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The list of shipwrecks in July 1837 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during July 1837 .
List of shipwrecks: 9 July 1837
Ship
State
Description
Lequeitania
Hamburg
The ship ran aground on the Mewensand, in the North Sea . She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Havana , Cuba . She was refloated the next day and taken into Cuxhaven .[ 11]
Gledstanes
United Kingdom
This British whaler ran aground and broke up on Ocean Island in the Pacific (now called Kure Atoll ) with loss of one life. Marooned on the island the crew built a schooner from the wreckage over the course of many months, and the Captain and 9 others sailed it the 1000 miles to the Hawaiian Islands and arranged for rescue of the remaining crew which occurred on 6 February 1838.[ 12]
List of shipwrecks: 20 July 1837
Ship
State
Description
Theodrick
United Kingdom
The ship capsized at Sligo .[ 18] She was later refloated.[ 31]
List of shipwrecks: 25 July 1837
Ship
State
Description
Two Brothers
United Kingdom
The smack was wrecked in the "Lindsey Isles", off the coast of Wales with the loss of all hands.[ 40]
List of shipwrecks: 27 July 1837
Ship
State
Description
Bonne Aimee
France
The ship was wrecked on the coast of Puerto Rico. Her crew were rescued.[ 47]
List of shipwrecks: 29 July 1837
Ship
State
Description
Dewdrop
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Boscastle , Cornwall .[ 32]
Ebenezer
United Kingdom
The ship departed from St. Helen's, Isle of Wight for Plymouth , Devon . No further trace, presumed foundered in the English Channel with the loss of all hands.[ 54]
Gleaner
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Penzance , Cornwall.[ 32]
Hope
United States
The ship was abandoned in the South Atlantic off the Cape of Good Hope , Chile. Her crew were rescued by Duke of Roxburgh ( United Kingdom ). Hope was on a voyage from China to New York .[ 5] [ 55]
Jane and Margaret
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Boscastle.[ 32]
John
Jersey
The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Boscastle.[ 32]
Margaret
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Hythe, Kent .[ 56]
Margaret Ann
United States
The ship was wrecked on Rune Key.[ 57]
Neptune
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Boscastle.[ 32]
Racer
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Penzance.[ 32]
Den Rashe Bonde
Norway
The sloop was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands , Kent , United Kingdom with the loss of three of her five crew. Survivors were rescued by Flora , Po and Royal Sovereign (all United Kingdom ). Den Rashe Bonde was on a voyage from Bordeaux , Gironde , France to Christiansand .[ 32] [ 58] [ 2] [ 59]
Sally Ann
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore north of Bude , Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Cardiff , Glamorgan to Plymouth , Devon .[ 52]
Springflower
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Boscastle.[ 32]
Thornton
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Somerset . She was later refloated.[ 58]
Two Brothers
United Kingdom
The smack was wrecked in the Lindsey Islands, off the coast of Wales with the loss of all hands.[ 60]
List of shipwrecks: 30 July 1837
Ship
State
Description
Alerte
France
The whaler was driven ashore at Talcahuano , Chile.[ 61]
Dublin Packet
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on Beaks Key. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana , United States to Boston, Massachusetts , United States and Europe.[ 13]
Esperance
France
The whaler was driven ashore at Talcahuano.[ 61]
Mary
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the coast of Caithness . She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick , British North America to Hull , Yorkshire .[ 62]
Monk
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Marbella , Spain. She was on a voyage from Livorno , Grand Duchy of Tuscany to Cork .[ 63]
Perseverance
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in the River Mersey . She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Demerara . Perseverance was refloated and put back to Liverpool.[ 2]
Robiner
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Montrose, Forfarshire . She was later refloated.[ 64]
Sophia
Flag unknown
The ship foundered off the Spanish coast. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes , Portugal to "Frederickshall".[ 65]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in July 1837
Ship
State
Description
Adelaide
New South Wales
The cutter capsized in Broken Bay .
Barbadoes Planter
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the coast of British Honduras before 19 July. She was on a voyage from British Honduras to London .[ 66]
Charlotte
United Kingdom
The ship was lost off the east coast of Saint Domingo before 14 July. She was on a voyage from Saint Thomas , Virgin Islands to Saint Domingo.[ 67]
Fultay
Flag unknown
The ship was wrecked on the east coast of Socotra in early July with the loss of six of her crew. She was on a voyage from Surat , India to Mocha .[ 68]
Gulione
United States
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Terschelling , Friesland , Netherlands before 26 July. She was on a voyage from New Bedford, Massachusetts to Bremen .[ 69] [ 58]
Harkaway
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Coleradoes, off the coast of Cuba before 9 July and was abandoned by some of her crew. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana , United States To Liverpool , Lancashire . Harkaway was later refloated and resumed her voyage, arriving at Liverpool on 2 July.[ 70] [ 71] [ 72]
Little Pen
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked in the Abasco Islands before 17 July. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to a port in Tabasco , Mexico.[ 73]
Providence
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Knock Sand.[ 18]
Thornton
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore. She was later refloated.[ 32]
William IV
British North America
The ship was wrecked on a reef off Prince Edward Island . She was on a voyage from Halifax , Nova Scotia to Quebec City , Lower Canada .[ 17]
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Shipwrecks 1830–39, by month
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