The list of shipwrecks in January 1826 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during January 1826.
List of shipwrecks: 1 January 1826
Ship
State
Description
Carolina Frederica
Stettin
The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Lowestoft , Suffolk , United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from Stettin to London , United Kingdom. Carolina Frederica was later refloated.[ 1]
Fisher
United Kingdom
The sloop was wrecked near Peterhead , Aberdeenshire . She was on a voyage from Dunbar , Lothian , to Aberdeen .[ 2]
George
United Kingdom
The smack foundered in Loch Eriboll . Her five crew were rescued by Trader ( United Kingdom ). She was on a voyage from Ballina, County Mayo , to London .[ 3]
Haabet
Russia
The ship was wrecked on Mousa , Shetland Islands , United Kingdom , with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Riga to Toulon , Var , France.[ 4]
Ida Margaretta
Denmark
The ship was wrecked on the Double Headed Shot Key, in the Caribbean Sea . Her thirteen were rescued on 4 January by Elizabeth ( United Kingdom ). She was on a voyage from Havana , Cuba, to Hamburg .[ 5] [ 6]
Margaret & Jean
United Kingdom
The ship was beached at Lisbon , Portugal. She was on a voyage from Seville , Spain to London.[ 7]
Mary
United Kingdom
The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Irish Sea off Wicklow Head . Her crew were rescued.[ 8]
Mary Ann
United Kingdom
The sloop was wrecked on Skokholm , Pembrokeshire . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport , Monmouthshire , to Dublin .[ 9]
List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1826
Ship
State
Description
Bien Heureux
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Teignmouth, Devon , United Kingdom . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque , Nord to Brest , Finistère .[ 15]
Delight
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Bridlington , Yorkshire . She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Bridlington.[ 15]
Elizabeth and Ann
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at Harwich , Essex . She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham , to London .[ 16]
Experiment
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Annatto Bay , Jamaica. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick , British North America to Jamaica.[ 17]
Fame ,Highlander
United Kingdom
The ships were in collision in the Clyde and were beached. Fame was on a voyage from Greenock , Renfrewshire to Liverpool , Lancashire . She was later refloated and resumed her voyage. The paddle steamer Highlander was on a voyage from Tobermory, Mull to Greenock. She was later refloated and taken in to Greenock in a leaky condition.[ 15]
Hope
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Orford, Suffolk . Her crew were rescued.[ 8]
Oscar
Netherlands
The ship was driven ashore at "Bacares". She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires , Argentina to Málaga , Spain and Cette , Hérault , France.[ 11]
Susannah
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Carlingford, County Louth . She was on a voyage from London to Dundalk , County Louth .[ 18] She was later refloated and taken in to Warren Point , County Antrim .[ 19]
Swiftsure
United Kingdom
The schooner as wrecked on a reef off the Braco Group.[ 17]
List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1826
Ship
State
Description
Clarion
United Kingdom
The ship was run down and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Cod , Massachusetts , United States. Her crew were rescued.[ 20]
Hesper
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked near Narbonne , Aude , France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire , to Marseille , Bouches-du-Rhône , France.[ 4] [ 22]
Intrepid
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Skerries , County Dublin . She was on a voyage from Alexandria to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 18] [ 23]
Iris
Sweden
The ship was driven ashore at Perpignan , Pyrénées-Orientales , France.[ 13]
Perseverance
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Dunmore East , County Waterford . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport , Monmouthshire , to Glasgow , Renfrewshire .[ 18]
Providence
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Felskago Reef. Her crew were rescued.[ 24]
List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1826
Ship
State
Description
Aronta
Kingdom of Sardinia
The ship struck the mole and sank at Genoa . She was on a voyage from Senegal to Genoa.[ 22]
Elizabeth
United Kingdom
The ship sank at Kingstown, County Dublin . She was on a voyage from Cardiff , Glamorgan , to Dundalk , County Louth .[ 18] [ 23]
Fame
United Kingdom
The sloop was driven ashore at Dublin . She was on a voyage from Dublin to Drogheda , County Louth.[ 18] [ 23]
Letitia
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Dublin. She was on a voyage from Quebec City , Lower Canada , British North America , to Dublin.[ 18] [ 23] Letitia was refloated on 10 January and taken in to Dublin.[ 7]
Margaret and Mary
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked near Newry , County Antrim . she was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire , to Newry.[ 25]
Marian
United Kingdom
The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Dublin. She was on a voyage from Quebec City to Dublin.[ 18] [ 23] [ 26]
Marie Anne
