List of shipwrecks in December 1837

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

1 December

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|ship=Bon Père

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the St. Lazaro Reef. She was on a voyage from Laguna to Havana, Cuba.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=3 February 1838 |issue=18379 }}

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|ship=Cornelius

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near "St. James's Castle. She was on a voyage from Malta to Smyrna, Ottoman Empire. Cornelius was later refloated and resumed her voyage.

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|ship=Haabet

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at "Naderoe". She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom to Copenhagen.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=4 December 1837 |issue=18353 }}

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|ship=Indian

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to London.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=5 December 1837 |page=7 |issue=16590 |column=E }}

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|ship=Maria Agnes

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on the Seaton Rocks. She was later refloated and taken into South Shields, County Durham.{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=The Newcastle Courant etc. |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=8 December 1837 |issue=8508 }}

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2 December

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|ship=John

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Wick, Caithness. She was refloated the next day and taken into Wick.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=11 December 1837 |issue=18356 }}

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|ship=Means

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Scroby Sands, Norfolk. Her crew survived. She floated off on 4 December and came ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=2 December 1837 |issue=4200 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=8 December 1837 |issue=2766 }}

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|ship=Melantho

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Vera Cruz, Mexico.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=3 March 1838 |issue=4276 }}

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3 December

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|ship=Britannia

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI|civil}} Jersey

|desc=The ship ran aground at Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from London to South Shields, County Durham. Britannia was refloated and taken into Bridlington, Yorkshire.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=7 December 1837 |issue=20893 }}

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|ship=Emelie Constantia

|flag=22px Duchy of Holstein

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at "Hogen". She was on a voyage from Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands to Flensburg.

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|ship=Swallow

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was in collision with a brig off Padstow, Cornwall. Both vessels sank. The crew of Swallow were rescued by Lord Nelson ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Swallow was on a voyage from Neath, Glamorgan to Teignmouth, Devon.

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4 December

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|ship={{PS|Maid of Bute|1835|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The paddle steamer caught fire at Rothesay, Isle of Bute and was severely damaged.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=9 December 1837 |issue=18355 }}

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5 December

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|ship=Jane

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship sank in Dundrum Bay with the loss of two of her crew.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=8 December 1837 |page=7 |issue=16594 |column=F }}

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|ship=Vasco de Gama

|flag={{flag|Portugal|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at "Osterlit". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Porto to Hamburg.

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6 December

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|ship=Colte

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship departed from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure for New York. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=17 April 1838 |issue=21349 }}

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|ship=Dauntless

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Cuxhaven. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Bridlington, Yorkshire. Dauntless was refloated on 9 December and proceeded with her voyage.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=16 December 1837 |issue=18358 }}

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|ship=Merchant

|flag={{flag|United States|1837}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in the Mississippi River downstream of New Orleans, Louisiana.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=8 January 1838 |issue=20919 }}

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|ship=New England

|flag={{flag|United States|1837}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in the Mississippi River downstream of New Orleans.

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7 December

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|ship=Jules et Eugenie

|flag={{flag|Belgium}}

|desc=The fishing vessel was wrecked south of Lybster, Caithness, United Kingdom. Her six crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=18 December 1837 |issue=18359 }}

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|ship=Mary White

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship struck the Kentish Knock and was then driven ashore at Harwich, Essex. She was on a voyage from Onega, Russia to Gloucester. Mary White was refloated on 9 December and taken into Harwich.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=12 December 1837 |page=7 |issue=165997 |column=E }}

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8 December

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|ship=Hawk

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship struck the Corton Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk and sank. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=Louisa

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Varbla, Russia. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Copenhagen.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=27 December 1837 |page=8 |issue=16610 |column=B-C }}

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|ship=South Australian

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven onto an inshore reef at Rosetta Harbor in Encounter Bay in South Australia by a south-easterly gale whilst at anchor. The vessel was completely wrecked and was partially salvaged during the following fortnight.{{cite web |title=South Australian |url=https://www.environment.sa.gov.au/topics/heritage/maritime-heritage/Protecting_shipwrecks/Protected_zones/South_Australian |website=Department for Environment and Water |publisher=South Australian government |accessdate=14 August 2018}}

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|ship=Tiger

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Point Aldersen, Massachusetts, United States. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Portugal to Miramichi, New Brunswick, British North America. Tiger was refloated on 10 December and was beached.

