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

1 March

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List of shipwrecks: 1 March 1826
Ship State Description
Confiance en Dieu  France The ship was wrecked in the Adriatic Sea. She was on a voyage from Trieste, to Salonika, Greece.[1]
Duchess of York  United Kingdom The transport ship was wrecked on the north coast of Guadeloupe. All on board were rescued.[2]
Friends Endeavour  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked between Helford, Cornwall and The Manacles.[3]
Joseph  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex.[4] Her crew were rescued.[3]

2 March

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List of shipwrecks: 2 March 1826
Ship State Description
Betsey  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Brabander ( Netherlands).[5]
Joseph  United States The ship was wrecked on the English Bank, in the South Atlantic off the coast of Uruguay. She was on a voyage from Montevideo, Uruguay, to Rio Grande.[6]

3 March

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List of shipwrecks: 3 March 1826
Ship State Description
Charles United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The ship collided with Robert Fulton ( United Kingdom) and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Robert Fulton. Charles was on a voyage from Viana do Castelo, Portugal to Newfoundland.[7]

4 March

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List of shipwrecks: 4 March 1826
Ship State Description
Friendship  United Kingdom The schooner sprang a leak and was beached north of the mouth of the River Don, Aberdeenshire, where she was subsequently wrecked. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Aberdeen.[8]
Mary  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Beaumaris, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Dublin.[5]
Sophia  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the Mew. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Belfast, County Antrim.[9]

6 March

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List of shipwrecks: 6 March 1826
Ship State Description
Abby  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and damaged near Penmon Point, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Netherlands to Bangor. Abby was refloated the next day and taken in to Beaumaris, Anglesey.[9]
Brothers  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Moelfre, Anglesey. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Red Wharf Bay to Liverpool, Lancashire.[9]
Herman  Russia The ship was driven ashore near Seacombe, Cheshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Liepāja to Liverpool. Herman was refloated the next day and taken in to Liverpool.[9]
Jane  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the Foreness Rock, Margate, Kent and was damaged. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Margate.[9]
John and Susan  United Kingdom The schooner capsized and sank in the North Sea off Scarborough, Yorkshire with the loss of two of her crew.[10]
Lusitania  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Seacombe. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Sierra Leone. Lusitania was refloated the next day.[9]
Richard Pope  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in Dundrum Bay with the loss of four of her crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Sierra Leone.[11][12]

7 March

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List of shipwrecks: 7 March 1826
Ship State Description
Ann  United Kingdom The ship sank in the Thames Estuary between the Girdler Sand and the Pan Sand. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to London.[13]
Elizabeth  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at North Foreland, Kent. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to London. Elizabeth was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.[9]
Frances Mary  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean having been previously wrecked at sea with the loss of eleven of her crew. Six survivors were rescued by HMS Blonde ( Royal Navy).[14] Frances Mary was on a voyage from New Brunswick, British North America to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was later discovered by HMS Diamond ( Royal Navy), which put a skeleton crew on board and took her in to São Miguel Island, Azores, where she arrived on 5 August.[15]

9 March

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List of shipwrecks: 9 March 1826
Ship State Description
Jane  United Kingdom The ship collided with another vessel and foundered off Amlwch, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Amlwch to Chester, Cheshire.[2]
Jane  United Kingdom The ship was in collision with another vessel off Portsmouth, Hampshire and sank.[16]

10 March

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List of shipwrecks: 10 March 1826
Ship State Description
Amity  United Kingdom The ship ran aground and capsized at Ramsgate, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Cork.[2]

11 March

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List of shipwrecks: 11 March 1826
Ship State Description
Ida Dantzig The ship was wrecked on North Ronaldsay, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dantzig to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[17]
Henrietta Wilhelmina Dantzig The ship was wrecked on North Ronaldsay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dantzig to Liverpool.[17]
Neptunus Dantzig The ship was wrecked on North Ronaldsay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dantzig to Liverpool.[17]
Sociedad Feliz  Portugal The ship was wrecked at Oporto. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Oporto.[18]

12 March

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List of shipwrecks: 12 March 1826
Ship State Description
Flor de Beiria  Portugal The ship was driven ashore near Dartmouth, Devon, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Oporto. Flor de Beiria was refloated the next day.[14]
Perseverance  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at the Cape of Good Hope. All on board survived. She was on a voyage from London to Bengal, India.[19]
Violet  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Pittenweem, Fife. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Dublin.[14]

13 March

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List of shipwrecks: 13 March 1826
Ship State Description
Harmony  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Knysna, Africa. Her crew were rescued.[20]
Henrietta Wilhelmina Danzig The ship was wrecked on North Ronaldsay, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Danzig to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[21]
Ida Danzig The ship was wrecked on North Ronaldsay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Danzig to Liverpool.[21]
Neptunus Danzig The ship was wrecked on North Ronaldsay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Danzig to Liverpool.[21]
Tarquin  United States The whaler sprang a leak and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her eighteen crew survived. She was on a voyage from Japan to Nantucket, Massachusetts.[22]

15 March

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List of shipwrecks: 15 March 1826
Ship State Description
St. Giuseppe Kingdom of Sardinia The brig was wrecked near Mazagan, Morocco. Her crew were rescued.[22]

16 March

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List of shipwrecks: 16 March 1826
Ship State Description
Ann  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. Her crew were rescued by the North Shields Lifeboat. Ann was later taken in to North Shields, County Durham.[23]

