# List of shipwrecks in May 1827

The list of shipwrecks in May 1827 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during May 1827.

## 1 May

List of shipwrecks: 1 May 1827 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Wakefield | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Point-Peters, Gaspé Bay. |
| Whitby | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Point-Peters. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America. |

## 2 May

List of shipwrecks: 2 May 1827 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Belzoni | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Prince Edward Island, British North America. |
| George Clinton | United States | The ship ran aground in the North East Passage, Belize. |
| Stockton | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Prince Edward Island. |

## 3 May

List of shipwrecks: 3 May 1827 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Margaret and Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Prince Edward Island, British North America with the loss of all hands. |
| Pilot | Grenada | The sloop was wrecked at Bacolet, Grenada. |

## 4 May

List of shipwrecks: 4 May 1827 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Agnes | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore at Llanmadoc, Glamorgan. Her crew survived. |

## 5 May

List of shipwrecks: 5 May 1827 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Harriet | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Basque Island, Lower Canada, British North America. |

## 7 May

List of shipwrecks: 7 May 1827 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Annanziata | Kingdom of the Two Sicilies | The ship was wrecked on Lipari. She was on a voyage from Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany to Palermo. |

## 8 May

List of shipwrecks: 8 May 1827 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Watson | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Nymindegab, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. |

## 14 May

List of shipwrecks: 14 May 1827 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Universe | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on a reef off Dragør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to Hull, Yorkshire. |

## 15 May

List of shipwrecks: 15 May 1827 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| George | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. |
| Roberts | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Sunderland, County Durham. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Peterhead, Aberdeenshire to Sunderland. |

## 17 May

List of shipwrecks: 17 May 1827 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Commerce | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Spanish Battery Rocks, North Shields, County Durham. |
| Dankbarkeit | Danzig | The ship was wrecked on Barra, Outer Hebrides, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Danzig to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. |
| Unity | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at North Shields. |

## 18 May

List of shipwrecks: 18 May 1827 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Tees | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk and sank. |

## 23 May

List of shipwrecks: 23 May 1827 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Sybilla | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Oban, Argyllshire. |

## 26 May

List of shipwrecks: 26 May 1827 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alfe | Hamburg | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Helsingborg, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Saint Petersburg, Russia. |
| Cumberland | United Kingdom | The merchant ship departed Hobart, Van Diemen's Land, bound for London and was never heard from again. In 1828, Lloyd's List and newspapers in Van Diemen's Land reported that pirates destroyed her during her voyage and murdered her crew and passengers. |

## 27 May

List of shipwrecks: 27 May 1827 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hercules | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on a reef off Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Gothemburg, Sweden to London. Hercules was refloated on 30 May and taken into Aalborg, Denmark for repairs. |
| Melville Watson | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Chale, Isle of Wight. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. |

## 29 May

List of shipwrecks: 29 May 1827 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Minerva | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Drogheda, County Louth and was abandoned by her crew. She was refloated on 10 June and taken in to Dundalk, County Louth. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in May 1827 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Atlantio | Spain | The brig foundered 14 leagues (42 nautical miles (78 km)) off the coast of New York, United States. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Matanzas. |
| Carolina | United States | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Long Island, New York in early May. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim, United Kingdom to New York City. |