The list of shipwrecks in November 1837 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during November 1837.
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1 November
Ship | State | Description |
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Albion | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked and destroyed by fire at Plymouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from "Cape Series" to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. |
Bywell | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. All on board were rescued by the Lowestoft Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. The wreck was beached at Pakefield, Suffolk on 6 December. |
Elizabeth Augusta | Hamburg | The ship was wrecked on the Putgar Reef. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Stettin. |
George Washington | Hamburg | The ship was driven ashore at "Kanso". She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Gothenburg, Sweden. She was later refloated. |
Henrica | Sweden | The ship was driven ashore near Kungsbacka. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to Venice, Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia. |
Ingarborg Karitine | Hamburg | The ship was driven ashore between Strandby and "Hjensting", Denmark. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom to Hamburg. |
Margaret Ogilvie | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore north of Workington, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Bangor, Caernarfonshire to Belfast, County Antrim. |
Providentia | Sweden | The ship was driven ashore at "Kjallo". She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Portugal to Gothenburg. |
Robert | United States | The ship was driven ashore on Vargö, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Gävle, Sweden to New York |
Robert Thomas | United Kingdom | The ship was lost off Waterford. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to Waterford. |
Sisters | United Kingdom | The ship capsized and sank in the English Channel off Swanage, Dorset with the loss of seven crew. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Exeter, Devon. She was raised on 23 September 1838 and taken into Poole, Dorset. |
Trio | Sweden | The ship was driven ashore on Skagen, Denmark. She was refloated in late November and taken into Gothenburg. |
Vasco da Gama | Portugal | The galley was wrecked on the Este Till, at the mouth of the Elbe. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to Hamburg. |
2 November
Ship | State | Description |
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Anna | Prussia | The ship was driven ashore at Strömstad, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands to Königsberg. |
Antelope | United States | The ship ran aground off "Cronenburgh", Denmark. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to New York. She was refloated on 11 November and taken into Copenhagen, where she was condemned. |
Clitus | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Ayr. She was on a voyage from Bathurst, Africa to Ayr. |
Leda | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Ambleteuse, Pas-de-Calais, France with the loss of five of her eight crew. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to London. Her captain had mistaken the Cap Griz Nez Lighthouse, which had been lit for the first time on 1 November, for the Dungeness Lighthouse, Kent. |
Packet | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Helsingør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Dantzic to Hull, Yorkshire. |
Times | United Kingdom | The brig was lost in the Black Sea. |
3 November
Ship | State | Description |
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Eliza | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Petipat Shoal. She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Miramichi, New Brunswick, British North America. |
Mary | Hamburg | The brig departed from Helsingør, Denmark for Aberdeen, United Kingdom. Presumed to have subsequently foundered off Christiania, Norway. |
Mercury | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Helsingør for Aberdeen. Presumed to have subsequently foundered off Christiania. |
Tredegar | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Clevedon, Somerset. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Bristol, Gloucestershire. |
Trow Tow | United Kingdom | The ship sank in the Bristol Channel off Cardiff, Glamorgan. |
Water Witch | United Kingdom | The ship was run into by Surrey ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Thames at Gravesend, Kent whilst engaged in raising Apollo ( United Kingdom), which had sunk on 5 September following a collision. |
4 November
Ship | State | Description |
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Agenoria | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Faial Island, Azores. Her crew were rescued. |
Vierge Marie | Belgium | The ship was driven ashore at Rammekins Castle, Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Antwerp, Belgium. Vierge Marie was refloated on 11 November and taken into Vlissingen, Zeeland. |
5 November
Ship | State | Description |
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Five Gebruders | Netherlands | The ship was wrecked near Tönningen, Duchy of Holstein. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Stettin. |
Maria | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Tönningen. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from England to Altona. |
Pensher | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Tönningen. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Sunderland, County Durham. Pensherwas later refloated and taken into Tönningen. |
Spring | United Kingdom | The ship struck a rock and sank off Jersey, Channel Islands. She was on a voyage from Jersey to London. Spring was refloated on 9 November and taken into Jersey. |
6 November
Ship | State | Description |
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Consecacoa Dentenora | Portugal | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Thisted, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Oporto to Hamburg. |
Thalia | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Madras, India. |
7 November
Ship | State | Description |
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Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her seven crew were rescued by Everton ( United Kingdom). Elizabeth was on a voyage from Bathurst, Africa to Exeter, Devon. She came ashore at Pont-l'Abbé, Finistère, France on 27 November. Elizabeth was refloated on 30 November. |
Garnet | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Kungsbacka, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Saint Petersburg, Russia. Garnet had been refloated by 22 November and was subsequently taken into Gothenburg. |
Helen Mar | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Formby, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. Helen Mar was refloated the next day and put back to Liverpool. |
Johanna | Hamburg | The ship sprang a leak and sank at Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Hamburg. Johanna was later refloated and taken into Cardiff. |
Maria Crowther | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Laxey, Isle of Man. |
Orontes | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to London. |
8 November
Ship | State | Description |
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Anna | Russia | The ship sank at Kongshavn, Norway with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Riga. |
