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The list of shipwrecks in May 1846 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during May 1846.\

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1 May

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List of shipwrecks: 1 May 1846
Ship State Description
Erin  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Arklow Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wicklow. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Barbadoes.[1][2]
HSwMS Carlscrona  Swedish Navy The corvette was wrecked at Matanzas, Cuba with the loss of 117 of the 133 people on board. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Sweden.[3][4][5]
Ocean Queen  United Kingdom The ship ran aground and was damaged in the Saint Lawrence River. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Liverpool.[6]
Simpson  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned off Dale, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued by HMRC Skylark ( Board of Customs). She was subsequently taken in to Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire.[7]

2 May

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List of shipwrecks: 2 May 1846
Ship State Description
Eclair  Belgium The ship was wrecked at Safi, Morocco. She was on a voyage from Mogadore, Morocco to Antwerp.[8]
Florida  United Kingdom The ship ran aground and was damaged at Carlisle, County Cork She was on a voyage from Cork to Newport, Monmouthshire. She was refloated and beached for repairs.[9]
Margaret  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Possession Island, Portuguese West Africa. Her crew were rescued.[10]
St. Andrew  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Red Island, Newfoundland, British North America. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America. She was refloated on 9 May and towed in to Quebec City.[11]

3 May

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List of shipwrecks: May 1846
Ship State Description
Charles Kidd  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Ringkøbing, Denmark with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[12][13]
Halcyon  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated.[9]
Speculation  United Kingdom The ship ran aground near Snekkersten, Denmark. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[14][15] She subsequently put in to Jarrow, Northumberland for repairs.[16]
Speed  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Knock Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Boston, Lincolnshire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[17][9]

4 May

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List of shipwrecks: 4 May 1846
Ship State Description
Circe  United Kingdom The ship ran aground and sank on the Long Sand, in The Wash. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to King's Lynn, Norfolk.[18]
Dolphin United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The schooner was sunk by ice in the Magdalen Islands, Nova Scotia.[19]
Martha  United Kingdom The ship was lost 200 nautical miles (370 km) off Torquay, Devon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to London.[20]
Seagull United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The schooner was sunk by ice in the Magdalen Islands.[19]
Sea Star United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The schooner was sunk by ice in the Magdalen Islands.[19]
Thomas Row  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Harrington, Province of Canada.[19]

5 May

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List of shipwrecks: 5 May 1846
Ship State Description
Hoop Oldendorf  Hamburg The ship struck the wrecked of the steamship Manchester ( United Kingdom) and was wrecked off the coast of Dithmarschen, Duchy of Schleswig. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Königsberg, Prussia.[14]

6 May

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List of shipwrecks: May 1846
Ship State Description
Abraham Young  United Kingdom The ship was severely damaged by ice off Scatterie Island, Nova Scotia, British North America.[21]
Anna Louise  Prussia The ship was driven ashore at Heringsdorf.[12]
Druid  United Kingdom The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. All on board were rescued by Cove ( United Kingdom). Druid was on a voyage rom Bristol, Gloucestershire to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America.[19]
Fritz Rostock The ship was wrecked on a reef off Dragør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Glasgow, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom.[12]
Glenalvon  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Arklow Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wexford. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Cuba.[22]
Hoop  Hamburg The ship was wrecked at Tönning, Duchy of Holstein. She was on a voyage from Hambrug to Königsberg, Prussia.[23]
Indian Queen United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The ship was driven ashore at Cocagne, New Brunswick. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada to Halifax, Nova Scotia.[11]
Wetherall  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Cowes, Isle of Wight. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Cowes.[24]

7 May

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List of shipwrecks: 7 May 1846
Ship State Description
Clara  Sweden The ship was driven ashore south of Helsingør, Denmark.[25] She was refloated on 10 May and taken in to Helsingør for repairs.[12]
Ellen Gorman  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked off the Secadiva Atoll, Maldive Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Mauritius to Madras, India.[26]

8 May

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List of shipwrecks: 8 May 1846
Ship State Description
Ann Grant  United Kingdom The ship caught fire and was scuttled at Bombay, India. She was on a voyage from London to Cannanore, India.[27]
William Rathbone  United Kingdom The ship caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean. She sank the next day. Her crew were rescued by Agincourt ( United Kingdom). William Rathbone was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to London.[28]

9 May

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List of shipwrecks: 9 May 1846
Ship State Description
Iris  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Salem, Massachusetts, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire.[29]
Margaret  United Kingdom The ship struck the mast of a sunken vessel and was severely damaged at Runcorn, Cheshire.[23]
Mary Catherine  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore at Kaipara Harbour, New Zealand. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Auckland to Kaipara Harbour.[30][31][32]
Princess Alice Maude  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Musquash, New Brunswick, British North America. Her crew were rescued. she was on a voyage from London to Saint John, New Brunswick.[33]

