List of shipwrecks in August 1826

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

1 August

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List of shipwrecks: 1 August 1826
Ship State Description
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

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List of shipwrecks: 5 August 1826
Ship State Description
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

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List of shipwrecks: 6 August 1826
Ship State Description
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

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List of shipwrecks: 7 August 1826
Ship State Description
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

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List of shipwrecks: 8 August 1826
Ship State Description
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

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List of shipwrecks: 10 August 1826
Ship State Description
Trelawney   United Kingdom The ship departed from Jamaica for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[8]

12 August

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List of shipwrecks: 12 August 1826
Ship State Description
James   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in the Magdalen Islands, Lower Canada, British North America.[9] Her crew were rescued.[10]

14 August

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List of shipwrecks: 14 August 1826
Ship State Description
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

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List of shipwrecks: 15 August 1826
Ship State Description
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

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List of shipwrecks: 20 August 1826
Ship State Description
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

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List of shipwrecks: 22 August 1826
Ship State Description
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

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List of shipwrecks: 24 August 1826
Ship State Description
Caroline   Jamaica The ship was discovered abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (20°23′N 80°00′W / 20.383°N 80.000°W / 20.383; -80.000).[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

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List of shipwrecks: 25 August 1826
Ship State Description
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

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List of shipwrecks: 26 August 1826
Ship State Description
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

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List of shipwrecks: 27 August 1826
Ship State Description
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

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List of shipwrecks: 28 August 1826
Ship State Description
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

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List of shipwrecks: 30 August 1826
Ship State Description
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

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1826
Ship State Description
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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