# List of shipwrecks in May 1844

The list of shipwrecks in May 1844 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during May 1844.

## 1 May

List of shipwrecks: 1 May 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Amaranth | British North America | The schooner was driven ashore by ice near McNairn's Cove, Nova Scotia. |
| Baltimore | United States | The ship was driven ashore at Memel, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Memel to London, United Kingdom. She was refloated on 6 May and resumed her voyage. |
| Ellen | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Bytown ( United Kingdom). Ellen was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America. |
| Koningen | Prussia | The ship ran aground at Memel. She was on a voyage from Memel to Bristol, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom. She was refloated. |
| Vesper | United Kingdom | The ship struck the Woolpack Rock and was consequently beached at St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly. She was later refloated and taken in to St. Mary's. |

## 2 May

List of shipwrecks: 2 May 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Joseph Howe | United Kingdom | The ship was sunk by ice in the Gut of Canso. She was on a voyage from Miramichi, New Brunswick, British North America to Bathurst, Gambia Colony and Protectorate. |
| Northumberland | New South Wales | The cutter was wrecked at the mouth of the Manning River. Her crew were rescued. |

## 3 May

List of shipwrecks: 3 May 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Vivacious | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on The Shingles, off the Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Emsworth, Hampshire to Newport, Isle of Wight. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |

## 4 May

List of shipwrecks: 4 May 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Devon | United Kingdom | The ship caught fire at Topsham, Devon and was scuttled. |
| Hero | United Kingdom | The ship sank off Whitstable, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Whitstable. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Whitstable. |
| Severn | United Kingdom | The steamship as driven into a bridge and sank in the River Usk at Newport, Monmouthshire. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport to Bristol, Gloucestershire. She was refloated on 14 May and taken into dock for repair. |

## 5 May

List of shipwrecks: 5 May 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Dolphin | Kingdom of Hanover | The ship foundered off Arendal, Norway. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Køge, Denmark to Antwerp, Belgium. |

## 6 May

List of shipwrecks: 6 May 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Gordon | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Wilsverden Bank, in the Scheldt and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Antwerp, Belgium. |
| Patrick Webster | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America. |

## 7 May

List of shipwrecks: 7 May 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Charlotte Elizabeth | Hamburg | The ship struck ice and sank off Læsø, Denmark. Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Saint Petersburg, Russia. |
| Southampton | United Kingdom | The ship was sunk by ice in the Gut of Canso. She was on a voyage from Puerto Rico to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America. |
| Three Sisters | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and sank at Newport, Monmouthshire. She was refloated on 16 May and taken in to Newport in a severely damaged condition. |

## 8 May

List of shipwrecks: 8 May 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Gordon | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground in the Scheldt. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Antwerp, Belgium. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Antwerp. |
| Johanna | Netherlands | The ship ran aground on a reef off Coney Island, Singapore. She was on a voyage from Samarang, Netherlands East Indies to Singapore. She was refloated on 12 May. |
| Mary Ann | Jersey | The ship struck a sunken rock off "Grand River Cape", British North America and was consequently run ashore and wrecked. She was on a voyage from Jersey to Arichat, Nova Scotia, British North America. |

## 9 May

List of shipwrecks: 9 May 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Brisk | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Duncannon, County Wexford. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Lancaster, Lancashire. She was refloated. |
| Charles | United Kingdom | The ship struck the Callich Stone and was beached on Skye, Outer Hebrides. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Lerwick, Shetland Isles. |
| Colebrook | United Kingdom | The ship was sunk by ice off Scatterie Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America. |
| Eliza | United Kingdom | The ship struck a rock in the Pentland Firth and was holed. She was abandoned in the North Sea two days later with the loss of four of her five crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Dundee, Forfarshire. |
| Luiz d'Abkerque | Netherlands | The ship caught fire at Albreda, Gambia Colony and was scuttled. |

## 10 May

List of shipwrecks: 10 May 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ann | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore in the River Plate. She was refloated. |
| George and Mary | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Monte Video, Uruguay. |
| Lord Wenlock | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America. She was on a voyage from Saint John to Hull, Yorkshire. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage. |
| Minerva | Spain | The brig was driven ashore at Buceo, Uruguay. |
| Susan | United States | The brig was driven ashore at Monte Video. |
| Whitby | United Kingdom | The ship caught fire and sank at Dundee, Forfarshire. |

## 11 May

List of shipwrecks: 11 May 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Gran Canarie | Spain | The barque capsized at Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires to Havana, Cuba. |
| HMS Gorgon | Royal Navy | The paddle steamer was driven ashore in the River Plate. She was later refloated. |
| Lotus | United Kingdom | The barque was damaged by ice in the Atlantic Ocean and foundered. Her crew were rescued by Swallow ( United Kingdom). Lotus was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America. |
| Nathaniel Hooper | United States | The ship was driven ashore on Governors Island, New York. She was on a voyage from New York to Cádiz, Spain. She was refloated and taken in to New York. |

