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

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1 November

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List of shipwrecks: 1 November 1837
Ship State Description
Albion  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked and destroyed by fire at Plymouth, Devon.[1] She was on a voyage from "Cape Series" to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[2]
Bywell  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. All on board were rescued by the Lowestoft Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[3] The wreck was beached at Pakefield, Suffolk on 6 December.[4]
Elizabeth Augusta  Hamburg The ship was wrecked on the Putgar Reef. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Stettin.[5]
George Washington  Hamburg The ship was driven ashore at "Kanso". She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Gothenburg, Sweden.[6] She was later refloated.[7]
Henrica Sweden The ship was driven ashore near Kungsbacka. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to Venice, Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia.[6]
Ingarborg Karitine  Hamburg The ship was driven ashore between Strandby and "Hjensting", Denmark. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom to Hamburg.[8]
Margaret Ogilvie  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore north of Workington, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Bangor, Caernarfonshire to Belfast, County Antrim.[9]
Providentia Sweden The ship was driven ashore at "Kjallo". She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Portugal to Gothenburg.[6]
Robert  United States The ship was driven ashore on Vargö, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Gävle, Sweden to New York[6]
Robert Thomas  United Kingdom The ship was lost off Waterford. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to Waterford.[9]
Sisters  United Kingdom The ship capsized and sank in the English Channel off Swanage, Dorset with the loss of seven crew. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Exeter, Devon. She was raised on 23 September 1838 and taken into Poole, Dorset.[1][10]
Trio Sweden The ship was driven ashore on Skagen, Denmark. She was refloated in late November and taken into Gothenburg.[4]
Vasco da Gama  Portugal The galley was wrecked on the Este Till, at the mouth of the Elbe. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to Hamburg.[11]

2 November

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List of shipwrecks: 2 November 1837
Ship State Description
Anna  Prussia The ship was driven ashore at Strömstad, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands to Königsberg.[6]
Antelope  United States The ship ran aground off "Cronenburgh", Denmark. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to New York.[12] She was refloated on 11 November and taken into Copenhagen, where she was condemned.[13]
Clitus  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Ayr. She was on a voyage from Bathurst, Africa to Ayr.[14]
Leda  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Ambleteuse, Pas-de-Calais, France with the loss of five of her eight crew. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to London.[9] Her captain had mistaken the Cap Griz Nez Lighthouse, which had been lit for the first time on 1 November, for the Dungeness Lighthouse, Kent.[15]
Packet  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Helsingør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Dantzic to Hull, Yorkshire.[12]
Times  United Kingdom The brig was lost in the Black Sea.[6]

3 November

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List of shipwrecks: 3 November 1837
Ship State Description
Eliza  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Petipat Shoal. She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Miramichi, New Brunswick, British North America.[16]
Mary  Hamburg The brig departed from Helsingør, Denmark for Aberdeen, United Kingdom. Presumed to have subsequently foundered off Christiania, Norway.[17]
Mercury  United Kingdom The ship departed from Helsingør for Aberdeen. Presumed to have subsequently foundered off Christiania.[17]
Tredegar  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Clevedon, Somerset. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[9]
Trow Tow  United Kingdom The ship sank in the Bristol Channel off Cardiff, Glamorgan.[18]
Water Witch  United Kingdom The ship was run into by Surrey ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Thames at Gravesend, Kent whilst engaged in raising Apollo ( United Kingdom), which had sunk on 5 September following a collision.[19][20]

4 November

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List of shipwrecks: 4 November 1837
Ship State Description
Agenoria  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Faial Island, Azores. Her crew were rescued.[21]
Vierge Marie  Belgium The ship was driven ashore at Rammekins Castle, Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Antwerp, Belgium. Vierge Marie was refloated on 11 November and taken into Vlissingen, Zeeland.[22][18]

