List of shipwrecks in 1836

The list of shipwrecks in 1836 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1836.

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References

January

Further information: List of shipwrecks in January 1836

February

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March

Further information: List of shipwrecks in March 1836

April

Further information: List of shipwrecks in April 1836

May

Further information: List of shipwrecks in May 1836

June

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July

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August

Further information: List of shipwrecks in August 1836

September

Further information: List of shipwrecks in September 1836

October

Further information: List of shipwrecks in October 1836

November

Further information: List of shipwrecks in November 1836

December

Further information: List of shipwrecks in December 1836

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in 1836

Ship	Country	Description
Actif	France	The ship was lost on a voyage from Pondicherry to Calcutta, India. Her crew were rescued. [1]
Agnes	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Demerara. [2]
Amalia	Kingdom of Sardinia	The ship was lost on the coast off Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. She was on a voyage from Genoa to Montevideo, Uruguay. [3]
Ann	United Kingdom	The ship was lost in the Persian Gulf before 25 February. Her crew were rescued. [4]
Astros	Unknown	The brig was lost in the vicinity of "Squan Beach," a term used at the time for the coast of New Jersey near Manasquan and sometimes for the 7-mile (11 km) stretch of coast between Manasquan Inlet and Cranberry Inlet or for the entire coast of New Jersey between Sea Girt and Barnegat Inlet. [5]
Avon	British North America	The sealer was lost before 16 April. [6]
Babe	British North America	The sealer was lost before 16 April. [6]
Camille	France	The ship was wrecked at the Cape of Good Hope. Her crew were rescued. [1]
Calypso	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked at Benin City, Dahomey. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Benin City to Liverpool, Lancashire. [7]
Carnation	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore in the Gulf of Finland. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London. She was later refloated and put into Helsingør, Denmark, where she arrived on 12 May. [8]
Charles Doggett	United States	The brig was wrecked on Rora Tonga, in the Society Islands. All on board were rescued. [9] [10]
Corinthian	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore in the Saint Lawrence River. [11]
Desiré	France	The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Goree, Zeeland, Netherlands to Senegal. Her crew were rescued. [12]
Falcon	United Kingdom	The whaler was wrecked on Ascension Island. Many of her crew were murdered by the local inhabitants. [13]
Fancy Jane	British North America	The sealer was lost before 16 April. [6]
Fanny	British North America	The sealer was lost before 16 April. [6]
Gordon	United Kingdom	The ship foundered off New Zealand. [14]
Gustave	France	The ship was lost at Tampico, Mexico. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Tampico. [15]
Henri	France	The ship was lost off the Chiloé Archipelago. [16]
Laure	France	The ship was lost near Pará, Brazil. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Valparaíso, Chile. [17]
Louisa	United States	The ship was lost in the Bahamas. She was on a voyage from New York to Jamaica. [18]
Mars	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on "Coney Island, near St. Laurence". [19]
Mary Ann	United Kingdom	The ship was lost at British Honduras. She was on a voyage from British Honduras to London. [20]
Notre Dame	France	The ship was lost in Bonavista Bay. [21] [22]
Phoenix	United Kingdom	The barque was wrecked on Car Nicobar. Her crew were rescued. [23]
Portaferry	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked at Malta. Her crew were rescued. [24]
Rothschild	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Savannah, Georgia, United States. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Savannah. She was later refloated and taken into Savannah for repairs. [25]
Royal William	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on "Barnaby Island". She was on a voyage from Newfoundland to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America. [19]
São Joao Baptiste	Brazil	The ship was lost near "Aricauti". She was on a voyage from Pernambuco to Maranhão. [26]
Sibylla	United States	The ship sank at Reedy Island, Delaware. She was refloated in November 1842 and taken into Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [27]
Tom Cod	British North America	The sealer was lost before 16 April. [6]
Voltaire	France	The ship was wrecked on Île Bourbon. Her crew were rescued. [1]
Walker	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Grenada to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America. [28]

References

1. "Ship News". The Times. No. 16301. London. 31 December 1836. col C, p. 4.
2. "Ship News". The Times. No. 16105. London. 17 May 1836. col A, p. 4.
3. "Ship News". The Times. No. 16055. London. 19 March 1836. col F, p. 6.
4. "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury. No. 17889. Edinburgh. 22 February 1836.
5. "njscuba.net "Lavallette Wreck"". Archived from the original on 2020-02-23. Retrieved 2020-03-01.
6. "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury. No. 1795. Edinburgh. 5 June 1836.
7. "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury. No. 18006. Edinburgh. 10 November 1836.
8. "Ship News". The Times. No. 16113. London. 26 May 1836. col E, p. 6.
9. "Ship News". The Times. No. 16272. London. 28 November 1836. col F, p. 6.
10. "Ship News". The Morning Post. No. 20584. London. 28 November 1836.
11. "Ship News". The Standard. No. 2971. London. 11 November 1836.
12. "Ship News". The Times. No. 16059. London. 24 March 1836. col F, p. 1.
13. "Ship News". The Australian. Sydney. 14 February 1837. p. 2.
14. "News of the day". The Sydney Monitor. Sydney. 7 September 1836. p. 2.
15. "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury. No. 17983. Edinburgh. 17 September 1836.
16. "Ship News". The Standard. No. 2817. London. 20 May 1836.
17. "Ship News". The Times. No. 16326. London. 30 January 1837. col E, p. 7.
18. "Ship News". The Times. No. 16275. London. 1 December 1836. col E-F, p. 1.
19. "Ship News". The Standard. No. 2987. London. 5 December 1836.
20. "Ship News". The Times. No. 16308. London. 9 January 1837. col C, p. 1.
21. "Ship News". The Times. No. 16283. London. 10 December 1836. col D, p. 2.
22. "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury. No. 18020. Edinburgh. 12 December 1836.
23. "Ship News". The Sydney Herald. Sydney. 25 May 1837. p. 2.
24. "Ship News". The Times. No. 16277. London. 3 December 1836. col E-F, p. 3.
25. "Ship News". The Standard. No. 3015. London. 6 January 1837.
26. "Ship News". The Times. No. 16267. London. 22 November 1836. col B, p. 6.
27. "Ship News". The Times. No. 18162. London. 9 December 1842. col B, p. 3.
28. "Ship News". The Times. No. 16188. London. 22 August 1836. col D, p. 4.