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The list of shipwrecks in August 1826 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during August 1826.

1 August

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List of shipwrecks: 1 August 1826
Ship State Description
Iris  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Polangin", Prussia.[1]
Louisa  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Pacific Ocean. She was on a voyage from Mazatlán, Mexico to Valparaíso, Chile.[2]
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.[3]

5 August

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List of shipwrecks: 5 August 1826
Ship State 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.[4]

6 August

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List of shipwrecks: 6 August 1826
Ship State Description
Eliza United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Antigua The drogher was wrecked at Antigua.[5]
Josephine United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jersey The ship ran aground and sank at Jersey. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden to Jersey.[6]

7 August

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List of shipwrecks: 7 August 1826
Ship State Description
Mariner United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 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.[7]

8 August

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List of shipwrecks: 8 August 1826
Ship State 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.[6]

10 August

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List of shipwrecks: 10 August 1826
Ship State Description
Trelawney  United Kingdom The ship departed from Jamaica for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[8]

12 August

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List of shipwrecks: 12 August 1826
Ship State Description
James  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in the Magdalen Islands, Lower Canada, British North America.[9] Her crew were rescued.[10]

14 August

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List of shipwrecks: 14 August 1826
Ship State 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".[11]
Segar  United Kingdom The ship was lost on Great Heneaga, Bahamas. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[4][12]

15 August

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List of shipwrecks: 15 August 1826
Ship State 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.[13]
Bardsea  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Maryport, Cumberland. She was refloated the next day.[14]
Kitty  United Kingdom The ship sank at Harrington, Cumberland.[15]
Lark  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Maryport. She was later refloated and taken in to Maryport.[15]
Nancy  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Skinburness, Cumberland.[14]
Philip  United Kingdom The ship departed from Jamaica for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[8]

20 August

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List of shipwrecks: 20 August 1826
Ship State Description
Hope  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Scharhörn. She was on a voyage from London to Hamburg.[14] Hope was later refloated and taken in to Hamburg.[16]

22 August

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List of shipwrecks: 22 August 1826
Ship State 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.[8][17]

24 August

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List of shipwrecks: 24 August 1826
Ship State Description
Caroline United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 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).[18]
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.[14]

25 August

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List of shipwrecks: 25 August 1826
Ship State 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.[19]

26 August

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List of shipwrecks: 26 August 1826
Ship State Description
Alert  United Kingdom 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  United Kingdom The ship departed from Havana, Cuba for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[8]

27 August

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List of shipwrecks: 27 August 1826
Ship State 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.[21][22]
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.[23]

28 August

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List of shipwrecks: 28 August 1826
Ship State 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.[24]
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.[25]
Progress  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore on Little Saltee, County Wexford. She was on a voyage from "Nipsiguit" to Dublin.[19]
Woodburne  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked in Table Bay. Her crew were rescued.[26][27]

30 August

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List of shipwrecks: 30 August 1826
Ship State Description
Archduke  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore crewless east of Dunbar, Lothian.[20]
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.[28]
Toujours le Meme  France The ship was wrecked on the coast of Senegal.[29]

Unknown date

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1826
Ship State Description
Arethusa  United Kingdom The ship was lost in the Strait of Torres before 18 August.[30]
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).[31]
Manilla  United Kingdom The ship was lost in the Strait of Torres before 18 August.[30]
Newcastle United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 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.[32]
Seagar  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Great Heneaga before 15 August. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[33]
Susannah United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Tobago The drogher was lost at Tobago in early August.[34]

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  6. ^ a b "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (6141). 11 August 1826.
  7. ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (6151). 15 September 1826.
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  12. ^ "From Lloyd's Marine List - Oct. 6". Caledonian Mercury. No. 16402. 8 October 1826.
  13. ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (6176). 12 December 1826.
  14. ^ a b c d "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (6145). 25 August 1826.
  15. ^ a b "Ship News". The Times. No. 13055. London. 25 August 1826. col F, p. 3.
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  20. ^ a b "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (6148). 5 September 1826.
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  32. ^ "(untitled)". The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser. 9 September 1826.
  33. ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (6155). 29 September 1826.
  34. ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (6158). 10 October 1826.

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