The list of shipwrecks in August 1826 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during August 1826.
| August 1826 | ||||||
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| 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 |
| 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | Unknown date | ||
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| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Iris | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Polangin", Prussia. [1] | |
| Louisa | The ship foundered in the Pacific Ocean. She was on a voyage from Mazatlán, Mexico to Valparaíso, Chile. [2] | |
| Mère aux Huit Enfans | 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] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sceptre | The ship was lost in the Turks Islands. She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America to Jamaica. [4] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mariner | | 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] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Valiant | The ship was driven ashore at Whitby, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to Whitby. [6] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Trelawney | The ship departed from Jamaica for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [8] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| James | The ship was wrecked in the Magdalen Islands, Lower Canada, British North America. [9] Her crew were rescued. [10] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Jane | The ship ran run down and sunk off the Tuskar Rock. A crew member was rescued by the other vessel, the rest by Montezuma ( | |
| Segar | The ship was lost on Great Heneaga, Bahamas. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. [4] [12] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Arethusa | 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 | The ship was driven ashore near Maryport, Cumberland. She was refloated the next day. [14] | |
| Kitty | The ship sank at Harrington, Cumberland. [15] | |
| Lark | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Maryport. She was later refloated and taken in to Maryport. [15] | |
| Nancy | The ship was driven ashore at Skinburness, Cumberland. [14] | |
| Philip | The ship departed from Jamaica for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [8] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mary | The brig departed from Port-au-Prince, Haiti for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [8] [17] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Caroline | | The ship was discovered abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean ( 20°23′N80°00′W / 20.383°N 80.000°W ). [18] |
| Ceres | The ship was holed by an anchor and sank at Ramsgate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Ramsgate. [14] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cherub | 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] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alert | 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 | The ship departed from Havana, Cuba for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [8] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HMS Magpie | 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 | 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] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Isabella | 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 | 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 | The brig was driven ashore on Little Saltee, County Wexford. She was on a voyage from "Nipsiguit" to Dublin. [19] | |
| Woodburne | The schooner was wrecked in Table Bay. Her crew were rescued. [26] [27] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Archduke | The sloop was driven ashore crewless east of Dunbar, Lothian. [20] | |
| Myrtle | 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 | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Senegal. [29] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Arethusa | The ship was lost in the Strait of Torres before 18 August. [30] | |
| Fulgon | The full-rigged ship was driven ashore in the Boqueron Passage, Peru. She was refloated with assistance from HMS Blanche and HMS Cambridge (both | |
| Manilla | The ship was lost in the Strait of Torres before 18 August. [30] | |
| Newcastle | | The ship departed from Newcastle in late August. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all nine people on board. [32] |
| Seagar | The ship was driven ashore on Great Heneaga before 15 August. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. [33] | |
| Susannah | | The drogher was lost at Tobago in early August. [34] |