# List of shipwrecks in May 1826

The list of shipwrecks in May 1826 includes some ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during May 1826.

## 2 May

List of shipwrecks: 2 May 1826 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bon Voileur | Danzig | The ship was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Dantzig to Dublin, United Kingdom. Bon Voileur later floated off; she was beached between Dunwich and Southwold, Suffolk, United Kingdom. |

## 4 May

List of shipwrecks: 4 May 1826 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Vine | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and was severely damaged in Strangford Lough. |

## 7 May

List of shipwrecks: 7 May 1826 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Aimable Paulina | France | The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (38°30′N 31°00′W﻿ / ﻿38.500°N 31.000°W﻿ / 38.500; -31.000). She was on a voyage from St. Domingo to Fayal Island, Azores and Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône. |
| Frau Maria | Hamburg | The ship foundered off Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Kiel, Duchy of Holstein to Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom. |
| Regannot | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked near Tromsø, Norway. |
| Weare Packet | United Kingdom | The ship was lost on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London. |

## 8 May

List of shipwrecks: 8 May 1826 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Anne | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Cape Ray, Newfoundland, British North America. Her crew were rescued. |
| Canada | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on St. Paul's Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America. |
| Susannah | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to London. |

## 9 May

List of shipwrecks: 9 May 1826 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Minerva | United Kingdom | The ship struck a sunken rock and sank off "Port Kelly". She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Cork. |
| Vrow Helena | Netherlands | The ship was wrecked on Ameland, Friesland. |

## 10 May

List of shipwrecks: 10 May 1826 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Elizabeth | Hamburg | The ship collided with Orinoco ( United States) in the Elbe and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by Orinoco. Elizabeth was on a voyage from Stockholm, Sweden to Hamburg. She was later taken in to Blankenese. |

## 11 May

List of shipwrecks: 11 May 1826 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Favourite | United Kingdom | The ship was holed by an anchor and sank in the River Thames. |

## 12 May

List of shipwrecks: 12 May 1826 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Nassau | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Ireland to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America. |

## 13 May

List of shipwrecks: 13 May 1826 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| HMS Barracouta | Royal Navy | The Cherokee-class brig-sloop was wrecked by a tornado in Algoa Bay. |

## 15 May

List of shipwrecks: 15 May 1826 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Australia | New South Wales | The ship was lost 70 nautical miles (130 km) north of Sydney. She was on a voyage from Batavia, Netherlands East Indies to Sydney. There were twelve survivors. |

## 16 May

List of shipwrecks: 16 May 1826 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Venus | United Kingdom | The ship struck The Manacles, Cornwall and foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Newport, Monmouthshire. |

## 17 May

List of shipwrecks: 17 May 1826 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Nordstern | Rostock | The ship was abandoned off Rostock. She was on a voyage from "Niestadt" to Rostock. |

## 18 May

List of shipwrecks: 18 May 1826 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Usk | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at the mouth of the Breede River, Africa. She was later refloated. |

## 19 May

List of shipwrecks: 19 May 1826 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Courier d'Haiti | France | The ship struck a rock at Cayenne and was wrecked. |

## 22 May

List of shipwrecks: 22 May 1826 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Philippine | France | The ship was wrecked at Senegal. |

## 24 May

List of shipwrecks: 24 May 1826 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Horatio | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Prince Edward Island, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America. |

## 26 May

List of shipwrecks: 26 May 1826 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Vine | United Kingdom | The ship struck the Crow Rock, in the Irish Sea off the coast of Pembrokeshire and sank. Her crew were rescued by Felicity ( United Kingdom). Vine was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Drogheda, County Louth. |

## 28 May

List of shipwrecks: 28 May 1826 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Busiris | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Cobbler's Rocks, Barbados, Her crew were rescued. |

## 29 May

List of shipwrecks: 29 May 1826 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bruce | Hamburg | The ship was wrecked on the Long Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Kent, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Brazil to Hamburg. |
| Dido | Netherlands | The ship was driven ashore on Goeree, Zeeland. She was on a voyage from Cette, Hérault, France to Rotterdam, South Holland. |
| General Brock | Jersey | The ship was run down and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (47°50′N 48°30′W﻿ / ﻿47.833°N 48.500°W﻿ / 47.833; -48.500) with the ultimate loss of fourteen of her eighteen crew. She was on a voyage from Jersey to Gaspé, Lower Canada, British North America. |
| Good Intent | United Kingdom | The smack struck a rock and foundered in the North Sea north of Bergen, Norway. Her crew were rescued. |
| Wilhelmina | Bremen | The ship was lost on the Cross Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bremen tt St. Thomas, Virgin Islands. |

## 30 May

List of shipwrecks: 30 May 1826 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Success | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on St. George's Bank and foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Portsmouth, Hampshire, to Port-au-Prince, Haiti. |

## 31 May

List of shipwrecks: 31 May 1826 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Marli | Grenada | The drogher was wrecked in Sautlens Bay. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in May 1826 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Agenora | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Dragor Reef. She was on a voyage from Pillau, Prussia to London. Agenora was later refloated and put into Copenhagen, Denmark for repairs. |
| Belle Julie | France | The whaler was lost in ice off Newfoundland, British North America with much loss of life. She was on a voyage from Granville, Manche to Newfoundland. |
| Caroline | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to Cork. Caroline was later taken in to Richibucto, New Brunswick, British North America. |
| Gurnet | New South Wales | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked north of Sydney with the loss of all four crewe. |
| Nathalie | France | The whaler was lost in ice off Newfoundland with much loss of life. She was on a voyage from Granville to Newfoundland |
| Storkedder | Denmark | The ship capsized in the North Sea before 25 May. She was towed in to Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom bottom up. |
| Stranger | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Dragor Reef. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Plymouth, Devon. She was later refloated and put into Helsingør, Denmark. |
| Sun | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked in the Torres Strait with the loss of 24 of the 36 people on board. |