List of shipwrecks in 1836
The list of shipwrecks in 1836 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1836.
February
3 February
- Jane Kay (
United Kingdom): The collier was wrecked on the Barnard Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk with the loss of all hands.[1] - Speedwell ( United Kingdom): The collier was wrecked on the Barnard Sand with the loss of all hands.[1]
18 February
- Nelson ( United Kingdom): The ship was driven ashore at Lowestoft, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued.[1]
March
- Anne ( United Kingdom): The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Suffolk. Her crew were rescued.[1]
May
25 May
Stirling Castle.
- Stirling Castle ( United Kingdom): The brig was wrecked on Swaines reef, in the Pacific Ocean off Rockhampton, New South Wales.
July
Unknown date
- Adventure (
New South Wales): The sloop was wrecked of the coast of New South Wales.
October
25 October
- Royal Tar (
United States) The steamship caught fire in Penobscot Bay and sank with the loss of 32 of the 91 people on board.
29 October
- Tom Thumb ( United States): The paddle steamer was driven ashore and wrecked at Boon Island, Maine.[2]
November
18 November
- William ( United Kingdom): The barque was driven ashore at the Birling Gap, East Sussex. Her nineteen crew were rescued. She broke up on 24 November.[3]
December
20 December
- Petersburgh ( United Kingdom): The ship was wrecked on the Lynch Sandbank, in the Bristol Channel off the coast of Glamorgan. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Quebec, British North America to Llanelli, Glamorgan.[4]
Unknown date
- William & Anne ( United Kingdom): The ship was wrecked at Lyme, Dorset.[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Bottomley, Alan Farquar. "SHIPWRECKS OFF WALBERSWICK 1782 - 1845". Suffolk Records Society. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
- ↑ "Steamer Tom Thumb’s history-making career". SoMeOldNews. 4 March 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
- ↑ Renno, David (2004). Beachy Head Shipwrecks of the 19th Century. Sevenoaks: Amhurst Publishing. pp. 125–26. ISBN 1 903637 20 1.
- ↑ Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks". Swansea Docks. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
- ↑ "Historical List of Shipwrecks at Chesil Beach & from Bridport to Lyme Regis". Burton Bradstock Online. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
| Ship events in 1836 | |||||||||||
| Ship launches: | 1831 | 1832 | 1833 | 1834 | 1835 | 1836 | 1837 | 1838 | 1839 | 1840 | 1841 |
| Ship commissionings: | 1831 | 1832 | 1833 | 1834 | 1835 | 1836 | 1837 | 1838 | 1839 | 1840 | 1841 |
| Ship decommissionings: | 1831 | 1832 | 1833 | 1834 | 1835 | 1836 | 1837 | 1838 | 1839 | 1840 | 1841 |
| Shipwrecks: | 1831 | 1832 | 1833 | 1834 | 1835 | 1836 | 1837 | 1838 | 1839 | 1840 | 1841 |