# List of shipwrecks in May 1829

The list of shipwrecks in May 1829 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during May 1829.

## 1 May

List of shipwrecks: 1 May 1829 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Flora | Prussia | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Memel with the loss of eleven lives. |
| Governor Arthur | New South Wales | The ship was wrecked at Nobbys Island. All on board were rescued. |
| Henriette Auguste | Prussia | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Memel. |
| Nautilus | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Memel. Her crew were rescued. |
| Ploughman | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Memel. Her crew were rescued. |

## 3 May

List of shipwrecks: 3 May 1829 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Eleanor | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the North Sea off South Shields, County Durham and capsized. |

## 6 May

List of shipwrecks: 6 May 1829 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Comet | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked in the Torres Strait. Her crew survived and was rescued by Fairfield three days later. |

## 7 May

List of shipwrecks: 7 May 1829 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Dispatch | Tobago | The ship was wrecked at Tobago. |
| Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Irish Sea. Her crew were rescued by Dee ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Youghal, County Cork to Cardiff, Glamorgan. |

## 8 May

List of shipwrecks: 8 May 1829 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Batchelor | Guernsey | The ship ran aground near Cape Spartel, Morocco and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Trieste. |
| Splendid | United States | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Gibraltar. |

## 10 May

List of shipwrecks: 10 May 1829 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Clyde | United Kingdom | The ship was lost in the Magdalen Islands, British North America. She was on a voyage from Belfast, county Antrim to Miramichi, New Brunswick, British North America. |

## 11 May

List of shipwrecks: 11 May 1829 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Theodosia | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off The Smalls Lighthouse. Her crew were rescued by Waterloo ( United Kingdom). |

## 13 May

List of shipwrecks: 13 May 1829 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| John | United Kingdom | The ship sank at Reval, Russia. |
| Joseph | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Bird Island. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America. |

## 16 May

List of shipwrecks: 16 May 1829 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Argo | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Boston Bay, Jamaica. Her crew were rescued. |
| Jane | United Kingdom | The brigantine was sighted off Bermuda whilst on a voyage from Port-au-Prince, Haiti to Aberdeen. No further trace, presumed subsequently foundered with the loss of all hands. |

## 18 May

List of shipwrecks: 18 May 1829 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Governor Ready | United Kingdom | Governor Ready.The ship was lost in the Torres Strait. The crew travelled in smaller boats until rescued by the Amity (flag unknown) on June 2. |

## 21 May

List of shipwrecks: 21 May 1829 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ann | United Kingdom | The schooner capsized off "Winga" with the loss of one of her six crew. Survivors were rescued by St. Andrew ( United Kingdom). Ann was on a voyage from Kiel, Duchy of Holstein to Leith, Lothian. |
| Glory | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Saint Lucia. |

## 22 May

List of shipwrecks: 22 May 1829 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Helping | Imperial Russian Navy | The frigate ran aground off Osmussaar. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt to Sveaborg, Grand Duchy of Finland. Helping subsequently broke up. |
| John and Jane | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Marsden, County Durham. |

## 25 May

List of shipwrecks: 25 May 1829 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Janet | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Cromer, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. |

## 27 May

List of shipwrecks: 27 May 1829 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Nelly | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. |

## 31 May

List of shipwrecks: 31 May 1829 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Emulus | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk and foundered. Her crew were rescued. |
| Oscar | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked 10 nautical miles (19 km) south of Cape Rouse (21°45′N 59°40′E﻿ / ﻿21.750°N 59.667°E﻿ / 21.750; 59.667). She was on a voyage from Bombay to Bushehr, Iran. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in May 1829 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Adolphine | France | The galiot was wrecked near Deal, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Malmö, Sweden to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure. |
| Betsey | United Kingdom | The schooner foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk with the loss of all six crew. |
| Charlotte | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the west coast of Grand Manan Island, New Brunswick, British North America. |
| Cuba Packet | Jamaica | The schooner was wrecked on a reef off the mouth of the Bannada River. Her crew were rescued. |
| James Lucas | New South Wales | The schooner-rigged lighter was wrecked on Bruny Island, Van Diemen's Land. She was on a voyage from Maquarie Harbour to Hobart, Van Diemen's Land. |
| Legatus | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Chaleur Bay, Lower Canada, British North America before 23 May. |
| Thetis | United Kingdom | The ship was lost on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, British North America before 9 May. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Pictou, Nova Scotia. |