List of shipwrecks in July 1838
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| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Amelia Maria |  France |
The brig was wrecked in the Gulf of Maracaibo. Most of her crew were murdered by the local inhabitants.[1] |
2 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Comptroller |  Anguilla |
The drogher was wrecked on the Prickly Pear Keys.[2] |
| Cubana |  United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked on the Bahama Banks. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Havana, Cuba.[3] |
3 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Louisa Ann | United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked off the Turks Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Jamaica.[4] |
8 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Antonio Perreira | United Kingdom |
The ship departed from Singapore for China. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands before 19 October.[5] |
11 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Adonis |  Lübeck |
The sloop was wrecked at Kõpu, Russia. She was on a voyage from Lübeck to Porvoo, Grand Duchy of Finland.[6] |
| Lowestoft | New South Wales |
The ship was wrecked on a reef off Waterhouse Island, Van Diemen's Land. She was on a voyage from Newcastle to Van Diemen's Land.[7] |
| Neptune | Antigua |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Antigua.[8] |
| Robert Sergeant | United Kingdom |
The ship ran ashore and was wrecked near Holyhead, Anglesey. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany to Liverpool, Lancashire.[9] |
12 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Robert Sargeant | United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked near Holyhead, Anglesey. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany to Liverpool, Lancashire.[10] |
13 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Eliza Jane | United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked in the Maldive Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Mauritius to Pondicherry, India.[11] |
15 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Nelly | United Kingdom |
The sloop foundered off the Carr Rock, in the Firth of Forth.[12] |
| Vrow Maria | Flag unknown | The ship ran aground off Rungsted, Denmark. She was refloated on 17 July and towed into Copenhagen by the steamship Princess Wilhemine ( Denmark).[12] |
| Wealands | United Kingdom |
The ship ran aground on the Kentish Knock, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Newhaven, Sussex. Wealands was refloated and put into Harwich, Essex in a leaky condition.[12] |
16 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth Clarke | United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked on the Cape Jack Shoals, off the coast of Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Pictou, Nova Scotia to Swansea, Glamorgan.[13] |
17 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Aurora | United Kingdom |
The ship struck a rock and sank off Cowhead, Newfoundland, British North America. Her crew were rescued.[14] |
18 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Africa | United Kingdom |
The ship foundered 40 nautical miles (74 km) south of Trincomalee, Ceylon. All on board were rescued.[15] |
| Madawaska | United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore on Brion Island, Magdalen Islands, Lower Canada, British North America. Her crew were rescued.[16] |
19 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth | United Kingdom |
The brig ran aground on the Cape Jack Reef, in the Gut of Canso.[17] |
22 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Moscow | United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked on the Lemon and Ore Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Hull, Yorkshire.[18] Moscow was subsequently taken into Harwich, Essex in a waterlogged condition.[19] |
23 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Eurydice |  Grand Duchy of Finland |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Zierikzee, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Turku to Antwerp, Belgium.[20] |
| Fasque | United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked on Grand Turk. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Saint Andrews, New Brunswick, British North America and Jamaica.[21] |
25 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Feronia | United Kingdom |
The ship struck the Mixen Sand, in the Bristol Channel and foundered off The Mumbles, Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ulverstone, Lancashire to Aberavon, Glamorgan.[22] |
26 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hannah | United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked at Gabarus, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde, France to Miramichi, New Brunswick, British North America.[23][21] |
| John and Elizabeth | United Kingdom |
The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Rye, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Southampton, Hampshire.[24] Once repaired, she resumed her voyage.[25] |
| Thomas Moulden | United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked near "Cape Brullos".[3] |
| Wellington | United Kingdom |
The ship was destroyed by fire off the Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from London to Liverpool, Lancashire.[26] |
28 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Maria |  Wismar |
The ship was driven ashore in the River Thames at Coal House Point. She was on a voyage from Wismar to London, United Kingdom.[27] |
29 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Levant | United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore near Mazara del Vallo, Sicily. She was on a voyage from Smyrna, Ottoman Empire to Falmouth, Cornwall.[28] Levant was refloated on 10 August and sailed for Malta to be repaired there.[29] |
