The barque was driven ashore and sank in the Hillsborough Inlet. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[1][2][3]
Eliza
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at Port Natal, Africa. Her crew were rescued[4]
George Henry
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on Pickle's Reef. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America.[5]
The ship was driven ashore at Mockbeggar, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands.[10]
Janet
United Kingdom
The ship, which had capsized on 21 August with the loss of two of her crew, was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her eleven surviving crew were rescued by Emigrant (United States). She was on a voyage from British Honduras to London.[11][12]
4 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 September 1837
Ship
Country
Description
Eleanora
France
The ship foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Brest, Finistère to Memel, Prussia.[13]
Hope
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) west of Boulogne-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais, France. She was later refloated and resumed her voyage.[14]
Nymph
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on the Abertay Sands. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Dundee, Forfarshire. She was refloated the next day.[15]
The brig was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom with the loss of five of the fifteen people on board. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Batavia, Netherlands East Indies.[16][17]
5 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 September 1837
Ship
Country
Description
Apollo
United Kingdom
The steamship was in collision with (United Kingdom) and sank in the River Thames at Gravesend, Kent with the loss of three lives. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk to London.[18]
Ida
Hamburg
The ship was run down and sunk in the English Channel off Start Point, Devon, United Kingdom by Mary Ann (United Kingdom) with the loss of four of her crew. Ida was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Hamburg.[9][19]
Mary
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Barbadoes.[11]
6 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 September 1837
Ship
Country
Description
Amelia Hopper
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on South Bimini, Bahamas. She was on a voyage from Cuba to Nassau, Bahamas and Liverpool, Lancashire.[1]
Placidia
United Kingdom
The brig ran aground on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex.[20] She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London. Placidia was refloated on 8 September and resumed her voyage.[21]
7 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 September 1837
Ship
Country
Description
Augusta
United States
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to Boston, Massachusetts.[2]
Equity
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked near Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides. She was on a voyage from Archangelsk, Russia to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[22]
Thomas and Ann
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Hoylake, Lancashire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Poole, Dorset to Runcorn, Cheshire.[23]
8 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 September 1837
Ship
Country
Description
Eleanora
France
The ship sprang a leak and foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Brest, Finistère to Memel, Prussia.[24]
9 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 September 1837
Ship
Country
Description
Belize
United Kingdom
The ship was driven on the south west point of Anticosti Island, Lower Canada, British North America. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada to Sligo. Belize was later refloated and put back to Quebec City in a very leaky condition.[25][5]
Harmonie
United Kingdom
The ship was severely damaged at Newport, Monmouthshire.[26]
10 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 September 1837
Ship
Country
Description
Cœur de Lion
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and damaged in Dundrum Bay with the loss of five of her crew and two rescuers. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America.[27][28][29]Cœur de Lion was later refloated and taken into .[3]
The ship was driven ashore in . She was on a voyage from Nevis to Liverpool, Lancashire. Grecian was refloated on 15 September and towed into Waterford.[30]
13 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 September 1837
Ship
Country
Description
General Gascoyne
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on Burbo Point with the loss of a passenger. Survivors were rescued by the steamtugEleanor (United Kingdom). General Gascoyne was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to Liverpool, Lancashire.[32][33][28]
Gustave
Dantzic
The ship foundered off Domesnes, Norway. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Dantzic to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.[34][35]
Mayflower
United Kingdom
The sloop was wrecked at the mouth of the , Wales. At least one crew member survived.[32]
14 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 September 1837
Ship
Country
Description
Cambrian
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in Chappel Bay. She was later refloated and taken into Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire.[36]
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Thisted, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Devonport, Devon.[38][39]
The ship sank off Ameland, Friesland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Koog aan de Zaan, North Holland, Netherlands.[41]
Pennsylvania
United States
The schooner capsized in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of 25 of the 27 people on board. The survivors were rescued on 20 September by Amelia (United Kingdom).[42]
