List of shipwrecks in July 1836

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

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1 July

List of shipwrecks: 1 July 1836
Ship State Description
Berendina Sophia  Netherlands The ship foundered off Schiermonnikoog, Groningen. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Rotterdam, South Holland.[1]

3 July

List of shipwrecks: 3 July 1836
Ship State Description
Effort  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Tarbert, Argyllshire. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Limerick. Effort was refloated on 15 July and taken in to Limerick for repairs.[2][3]
Louisa Maria  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Ensenada, Argentina. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Buenos Aires, Argentina. Louisa Maria was refloated on 18 July.[4]

5 July

List of shipwrecks: 5 July 1836
Ship State Description
Orozimbo  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Mississippi River. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.[5]

6 July

List of shipwrecks: 6 July 1836
Ship State Description
Genevese  France The ship was driven ashore at Island Beach, New Jersey, United States. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to New York, United States.[6]

7 July

List of shipwrecks: 7 July 1836
Ship State Description
Adelaide  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on "Cape Cuerpon", Newfoundland, British North America with the loss of eight of her crew. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Labrador, British North America.[5]

8 July

List of shipwrecks: 8 July 1836
Ship State Description
Richard Battly  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.[7]
Travemünde Lübeck The ship was wrecked at Dragør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Lübeck to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[8]

9 July

List of shipwrecks: 9 July 1836
Ship State Description
Charlotte Douglas  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Whale Head Reef, in Gaspé Bay and was wrecked with the loss of three lives. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to Gaspé, Lower Canada, British North America.[9][3]
Ranger  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Bellechasse, Lower Canada, British North America before 13 August. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Quebec City, Lower Canada. Ranger was later refloated, but was condemned.[10][11][6]
Regina Stettin The ship was wrecked on the Anholt Reef, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Stettin.[12]
Stranraer  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Strait of Belle Isle. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to Stranraer, Wigtownshire. Stranraer was refloated in mid-August and taken in to a port in Newfoundland.[13][14]

10 July

List of shipwrecks: 10 July 1836
Ship State Description
Alexander  United States The ship was wrecked in the Caicos Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Wilmington, Delaware to Jamaica.[15]
Atlantic  United Kingdom The ship collided with Ocean ( United Kingdom) off "St. Peter's Island" and foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America.[16]
Whitwell Grange  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Stromness, Orkney Islands. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Miramichi, New Brunswick, British North America.[3]

11 July

List of shipwrecks: 11 July 1836
Ship State Description
Braganza  Spain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cádiz to Bath, Maine, United States.[17]
John and Elizabeth  United Kingdom The ship was holed by her anchor in the River Tees and was beached.[1] She was refloated on 14 July and taken in to South Shields, County Durham for repairs.[3]
Mandvaille  United Kingdom The ship departed from Porto Bello, Republic of New Granada for Jamaica. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[18]

13 July

List of shipwrecks: 13 July 1836
Ship State Description
Emerald  United Kingdom The ship was destroyed by fire at New York, United States. She was on a voyage from New York to Liverpool, Lancashire.[19][20]

14 July

List of shipwrecks: 14 July 1836
Ship State Description
Dorothy  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and capsized in Plettenberg Bay.[21]
Gentil Americano  Brazil The ship capsized whilst on a voyage from Pernambuco to Bahia with the loss of seven lives.[22]
Phœbus and Jane  United Kingdom The schooner was lost on the coast of Labrador, British North America.[23]
Pitt  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and damaged in Girvan Bay.[24]

17 July

List of shipwrecks: 17 July 1836
Ship State Description
Bruce  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Dublin. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Dublin. Bruce was later refloated and taken in to Dublin.[25]
Caledonia  United Kingdom The schooner sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea 15 nautical miles (28 km) south east of Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland. All eight people took to the boat. They were rescued the next day by Quebec ( United Kingdom). Caledonia was on a voyage from Aberdeen to South Shields, County Durham.[26][27]
Victors  United States The ship was wrecked on the Mayaguana Reef. She was on a voyage from New York to Jamaica.[28]