10 May

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List of shipwrecks: 10 May 1846
Ship State Description
Ann United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The ship was wrecked on the east point of Prince Edward Island. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Quebec City, Province of Canada.[19]
Rosalind  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Gronne Reef. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Riga, Russia. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[34]
St. Martin United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The ship was wrecked on Brier Island, Nova Scotia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Saint John, New Brunswick.[33]

11 May

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List of shipwrecks: 11 May 1846
Ship State Description
Corsair  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Danube at Galatz Ottoman Empire. She was later refloated but was again driven ashore.[35] Corsair was again refloated on 18 May and taken in to Galatz.[36]
Emma Greifswald The ship struck a sunken rock and was damaged at Kleve, Duchy of Schleswig. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Greifswald.[37][38]
St. Martin's  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the west coast of Brier Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America.[39]

12 May

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List of shipwrecks: 12 May 1846
Ship State Description
Brilliant  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Lamaline, Newfoundland, British North America with the loss of two lives; 153 people were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cork to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America.[19][40]
Catharina  Kingdom of Hanover The ship sank in the North Sea 6 nautical miles (11 km) off St. Abb's Head, Berwickshire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, United Kingdom to Rendsburg, Duchy of Schleswig.[41]
Pekin  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in the Gulf of St Lawrence. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Quebec City.[19]

13 May

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List of shipwrecks: May 1846
Ship State Description
Gaditano  UKGBI The mistico was wrecked in the Islas Sisargas with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Barcelona to A Coruña.[42]
Glasgow Packet  United Kingdom The ship struck a sunken rock in the Bay of Rugg and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. She put back to Aberdeen.[43]
Linnet  United Kingdom The ship foundered 12 nautical miles (22 km) east of the Mull of Galloway, Ayrshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.[44]

14 May

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List of shipwrecks: 14 May 1846
Ship State Description
St. Martin's United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The ship was wrecked on the west coast of Brier Island, Nova Scotia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Saint John, New Brunswick.[19]

15 May

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List of shipwrecks: 16 May 1846
Ship State Description
Spinster  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Porto Plata".[45]

16 May

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List of shipwrecks: 16 May 1846
Ship State Description
Bezaliel  United Kingdom The ship was severely damaged at Palermo, Sicily.[46]
British Queen  United Kingdom The ship ran aground near "Cronsloot", Russia. She was on a voyage from Messina, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies to Cronstadt, Russia. She was refloated.[21]
Dart  United Kingdom The ship was severely damaged at Palermo.[46]
Elizabeth  United Kingdom The ship was severely damaged at Palermo.[46]
Fidelity  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at the Mumbles, Glamorgan. She was refloated on 23 May.[34]
Johanne Catherine  Sweden The ship was lost near the Sunk Sand, in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Nyköping to London, United Kingdom.[47]
Shepherd  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Scroby Sands, Norfolk. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth the next day.[43]

17 May

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List of shipwrecks: 17 May 1846
Ship State Description
Dart  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Teignmouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from Neath, Glamorgan to Teignmouth. She was refloated on 21 May and taken in to Teignmouth.[43][48]
Emily United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland South Australia The cutter departed from Port Phillip for Circular Head, Van Diemen's Land. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[49]
Erminio  Ottoman Empire The ship was lost off Cape Santa Maria, Portugal. She was on a voyage from the Gulf of Saros to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands.[46]
Marshall Bennett  United Kingdom The ship caught fire at Liverpool, Lancashire and was scuttled.[47]

18 May

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List of shipwrecks: 18 May 1846
Ship State Description
Alexander  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the brig Royal William ( United Kingdom). Alexander was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America.[50][51]
Ann  United Kingdom The ship was holed by a pile and sank at Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Sutton Bridge to Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham.[43]
Ardjoena  Netherlands The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Bridport Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland to Batavia, Netherlands East Indies.[43]
Hope  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Burnham Overy Staithe, Norfolk.[43]
Pandora  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Taylor's Bank, in Liverpool Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Liverpool, Lancashire.[43] Pandora was refloated on 26 May and taken to the River Mersey in a severely damaged condition.[34]

19 May

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List of shipwrecks: 19 May 1846
Ship State Description
Ammon  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Smerwick, County Kerry. She was on a voyage from Port Madoc, Caernarfonshire to Sligo.[52]
Lord Vernon  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Dawlish, Devon. She was refloated on 22 May and taken in to Torquay.[34]
Oscar  Denmark The ship ran aground and was damaged in the English Channel between Littlehampton and Worthing, Sussex, United Kingdom. She was taken in to Shoreham-by-Sea Sussed with the assistance of the Coast Guard. Oscar was on a voyage from "Aviza" to Helsingør.[53]
Sisters  United Kingdom The ship ran aground and sank in the River Annan. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Annan, Dumfriesshire.[48]