Twist
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Hull, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Hull. Twist was later refloated and taken into Hull.[30]
The ship struck rocks at Montevideo, with the loss of six of her crew and several passengers. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro to Buenos Aires, Argentina.[43][44]
Cumberland
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at the Pile Lighthouse, Lancashire with the loss of three lives. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Lancaster, Lancashire.[45][46] The wreck was towed into the Belfast Lough on 29 September by HMRC Diligence ( Board of Customs).[47]
Pera
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Pelican Point, in the Gulf of Smyrna. She was on a voyage from London to Smyrna, Ottoman Empire. Pera was refloated the next day with assistance from (Royal Navy).[11]
Soloman
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Wells-next-the-Sea. Soloman was later refloated and taken in to port.[48]
The ship was lost off Lobos Island, Canary Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to Monte Video, Uruguay.[50][51]
Laurel
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Robert's Head, County Cork. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Kinsale to Cork.[39]
20 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 September 1837
Ship
Country
Description
Liverpool
United Kingdom
The ship sank at Scharhörn. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Hamburg. She was later refloated and resumed her voyage.[39]
Lord Russel, Two Brothers
United Kingdom
Lord Russel collided with the smackTwo Brothers off Aberavon, Glamorgan. Both vessels were beached. Lord Russel was later refloated and resumed her voyage.[46]
Maria
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from British Honduras to Hull, Yorkshire.[2]
21 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 September 1837
Ship
Country
Description
Emerald
United Kingdom
The ship sprang a leak and foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to London.[52]
Juliana Wilhelmine
Stettin
The ship foundered off Belle Île, Morbihan, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Nantes, Loire-Inférieure, France to Stettin.[11]
The research ship, a converted bomb vessel, was beached on the coast of Ireland.[46][53]
23 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 September 1837
Ship
Country
Description
Grasshopper
United States
The ship was wrecked on , Delaware. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America.[54]
24 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 September 1837
Ship
Country
Description
Jeune Estelle
France
The ship was driven ashore at Guernsey, Channel Islands. She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Bordeaux, Gironde. Jeune Estelle was refloated and taken into Guernsey.[47]
The brig was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom with the loss of four of her crew. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Batavia, Netherlands East Indies.[39]
Provens Minde
Sweden
The ship was driven ashore at Harwich, Essex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Sundsvall to Cherbourg, Seine-Inférieure, France.[16][38][55]
Supply
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Nore. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London.[41]
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. Four of her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America.[56]
Medora
United Kingdom
The ship was lost at the Río Real, Brazil. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sydney, New South Wales to London.[57][58][59]
Supply
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Nore. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London.[13]
26 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 September 1837
Ship
Country
Description
Idris
United Kingdom
The ship capsized and sank at Berbice, British Guiana. She was refloated on 2 October with assistance from Thistle (United Kingdom).[60]
The ship sprang a leak and foundered off Bideford, Devon.[63]
30 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 30 September 1837
Ship
Country
Description
Le Landais
France
The brig was wrecked at St. Just, Cornwall, United Kingdom. All seventeen people on board were rescued.[65]
Palladium
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the east coast of Gotland, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Narva, Russia to Dundee, Forfarshire.[66][67]
Ranger
United Kingdom
The ship was discovered abandoned off Worms Head, Pembrokeshire. She was taken into the Gwendraeth Fawr.[68]
Unknown date[]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in September 1837
The ship was driven ashore and sank at Mockbeggar, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands.[72]
Jane
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on Fish Island, British North America and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Miramichi, New Brunswick, British North America to Cardiff, Glamorgan. Jane was later refloated and anchored in Richmond Bay.[73]
Jessie
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Sizewell, Suffolk before 6 September.[74]
Kronon
Stralsund
The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at "Farmunde". She was later refloated and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark.[23][21]
Lyra
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Drogheda, County Louth. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Galway.[13]
Prince of Wales
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Wainfleet, Lincolnshire. She was later refloated and taken into Wainfleet.[37]
Two Sisters
United Kingdom
The ship was run down by a steamship and sunk off Dungeness, Kent with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Oporto, Portugal to King's Lynn, Norfolk.[26]
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