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9 December

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|ship=Anna Maria

|flag={{flag|Hamburg|admiralty}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Scharhörn. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen to Altona.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=13 December 1837 |page=7 |issue=16598 |column=E }}

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|ship=Maria

|flag={{flag|Portugal|civil}}

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on Ilhéu de Rosto de Cão, off São Miguel Island, Azores.

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|ship=Pa Dalgada

|flag={{flag|Portugal|civil}}

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on Ilhéu de Rosto de Cão.

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|ship=Yvone

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship capsized off Gibraltar. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Buccari, Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia to Bordeaux, Gironde.

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10 December

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|ship=Britannia

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship departed from Savanilla, near Puerto Colombia, for Liverpool, Lancashire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.

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|ship=Irene

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship capsized off Gibraltar. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=Selina

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Porto, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland to Porto.

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|ship=Sir William Cumming

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was holed by her anchor and sank at Lossiemouth, Lothian.

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11 December

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|ship=Hope

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The brig ran aground and was severely damaged at King's Lynn, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham to King's Lynn.{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |date= December 1837 }}

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|ship=Ringdove

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship capsized in the River Tyne.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=16 December 1837 |issue=21245 }} She was later refloated.

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12 December

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|ship=George Lockwood

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship struck rocks off the Isles of Scilly. She was consequently beached at Penzance, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Quebec City Lower Canada, British North America to London.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=25 December 1837 |issue=4217 }} George Lockwood was refloated on 23 December and taken into Penzance.

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|ship=Johanna

|flag={{flagicon|Russian Empire}} Grand Duchy of Finland

|desc=The ship lost her rudder off Dunkirk, Nord, France and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Oulu to London, United Kingdom. Johanna was driven ashore and damaged at Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium on 14 December. She was later refloated and taken into Ostend.

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13 December

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|ship=Albion

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the North Gar and was damaged. She was taken into Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham for repairs.

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14 December

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|ship=Betsey

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven onto the Whitburn Steals and severely damaged. She was on a voyage from London to South Shields, County Durham. Betsey was refloated the next day and taken into South Shields.

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|ship=Catherine

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Cork. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Limerick.

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|ship=Maria Eliza

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Cork. She was later refloated.

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|ship=Mary

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Globe Rock, off Girvan, Ayrshire. She was on a voyage from Glasson Dock, Lancashire to Ayr.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=18 December 1837 |issue=4211 }}

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|ship=Mary and Bell

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Dundalk, County Louth.

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|ship=Pandora

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Westport, County Mayo.

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|ship=Mary and Betty

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Whitehaven, Cumberland.

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|ship={{PS|St. Johnston|1831|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The steamship struck a rock off Warkworth, Northumberland. She capsized and sank. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=14 December 1837 |issue=21247 }}{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=19 December 1837 |issue=20903 }}

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15 December

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|ship=Catharine

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Cork. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Limerick.

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|ship=Venus

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Hoxley Rocks. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Dundee, Forfarshire.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=28 December 1837 |page=4 |issue=16611 |column=D }}

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16 December

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|ship=Cervantes

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Anegada a Fuera. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Vera Cruz, Mexico.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=5 March 1838 |issue=20967 }}

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|ship=Happy Return

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI|civil}} Guernsey

|desc=The ship departed from Guernsey for São Miguel Island, Azores. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=26 March 1838 |page=7 |issue=16686 |column=E }}

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|ship={{PS|Monarch|1833|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The paddle steamer ran aground near "Ost". She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Hamburg.

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|ship=Thomas and Mary

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship struck the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.

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17 December

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|ship=Bride of Abydos

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Aveiro, Portugal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Ancona, Papal States.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Lisbon, Sunday, Dec. 24, 9 a.m. |date=2 January 1838|page=3 |issue=16615 |column=E }}

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|ship=Fennegina

|flag={{Flagcountry|United Kingdom of the Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Oosterbank, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Rotterdam, South Holland.

