecks: 12 May 1825
ShipCountryDescription
Molly  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked off Ballywalter, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Kilrush, County Clare to Liverpool, Lancashire.[21]
Vrow Christina  Hamburg The ship was wrecked on Norderney, Kingdom of Hanover. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.[5]

14 May
List of shipwrecks: 14 May 1825
ShipCountryDescription
Anna  United Kingdom The ship ran aground off the north coast of Bermuda. She was on voyage from Bermuda to Demerara and London. She was refloated on 21 May.[22]
Primeiro de Cataluna  Spain The ship was sunk off the entrance to the Strait of Gibraltar in an engagement with Vincedor ( Gran Colombian Navy) with the loss of three lives. The 80 surviving passengers and crew were rescued by Vincedor. Primeiro de Cataluna was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Barcelona.[13]

15 May
List of shipwrecks: 15 May 1825
ShipCountryDescription
Friends  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Isle of Niquette. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America.[23]

17 May
List of shipwrecks: 17 May 1825
ShipCountryDescription
Centurion  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and was beached on Goose Island, Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[22] She was refloated the same day. She returned to Quebec City on 18 May, then went to Munn's Cove to unload her cargo and undergo repairs.[17][24]
Columbus  United Kingdom The four-masted full-rigged ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her 72 crew were rescued by Dolphin ( British North America). She was on a voyage from London to the St. Lawrence River.[6][25][26]

18 May
List of shipwrecks: 18 May 1825
ShipCountryDescription
Friends  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Bequette Island, Lower Canada, British North America. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Quebec City, Lower Canada.[27]

19 May
List of shipwrecks: 19 May 1825
ShipCountryDescription
Mary  United Kingdom The sloop sprang a leak and foundered in the English Channel off The Needles, Isle of Wight. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Swanage, Dorset to Cowes, Isle of Wight.[5]
Simon Taylor Jamaica The sloop was wrecked in Bull Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Kingston to Marichoneal Bay.[11]

20 May
List of shipwrecks: 20 May 1825
ShipCountryDescription
John  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Viceosa Reef, in the Black River. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from London to "Poyais".[28][29][30]

21 May
List of shipwrecks: 21 May 1825
ShipCountryDescription
Aurora  France The ship was driven ashore near La Bouille, Seine-Inférieure. She was on a voyage from Cette, Hérault to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure.[6]

22 May
List of shipwrecks: 22 May 1825
ShipCountryDescription
Henry Schultz  United States The steamboat was destroyed by fire at Augusta, Georgia.[1]

23 May
List of shipwrecks: 23 May 1825
ShipCountryDescription
Semper  Spain The brig ran aground off Bermuda. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Tenerife, Canary Islands. Semper was refloated and put into St. George's, Bermuda for repairs.[27]

25 May
List of shipwrecks: 25 May 1825
ShipCountryDescription
Cornelia Henrica  Netherlands The ship ran aground in the Noordhollandsch Kanaal at Purmerend and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Batavia Netherlands East Indies.[14]
Ringdove Saint Lucia The drogher was lost in the Dorée River.[29]
Success  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by George ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from North Shields, County Durham to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America.[31]
Thomas  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham.[14]

27 May
List of shipwrecks: 27 May 1825
ShipCountryDescription
Alert Netherlands East Indies The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Temerario (flag unknown). Active was on a voyage from Batavia to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.[32]
Brutus  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Florida Reef. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to London.[20]

28 May
List of shipwrecks: 28 May 1825
ShipCountryDescription
Heureux  France The ship was wrecked on Long Key, off Crooked Island, Bahamas. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from St. Jago de Cuba, Cuba to Bordeaux, Gironde.[11]
Vrow Sophia  Netherlands The ship was driven ashore near Halmstadt, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to Amsterdam, North Holland.[33]

31 May
List of shipwrecks: 31 May 1825
ShipCountryDescription
Eliza  United Kingdom The ship departed from Limerick for Glasgow, Renfrewshire. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Irish Sea with the loss of all hands.[34]
Juno  United States The ship sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean and was abandoned. All on board were rescued by Olive ( United Kingdom) before she was set afire. Juno was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Boston, Massachusetts.[27]

Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in May 1825
ShipCountryDescription
Catherine  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Three Sisters ( United Kingdom).[9]
Catharina Sophia  Prussia The ship was wrecked on Bornholm, Denmark.[5]
Hermit  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned off Bird Island, British North America before 16 May.[35]
Hibernia  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Hooghly River. She was on a voyage from Bengal, India to Rangoon.[36]
Lydia & Mary  United States The ship was capsized and sunk by a waterspout. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Faial Island, Azores to Tampico, Mexico.[10]
Mary Ann  United States The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean on or before 23 May.[13]
Pallas Gibraltar The ship was driven ashore at the mouth of the Mississippi River on or before 24 May.[17]
Prince of Saxe Coburg  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Hogsty Reef and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Jacmel, Haiti to Plymouth, Devon. Prince of Saxe Coburg was refloated and put into Norfolk, Virginia, United States.[10]
Sons of Commerce  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Folly Reef, off Aux Cayes, Haiti before 21 May. She was on a voyage from Jacmel, Haiti to London.[33][37]
St. Lawrence British North America The ship ran aground in the St. Lawrence River. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada to London.[17]
Trevor  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk.[15]
Vittoria  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Hooghly River. She was on a voyage from Calcutta to Rangoon.[36]
Vrow Gesina  Netherlands The ship was lost near "Pero". She was on a voyage from Dantzig to Amsterdam, North Holland.[21]

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Ship events in 1825
Ship launches: 1820 1821 1822 1823 1824 1825 1826 1827 1828 1829 1830
Ship commissionings: 1820 1821 1822 1823 1824 1825 1826 1827 1828 1829 1830
Ship decommissionings: 1820 1821 1822 1823 1824 1825 1826 1827 1828 1829 1830
Shipwrecks: 1820 1821 1822 1823 1824 1825 1826 1827 1828 1829 1830

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