List of shipwrecks in March 1826
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| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Confiance en Dieu |  France |
The ship was wrecked in the Adriatic Sea. She was on a voyage from Trieste, to Thessaloniki, Greece.[1] |
| Duchess of York |  United Kingdom |
The transport ship was wrecked on the north coast of Guadeloupe. All on board were rescued.[2] |
| Friends Endeavour |  United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked between Helford, Cornwall and The Manacles.[3] |
| Joseph | United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex.[4] Her crew were rescued.[3] |
2 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Betsey | United Kingdom |
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Brabander ( Netherlands).[5] |
| Joseph |  United States |
The ship was wrecked on the English Bank, in the South Atlantic off the coast of Uruguay. She was on a voyage from Montevideo, Uruguay, to Rio Grande.[6] |
3 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Charles |  British North America |
The ship collided with Robert Fulton ( United Kingdom) and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Robert Fulton. Charles was on a voyage from Viana do Castelo, Portugal to Newfoundland.[7] |
4 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Friendship | United Kingdom |
The schooner sprang a leak and was beached north of the mouth of the River Don, Aberdeenshire, where she was subsequently wrecked. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Aberdeen.[8] |
| Mary | United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked at Beaumaris, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Dublin.[5] |
| Sophia | United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore on the Mew. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Belfast, County Antrim.[9] |
6 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Abby | United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore and damaged near Penmon Point, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Netherlands to Bangor. Abby was refloated the next day and taken in to Beaumaris, Anglesey.[9] |
| Brothers | United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Moelfre, Anglesey. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Red Wharf Bay to Liverpool, Lancashire.[9] |
| Herman |  Russia |
The ship was driven ashore near Seacombe, Cheshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Liepāja to Liverpool. Herman was refloated the next day and taken in to Liverpool.[9] |
| Jane | United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore on the Foreness Rock, Margate, Kent and was damaged. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Margate.[9] |
| John and Susan | United Kingdom |
The schooner capsized and sank in the North Sea off Scarborough, Yorkshire with the loss of two of her crew.[10] |
| Lusitania | United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore near Seacombe. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Sierra Leone. Lusitania was refloated the next day.[9] |
| Richard Pope | United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked in Dundrum Bay with the loss of four of her crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Sierra Leone.[11][12] |
7 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ann | United Kingdom |
The ship sank in the Thames Estuary between the Girdler Sand and the Pan Sand. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to London.[13] |
| Elizabeth | United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore at North Foreland, Kent. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to London. Elizabeth was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.[9] |
| Frances Mary | United Kingdom |
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean having been previously wrecked at sea with the loss of eleven of her crew. Six survivors were rescued by HMS Blonde ( Royal Navy).[14] Frances Mary was on a voyage from New Brunswick, British North America to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was later discovered by HMS Diamond ( Royal Navy), which put a skeleton crew on board and took her in to São Miguel Island, Azores, where she arrived on 5 August.[15] |
9 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Jane | United Kingdom |
The ship collided with another vessel and foundered off Amlwch, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Amlwch to Chester, Cheshire.[2] |
| Jane | United Kingdom |
The ship was in collision with another vessel off Portsmouth, Hampshire and sank.[16] |
10 March
11 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ida |  Danzig |
The ship was wrecked on North Ronaldsay, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Danzig to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[17] |
| Henrietta Wilhelmina | Danzig |
The ship was wrecked on North Ronaldsay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Danzig to Liverpool.[17] |
| Neptunus | Danzig |
The ship was wrecked on North Ronaldsay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Danzig to Liverpool.[17] |
| Sociedad Feliz |  Portugal |
The ship was wrecked at Porto. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Porto.[18] |
12 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Flor de Beiria | Portugal |
The ship was driven ashore near Dartmouth, Devon, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Porto. Flor de Beiria was refloated the next day.[14] |
| Perseverance | United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked at the Cape of Good Hope. All on board survived. She was on a voyage from London to Bengal, India.[19] |
| Violet | United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Pittenweem, Fife. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Dublin.[14] |
13 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Harmony | United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked at Knysna, Africa. Her crew were rescued.[20] |
| Henrietta Wilhelmina | Danzig |
The ship was wrecked on North Ronaldsay, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Danzig to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[21] |
| Ida | Danzig |
The ship was wrecked on North Ronaldsay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Danzig to Liverpool.[21] |
| Neptunus | Danzig |
The ship was wrecked on North Ronaldsay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Danzig to Liverpool.[21] |
