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

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1 August

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List of shipwrecks: 1 August 1836
Ship State Description
Active  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked at Somosomo,in the Fiji Islands. Her crew survived, but some of them were murdered by the local inhabitants.[1][2]
Richard Bartley  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Licata Sicily to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[3][4]
Suzanna Portugal Macao The barque was wrecked at "Nan-con", China with the loss of eleven of her crew. She was on a voyage from Bombay, India to Macao.[5]
Vrow Margaretha Duchy of Holstein The ship was driven ashore on Neuwerk. She was on a voyage from Flensburg to King's Lynn, Norfolk.[6]

2 August

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List of shipwrecks: 2 August 1836
Ship State Description
Perseverance  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Donaghadee, County Down. She was on a voyage from Westport, County Mayo to Liverpool, Lancashire.[7]

3 August

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List of shipwrecks: 3 August 1836
Ship State Description
Crown  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by Voyager ( United Kingdom). Crown was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to London.[8]
Jane  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, where she was wrecked.[9]

4 August

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List of shipwrecks: 4 August 1836
Ship State Description
Cato  United Kingdom The ship was run down and sunk in the River Mersey by William Huskisson ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Plymouth, Devon.[7]
Clyde  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Indian Ocean off Rodrigues. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Batavia, Netherlands East Indies to London.[10]

5 August

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List of shipwrecks: 5 August 1836
Ship State Description
Despatch  United Kingdom The sloop departed from Kirkwall, Orkney Islands for Montrose, Forfarshire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[11]
Francis Russell  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the North Head, in the Bay of Bulls. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Grenada to Newfoundland, British North America.[12][13]
Jeune Henri  France The ship was driven ashore at Berry Head, Devon, United Kingdom and was damaged. She was refloated and taken in to Brixham, Devon.[9]
HMS Raleigh  Royal Navy The Cruizer-class brig-sloop capsized 150 nautical miles (280 km) off Formosa (21°18′N 118°28′E / 21.300°N 118.467°E / 21.300; 118.467) in a hurricane.[14]

6 August

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List of shipwrecks: 6 August 1836
Ship State Description
Mary  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Cape St. George, Newfoundland. She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Richibucto, New Brunswick.[15]
Rateau  Belgium The ship was driven ashore at Ostend, West Flanders.[16]

7 August

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List of shipwrecks: 7 August 1836
Ship State Description
Dorothy Foster  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Pichell's Reef, off the coast of the Florida Territory. Her crew were rescued.[17] She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[18]
Heinrich flag unknown The ship was wrecked on "Wulff Island, Russia.[8]
New Zealander United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New South Wales The schooner was wrecked near "Nukutorua", Table Cape, Van Diemen's Land. Her crew survived.[19][20]

9 August

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List of shipwrecks: 9 August 1836
Ship State Description
Hindoo  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in Regidopore Bay, India with the loss of two of her crew.[21] She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Bombay, India.[22]
Odin Sweden The steamship was driven ashore at Thisted, Denmark. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Gothenburg.[23][24]
Two Friends United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jersey The ship was wrecked on the Grand Key.[25]

10 August

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List of shipwrecks: 10 August 1836
Ship State Description
Camden  United Kingdom The ship was lost in the Madura Strait. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sydney, New South Wales to Soarabaga, Netherlands East Indies.[26][27][28]
Elizabeth Starbuck  United States The ship capsized off Knuckle Point, in the Bay of Islands, New Zealand with the loss of all hands.[29]

12 August

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List of shipwrecks: 12 August 1836
Ship State Description
Tiger  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Astorva Island in the Seychelles while sailing from Bombay to Liverpool. Her captain committed suicide on 16 August. Twelve crew sailed for Mahé, Seychelles on 18 September in the ship's longboat. Emma ( United Kingdom) rescued the remaining thirteen passengers and crew on 14 October and took them to Mahé, arriving there on 1 November.[30]

13 August

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List of shipwrecks: 13 August 1836
Ship State Description
Hannibal  United Kingdom The brig was capsized by a tornado and sank the Dardanelles with the loss of six of her eight crew.[11] She was later refloated.[31][32]
Minerva  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked off the Dardanelles. Her crew were rescued.[31]

15 August

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List of shipwrecks: 15 August 1836
Ship State Description
Integrity  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Florida Reef. She was on a voyage from Campeachy, Mexico to Liverpool, Lancashire.[33] Integrity was later refloated and taken in to Key West, Florida Territory, where she was condemned.[34]

