List of shipwrecks in 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] |
References
- ↑ "Ship News". The Standard. No. 4472. London. 20 October 1838.
- ↑ "Ship News". The Times. No. 16947. London. 24 January 1839. col E, p. 7.
- ↑ "Ship News". The Times. No. 16903. London. 4 December 1838. col D-E, p. 7.
- ↑ "The Royal Navy &c". The Morning Post. No. 21196. London. 10 December 1838.
- 1 2 "njscuba.net "Lavallette Wreck"". Archived from the original on 2020-02-23. Retrieved 2020-03-01.
- ↑ "Belfast Ship News". The Belfast News-Letter. No. 10618. Belfast. 9 April 1839.
- ↑ "Ship News". The Times. No. 16656. London. 19 February 1838. col E, p. 2.
- ↑ "Another Supposed Shipwreck". The Morning Post. No. 21167. London. 6 November 1838.
- ↑ Chernyshev, Alexander Alekseevich (2012). Погибли без боя. Катастрофы русских кораблей XVIII–XX вв [They died without a fight. Catastrophes of Russian ships of the XVIII-XX centuries] (in Russian). Veche.
- ↑ "Ship News". The Times. No. 16878. London. 5 November 1838. col F, p. 7.
- ↑ "Ship News". The Times. No. 16856. London. 10 October 1838. col B, p. 7.
- ↑ "Ship News". The Times. No. 16747. London. 16 June 1838. col D, p. 7.
- ↑ "Ship News". The Morning Post. No. 21046. London. 16 June 1838. p. 7.
- ↑ "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury. No. 18535. Edinburgh. 29 October 1838.
- ↑ "Ship News". The Times. No. 16837. London. 18 September 1838. col F, p. 7.
- ↑ "Ship News". The Standard. No. 4504. London. 26 November 1838.
- ↑ "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury. No. 21365. Edinburgh. 5 May 1838.
- ↑ "Ship News". The Standard. No. 4329. london. 4 May 1838.
- ↑ "Shipping Intelligence". The Hull Packet. No. 2788. Hull. 11 May 1838.
- ↑ "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury. No. 18586. Edinburgh. 23 February 1839.
- ↑ "Ship News". The Australian. Sydney. 22 January 1839. p. 2.
- ↑ "Ship News". The Morning Post. No. 21106. London. 27 August 1838.
- ↑ Ingram, C. W. N., and Wheatley, P. O., (1936) Shipwrecks: New Zealand disasters 1795–1936. Dunedin, NZ: Dunedin Book Publishing Association. p. 30.
- ↑ "1838". downtothesea.com. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
- ↑ "Ship News". The Times. No. 16919. London. 22 December 1838. col F, p. 7.
- ↑ "Shipping Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle. No. 21559. London. 22 December 1838.
- ↑ "1838". downtothesea.com. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
- ↑ "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury. No. 18561. Edinburgh. 31 December 1838.
- ↑ "1838". downtothesea.com. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
- ↑ "Ship News". The Times. No. 16898. London. 28 November 1838. col E, p. 7.
- ↑ "Ship News". The Times. No. 16737. London. 24 May 1838. col E, p. 7.
- ↑ "Shipping Intelligenct". Caledonian Mercury. No. 18427. Edinburgh. 28 May 1838.
- ↑ "Ship News". The Morning Post. No. 21084. London. 31 July 1838. p. 7.
- ↑ "Ship News". The Times. No. 16937. London. 12 January 1839. col D, p. 7.
- ↑ "Ship News". The Times. No. 16732. London. 18 May 1838. col B, p. 7.
- ↑ "Shipping Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle. No. 21405. London. 20 June 1838.
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