The list of shipwrecks in May 1821 includes ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during May 1821 .
1 May
2 May
7 May
8 May
List of shipwrecks: 8 May 1821
Ship
State
Description
Ann
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Memel , Prussia . She was on a voyage from Hull , Yorkshire to Memel. Ann was refloated on 12 May and taken in to Memel.[6]
9 May
10 May
13 May
16 May
17 May
18 May
20 May
21 May
24 May
25 May
26 May
27 May
28 May
List of shipwrecks: 28 May 1821
Ship
State
Description
Union
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Saaremaa . Russia . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Riga , Russia to London .[21]
30 May
31 May
List of shipwrecks: 31 May 1821
Ship
State
Description
Three Friends
United Kingdom
The ship capsized and sank in the Tagus .[25]
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1821
Ship
State
Description
Lady Banks
United Kingdom
Lady Banks , Vallance, master, which had been sailing from Bengal to London, and which had put into Mauritius in April with seven feet of water in her hold, had been condemned and sold at Mauritius. Also, a fire had consumed part of her cargo; the rest was to be sold at auction.[26]
Peggy and Jenny
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked in the Saltee Islands , County Wexford . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Glasgow , Renfrewshire .[8]
Prince Blucher
United Kingdom
The ship sailed from Bengal on 3 May for Mauritius but stranded on the James and Mary Shoal in the Ganges River. She was refloated but was so badly damaged she had to be taken back to Calcutta where she was condemned in June.[27]
Windsor
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Killala , County Louth . She was on a voyage from Killala to the Clyde .[23]
References
^ a b "Naval Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc . No. 524. 15 June 1821.
^ a b c "The Marine List" . Lloyd's List (5594). 22 May 1821.
^ "The Marine List" . Lloyd's List (5590). 5 May 1821.
^ a b c "Lloyd's Marine List – May 22". Caledonian Mercury . No. 15559. 28 May 1821.
^ "(untitled)". Caledonian Mercury . No. 15560. 31 May 1821.
^ "The Marine List" . Lloyd's List (5596). 29 May 1821.
^ "Edinburgh News Continued". Caledonian Mercury . No. 15554. 17 May 1821.
^ a b "Ship News". The Morning Post . No. 15676. 13 June 1821.
^ "The Marine List" . Lloyd's List (5600). 12 June 1821.
^ "The Marine List" . Lloyd's List (5614). 31 July 1821.
^ "Lloyd's Marine List – July 31". Caledonian Mercury . No. 15588. 4 August 1821.
^ "Lloyd's Marine List – June 12". Caledonian Mercury . No. 15567. 16 June 1821.
^ "Ship News". The Morning Post . No. 15697. 7 July 1821.
^ "(untitled)". Trewman's Exeter Flying Post, or Plymouth and Cornish Advertiser . No. 2904. 24 May 1821.
^ "The Marine List" . Lloyd's List (5608). 10 July 1821.
^ "The Marine List" . Lloyd's List (5609). 13 July 1821.
^ "The Marine List" . Lloyd's List (5598). 5 June 1821.
^ "Ship News". The Morning Post . No. 15663. 29 May 1821.
^ "Ship News". The Morning Post . No. 15712. 25 July 1821.
^ "The Marine List" . Lloyd's List (5612). 24 July 1821.
^ a b c "Lloyd's Marine List – June 26". Caledonian Mercury . No. 15573. 30 June 1821.
^ "Sydney". The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser . 23 July 1821.
^ a b "The Marine List" . Lloyd's List (5597). 1 June 1821.
^ "Lloyd's Marine List – June 15". Caledonian Mercury . No. 15568. 18 June 1821.
^ "Lloyd's Marine List – July 3". Caledonian Mercury . No. 15577. 9 July 1821.
^ Lloyd's List №5627.
^ Lloyd's List №5647.
Shipwrecks 1820–29, by month
1820 1821 1822 1823 1824 1825 1826 1827 1828 1829