| Tarquin | United States |
The whaler sprang a leak and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her eighteen crew survived. She was on a voyage from Japan to Nantucket, Massachusetts.[22] |
15 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| St. Giuseppe |  Kingdom of Sardinia |
The brig was wrecked near Mazagan, Morocco. Her crew were rescued.[22] |
16 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ann | United Kingdom |
The ship ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. Her crew were rescued by the North Shields Lifeboat. Ann was later taken in to North Shields, County Durham.[23] |
18 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Grocer | United Kingdom |
The ship was in collision with another vessel and foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Selby, Yorkshire to London.[23] |
| Lucinda |  Elbing |
The ship was driven ashore at Pillau, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden to Pillau.[24] |
| Merope | United States |
The ship was wrecked between the River Plate and Río Negro. Her crew were rescued.[6] |
20 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| George | United Kingdom |
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Courier ( United Kingdom). George was on a voyage from Maranhão, Brazil to Liverpool, Lancashire.[25] |
21 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Maria | New South Wales |
The cutter was lost on this date.[26] |
| Nazheda |  Imperial Russian Navy |
The transport ship ran aground and was wrecked in Sevastopol Bay with the loss of five lives.[27] |
| Union | United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore at Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to London.[7] |
23 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Benwell | United Kingdom |
The ship was struck by lightning and foundered in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Algeria. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Agrigento, Sicily.[28] |
| Elizabeth | United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked on Læsø, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Memel, Prussia.[29] |
| Gebroeders Goelert | Netherlands |
The ship was wrecked on Læsø. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to a Baltic port.[30][29] |
| Mary & Susan | United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked at Charleston, South Carolina, United States. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Hamburg.[31] |
| Sarah | United Kingdom |
The ship struck a rock and foundered in the Irish Sea off Newby, Cumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland, to Annan, Dumfriesshire.[32] |
| Union | United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore at Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to London.[33] |
24 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Brothers | United Kingdom |
The ship caught fire at Hull, Yorkshire and was scuttled.[7] |
| Erwarting |  Prussia |
The ship was abandoned off Marstrand, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Memel to Drogheda, County Louth, United Kingdom.[34] |
26 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bem Cazados | Portugal |
The ship was wrecked at Margate, Kent, United Kingdom with the loss of three of her nine crew and a pilot. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands to A Coruña, Spain and Lisbon.[7] |
| Harleston | United Kingdom |
Harleston put into Mauritius in an unseaworthy state while returning to London from Timor. The surveyors at Mauritius condemned her and she was then sold for breaking up. Her cargo of 200 tons of oil was transferred to Minerva, Norris, master, for shipment to London.[35] |
| Sarah | United Kingdom |
The ship struck the Corton Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk and foundered. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London.[7] |
| Swift | United Kingdom |
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the Longships Lighthouse. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Neath, Glamorgan, to Bridport, Dorset.[32] |
28 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Amelia | Russia |
The ship was driven ashore at Elwick, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Pärnu to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[30] |
| Endeavour | United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore and sank at Bergen, Norway.[36] |
| Mary | United States |
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to Gothenburg, Sweden. Mary was later towed in to Marblehead, Massachusetts.[37] |
| Trusty | United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Seaton Sluice, County Durham.[24] |
29 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Albertina |  Norway |
The ship was driven ashore in Widewall Bay, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Dram to Belfast, County Antrim, United Kingdom.[38] |
| Greyhound | Tobago |
The schooner was lost at Tobago.[39] |
| Hercules | United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore at Greenock, Renfrewshire. She was on a voyage from Greenock to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. Hercules was refloated on 1 April and towed in to Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire for repairs.[18] |
| Speculation |  Lübeck |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Baltic Port, Russia.[40] |
30 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Galathea | Flag unknown | The ship foundered in the North Sea south of Bergen, Norway. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Aarhus, Denmark to Trondheim, Norway.[36] |
| Hebe | United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked on Vlieland, Friesland, United Kingdom of the Netherlands with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from London to Hamburg.[29] |
| Lise | Netherlands |
The ship sprang a leak and sank off Ostend. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France.[18] |
| Macduff | United Kingdom |
The ship ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. Her crew were rescued by the North Shields Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Inverness to North Shields, County Durham.[18] Macduff was refloated on 3 April and taken in to North Shields.[30] |
| Trusty | United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked near Hartley, Northumberland.[41] |
