List of shipwrecks in 1838
This list of shipwrecks in 1838 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1838 .
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Ship
State
Description
Abeona
British North America
The ship sank at Saint Domingo .[ 1]
Abeille
France
The barque was driven ashore in Diamond Creek whilst bound for Île Bourbon . She was later refloated.[ 2]
African
United Kingdom
The ship struck a sunken rock off Trincomalee , Ceylon and foundered. All on board were rescued.[ 3] [ 4]
Ageneria
Flag unknown
The schooner was lost at Mantoloking , New Jersey .[ 5]
Anna Maria
United Kingdom
The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was discovered on 26 January 1839 by Elizabeth ( United Kingdom ). Five putrid bodies were discovered on board.[ 6]
Belhaven
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned off Cape Finisterre , Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire , to Marseille , Bouches-du-Rhône , France.[ 7]
Betsey
Jersey
The ship was presumed to have foundered in the Atlantic Ocean whilst on a voyage from Newfoundland , British North America , to Jersey with the loss of 60 lives.[ 8]
Catherine
Imperial Russian Navy
The brig was wrecked on Simushir , in the Kuril Islands with the loss of all on board. She was on a voyage from Okhotsk to Tigil .[ 9]
Chandler
Flag unknown
The cruiser was lost at Kerch , Russia .[ 10]
Elizabeth and Maria
British North America
The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Bridgeport, Connecticut , United States, to Newfoundland. Her crew were rescued.[ 11]
Four Brothers
United Kingdom
The sealer was lost at Newfoundland.[ 12] [ 13]
Five Sisters
United Kingdom
The sloop was wrecked on the coast of Morayshire .[ 14]
Frederika Maria
Denmark
The ship was sunk by ice whilst on a voyage from "Troense" to Greenland. Her crew were rescued.[ 15]
Ganges
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground in the Mississippi River and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana , United States, to Havre de Grâce , Seine-Inférieure , France.[ 16]
Happy Return
Guernsey
The ship capsized in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Flora ( United Kingdom ). Happy Return was on a voyage from Guernsey to the Azores .[ 17]
Helmes
Guernsey
The ship was wrecked on the Florida Reef. She was on a voyage from Havana , Cuba , to Guernsey.[ 18] [ 19]
Henry Clay
Unknown
The schooner was lost at Mantoloking , New Jersey .[ 5]
John Duggen
United Kingdom
The ship departed from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland , for Gibraltar some months before February 1839. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 20]
Lady Wellington
New South Wales
The brig was wrecked at Adelaide , South Australia . She was subsequently used as a stores ship .[ 21]
Laurel
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at New Calabar .[ 22]
Lord Nelson
New South Wales
The whaling brig was wrecked on Macquarie Island . Surviving members of her crew were marooned on the island for two years.[ 23]
Maid of the Mill
United States
The schooner was lost off the coast of Maine . Crew saved.[ 24]
Mandarin
United States
The ship was wrecked near Batavia , Netherlands East Indies .[ 25] She was on a voyage from Canton , China , to New York .[ 26]
Martha
United States
The schooner, a new vessel, coming around from Essex, was capsized off Brace’s Cove in a violent squall. The Owner and 2 crew killed.[ 27]
Milo
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Hogsty Reef . She was on a voyage from St. Jago de Cuba , Cuba, to Swansea , Glamorgan .[ 28]
Monticello
United States
The fishing schooner was lost fishing. Crew saved.[ 29]
Neptune
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at the mouth of the River Plate . She was on a voyage from Barcelona , Spain, to Buenos Aires , Argentina.[ 30]
St. Clair
United Kingdom
The schooner struck rocks and sank in Saldanha Bay .[ 31] [ 32]
Telegraph
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on Great Heneaga. Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Wilmington, Delaware , United States, to Jamaica.[ 33]
Tinley
United Kingdom
The ship was lost at British Honduras .[ 34]
Trial
United Kingdom
The ship was sunk by ice off the coast of Newfoundland.[ 35]
William Salthouse
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Anegada Reef. She was on a voyage from Trinidad to London. She was refloated and put into St. Thomas , Virgin Islands .[ 36]
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Shipwrecks 1830–39, by month
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