The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jersey, Channel Islands to Aberdeen.[1]
Thomas
United Kingdom
The ship was lost near the Hole-in-the Wall. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Havana, Cuba.[2]
2 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 November 1826
Ship
Country
Description
La Blanche
France
The brig was beached on Terceira Island, Azores.[3]
Mars
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Corton, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne.[4][5]
Sally
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Corton. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne.[4][5]
St. Johannes
Sweden
The ship was driven ashore 2 leagues (6 nautical miles (11 km) east of Calais, France. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to Oporto, Portugal.[6]
3 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 November 1826
Ship
Country
Description
Amity
United Kingdom
The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Harwich, Essex.[7]
Arabella
Stettin
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Dungeness, Kent, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom to São Miguel Island, Azores.[7]
Collector
British North America
The ship was wrecked near the mouth of the Magdalen River. She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Quebec City.[8]
Gleaner
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the North Sea off the Haisborough Sands, Norfolk with the loss of all hands.[5] She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[7]
John
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Mundesley, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from North Shields, County Durham to Jersey, Channel Islands.[4]
The ship was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland to Newcastle upon Tyne.[4]
Plutus
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands. Her crew were rescued.[4]
Wakefield
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and damaged at , Norfolk with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Leeds, Yorkshire to London.[4]Wakefield was refloated on 23 November and taken in to Great Yarmouth for repairs.[9]
4 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 November 1826
Ship
Country
Description
Canadian
British North America
The ship was driven ashore in the Saint Lawrence River at Saint-Vallier, Lower Canada.[10] She was on a voyage from Chatham, Massachusetts to Quebec City, Lower Canada. Canadian was refloated on 14 November and towed in to Quebec City.[11]
Galatea
United States
The ship was driven ashore at the mouth of the Weser. She was on a voyage from Virginia to Bremen.[12]
John
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Boston, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from North Shields, County Durham, to Jersey, Channel Islands.[13]
Neptune
United States
The ship was driven ashore at Rehoboth Beach, Delaware with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[14]
5 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 November 1826
Ship
Country
Description
Albion
United Kingdom
The ship was in collision with Edina (United Kingdom) off Cromer, Norfolk and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by Edina. Albion was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands to Leith, Lothian. She was later discovered off the (Trinity House) and taken in to Great Yarmouth.[15]
Dædalus
Bremen
The ship was wrecked on the North Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Bremen.[16]
Grief
Greifswald
The ship was wrecked on the North Bank. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Greifswald.[15]
Spes Nova
Norway
The ship struck a rock and sank at Christiana. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Christiana.[17]
6 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 November 1826
Ship
Country
Description
Inger Margaretha
Norway
The ship ran aground at Heligoland and was beached. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Portugal to Flekkefjord.[18]
Louisa
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Norden, Kingdom of Hanover. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Viana do Castelo, Portugal.[19]
Perthshire
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in , Orkney Islands. She was on a voyage from Wick, Caithness to Cork.[12]
7 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 November 1826
Ship
Country
Description
Cynthia
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Barcelona, Spain. Cynthia was refloated the next day and taken in to the River Mersey.[15]
Henriette
Hamburg
The ship ran aground near Neuwerk. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Bremen.[12]Henriette was later refloated and taken in to Bremen in a severely damaged condition.[18]
Königsberg
Prussia
The ship was driven ashore near "Helsingfors". She was on a voyage from Pillau to London, United Kingdom. She was refloated on 11 November and resumed her voyage.[17]
Ranger
United Kingdom
The schooner was wrecked on The Brothers, a rock in with the loss of three of the twelve people on board.[16]
Stadt Wismar
Wismar
The ship was wrecked on Skagen, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom to Wismar.[20]
Stair
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Gillen, Isle of Skye.[21]
Superb
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Pillau. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Pillau.[22]Superb was refloated on 18 November and taken in to Pillau.[23]
Vulcan
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Black Rock, off Seal Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to the Clyde.[24][25][26]
8 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 November 1826
Ship
Country
Description
Alecta
Spain
The ship was wrecked at Tenerife, Canary Islands.[27]
Belle Gabrielle
France
The ship was wrecked at Tenerife. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Île Bourbon.[27]
Don Juan
Spain
The ship was wrecked at Tenerife.
