List of shipwrecks in 1838
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This list of shipwrecks in 1838 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1838.
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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] |
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.[5] |
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.[6] |
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.[7] |
Chandler | Flag unknown | The cruiser was lost at Kerch, Russia.[8] |
Elizabeth and Maria | British North America | The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States to Newfoundland. Her crew were rescued.[9] |
Four Brothers | United Kingdom | The sealer was lost at Newfoundland.[10][11] |
Five Sisters | United Kingdom | The sloop was wrecked on the coast of Morayshire.[12] |
Frederika Maria | Denmark | The ship was sunk by ice whilst on a voyage from "Troense" to Greenland. Her crew were rescued.[13] |
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-Maritime, France.[14] |
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.[15] |
Helmes | Guernsey | The ship was wrecked on the Florida Reef. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Guernsey.[16][17] |
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.[18] |
Lady Wellington | New South Wales | The brig was wrecked at Adelaide, South Australia. She was subsequently used as a stores ship.[19] |
Laurel | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at New Calabar.[20] |
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.[21] |
Mandarin | United States | The ship was wrecked near Batavia, Netherlands East Indies.[22] She was on a voyage from Canton, China to New York.[23] |
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.[24] |
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.[25] |
St. Clair | United Kingdom | The schooner struck rocks and sank in Saldanha Bay.[26][27] |
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.[28] |
Tinley | United Kingdom | The ship was lost at British Honduras.[29] |
Trial | United Kingdom | The ship was sunk by ice off the coast of Newfoundland.[30] |
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.[31] |
References
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- ^ "Ship News". The Times. No. 16947. London. 24 January 1839. col E, p. 7. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)
- ^ "Ship News". The Times. No. 16903. London. 4 December 1838. col D-E, p. 7. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)
- ^ "The Royal Navy &c". The Morning Post. No. 21196. London. 10 December 1838.
- ^ "Belfast Ship News". The Belfast News-Letter. No. 10618. Belfast. 9 April 1839.
- ^ "Ship News". The Times. No. 16656. London. 19 February 1838. col E, p. 2. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)
- ^ "Another Supposed Shipwreck". The Morning Post. No. 21167. London. 6 November 1838.
- ^ "Ship News". The Times. No. 16878. London. 5 November 1838. col F, p. 7. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)
- ^ "Ship News". The Times. No. 16856. London. 10 October 1838. col B, p. 7. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)
- ^ "Ship News". The Times. No. 16747. London. 16 June 1838. col D, p. 7. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)
- ^ "Ship News". The Morning Post. No. 21046. London. 16 June 1838. p. 7.
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury. No. 18535. Edinburgh. 29 October 1838.
- ^ "Ship News". The Times. No. 16837. London. 18 September 1838. col F, p. 7. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)
- ^ "Ship News". The Standard. No. 4504. London. 26 November 1838.
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury. No. 21365. Edinburgh. 5 May 1838.
- ^ "Ship News". The Standard. No. 4329. london. 4 May 1838.
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". The Hull Packet. No. 2788. Hull. 11 May 1838.
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury. No. 18586. Edinburgh. 23 February 1839.
- ^ "Ship News". The Australian. Sydney. 22 January 1839. p. 2.
- ^ "Ship News". The Morning Post. No. 21106. London. 27 August 1838.
- ^ Ingram, C. W. N., and Wheatley, P. O., (1936) Shipwrecks: New Zealand disasters 1795–1936. Dunedin, NZ: Dunedin Book Publishing Association. p. 30.
- ^ "Ship News". The Times. No. 16919. London. 22 December 1838. col F, p. 7. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle. No. 21559. London. 22 December 1838.
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury. No. 18561. Edinburgh. 31 December 1838.
- ^ "Ship News". The Times. No. 16898. London. 28 November 1838. col E, p. 7. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)
- ^ "Ship News". The Times. No. 16737. London. 24 May 1838. col E, p. 7. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)
- ^ "Shipping Intelligenct". Caledonian Mercury. No. 18427. Edinburgh. 28 May 1838.
- ^ "Ship News". The Morning Post. No. 21084. London. 31 July 1838. p. 7.
- ^ "Ship News". The Times. No. 16937. London. 12 January 1839. col D, p. 7. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)
- ^ "Ship News". The Times. No. 16732. London. 18 May 1838. col B, p. 7. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle. No. 21405. London. 20 June 1838.