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|ship=Venus

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked at the mouth of the River Tay with the loss of all ten crew.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=21 December 1837 |issue=18360 }}

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18 December

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|ship=Exchange

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI|civil}} Jersey

|desc=The brig was driven into London Bridge at Southwark, Surrey and was severely damaged.{{Cite news |title=Accident on the Thames - The Brig Exchange |newspaper=The Blackburn Standard |location=Blackburn |date=27 December 1837 |issue=156 }}

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|ship=Gambia

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Beaver Harbour, New Brunswick, British North America. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Saint John, New Brunswick.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date= February 1838 |page=7 |issue=16650 |column=D-E }}

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|ship=Indus

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, United States. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Norfolk, Virginia, United States.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=2 February 1838 |issue=20941 }}

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19 December

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|ship=Caroline

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Paroquet Island, New Brunswick, British North America.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=6 February 1838 |page=5 |issue=16645 |column=F }}

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|ship=Chance

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground off "Hornbeck". She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Stettin. Chance was consequently condemned.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=3 January 1838 |page=8 |issue=16616 |column=A }}

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|ship=Edward

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Ballymacan, County Tyrone. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cork to Waterford.

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|ship=Good Agreement

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The brig was driven ashore and wrecked near Hartlepool, County Durham with the loss of two of her crew.

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|ship=Harmonie

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship struck the pier at Bremen and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Bremen.

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|ship=Queen

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI|civil}} Jersey

|desc=The ship foundered off Corcubión, Spain.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=27 January 1838 |issue=18376 }}

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20 December

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|ship=Betsey

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Warkworth, Northumberland.

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|ship=Diligence

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the Lynch Sandbank, in the Bristol Channel off the coast of Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hayle, Cornwall to Swansea, Glamorgan.{{cite web |url=http://www.swanseadocks.co.uk/Gower%20wrecks%20Rons%20write-up%20site.pdf |title=A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks |first=Ron |last=Tovey |publisher=Swansea Docks |accessdate=17 December 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222065415/http://www.swanseadocks.co.uk/Gower%20wrecks%20Rons%20write-up%20site.pdf |archive-date=22 December 2014 }} Diligence was refloated on 23 December.

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|ship=Hope

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at South Foreland, Kent. She was on a voyage from Portsmouth, Hampshire to Sunderland, County Durham. Hope was later refloated and take into Ramsgate, Kent.

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|ship=James Turean

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Liverpool.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=25 December 1837 |issue=18362 }}

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|ship={{PS|James Watt|1821|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The paddle steamer ran aground in the Elbe at Altona. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Leith, Lothian.

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|ship=Palmyra

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Demerara.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=22 December 1837 |page=7 |issue=16606 |column=F }} Palmyra was refloated on 22 December and taken into Liverpool.

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|ship=Rebecca

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Sunderland.

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|ship=Schah

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} New South Wales

|desc=The schooner was wrecked {{convert|2|nmi|km}} east of Ram Head with the loss of ten of the 23 people on board. She was on a voyage from Hobart, Van Diemen's Land to a port in New South Wales.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=6 June 1838 |issue=21392 }}{{Cite news |url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/4167694 |title=Postscript |newspaper=The Hobart Town Courier |location=Hobart |page=3 |date=12 January 1838 }}

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|ship=Townsend

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at Aberavon, Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Limerick to Kilrush, County Clare.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=23 December 1837 |issue=4216 }}

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|ship=William and Ann

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk to Leeds, Yorkshire.

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21 December

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|ship=Amelia

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Hook Sand, in the Bristol Channel with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Bristol, Gloucestershire.

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|ship=Amiable Lucette

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship foundered in the English Channel off the Pierres de Lecq, Jersey, Channel Islands. The body of one of her eleven crew was found. She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=30 December 1837 |issue=18364 }}

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|ship=Dove

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Flamborough Head, Yorkshire with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from London to Scarborough, Yorkshire.

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|ship=Ellen and Sarah

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The sloop was driven ashore in a capsized state at Hayburn Wyke, Yorkshire with the loss of all hands.

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|ship=Faithful

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at Flamborough Head, Yorkshire with the loss of her captain. Twelve crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=25 December 1837 |issue=20907 }}

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|ship=Fame

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Staintondale, Yorkshire with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to London.