5 November

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List of shipwrecks: 5 November 1837
Ship State Description
Five Gebruders  Netherlands The ship was wrecked near Tönningen, Duchy of Holstein. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Stettin.[12]
Maria  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Tönningen. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from England to Altona.[12]
Pensher  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Tönningen. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Sunderland, County Durham.[12] Pensherwas later refloated and taken into Tönningen.[23]
Spring  United Kingdom The ship struck a rock and sank off Jersey, Channel Islands. She was on a voyage from Jersey to London.[24] Spring was refloated on 9 November and taken into Jersey.[25]

6 November

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List of shipwrecks: 6 November 1837
Ship State Description
Consecacoa Dentenora  Portugal The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Thisted, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Oporto to Hamburg.[8]
Thalia  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Madras, India.[26]

7 November

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List of shipwrecks: 7 November 1837
Ship State Description
Elizabeth  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her seven crew were rescued by Everton ( United Kingdom). Elizabeth was on a voyage from Bathurst, Africa to Exeter, Devon. She came ashore at Pont-l'Abbé, Finistère, France on 27 November.[27][28] Elizabeth was refloated on 30 November.[29]
Garnet  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Kungsbacka, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[22] Garnet had been refloated by 22 November and was subsequently taken into Gothenburg.[30]
Helen Mar  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Formby, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.[24] Helen Mar was refloated the next day and put back to Liverpool.[12]
Johanna  Hamburg The ship sprang a leak and sank at Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Hamburg. Johanna was later refloated and taken into Cardiff.[31]
Maria Crowther  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Laxey, Isle of Man.[6]
Orontes  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to London.[24]

8 November

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List of shipwrecks: 8 November 1837
Ship State Description
Anna  Russia The ship sank at Kongshavn, Norway with the loss of all hands.[32] She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Riga.[33]

9 November

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List of shipwrecks: 9 November 1837
Ship State Description
Isabella  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Hauxley Rocks, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued.[34]
Mary  United Kingdom The ship was sighted off Skagen, Denmark in a capsized state.[21]
Nancy  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Isle Martin, Summer Isles.[35] She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Ullapool, Ross-shire.[6]

10 November

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List of shipwrecks: 10 November 1837
Ship State Description
Cordelia  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, United States to Halifax, Nova Scotia.[16]
Fortitude  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) north of Aveiro, Portugal with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Oporto, Portugal.[36][37]
Lord Selkirk  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Richibucto, New Brunswick, British North America. She was on a voyage from Richibucto to Liverpool, Lancashire.[38][39][40]
Maria  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Blyth, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham to London.[41]
Mary and Elizabeth  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. She was later refloated.[28]

11 November

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List of shipwrecks: 11 November 1837
Ship State Description
Bartley  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Larne, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Larne.[6]
Echo  United Kingdom The ship struck rocks and sank at Saint Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands with the loss of two lives. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Saint Helier.[42]
Edward  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham to London.[41][28]
Factor  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Green Island. She was on a voyage from Madeira to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America.[43]
Luiza  Portugal The ship struck a sandbank off Fort St. Mark, Maranhão, Brazil and was wrecked. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to Maranhão.[44]
Mary Elizabeth  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Wells-next-the-Sea. She was on a voyage from London to Wells-next-the-Sea.[6]
South Australian United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland South Australia The whaler, a barque, was driven ashore and wrecked in Encounter Bay.[45][46]

12 November

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List of shipwrecks: 12 November 1837
Ship State Description
Tortola  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Blakeney, Norfolk with the loss of two of her crew.[47][48]
Vrow Helena  Netherlands The ship was wrecked on Juist, Kingdom of Hanover. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland to Bremen.[6]

13 November

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List of shipwrecks: 13 November 1837
Ship State Description
Eleanor  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Helsingør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London. Eleanor was later refloated and taken into Copenhagen, Denmark.[49]
Orestes  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Helsingør. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Chatham, Kent.[49]