## 12 May

List of shipwrecks: 12 May 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Emerald | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London. She was refloated on 14 May. |
| Ernesto | Spain | The brig was wrecked on Heneagua. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France to Barcelona and New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. |
| Neptune | United Kingdom | The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by a French brig. She was on a voyage from Dominica to London. |

## 13 May

List of shipwrecks: 13 May 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Henry Holland | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Saltholm, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Montrose, Forfarshire. She was refloated. |
| Bridget Archibald | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the Rio Grande. |
| James Mercer | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the Rio Grande. |
| Lady Lovat | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore north of Fyns Hoved, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Odense, Denmark. |
| Neptune | United Kingdom | The brig foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (32°30′N 59°00′W﻿ / ﻿32.500°N 59.000°W﻿ / 32.500; -59.000). Her crew were rescued by the brig L'Eclaire ( France). Neptune was on a voyage from Dominica to London. |
| Orion | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Copt Point, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Africa. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Oude Werf | Norway | The ship was wrecked near Aalborg, Denmark. She was on a voyage from "Limmar" to Dram. |

## 14 May

List of shipwrecks: 14 May 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| King William | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Parello", 18 nautical miles (33 km) from Valencia, Spain. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France to Falmouth, Cornwall. |
| Lady Leitrim | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Bird Island Reef. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Antigua. |
| Margaret Ann | British North America | The ship was wrecked on Goose Island. She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia to a port in Labrador. |
| Nicole Benjamin | France | The ship was driven ashore and sank east of Calais. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Fredrikstad, Denmark to Honfleur, Calvados. |
| Roscius | United States | The ship ran aground on the Arklow Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wicklow, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to New York. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |

## 15 May

List of shipwrecks: 15 May 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Gleaner | United States | The ship was driven ashore at Falmouth, Jamaica and was abandoned by her crew. |
| Pallas | Flag unknown | The ship ran aground on the Ooster Reef, in the Baltic Sea off Lübeck. She was on a voyage from Stockholm, Sweden to Lübeck. |

## 16 May

List of shipwrecks: 16 May 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Celia | United Kingdom | The ship struck a sunken rock and was damaged off Penzance, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Penzance. |
| Dulcinea | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Bangor Bay. |

## 17 May

List of shipwrecks: 17 May 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Balcombe | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore south of Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to Banff. |
| Derritend | United Kingdom | The flat was wrecked near the Formby Lightship ( Trinity House). Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Walney Island, Lancashire to Runcorn, Cheshire. |
| Granger | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Falsterboe Reef, off the coast of Sweden. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Saint Petersburg, Russia. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage. |
| Guernsey Lily | Guernsey | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of Portuguese West Africa. Her crew were rescued by the barque Charles ( United Kingdom, which lost two men. |
| Mary Frances | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Buccoo Reef. She was on a voyage from Dominica to Trinidad. |
| Royal Adelaide | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the Victoria Channel and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Baltimore, Maryland, United States. She was refloated and put back to Liverpool in a leaky condition. |

## 18 May

List of shipwrecks: 18 May 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bache | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Cork. She was refloated. |
| Comet | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Whitby, Yorkshire. |
| John Mitchell | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Cork. She was refloated. |
| Jonge Johan von Letten | Netherlands | The ship was driven ashore on the Dutch coast. |
| Levant Star | United Kingdom | The brig sprang a leak and foundered in the English Channel off St Alban's Head, Dorset. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. |
| Petrel | United Kingdom | The smack was wrecked in Whitsand Bay. |
| Ranger | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Foreland Point, Ireland. |

## 19 May

List of shipwrecks: 19 May 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Active | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Saint Aubin, Jersey, Channel Islands. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France. |
| Catherina Eclipse | United Kingdom Duchy of Holstein | The ships collided off the French coast and both foundered. Their crews were rescued by Seven Soskende ( Norway). Catherina was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Altona. Eclipse was on a voyage from Harwich, Essex, United Kingdom to Altona. |
| Edouard | France | The ship was wrecked at Bay Roberts, Newfoundland, British North America. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to Port Royal, Jamaica. |
| Catherine | United Kingdom | The schooner was in collision with the brig Louisa ( United Kingdom) and foundered in the English Channel off St. Catherine's Point, Isle of Wight with the loss of six of the eight people on board. Survivors were rescued by the brig Nuevo Ramoncito ( Spain). Catherine was on a voyage from Gravesend, Kent to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Margaret | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Magilligan Point, County Londonderry. |
| Union | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Orfordness, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from London to Harlingen, Friesland, Netherlands. |

