# List of shipwrecks in May 1830

The list of shipwrecks in May 1830 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during May 1830.

## 3 May

List of shipwrecks: 3 May 1830 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Margaret | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Liverpool, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Belfast, County Antrim. |

## 5 May

List of shipwrecks: 5 May 1830 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| George | United Kingdom | The ship capsized off Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex. Her crew were rescued. She was later taken in to port. |

## 7 May

List of shipwrecks: 7 May 1830 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Mauritius for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |

## 9 May

List of shipwrecks: 9 May 1830 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Acorn | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Sunderland, County Durham with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Colchester, Essex to Sunderland. |
| Adriana | Kingdom of the Two Sicilies | The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Trapani to Bergen, Norway. |
| Agenoria | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Lindisfarne, Northumberland. |
| Albany | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Sunderland. |
| Ann | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Sunderland with the loss of two of her crew. |
| Barbara | United Kingdom | The ship sank at Sunderland. |
| Bellona | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Tunstall, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Sunderland. |
| Charlotte Christine | Hamburg | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Hornsea, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. |
| Cyrus | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at South Shields, County Durham. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to London. |
| Dasher | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Sunderland. |
| Die Frau Melina | flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near "Sister Churches", Yorkshire with the loss of all hands. |
| Doggerbank | Sweden | The galiot was wrecked near Whitby, Yorkshire. Her six crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Karlskrona to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands. |
| Eleanor | United Kingdom | The ship sank at Sunderland. |
| Eliza | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Lindisfarne. |
| Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The brig foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Yorkshire. |
| Farmer | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Sunderland. |
| Frau Metta | Duchy of Holstein | The ship capsized in the North Sea off Withernsea, East Riding of Yorkshire with the loss of all hands. The wreck subsequently came ashore. She was on a voyage from Carolinensiel to Hull, Yorkshire. |
| Helena | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on rocks at Boulmer, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Berwick-upon-Tweed to Newcastle upon Tyne. |
| Hero | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cowden, Yorkshire. Her eleven crew survived. |
| John | United Kingdom | The ship sank at Sunderland. |
| Jubilee | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Lindisfarne. |
| Lady Milner | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Bridlington, Yorkshire. She was refloated on 21 May. |
| Lord Nelson | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Sunderland. |
| Lovely Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Bridlington. The ship later broke up. |
| Mackerill | Guernsey | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Bridlington. Her crew were rescued. |
| Merchants' Friend | United Kingdom | The ship sank at Sunderland. |
| Milton | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Sunderland. |
| Polly | United Kingdom | The ship was dfriven ashore at Bridlington. She was refloated on 21 May. |
| St. Albans | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Sunderland. |

## 10 May

List of shipwrecks: 10 May 1830 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Byron | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at South Shields, County Durham. |
| De Hoffnung | Netherlands | The galiot was driven ashore and wrecked at Hornsea, Yorkshire with the loss of all but her captain of her four crew. She was on a voyage from Glückstadt, Kingdom of Hanover to Hull, Yorkshire. |
| Fort Augustus | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Barmston, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to South Shields, County Durham. Fort Augustus was refloated on 8 June and taken in to Bridlington, Yorkshire. |
| Progress | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Waxholme, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Portsmouth, Hampshire. |
| Repute | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Bridlington, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Goole, Yorkshire to London. She was refloated on 22 May. |
| Thomas and Alice | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Hornsea, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. |

## 13 May

List of shipwrecks: 13 May 1830 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Matilda | United Kingdom | The brig was struck by lightning, set afire and destroyed by and explosion in the Bonny River, Nigeria. Over 100 people died. Of her crew, there were two survivors, who were ashore at the time. |

## 14 May

List of shipwrecks: 14 May 1830 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Aventure | French Navy | Blockade of Algiers:The Brigantine was wrecked at Kabylia, Algeria 60 miles east of Algiers, Algeria. 200 on board made it to shore and were captured. They were marched to Algiers. On the march 108 were beheaded. |

## 15 May

List of shipwrecks: 15 May 1830 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alexandrina | Sweden | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Domesnes, Norway. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dordrecht, South Holland, Netherlands to Stockholm. |
| Friends | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on "Cape Sabte". Her crew were rescued. |

## 17 May

List of shipwrecks: 17 May 1830 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Charlton Whitall | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Bermuda for Gibraltar. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands. |

## 18 May

List of shipwrecks: 18 May 1830 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Amelia | New South Wales | The cutter departed from Swan River. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all on board. |
| Bon Vivant | British North America | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked south of Portneuf, Lower Canada. |

## 20 May

List of shipwrecks: 20 May 1830 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bombay | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at the Swan River Colony. |
| Emily and Taylor | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at the Swan River Colony. |
| Hector | Netherlands | The ship was wrecked off "Porto Laguero". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Bahia, Brazil. |
| Innes | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at the Swan River Colony. |
| Julias Magdalena | Rostock | The ketch was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rostock to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France. |
| Rockingham | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at the Swan River Colony. |
| Thames | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at the Swan River Colony. |

## 22 May

List of shipwrecks: 22 May 1830 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Fula de Rama | Spain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Faial, Azores, Portugal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cuba to Cádiz. |
| Thames | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore by a gale at Fremantle, Swan River Colony. |

## 24 May

List of shipwrecks: 24 May 1830 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Agnete Christine | Denmark | The ship foundered off "Hilleroe". She was on a voyage from Stege to Bergen, Norway. |
| Missionary | United Kingdom | The ship was sunk by ice off "Dagerot". Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk to Saint Petersburg, Russia. |

## 28 May

List of shipwrecks: 28 May 1830 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Juno | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Thisted, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Gothenburg, Sweden. |

## 31 May

List of shipwrecks: 31 May 1830 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Mansfield | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Flint Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America. |
| Nelly | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Cape Chapeau Rouge, Newfoundland, British North America. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Quebec City. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1830 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Colossus | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Florida Reef before 20 May. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Economy | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with some loss of life. Survivors were rescued by Thomas ( United Kingdom). |
| Elisabeth | New South Wales | The ship was wrecked whilst on a voyage from Sydney to Newcastle, New South Wales. |
| Erato | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the Azores, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America. |
| Faune | French Navy | The brig was wrecked in the Bay of Algiers between 14 and 16 May. Survivors were murdered by the Algerians. |
| Palinure | French Navy | The brig was wrecked in the Bay of Algiers between 14 and 16 March. Her survivors were murdered by Algerians. |
| HMS Rattlesnake | Royal Navy | The Atholl-class corvette was driven ashore and damaged at Algiers, Algeria between 14 and 16 May. She was later repaired and returned to service. |
| Wilberforce | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. |