John Salmon
United Kingdom
The ship struck the "Point of Perrispa" and foundered. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London.[9]
The ship was wrecked on Heneaga. She was on a voyage from Aux Cayes, Haiti to New York.[29]
Martha
United Kingdom
The ship was lost off Fogo, Newfoundland. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Newfoundland.[3][30]
Missoura
United States
The ship was wrecked in the Cape Verde Islands, Portugal.[31]
10 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 November 1826
Ship
Country
Description
Bougainville
France
The ship was driven ashore at Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône. She was on a voyage from Martinique to Marseille.[17]
12 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 November 1826
Ship
Country
Description
Anna Catharina
Hamburg
The ship was driven ashore on Læsø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Assens, Denmark to Hull, YorkshireUnited Kingdom.[23]
13 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 November 1826
Ship
Country
Description
Betsey & Sophia
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on the St. Mawe's Bank, off the coast of Cornwall. She was on a voyage from London to Dominica. Betsey & Sophia was refloated the next day.[18]
14 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 November 1826
Ship
Country
Description
Daphne
United Kingdom
The ship departed from Riga, Russia for Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[32]
The ship was driven ashore at Ostend, West Flanders. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Ostend.[33]
Fame
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on the Sandwich Flats. She was on a voyage from St. Thomas, Virgin Islands to Bremen. Fame was refloated the next day and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent.[18]
Hoppet
Sweden
The ship ran aground in the Swine Bottoms. She was on a voyage from Gävle to Oporto, Portugal.[22] She was refloated in early December and put into Landscrona for repairs.[3]
Lorina
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked 15 nautical miles (28 km) north of Oporto.[30]
Swan
United Kingdom
The sloop was abandoned in the English Channel off The Lizard, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Penzance, Cornwall. Swan was later driven ashore and wrecked at Mullion, Cornwall.[19][33]
15 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 November 1826
Ship
Country
Description
Rose
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Minehead, Somerset. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Plymouth, Devon[19][33]
16 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 16 November 1826
Ship
Country
Description
Maria
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked near Hartland Quay, Devon with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Smyrna, Ottoman Empire to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[19][33]
17 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 November 1826
Ship
Country
Description
Italian Courier
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Port Isaac, Cornwall, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Palermo, Sicily to Antwerp, Netherlands.[34]
Maria
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Hartland Quay, Devon with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Smyrna, Ottoman Empire to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[17]
Rose
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Dunster, Somerset. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Plymouth, Devon.[17]
The ship capsized at Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.[17]
Barbadoes
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground in the River Fal. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to Truro, Cornwall.[17]Barbadoes was refloated on 20 November.[22]
Enterprize
United Kingdom
The schooner was wrecked on the Burrows Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex with the loss of all hands.[35] She was on a voyage from Lübeck to London.[36]
Flora
United Kingdom
The ship was run aground and sank at Wexford. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Wexford.[35]
Lively
United Kingdom
The sloop was driven ashore at Sunderland, County Durham.[37]
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Faial Island, Azores. Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to New York, United States.[3]
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Saltfleet, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Pekela, Groningen.to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.[22]
Piedade e Almas
Portugal
The ship was abandoned, caught fire and was driven ashore and wrecked at Faial Island.[3]
20 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 November 1826
Ship
Country
Description
Ann
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the North Sea off Lowestoft, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk to London.[23]
Benson
United Kingdom
The ship was beached at Hull, Yorkshire and sank. She was on a voyage from "Wyburg" to Hull. Benson was refloated the next day and taken in to Hull in a waterlogged condition.[22]
Jane
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Terceira Island, Azores. Her crew were rescued.[30]
Rambler
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Lough Foyle. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Londonderry.[38]
St. Patrick
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Terceira Island. Her crew were rescued.[30]
21 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 November 1826
Ship
Country
Description
Rival
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore and wrecked near Scituate, Massachusetts, United States with the loss of two of the 42 people on board. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Boston, Massachusetts.[25][39]
22 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 22 November 1826
Ship
Country
Description
Alert
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, to Poole, Dorset.[40]Alert was refloated and made for Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[9]
Neptunus
Stettin
The ship was wrecked on Skagen, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Macduff, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom to Stettin.[30][41][42]
24 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 November 1826
Ship
Country
Description
Active
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Harrington, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Harrington. Active was refloated on 29 November.[23][9][20]
Adventure
United Kingdom
The sloop was wrecked at Easdale, Argyllshire. Her four crew were rescued by the steamshipStirling (United Kingdom).[37] She was on a voyage from Inverness to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[23]
Castle of Harrington
United Kingdom
The brig was wrecked on Little Ross, Dumfriesshire with the loss of two of the five people on board. The survivors were rescued by General Bolivar (United Kingdom).[37]
Cherub
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at Harrington. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Harrington.[9]
Ferne
Hamburg
The ship was wrecked near Saltfleet, Lincolnshire with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Altona, Hamburg, to King's Lynn, Norfolk, United Kingdom.[20][40]
