List of shipwrecks in October 1826
# List of shipwrecks in October 1826

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. |

## 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. |
| Granicus | United Kingdom | The ship capsized at Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America. She was righted the next day. |
| 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. |
| Oxford | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Sheldrake Island, New Brunswick, British North America. |

## 4 October

List of shipwrecks: 4 October 1826 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Cora | Jersey | The ship was wrecked on a reef off Barbadoes. She was on a voyage from Ceará, Brazil to Gibraltar. |
| 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 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 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. She was on a voyage from Dantzig to London. Joseph & Jane later floated off and was taken in to Aalbeck, Denmark. |
| Selina | United Kingdom | The ship capsized and sank at Portaferry, County Down. |

## 9 October

List of shipwrecks: 9 October 1826 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Catherine Toole | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on South Ronaldsay, Orkney Islands. |
| Four Sisters | United Kingdom | The ship capsized and sank off Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. She was later refloated and taken in to Milford Haven. |
| Fowler | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Riga, Russia. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Selina | United Kingdom | The ship capsized and sank at Portaferry, County Down. |

## 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. Favourite was refloated on 16 October and taken in to Liverpool. |

## 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. |
| Charles | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Riga Bay. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Antwerp, Netherlands. |
| 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. |
| Gref | Norway | The brig was lost in the Vlie. Her crew were rescued. |

## 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. |
| Miriam & Jane | United Kingdom | The ship capsized at Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America and was severely damaged. |

## 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. |
| Waveney | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in Cushendon Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Galway. |

## 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. |
| 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. |

## 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. |
| 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. |
| Favourite | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off Whitehaven, Cumberland. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven to Cardiff, Glamorgan. |
| Frederica Sophia | Sweden | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Portugal. Her crew were rescued. |
| 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. |

## 21 October

List of shipwrecks: 21 October 1826 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Nicolai | 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. |

## 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. |
| Elmira | United States | The ship was driven ashore at Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. She was on a voyage from Saint Vincent to Bath, Maine. |
| 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. |

## 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. |

## 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. |
| Eliza | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Montrose, Forfarshire. Her crew were rescued. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. Talbot was later refloated and taken in to Boulogne. |

## 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. |
| 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. |

## 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. |
| 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. |

## 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. |
| Gezelschap | Netherlands | The ship was lost off Rottumeroog, Groningen. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Amsterdam, North Holland. |

## 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. |
| 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. |
| Jacobus | Norway | The ship sprang a leak in the North Sea and foundered. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom, to Landvik. |

## 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. |
| 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. |

## 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |

## 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. |
| Antoinette | Russia | The ship was wrecked on Aspö, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Concordia | Netherlands | The ship was wrecked on the Thistle Rocks, off the coast of Sweden in mid-October with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Antwerp. |
| Eliza & Margaret | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Great Saltee, County Wexford. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Limerick. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Mary and Ann | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on the Theddlethorpe Knowl, in the North Sea off the coast of Lincolnshire. |
| Prins Adolf | Netherlands | The ship was wrecked on Vargö, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to a Baltic port. |
| St. Nicholas | Netherlands | The ship foundered near Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany. She was later refloated. |
| 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. |
| William | United States | The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. |