14 November

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List of shipwrecks: 14 November 1837
Ship State Description
Canton  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the west end of "Brian Island", British North America with the loss of seven of the thirteen people on board. She was on a voyage from Gaspé, Lower Canada, British North America to a British port.[50]
David  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Katwijk, North Holland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from "Pelwarn" to Hull, Yorkshire.[51]
Jane  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Île de Ré, Charente-Maritime, France. Her crew were rescued.[52][49]
Martha  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Île de Ré. Her crew were rescued.[52][49]
Nautilus  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Mediterranean Sea 40 leagues (120 nautical miles (220 km)) east of Cape Passero, Sicily. Her crew were rescued Bougainville ( French Navy). Nautilus was on a voyage from Licata, Sicily to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[13]
Thetis  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Whelps and Scarlet Rocks, in the River Shannon. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to Limerick.[33]
Vrow Johanna  Netherlands The ship was driven ashore near Egmond aan Zee, North Holland. She was on a voyage from a port in east Friesland to Antwerp, Belgium.[8]

15 November

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List of shipwrecks: 15 November 1837
Ship State Description
Anders Sweden The ship was driven ashore at Thisted, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Guernsey, Channel Islands.[53]
Auguste Julia  Belgium The ship was holed by her anchor and partly sank in Tor Bay. She was on a voyage from Ostend, West Flanders to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. Auguste Julia was subsequently repaired.[35]
Greyhound  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on Prince Edward Island, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada to Richibucto, New Brunswick.[54]
Jubilee  United Kingdom The ship struck the wreck of Bywell ( United Kingdom) and sank off Lowestoft, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Plymouth, Devon.[6][48]
Junius  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Blakeney, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued by the Wells Lifeboat.[6][48]
Sieben Sodskende  Hamburg The ship was wrecked south of Hårup, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Laurwig, Norway to Hamburg.[50]

16 November

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List of shipwrecks: 16 November 1837
Ship State Description
Athena  Belgium The ship departed from Antwerp for Boston, Massachusetts, United States. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[55]
Seven Sodskende  Norway The ship was wrecked south of Hurup, Duchy of Holstein. Her crew were rescued.[56]
William Giles  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Dragør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to London. She was later refloated and put into Copenhagen.[57][37]

17 November

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List of shipwrecks: 17 November 1837
Ship State Description
Aurora  Belgium The ship was driven ashore on the Lilleground. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Antwerp. Aurora was later refloated.[58][29]
Dee  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and damaged on the south coast of Gotland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburgh, Russia to Hull, Yorkshire. She was later refloated and taken into "Ronhamer".[59][60]
Genoa Packet  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Blyth, Northumberland.[61] She was refloated the next day and taken into Blyth in a leaky condition.[52]
Wilhelm  Bremen The ship was driven ashore on Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bremen to Tenerife, Canary Islands.[61]

18 November

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List of shipwrecks: 18 November 1837
Ship State Description
Antonius Elbing The ship was driven ashore at Burnham Overy Staithe, Norfolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Elbing to Burnham Overy Staithe. She was later refloated.[61]
Athabaska  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Richibucto, New Brunswick, British North America.[59]
Augusta Signora Grand Duchy of Tuscany The ship was driven ashore at Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. She was on a voyage from "Ismail" to Livorno.[30]
Betsey Black  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Stromness, Orkney Islands. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Lancaster, Lancashire. Betsey Black was refloated on 1 December and taken into Stromness.[62][49]
Eleanor  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the Lilleyrund, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to London.[57] Eleanor was refloated in late November and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark.[53]
Indian Chief  United Kingdom The ship stuck the Rusk Bank, in the Irish Sea and was abandoned by her crew. She was consequently wrecked on the coast of County Wexford. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Mauritius.[61][23]
Lynx United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New South Wales The barque was wrecked in the New River, New Zealand. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from the New River to Sydney.[63]
Mary  United Kingdom The ship was beached in Dublin Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Calcutta, India. Mary was refloated on 30 November and taken into Dublin.[27]
Palmer  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and was beached near Workington, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Workington to an Irish port. Palmer was later refloated and taken into Workington.[61]
St. Anna Grand Duchy of Tuscany The ship was driven ashore at Naples. She was on a voyage from Taganrog, Russia to Livorno.[30]
William  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Sunderland, County Durham.[48]

