List of shipwrecks in August 1826
# 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

List of shipwrecks: 1 August 1826 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Iris | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Polangin", Prussia. |
| Louisa | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Pacific Ocean. She was on a voyage from Mazatlán, Mexico to Valparaíso, Chile. |
| 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. |

## 5 August

List of shipwrecks: 5 August 1826 :

| Ship | Country | 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. |

## 6 August

List of shipwrecks: 6 August 1826 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Eliza | Antigua | The drogher was wrecked at Antigua. |
| Josephine | Jersey | The ship ran aground and sank at Jersey. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden to Jersey. |

## 7 August

List of shipwrecks: 7 August 1826 :

| Ship | Country | 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. |

## 8 August

List of shipwrecks: 8 August 1826 :

| Ship | Country | 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. |

## 10 August

List of shipwrecks: 10 August 1826 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Trelawney | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Jamaica for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |

## 12 August

List of shipwrecks: 12 August 1826 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| James | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in the Magdalen Islands, Lower Canada, British North America. Her crew were rescued. |

## 14 August

List of shipwrecks: 14 August 1826 :

| Ship | Country | 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". |
| Segar | United Kingdom | The ship was lost on Great Heneaga, Bahamas. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. |

## 15 August

List of shipwrecks: 15 August 1826 :

| Ship | Country | 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. |
| Bardsea | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Maryport, Cumberland. She was refloated the next day. |
| Kitty | United Kingdom | The ship sank at Harrington, Cumberland. |
| Lark | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Maryport. She was later refloated and taken in to Maryport. |
| Nancy | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Skinburness, Cumberland. |
| Philip | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Jamaica for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |

## 20 August

List of shipwrecks: 20 August 1826 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Hope | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Scharhörn. She was on a voyage from London to Hamburg. Hope was later refloated and taken in to Hamburg. |

## 22 August

List of shipwrecks: 22 August 1826 :

| Ship | Country | 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. |

## 24 August

List of shipwrecks: 24 August 1826 :

| Ship | Country | 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). |
| 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. |

## 25 August

List of shipwrecks: 25 August 1826 :

| Ship | Country | 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. |

## 26 August

List of shipwrecks: 26 August 1826 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Alert | United Kingdom | The ship struck the Briggs and sank. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Newry, County Antrim. Alert was refloated and taken in to Groomsport, County Antrim, where she was condemned. |
| Larkins | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Havana, Cuba for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |

## 27 August

List of shipwrecks: 27 August 1826 :

| Ship | Country | 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. |
| 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. |

## 28 August

List of shipwrecks: 28 August 1826 :

| Ship | Country | 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. |
| 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. |
| Progress | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore on Little Saltee, County Wexford. She was on a voyage from "Nipsiguit" to Dublin. |
| Woodburne | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked in Table Bay. Her crew were rescued. |

## 30 August

List of shipwrecks: 30 August 1826 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Archduke | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore crewless east of Dunbar, Lothian. |
| 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. |
| Toujours le Meme | France | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Senegal. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1826 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Arethusa | United Kingdom | The ship was lost in the Strait of Torres before 18 August. |
| 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). |
| Manilla | United Kingdom | The ship was lost in the Strait of Torres before 18 August. |
| 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. |
| Seagar | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Great Heneaga before 15 August. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. |
| Susannah | Tobago | The drogher was lost at Tobago in early August. |
