The paddle steamer was damaged by fire at St. Katherine's Wharf, London.[1]
Alonzo
United Kingdom
The brig collided with Indemnity (United Kingdom) off Cromer, Norfolk and was later driven ashore at Blakeney, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham to London.[2][3][1]Alonzo was refloated on 8 March and taken into Blakeney.[4]
Anna
United Kingdom
The schooner was wrecked 4 leagues (12 nautical miles (22 km)) south of Figueira da Foz, Portugal.[5]
Jeune-Auguste
France
The ship was destroyed by fire off Cape St. Nicholas, Haiti. Her crew were rescued.[6]
Lancel
United States
The ship was lost off Vera Cruz, Mexico with the loss of two of her crew.[7]
Relief
United Kingdom
The barque was wrecked off Pederneira, Portugal with the loss of three of her eight crew.[8]
Resolution
United Kingdom
The brig was wrecked on the Salt Scar Rocks, in the North Sea off the coast of Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by the Hartlepool Lifeboat.[1]
2 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 March 1838
Ship
Country
Description
Aberdeenshire
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Robin Hoods Bay, Yorkshire. She was refloated and put into Scarborough.[9]
Alfred
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Bridlington, Yorkshire. She was later refloated and resumed her voyage.[1]
Enterprise
United Kingdom
The ship struck a rock off The Manacles and sank. She was on a voyage from Bury, Lancashire to Ramsgate, Kent.[10][11]
Fife
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in the Isles of Scilly. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to London. Fife was later refloated.[12]
Phœbe
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Bridlington. She was later refloated and resumed her voyage.[1]
Providence
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rochester, Kent to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[10][1]
Thornley
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground and was severely damaged at Flamborough Head. She was on a voyage from London to Hartlepool, County Durham. Thornley was refloated and put into Scarborough, Yorkshire.[11]
Waterloo Packet
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground and sank in the River Avon. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Cardiff, Glamorgan and Hamburg.[13]
3 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 March 1838
Ship
Country
Description
Howard
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Florida Reef. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Saint Petersburg, Russia. Howard was later refloated and taken into Key West, Florida Territory.[14]
London Packet
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at São Martinho do Porto, Portugal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Faro, Portugal.[5]
The ship was driven ashore in Cascaes Bay and was wrecked with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Lisbon, Portugal.[17]
4 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 March 1838
Ship
Country
Description
Frances
United Kingdom
The ship struck a sunken rock in Gibraltar Bay and foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Gibraltar.[17]
Perseverance
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Bayside, Gibraltar.[5]
Ranger
United Kingdom
The schooner was wrecked on the Elbow End Bank, in the North Sea off the mouth of the River Tay. Her five crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Perth.[11]
Suffolk
United Kingdom
The ship struck the Pearl Rock and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Gibraltar.[18]
5 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 March 1838
Ship
Country
Description
New Orleans
United States
The ship was driven ashore 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) north west of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bona Vista to Buenos Aires.[19]
Sir Colin Campbell
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground off Bermuda. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire. Sir Colin Campbell was later refloated and taken into St. George's, Bermuda, where she sank.[20]
6 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 March 1838
Ship
Country
Description
Enterprise
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on Mount Desert Island, Maine, United States. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America. Enterprise was later refloated.[21][22]
Euphemia
United Kingdom
The schooner was wrecked off Eriskay, Outer Hebrides.[23] The wreck came ashore on Barra on 10 March.[18]
7 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 March 1838
Ship
Country
Description
Elizabeth Caroline
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Saint Andrews, New Brunswick, British North America to Jamaica.[24]
Euphemia
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Scalp Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to South Shields, County Durham.[4]
8 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 March 1838
Ship
Country
Description
Collector
Saint Vincent
The drogher was lost on this date. Her crew were rescued.[25]
Edmond
United Kingdom
The ship was lost in the River Plate. Her crew were rescued.[26]
The schooner departed from Liverpool, Lancashire for South Shields, County Durham. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[28]
Palmyra
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked off Russel Point. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Holyhead, Anglesey to Lancaster, Lancashire.[29]
12 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 March 1838
Ship
Country
Description
Royal Navy
The schooner foundered in the English Channel off the Owers Rock, off the coast of Sussex with the loss of 32 lives.[30][31][32] The wreck was raised on 10 June and towed into Portsmouth, Hampshire.[33]
Triumvirate
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at , Newfoundland, British North America. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Carbonear, Newfoundland.[34]
14 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 March 1838
Ship
Country
Description
Guard
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Teignmouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Plymouth, Devon. Guard was refloated and resumed her voyage.[17]
Nelson
United Kingdom