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|ship=Friendship

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Whitby, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Hartlepool, County Durham. Friendship was refloated on 1 January 1838 and towed into South Shields, County Durham.

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|ship=Hebe

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire. She was later refloated and put into Grimsby, Lincolnshire.

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|ship=John Botcherby

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Whitby. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Middlesbrough. John Botcherby was refloated on 1 January 1838 and taken into Whitby.

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|ship=Laura

|flag=22px Sweden

|desc=The brig was driven ashore north of Flamborough Head with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Gävle to Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire.

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|ship=Matilda

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the Whitby Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Rochester, Kent. Matilda was taken into Whitby, Yorkshire on 24 December.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=London |date=28 December 1837 |issue=18363 }}

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|ship=Middlesbrough

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Whitby with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough to London. Peace was later refloated and taken into Bridlington.

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|ship=Peace

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked south of Scarborough, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=Peak

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Staithes, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=29 December 1837 |issue=2769 }} Peak was refloated on 1 January 1838 and taken into Whitby.

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|ship=Providence

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Mouse Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from London to Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham. Providence was refloated and taken into Sheerness, Kent.

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|ship=Skylark

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Cleethorpes. She was on a voyage from Rochester to Sunderland, County Durham. Skylark was refloated and taken into Grimsby.

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|ship=Thistle

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} Van Diemen's Land

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Port Fairy, New South Wales.{{Cite news |url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/230102221 |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Melbourne Advertiser |location=Melbourne |page=4 |date=15 January 1838 }}

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|ship=United States

|flag={{flag|United States|1837}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged in Bootle Bay. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=23 December 1837 |page=8 |issue=16607 |column=A-B }} She was refloated on 28 December and taken into Liverpool.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=30 December 1837 |page=8 |issue=16613 |column=D }}

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|ship=William and Ann

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk to Leeds, Yorkshire.

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|ship=Williams

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Hartlepool. Williams was refloated on 5 January 1838 and taken into Sunderland.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=13 January 1838 |issue=18370 }}

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22 December

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|ship=Baltic

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Mundesley, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=Britannia

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at the mouth of the River Dee. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Liverpool, Lancashire.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=26 December 1837 |page=3 |issue=16609 |column=A }} Britannia was refloated on 25 December and taken into Liverpool.

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|ship=Preston

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Mundesley. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London.

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|ship=Schah

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} New South Wales

|desc=The ship was wrecked in Twofold Bay with the loss of ten of the 24 people on board. She was on a voyage from Hobart, Van Diemen's Land to Sydney.{{Cite news |url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/23325063 |title=Another shipwreck |newspaper=Bent's News and Tasmanian Register |location=Hobart |page=2 |date=20 January 1838 }}

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|ship=Shaw

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Pile Foundry, Cumberland.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=29 December 1837 |issue=20911 }} She was refloated on 2 January 1838 and taken into Whitehaven, Cumberland.

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|ship=Socrates

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=The ship ran aground off Grado, Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia and sank. She was on a voyage from Salonica to Trieste.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=3 January 1838 |issue=20915 }}

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|ship=Uncertain

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Mundesley. Her crew were rescued by the Mundesley Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to London.

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23 December

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|ship=Ariel

|flag={{flag|United States|1837}}

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Vera Cruz, Mexico.

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|ship=Bearnais

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Vera Cruz.

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|ship=Brothers

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} New South Wales

|desc=The cutter was wrecked off Nobbys Island. Her eight crew were rescued by {{PS|Tamar|1833|2}} ({{flagicon|UKGBI}} New South Wales).{{Cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2214669 |title=Original Correspondence |newspaper=The Sydney Gazette |location=Sydney |page=3 |date=28 December 1837 }}

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|ship=Emelie

|flag=22px Kingdom of Sardinia

|desc=The brig was destroyed by fire at Trieste.

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|ship=Enigheden

|flag={{flag|Hamburg|admiralty}}

|desc=The ship ran aground at Glückstadt, Duchy of Holstein. She was on a voyage from New Bedford, Massachusetts, United States to Hamburg.

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|ship=France

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Vera Cruz.