20 May

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List of shipwrecks: 20 May 1846
Ship State Description
Alert  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She capsized the next day with the loss of nine of the fifteen people on board. Survivors were rescued by the smack William and Elizabeth ( United Kingdom). Alert was on a voyage from Oporto, Portugal to Whitby, Yorkshire. She was towed in to Harwich the next day.[54][48]
Grouville  United Kingdom The ship was damaged by fire at London, United Kingdom.[55]
Hawk  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Scroby Sands, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Montrose, Forfarshire to London. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[55]
John and Mary  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Pembrey, Glamorgan.[48]
Margaret and Rachel  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Nore. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to London.[48]

21 May

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List of shipwrecks: 21 May 1846
Ship State Description
Eleanor United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New South Wales The whaler, a brig, was wrecked on Youell's Reef. Her crew were rescued by Anna Louisa ( United Kingdom).[56][57]
Squatter United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New South Wales The ship, a brigantine or schooner, was wrecked 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) west of Port Fairy. All fourteen people on board survived. She was on a voyage from Sydney to Melbourne and Portland Bay.[58][59]
Tantivy  United Kingdom The ship struck a sunken rock and foundered off Ramsey Island, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[34]
Victoria  United Kingdom The brig sprang a leak whilst on a voyage from Nassau, Bahamas to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. She put in to Key West, Florida, United States where she was condemned.[60]

22 May

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List of shipwrecks: 22 May 1846
Ship State Description
Dion  Spain The brig was in collision with Clara ( United States) and sank in the Atlantic Ocean (30°35′N 74°00′W / 30.583°N 74.000°W / 30.583; -74.000). Her crew were rescued by Clara. Dion was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Majorca.[61]
Ivan  Russia The ship foundered off Cape de Gatt, Spain. Her crew were rescued by Æolus (flag unknown).[62][63]
Johanna Maria  Denmark The schooner was driven ashore at Cuxhaven. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom to Altona.[34] She was refloated on 25 May and taken in to Hamburg.[42]
John Pirie  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on a reef off the coast of Patagonia, Argentina.[64]
Swan  Russia The ship foundered off Cape de Gatt, Spain. Her crew were rescued by Æolus ( United Kingdom).[65]

24 May

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List of shipwrecks: 24 May 1846
Ship State Description
Eliza and Mary  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[34]
Gipsey  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Flamborough Head. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[34]
Gipsy  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Flamborough Head. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[34]
Konohassett  United States The Boston whaler Konohassett (a converted merchant ship) under Captain Worth, struck at night the unmarked reef near Lisianski Island (Pell's Island). The crew took to the boats and in the morning from the mizzen of the wreck they spied land 17 miles away. On reaching it they found the remains of Holder Bolden and realised they would have to emulate that crew. They salvaged sufficient materials to make a boat to sail to the Hawaiian Islands. They completed her in only 18 days and sailed on 20 June.[66] The seven men arriving in Hawaii on 31 July, after 42 days at sea.[67] The American Consul was loaned the schooner Haalilio ( United States) to recover the remaining 26 crew, who were landed at Honolulu in mid-September.[68]

25 May

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List of shipwrecks: 25 May 1846
Ship State Description
Cheval Marinda  France The ship was run down and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 45 nautical miles (83 km) off Cape Lardier, Var. Her crew were rescued.[38]
Rambler
Sea Nymph 		 United Kingdom The paddle steamers collided in the River Mersey. Twenty-one people were killed with Rambler sinking. Survivors from Rambler were rescued by the Magazines Lifeboat. Rambler was on a voyage from Sligo to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated on 26 May and taken in to Liverpool. She was repaired only to be lost on her next voyage. Sea Nymph was on a voyage from Liverpool to Newry, County Antrim. She put back to Liverpool in a severely damaged condition.[69][11][70]
Yare  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Cobblers, off Barbadoes. Her crew were rescued.[45]

26 May

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List of shipwrecks: 26 May 1846
Ship State Description
Clarisse  France The brig foundered in the Mediterranean Sea off Cape de Gatt, Spain. Her crew were rescued by Halvor (flag unknown).[65][62][63]
Jacob  Netherlands The ship was driven ashore at Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom.[71]
Trinity United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Gibraltar The steamship tug caught fire and sank at Gibraltar.[37]