John o' Groat
United Kingdom
The ship departed from Leith, Lothian for Thurso, Caithness. No further trace, presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.[43]
Marquis of Wellington
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at Penrhos, Anglesey with the loss of all hands and a pilot. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Bahia, Brazil.[9][44][37]
Mayflower
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Stotfield Skerries, in the North Sea off the coast of Morayshire. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Banff to Portsoy, Aberdeenshire.[36]
Prince of Waterloo
United Kingdom
The sloop departed from North Shields, County Durham for Leith. No further trace, presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.[25]
Rock
United Kingdom
The ship was holed by an anchor and sank at Harrington.[9] She was refloated on 29 November and found to be severely damaged.[23]
Trader
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Coleraine, County Antrim with the loss of all seven of her crew. She was on a voyage from Limerick to Greenock, Renfrewshire.[23][37]
William Peile
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Reggio di Calabria, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. She was on a voyage from Malta to Messina, Sicily.[10]
25 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 November 1826
Ship
Country
Description
Aultnaskiach
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) east of Nairn, Inverness-shire.[36] Her crew were rescued.[44] She was refloated in mid-December and taken in to Nairn in a severely damaged condition.[45]
Betsey and Ann
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at North Sunderland, County Durham. She was refloated the next day.[37]
Brothers
United Kingdom
The ship was driven on to the Ross Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. her crew were rescued.[37]
Countess of Kinnoull
United Kingdom
The schooner capsized at Perth. Her crew survived.[46]
Dolphin
United Kingdom
The ship was damaged at Lerwick, Shetland Islands.[14]
Eliza
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the North Sea off Montrose, Forfarshire with the loss of all hands.[36] She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Aberdeen.[43]
Flora
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the north coast of Canna, Inner Hebrides. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Wick, Caithness to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[14][47]
The sloop foundered in the North Sea off the mouth of the River Spey with the loss of all on board. vShe was on a voyage from Leith to Helmsdale, Sutherland.[44][43]
Jean
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Morayshire.[36]
Jessamine
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the Firth of Forth. She was on a voyage from a Baltic port to Leith, Lothian.[43]
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Banff.[23]
Rival
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Pennan, Aberdeenshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Belfast, County Antrim.[36]
26 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 November 1826
Ship
Country
Description
Benedicta Elizabeth
Sweden
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked 20 nautical miles (37 km) west of Christiansand, Norway. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Gibraltar.[49]
Dusty Miller
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Southport, Lancashire with the loss of all hands.[37]
Lively
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Sunderland, County Durham.[23]
Marquis of Conyngham
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore 7 nautical miles (13 km) west of Lough Foyle. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to Dunfanaghy, County Donegal.[23]
Patriot
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked 20 nautical miles (37 km) west of Christiansand. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to London.[49]
27 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 November 1826
Ship
Country
Description
Albertine
Hamburg
The ship was driven ashore near "Putchow". She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Stettin.[30]
Pacific
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Wallasey, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Liverpool, Lancashire. Pacific was later refloated and taken in to Liverpool.[23]
The ship ran aground and was severely damaged at the entrance to the Goole Dyke. She was on a voyage from London to Thurso, Caithness.[30]
Friendship
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at North Somercotes, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Wisbech, Cambridgeshire. Friendship was refloated on 1 December.[44]
The ship was lost between Bergen and Trondheim, Norway with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Dundalk, County Louth to Trondheim.[19]
The ship was wrecked on the coast of Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.[17][33]
Elizabeth
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at Richibucto, New Brunswick, British North America. She was on a voyage from Richibucto to Cork.[30]
The ship was driven ashore on Dragør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London.[9]Fortitude Increased was refloated on 20 November and resumed her voyage.[23]
Friends
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Morlaix.[9]
Goliah
United States
The ship ran aground on the Brake Sand, in the North Sea. She was later refloated.[10]
Good Intent
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the coast of the Bay of Biscay in mid-November. She was on a voyage from Bilbao to Málaga, Spain.[53] The vessel was later towed in to San Sebastián, Spain.[44]
Spanish Navy
The 74-gun ship-of-the-line foundered off Cuba.[54]
The ship was driven ashore on the south coast of Texel, North Holland. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom. Jonge Grietje was later refloated and taken into port[12]
Monarch
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Sunderland, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to Sunderland. Monarch was refloated on 23 November and taken in to Sunderland.[9]
Monarch
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on Anticosti Island, Lower Canada, British North America. Her crew survived.[55]
Pacific
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Wallasey, Cheshire in late November. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Liverpool, Lancashire.[52]
Scandia
France
The ship was driven ashore near Bayonne, Basses-Pyrénées. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Bordeaux, Gironde.[17]
Spea Nova
Norway
The ship struck a rock and was wrecked at Sandefjord. She was on a voyage from London to Christiania.[51]
Tuskett
United Kingdom
The ship was lost in Brandon Bay before 20 November. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Tralee, County Cork to Liverpool.[22][35]
Two Sisters
United Kingdom
The ship was lost at Narva, Russia. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Saint Petersburg.[18]
References[]
^"From Lloyd's Marine List - Nov. 3". Caledonian Mercury. No. 16414. 6 November 1826.
^"From Lloyd's Marine List - Jan. 9". Caledonian Mercury. No. 16444. 15 January 1827.