The ship struck the pier at Whitehaven, Cumberland and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Whitehaven.[35]
15 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 March 1838
Ship
Country
Description
Lord Eldon
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France. She was later refloated and resumed her voyage to London.[12]
16 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 16 March 1838
Ship
Country
Description
Concepcion
Spain
The ship was wrecked on the Bahamas Bank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Cádiz.[19][36]
Hero
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore and damaged in Table Bay. She was on a voyage from London to Saint Helena. Hero was later refloated.[37]
Swift
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on Lindisfarne, Northumberland. She was later refloated.[17]
17 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 March 1838
Ship
Country
Description
Governor Temple
United Kingdom
The ship was lost at "Sangamar" with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Bonavista, Newfoundland, British North America to Bathurst, Gambia.[38]
James
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Margate, Kent. She was refloated the next day.[39]
Lord Saltoun
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Emanuel Head, Northumberland. All on board survived. She was on a voyage from Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk to Montrose, Forfarshire.[5]
Mermaids
United Kingdom
The schooner foundered off Lindisfarne, Northumberland. Her three crew were rescued by Lord Saltoun (United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from to Goole, Yorkshire.[17][5][40]
Unity
United Kingdom
The ship capsized and foundered in the North Sea off Corton, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued.[41][12]
Vigilant
United Kingdom
The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Bristol, Gloucestershire. Her crew were rescued.[41][12]
William Donaldson
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near "Carlisle", County Cork. She was on a voyage from Gloucester to Limerick. William Donaldson was later refloated and towed into Cork by the steamshipAir.[5]
19 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 March 1838
Ship
Country
Description
Janus
United Kingdom
The ship was in collision with William (United Kingdom) and sank in the English Channel off Beachy Head, Sussex. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to the Charente.[13][28]
Ottoman
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near St. James's Castle, Smyrna, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Boston, Lincolnshire to Smyrna.[42]
20 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 March 1838
Ship
Country
Description
Alice
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Whitehaven, Cumberland.[43] Her crew were rescued.[44]
Avon
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Crosby, Lancashire. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Natchez to Liverpool.[45][35]
Brilliant
United Kingdom
The sloop sank at Grimsby, Lincolnshire. She was later refloated.[40]
Betsey
United Kingdom
The schooner was wrecked on the Blacktail Sand. Her crew were rescued by the smackSnowdrop. Betsey was on a voyage from Whitby, Yorkshire to London.[46][47]
The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Camber, Sussex. Four men died attempting to rescue her crew, who were successfully rescued. She was on a voyage from Jersey to Copenhagen, Denmark. Hero was refloated on 23 March.[49][5][50]
Kitty
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Hook Sands, in the Bristol Channel. She was on a voyage from St. Clears, Carmarthenshire to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[51]
Royal Navy
The paddle steamer was severely damaged in a collision with Westchester (United States) in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Dublin. She consequently put back to Liverpool. A passenger was severely injured in the collision.[52]
Mary
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Skegness, Lincolnshire.[46] She was on a voyage from London to Boston, Lincolnshire.[53]
Mary Ann Martin
United Kingdom
The sloop was driven ashore at Spurn Point. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Wisbech, Cambridgeshire to Leeds or Wakefield, Yorkshire.[48]
Orient
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in . She was on a voyage from Bombay, India to Liverpool.[35]Orient was refloated on 23 March and taken into Liverpool.[46]
The ship was driven ashore at Whitehaven. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Wigtown to Liverpool.[46]William and Betsey was refloated on 25 March and taken into Whitehaven.[55]
The ship was driven ashore at Spurn Point, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Louth, Lincolnshire to Leeds or Wakefield, Yorkshire.[46]
Kent
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Yorkshire. She was refloated and made for Scarborough, Yorkshire but capsized. She was on a voyage from Whitstable, Kent to London.[51]
Norval
France
The whaler was driven ashore at Granville, Manche.[56]
Waterwitch
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near "Voel Nant". Her crew were rescued by Heyworth (United Kingdom).[57]
22 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 22 March 1838
Ship
Country
Description
Catharine
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Ryde, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Cork to London.[44]Catherine was later refloated and resumed her voyage.[56]
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Castletown, Isle of Man with the loss of five of her seven crew. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Dublin.[46][58]
St. Patrick
United Kingdom
The ship was capsized by a tornado and sank in the Maleacouri River, Sierra Leone. Her crew were rescued.[59]
Swan
United Kingdom
The sloop was abandoned in . Her crew survived.[60]
Tyro
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked near Southport, Lancashire with the loss of all hands.[57] She was on a voyage from Ardglass, County Down to Liverpool, Lancashire.[61]
Watterhorst
Norway
The ship was driven ashore at Umago, Austrian Empire. She was on a voyage from Bergen to Trieste.[6]
23 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 March 1838
Ship
Country
Description
Agnes
