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
Unknown date

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

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1836

Ship	Country	Description
Adventure	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. 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