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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References

January

Further information: List of shipwrecks in January 1838

February

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March

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April

Further information: List of shipwrecks in April 1838

May

Further information: List of shipwrecks in May 1838

June

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July

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August

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September

Further information: List of shipwrecks in September 1838

October

Further information: List of shipwrecks in October 1838

November

Further information: List of shipwrecks in November 1838

December

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in 1838

Ship	Country	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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4. "The Royal Navy &c". The Morning Post. No. 21196. London. 10 December 1838.
5. njscuba.net "Lavallette Wreck"
6. "Belfast Ship News". The Belfast News-Letter. No. 10618. Belfast. 9 April 1839.
7. "Ship News". The Times. No. 16656. London. 19 February 1838. col E, p. 2.
8. "Another Supposed Shipwreck". The Morning Post. No. 21167. London. 6 November 1838.
9. 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.
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12. "Ship News". The Times. No. 16747. London. 16 June 1838. col D, p. 7.
13. "Ship News". The Morning Post. No. 21046. London. 16 June 1838. p. 7.
14. "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury. No. 18535. Edinburgh. 29 October 1838.
15. "Ship News". The Times. No. 16837. London. 18 September 1838. col F, p. 7.
16. "Ship News". The Standard. No. 4504. London. 26 November 1838.
17. "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury. No. 21365. Edinburgh. 5 May 1838.
18. "Ship News". The Standard. No. 4329. london. 4 May 1838.
19. "Shipping Intelligence". The Hull Packet. No. 2788. Hull. 11 May 1838.
20. "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury. No. 18586. Edinburgh. 23 February 1839.
21. "Ship News". The Australian. Sydney. 22 January 1839. p. 2.
22. "Ship News". The Morning Post. No. 21106. London. 27 August 1838.
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32. "Shipping Intelligenct". Caledonian Mercury. No. 18427. Edinburgh. 28 May 1838.
33. "Ship News". The Morning Post. No. 21084. London. 31 July 1838. p. 7.
34. "Ship News". The Times. No. 16937. London. 12 January 1839. col D, p. 7.
35. "Ship News". The Times. No. 16732. London. 18 May 1838. col B, p. 7.
36. "Shipping Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle. No. 21405. London. 20 June 1838.

Ship events in 1838
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Shipwrecks:	1833	1834	1835	1836	1837	1838	1839	1840	1841	1842	1843