List of shipwrecks in 1837

The list of shipwrecks in 1837 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1837.

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January

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February

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March

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April

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May

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June

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July

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August

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September

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October

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November

Further information: List of shipwrecks in November 1837

December

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in 1837

Ship	State	Description
Adolphe	France	The ship was wrecked at "St. Elena", Patagonia. [1]
Amelie	France	The ship was wrecked at Saint Pierre and Miquelon. [2]
Atlas	United States	The whaler was wrecked in the Crozet Islands. Her crew were rescued by Héroine (  French Navy). [3] [4]
Belleisle	United Kingdom	The brig was wrecked by ice off New Brunswick, British North America. [5] [6]
Benjamin Franklin	United States	The schooner was lost in a gale in August or April. Lost with all 7 hands. [7] [8]
Brazilian Patriot	United Kingdom	The ship was lost at Newfoundland, British North America. [9]
Briton	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on Christmas Island. Her crew were rescued six months later by Charles Frederick (  United Kingdom ) and taken to the Sandwich Islands. [10]
Caroline	United States	The ship was lost in Chaleur Bay. [11]
Emmée	France	The ship was wrecked on the coast of Madagascar. [12]
Europa	United States	The whaler was wrecked in a typhoon at Vavou. [13]
Fair America	United States	The schooner was lost in a gale in August or April. Lost with all 7 hands. [14] [15]
Falcon	New South Wales	The whaler was wrecked on Ascension Island. [16]
George IV	United Kingdom	The whaler was wrecked. [17]
Helen Marr	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Pernambuco, Brazil. She was on a voyage from Pernambuco to Bahia, Brazil. Helen Marr was consequently condemned. [18]
Independence	United States	The whaler was wrecked at Vavaʻu before 14 August. [19]
Indien	France	The ship was wrecked at Saint Pierre and Miquelon. [2]
Jemima	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked at Veracruz, Mexico. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to Veracruz. [20]
Margaret	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on the coast of Madagascar. Her crew were rescued. [21]
Martha	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked in the Paracel Islands. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Canton, China. [22]
Napoleon	United States	The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean between 29 July and 13 October. Her crew were rescued by Ferax (  United States ). She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom to Charleston, South Carolina. [23]
Petit Joseph	France	The ship was wrecked on the coast of Iceland. [2]
Portia	United Kingdom	The ship was lost in the Gulf of Venice. Her crew were rescued.She was on a voyage from Trieste to Sicily. [24] [25]
Renown	United Kingdom	The ship was lost at Newfoundland. [9]
Sea Horse	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on Anclote Key, Florida Territory. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Manzanilla, Trinidad to Dublin. [26]
Sept Frères	France	The whaler foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands, over 150 people. She was on a voyage from Granville, Manche to Newfoundland. [27] [28]
Sir R. H. Dick	United Kingdom	The ship was lost on the coast of Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from London to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America. [29] [30]
Thomas	United Kingdom	The whaler was lost in the Davis Strait. Twelve crew were rescued by Advice (  United Kingdom ) but ten of them died before she arrived at Sligo on 14 June. [31]
Tiberius	Brazil	The ship foundered between 12 August and 7 September. She was on a voyage from Bahia to Africa. [32]
Union	British North America	The schooner foundered in Lake Ontario with the loss of all hands. [33]
Vesta	United States	The schooner was lost in a gale in August or April. Lost with all 7 hands. [34] [35]
William I	Netherlands	The steamship was wrecked on the Lucipa Reef, Netherlands East Indies before 13 August. All 140 people on board were rescued after 35 days by HNLMS Nautilus (  Royal Netherlands Navy). [36] [37]

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19. "Ship News". The Times. No. 16587. London. 30 November 1837. col. D, p. 2.
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37. "(untitled)". The Standard. No. 4160. London. 20 October 1837.