# List of shipwrecks in February 1826

The list of shipwrecks in February 1826 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during February 1826.

## 1 February

List of shipwrecks: 1 February 1826 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Duchess of York | United Kingdom | The transport ship was wrecked on the north coast of Guadeloupe. All on board were rescued. |

## 2 February

List of shipwrecks: 2 February 1826 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Argo | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Burrow of Ballateigue. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Alicante, Spain to Belfast, County Antrim. |
| Hercule | France | The ship was driven ashore at Gonaïves, Haiti. She was on a voyage from Port-au-Prince, Haiti to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure. She was later refloated and returned to Port-au-Prince for repairs. |
| Hinchinbrook Packet | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked off Alderney, Channel Islands. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Weymouth, Dorset, to Guernsey, Channel Islands. |
| Jupiter | France | The ship was in collision with Louise ( France) and foundered. She was on a voyage from Cette, Hérault to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure. |

## 3 February

List of shipwrecks: 3 February 1826 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Albion | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Holyhead, Anglesey. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Somers | United States | The ship was wrecked on the York Ledges, in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Massachusetts. Her crew were rescued. she was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Boston, Massachusetts. |

## 4 February

List of shipwrecks: 4 February 1826 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hero | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and sank at Youghall, County Cork. She was on a voyage from Youghall to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. |

## 5 February

List of shipwrecks: 5 February 1826 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Deborah | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Castletown Bay, Isle of Man. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Whitehaven, Cumberland. |
| Helena | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and sank on the Whiting Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from North Shields, County Durham, to London. |
| Ophelia | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and sank on the Whiting Sand. Her crew were rescued, She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, to London. |

## 6 February

List of shipwrecks: 6 February 1826 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alert | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in Holyhead Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Sandwich, Kent. |
| Emelia | Sweden | The brig was wrecked at Wexford, United Kingdom, with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Alicante, Spain to Belfast, County Antrim, United Kingdom. |
| Fame | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the North Bull, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Dublin. |
| Ida | Sweden | The ship was wrecked off Penzance, Cornwall, United Kingdom with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Messina, Sicily to Stockholm. |
| Laura | United Kingdom | The ship was in collision with Salacia ( United Kingdom) and foundered in the North Sea off Huntclif Foot, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by Salacia. |
| Paragon | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Demerara. She was refloated on 21 February. |

## 7 February

List of shipwrecks: 7 February 1826 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Commodore Hayes | British East India Company | The East Indiaman was destroyed by fire at Calcutta, India. |
| Diana | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the South Haaks sandbank, in the North Sea off the coast of Texel, North Holland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. |
| Governor Elliot | Antigua | The drogher was wrecked off Belfast, Antigua. |
| Maid of Selma | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Mew Island, County Down. She was on a voyage from Dundrum, County Dublin to Belfast, County Antrim . |
| Nassau | New South Wales | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked on Tristan da Cunha. |

## 8 February

List of shipwrecks: 8 February 1826 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Jane | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Stornoway, Isle of Lewis with the loss of all but her captain. She was on a voyage from Stornoway to Wick, Caithness. |

## 10 February

List of shipwrecks: 10 February 1826 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hopewell | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (47°11′N 23°30′W﻿ / ﻿47.183°N 23.500°W﻿ / 47.183; -23.500). Her eighteen crew were rescued by Robert McWilliam ( United States. She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America to Londonderry. Hopewell was discovered on 7 March and towed in to Castletown Bay, County Cork. |
| Superior | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and damaged between Blyth, Northumberland and Seaton Sluice, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to London. Superior was refloated and taken in to Blyth. |

## 11 February

List of shipwrecks: 11 February 1826 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ophelia | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Kish Bank, in the Irish Sea with the loss of two of her fourteen crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Savannah, Georgia, United States. |

## 12 February

List of shipwrecks: 12 February 1826 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Mary Emily | United States | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Turks Islands. She was on a voyage from New York to Jamaica. |

## 13 February

List of shipwrecks: 13 February 1826 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alice and James | United Kingdom | The ship struck a rock in the River Shannon and capsized. She was declared a total loss. Alice and James was on a voyage from Limerick to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Frances & Mary | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean but was kept afloat by her cargo of timber. Ten of the sixteen people on board survived long enough to be rescued on 7 March by HMS Blonde ( Royal Navy). She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Liverpool, Lancashire. Frances & Mary was towed in to Milford Haven by HMS Diamond ( Royal Navy), arriving on 25 September. |
| Hope | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Carrickfergus, County Antrim. |
| Marquis of Wellington | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Castlemaine, County Kerry with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Demerara to Greenock, Renfrewshire. |
| Potomac | Netherlands | The ship ran aground in the Scheldt near Antwerp. She was on a voyage from Batavia, Netherlands East Indies to Antwerp. |
| Victory | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Bonmahon, County Waterford. She was on a voyage from Cork to Portsmouth, Hampshire. Victory was refloated on 27 March and taken in to Dungarvan, County Waterford. |

## 14 February

List of shipwrecks: 14 February 1826 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Espadarte | Brazil | The smack was lost off "Colores". |
| Prince of Waterloo | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Alexandria, Egypt. She was refloated the next day. |

## 15 February

List of shipwrecks: 15 February 1826 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Allen Gilmour | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Carradale, Wigtownshire. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to the Clyde. |
| Courier | United Kingdom | The ship struck the Hurd Rock, off the coast of Cumberland. She put into Whitehaven, where she sank. Courier was on a voyage from London to Whitehaven and Belfast, County Antrim. |
| Henry | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near The Lizard, Cornwall with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to London. |
| Johanna | United Kingdom | The ship was holed by an anchor and sank at Holyhead, Anglesey. |