19 November

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List of shipwrecks: 19 November 1837
Ship State Description
Ardogowan  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Ballyferris Point, County Down. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Limerick. Ardogowan was later refloated and taken into Drogheda, County Louth.[49]
Blue Eyed Lass  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Bondicar Rocks, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued.[23]
Camilla  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the Gaar Sands, at the mouth of the River Tay. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Dundee, Forfarshire. Camilla was later refloated.[37]
Chance  United Kingdom The ship ran aground off "Hornbeck". She was on a voyage from Peterhead, Aberdeenshire to Stettin.[64]
Clara  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in St. Georges's Bay, Newfoundland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Berbice, British Guiana to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America.[65] She was refloated on 2 August 1838 and taken into Quebec City.[66]
Fly  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore east of Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk.[61]
Lynx United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New South Wales The whaler, a barque, foundered whilst on a voyage from Sydney to New Zealand. Her crew were rescued.[67][68]
Union  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on the West Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to Liverpool, Lancashire.[69]

20 November

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List of shipwrecks: 20 November 1837
Ship State Description
Eagle  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Læsø, Denmark. She was later refloated.[70]
Gesina Hermina  Netherlands The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Alkmaar, North Holland. Gesina Hermina was refloated and put in to Texel, North Holland in a leaky condition.[71]
Jordonsjold  Norway The ship was driven ashore at Dunkerque, Nord, France.[21]
Juno  United Kingdom The ship ran aground off the Bahamas, where she was destroyed by fire on 24 November. She was on a voyage from Laguna to Liverpool.[40]
Mary Cummings  United Kingdom The ship was lost off Yell, Shetland Islands.[40]

21 November

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List of shipwrecks: 21 November 1837
Ship State Description
Darling  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Maryport, Cumberland.[21]
Deux Frères  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to Ostend.[21]
Elizabeth Heligoland The ship was driven ashore at Ostend. She was on a voyage from Rüstersiel to Ostend.[21]
Latona  United Kingdom The ship departed from St. Jago de Cuba, Cuba for Swansea, Glamorgan. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[72]
Margaret  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at the Point of Carra, Orkney Islands. She was on a voyage from St. Margaret's Hope, Orkney Islands to Leith, Lothian.[73]

22 November

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List of shipwrecks: 22 November 1837
Ship State Description
Elizabeth  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the coast of Finistère, France with the loss of all hands.[74]
Excellent  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Læsø, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London.[13][75]
Neptune United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The ship struck a rock off Petit-Rocher, New Brunswick and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia to the Chaleur Bay.[17][44]
Penasse  Denmark The ship was wrecked on the coast of Jutland with the loss of several lives. She was on a voyage from London to Copenhagen.[76]
Sophia  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked off the Port Neuf River, Lower Canada with loss of master and 13 crew; four survivors.[77] She was on a voyage from Montreal, Lower Canada to Greenock, Renfrewshire.[40]
Woodford  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Læsø. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Plymouth, Devon.[13][75]

23 November

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List of shipwrecks: 23 November 1837
Ship State Description
Diana  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. Diana was later refloated and taken into Peterhead.[57]
George  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the River Colne.[37]
Isabella  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore on the Abertay Sands and sank with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands to Perth.[78][21] Isabella was refloated on 2 December and taken into Perth in a wrecked condition.[29][79]
Mail  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked on the Isle of Arran. She was on a voyage from Glasgow to Trinidad.[57][30][80]
Reform  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Brier Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Vincent to Digby, Nova Scotia.[16]
Systaire Sweden The brig was in collision with a British brig off Bridport, Dorset, United Kingdom and was beached at Burton Bradstock, Dorset. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to Batavia, Netherlands East Indies.[81][51][21]

