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The list of shipwrecks in May 1820 includes ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during May 1820 .
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2 May [ ]
List of shipwrecks: 2 May 1820
Ship
Country
Description
Medea
Russia
The ship departed from Bahia , Brazil for Reval . No further trace, presumed founderedwith the loss of all hands.[1]
3 May [ ]
List of shipwrecks: 3 May 1820
Ship
Country
Description
Orb
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground of the Corton Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk . She was on a voyage from Hamburg to London . Orb was later refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth , Norfolk .[2]
7 May [ ]
8 May [ ]
List of shipwrecks: 8 May 1820
Ship
Country
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]
9 May [ ]
List of shipwrecks: 9 May 1820
Ship
Country
Description
Atlas
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at Poulicat , India with the loss of three of her crew.[10]
10 May [ ]
List of shipwrecks: 10 May 1820
Ship
Country
Description
Mary Ann
United States
The schooner was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued by Sophia ( United Kingdom ).[11] [12]
Noah
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked near Barbados . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dublin to "Margaritta".[13]
Telegraph
United States
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Gravesend, Brooklyn , New York. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to New York.[13]
12 May [ ]
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17 May [ ]
List of shipwrecks: 17 May 1820
Ship
Country
Description
Medea
Portugal
The ship departed from Bahia , Brazil for Faial Island , Azores . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[21]
Veronica
Hamburg
The ship was sunk by ice off Hogland , Russia Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Saint Petersburg , Russia.[11]
19 May [ ]
List of shipwrecks: 19 May 1820
Ship
Country
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 .[22]
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.[23]
20 May [ ]
List of shipwrecks: 20 May 1820
Ship
Country
Description
William and Mary
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Poole, Dorset . She was on a voyage from Poole to Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland .[5]
21 May [ ]
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25 May [ ]
List of shipwrecks: 25 May 1820
Ship
Country
Description
Flor de Tejo
Portugal
The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Lisbon to Faial , Azores .[13]
Jacoba
Netherlands
The ship was lost on the Kentish Knock , in the North Sea . She was on a voyage from Amsterdam , North Holland to Rouen , Seine-Inférieure , France.[25]
27 May [ ]
List of shipwrecks: 27 May 1820
Ship
Country
Description
Aid
United Kingdom
The ship was struck a sunken wreck and was beached at Lowestoft , Suffolk . She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London .[8] Aid was later refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth , Norfolk for repairs.[26]
28 May [ ]
Unknown date [ ]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in May 1820
Ship
Country
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.[18]
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.[29] 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.[30]
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 . She was on a voyage from Havana , Cuba to Chagres , Viceroyalty of New Granada .[31]
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.[32]
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.[33]
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^ "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.
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^ "Lloyd's Marine List – July 11". Caledonian Mercury . No. 15425. 14 July 1820.
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^ "Lloyd's Marine List – July 4". Caledonian Mercury . No. 15422. 10 July 1820.
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^ "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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