The list of shipwrecks in October 1826 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during October 1826.

1 October

List of shipwrecks: 1 October 1826
Ship Country Description
Eliza  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Franklin ( United Kingdom.[1]

2 October

List of shipwrecks: 2 October 1826
Ship Country Description
Alexander  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the St. Nicholas Sand, in the North Sea.[2]
Granicus  United Kingdom The ship capsized at Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America. She was righted the next day.[3]
Hope  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the coast of County Donegal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Vincent to Greenock, Renfrewshire.[4]
Oxford  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Sheldrake Island, New Brunswick, British North America.[5]

4 October

List of shipwrecks: 4 October 1826
Ship Country Description
Cora United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jersey The ship was wrecked on a reef off Barbadoes. She was on a voyage from Ceará, Brazil to Gibraltar.[6]
Cyrus  United Kingdom The ship was sighted on this date whilst on a voyage from Archangelsk, Russia to Hull, Yorkshire of London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[7]

7 October

List of shipwrecks: 7 October 1826
Ship Country Description
Waveney  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Belfast, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Galway.[8]

8 October

List of shipwrecks: 8 October 1826
Ship Country Description
Joseph and Jane  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Skagen, Denmark with the loss of two of her crew.[9] She was on a voyage from Dantzig to London.[10] Joseph & Jane later floated off and was taken in to Aalbeck, Denmark.[11][12]
Selina  United Kingdom The ship capsized and sank at Portaferry, County Down.[13]

9 October

List of shipwrecks: 9 October 1826
Ship Country Description
Catherine Toole  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on South Ronaldsay, Orkney Islands.[14]
Four Sisters  United Kingdom The ship capsized and sank off Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire.[13] She was later refloated and taken in to Milford Haven.[15]
Fowler  United Kingdom The ship departed from Riga, Russia. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[7]
Frau Anna Margaretta Duchy of Holstein The ship sprang a leak in the North Sea and was abandoned. She was on a voyage from Flensburg to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.[16]
Jane  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Bude, Cornwall. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cork to Neath, Glamorgan.[13]
Selina  United Kingdom The ship capsized and sank at Portaferry, County Down.[1]

11 October

List of shipwrecks: 11 October 1826
Ship Country Description
Favourite  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Liverpool, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Cork to Liverpool.[16] Favourite was refloated on 16 October and taken in to Liverpool.[17]

14 October

List of shipwrecks: 14 October 1826
Ship Country Description
Bertha  Russia The ship was driven ashore on Saaremaa. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde, France to Saint Petersburg.[18]
Charles  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Riga Bay. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Antwerp, Netherlands.[5]
General Elliot  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Riga Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Riga to London.[19]
Gref  Norway The brig was lost in the Vlie. Her crew were rescued.[5]

16 October

List of shipwrecks: 16 October 1826
Ship Country Description
Aurora  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Saaremaa, Russia. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Riga, Russia.[20]
Miriam & Jane  United Kingdom The ship capsized at Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America and was severely damaged.[3]

17 October

List of shipwrecks: 17 October 1826
Ship Country Description
Catherine  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in the Pentland Skerries, Orkney Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Riga, Russia.[10][9]
Waveney  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in Cushendon Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Galway.[21]

19 October

List of shipwrecks: 19 October 1826
Ship Country Description
Eliza  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Peterhead to Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire.[22]
Sarah and Mary  United Kingdom The ship was lost on the Mouse Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Boston, Lincolnshire to London.[23]

20 October

List of shipwrecks: 20 October 1826
Ship Country Description
Eliza  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the North Sea 60 nautical miles (110 km) east of Cromer, Norfolk with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Liverpool, Lancashire.[8][24]
Estafette  Prussia The ship was wrecked on the Lemon Sand, in the Thames Estuary. She was on a voyage from Memel to London, United Kingdom.[8]
Favourite  United Kingdom The ship foundered off Whitehaven, Cumberland. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[10]
Frederica Sophia  Sweden The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Portugal. Her crew were rescued.[25]
Mary  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. she was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to London.[26]

21 October

List of shipwrecks: 21 October 1826
Ship Country Description
Nicolai Russian Empire Grand Duchy of Finland The ship was driven ashore on the Fin Grundelsand, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Gamla Carleby to London, United Kingdom. Nicolai was later refloated and taken in to Öregrund, Sweden for repairs.[27]

22 October

List of shipwrecks: 22 October 1826
Ship Country Description
Britannia  United Kingdom The ship struck a rock and sank in St Helena Bay. She was on a voyage from London to Madeira and Bombay, India.[28]
Elmira  United States The ship was driven ashore at Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. She was on a voyage from Saint Vincent to Bath, Maine.[29]
Wilhelmina  Prussia The ship was driven ashore at Höganäs, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Memel. Wilhelmina was later refloated and put into Copenhagen, Denmark for repairs.[27]

24 October

List of shipwrecks: 24 October 1826
Ship Country Description
Mayflower  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Stotfield Skerries, in the North Sea off Nairn. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to Portsoy, Aberdeenshire.[12]