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground in the River Liffey and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Liverpool, Lancashire.[58]
The ship sank in the Rock Channel, in Liverpool Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Calcutta, India.[62]Elvira was refloated on 27 March and taken into Liverpool.[63]
Jessie
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Tarbert, Ayrshire. She was on a voyage from Limerick to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[62]
Mary Catherine
United Kingdom
The ship struck sunken rocks 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) west of Alexandria, Egypt. Her crew were rescued.[64][65]
Peril
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on Scharhörn, Kingdom of Hanover. She was refloated but consequently beached in the Weser, where she became a wreck. Her crew were rescued.[23][66]
Princess Victoria
United Kingdom
The ship capsized in the Humber at Whitton, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from London to Hull, Yorkshire. Princess Victoria righted herself. Her crew survived.[40]
Thomas
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex.[43]
24 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 March 1838
Ship
Country
Description
Eliza and Jane
United Kingdom
The sloop was wrecked in Rhossili Bay with the loss of all three crew.[67][55][7]
Jeremiah
United Kingdom
The sloop was wrecked near Worms Head, Glamorgan. Her crew survived.[67]
Mary
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Silver Keys. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cap Haïtien, Haiti to Cork.[68][69]
Protector
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on Onegada. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to St. Thomas, Virgin Islands.[70]
25 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 March 1838
Ship
Country
Description
Friends
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the North Bank, in Liverpool Bay and was abandoned. She was on a voyage from Carlisle, Cumberland to Flint. Friends was refloated and taken into Liverpool, Lancashire.[56]
26 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 March 1838
Ship
Country
Description
Ulysses
United States
The ship was driven ashore at North Point, Maryland. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands.[71]
27 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 March 1838
Ship
Country
Description
Sisters
United Kingdom
The ship was in collision with Science (United Kingdom) off Whitby, Yorkshire and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by Science. Sisters was on a voyage from Gainsborough, Lincolnshire to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[40]
28 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 March 1838
Ship
Country
Description
Charles
United Kingdom
The ship sank in the River Avon. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[13]
Rose
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore in the . Shew as on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall to Montego Bay, Jamaica.[72]
29 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 March 1838
Ship
Country
Description
British Merchant
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground in the Mississippi River. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire.[73]
The sloop was driven ashore at Montrose.[75] She was on a voyage from Montrose to Sunderland, County Durham. Three Brothers was refloated on 7 April.[77]
Unknown date[]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in March 1838
Ship
Country
Description
Active
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Portugal to Liverpool, Lancashire.[51]Active was refloated and taken into "Rineshark".[56]
Betsey
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Pantail Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex.[78]
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Lamlash, Isle of Arran. She was on a voyage from Sligo to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[4]
Elizabeth
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned off the Welsh coast before 14 March. She was taken into Bideford, Devon on that date.[12]
Fanny and Jane
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Formentera, Balearic Islands, Spain. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany.[20]
Florida
United States
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued byMinerva (United Kingdom).[18]
Fowaro Castle
United Kingdom
The whaler was wrecked at Mazatlán, Mexico before 10 March. She was on a voyage from London to the South Seas.[68]
Harriet
United Kingdom
The schooner was wrecked on the coast of the Algarve, Portugal. Her crew were rescued.[48]
Helen
United Kingdom
The ship was in collision with HMS Volcano (Royal Navy) in the Mediterranean Sea off Cartagena, Spain and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by HMS Volcano. Helen was on a voyage from Catania, Sicily to Glasgow.[41][12]
Jane
British North America
The sealer was sunk by ice off the coast of Newfoundland before 29 March.[34]
Liberty
United Kingdom
The ship foundered off Stronsay, Orkney Islands before 9 March.[39]
Liberty
United Kingdom
The brig was wrecked with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[17]
Liverpool
United Kingdom
The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 23 March.[66]
Lord Newborough
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked near Kilrush, County Clare. She was on a voyage from Sligo to Liverpool.[79]
Mary
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near the mouth of the Humber.[16]
The ship departed from the Clyde for Killala, County Mayo, presumed subsequently foundered with the loss of all hands. A boat washed up at , County Donegal.[74]
Rapid
United Kingdom
The ship struck the Plough Rock and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to South Shields, County Durham.[5]
Relief
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in the Berlengas, Portugal, before 9 March. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Malta.[5]
Sally
British North America
The sealer was sunk by ice off the coast of Newfoundland before 29 March.[80]
The ship was driven ashore whilst on a voyage from London to Hartlepool, County Durham. She was refloated and put into Scarborough, Yorkshire in a severely damaged condition.[10]
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