List of shipwrecks in December 1826

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

1 December

List of shipwrecks: 1 December 1826
Ship State Description
Bartley  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Sheephaven Bay. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Londonderry.[1]
Blucher  United Kingdom The ship struck the Rear Sand, in the English Channel and was consequently beached at New Romney, Kent. She later floated off and attempted to put into Folkestone, Kent, where she lost her bowsprit against the pier. Blucher was later beached at Dover, Kent.[2]
John  United Kingdom The sloop was run down and sunk in the River Humber near Faxfleet, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Wakefield, Yorkshire.[3]
Medeas  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in the Pentland Firth. She was on a voyage from Oulu. Grand Duchy of Finland to Liverpool, Lancashire.[4][1]
Superior  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at North Somercotes, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Boston, Lincolnshire to Hull, Yorkshire.[2]
Unicorn  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked north of Slyne Head, County Galway with the loss of all hands.[4]

2 December

List of shipwrecks: 2 December 1826
Ship State Description
Bolivar  United States The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[5][6] She was on a voyage from New York to Liverpool.[2] Bolivar was refloated on 16 December and taken in to Liverpool.[7]
Castle  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Little Ross Sandbank with the loss of two lives. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Harrington, Cumberland.[2]
Grand Turk  United States The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Liverpool.[5][6] She was on a voyage from Virginia to Liverpool.[2] Grand Turk was refloated on 19 December and taken in to Liverpool.[8]
Harrys  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Beaumaris, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Bangor, Caernarfonshire to Belfast, County Antrim.[9] She was refloated on 5 December and taken in to Beaumaris.[4]
Limerick Packet  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea 10 leagues (30 nautical miles (56 km) east north east of Orfordness, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Netherlands to London.[4][10]
Liverpool  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Great Orme Head, Caernarfonshire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Dundee, Forfarshire.[10]
Lord Dupplin  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Dunbar Sand, off Padstow, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to London.[2][9][11]
Philomel  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel off Ilfracombe, Devon with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Dartmouth, Devon.[5]
Spring Hill  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Holyhead, Anglesey. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to the Clyde.[5][12] Spring Hill was refloated on 29 December and taken in to Holyhead.[13]
Storey  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked off Whitby, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Whitby.[10]

3 December

List of shipwrecks: 3 December 1826
Ship State Description
Maria Elizabeth  Netherlands The ship was driven ashore at Pembrey, Carmarthenshire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France to Antwerp[11] Maria Elizabeth later floated off and sank.[4]
Nimrod  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Hoylake, Lancashire. Her crew were rescued by the Hoylake Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Penang to Liverpool, Lancashire.[5][14] Nimrod was refloated on 14 December and taken in to Liverpool.[7]
Princess Charlotte  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Cooden, Sussex where she was destroyed by fire. She was on a voyage from London to Jamaica.[15][1]
St. Patrick  United Kingdom The steamship was severely damaged by fire in the Brunswick Dock, Liverpool, Lancashire.[10]

4 December

List of shipwrecks: 4 December 1826
Ship State Description
Mountaineer  United Kingdom The ship was damaged on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off South Shields, County Durham. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to Sunderland, County Durham.[16] Mountaineer was refloated on 7 December and taken in to North Shields.[17]
Philomel  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Ilfracombe, Devon with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Dartmouth, Devon.[2]
William  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the English Channel off Start Point, Devon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall to Southampton, Hampshire.[18]
William and Mary  United Kingdom The ship was run down and sunk in the English Channel off South Foreland, Kent by Factor ( United States). Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex.[16]

5 December

List of shipwrecks: 5 December 1826
Ship State Description
Abeona  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in the Gut of Canso. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to London.[19]
Diana  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Dunkerque, Nord, France. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Bordeaux, Gironde, France.[20]
Endeavour  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Gore Sand, in the Bristol Channel. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Bridgwater, Somerset.[15]
Java  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Ballycormick Point, County Antrim and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Liverpool, Lancashire. Java was refloated and put into Bangor, County Down for repairs.[17]
Sir Francis N. Burton  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in the Keeling Islands with the loss of three lives. She was on a voyage from the Cape of Good Hope to Bengal, India.[21]
Three Brothers  United Kingdom The ship capsized at Fishguard, Pembrokeshire and was wrecked.[16]

6 December

List of shipwrecks: 6 December 1826
Ship State Description
Byron  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near North Somercotes, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to London.[15]
Spanking Jack  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the coast of Corsica, France with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Penzance, Cornwall to Genoa, Kingdom of Sardinia.[13]

7 December

List of shipwrecks: 7 December 1826
Ship State Description
Lark  United Kingdom The ship was driven on to the Foreness Rock, Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Seville, Spain to London. Lark was refloated on 9 December and resumed her voyage.[17]
Lord Cranstoun  United Kingdom The West Indiaman was driven ashore and severely damaged at the Birling Gap, Sussex. She was refloated on 20 December and taken in to Newhaven, Sussex[22]
Princess Charlotte  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Cooden, Sussex. She was on a voyage from London to Jamaica.[4] She was destroyed by fire the next day.[17]

8 December

List of shipwrecks: 8 December 1826
Ship State Description
Goede Hoop  Netherlands The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Rügen, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Dantzig to Amsterdam, North Holland.[8]
Latona  Denmark The ship struck a sunken wreck off the Stanford Sandbank and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Bandholm to London, United Kingdom. Latona was taken in to Harwich, Essex, United Kingdom.[17]
Sun India The brig was wrecked on a reef in the Torres Strait with the loss of 34 of the 36 people on board. She was on a voyage from Sydney, New South Wales to Calcutta.[23][24]
Venus United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New South Wales The brig was wrecked in the Torres Strait.[23]