25 October

List of shipwrecks: 25 October 1826
Ship Country Description
Aid  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and damaged at "Hettross", Sweden. She was relfloated and put into Carlscrona for repairs.[30]
Eliza  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea off Montrose, Forfarshire. Her crew were rescued.[12]
Squirrel  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Stoney Binks, in the North Sea off the mouth of the Humber. She was consequently beached at Grimsby, Lincolnshire.[23]
Petit Henri  France The ship was wrecked on the Whale Rocs, off the Île de Ré, Charente Maritime. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to St. Jago de Cuba, Cuba.[30]
Talbot  United Kingdom The paddle steamer was driven ashore and damaged at Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dover, Kent to Boulogne.[31] Talbot was later refloated and taken in to Boulogne.[32]

26 October

List of shipwrecks: 26 October 1826
Ship Country Description
Mary Jane  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at St. Ann's Bay, Lower Canada, British North America. She was on a voyage from Demerara to Quebec City, Lower Canada.[29]
Rambler  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Lough Foyle. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Londonderry.[12]

27 October

List of shipwrecks: 27 October 1826
Ship Country Description
Alfred  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea. Her crew were rescued by a Sicilian vessel. She was on a voyage from Licata, Sicily to Belfast, County Antrim and the Clyde.[11]
Peggy  United Kingdom The ship foundered off Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America.[33]

28 October

List of shipwrecks: 28 October 1826
Ship Country Description
Alfred  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of Sardinia. Her crew were rescued by L'Aurora ( Sicilian Navy). She was on a voyage from Licata, Sicily to Belfast, County Antrim.[34][35]
Gezelschap  Netherlands The ship was lost off Rottumeroog, Groningen. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Amsterdam, North Holland.[18]

29 October

List of shipwrecks: 29 October 1826
Ship Country Description
Betsey  United Kingdom The trow was in collision with a sloop in the River Severn at Newnham, Gloucestershire and foundered. Her crew were rescued.[36]
Caroline  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Atin Shoals, off the coast of Brazil. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Maranhão.[37]
Jacobus  Norway The ship sprang a leak in the North Sea and foundered. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom, to Landvik.[38]

30 October

List of shipwrecks: 30 October 1826
Ship Country Description
Cherub  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Long Island, New York, United States. All on board, at least 68 people, were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to New York City.[39]
Fly  United Kingdom The sloop capsized in a squall off Bardsey Island, Pembrokeshire. Her three crew survived. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Fishguard, Pembrokeshire.[36]

31 October

List of shipwrecks: 31 October 1826
Ship Country Description
Dale  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Hoylake, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to Liverpool, Lancashire. Dale was refloated, but subsequently came ashore again at Liverpool.[5]
Four Brothers  United Kingdom The ship foundered off Padstow, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Portreath, Cornwall to Neath, Glamorgan.[5]
Hibernia  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Long Beach, New Jersey, United States. She was on a voyage from Dublin to New York, United States.[40]
Maid of the Mill  United Kingdom The sloop was abandoned in the Irish Sea off Lambay Island, County Dublin. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Dundalk, County Louth. Maid of the Mill was towed in to Dunmore East, County Waterford on 14 November.[3][20]
Unity  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on Saltholm, Denmark and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Bridgwater, Somerset to a Baltic port.[20]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in October 1826
Ship Country Description
Anna Sophia  Netherlands The ship foundered near Bergen, Norway. She was on a voyage from Bergen to Dordrecht, South Holland.[30]
Antoinette  Russia The ship was wrecked on Aspö, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany.[6]
Beresina  Russia The ship foundered off Cape Spartivento, Sardinia whilst on a voyage from Odessa to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany via Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. All on board survived.[41][42][43]
Catharine  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on "Western Cross Island". She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to St. Andrew, New Brunswick, British North America.[31]
Charles  France The ship was wrecked on Cape Breton in late October. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, to San Sebastián, Spain.[44]
Concordia  Netherlands The ship was wrecked on the Thistle Rocks, off the coast of Sweden in mid-October with the loss of all hands.[9] She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Antwerp.[6]
Eliza & Margaret  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Great Saltee, County Wexford. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Limerick.[31]
Greyhound  United States The ship was wrecked on the Dry Tortugas. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Mobile, Alabama to Bordeaux, Gironde, France.[27]
Hibernia  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of New Jersey, United States, in late October. She was on a voyage from Dublin to New York, United States.[45]
Mary  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Cromer, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London. Mary was refloated on 17 October and taken in to Blakeney, Norfolk.[46]
Mary and Ann  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the Theddlethorpe Knowl, in the North Sea off the coast of Lincolnshire.[47]
Prins Adolf  Netherlands The ship was wrecked on Vargö, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to a Baltic port.[30]
St. Nicholas  Netherlands The ship foundered near Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany. She was later refloated.[46]
Twee Gebroeders  Hamburg The ship foundered in the North Sea off Norden, Kingdom of Hanover. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure, France.[10]
William  United States The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean.[5]

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