List of shipwrecks in May 1835
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| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Isabella |  United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore at Leith, Lothian. She was on a voyage from Canton, China to Leith.[1] |
| Salamis | United Kingdom |
The ship foundered with the loss of all but three of her crew. She was on a voyage from a Mediterranean port to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[2] |
2 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Camilla | United Kingdom |
The ship departed from Madras for Calcutta, India. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[3] |
| Samuel | United Kingdom |
The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the English Channel 10 nautical miles (19 km) north north west of The Needles, Isle of Wight. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Teignmouth, Devon to Ipswich, Suffolk.[1] |
3 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Antwerp Welwaren | United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked in the Abaco Islands. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Havana, Cuba.[4] |
6 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Jeune d'Anathole |  France |
The ship was wrecked on Sherborough Island, Sierra Leone. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Sierra Leone.[5] |
| Williams | United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked on the Middle Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Alloa, Stirlingshire to London.[1] |
9 May
10 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hindoo | United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked on Sarn Badrig, in Cardigan Bay. All on board survived. She was on a voyage from Demerara to Liverpool, Lancashire.[8] |
11 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Merchant | United Kingdom |
The ship ran aground on the Money Weight Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wexford and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Bermuda to Liverpool, Lancashire.[9] Merchant ran aground on the Blackwater Bank on 13 May and was wrecked.[10] |
13 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Clementina | United Kingdom |
The sloop was wrecked at "Ardnacroish", Kirkcudbrightshire.[10] |
| Isabella | United Kingdom |
The whaler was lost in the Davis Strait. Survivors were rescued by William Torr ( United Kingdom) or reached land in their boats.[11][12] |
| Neva | United Kingdom |
The convict ship, a barque, was wrecked in the Bass Strait with the loss of 234 of the 239 people on board. |
| Union | United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked at Moy, County Tyrone. She was on a voyage from Ballina, County Mayo to London.[13] |
15 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Clyde | United Kingdom |
The ship was lost at the entrance of Chaleur Bay. Her seven crew were rescued by Forster ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Dalhousie, New Brunswick, British North America.[14][15] |
16 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mary | United Kingdom |
The sloop foundered off the Saltee Islands, County Wexford. Her three crew were rescued by William Rathbone ( United Kingdom).[16] |
17 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Friendship |  New South Wales |
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on Norfolk Island. All on board were rescued.[17] |
| George and Mary | United Kingdom |
The ship was crushed by ice and foundered off Paul's Island, Labrador, British North America. Her crew were rescued by the barque Asia ( United Kingdom).[18][19] |
19 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HMS Challenger |  Royal Navy |
 Royal Navy).[20] |
| Lapa |  United States |
The whaler foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (1°S 38°W / 1°S 38°W). Her crew survived.[21] |
20 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom |
The ship was lost near Rio Grande, Brazil. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro to Rio Grande.[22] |
21 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Gulnare | British North America |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Long Bay, Barbados.[23] |
23 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| William and Tom | United Kingdom |
The smack was wrecked on the West Mouse Sand, in Liverpool Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cork to Liverpool, Lancashire.[24] |
24 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Anchor | United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked at Bolt Head, Devon. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to London.[25] |
| Gerulamo |  Cuba |
The ship was wrecked on the Man-of-War Reef. She was on a voyage from New York to Matanzas.[4] |
| Hazard | United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Salcombe, Devon. She was on a voyage from Dublin to London.[24] |
27 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Doncaster | United Kingdom |
The brig was crushed by ice and sank off St. Paul Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. Her six crew were rescued by the brig Dorothys ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Miramichi, New Brunswick, British North America.[19] |
| Sofia Elena |  Grand Duchy of Tuscany |
The ship caught fire and was scuttled at Malta. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Livorno.[23] |
| Thomas | Saint Lucia |
The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked on Saint Lucia.[26][27] |
28 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mersey | United Kingdom |
The ship was lost near Charleston, South Carolina, United States. She was on a voyage from Mobile, Alabama to Charleston.[28] |