24 November

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List of shipwrecks: 24 November 1837
Ship State Description
Albatross  Denmark The ship was wrecked on Skagen. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Copenhagen.[76]
Cecilia  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea 60 nautical miles (110 km) off Domesnes, Norway. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Dantsic.[82]
Globe  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Alicante, Spain with the loss of all but four of her crew. She was on a voyage from Boston, Lincolnshire to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany.[83][84]
Marie Rostock The ship was lost off the coast of Nordland, Norway.[85]

25 November

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List of shipwrecks: 25 November 1837
Ship State Description
Anne  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Limerick to Glasson Dock, Lancashire. Anne was later refloated.[80]
Emerald  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Downing Bay.[13]
Eliza Warwick  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to New Orleans.[43] Eliza Warwick was refloated on 9 December.[86]
Hoppet Sweden The ship was wrecked on the Swedish coast with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France to Strömstad.[29][4]
Jane  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Île de Ré, Charente-Maritime, France.[53]
Jane  United Kingdom The sloop foundered in Dundrum Bay with the loss of two of the five people on board.[87]
Martha  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Île de Ré.[53]
Neptune  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Pembrey Sands, Carmarthenshire. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Carmarthen.[62]
Niagara  United States The ship was driven ashore at New Orleans. She was on a voyage from New Orleans to Singapore.[43] Niagara was refloated on 9 December.[86]
Theodore  United States The ship was wrecked on the Luconia Shoals. Her crew were rescued.[88] She was on a voyage from Singapore to Canton, China.[68]

26 November

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List of shipwrecks: 26 November 1837
Ship State Description
Black Boy  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk. She was later refloated.[37]
Colosseum  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Kentish Knock with the loss of twelve of the seventeen people on board. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to St. Ubes, Portugal.[89][80]
Friends United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jersey The ship was last sighted on this date whilst on a voyage from Copenhagen, Denmark to Fortune Bay. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[67]
Juno  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Bahamas. She was on a voyage from British Honduras to London.[90]
Neptune  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Pembrey, Carmarthenshire. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Carmarthen.[13]
Royal Oak  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Blackpool, Lancashire. Her five crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Carrickfergus, County Antrim.[91][92]

27 November

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List of shipwrecks: 27 November 1837
Ship State Description
Chalco  Mexico The ship was driven ashore near "Laguna". She was on a voyage from Vera Cruz to "Laguna".[93] Chalco was later refloated.[94]
Gloucester  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Mississippi River downstream of New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to New Orleans.[95]
Harmony  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Caldy Island, Pembrokeshire. She was later refloated.[49][96]

28 November

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List of shipwrecks: 28 November 1837
Ship State Description
Benjamin  United Kingdom The ship departed from Liverpool, Lancashire to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[97]
Colisseum  Portugal The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom with the loss of twelve of the seventeen people on board. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to St. Ubes.[78]
Conselsan Feliz  Portugal The ship departed from Faial Island, Azores for Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[98]
Greenock  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Inishtrahull, County Donegal, where she was subsequently wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada to Hull, Yorkshire.[99][100]
Johanna  Hamburg The ship ran aground and sank at Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Hamburg. Johanna was refloated on 2 December.[30]

29 November

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List of shipwrecks: 29 November 1837
Ship State Description
General Coffin  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in the Turks Islands. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick to Saint Domingo.[101]
Joanna  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Smyrna, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from London to Malta. Joanna was refloated with assistance from HMS Sapphire ( Royal Navy). She arrived as Smyrna on 13 December.[102]
John  United Kingdom The ship ran aground and sank at Cowes, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from London to Newport, Isle of Wight.[71]
Manuel  Spain The ship was destroyed by fire at Málaga.[84]
Rochdale  United Kingdom The ship was holed by her anchor and sank at the George Dock, Liverpool, Lancashire.[103][80]

