List of shipwrecks in 1836

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

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1836
Jan Feb Mar Apr
May Jun Jul Aug
Sep Oct Nov Dec
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February

3 February

List of shipwrecks: 3 February 1836
Ship Country Description
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

List of shipwrecks: 18 February 1836
Ship Country Description
Nelson  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Lowestoft, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued.[1]

March

List of shipwrecks: March 1836
Ship Country Description
Anne  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Suffolk. Her crew were rescued.[1]

May

25 May

List of shipwrecks: 25 May 1836
Ship Country Description
Stirling Castle  United Kingdom
Stirling Castle.

The brig was wrecked on Swaines reef, in the Pacific Ocean off Rockhampton, New South Wales.

July

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1836
Ship Country Description
Adventure United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New South Wales The sloop was wrecked of the coast of New South Wales.

October

25 October

List of shipwrecks: 25 October 1836
Ship Country Description
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

List of shipwrecks: 29 October 1836
Ship Country Description
Tom Thumb  United States The paddle steamer was driven ashore and wrecked at Boon Island, Maine.[2]

November

18 November

List of shipwrecks: 18 November 1836
Ship Country Description
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

List of shipwrecks: 20 December 1836
Ship Country Description
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

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1836
Ship Country Description
William & Anne  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Lyme, Dorset.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Bottomley, Alan Farquar. "SHIPWRECKS OFF WALBERSWICK 1782 - 1845" (PDF). Suffolk Records Society. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
  2. ↑ "Steamer Tom Thumb’s history-making career". SoMeOldNews. 4 March 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  3. ↑ Renno, David (2004). Beachy Head Shipwrecks of the 19th Century. Sevenoaks: Amhurst Publishing. pp. 125–26. ISBN 1 903637 20 1.
  4. ↑ Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks" (PDF). Swansea Docks. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
  5. ↑ "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
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