List of shipwrecks in August 1826
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The list of shipwrecks in August 1826 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during August 1826.
August 1826 | ||||||
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Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 |
28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | Unknown date | ||
References |
1 August[edit]
Ship | State | Description |
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Iris | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Polangin", Prussia.[1] |
Louisa | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Pacific Ocean. She was on a voyage from Mazatlán, Mexico to Valparaíso, Chile.[2] |
Mère aux Huit Enfans | France | The ship was wrecked on South Caicos. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cap-Haïtien, Haiti to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure.[3] |
5 August[edit]
Ship | State | Description |
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Sceptre | United Kingdom | The ship was lost in the Turks Islands. She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America to Jamaica.[4] |
6 August[edit]
Ship | State | Description |
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Eliza | Antigua | The drogher was wrecked at Antigua.[5] |
Josephine | Jersey | The ship ran aground and sank at Jersey. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden to Jersey.[6] |
7 August[edit]
Ship | State | Description |
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Mariner | British North America | The schooner was wrecked at St. Shotts, Nova Scotia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Manchester, Nova Scotia to Saint John, New Brunswick.[7] |
8 August[edit]
Ship | State | Description |
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Valiant | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Whitby, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to Whitby.[6] |
10 August[edit]
Ship | State | Description |
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Trelawney | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Jamaica for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[8] |
12 August[edit]
Ship | State | Description |
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James | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in the Magdalen Islands, Lower Canada, British North America.[9] Her crew were rescued.[10] |
14 August[edit]
Ship | State | Description |
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Jane | United Kingdom | The ship ran run down and sunk off the Tuskar Rock. A crew member was rescued by the other vessel, the rest by Montezuma ( United States). Jane was on a voyage from Swansea to "Festhard".[11] |
Segar | United Kingdom | The ship was lost on Great Heneaga, Bahamas. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[4][12] |
15 August[edit]
Ship | State | Description |
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Arethusa | United States | The ship was wrecked on the Rocks Cruz de Reyes with the loss of eleven of her crew. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[13] |
Bardsea | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Maryport, Cumberland. She was refloated the next day.[14] |
Kitty | United Kingdom | The ship sank at Harrington, Cumberland.[15] |
Lark | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Maryport. She was later refloated and taken in to Maryport.[15] |
Nancy | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Skinburness, Cumberland.[14] |
Philip | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Jamaica for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[8] |
20 August[edit]
Ship | State | Description |
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Hope | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Scharhörn. She was on a voyage from London to Hamburg.[14] Hope was later refloated and taken in to Hamburg.[16] |
22 August[edit]
Ship | State | Description |
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Mary | United Kingdom | The brig departed from Port-au-Prince, Haiti for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[8][17] |
24 August[edit]
Ship | State | Description |
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Caroline | Jamaica | The ship was discovered abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (20°23′N 80°00′W / 20.383°N 80.000°W).[18] |
Ceres | United Kingdom | The ship was holed by an anchor and sank at Ramsgate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Ramsgate.[14] |
25 August[edit]
Ship | State | Description |
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Cherub | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly. She was on a voyage from Penzance, Cornwall to St. Mary's. Cherub was later refloated and taken in to St. Mary's.[19] |
26 August[edit]
Ship | State | Description |
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Alert | United Kingdom | The ship struck the Briggs and sank. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Newry, County Antrim.[19] Alert was refloated and taken in to Groomsport, County Antrim, where she was condemned.[20] |
Larkins | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Havana, Cuba for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[8] |
27 August[edit]
Ship | State | Description |
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HMS Magpie | Royal Navy | The schooner capsized and sank in a squall 10 leagues (30 nautical miles (56 km)) west of "Murial", Cuba with the loss of all but two of her crew.[21][22] |
Mezen | Imperial Russian Navy | The transport ship ran aground on the Aspe-Gaden Reef, in the Baltic Sea. Her crew were rescued by a British vessel. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt to Reval.[23] |
28 August[edit]
Ship | State | Description |
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Isabella | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Florida Reef. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. Isabella was refloated the next day and put into Charleston, South Carolina, United States.[24] |
Mary | United Kingdom | The ship was discovered abandoned off the Lemon and Ore Sand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London. Mary was towed in to Cromer, Norfolk, where she arrived on 17 September.[25] |
Progress | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore on Little Saltee, County Wexford. She was on a voyage from "Nipsiguit" to Dublin.[19] |
Woodburne | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked in Table Bay. Her crew were rescued.[26][27] |
30 August[edit]
Ship | State | Description |
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Archduke | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore crewless east of Dunbar, Lothian.[20] |
Myrtle | United Kingdom | The ship capsized in a squall in the North Sea off Sunderland, County Durham with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to London.[28] |
Toujours le Meme | France | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Senegal.[29] |
Unknown date[edit]
Ship | State | Description |
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Arethusa | United Kingdom | The ship was lost in the Strait of Torres before 18 August.[30] |
Fulgon | France | The full-rigged ship was driven ashore in the Boqueron Passage, Peru. She was refloated with assistance from HMS Blanche and HMS Cambridge (both Royal Navy).[31] |
Manilla | United Kingdom | The ship was lost in the Strait of Torres before 18 August.[30] |
Newcastle | New South Wales | The ship departed from Newcastle in late August. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all nine people on board.[32] |
Seagar | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Great Heneaga before 15 August. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[33] |
Susannah | Tobago | The drogher was lost at Tobago in early August.[34] |
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- ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (6174). 5 December 1826.
- ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (6157). 6 October 1826.
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- ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (6154). 26 September 1826.
- ^ a b "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (6141). 11 August 1826.
- ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (6151). 15 September 1826.
- ^ a b c d "From Lloyd's Marine List - Dec. 22". Caledonian Mercury. No. 16435. 25 December 1826.
- ^ "Marine Intelligence". The Newcastle Courant etc. No. 7831. 11 November 1826.
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- ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (6143). 18 August 1826.
- ^ "From Lloyd's Marine List - Oct. 6". Caledonian Mercury. No. 16402. 8 October 1826.
- ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (6176). 12 December 1826.
- ^ a b c d "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (6145). 25 August 1826.
- ^ a b "Ship News". The Times. No. 13055. London. 25 August 1826. col F, p. 3.
- ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (6146). 29 August 1826.
- ^ "Naval Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc. No. 825. 16 March 1827.
- ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (6175). 8 December 1826.
- ^ a b c "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (6147). 1 September 1826.
- ^ a b "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (6148). 5 September 1826.
- ^ "Ship News". The Times. No. 13091. London. 14 October 1826. col E, p. 3.
- ^ "Loss of His Majesty's Schooner Magpie". The Morning Post. No. 17241. 16 October 1826.
- ^ Chernyshev, Alexander Alekseevich (2012). Погибли без боя. Катастрофы русских кораблей XVIII–XX вв [They died without a fight. Catastrophes of Russian ships of the XVIII-XX centuries] (in Russian). Veche.
- ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (6159). 13 October 1826.
- ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (6156). 3 October 1826.
- ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (6168). 14 November 1826.
- ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (6173). 1 December 1826.
- ^ "Ship News". The Morning Post. No. 17389. 11 September 1826.
- ^ "(untitled)". The Morning Post. No. 17491. 5 January 1827.
- ^ a b "Ship News". The Times. No. 13174. London. 12 January 1827. col E, p. 3.
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- ^ "(untitled)". The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser. 9 September 1826.
- ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (6155). 29 September 1826.
- ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (6158). 10 October 1826.