18 March

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List of shipwrecks: 18 March 1826
Ship State Description
Grocer  United Kingdom The ship was in collision with another vessel and foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Selby, Yorkshire to London.[23]
Lucinda Elbing The ship was driven ashore at Pillau, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden to Pillau.[24]
Merope  United States The ship was wrecked between the River Plate and Río Negro. Her crew were rescued.[6]

20 March

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List of shipwrecks: 20 March 1826
Ship State Description
George  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Courier ( United Kingdom). George was on a voyage from Maranhão, Brazil to Liverpool, Lancashire.[25]

21 March

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List of shipwrecks: 21 March 1826
Ship State Description
Maria United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New South Wales The cutter was lost on this date.[26]
Nazheda  Imperial Russian Navy The transport ship ran aground and was wrecked in Sevastopol Bay with the loss of five lives.[27]
Union  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to London.[7]

23 March

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List of shipwrecks: 23 March 1826
Ship State Description
Benwell  United Kingdom The ship was struck by lightning and foundered in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Algeria. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Agrigento, Sicily.[28]
Elizabeth  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Læsø, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Memel, Prussia.[29]
Gebroeders Goelert  Netherlands The ship was wrecked on Læsø. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to a Baltic port.[30][29]
Mary & Susan  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Charleston, South Carolina, United States. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Hamburg.[31]
Sarah  United Kingdom The ship struck a rock and foundered in the Irish Sea off Newby, Cumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland, to Annan, Dumfriesshire.[32]
Union  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to London.[33]

24 March

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List of shipwrecks: 24 March 1826
Ship State Description
Brothers  United Kingdom The ship caught fire at Hull, Yorkshire and was scuttled.[7]
Erwarting  Prussia The ship was abandoned off Marstrand, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Memel to Drogheda, County Louth, United Kingdom.[34]

26 March

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List of shipwrecks: 26 March 1826
Ship State Description
Bem Cazados  Portugal The ship was wrecked at Margate, Kent, United Kingdom with the loss of three of her nine crew and a pilot. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands to A Coruña, Spain and Lisbon.[7]
Harleston  United Kingdom Harleston put into Mauritius in an unseaworthy state while returning to London from Timor. The surveyors at Mauritius condemned her and she was then sold for breaking up. Her cargo of 200 tons of oil was transferred to Minerva, Norris, master, for shipment to London.[35]
Sarah  United Kingdom The ship struck the Corton Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk and foundered. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London.[7]
Swift  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the Longships Lighthouse. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Neath, Glamorgan, to Bridport, Dorset.[32]

28 March

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List of shipwrecks: 28 March 1826
Ship State Description
Amelia  Russia The ship was driven ashore at Elwick, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Pärnu to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[30]
Endeavour  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and sank at Bergen, Norway.[36]
Mary  United States The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to Gothenburg, Sweden. Mary was later towed in to Marblehead, Massachusetts.[37]
Trusty  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Seaton Sluice, County Durham.[24]

29 March

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List of shipwrecks: 29 March 1826
Ship State Description
Albertina  Norway The ship was driven ashore in Widewall Bay, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Dram to Belfast, County Antrim, United Kingdom.[38]
Greyhound United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Tobago The schooner was lost at Tobago.[39]
Hercules  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Greenock, Renfrewshire. She was on a voyage from Greenock to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. Hercules was refloated on 1 April and towed in to Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire for repairs.[18]
Speculation Lübeck The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Baltic Port, Russia.[40]

30 March

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List of shipwrecks: 30 March 1826
Ship State Description
Galathea Flag unknown The ship foundered in the North Sea south of Bergen, Norway. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Aarhus, Denmark to Drontheim, Norway.[36]
Hebe  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Vlieland, Friesland, United Kingdom of the Netherlands with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from London to Hamburg.[29]
Lise  Netherlands The ship sprang a leak and sank off Ostend. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France.[18]
Macduff  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. Her crew were rescued by the North Shields Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Inverness to North Shields, County Durham.[18] Macduff was refloated on 3 April and taken in to North Shields.[30]
Trusty  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Hartley, Northumberland.[41]

31 March

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List of shipwrecks: 31 March 1826
Ship State Description
Friendship  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Thisted, Denmark with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from London to Dantzig.[40]
HMS Procris  Royal Navy The Cherokee-class brig-sloop ran aground and capsized at Harwich, Essex. She was refloated the next day.[18]
Vigilant  United States The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by John ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina to Hamburg.[42]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in March 1826
Ship State Description
Adams  United States The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean on or before 11 March. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, France.[39]
Camden  United Kingdom The sealer was wrecked on the coast of Patagonia, Argentina. Dove ( United Kingdom) rescued the crew.[43]
Cornelia  Netherlands The ship was lost on the coast of Calabria, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. She was on a voyage from Trieste to Antwerp.[18]
Despatch United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New South Wales The two-masted schooner was lost whilst on a voyage from Hobart, Van Diemen's Land to Maria Island.[44]
Maria Sweden The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Honfleur, Calvados, France in late March. She was on a voyage from Sundsvall to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France.[18]
Maria  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Sandy Island, Antigua with the loss of all on board. She was on a voyage from Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands to Barbadoes.[38]
Molligheten  Norway The ship was driven ashore north of Stavanger. She was on a voyage from Bergen to Rouen. Molligheten was later refloated and taken in to Stavanger.[38]
Neutral  United Kingdom The ship was lost off King's Lynn, Norfolk in early March. She was on a voyage from London to Wisbech, Cambridgeshire.[4]
Penelope  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean on or before 14 March.[39]
Susan  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean in early March. Her crew survived.[31]
Suzanne  France The ship was driven ashore at Calais. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Calais.[7] She was refloated the next day.[18]

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