16 August

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List of shipwrecks: 16 August 1836
Ship State Description
Brunswick  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Breaksea Point, Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bideford, Devon to Barry, Glamorgan.[35]
Santa Maria  Brazil The ship was wrecked on Marajó. She was on a voyage from Pará to "Mexiana Island".[36]
Victorine  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Mayuqua Reef.[17][37]

17 August

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List of shipwrecks: 17 August 1836
Ship State Description
Sisters  United Kingdom The brig caught fire and sank in the Mediterranean Sea off Gorgona, Grand Duchy of Tuscany. Her crew were rescued by an Austrian vessel. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany.[38][39]

18 August

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List of shipwrecks: 18 August 1836
Ship State Description
L'Ostendaise  Belgium The schooner foundered in the Bristol Channel off Lundy Island, Devon, United Kingdom. Her six crew survived. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Ostend, West Flanders.[40]
Margaret  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at "Hornbeck", Denmark. She was on a voyage from Dantsic to London.[41] Margaret was later refloated and taken in to Helsingør, Denmark.[42]
Okelina  Hamburg The ship was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Malvina ( Hamburg). Malvina was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to London.[38]

19 August

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List of shipwrecks: 19 August 1836
Ship State Description
Warsaw  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Eynhallow, Orkney Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Archangelsk, Russia to Gloucester.[43]

20 August

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List of shipwrecks: 20 August 1836
Ship State Description
Hibbert  United Kingdom The ship collided with Victoria and sank in the River Usk. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Cork. Hibbert was later refloated.[44]
Windsor  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in the Gasper Channel. Her crew were rescued.[45]

23 August

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List of shipwrecks: 23 August 1836
Ship State Description
Niord  Norway The ship struck rocks and was damaged whilst on a voyage from La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, France to Drontheim. She put into "Indrevar" in a sinking condition.[46]

24 August

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List of shipwrecks: 24 August 1836
Ship State Description
Alexandre  France The ship was lost in the Strait of Malacca. Her crew were rescued.[47]
Ann and Elizabeth  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea off the Sunk Lightship ( Trinity House). Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, France to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[41][48]

25 August

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List of shipwrecks: 25 August 1836
Ship State Description
Lagan  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at the mouth of the Dwina. She was on a voyage from London to Archangelsk, Russia.[49]
Respected Friends  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Irish Sea 25 nautical miles (46 km) off St. Ann's Head, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire to Dover, Kent.[42]

26 August

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List of shipwrecks: 26 August 1836
Ship State Description
Allies  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Salus ( United Kingdom). Allies was on a voyage from Drogheda, County Louth to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America.[18]
Catharine  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Ringkøbing, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[42][50][38][51]
Louisa  Belgium The ship was wrecked on the Breakwater Bank, in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Ostend, West Flanders.[52][38]

27 August

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List of shipwrecks: 27 August 1836
Ship State Description
Ceres  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Brazil Bank, in Liverpool Bay. Her crew were rescued by lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Littlehampton, Sussex to Runcorn, Cheshire.[53]
Respected Friends  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Irish Sea off St. Ann's Head, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued by Henry ( United Kingdom). Respected Friends was on a voyage from Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire to Dover, Kent.[38]

29 August

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List of shipwrecks: 29 August 1836
Ship State Description
Ceres United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New South Wales The paddle steamer struck the Bullee Nogglen Rock and consequently foundered. All on board survived. She was on a voyage from Newcastle to Sydney.[54][55]

30 August

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List of shipwrecks: 30 August 1836
Ship State Description
Diana  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Peterhead, Aberdeenshire with the loss of one life. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to Peterhead.[13]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in August 1836
Ship State Description
Alexander  France The ship was wrecked at Coringa, India before 18 August. Her crew survived.[45]
Ardent  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Anticosti Island, Lower Canada, British North America.[56]
Mars  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Duncansby Head, Caithness. She was on a voyage from Dalhousie, New Brunswick, British North America to South Shields, County Durham. Mars was later refloated and taken in tow, but was subsequently cut adrift and came ashore near Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire where she was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[49]
Sir Watkin  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the coast of Senegal before 8 August. Her fifteen crew were rescued by La Dordogne ( French Navy).[50]
William Torr  United Kingdom The whaler foundered in the Atlantic Ocean before 17 August.[57]

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