27 May

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List of shipwrecks: 27 May 1846
Ship State Description
Bombay Castle  United Kingdom The ship was destroyed by a fire and explosion at "Saugor", India. All on board were rescued.[72][73]
Louisa  United Kingdom The ship struck the pier and sank at Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex.[71]
Speedwell  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on The Shingles, off the Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Salcombe, Devon. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[71]

28 May

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List of shipwrecks: 28 May 1846
Ship State Description
Calcutta  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Metis, Province of Canada, British North America.[19][74][75] The wreck was refloated in September and towed in to Quebec City, Province of Canada, arriving on the 7th.[76]
George  France The barque was wrecked off Rodrigues. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from "Sonapere" to the Île Bourbon.[77]
Hoffnung  Kingdom of Hanover The ship was wrecked in the Jade Bight. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Varel.[35]
Pekin  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Fox River, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Quebec City, Province of Canada.[75]

29 May

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List of shipwrecks: 29 May 1846
Ship State Description
Emulation  France The brig ran aground on the Long Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[29]
Providence  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Portneuf, Province of Canada, British North America. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Quebec City, Province of Canada.[60] Providence was refloated on 12 June and towed in to Quebec City.[50]
Victorieux  France The ship ran aground on the Sunk Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure. She was refloated and taken in to Wivenhoe, Essex.[28]

30 May

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List of shipwrecks: 30 May 1846
Ship State Description
Antina  Netherlands The tjalk was wrecked on the Vogel Sand, in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Harwich, Essex, United Kingdom to Hamburg.[37][38]
Norma  United States The steamship sprang a leak and sank in Mobile Bay.[78]

31 May

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List of shipwrecks: 31 May 1846
Ship State Description
Agincourt  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Dungeness, Kent. She was on a voyage from Madras, India to London. She was refloated.[29]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in May 1846
Ship State Description
Aden  United Kingdom The ship was scuttled and abandoned before 8 May. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Montevideo, Uruguay to Hamburg.[35]
Adler  Hamburg The ship was scuttled before 8 May. Her crew were rescued by HMS Philomel ( Royal Navy). Adler was on a voyage from Monte Video, Uruguay to Hamburg.[79] Her crew alleged barratry against her captain, who jumped overboard from HMS Philomel and was drowned.[38]
Alexander  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 23 May.[37]
Bella Clara  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (5°21′S 22°31′W / 5.350°S 22.517°W / -5.350; -22.517). Her crew were rescued.[20]
Catherine United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. All 36 people on board were rescued by Braeus (flag unknown). Catherine was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Liverpool, Lancashire.[80]
Circa  United Kingdom The ship sank off King's Lynn, Norfolk. She had been refloated by 11 May and taken in to King's Lynn.[25]
Cologne  France The whaler was wrecked on the south coast of Banks Peninsula, New Zealand, in late May. Two men drowned, and two others died attempting to walk to Akaroa to get assistance.[81]
Columbine  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on "Coutali Island", Ottoman Empire before 6 May. She was on a voyage from Odessa to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated and taken in t Gallipoli in a leaky condition.[21]
Dolphin United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The schooner was lost in ice off the Magdalen Islands, Nova Scotia.[82]
Ellison  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Ship Island, Patagonia, Argentina before 10 May.[83]
Halcyon Trader  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated.[54]
Hugh Wallace  United Kingdom The ship was sunk by ice. Her crew took to the boats and were rescued by Lord Metcalfe ( United Kingdom).[75]
HNLMS Kameleon  Royal Netherlands Navy The schooner was attacked by pirates off the coast of Bangka Island, Netherlands East Indies. Her crew were massacred and the ship was sunk.[84]
Lady Alice Lambton  United Kingdom The brig foundered in the Mediterranean Sea. Her crew were rescued.[85]
Miguela  United States The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 21 May.[86]
Pactolus  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Trelleborg, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Saint Petersburg, Russia. She was refloated and taken in to Helsingør, Denmark for repairs She arrived on 15 May.[87]
Pallas  United Kingdom The ship departed from Cochin, for Calcutta, India. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[88]
Perthshire  United Kingdom The ship was holed by ice and was beached on "Sanerins Island", Nova Scotia. She was refloated and take in to Arichat, Nova Scotia in a waterlogged condition. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia, United States to Pictou, Nova Scotia.[33]
Sea Gull United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The schooner was lost in ice off the Magdalen Islands.[82]
Sea Star  United Kingdom The schooner was lost in ice off the Magdalen Islands.[82]
Trinidad United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Pink ( United States). Trinidad was on a voyage from Saint Andrews, New Brunswick to Liverpool.[80]
Uncle Sam United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The schooner wrecked on a reef off Māhia Peninsula, in Hawke Bay, New Zealand, while carrying mail from Wellington to Auckland. All hands were saved but the cargo was lost.[81][89]

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