List of shipwrecks in October 1837

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

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6 October[edit]

7 October[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 7 October 1837
Ship Country 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]

8 October[edit]

9 October[edit]

10 October[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 10 October 1837
Ship Country 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]

11 October[edit]

12 October[edit]

13 October[edit]

14 October[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 14 October 1837
Ship Country 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]

15 October[edit]

16 October[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 16 October 1837
Ship Country Description
Emelie  Norway The ship was driven ashore near “Frederickshall”.[38][7]

17 October[edit]

18 October[edit]

19 October[edit]

20 October[edit]

21 October[edit]

22 October[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 22 October 1837
Ship Country Description
Reussite  France The ship was wrecked in the Raz de Sein. She was on a voyage from “Marames” to Dunkerque, Nord.[50]

23 October[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 23 October 1837
Ship Country Description
Mary Ann  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Rye, Sussex.[51] She became a wreck on 24 October.[34]

24 October[edit]

25 October[edit]

26 October[edit]

27 October[edit]

28 October[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 28 October 1837
Ship Country 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 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 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 Svensk flagg 1815.svg 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 (HM Customs Ensign.PNG Board of Customs).[48]

29 October[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 29 October 1837
Ship Country 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]

30 October[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 30 October 1837
Ship Country 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]

31 October[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 31 October 1837
Ship Country 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 POL Gdańsk flag.svg 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]

Unknown date[edit]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in October 1837
Ship Country 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 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 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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