# List of shipwrecks in May 1834

The list of shipwrecks in May 1834 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded or otherwise lost during May 1834.

## 2 May

List of shipwrecks: 2 May 1834 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Burlington | Jamaica | The sloop was wrecked on Rodney Hall Beach, Jamaica. |
| Hippomene | Kingdom of Sardinia | The brig was wrecked on the Isle of Pines, Cuba. She was on a voyage from Montevideo, Uruguay to Havana, Cuba. |

## 5 May

List of shipwrecks: 5 May 1834 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Libava | Imperial Russian Navy | The transport ship was wrecked off Vormsi. |

## 7 May

List of shipwrecks: 7 May 1834 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Diadem | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked on Cape Gaspé, Lower Canada, British North America. |
| Edward | United Kingdom | The brig was sunk by ice at "Port Nova". Her crew were rescued. |
| Isabella | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on Cape Rosia, St. Paul Island, Nova Scotia, British North America with the loss of one of the 98 people on board. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to Quebec City, Lower Canada. |
| Jane | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on St. Paul Island. |
| Moon | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on St. Paul Island. Her crew were rescued. |
| Patriot | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on St. Paul Island. |
| Rebecca | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was sunk by ice near the "Green Bank", off Scatarie Island, Nova Scotia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Quebec City. |

## 8 May

List of shipwrecks: 8 May 1834 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Astrea | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) east of Louisbourg, Nova Scotia, British North America with the loss of 208 of the 211 people on board. Astrea was on a voyage from Limerick to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America. |
| Demetrius | Egypt | The ship was destroyed by fire at Trieste. |
| Isabella | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on St. Paul Island, Nova Scotia with the loss of eight lives. She was on a voyage from Drogheda, County Louth to Quebec City. |

## 9 May

List of shipwrecks: 9 May 1834 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bee | United Kingdom | The sloop was wrecked at Coleraine, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Coleraine. |

## 10 May

List of shipwrecks: 10 May 1834 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Charlotte Langan | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. All on board took to the boats and were rescued three days later by Waldemar ( United States). Charlotte Langan was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. |
| Columbus | United Kingdom | The brig was lost 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) east of Louisbourg, Nova Scotia, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Quebec City, Lower Canada. |
| Fidelity | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on Scaterie Island, Nova Scotia. All on board, over 150 people, were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Quebec City. |
| Marchioness of Queensbury | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Cape Tormentine, New Brunswick, British North America. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Miramichi, New Brunswick. |
| Proselyte | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the Flat Islands, off the coast of Newfoundland, British North America. All on board, over 230 people, were rescued by Juno ( British North America). Proselyte was on a voyage from Limerick to Quebec City. |

## 13 May

List of shipwrecks: 13 May 1834 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Favourite | United Kingdom | The ship was sunk by ice at St Shott's, Newfoundland, British North America. Her crew were rescued. |

## 14 May

List of shipwrecks: 14 May 1834 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Maria | Hamburg | The ship was sunk by ice in Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Saint John's, Newfoundland. |
| Sussex | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (44°N 28°W﻿ / ﻿44°N 28°W﻿ / 44; -28), having sprang a leak two days previously. All on board were rescued by Rolla ( United Kingdom). |

## 17 May

List of shipwrecks: 17 May 1834 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Margaret | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Barrington, Nova Scotia, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Belfast to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America. |
| Two Brothers | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Rattray Head, Aberdeenshire. She was on a voyage from East Wemyss, Fife to Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. |

## 20 May

List of shipwrecks: 20 May 1834 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Isabella | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Cape Chat, Lower Canada, British North America with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Quebec City, Lower Canada. |

## 22 May

List of shipwrecks: 22 May 1834 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Commerce | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Memel, Prussia. Her crew were rescued. |

## 23 May

List of shipwrecks: 23 May 1834 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Abeona | United Kingdom | The collier, a brig, was wrecked on the Brake Sand, in the English Channel. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Torquay, Devon. |
| Charlotte Sophia | Grand Duchy of Finland | The ship was wrecked on the Kentish Knock, in the North Sea. Her crew took to the boat and were subsequently rescued by Alert ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Helsinki to Cádiz, Spain. |

## 24 May

List of shipwrecks: 24 May 1834 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Richard | United Kingdom | The ship capsized in Savanilla Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool, Lancashire. |

## 25 May

List of shipwrecks: 25 May 1834 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Triad | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on the Heaps Sand, in the North Sea. Her eleven crew survived. |

## 26 May

List of shipwrecks: 26 May 1834 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bertha | Denmark | The ship was wrecked on the Holme Sand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Faaborg to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. |

## 30 May

List of shipwrecks: 30 May 1834 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Confidence | France | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Warnemünde, Rostock. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to Caen, Calvados. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in May 1834 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Abeona | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean before 19 May. |
| Adelaide | New South Wales | The cutter was wrecked near Bird Island, Norah Head, New South Wales. |
| Columbian or Cumbrian | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean before 19 May. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, British North America. |
| Fanny | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in Torbay. Her crew were rescued. |
| Goede Frau | Netherlands | The ship was wrecked on the Banjaard sand, in the North Sea on or before 9 May. She was on a voyage from Sète, Hérault, France to Rotterdam, South Holland. |
| Jane | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on St. Paul Island, Nova Scotia, British North America before 13 May. |
| John Atkins | United Kingdom | The ship was lost near "Port Nova". She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Richibucto, New Brunswick. |
| Sally | United Kingdom | The ship struck a rock and sank at Jersey, Channel Islands. |
| San Fernando y St. Bela Zaragoza | Spain | The ship was wrecked on the Bahama Banks. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Cádiz. |
| Thalia | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Chittagong, India before 21 May. |