# List of shipwrecks in May 1833

The list of shipwrecks in May 1833 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during May 1833.

## 1 May

List of shipwrecks: 1 May 1833 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Flora | New South Wales | The ship was wrecked on the Great Barrier Reef. |
| Thomas and Eleanor | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near "Scowrie". Her crew were rescued. |

## 3 May

List of shipwrecks: 3 May 1833 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Albion | United Kingdom | The brig sprang a leak and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of fifteen of the 30 people on board. Survivors were rescued by the brig Neptune ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Cork to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America. |

## 5 May

List of shipwrecks: 5 May 1833 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Eagle | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in Carnarvon Bay and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Newfoundland, British North America. |
| Sweedland | United Kingdom | The ship was lost at Saugor, India. |

## 7 May

List of shipwrecks: 7 May 1833 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Harriet | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Riding Rocks. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Mobile, Alabama, United States. |
| Tronto | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at St. Mary's, Nova Scotia, British North America. |

## 8 May

List of shipwrecks: 8 May 1833 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Catharine | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked by ice. Her crew were rescued by Traveller ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Irvine, Ayrshire to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America. |

## 9 May

List of shipwrecks: 9 May 1833 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Harvest Home | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on whilst on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Miramichi, New Brunswick, British North America. |

## 10 May

List of shipwrecks: 10 May 1833 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Courier de Cette | France | The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Harfleur, Seine-Inférieure, where she was subsequently wrecked. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine. An insurance claim was rejected due to suspected barratry. |
| Martha | United Kingdom | The brig was sunk by ice in the Atlantic Ocean 290 nautical miles (540 km) off the coast of Newfoundland. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Newfoundland. |

## 11 May

List of shipwrecks: 11 May 1833 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Lady of the Lake | United Kingdom | The brig was sunk by ice off Cape St. Francis, Newfoundland, British North America with the loss of between 170 and 265 lives. About 30 survivors were rescued by Amazon ( United Kingdom). |
| Panana | United States | The ship was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Fortitude ( United Kingdom). |
| Ranger | United Kingdom | The barque was in collision with an iceberg and foundered. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from London to Miramichi, New Brunswick, British North America. |

## 12 May

List of shipwrecks: 12 May 1833 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hero | United Kingdom | The ship was lost in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Newfoundland, British North America. |

## 13 May

List of shipwrecks: 13 May 1833 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Baltic | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Manila, Spanish East Indies for Singapore. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Lady Campbell | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Saint John. |
| Viscount Palmerston | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Jutland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Saint Petersburg, Russia. |

## 16 May

List of shipwrecks: 16 May 1833 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Fortuna | Grand Duchy of Finland | The ship struck a rock and foundered near Porvoo, Finland. The crew were rescued. Fortuna was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to Porvoo, Grand Duchy of Finland. |
| Julia | United Kingdom | The ship was damaged by ice and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by Breakwater ( United Kingdom). Julia was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America. |

## 18 May

List of shipwrecks: 18 May 1833 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Little Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the coast of British North America. Her crew were rescued by Amethyst ( British North America.) |

## 19 May

List of shipwrecks: 19 May 1833 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Elphinstone | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the coast of "Mayo". She was on a voyage from Bombay, India to Sumatra. |
| Lioness | United States | The steamboat was destroyed by an explosion and fire in the Red River, Louisiana with the loss of fourteen lives. Lioness was on a voyage from New Orleans to Natchitoches, Louisiana. |
| Raikes | United Kingdom | The ship was lost in Conception Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Harbour Grace, Newfoundland. |
| Sylph | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in ice off Carbonear Island Newfoundland. She was later towed into "Musquito". |

## 20 May

List of shipwrecks: 20 May 1833 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| George | United Kingdom | The ship was lost off Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America. |
| Orb | United States | The ship was wrecked on The Triangles. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York to Vera Cruz, Mexico. |

## 21 May

List of shipwrecks: 21 May 1833 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Duke of York | British East India Company | The East Indiaman was driven ashore at "Hedgellee Creek", India. Although almost undamaged, she was not refloatable. Duke of York was on a voyage from London to Madras, India. |
| Eamont | United Kingdom | The East Indiaman was driven ashore and wrecked south of Kedgeree, India. |
| General Fisher | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked south of Kedgeree. |
| J & H Cumming | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the south coast of Long Island, United States with the loss of two lives. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to New York, United States. |
| Lord Amherst | British East India Company | The East Indiaman was driven ashore at Kedgeree and broke her back. |
| Robert | United Kingdom | The East Indiaman was driven ashore and wrecked north of Kedgeree. |
| Sultan | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off the coast of India. Two of her crew survived. |

## 22 May

List of shipwrecks: 22 May 1833 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hope | United Kingdom | The ship struck an iceberg and foundered. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America. |

## 24 May

List of shipwrecks: 24 May 1833 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Elizabeth | United States | The ship was wrecked in Hell Gate. She was on a voyage from Pictou, Nova Scotia, British North America to New York. |

## 27 May

List of shipwrecks: 27 May 1833 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hoppet | Grand Duchy of Finland | The ship was driven ashore on "Magunsholm". She was on a voyage from Vaasa to Riga, Russia. |

## 28 May

List of shipwrecks: 28 May 1833 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Despreux | France | The whaler was lost in the Chiloé Archipelago, Chile. |

## 30 May

List of shipwrecks: 30 May 1833 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Twee Gebroeders | Netherlands | The ship was wrecked on Langeoog, Kingdom of Hanover. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Harlingen, Friesland to a Norwegian port. |
| Volunteer | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cape Fonchin, Nova Scotia, British North America. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cork to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America. |

## 31 May

List of shipwrecks: 31 May 1833 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hannah | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground near St. Ann's, Nova Scotia, British North America and was wrecked. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Down to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in May 1833 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Inverary Castle | United Kingdom | The paddle steamer ran aground in the Clyde and was abandoned by her crew. |
| Magnet | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 21 May. Her crew were rescued by the brig Jane ( United Kingdom. |
| Maria | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Newfoundland before 24 May. Her crew were rescued by Frances and Harriet ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Miramichi, New Brunswick. |
| Wellington | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in ice. Her crew were rescued by Shannon ( United Kingdom). |