# List of shipwrecks in May 1835

The list of shipwrecks in May 1835 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded or otherwise lost during May 1835.

## 1 May

List of shipwrecks: 1 May 1835 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Isabella | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Leith, Lothian. She was on a voyage from Canton, China to Leith. |
| Salamis | United Kingdom | The ship foundered with the loss of all but three of her crew. She was on a voyage from a Mediterranean port to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. |

## 2 May

List of shipwrecks: 2 May 1835 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Camilla | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Madras for Calcutta, India. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Samuel | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the English Channel 10 nautical miles (19 km) north north west of The Needles, Isle of Wight. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Teignmouth, Devon to Ipswich, Suffolk. |

## 3 May

List of shipwrecks: 3 May 1835 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Antwerp Welwaren | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in the Abaco Islands. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Havana, Cuba. |

## 6 May

List of shipwrecks: 6 May 1835 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Jeune d'Anathole | France | The ship was wrecked on Sherborough Island, Sierra Leone. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Sierra Leone. |
| Williams | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Middle Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Alloa, Stirlingshire to London. |

## 9 May

List of shipwrecks: 9 May 1835 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alexander | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Zuider Haaks Bank, in the North Sea off the coast of the Netherlands. She was on a voyage from London to Hamburg. |

## 10 May

List of shipwrecks: 10 May 1835 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hindoo | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Sarn Badrig, in Cardigan Bay. All on board survived. She was on a voyage from Demerara to Liverpool, Lancashire. |

## 11 May

List of shipwrecks: 11 May 1835 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Merchant | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Money Weight Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wexford and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Bermuda to Liverpool, Lancashire. Merchant ran aground on the Blackwater Bank on 13 May and was wrecked. |

## 13 May

List of shipwrecks: 13 May 1835 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Clementina | United Kingdom | The sloop was wrecked at "Ardnacroish", Kirkcudbrightshire. |
| Isabella | United Kingdom | The whaler was lost in the Davis Strait. Survivors were rescued by William Torr ( United Kingdom) or reached land in their boats. |
| Neva | United Kingdom | The convict ship, a barque, was wrecked in the Bass Strait with the loss of 234 of the 239 people on board. |
| Union | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Moy, County Tyrone. She was on a voyage from Ballina, County Mayo to London. |

## 15 May

List of shipwrecks: 15 May 1835 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Clyde | United Kingdom | The ship was lost at the entrance of Chaleur Bay. Her seven crew were rescued by Forster ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Dalhousie, New Brunswick, British North America. |

### 16 May

List of shipwrecks: 16 May 1835 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The sloop foundered off the Saltee Islands, County Wexford. Her three crew were rescued by William Rathbone ( United Kingdom). |

## 17 May

List of shipwrecks: 17 May 1835 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Friendship | New South Wales | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on Norfolk Island. All on board were rescued. |
| George and Mary | United Kingdom | The ship was crushed by ice and foundered off Paul's Island, Labrador, British North America. Her crew were rescued by the barque Asia ( United Kingdom). |

## 19 May

List of shipwrecks: 19 May 1835 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| HMS Challenger | Royal Navy | HMS Challenger.The sixth rate was wrecked off Mocha Island, Chile with the loss of two lives. Survivors were rescued on 15 June by HMS Blonde ( Royal Navy). |
| Lapa | United States | The whaler foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (1°S 38°W﻿ / ﻿1°S 38°W﻿ / -1; -38). Her crew survived. |

## 20 May

List of shipwrecks: 20 May 1835 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Mail | United Kingdom | The ship was lost near Rio Grande, Brazil. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro to Rio Grande. |

## 21 May

List of shipwrecks: 21 May 1835 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Gulnare | British North America | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Long Bay, Barbados. |

## 23 May

List of shipwrecks: 23 May 1835 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| William and Tom | United Kingdom | The smack was wrecked on the West Mouse Sand, in Liverpool Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cork to Liverpool, Lancashire. |

## 24 May

List of shipwrecks: 24 May 1835 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Anchor | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Bolt Head, Devon. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to London. |
| Gerulamo | Cuba | The ship was wrecked on the Man-of-War Reef. She was on a voyage from New York to Matanzas. |
| Hazard | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Salcombe, Devon. She was on a voyage from Dublin to London. |

## 27 May

List of shipwrecks: 27 May 1835 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Doncaster | United Kingdom | The brig was crushed by ice and sank off St. Paul Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. Her six crew were rescued by the brig Dorothys ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Miramichi, New Brunswick, British North America. |
| Sofia Elena | Grand Duchy of Tuscany | The ship caught fire and was scuttled at Malta. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Livorno. |
| Thomas | Saint Lucia | The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked on Saint Lucia. |

## 28 May

List of shipwrecks: 28 May 1835 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Mersey | United Kingdom | The ship was lost near Charleston, South Carolina, United States. She was on a voyage from Mobile, Alabama to Charleston. |

## 30 May

List of shipwrecks: 30 May 1835 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Mary and Elizabeth | Tasmania | The brig was wrecked at Port Sorell, Van Diemen's Land. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hobart, Van Diemen's Land to Portland Bay. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1835 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Belina | United Kingdom | The ship was in collision with Coatham ( United Kingdom) and foundered. She was on a voyage from Saint Vincent to Newfoundland, British North America. |
| Catherina Maria | Norway | The ship was wrecked at Bilbao, Spain. |
| Constance | United Kingdom | The brig sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (49°N 32°W﻿ / ﻿49°N 32°W﻿ / 49; -32). |
| James H Albuoy or Sir H. Albury | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia, British North America before 2 May. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Nova Scotia to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Maria | Greifswald | The ship foundered off Prerow, Prussia. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom to Greifswald. |
| Marshall | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in the Saint Lawrence River before 1 June. Subsequently repaired. |
| Melona | United Kingdom | The snow was driven ashore at Corton, Suffolk before 27 May. She was on her maiden voyage. |
| Port Maquarie Packet | New South Wales | The schooner was wrecked at Port Macquarie before 5 May. |
| Tantivy | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Cape Sable Island. |