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

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2 May

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List of shipwrecks: 2 May 1834
Ship State Description
Burlington United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jamaica The sloop was wrecked on Rodney Hall Beach, Jamaica.[1]
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.[2]

5 May

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List of shipwrecks: 5 May 1834
Ship State Description
Libava  Imperial Russian Navy The transport ship was wrecked off Vormsi.[3]

7 May

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List of shipwrecks: 7 May 1834
Ship State Description
Diadem  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked on Cape Gaspé, Lower Canada, British North America.[4]
Edward  United Kingdom The brig was sunk by ice at "Port Nova". Her crew were rescued.[5][6]
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.[5][7][8]
Jane  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on St. Paul Island.[5][7]
Moon  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on St. Paul Island. Her crew were rescued.[5][7]
Patriot  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on St. Paul Island.[7]
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.[9][5]

8 May

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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.[9][5][10][11]
Demetrius Ottoman Empire Egypt The ship was destroyed by fire at Trieste.[12]
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.[13]

9 May

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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.[14]

10 May

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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.[15]
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.[5][8]
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.[5][6]
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.[9]
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 (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America). Proselyte was on a voyage from Limerick to Quebec City.[4][16]

13 May

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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.[17]

14 May

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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.[18]
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).[16]

17 May

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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.[6]
Two Brothers  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Rattray Head, Aberdeenshire. She was on a voyage from East Wemyss, Fife to Peterhead, Aberdeenshire.[12]

20 May

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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.[8]

22 May

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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.[19]

23 May

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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.[20][21]
Charlotte Sophia Russian Empire 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.[9][22]

24 May

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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.[23]

25 May

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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.[24][25]

26 May

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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.[26]

30 May

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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.[17]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in May 1834
Ship State Description
Abeona  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean before 19 May.[18]
Adelaide United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 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.[18][27]
Fanny  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in Torbay. Her crew were rescued.[24]
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.[28][29]
Jane  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on St. Paul Island, Nova Scotia, British North America before 13 May.[13]
John Atkins  United Kingdom The ship was lost near "Port Nova". She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Richibucto, New Brunswick.[8]
Sally  United Kingdom The ship struck a rock and sank at Jersey, Channel Islands.[22]
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.[19]
Thalia  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Chittagong, India before 21 May.[30]

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