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
Country
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
Country
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]
The sloop was run down and sunk in the North Sea off Holy Isle, in the Firth of Clyde by (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
Country
Description
Ferdinand
Danzig
The ship was wrecked on Bornholm, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Danzig to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.[7]
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
Country
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]
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
Country
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
Country
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]
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
Country
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]
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]
The ship was beached at Harwich, Essex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Wasa to Honfleur, Calvados, France.[28]
17 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 September 1836
Ship
Country
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.[29]
Henry
United Kingdom
The ship was driven into the quayside and sank at King's Lynn, Norfolk. She was subsequently refloated.[17]
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
Country
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]
The ship was wrecked near Ringkøbing. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Helsingør to Antwerp, Belgium.[31]
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.[31]
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.[31]
23 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 September 1836
Ship
Country
Description
King
United Kingdom
The smack was driven ashore and wrecked at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued.[13]
Rose in June
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.[32][13][33]
The ship was driven ashore on Bornholm, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Bjorneborg to Helsingør, Denmark.[34]
Emelie
France
The ship was wrecked on the Lafolle Reef, off the coast of Haiti. Her crew were rescued.[35]
28 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 September 1836
Ship
Country
Description
Hannah and Mary
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore near Freswick, Caithness. She was on a voyage from Banff to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[36][29]
29 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 September 1836
Ship
Country
Description
Bee
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near , Lothian with the loss of all hands.[31]
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.[36] She was refloated on 8 October.[37]
30 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 30 September 1836
Ship
Country
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.[38]
Resolute
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Barry, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Pembrey, Carmarthenshire.[36]Resolute was refloated on 8 October and taken in to Pembrey.[37]
Unknown date[]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in September 1836
Ship
Country
Description
Clipper
United Kingdom
The ship was lost at the "Island of Corsica, Africa". Her crew were rescued.[39]
Courier
France
The ship was run down and sunk in the Kattegat. Her crew were rescued.[40]
Debron
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 18 September.[41]
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.[42]
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.[43]
Lewis
United States
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 6 September.[44]
Louise
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Holyhead, Anglesey on or before 8 September.[45]
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.[46][47]
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