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

1 July

List of shipwrecks: 1 July 1826
Ship State Description
Cicero  United Kingdom The whaler was lost in the Davis Strait. Her crew were rescued.[1]
Venus  United Kingdom The ship was lost on the Alerts Reef, in the Torres Strait. All on board survived. She was on a voyage from Sydney, New South Wales to Singapore.[2] Security rescued the crew and passengers and delivered them to Batavia on 4 August.

7 July

List of shipwrecks: 7 July 1826
Ship State Description
Holly Lutchmy  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Île Bourbon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Madras, India to Colombo, Ceylon, then Mauritius and London.[3][4]
Venus  France The ship was run down and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Málaga, Spain by Fortroendt ( Sweden). Her crew were rescued. Venus was on a voyage from Almería, Spain to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure.[5]

8 July

List of shipwrecks: 8 July 1826
Ship State Description
Amos  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Adeline ( United Kingdom). Amos was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America.[6][7]
John Gilpin  United States The ship was lost near the Hole-in-the-Wall. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, to Havana, Cuba.[8]
Prince Regent  United Kingdom The ship was on her way from Bristol to Quebec when she lost her mainmast and sails. On 18 July she had to put into Plymouth.[9] While she was there she was found to be very leaky and had to discharge part of her cargo.[10]

9 July

List of shipwrecks: 9 July 1826
Ship State Description
Maria Margarida  Denmark The ship foundered in Cascaes Bay. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Aalborg.[11]

14 July

List of shipwrecks: 14 July 1826
Ship State Description
Brothers United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The schooner was lost in White Bay.[12]

16 July

List of shipwrecks: 16 July 1826
Ship State Description
Mariner  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Harriet ( United Kingdom). Mariner was on a voyage from the Cape of Good Hope to London.[13]

18 July

List of shipwrecks: 18 July 1826
Ship State Description
Relief  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Belfast, County Antrim.[14]

20 July

List of shipwrecks: 20 July 1826
Ship State Description
Bellgowen  United Kingdom The ship struck the Bondicar Rocks, in the North Sea off Amble, Northumberland and was wrecked.[15]
Thetis  United Kingdom The ship struck rocks 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off Jersey, Channel Islands and foundered. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Jersey.[15]

21 July

List of shipwrecks: 21 July 1826
Ship State Description
Adventure  United Kingdom The sloop foundered in the Irish Sea 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off Westport, County Mayo with the loss of a crew member.[16] She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Coleraine, County Antrim.[17]
Alexander  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Dunbar, Lothian. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Inverness.[17]
Friends  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Aberdeen.[18]
George and Agnes  United Kingdom The ship capsized and sank off the Isle of Whithorn, Wigtownshire with the loss of all on board.[16]
Patriot  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Dunbar. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from North Shields, County Durham to Dundee, Forfarshire.[17]
Salmon  France The ship was discovered abandoned in the English Channel off South Foreland, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Saint-Valery-sur-Somme to Le Treport, Seine-Inférieure. Salmon was taken in to Ramsgate, Kent.[18]
Speedwell  United Kingdom The sloop was wrecked at Westport with the loss of one life.[16]
Thomas & Isabella  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Dunbar. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from North Shields to Perth.[17]

22 July

List of shipwrecks: 22 July 1826
Ship State Description
Ben Jonson  United Kingdom After the ship left Madras on 8 June 1826 she encountered several gales during which she had to throw some of her cargo overboard. She started making 2½ feet of water an hour in her hold and so put into Mauritius on 22 July to repair. Her remaining cargo was forwarded on Emulous.[19]
Omega  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the River Mersey. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was later refloated.[18]
Union  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Seacombe Ferry, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Boston, Massachusetts. She was later refloated.[18]

23 July

List of shipwrecks: 23 July 1826
Ship State Description
Calista  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Jersey, Channel Islands.[15] Calista was refloated on 4 August and taken in to Wells-next-the-Sea.[20]
John & Mary  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Knowle Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London.[17]

24 July

List of shipwrecks: 24 July 1826
Ship State Description
Celia  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Straits of Banca. She was on a voyage from Manila, Spanish East Indies to Singapore and London. Celia was refloated with assistance from Orynthia (United Kingdom of the Netherlands Netherlands East Indies) and put into Batavia, Netherlands East Indies for repairs.[21][22][23]

25 July

List of shipwrecks: 25 July 1826
Ship State Description
John and Mary  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Knowle Sand, in the North Sea off Orfordness, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London.[24]

26 July

List of shipwrecks: 26 July 1826
Ship State Description
East Indian  United Kingdom The transport ship was wrecked at Saugor, India with the loss of four of her crew.[25] She was on a voyage from Rangoon, Burma to Bengal, India.[26]
Miriam & Jane  United Kingdom The ship capsized at Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America and was wrecked.[12] She was later reported as "to be repaired".[27]

31 July

List of shipwrecks: 31 July 1826
Ship State Description
Martha  United Kingdom The ship struck the Arklow Banks, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wicklow and sank. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[20]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in July 1826
Ship State Description
Balberook United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New South Wales The sloop sprang a leak and foundered off Port Stephens in late July. All on board were rescued.[28]
David Shaw  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 3 July. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to London.[29]
Lark United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The schooner was lost off Cap-des-Rosiers. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick to Quebec City, Lower Canada.[12]
Sally United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New South Wales The schooner foundered off Waterhouse Island with the loss of thirteen lives.[30]
Victoire Agla  France The ship was wrecked on the Domesness Reef, in the Baltic Sea before 7 July.[31]

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