The list of shipwrecks in October 1837 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during October 1837 .
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List of shipwrecks: 7 October 1837
Ship
State
Description
Jane
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Oporto , Portugal.[ 21] Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Oporto to London .[ 22]
List of shipwrecks: 10 October 1837
Ship
State
Description
Pride
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Cat Key. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to New York , United States.[ 28]
List of shipwrecks: 14 October 1837
Ship
State
Description
Elvina
Hamburg
The ship was wrecked in the Shetland Islands , United Kingdom with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Jamaica.[ 25] [ 35]
List of shipwrecks: 16 October 1837
Ship
State
Description
Emelie
Norway
The ship was driven ashore near "Frederickshall".[ 38] [ 7]
List of shipwrecks: 22 October 1837
Ship
State
Description
Reussite
France
The ship was wrecked in the Raz de Sein . She was on a voyage from "Marames" to Dunkerque , Nord .[ 50]
List of shipwrecks: 23 October 1837
Ship
State
Description
Mary Ann
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Rye, Sussex .[ 51] She became a wreck on 24 October.[ 34]
List of shipwrecks: 28 October 1837
Ship
State
Description
Cherub
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground on the Goodwin Sands , Kent and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Cádiz ,Spain to Leith , Lothian .[ 59] [ 12]
Hero
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on Rough Isle . She was on a voyage from Belfast , County Antrim to Maryport , Cumberland .[ 53]
Louise
France
The ship ran aground on the Bohnlehn Rocks, off the coast of Sweden. She was on a voyage from Roscoff , Finistère to a Norwegian port.[ 60]
Mary Ann
British North America
The ship was driven ashore on Table Island. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire , United Kingdom to Pugwash, Nova Scotia .[ 61] [ 62] Mary Ann was consequently condemned.[ 63]
Neptunus
Sweden
The ship sank off Gothenburg . Her crew were rescued.[ 44]
Resolute
United Kingdom
The ship was driven onto the Querns. She was on a voyage from London to Dublin . Resolute waslater refloated and taken into Ramsgate , Kent .[ 12]
Synosure
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Stornoway , Isle of Lewis , Outer Hebrides . She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg , Russia to Liverpool. Synosure was refloated with assistance from HMRC Speedy ( Board of Customs ).[ 48]
List of shipwrecks: 29 October 1837
Ship
State
Description
Eagle
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand,in the North Sea off the coast of Essex . She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce , Seine-Inférieure to Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland . Eagle was later refloated and taken in to Harwich , Essex.[ 38]
Jason
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on Læsø , Denmark. She was on a voyage from London to Dantsic .[ 53] Jason was refloated the next day.[ 64]
Margaret
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on Læsø. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg , Russia to Grangemouth , Stirlingshire .[ 53] Margaret was refloated on 3 November and taken into Helsingør , Denmark.[ 65]
Providentia
Hamburg
The ship departed from Pillau , Prussia for Bremen . No further trace, presumed foundered in the Baltic Sea with the loss of all hands.[ 66]
List of shipwrecks: 30 October 1837
Ship
State
Description
Ant
United Kingdom
The ship was in collision with Brothers ( United Kingdom ) off Harwich , Essex and was beached.[ 38]
Barbara
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked whilst on a voyage from Harrington, Cumberland to Dumfries . Her crew were rescued.[ 67]
Caledonia
United Kingdom
The brig capsized in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of seven of her twelve crew. Survivors were rescued on 9 November by Wartrue ( Russia ). Caledonia was on a voyage from Quebec City , Lower Canada , British North America to Loch Crinan .[ 68] [ 69]
Enmore
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Kingsdown, Kent . She was later refloated.[ 7]
Favourite
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in Broadhaven Bay .[ 41]
Jonge Gerbrand
Russia
The ship was driven ashore on Læsø , Denmark. She was on a voyage from Riga to Bordeaux , Gironde , France.[ 6]
Princess Victoria
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands , Kent and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Cádiz , Spain to Hull , Yorkshire . Princess Victoria was refloated and taken into Ramsgate , Kent.[ 7]
Rosehill
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at Havana , Cuba . She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Havana.[ 70]
List of shipwrecks: 31 October 1837
Ship
State
Description
Affo
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Boscastle , Cornwall .[ 52]
Ayr
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Madras , India .[ 71]
Delight
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) south of Madras.[ 71] She was on a voyage from Penang to Mauritius and London .[ 72]
Favourite
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Westport, County Mayo . She was refloated on 11 November.[ 60]
Frederick
Dantsic
The ship was wrecked on Flekkerøy , Denmark. She was on a voyage from Dantsic to Harlingen, Friesland , Netherlands.[ 73]
George IV
United Kingdom
The ship was driven onto rocks at Tralee , County Kerry . She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Tralee.[ 67]
Heart of Oak
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Stranraer , Wigtownshire .[ 48] She was on a voyage from "Rathmilton" to Runcorn , Cheshire .[ 74]
Hebe
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked south of Madras.[ 71]
Isabella
United States
The schooner capsized in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of two of the four people on board. She was on a voyage from New York to Wilmington, North Carolina . The survivors were taken off the wreck on 4 November by Forest ( United Kingdom ).[ 75]
Mary
United Kingdom
The sloop struck a rock off Horse Isle , ayrshire and sank. Her crew were rescued.[ 49]
Monmouth
United States
The steamship collided with Trenton ( United States ) and sank in the Mississippi River at Prophet Island Bend with the loss of 313 lives.[ 76] [ 77]
Penally
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Boscastle.[ 52]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in October 1837
Ship
State
Description
Albion
United Kingdom
The steamship was driven ashore and damaged at "Pile Foudry". She was later refloated and taken into Maryport , Cumbria , where she arrived on 3 November.[ 41]
Arundel
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked in the River Severn at Sharpness, Gloucestershire on or before 19 October.[ 78]
Duguay Trouin
France
The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea . All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg , Russia to Havre de Grâce , Seine-Inférieure .[ 11] [ 12]
Elizabeth
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 22 October.[ 64]
Isabella
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in the Gut of Canso before 16 October. She was on a voyage from Pictou , Nova Scotia , British North America to Greenock , Renfrewshire .[ 49]
Jessie
New South Wales
The cutter was driven ashore and wrecked at Port Stephens Point with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Sydney to Newcastle .[ 79] [ 80]
Massachusetts
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 4 October.[ 8]
New Orleans
United States
The ship was wrecked on the south coast of Cuba . She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire , United Kingdom to Havana , Cuba.[ 81] [ 33]
Phœnix
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea. All on board were rescued.[ 11]
Success
United Kingdom
The sloop was in collision with Monarch ( United Kingdom ) in the River Thames and sank with the loss of a crew member.[ 14] [ 10]
Thames
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked in the Bosphorus before 9 October with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Odessa to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 59] [ 12]
Victoria
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Margate , Kent . She wason a voyage from Milford Haven , Pembrokeshire to London . Victoria was refloated on 6 October.[ 8]
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