30 November

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List of shipwrecks: 30 November 1837
Ship State Description
Albion  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Dunbar, Lothian. She was later refloated.[30]
Ann  United Kingdom The sloop was wrecked on the Polls Bank, in the English Channel off the coast of Sussex. Her crew were rescued by the coastguard.[29]
Foster  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Hull, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Hull.[71]
James Patterson  United Kingdom The ship struck the Hutt and Lowth Rock and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Dublin.[30][70]
Margaret  United Kingdom The ship was in collision with a fishing boat and sank in the Irish Sea off The Skerries. She was on a voyage from Dundalk, County Louth to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[27]
Mercur  Denmark The brig was driven ashore at Dover, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Memel to Bordeaux, Gironde, France.[104][7] Mercur was refloated and taken into Dover.[58]
Mercury  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Dover. She was on a voyage from Memel to Dover. Mercury was later refloated and taken into Dover.[58]
Oak  United Kingdom The ship was holed by her anchor and sank at King's Lynn, Norfolk.[7]
Pilot  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Burnham Overy Staithe, Norfolk.[49]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in November 1837
Ship State Description
Active  France The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Utsira, Norway before 7 November. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Le Croisic, Loire-Inférieure to Molde, Norway.[57][105]
Anecdote  United Kingdom The ship foundered off County Galway.[30]
Anne  United Kingdom The schooner was lost whilst on a voyage from Prince Edward Island to Miramichi, New Brunswick, British North America. Her crew were rescued.[54]
Belle Isle  United Kingdom The ship was damaged by ice and driven ashore in the Saint Lawrence River downstream of Madras Island before 19 November.[106][39]
Briton  United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Manicougan Shoal and was damaged.[107]
Campo Bello  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Richibucto, New Brunswick, British North America before 1 December.[38][39]
Canton  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Brier Island, Nova Scotia, British North America before 14 November.[108]
Frances  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Sligo. Frances was later refloated and taken into Whitstable, Kent.[35]
Fame  United Kingdom The schooner was lost whilst on a voyage from Prince Edwar Island to Miramichi. Her crew were rescued.[54]
Gledstone  United Kingdom The whaler was wrecked on Hawaii, Sandwich Islands before 18 November. She had been deliberately set afire by the cook, who subsequently committed suicide.[88]
Gode Hensigt  Norway The ship was abandoned in the Norwegian Sea. She was taken into Stavanger on 17 November.[29][4]
James Colvin  United Kingdom The whaler was set afire by the ship's cook, who subsequently committed suicide. Her crew were rescued by Catawbu ( United States). James Colvin was driven ashore and wrecked on Hawaii before 18 November.[88][109]
Jane  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from Barbadoes to Prince Edward Island. Jane was refloated in June 1837 and completed her voyage on 30 June.[110]
Johanna  Netherlands The ship was lost on the coast of Norway before 11 November.[27]
Jonge Catharina  Netherlands The ship was driven ashore near Tönningen, Duchy of Holstein and severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Stralsund to Zaandam, North Holland. Jonge Catharina was later refloated and taken in to Tönningen.[51]
Juno  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Bahamas on or before 26 November.[17]
Liverpool United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 5 November.[6]
Margaretha Duchy of Holstein The ship was lost on the Vogel Sand, in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Caroline ( Duchy of Holstein). Margaretha was on a voyage from Glückstadt to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.[111][52]
Maria  Netherlands The ship was driven ashore at Frederikshavn, Denmark before 23 November. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Stralsund and/or Rostock.[57][105]
Mercury  United Kingdom The ship capsized off Skagen, Denmark on or before 9 November. She was on a voyage from Dantsic to Aberdeen.[7]
Trio  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore in the Dardanelles before 13 November. She was refloated with assistance from HMS Carysfort ( Royal Navy).[50]
Watson  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Denmark. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Hull, Yorkshire. Watson was later refloated and taken into Copenhagen.[57]

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