List of shipwrecks in September 1836

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

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1 September

List of shipwrecks: 1 September 1836
Ship State Description
Tinker  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Beamer Rock, off North Queensferry, Fife. She was on a voyage from Charlestown to Aberdeen.[1][2] Tinker was refloated on 8 September and taken in to North Queensferry.[3]

2 September

List of shipwrecks: 2 September 1836
Ship State Description
Medusa  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Coloradoes, off the coast of Cuba with the loss of 31 of the 35 people on board. She was on a voyage from Port Morant, Jamaica to Kinsale, County Cork.[4]

3 September

List of shipwrecks: 3 September 1836
Ship State Description
Belfast  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Shoreham-by-Sea to Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure, France. Belfast was refloated on 6 September.[5]
Johanna  Russia The ship was wrecked on Cape Sable Island, Lower Canada, British North America. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to New York, United States.[6]
Squirrel  United Kingdom The sloop was run down and sunk in the North Sea off Holy Isle, in the Firth of Clyde by Rapid ( United Kingdom) with the loss of two of her four crew. Squirrel was on a voyage from Larne, County Antrim to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[2]

5 September

List of shipwrecks: 5 September 1836
Ship State Description
Ferdinand Danzig The ship was wrecked on Bornholm, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Danzig to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.[7]

7 September

List of shipwrecks: 8 September 1836
Ship State Description
Fanny United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New South Wales The schooner was lost off East Cape, New Zealand. Her crew were rescued.[8][9]

8 September

List of shipwrecks: 8 September 1836
Ship State Description
Guinare  France The ship struck a sunken rock off Jersey, Channel Islands and foundered. All on board were rescued.[10]
Margaret  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Neckman's Grounds. She was refloated on 12 September and taken in to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[11][12]

9 September

List of shipwrecks: 9 September 1836
Ship State Description
Melona  United Kingdom The ship ran aground off Cronstadt, Russia.[11] She was refloated on 12 September.[13]

10 September

List of shipwrecks: 10 September 1836
Ship State Description
Catharina Maria  Prussia The ship was driven ashore at Pillau. She was on a voyage from Königsburg to Dundee, Forfarshire, United Kingdom.[7]
Elbana  Spain The ship was wrecked on the coast of Pará, Brazil.[14]
Excellent  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the coast of Yucatan, Mexico. She was on a voyage from British Honduras to London.[15]
Henriette Stettin The ship was driven ashore on the Nelvung Sandbank, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Königsburg.[7]
Hope  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Crosby, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Sierra Leone to Liverpool, Lancashire.[16]

11 September

List of shipwrecks: 11 September 1836
Ship State Description
Diana  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dram, Norway to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[17]
Henry  United Kingdom The ship was severely damaged at King's Lynn, Norfolk.[18]
John and Amelia  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Barber Bank, in the North Sea and was damaged. She was later refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[19]
Hibernia  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea off Cromer, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London.[19]

12 September

List of shipwrecks: 12 September 1836
Ship State Description
Andrew Nugent  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Middle Bank, off Sligo and was severely damaged.[20] She was refloated on 16 September and taken in to Sligo.[21]
Ann  United Kingdom The ship caught fire at Cronstadt, Russia and was scuttled.[13]
Avon  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Bornholm, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to London.[7]
Esperance  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Prince Edward Island, British North America. She was refloated in November.[22]
Friends  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Sandwich, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to the Charente and Oran, Algeria.[23][20]
Heart of Oak  United Kingdom The ship was run down and sunk in the River Thames at Greenwich, Kent. She was on a voyage from Ipswich, Suffolk to London. Heart of Oak was later refloated.[17]
St. Antonius  Prussia The ship was driven ashore at "Yleiland". She was on a voyage from Memel to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.[18]

13 September

List of shipwrecks: 13 September 1836
Ship State Description
Amity  United Kingdom The ship ran aground and sank at Cardiff, Glamorgan.[20]
Earl  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore on Gotland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Arbroath, Forfarshire.[24][25]
Heart of Oak  United Kingdom The ship was run down and sunk in the River Thames at Greenwich, Kent. Her crew were rescued.[20]
St. Anthonie  Netherlands The ship was driven ashore at Zandvoort, North Holland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to Rotterdam, South Holland.[7]

14 September

List of shipwrecks: 14 September 1836
Ship State Description
John and Catherine  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Dantzig to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[26]
John Guise  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Pakefield, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from St. Petersburg, Russia to Chepstow, Monmouthshire. John Guise was refloated on 22 September.[20][13]
Susquehannah  United States The ship was driven ashore at Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania.[27]

15 September

List of shipwrecks: 15 September 1836
Ship State Description
Eulie  France The ship was wrecked at Dunkerque, Nord. Her crew were rescued.[28] She was on a voyage from Portugal to Dunkerque.[26]
Vrow Antje  Netherlands The ship was driven ashore at Zandvoort, North Holland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to Rotterdam, South Holland.[7]

