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List of shipwrecks: 2 May 1836
Ship
State
Description
Caledonian
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Winterton-on-Sea , Norfolk with the loss of two lives.[ 6]
Evangelist
Belgium
The ship was driven ashore at "Waldaw", France. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Constantinople , Ottoman Empire .[ 7]
Frederick and Betsy
United Kingdom
The schooner capsized off Wells-next-the-Sea , Norfolk, with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Boston, Lincolnshire , to London [ 6] [ 8] [ 9]
Gleniffer
United Kingdom
The paddle steamer struck the Buck Rocks, off Penzance , Cornwall , and foundered. She was on a voyage from Greenock , Renfrewshire , to Dartmouth, Devon .[ 9] [ 10]
Marie
France
The ship collided with another vessel and sank at Havre de Grâce , Seine-Inférieure . She was on a voyage from Bordeaux , Gironde , to Havre de Grâce.[ 6] [ 11]
Parker
United Kingdom
The ship sank at Shoeburyness , Essex . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool , County Durham , to London .[ 3]
Thomas and Ann or Thomas and Jane
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Burnham Overy Staithe , Norfolk, with the loss of a crew member.[ 3] [ 8]
List of shipwrecks: 3 May 1836
Ship
State
Description
Albion
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Portland, Dorset .[ 6]
Bedford
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Lowestoft , Suffolk . Her crew were rescued.[ 12] [ 9]
Jane
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and sank at Wainfleet, Lincolnshire . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Boston, Lincolnshire , to Sunderland, County Durham .[ 9]
Mozambique
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Whitstable , Kent . She was on a voyage from London to Saint John, New Brunswick , British North America .[ 6] [ 11]
Planter
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Middle Sand, in the North Sea . She floated off and foundered. Her crew were rescued. Planter was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland , to London .[ 9]
Trimdon
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Heap Sand, in the North Sea. She floated off and sank. Her crew were rescued. Trimdon was on a voyage from Sunderland to London.[ 9]
Vier Gebroeders
Netherlands
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked west of Ostend , West Flanders , Belgium.[ 7] She was on a voyage from Rotterdam , South Holland , to Antwerp , Belgium.[ 9]
List of shipwrecks: 13 May 1836
Ship
State
Description
Betsey
United Kingdom
The ship sprang a leak and foundered at Newport, Monmouthshire .[ 19]
Brothers
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near the West Quoddy Head Lighthouse , Maine , United States, and sank. She was on a voyage from St. Andrews, New Brunswick , British North America , to Dublin . Brothers was later refloated and taken in to St Andrews, where she was condemned.[ 20] [ 21]
Catharina
Hamburg
The ship capsized in the North Sea (53°24′N 3°38′E / 53.400°N 3.633°E / 53.400; 3.633 ).[ 5]
Santa Maria
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Maranhão , Empire of Brazil . She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire , to Maranhão.[ 22]
List of shipwrecks: 16 May 1836
Ship
State
Description
Trois Jules
France
The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Sines , Portugal. She was on a voyage from Toulon , Var to Dunkerque , Nord .[ 25]
List of shipwrecks: 27 May 1836
Ship
State
Description
Anfield
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Barren Island, Brooklyn , New York , United States. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire , to New York.[ 39] [ 40]
Regulus
United Kingdom
The ship departed from The Downs for Bermuda . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 41]
Sancho Panza
Flag unknown
The ship was driven ashore at Blackball Head, County Cork , United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from the Mediterranean to Liverpool. Sancho Panza was refloated the next day and taken in to Youghall , County Cork, in a leaky condition.[ 24]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in May 1836
Ship
State
Description
Catharina
Flag unknown
The ship was wrecked in the North Sea (53°24′N 3°38′E / 53.400°N 3.633°E / 53.400; 3.633 ) on or before 19 May.[ 32]
Charles
United States
The ship foundered off Cape Clear Island , County Cork , with the loss of nearly 300 lives. Twelve crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire , United Kingdom , to an American port.[ 44]
Craster
United Kingdom
The ship was lost off Ramsgate , Kent .[ 45] >[ 9]
Dispatch
United Kingdom
The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 18 May.[ 46]
Elizabeth
United States
The whaler was wrecked on North Cape, New Zealand , with the loss of all hands.[ 47] [ 48]
Englishman
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground and was wrecked at the mouth of the River Tees . She was on a voyage from Dublin to Stockton-on-Tees , County Durham.[ 49]
George Canning
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Heaps Sandbank, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham , before 4 May. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool , County Durham, to London .[ 7]
Lady Dundas
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Dragor Reef before 12 May and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Riga , Russia , to Dundee , Forfarshire . Lady Dundas was refloated and taken in to Copenhagen , Denmark, for repairs.[ 15]
Percys
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked near Swansea , Glamorgan . She was on a voyage from Carmarthen to Gloucester .[ 50]
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