List of shipwrecks in August 1836

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

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1 August

List of shipwrecks: 1 August 1836
ShipCountryDescription
ActiveCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked at Somosomo,in the Fiji Islands. Her crew survived, but some of them were murdered by the local inhabitants. [1] [2]
Richard BartleyCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Licata Sicily to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. [3] [4]
Suzanna Flag Portugal sea (1830).svg Macao The barque was wrecked at "Nan-con", China with the loss of eleven of her crew. She was on a voyage from Bombay, India to Macao. [5]
Vrow Margaretha Merchant Ensign of Holstein-Gottorp (Lions sinister).svg Duchy of Holstein The ship was driven ashore on Neuwerk. She was on a voyage from Flensburg to King's Lynn, Norfolk. [6]

2 August

List of shipwrecks: 2 August 1836
ShipCountryDescription
PerseveranceCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Donaghadee, County Down. She was on a voyage from Westport, County Mayo to Liverpool, Lancashire. [7]

3 August

List of shipwrecks: 3 August 1836
ShipCountryDescription
CrownCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by Voyager (Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom ). Crown was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to London. [8]
JaneCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, where she was wrecked. [9]

4 August

List of shipwrecks: 4 August 1836
ShipCountryDescription
CatoCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was run down and sunk in the River Mersey by William Huskisson (Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom ). She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Plymouth, Devon. [7]
ClydeCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Indian Ocean off Rodrigues. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Batavia, Netherlands East Indies to London. [10]

5 August

List of shipwrecks: 5 August 1836
ShipCountryDescription
DespatchCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The sloop departed from Kirkwall, Orkney Islands for Montrose, Forfarshire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [11]
Francis RussellCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the North Head, in the Bay of Bulls. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Grenada to Newfoundland, British North America. [12] [13]
Jeune HenriFlag of France.svg  France The ship was driven ashore at Berry Head, Devon, United Kingdom and was damaged. She was refloated and taken in to Brixham, Devon. [9]
HMS Raleigh Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy The Cruizer-class brig-sloop capsized 150 nautical miles (280 km) off Formosa ( 21°18′N118°28′E / 21.300°N 118.467°E / 21.300; 118.467 ) in a hurricane. [14]

6 August

List of shipwrecks: 6 August 1836
ShipCountryDescription
MaryCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Cape St. George, Newfoundland. She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Richibucto, New Brunswick. [15]
RateauFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium The ship was driven ashore at Ostend, West Flanders. [16]

7 August

List of shipwrecks: 7 August 1836
ShipCountryDescription
Dorothy FosterCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Pichell's Reef, off the coast of the Florida Territory. Her crew were rescued. [17] She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. [18]
Heinrichflag unknownThe ship was wrecked on "Wulff Island, Russia. [8]
New Zealander Flag of the United Kingdom.svg New South Wales The schooner was wrecked near "Nukutorua", Table Cape, Van Diemen's Land. Her crew survived. [19] [20]

9 August

List of shipwrecks: 9 August 1836
ShipCountryDescription
HindooCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in Regidopore Bay, India with the loss of two of her crew. [21] She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Bombay, India. [22]
Odin Svensk flagg 1815.svg Sweden The steamship was driven ashore at Thisted, Denmark. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Gothenburg. [23] [24]
Two Friends Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Jersey The ship was wrecked on the Grand Key. [25]

10 August

List of shipwrecks: 10 August 1836
ShipCountryDescription
Camden Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was lost in the Madura Strait. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sydney, New South Wales to Soarabaga, Netherlands East Indies. [26] [27] [28]
Elizabeth StarbuckFlag of the United States (1822-1836).svg  United States The ship capsized off Knuckle Point, in the Bay of Islands, New Zealand with the loss of all hands. [29]

12 August

List of shipwrecks: 12 August 1836
ShipCountryDescription
TigerCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Astorva Island in the Seychelles while sailing from Bombay to Liverpool. Her captain committed suicide on 16 August. Twelve crew sailed for Mahé, Seychelles on 18 September in the ship's longboat. Emma (Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom ) rescued the remaining thirteen passengers and crew on 14 October and took them to Mahé, arriving there on 1 November. [30]

13 August

List of shipwrecks: 13 August 1836
ShipCountryDescription
HannibalCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The brig was capsized by a tornado and sank the Dardanelles with the loss of six of her eight crew. [11] She was later refloated. [31] [32]
MinervaCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked off the Dardanelles. Her crew were rescued. [31]

15 August

List of shipwrecks: 15 August 1836
ShipCountryDescription
IntegrityCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Florida Reef. She was on a voyage from Campeachy, Mexico to Liverpool, Lancashire. [33] Integrity was later refloated and taken in to Key West, Florida Territory, where she was condemned. [34]

16 August

List of shipwrecks: 16 August 1836
ShipCountryDescription
BrunswickCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Breaksea Point, Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bideford, Devon to Barry, Glamorgan. [35]
Santa MariaFlag of Empire of Brazil (1822-1870).svg  Brazil The ship was wrecked on Marajó. She was on a voyage from Pará to "Mexiana Island". [36]
VictorineCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Mayuqua Reef. [17] [37]