## 16 February

List of shipwrecks: 16 February 1826 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Frederica | Flag unknown | The ship ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by the North Shields Lifeboat. Frederica was on a voyage from "Frederica" to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. She was taken in to North Shields on 21 February, where she was repaired. |
| Gertrude | France | The ship was wrecked on a reef off Inagua, Bahamas. She was on a voyage from Aux Cayes, Haiti to Caen, Calvados. |

## 17 February

List of shipwrecks: 17 February 1826 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Betsey | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Dundalk, County Louth for Liverpool, Lancashire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all on board. |
| Charlotte | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ipswich, Suffolk to London. |
| Maria Sophia | Russia | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Stronsay, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Pärnu to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. |

## 18 February

List of shipwrecks: 18 February 1826 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Isabella | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Boulmer Rocks, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from North Shields, County Durham to Leith, Lothian. |
| Claremont | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in Mount's Bay with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire to Bristol, Gloucestershire. |
| Crossthwaite | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Feinrich Island, County Galway, where she was subsequently wrecked. She was on a voyage from St. Andrews, New Brunswick, British North America to Limerick. |

## 19 February

List of shipwrecks: 19 February 1826 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Elliot | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Spanish Battery Rocks, North Shields, County Durham. Her crew were rescued. She was refloated on 21 February and taken in to North Shields. |
| Faith | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from Grimsby, Lincolnshire to London. |
| Mentor | United Kingdom | The ship struck the Cork Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex and was abandoned. She subsequently came ashore near Woodbridge, Suffolk. Mentor was later refloated and taken in to Harwich, Essex. |
| Minerva | United Kingdom | The ship struck the Rose Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Lincolnshire and foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Hull, Yorkshire. |

## 20 February

List of shipwrecks: 20 February 1826 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Amelia Elizabeth | Netherlands | The ship capsized at Penzance, Cornwall, United Kingdom and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Pernambuco, Brazil to Amsterdam, North Holland. |
| Amos Botsford | United Kingdom | The brig, on her maiden voyage, was driven ashore and severely damaged at the mouth of the River Ribble. She was on a voyage from the Bay of Fundy to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated on 28 March and taken in to Liverpool. |
| Betsey | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Mockbeggar, Cheshire. |
| Jane | United States | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Formby, Lancashire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia and Bristol, Massachusetts to Liverpool. |
| Prosperity | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned off Arendal, Norway. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to Dublin. Prosperity was subsequently taken in to Arendal. |
| Robert Taylor | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the Oost and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from London to Hamburg. |
| Viscountess Downe | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the Oost and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from London to Hamburg. |

## 24 February

List of shipwrecks: 24 February 1826 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Dolphin | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Wick Bay. She was on a voyage from Wick, Caithness to Waterford. Dolphin was later refloated and taken in to Stromness, Orkney Islands. |

## 25 February

List of shipwrecks: 25 February 1826 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Jemima | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Seal Island, Nova Scotia, British North America with the loss of seven of her crew. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to London. |
| Liberator | United Kingdom | The ship struck the Bellona Rock and was abandoned with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Saint John, New Brunswick. Liberator was later towed in to Small Point, Maine, United States in a waterlogged condition. She arrived on 11 March. |

## 26 February

List of shipwrecks: 26 February 1826 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Adriana | France | The ship departed from New York, United States for Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Arcadian | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Stromness, Orkney Islands. She was on a voyage from Wick, Caithness to Waterford. |
| Mary Francis | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and was damaged at Holyhead, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Drogheda, County Louth. Mary Francis was refloated and taken in to Holyhead. |
| Sarah | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Corton Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was refloated but consequently foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London. |

## 27 February

List of shipwrecks: 27 February 1826 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Delight | United Kingdom | The smack struck a sunken wreck off the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk and foundered. All on board were rescued by Eliza ( United Kingdom). |
| Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Sable Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to London. |

## 28 February

List of shipwrecks: 28 February 1826 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Adele | France | The ship was wrecked on the Florida Reef. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure. |
| Joseph | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. |
| Phœnix Packet | United Kingdom | The ship was run down and sunk off Souter Point, County Durham by Phœnix ( United Kingdom). Phoenix Packet was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Leith, Lothian. |
| Phœnix | United Kingdom | The ship was run down and sunk in the North Sea off the Souter Lighthouse, County Durham by Phœnix ( United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Leith, Lothian. |
| Robert | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Hamburg. |
| Viss-Doune | Hamburg | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Hamburg. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in February 1826 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Betsey | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Irish Sea in late February with the loss of all 43 people on board. she was on a voyage from Dundalk, County Louth, to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Betsey Clarke | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all but three of her crew. Survivors were rescued by Brabander ( Netherlands). Betsey Clarke was on a voyage from Messina, Sicily to London. |
| Bonne Mère | France | The ship was driven ashore crewless at Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Spain. |
| Brunswick | British North America | The ship was wrecked in the Tusket Islands, Nova Scotia in early February. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Saint John, New Brunswick. |
| Chart | Jamaica | The ship was wrecked on the Florida Keys. |
| Clio | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Wexford in early February. She was on a voyage from Seville, Spain to Liverpool. |
| Dan | France | The ship was sighted off Ceylon whilst on a voyage from Madras, India to Bordeaux, Gironde. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground 15 nautical miles (28 km) off Berbice. |
| Joseph | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex in late February. |
| Moses Bottsford | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Lytham St Annes, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Liverpool. |
| Stadt von Emden | Kingdom of Hanover | The ship was driven ashore at La Tremblade, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was on a voyage from Cork, Netherlands to Bordeaux, Gironde, France. |
| Vos | Netherlands | The ship was lost near Dordrecht, South Holland before 21 February. She was on a voyage from Ferrol, Spain to St. Ubes, Portugal and Bergen, Norway. |