The list of shipwrecks in July 1826 includes some ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during July 1826.
| July 1826 | ||||||
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| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
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| 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
| 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
| 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| 31 | Unknown date | |||||
| References | ||||||
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cicero | The whaler was lost in the Davis Strait. Her crew were rescued. [1] | |
| Venus | The ship was lost on the Alerts Reef, in the Torres Strait. All on board survived. She was on a voyage from Sydney, New South Wales to Singapore. [2] Security rescued the crew and passengers and delivered them to Batavia on 4 August. |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Holly Lutchmy | The ship was wrecked on Île Bourbon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Madras, India to Colombo, Ceylon, then Mauritius and London. [3] [4] | |
| Venus | The ship was run down and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Málaga, Spain by Fortroendt ( |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Amos | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Adeline ( | |
| John Gilpin | The ship was lost near the Hole-in-the-Wall. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, to Havana, Cuba. [8] | |
| Prince Regent | The ship was on her way from Bristol to Quebec when she lost her mainmast and sails. On 18 July she had to put into Plymouth. [9] While she was there she was found to be very leaky and had to discharge part of her cargo. [10] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Brothers | | The schooner was lost in White Bay. [12] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mariner | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Harriet ( |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Relief | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Belfast, County Antrim. [14] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bellgowen | The ship struck the Bondicar Rocks, in the North Sea off Amble, Northumberland and was wrecked. [15] | |
| Thetis | The ship struck rocks 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off Jersey, Channel Islands and foundered. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Jersey. [15] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Adventure | The sloop foundered in the Irish Sea 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off Westport, County Mayo with the loss of a crew member. [16] She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Coleraine, County Antrim. [17] | |
| Alexander | The ship was driven ashore at Dunbar, Lothian. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Inverness. [17] | |
| Friends | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Aberdeen. [18] | |
| George and Agnes | The ship capsized and sank off the Isle of Whithorn, Wigtownshire with the loss of all on board. [16] | |
| Patriot | The ship was driven ashore at Dunbar. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from North Shields, County Durham to Dundee, Forfarshire. [17] | |
| Salmon | The ship was discovered abandoned in the English Channel off South Foreland, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Saint-Valery-sur-Somme to Le Treport, Seine-Inférieure. Salmon was taken in to Ramsgate, Kent. [18] | |
| Speedwell | The sloop was wrecked at Westport with the loss of one life. [16] | |
| Thomas & Isabella | The ship was driven ashore at Dunbar. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from North Shields to Perth. [17] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ben Jonson | After the ship left Madras on 8 June 1826 she encountered several gales during which she had to throw some of her cargo overboard. She started making 2½ feet of water an hour in her hold and so put into Mauritius on 22 July to repair. Her remaining cargo was forwarded on Emulous. [19] | |
| Omega | The ship was driven ashore in the River Mersey. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was later refloated. [18] | |
| Union | The ship was driven ashore at Seacombe Ferry, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Boston, Massachusetts. She was later refloated. [18] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Calista | The ship was driven ashore at Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Jersey, Channel Islands. [15] Calista was refloated on 4 August and taken in to Wells-next-the-Sea. [20] | |
| John & Mary | The ship was wrecked on the Knowle Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London. [17] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Celia | The ship was driven ashore in the Straits of Banca. She was on a voyage from Manila, Spanish East Indies to Singapore and London. Celia was refloated with assistance from Orynthia ( |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| John and Mary | The ship was wrecked on the Knowle Sand, in the North Sea off Orfordness, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London. [24] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| East Indian | The transport ship was wrecked at Saugor, India with the loss of four of her crew. [25] She was on a voyage from Rangoon, Burma to Bengal, India. [26] | |
| Miriam & Jane | The ship capsized at Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America and was wrecked. [12] She was later reported as "to be repaired". [27] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Martha | The ship struck the Arklow Banks, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wicklow and sank. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Cardiff, Glamorgan. [20] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Balberook | | The sloop sprang a leak and foundered off Port Stephens in late July. All on board were rescued. [28] |
| David Shaw | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 3 July. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to London. [29] | |
| Lark | | The schooner was lost off Cap-des-Rosiers. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick to Quebec City, Lower Canada. [12] |
| Sally | | The schooner foundered off Waterhouse Island with the loss of thirteen lives. [30] |
| Victoire Agla | The ship was wrecked on the Domesness Reef, in the Baltic Sea before 7 July. [31] |