16 September

List of shipwrecks: 16 September 1836
Ship State Description
Elizabeth  United States The whaler was driven ashore and wrecked on Pico Island, Azores.[15]
Frankfort Packet  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Glückstadt, Duchy of Holstein.[11]
Helen  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at "Killunden Point". She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Dublin. Helen was later refloated and taken in to Tobermory, Isle of Mull.[13]
Oscar Russian Empire Grand Duchy of Finland The ship was beached at Leman Sand, towed to Harwich, Essex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Wasa to Honfleur, Calvados, France.[28][29]

17 September

List of shipwrecks: 17 September 1836
Ship State Description
Commerce  France The ship was run down and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Adra, Spain by Russia ( United States). Commerce was on a voyage from Hyères, Var to Dunkerque, Nord.[30]
Henry  United Kingdom The ship was driven into the quayside and sank at King's Lynn, Norfolk. She was subsequently refloated.[17]

18 September

List of shipwrecks: 18 September 1836
Ship State Description
Mercurius  Netherlands The ship sprang a leak and was beached at "Rongermenn", where she was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Rotterdam, South Holland.[13]
Tucker  United Kingdom The ship struck the Sizewell Bank, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London. Tucker was refloated and put into Harwich, Essex in a leak condition.[17]

19 September

List of shipwrecks: 19 September 1836
Ship State Description
Ben  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued.[21]
Ostendais  Belgium The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Bristol Channel off Lundy Island, Devon, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Ostend, West Flanders.[21]

20 September

List of shipwrecks: 20 September 1836
Ship State Description
Lady Stirling United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Colony of Western Australia The ship was wrecked in the Swan River.[31]

22 September

List of shipwrecks: 22 September 1836
Ship State Description
Abraham  Denmark The ship was wrecked near Ringkøbing. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Helsingør to Antwerp, Belgium.[32]
New Orleans  United States The ship was driven ashore at New Orleans, Louisiana. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to New Orleands.[6]
Ottilie Stettin The ship was wrecked near Hjørring, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom to Stettin.[32]
William and Henry  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Memel, Prussia.[32]

23 September

List of shipwrecks: 23 September 1836
Ship State Description
King  United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore and wrecked at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued.[13]
Rose in June United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Guernsey The ship foundered in the English Channel off Start Point, Devon. Her crew were rescued by a fishing smack. She was on a voyage from Brixham, Devon to Guernsey.[33][13][34]

27 September

List of shipwrecks: 27 September 1836
Ship State Description
Bjorneborg Russian Empire Grand Duchy of Finland The ship was driven ashore on Bornholm, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Bjorneborg to Helsingør, Denmark.[35]
Emelie  France The ship was wrecked on the Lafolle Reef, off the coast of Haiti. Her crew were rescued.[36]

28 September

List of shipwrecks: 28 September 1836
Ship State Description
Hannah and Mary  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore near Freswick, Caithness. She was on a voyage from Banff to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[37][30]

29 September

List of shipwrecks: 29 September 1836
Ship State Description
Bee  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Tynewater, Lothian with the loss of all hands.[32]
Unity  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Ross Point, County Mayo. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to Killala, County Mayo.[37] She was refloated on 8 October.[38]

30 September

List of shipwrecks: 30 September 1836
Ship State Description
Frances and Mary  United Kingdom The ship departed from Waterford for Plymouth, Devon. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[6]
Mauritania  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged near Mogadore, Morocco. Her crew were rescued.[39]
Resolute  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Barry, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Pembrey, Carmarthenshire.[37] Resolute was refloated on 8 October and taken in to Pembrey.[38]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in September 1836
Ship State Description
Clipper  United Kingdom The ship was lost at the "Island of Corsica, Africa". Her crew were rescued.[40]
Courier  France The ship was run down and sunk in the Kattegat. Her crew were rescued.[41]
Debron  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 18 September.[42]
Fortitude  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Cork Sand, in the North Sea before 10 September. She was later refloated and taken in to Harwich, Essex in a leaky condition.[19]
Hope  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool, Lancashire before 10 September. She was on a voyage from Sierra Leone to Liverpool.[19] Hope was refloated on 24 September.[13]
Industry  New Zealand The ship was driven ashore some 20 miles to the north of the Hokianga Harbour, New Zealand.[43]
James Laing  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Hokianga Harbour, New Zealand. She was later refloated and taken into Sydney, New South Wales for repairs.[44]
Lewis  United States The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 6 September.[45]
Louise  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Holyhead, Anglesey on or before 8 September.[46]
Phœnix  France The ship was wrecked "on the Pignaux". She was on a voyage from Adra, Spain to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône.[17][18]
Zoroaster  United Kingdom The brig's crew mutinied, murdered the captain, his wife and chief officer, and scuttled the vessel on or before 3 September. Zoroaster was on a voyage from "Pilen" to China.[47][48]

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