17 August

List of shipwrecks: 17 August 1836
ShipCountryDescription
SistersCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The brig caught fire and sank in the Mediterranean Sea off Gorgona, Grand Duchy of Tuscany. Her crew were rescued by an Austrian vessel. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany. [38] [39]

18 August

List of shipwrecks: 18 August 1836
ShipCountryDescription
L'OstendaiseFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium The schooner foundered in the Bristol Channel off Lundy Island, Devon, United Kingdom. Her six crew survived. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Ostend, West Flanders. [40]
MargaretCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at "Hornbeck", Denmark. She was on a voyage from Dantsic to London. [41] Margaret was later refloated and taken in to Helsingør, Denmark. [42]
OkelinaAdmiralty flag of Hamburg.svg  Hamburg The ship was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Malvina (Admiralty flag of Hamburg.svg  Hamburg). Malvina was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to London. [38]

19 August

List of shipwrecks: 19 August 1836
ShipCountryDescription
WarsawCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Eynhallow, Orkney Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Archangelsk, Russia to Gloucester. [43]

20 August

List of shipwrecks: 20 August 1836
ShipCountryDescription
HibbertCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship collided with Victoria and sank in the River Usk. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Cork. Hibbert was later refloated. [44]
WindsorCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in the Gasper Channel. Her crew were rescued. [45]

23 August

List of shipwrecks: 23 August 1836
ShipCountryDescription
NiordFlag of Norway.svg  Norway The ship struck rocks and was damaged whilst on a voyage from La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, France to Drontheim. She put into "Indrevar" in a sinking condition. [46]

24 August

List of shipwrecks: 24 August 1836
ShipCountryDescription
AlexandreFlag of France.svg  France The ship was lost in the Strait of Malacca. Her crew were rescued. [47]
Ann and ElizabethCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea off the Sunk Lightship ( Trinity House Ensign (pre-1937).svg Trinity House). Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, France to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. [41] [48]

25 August

List of shipwrecks: 25 August 1836
ShipCountryDescription
LaganCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at the mouth of the Dwina. She was on a voyage from London to Archangelsk, Russia. [49]
Respected FriendsCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Irish Sea 25 nautical miles (46 km) off St. Ann's Head, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire to Dover, Kent. [42]

26 August

List of shipwrecks: 26 August 1836
ShipCountryDescription
AlliesCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Salus (Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom ). Allies was on a voyage from Drogheda, County Louth to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America. [18]
CatharineCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Ringkøbing, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides to Saint Petersburg, Russia. [42] [50] [38] [51]
LouisaFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium The ship was wrecked on the Breakwater Bank, in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Ostend, West Flanders. [52] [38]

27 August

List of shipwrecks: 27 August 1836
ShipCountryDescription
CeresCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Brazil Bank, in Liverpool Bay. Her crew were rescued by lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Littlehampton, Sussex to Runcorn, Cheshire. [53]
Respected FriendsCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Irish Sea off St. Ann's Head, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued by Henry (Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom ). Respected Friends was on a voyage from Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire to Dover, Kent. [38]

29 August

List of shipwrecks: 29 August 1836
ShipCountryDescription
Ceres Flag of the United Kingdom.svg New South Wales The paddle steamer struck the Bullee Nogglen Rock and consequently foundered. All on board survived. She was on a voyage from Newcastle to Sydney. [54] [55]

30 August

List of shipwrecks: 30 August 1836
ShipCountryDescription
DianaCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Peterhead, Aberdeenshire with the loss of one life. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to Peterhead. [13]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in August 1836
ShipCountryDescription
AlexanderFlag of France.svg  France The ship was wrecked at Coringa, India before 18 August. Her crew survived. [45]
ArdentCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Anticosti Island, Lower Canada, British North America. [56]
MarsCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Duncansby Head, Caithness. She was on a voyage from Dalhousie, New Brunswick, British North America to South Shields, County Durham. Mars was later refloated and taken in tow, but was subsequently cut adrift and came ashore near Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire where she was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. [49]
Sir WatkinCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the coast of Senegal before 8 August. Her fifteen crew were rescued by La Dordogne (Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg  French Navy). [50]
William TorrCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The whaler foundered in the Atlantic Ocean before 17 August. [57]

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  2. ↑ "Ship News". The Sydney Herald. 9 January 1836.
  3. ↑ "Ship News". The Times. No. 16173. London. 4 August 1836. col F, p. 3.
  4. ↑ "Shipping Intelligence". The Hull Packet. No. 2699. Hull. 11 August 1836.
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  6. ↑ "Ship News". The Times. No. 16176. London. 8 August 1836. col C, p. 3.
  7. 1 2 "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury. No. 17968. Edinburgh. 13 August 1836.
  8. 1 2 "Shipping Intelligence". The Hull Packet. No. 2701. Hull. 26 August 1836.
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  11. 1 2 "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury. No. 17984. Edinburgh. 19 September 1836.
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