## 20 May

List of shipwrecks: 20 May 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Britannia | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Half Ebb Rock. She was refloated and taken in to Harwich, Essex. |
| Enterprise | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Truro, Nova Scotia, British North America for Boston, Massachusetts. Subsequently sighted in the Bay of Fundy, after which no further trace. Presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Giletta | Dantzic | The ship ran aground on Saltholm, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Dantsic to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage. |
| Red Rover | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Scrabster, Caithness. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to Ichaboe Island, Portuguese West Africa. |
| San Jose Venusos | Brazil | The ship was in collision with an American whaler and foundered. Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Pernambuco to Bahia. |
| Squirrel | British North America | The schooner was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. |
| Susan | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at the Carlingford Lighthouse. She was on a voyage from Odessa to Newry, County Antrim. Susan was refloated and taken in to Newry. |
| Zitella | Dantzic | The ship was driven ashore on Saltholm, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Dantzic to Hull. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage. |

## 21 May

List of shipwrecks: 21 May 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Annette Dorothea | Norway | The ship was driven ashore near "Cobourg", France. |
| Corsair | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on "Langlois Island". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sydney, Nova Scotia to Saint John's, Newfoundland, British North America. |
| John and Madby | United Kingdom | The ship caught fire at Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Nairn. |
| Saladin | United Kingdom | The barque was taken by her muninous crew. She was subsequently wrecked on Harbour Island, Newfoundland, British North America with the loss of all but six of her crew. She was on a voyage from Valparaíso, Chile to London. |

## 23 May

List of shipwrecks: 23 May 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Challenger | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Key West, Florida Territory. She was on a voyage from Galveston, Republic of Texas to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated on 28 May and taken in to Key West. |
| Chance | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Swansea, Glamorgan. |
| Fama | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Terra Penna, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. She was on a voyage from Trieste to Saint Petersburg, Russia. |
| Femegina Elizabeth | Hamburg | The ship ran aground on the Kleine Nagelsand. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure. |
| Florence | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Pictou, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America. She was refloated and towed in to Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. |
| Tees | United Kingdom | The collier, a brig, ran aground on the Steil Sand, in the North Sea. She was refloated. |

## 24 May

List of shipwrecks: 24 May 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Industry | United States | The ship caught fire and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York to Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America. |
| Rapide | France | The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom. She was refloated and put in to Ramsgate, Kent. |

## 25 May

List of shipwrecks: 28 May 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Carolina Matilda | Norway | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Asnelles, Calvados, France with the presumed loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Moss to Caen, Calvados. |
| Scotia | Malta | The paddle steamer ran aground and was damaged at Tunis, Beylik of Tunis with the loss of a crew member. She was refloated and put back to Malta for repairs. |

## 27 May

List of shipwrecks: 28 May 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| William | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Hamstead Ledge, off the Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Youghal, County Cork to Portsmouth, Hampshire. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage. |

## 28 May

List of shipwrecks: 28 May 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Diamond | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Woolpack Sand. She was on a voyage from London to Calcutta, India. She was refloated but ran aground on the Red Sand. Diamond was towed in to the River Thames. |
| Perseverance | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on a sunken rock off Ardnamurchan, Argyllshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Wick, Caithness. |
| William | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Spaniard Sand and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France. |

## 29 May

List of shipwrecks: 29 May 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Aurora Fortuna | Norway | The ship ran aground on the Cockle Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Christiania to London, United Kingdom. She was refloated and beached at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, where she was wrecked. |
| San Joze Vencedor | Brazil | The ship was in collision with an American whaler and foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Pernambuco to Bahia. |

## 30 May

List of shipwrecks: 30 May 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Caroline | Hamburg | The barque was destroyed by fire off the west coast of Costa Rica. Her crew were rescued. |

## 31 May

List of shipwrecks: 31 May 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Jordeson | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Droogden Sandbank. She was on a voyage from Dantzic to Antwerp, Belgium. |
| Sir George Prevost | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Cape Hinchenbrooke, Nova Scotia, British North America. All on board, more than 120 people, were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newry, County Antrim to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in May 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bourvoyeur | France | The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Caen, Calvados to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. |
| Challenge | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Marcus Keys. She was on a voyage from Galveston, Texas Republic to an English port. She was refloated and taken in to Key West, Florida Territory, where she arrived on 29 May. |
| Content | United States | The brig was wrecked at Metis, Province of Canada, British North America before 1 June. |
| Courier | United Kingdom | The schooner foundered in the Baltic Sea off the coast of Prussia. |
| Julius Frein Schimbristchunn | Rostock | The ship was abandoned in the Baltic Sea. She was subsequently towed in to "Luchenten". |
| Mania | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Brake Sand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to London. She was later refloated and taken in tow. |
| Maria Teresa | Grand Duchy of Tuscany | The brig was driven ashore at "Realless" and became hogged. She was refloated and made for a port in Peru. |
| Prince Albert | British North America | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 22 May. |
| Prosperite | France | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Spain. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure. |
| Purvoyeur | France | The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Caen, Calvados to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. |
| Tom Wood | United States | The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 12 May. |
| Union | Bremen | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Galveston, Texas Republic before 30 May. |
| William Johnson | United Kingdom | The ship ran sground on the Spaniard Sandbank and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France. |