The list of shipwrecks in August 1826 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during August 1826.
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] |
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] |
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] |
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] |
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] |
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] |
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] |
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] |
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] |
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] |
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] |
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] |
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] |
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] |
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] |
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] |