18 July

List of shipwrecks: 18 July 1836
Ship State Description
Amelia United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The ship was run down and sunk by Esk ( United Kingdom).[5]
Doncaster  United Kingdom The East Indiaman, a barque, was wrecked at Cape Agulhas, Africa with the loss of all 64 people on board. She was on a voyage from Mauritius to London.[29][30][31]
Mary Ann  Hamburg The ship capsized off Schiermonnikoog, Groningen, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stromness, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom to Hamburg.[32]

19 July

List of shipwrecks: 19 July 1836
Ship State Description
Anna  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Irish Sea 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) north north west of the mouth of the River Ribble with the loss of two of her five crew. She was on a voyage from Ulverston, Lancashire to Flint.[33][34]

20 July

List of shipwrecks: 20 July 1836
Ship State Description
Sun  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned off Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to Gloucester.[6]

21 July

List of shipwrecks: 21 July 1836
Ship State Description
Alexander  Netherlands The ship was wrecked on the Hinder Bank, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Surinam to Rotterdam, South Holland.[8]
Scotia  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Minde, Norway. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Wick, Caithness to Hamburg.[35]

22 July

List of shipwrecks: 22 July 1836
Ship State Description
Clio  United Kingdom The ship was lost near White Island, New York, United States. She was on a voyage from New York City to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America.[6][14]
Matilda  United Kingdom The ship ran aground ran aground on Neckman's Ground, in the Baltic Sea off Dragør, Denmark and capsized. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London.[36]

23 July

List of shipwrecks: 23 July 1836
Ship State Description
Royal Clarence  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Dungeness, Kent.[8][27]

24 July

List of shipwrecks: 24 July 1836
Ship State Description
Ann  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium.[37]
Elspeth  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on The Skerries, off the coast of County Antrim. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Galway.[25]
Friends  United Kingdom The ship struck The Shingles, off the Isle of Wight and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Guernsey, Channel Islands to London.[37][8]
Lunar  Hamburg The ship was driven ashore at Cuxhaven. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Hamburg.Lunar was later refloated and taken in to Hamburg.[25]
William  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Rye, Sussex.[27]

25 July

List of shipwrecks: 25 July 1836
Ship State Description
Palmer  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Workington, Cumberland.[25]
Wilkinson  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Workington. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Ireland.[25]

26 July

List of shipwrecks: 26 July 1836
Ship State Description
Electra  United Kingdom The brig capsized in the River Tay. She was later righted and taken in to Perth for repairs.[27]
James  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Allonby, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Bathurst, New South Wales to Maryport, Cumberland.[34]
Johanna Gertrude  Netherlands The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Crosby, Lancashire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Rotterdam, South Holland.[38][39]

27 July

List of shipwrecks: 27 July 1836
Ship State Description
Anna Dorothea  Norway The ship was driven ashore east of Folkestone, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Drontheim to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France. Anna Dorothea was later refloated and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent.[34]
Fortuna Flag unknown The ship was driven ashore east of Folkestone. She was on a voyage from "Borgo" to Cádiz, Spain. Fortuna was later refloated and taken in to Ramsgate.[34]
Frow Malia  Netherlands The ship was driven ashore east of Folkestone. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure. Fra Maitra was later refloated and taken in to Dover, Kent.[34][40]
New York  United States The ship ran aground and was damaged at Greenock, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Greenock to New York. She was later refloated and taken in to Greenock.[27]

28 July

List of shipwrecks: 28 July 1836
Ship State Description
Amelia Matilda  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at the mouth of the Old Calabar River. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Old Calabar, Africa. Amelia Matilda was refloated on 30 July.[41][42]