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|ship=Isabella

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near "Fauleigh". She was on a voyage from London to Hobart, Van Diemens Land. Isabella was refloated on 6 January and taken into Portsmouth, Hampshire.

}}

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|ship=Lord Stewart

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship struck a rock and was beached near Sunderland, County Durham.{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=The Newcastle Courant etc |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=29 December 1837 |issue=8511 }}

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|ship=Melanchto

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Vera Cruz.

}}

24 December

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|ship=Enegheden

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Atherfield Ledge. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Portugal to Christiansand.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=28 December 1837 |issue=21255 }}

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|ship=Janet

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship departed from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland for Alexandria, Egypt. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=20 June 1838 |page=7 |issue=16760 |column=E }}

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|ship=Latona

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was beached on Flores Island, Azores.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=12 April 1838 |issue=21345 }}

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25 December

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|ship=Cyrus

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Sandgate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Bordeaux, Gironde, France. Cyrus was refloated and taken into Dover, Kent.

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|ship=Friendship

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship sank at Ramsgate, Kent, having previously been ashore near Dover, Kent. She was on a voyage from Sligo to London.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=London |date=27 December 1837 |issue=20909 }}

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|ship=Good Luck

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Marsala, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. She was on a voyage from Kerch, Russia to London.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=18 January 1838 |issue=20928 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Caledonian Mercury |location=London |date=20 January 1838 |issue=18373 }}

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|ship=Itherfanster

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Ambleteuse. She was on a voyage from Cette, Hérault, France to Stavanger.

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|ship=Lord Wellington

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Ambleteuse, Pas-de-Calais, France. She was on a voyage from Portsmouth, Hampshire to Sunderland, County Durham.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Boulogne, Jan. 4. |date=9 January 1838 |page=3 |issue=16621 |column=B }}

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|ship=Storfursten

|flag=22px Sweden

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Ambleteuse.

}}

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|ship=Vera Cruzano

|flag={{flag|Mexico|1823}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Anegadadue.

}}

26 December

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|ship=Euphemia

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the coast of Campeche, Mexico. Her crew were rescued.

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27 December

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|ship=Ellen and Sarah

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship foundered in the North Sea off Scarborough, Yorkshire with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Spalding, Lincolnshire to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=The Lancaster Gazette and General Advertiser, for Lancashire, Westmorland &c. |location=Lancaster |date=6 January 1838 |issue=1894 }}

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28 December

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|ship=Dream

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was destroyed by fire at Southwark, Surrey.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=28 December 1837 |issue=4220 }}

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|ship=Victoria

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The Yorkshire Billyboy was destroyed by fire at Southwark.{{Cite news |title=Destructive fire in London |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool|date=5 January 1838 |issue=1392 |edition=Second }}

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|ship=Water Witch

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship struck the Blackwater Bank, in the Irish Sea and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Barbados.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=2 January 1838 |issue=4224 }}

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29 December

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|ship=Campbell

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground at Liverpool, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Paraíba, Brazil to Liverpool.{{Cite news |title=Friday's Ship News |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=29 December 1837 |issue=1391 |edition=Second }}

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|ship=Caroline

|flag={{flag|United States|1836}}

|desc=File:Destruction of the Caroline.jpgCaroline affair: The paddle steamer was set afire, set adrift, and carried over Niagara Falls with the loss of one life.

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|ship=Hebe

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The sloop was driven ashore on the Abertay Sands. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Dundee, Forfarshire. Hebe was refloated but consequently beached on the Buddon Sands. She was then taken into Dundee.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=8 January 1838 |issue=18368 }}

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|ship=Helena

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore south of Helsingør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Bordeaux, Gironde.

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|ship={{ship||John Pirie|ship|2}}

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} South Australia

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in Encounter Bay, South Australia. She was refloated and continued her journey, arrived Hobart on 16 January 1838.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8650428 |title=Shipping Intelligence. |newspaper=Colonial Times |location=Tasmania, Australia |date=23 January 1838 |access-date=19 April 2020 |page=4 |via=Trove }}

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|ship=Solway

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} South Australia

|desc=The barque was driven ashore in Encounter Bay. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=7 June 1838 |issue=21393 }}{{Cite news |url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/65951041 |title=Two More Ships Wrecked |newspaper=Cornwall Chronicle |location=Launceston, Van Diemen's Land |page=2 |date=13 January 1838 }}{{Cite news |url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/23325065 |title=Loss of the Solway|newspaper=Bent's News and Tasmanian Register |location=Hobart |page=2 |date=20 January 1838 }}

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30 December

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|ship=Commerce

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Youghal, County Cork. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Youghal.

