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The list of shipwrecks in 1837 includes
ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during
1837.
January
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December
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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in 1837
Ship |
State |
Description
|
Adolphe
|
France
|
The ship was wrecked at "St. Elena",
Patagonia.
[1]
|
Amelie
|
France
|
The ship was wrecked at
Saint Pierre and Miquelon.
[2]
|
Atlas
|
United States
|
The
whaler was wrecked in the
Crozet Islands. Her crew were rescued by
Héroine (
French Navy).
[3]
[4]
|
Belleisle
|
United Kingdom
|
The
brig was wrecked by ice off
New Brunswick,
British North America.
[5]
[6]
|
Benjamin Franklin
|
United States
|
The schooner was lost in a gale in August or April. Lost with all 7 hands.
[7]
[8]
|
Brazilian Patriot
|
United Kingdom
|
The ship was lost at
Newfoundland, British North America.
[9]
|
Briton
|
United Kingdom
|
The ship was wrecked on
Christmas Island. Her crew were rescued six months later by Charles Frederick (
United Kingdom) and taken to the
Sandwich Islands.
[10]
|
Caroline
|
United States
|
The ship was lost in
Chaleur Bay.
[11]
|
Emmée
|
France
|
The ship was wrecked on the coast of
Madagascar.
[12]
|
Europa
|
United States
|
The
whaler was wrecked in a
typhoon at
Vavou.
[13]
|
Fair America
|
United States
|
The schooner was lost in a gale in August or April. Lost with all 7 hands.
[14]
[15]
|
Falcon
|
New South Wales
|
The
whaler was wrecked on
Ascension Island.
[16]
|
George IV
|
United Kingdom
|
The
whaler was wrecked.
[17]
|
Helen Marr
|
United Kingdom
|
The ship was driven ashore at
Pernambuco,
Brazil. She was on a voyage from Pernambuco to
Bahia, Brazil. Helen Marr was consequently condemned.
[18]
|
Independence
|
United States
|
The whaler was wrecked at
Vavou before 14 August.
[19]
|
Indien
|
France
|
The ship was wrecked at Saint Pierre and Miquelon.
[2]
|
Jemima
|
United Kingdom
|
The ship was wrecked at
Vera Cruz, Mexico. She was on a voyage from
Cádiz, Spain to Vera Cruz.
[20]
|
Margaret
|
United Kingdom
|
The ship was wrecked on the coast of
Madagascar. Her crew were rescued.
[21]
|
Martha
|
United Kingdom
|
The ship was wrecked in the
Paracel Islands. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to
Canton,
China.
[22]
|
Napoleon
|
United States
|
The
brig was abandoned in the
Atlantic Ocean between 29 July and 13 October. Her crew were rescued by Ferax (
United States). She was on a voyage from
Newport, Monmouthshire,
United Kingdom to
Charleston, South Carolina.
[23]
|
Petit Joseph
|
France
|
The ship was wrecked on the coast of Iceland.
[2]
|
Portia
|
United Kingdom
|
The ship was lost in the
Gulf of Venice. Her crew were rescued.She was on a voyage from
Trieste to
Sicily.
[24]
[25]
|
Renown
|
United Kingdom
|
The ship was lost at Newfoundland.
[9]
|
Sea Horse
|
United Kingdom
|
The ship was wrecked on
Anclote Key,
Florida Territory. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Manzanilla, Trinidad to
Dublin.
[26]
|
Sept Frères
|
France
|
The
whaler foundered in the
Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands, over 150 people. She was on a voyage from
Granville, Manche to Newfoundland.
[27]
[28]
|
Sir R. H. Dick
|
United Kingdom
|
The ship was lost on the coast of
Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from London to
Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America.
[29]
[30]
|
Thomas
|
United Kingdom
|
The
whaler was lost in the
Davis Strait. Twelve crew were rescued by Advice (
United Kingdom) but ten of them died before she arrived at
Sligo on 14 June.
[31]
|
Tiberius
|
Brazil
|
The ship foundered between 12 August and 7 September. She was on a voyage from
Bahia to Africa.
[32]
|
Union
|
British North America
|
The
schooner foundered in
Lake Ontario with the loss of all hands.
[33]
|
Vesta
|
United States
|
The schooner was lost in a gale in August or April. Lost with all 7 hands.
[34]
[35]
|
William I
|
Netherlands
|
The
steamship was wrecked on the Lucipa Reef,
Netherlands East Indies before 13 August. All 140 people on board were rescued after 35 days by
HNLMS Nautilus (
Royal Netherlands Navy).
[36]
[37]
|
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