The list of shipwrecks in March 1826 includes some ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during March 1826.
1 March [ edit ] 2 March [ edit ] 3 March [ edit ] 4 March [ edit ] 6 March [ edit ] List of shipwrecks: 6 March 1826 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 [ edit ] 9 March [ edit ] 10 March [ edit ] 11 March [ edit ] 12 March [ edit ] 13 March [ edit ] 15 March [ edit ] 16 March [ edit ] List of shipwrecks: 16 March 1826 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 [ edit ] 20 March [ edit ] 21 March [ edit ] 23 March [ edit ] List of shipwrecks: 23 March 1826 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 [ edit ] 26 March [ edit ] List of shipwrecks: 26 March 1826 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 [ edit ] 29 March [ edit ] 30 March [ edit ] List of shipwrecks: 30 March 1826 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 Drontheim , 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]
31 March [ edit ] Unknown date [ edit ] List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in March 1826 Ship State Description Adams United States The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean on or before 11 March. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to La Rochelle , Charente-Maritime , France.[39] Camden United Kingdom The sealer was wrecked on the coast of Patagonia , Argentina. Dove ( United Kingdom ) rescued the crew.[43] Cornelia Netherlands The ship was lost on the coast of Calabria , Kingdom of the Two Sicilies . She was on a voyage from Trieste to Antwerp .[18] Despatch New South Wales The two-masted schooner was lost whilst on a voyage from Hobart , Van Diemen's Land to Maria Island .[44] Maria Sweden The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Honfleur , Calvados , France in late March. She was on a voyage from Sundsvall to Rouen , Seine-Inférieure , France.[18] Maria United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Sandy Island, Antigua with the loss of all on board. She was on a voyage from Saint Thomas , Virgin Islands to Barbadoes .[38] Molligheten Norway The ship was driven ashore north of Stavanger . She was on a voyage from Bergen to Rouen. Molligheten was later refloated and taken in to Stavanger.[38] Neutral United Kingdom The ship was lost off King's Lynn , Norfolk in early March. She was on a voyage from London to Wisbech , Cambridgeshire .[4] Penelope United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean on or before 14 March.[39] Susan United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean in early March. Her crew survived.[31] Suzanne France The ship was driven ashore at Calais . She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire , United Kingdom to Calais.[7] She was refloated the next day.[18]
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