}}

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|ship=Huzza

|flag={{flag|Hamburg|admiralty}}

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Douglastown ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Huzza was on a voyage from Hamburg to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=21 February 1838 |issue=20957 }}

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|ship=New London

|flag={{flag|United States|1837}}

|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from New York to New Orleans, Louisiana.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=London |date=16 February 1838 |issue=1398 }}

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|ship=Tanna Sautjer

|flag={{flag|Bremen}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore south of Helsingør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands to Bremen.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=9 January 1838 |issue=20920 }}

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31 December

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|ship=Mary

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship departed from Helsingør, Denmark for Aberdeen. Presumed to have subsequently foundered off Christiania, Norway.

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|ship=Mercury

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship departed from Helsingør for Aberdeen. Presumed to has subsequently foundered off Christiania.

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|ship=Thistle

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked in the River Tay with the loss of her captain. The remaining four crew were rescued.

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|ship=Aisthorp

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Dundalk, County Louth.

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|ship=Amaranth

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Mud Island. She was on a voyage from Shelburne, Nova Scotia, British North America to New York City, United States.

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|ship=Amelia

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Pensacola, Florida, United States. She was on a voyage from Natchez to Liverpool, Lancashire.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=8 January 1838 |page=8 |issue=16619 |column=A }}

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|ship=Bienfaisance

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the North Sea 20 leagues ({{convert|60|nmi|km}}) off Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands on or before 7 December.

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|ship=Bolivar

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near "Dunnose". She was on a voyage from London to Berbice, British Honduras. Bolivar was later refloated and taken into Portsmouth, Hampshire.

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|ship=Charlotta Wilhelmina

|flag={{flag|Hamburg|admialty}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged on the coast of Norway. She was on a voyage from Hammerfest, Norway to Hamburg. Charlotta Wilhelmina was later refloated and taken into "Hennoe".{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=7 February 1838 |page=7 |issue=16646 |column=E }}

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|ship=Elizabeth

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The sloop was driven ashore and severely damaged at St. Andrews, Fifein late December. She was refloated on 31 December and taken into St. Andrews.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=6 January 1838 |issue=18367 }}

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|ship=Express

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Saltfleet, Lincolnshire. She was refloated on 4 January 1838 and taken into Grimsby, Lincolnshire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=11 January 1838 |issue=2771 }}

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|ship=George

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship foundered with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to North Shields, County Durham.

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|ship=George

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Penzance, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to London. George was refloated on 22 December and taken into Penzance.

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|ship=Hope

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Ventava, Courland Governorate before 3 December. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=Jane

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Fish Island, New Brunswick, British North America. She was on a voyage from Miramichi, New Brunswick to Cardiff, Glamorgan. Jane was consequently condemned.

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|ship=John Dougan

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship departed from South Shields, County Durham for Gibraltar in mid-December. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=12 April 1838 |issue=18408 }}

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|ship=Miranda

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was lost off the coast of County Donegal on or before 5 December.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=14 December 1837 |issue=18357 }}

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|ship=Orelia

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Bearhaven, County Cork before 10 December. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to Cork. Orelia was refloated on 10 December.

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|ship=Pauline

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship departed from Sydney, Nova Scotia, British North America for New York, United States. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=19 May 1838 |issue=18424 }}

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|ship=Pepito

|flag={{flag|Spain|civil-1785}}

|desc=The ship departed from Vigo for Seville in mid-December. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=24 March 1838 |issue=18400 }}

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|ship=Robert

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore whilst on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. Robert was refloated and put into Ramsgate, Kent in a sinking condition on 26 December.

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|ship=Rover

|flag={{flag|United States|1837}}

|desc=The whaler was lost at Monterey, California.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=28 May 1838 |issue=21384 }}

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References

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