Netherlands
The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands , Kent , United Kingdom and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Bordeaux , Gironde , France. Marie Anne was later refloated and taken in to Ramsgate in a waterlogged condition.[ 23]
Robinson Potter
United States
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean . All on board survived. She was on a voyage from Antwerp , Netherlands to Providence, Rhode Island .[ 27]
Sampson
United Kingdom
The collier , a brig , was driven ashore at Dublin.[ 18] [ 23]
List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1826
Ship
State
Description
Agnes
United Kingdom
The brig foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (48°29′N 10°19′W / 48.483°N 10.317°W / 48.483; -10.317 ). Her twelve crew were rescued by Frances ( United States ). She was on a voyage from St. Mary's, Nova Scotia , British North America , to Leith , Lothian .[ 22] [ 28] [ 29]
Catherine
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Mouse Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex with the loss of three of her crew. Two of the crew of Joseph ( United Kingdom ), which went to her assistance, were also lost. Catherine was on a voyage from Hull , Yorkshire , to London .[ 8] [ 26]
Elizabeth
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Shot Keys.[ 10]
Fisher
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked near Boddam, Aberdeenshire . She was on a voyage from Dunbar , Lothian , to Aberdeen .[ 18]
Hector
Kingdom of Hanover
The ship was driven ashore near Gravelines , Nord , France. She was on a voyage from Embden to Gibraltar .[ 23]
Oscar
Sweden
The ship was wrecked at Perpignan , Pyrénées-Orientales , France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires , Argentina to Cette , Hérault , France.[ 29]
List of shipwrecks: 12 January 1826
Ship
State
Description
Martha
United Kingdom
The ship departed from British Honduras for the Clyde . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 34]
List of shipwrecks: 15 January 1826
Ship
State
Description
Eliza
United Kingdom
The brig was wrecked on Sandy Cove Island , County Cork , with the loss of a crew member.[ 38]
Jane
United Kingdom
The ship was run down and sunk by Speke ( United Kingdom ) in the Atlantic Ocean 400 nautical miles (740 km) west of Penzance , Cornwall . Her crew were rescued. Jane was on a voyage from São Miguel , Azores , Portugal, to London .[ 4]
Liddell
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at "Carabournow", Russia . She was on a voyage from Odessa to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 39]
Hope
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Doumouzden", Ottoman Empire . She was on a voyage from Odessa to Bristol , Gloucestershire .[ 39]
List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1826
Ship
State
Description
Sinclair
Grenada
The drogher was wrecked in Grenville Bay.[ 13]
Two unidentified schooners
Unknown
Both on the Seven Stones Reef , Cornwall , one disappeared from view immediately and the second was lost with all hands.[ 40]
List of shipwrecks: 18 January 1826
Ship
State
Description
Havana Packet
Hamburg
The ship departed from Havana , Cuba for Hamburg. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 42]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in January 1826
Ship
State
Description
Anna
United Kingdom
The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from the Nicobar Islands to Rangoon , Burma . At least two of her crew survived.[ 56]
Aris
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Friesland , Netherlands .[ 13]
Bellisarius
Flag unknown
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Nova Scotia , British North America before 9 January.[ 57]
Blossom
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Wexford . She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon , to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 58]
Ceres
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Cape Wrath , Caithness . She was on a voyage from Drontheim , Norway to Dundalk , County Louth . Ceres was later refloated and repaired.[ 10]
Eliza and Jane
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the West Rocks, Harwich , Essex before 7 January. Her crew were rescued.[ 59]
Espoir
France
The ship was lost at Saint-Louis, Senegal before 3 January.[ 10]
Ida Margaretta
Hamburg
The ship was wrecked on the Double Headed Shot Keys before 4 January. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Havana , Cuba to Hamburg.[ 10]
Neptune
Spain
The ship was wrecked whilst on a voyage from Málaga to Matanzas , Mexico. Her crew survived.[ 60]
New Friendship
United Kingdom
The ship struck a reef and sank off Greenore Point , County Louth .[ 13]
Prince Coburg
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and damaged in the Orkney Islands . She was on a voyage from Kirkwall , Orkney Islands to Sligo . Prince Coburg was later refloated and taken in to Stromness .[ 61]
Providence
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked near Præstø , Denmark, in early January. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg , Russia , to Hull , Yorkshire .[ 62]
Sisters
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Trapani , Sicily before 3 January.[ 11] She was on a voyage from Trapani to Dublin . Sisters was refloated on 7 January and taken in to Trapani.[ 20]
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