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The list of shipwrecks in May 1820 includes ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during May 1820 .
List of shipwrecks: 2 May 1820
Ship
State
Description
Medea
Russia
The ship departed from Bahia , Brazil for Reval . No further trace, presumed founderedwith the loss of all hands.[ 1]
List of shipwrecks: 8 May 1820
Ship
State
Description
Eliza
United Kingdom
The ship capsized in the River Suir . She had nothing on board and it was expected that she would be righted without damage.[ 9]
Four Sisters
India
The ship was wrecked in a hurricane at Madras with the loss of all but one of her crew.[ 10]
List of shipwrecks: 19 May 1820
Ship
State
Description
Alexander
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Southern Four Keys (Lighthouse Reef ). She was on a voyage from London and Jamaica to British Honduras .[ 23]
Bertha
Prussia
The ship was wrecked near Skagen , Denmark. She was on a voyage from Memel to Amsterdam , North Holland , Netherlands .[ 8]
Jacoba
Netherlands
The ship was wrecked on the Kentish Knock, in the North Sea , with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam to Rouen , Seine-Inférieure , France.[ 6]
Thetis
Stettin
The ship capsized off Anholt , Denmark. The wreck subsequently came ashore at Warberg .[ 11] She was on a voyage from Cette , Hérault , France to Stettin.[ 24]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in May 1820
Ship
State
Description
Abeona
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Quebec City , Lower Canada , British North America . She was on a voyage from Quebec City to London . Abeona was later refloated.[ 17]
Cossack
United Kingdom
Cossack struck on Alcide Rock, near Bic Island. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Montreal but had to discharge her cargo at Quebec as she had sustained damage.[ 30] She arrived at Quebec on 20 May.
Freedom
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.[ 13]
Irmaoem
Portugal
The ship was lost on Salt Island.[ 31]
Lady of the Lake
United States
The ship capsized off Hawkins Point, Baltimore , Maryland in early May. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Baltimore to Havre de Grâce , Seine-Inférieure , France.[ 14]
Mary and Jane
British North America
The ship was wrecked in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.[ 13]
Minerva
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.[ 13]
Nostra Señora del Carmen
United Kingdom
The ship was lost on the Musquito Shore . She was on a voyage from Havana , Cuba to Chagres , Viceroyalty of New Granada .[ 32]
Princess of Wales
United Kingdom
The whaler departed from The Downs for the South Seas. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 33]
Royal Oak
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in the St. Lawrence River . She was on a voyage from Dublin to Quebec City.[ 13]
Susannah
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.[ 13]
Three Brothers
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in a hurricane at Madras , India .[ 10]
William Pitt
Bermuda
The brig was abandoned off Bermuda.[ 34]
^ "Lloyd's Marine List – Dec. 5". Caledonian Mercury . No. 15488. 11 December 1820.
^ "The Marine List" . Lloyd's List (5489). 9 May 1820.
^ "Lloyd's Marine List – May 19". Caledonian Mercury . No. 15403. 27 May 1820.
^ "The Marine List" . Lloyd's List (5491). 16 May 1820.
^ a b "The Marine List" . Lloyd's List (5493). 23 May 1820.
^ a b "Lloyd's Marine List – My 30". Caledonian Mercury . No. 15407. 5 June 1820.
^ "The Marine List" . Lloyd's List (5494). 26 May 1820.
^ a b c "The Marine List" . Lloyd's List (5497). 6 June 1820.
^ Lloyd's List 12 May 1820, №5490.
^ a b c "Lloyd's Marine List – Oct. 17". Caledonian Mercury . No. 15466. 21 October 1820.
^ a b c "Lloyd's Marine List – June 13". Caledonian Mercury . No. 15412. 17 June 1820.
^ "The Marine List" . Lloyd's List (5499). 13 June 1820.
^ a b c d e f g h i "Lloyd's Marine List – June 23". Caledonian Mercury . No. 15416. 26 June 1820.
^ a b c "Lloyd's Marine List June 30". Caledonian Mercury . No. 15419. 3 July 1820.
^ "Ship News". The Times . No. 10989. London. 1 July 1820. col E, p. 3.
^ Lloyd's List №5502.
^ a b c "The Marine List" . Lloyd's List (5502): 1. 23 June 1820 – via Hathi Trust.
^ "Vessels Sailed" . Liverpool Mercury . No. 460. 7 April 1820. p. 7. Retrieved 8 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "The Marine List" . Lloyd's List (5512). 28 July 1820.
^ "Lloyd's Marine List – July 11". Caledonian Mercury . No. 15425. 14 July 1820.
^ "Ship News". The Morning Post . No. 15406. 2 August 1820.
^ "The Marine List" . Lloyd's List (5548). 5 December 1820.
^ a b "Lloyd's Marine List – July 25". Caledonian Mercury . No. 15430. 29 July 1820.
^ "The Marine List" . Lloyd's List (5499). 13 June 1820.
^ "Lloyd's Marine List – July 4". Caledonian Mercury . No. 15422. 10 July 1820.
^ "The Marine List" . Lloyd's List (5495). 30 May 1820.
^ "The Marine List" . Lloyd's List (5498). 9 June 1820.
^ "The Marine List" . Lloyd's List (5496). 2 June 1820.
^ "VARIETIES". Liverpool Mercury etc . No. 498. 22 December 1820.
^ "The Marine List" . Lloyd's List . No. 5502. 23 June 1820. hdl :2027/uc1.c2735030 . Retrieved 3 April 2021 .
^ "The Marine List" . Lloyd's List (5497). 6 June 1820.
^ "The Marine List" . Lloyd's List (5500). 16 June 1820.
^ "Ship News". The Morning Chronicle . No. 16460. 19 January 1822.
^ "The Marine List" . Lloyd's List (5503). 27 June 1820.
Shipwrecks 1820–29, by month
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