9 December

List of shipwrecks: 9 December 1826
Ship State Description
Isabella  United Kingdom The trow was in collision with Union ( United Kingdom) in the River Severn at Gloucester and capsized.[25]
Nordkoping Sweden The ship was wrecked near Berck, Pas-de-Calais, France with the loss of all hands.[17]

10 December

List of shipwrecks: 10 December 1826
Ship State Description
Magdalena  Bremen The ship ran aground in the Elbe. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Bremen. Magdalena was refloated on 16 December.[8]
Tredegar  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Highbridge, Somerset.[15]

12 December

List of shipwrecks: 12 December 1826
Ship State Description
Britannia  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Aurora ( Kingdom of Hanover). She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to London.[26]
Fanny  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Fort Ann, Isle of Man. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to "Amtock".[8]
William Fell  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Dundalk Bay. She was on a voyage from Miramichi, New Brunswick, British North America to Newry, County Antrim.[20] William Fell was refloated on 19 December.[8]

15 December

List of shipwrecks: 15 December 1826
Ship State Description
Alphonso  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off Clacton-on-Sea, Essex. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London.[27]
Eliza  United Kingdom The schooner was severely damaged by fire at Douglas, Isle of Man.[28]

16 December

List of shipwrecks: 16 December 1826
Ship State Description
London  United Kingdom The ship struck the Corton Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk and was consequently beached at Lowestoft, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Dantzig to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[7] London was refloated on 22 December and taken in to Great Yarmouth for repairs.[29]
Manoel  Brazil The ship was captured by ARA Chacabuco ( Argentine Navy and was sent int to Buenos Aires but was wrecked at Ensenada, Argentina.[30]
Prince of Saxe Coburg  United Kingdom The sloop was wrecked in "Fury Harbour", Cockburn Channel, Tierra del Fuego. The crew survived the wrecking.[31][32]
Swallow  United Kingdom The ship departed from Gravesend, Kent for Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[33]

17 December

List of shipwrecks: 17 December 1826
Ship State Description
Ann and Jane  United Kingdom The sloop struck a rock and foundered off South Bishop, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Liverpool, Lancashire.[29][34]
Brilliant  United Kingdom The ship ran onto the Blach Rocks, Devon and was severely damaged.[7]

19 December

List of shipwrecks: 19 December 1826
Ship State Description
Rachel  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Dubmill, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Whitehaven, Cumberland.[35]

20 December

List of shipwrecks: 20 December 1826
Ship State Description
Belle Isle  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Caernarvon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Cork and Beaumaris, Anglesey.[29]
Humility  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Skitter Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Pillau, Prussia to Hull, Yorkshire.[8] Humility was later refloated and taken in to Hull.[29]
Isabella  United Kingdom The ship struck a rock in the Sound of Donaghadee and sank. She was on a voyage from Westport, County Mayo to Liverpool, Lancashire.[29]

21 December

List of shipwrecks: 21 December 1826
Ship State Description
Herald  United Kingdom The whaler was driven ashore and wrecked at Mockbeggar, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland to Liverpool, Lancashire.[29][34] Herald was refloated on 26 December and taken in to Liverpool.[35]
St. Anne  France The ship was wrecked off Guernsey, Channel Islands. She was on a voyage from Marennes, Charente-Maritime to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure.[35]

23 December

List of shipwrecks: 23 December 1826
Ship State Description
Monmouth  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near "St. Martino Island". Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from North Shields, County Durham to Calcutta, India.[36]

24 December

List of shipwrecks: 24 December 1826
Ship State Description
Marquis Wellington  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked in Holyhead Bay with the loss of five lives.[37]

27 December

List of shipwrecks: 27 December 1826
Ship State Description
Homer  United States The ship was wrecked on the Turtle Rock, Bahamas. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[38][39]

28 December

List of shipwrecks: 28 December 1826
Ship State Description
Printemps  France The ship capsized near Le Conquet, Finistère. Her crew survived.[40]

31 December

List of shipwrecks: 31 December 1826
Ship State Description
Beaver  United Kingdom The ship was severely damaged by fire at Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.[40]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in December 1826
Ship State Description
Atlantic  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Bangor, County Down in late December.[41]
Boyne  United Kingdom The ship foundered off Bras d'Or, Nova Scotia, British North America.[42]
Fanny  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Douglas, Isle of Man. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Amlwch, Anglesey.[28]
Fortuna  Sweden The ship was driven ashore at Carrara, Grand Duchy of Tuscany in mid-December. She was on a voyage from Gävle to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany.[35]
Gabriel Kabben Bremen The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Tjaltdling", Denmark with the loss of three of the five people on board.[43]
Goede Hoop  Netherlands The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Rügen, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Danzig, Prussia to Amsterdam, North Holland.[43]
Harding  United Kingdom The ship was lost on the Silver Keys. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Jamaica via St. Andrews, New Brunswick, British North America.[44]
Hidda Wismar The schooner was wrecked on Falsterbö, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Wismar to Stockholm, Sweden.[43]
Mary and Nancy  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in the Abaco Islands.[44]
Penang  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the Tenasserin Coast of Burma in mid-December with the loss of 25 lives.[45]
Royal George  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near "Hogstrap", Denmark. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Hull, Yorkshire.[46]
Three Brothers  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked off Fishguard, Pembrokeshire in early December. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[10]
Venus  France The ship ran aground in the Garonne. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Martinique.[20]

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