29 July

List of shipwrecks: 29 July 1836
Ship State Description
Catharine  United Kingdom The ship schooner was driven ashore at Thorntonloch, Lothian.[40]
Grecian  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at South Shields, County Durham.[43]
Hannah  United Kingdom The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 100 nautical miles (190 km) east south east of Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, British North America with the loss of seven of her twelve crew. Survivors were rescued by Volunteer ( United Kingdom). Hannah was on a voyage from Rimouski, Lower Canada, British North America to London.[44][45][46][22]
John Welsh  United Kingdom The ship struck the Hoyle Bank and was subsequently wrecked on the Dove Spit, in Liverpool Bay with the loss of fourteen of her sixteen crew. She was on a voyage from Savanilla, near Puerto Colombia, to Jamaica and Liverpool, Lancashire. The survivors were rescued by the Hoylake Lifeboat.[47][48]
Lamb  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Alnmouth, Northumberland.[25]
William  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on the Red Wharf Bank, in the Irish Sea, with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Chester, Cheshire.[48][49]

30 July

List of shipwrecks: 30 July 1836
Ship State Description
Fame  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Whitby, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham to Whitby.[25]

31 July

List of shipwrecks: 31 July 1836
Ship State Description
Adelaide  United Kingdom The ship foundered in a typhoon in the China Sea.[50]
Admiraal Buikes  Netherlands The ship was wrecked in the Ladrone Islands with the loss of all but seven of her crew.[51][31]
Aurora  United Kingdom The ship foundered in a typhoon in the China Sea.[50]
Girard  United States The ship foundered in a typhoon in the China Sea. She was on a voyage from China to Manila, Spanish East Indies.[50]
General Buskels Spain Spanish East Indies The ship was lost off the Ladrone Islands in a typhoon.[52]
Harmoody India The ship foundered in a typhoon off the Ladrone islands. She was on a voyage from Bombay to China.[50][52][53]
Hermitage India The ship was lost off the Ladrone Islands in a typhoon.[52]
Hormanjee Bomanjee India The ship foundered in a typhoon in the China Sea. She was on a voyage from Bombay to China.[50][53]
Isabella  United Kingdom The ship was lost off the Ladrone Islands in a typhoon.[52]
Lalla Rookh  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean and was abandoned. She was on a voyage from Miramichi, New Brunswick, British North America to Waterford.[5]
Margaret Graham  United Kingdom The ship was lost off the Ladrone Islands in a typhoon.[52]
Naples Packet  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Sunk Sand, in the North Sea and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. Naples Packet was later refloated and taken in to Hamburg.[25]
Susanna  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in the Ladrone Islands with the loss of eleven of her crew. She was on a voyage from Bombay to Canton, China.[51][31]
Susannah  Portugal The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at "Tyloo", 20 nautical miles (37 km) south east of Macau with the loss of eleven of her crew.[54]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1836
Ship State Description
Adventure United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New South Wales The sloop was wrecked of the coast of New South Wales.
Harmony  United Kingdom The ship ran aground and sank on the Middle Sand, in the North Sea. She was later refloated and taken in to Whitstable, Kent.[55]
Jane  United Kingdom The sloop sprang a leak in the North Sea and was beached near Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, where she was wrecked.[40]
Johanna Flag unknown The ship was wrecked at Memel, Prussia.[56]
John  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. She was on a voyage from Peterhead to Montrose, Forfarshire.[39]
Juno  Prussia The ship was driven ashore at Cape Arkona. She was on a voyage from Stralsund to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[25] Juno was refloated on 26 July and taken in to Stralsund.[20]
Louise  Bremen The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 28 July. She was later towed in to Santander, Spain by James Watt ( United Kingdom).[36]
New Zealander  New Zealand The brigantine was wrecked in heavy weather off Māhia Peninsula after her anchor chain broke, on or around July 8. She was loaded with maize and pork, and en route to Sydney.[57]
Orestes  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Hooghly River. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to China. Orestes was later refloated and put back to Calcutta.[58]
Palmer  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Workington, Cumberland before 30 July.[38] She was refloated on 31 July and taken in to Workington.[59]
Wilkinson  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Workington before 30 July.[38] She was on a voyage from Liverpool to and Irish port. Wilkinson was refloated on 31 July and taken in to Workington.[59]

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