9 November
Ship | State | Description |
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Isabella | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Hauxley Rocks, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued. |
Mary | United Kingdom | The ship was sighted off Skagen, Denmark in a capsized state. |
Nancy | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Isle Martin, Summer Isles. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Ullapool, Ross-shire. |
10 November
Ship | State | Description |
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Cordelia | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, United States to Halifax, Nova Scotia. |
Fortitude | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) north of Aveiro, Portugal with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Oporto, Portugal. |
Lord Selkirk | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Richibucto, New Brunswick, British North America. She was on a voyage from Richibucto to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
Maria | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Blyth, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham to London. |
Mary and Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. She was later refloated. |
11 November
Ship | State | Description |
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Bartley | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Larne, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Larne. |
Echo | United Kingdom | The ship struck rocks and sank at Saint Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands with the loss of two lives. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Saint Helier. |
Edward | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham to London. |
Factor | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Green Island. She was on a voyage from Madeira to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America. |
Luiza | Portugal | The ship struck a sandbank off Fort St. Mark, Maranhão, Brazil and was wrecked. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to Maranhão. |
Mary Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Wells-next-the-Sea. She was on a voyage from London to Wells-next-the-Sea. |
South Australian | South Australia | The whaler, a barque, was driven ashore and wrecked in Encounter Bay. |
12 November
Ship | State | Description |
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Tortola | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Blakeney, Norfolk with the loss of two of her crew. |
Vrow Helena | Netherlands | The ship was wrecked on Juist, Kingdom of Hanover. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland to Bremen. |
13 November
Ship | State | Description |
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Eleanor | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Helsingør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London. Eleanor was later refloated and taken into Copenhagen, Denmark. |
Orestes | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Helsingør. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Chatham, Kent. |
14 November
Ship | State | Description |
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Canton | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the west end of "Brian Island", British North America with the loss of seven of the thirteen people on board. She was on a voyage from Gaspé, Lower Canada, British North America to a British port. |
David | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Katwijk, North Holland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from "Pelwarn" to Hull, Yorkshire. |
Jane | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Île de Ré, Charente-Maritime, France. Her crew were rescued. |
Martha | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Île de Ré. Her crew were rescued. |
Nautilus | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Mediterranean Sea 40 leagues (120 nautical miles (220 km)) east of Cape Passero, Sicily. Her crew were rescued Bougainville ( French Navy). Nautilus was on a voyage from Licata, Sicily to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. |
Thetis | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Whelps and Scarlet Rocks, in the River Shannon. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to Limerick. |
Vrow Johanna | Netherlands | The ship was driven ashore near Egmond aan Zee, North Holland. She was on a voyage from a port in east Friesland to Antwerp, Belgium. |
15 November
Ship | State | Description |
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Anders | Sweden | The ship was driven ashore at Thisted, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Guernsey, Channel Islands. |
Auguste Julia | Belgium | The ship was holed by her anchor and partly sank in Tor Bay. She was on a voyage from Ostend, West Flanders to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. Auguste Julia was subsequently repaired. |
Greyhound | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked on Prince Edward Island, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada to Richibucto, New Brunswick. |
Jubilee | United Kingdom | The ship struck the wreck of Bywell ( United Kingdom) and sank off Lowestoft, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Plymouth, Devon. |
Junius | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Blakeney, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued by the Wells Lifeboat. |
Sieben Sodskende | Hamburg | The ship was wrecked south of Hårup, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Laurwig, Norway to Hamburg. |
16 November
Ship | State | Description |
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Athena | Belgium | The ship departed from Antwerp for Boston, Massachusetts, United States. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
Seven Sodskende | Norway | The ship was wrecked south of Hurup, Duchy of Holstein. Her crew were rescued. |
William Giles | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Dragør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to London. She was later refloated and put into Copenhagen. |
17 November
Ship | State | Description |
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Aurora | Belgium | The ship was driven ashore on the Lilleground. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Antwerp. Aurora was later refloated. |
Dee | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore and damaged on the south coast of Gotland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburgh, Russia to Hull, Yorkshire. She was later refloated and taken into "Ronhamer". |
Genoa Packet | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Blyth, Northumberland. She was refloated the next day and taken into Blyth in a leaky condition. |
Wilhelm | Bremen | The ship was driven ashore on Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bremen to Tenerife, Canary Islands. |
18 November
Ship | State | Description |
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Antonius | Elbing | The ship was driven ashore at Burnham Overy Staithe, Norfolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Elbing to Burnham Overy Staithe. She was later refloated. |
Athabaska | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Richibucto, New Brunswick, British North America. |
Augusta Signora | Grand Duchy of Tuscany | The ship was driven ashore at Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. She was on a voyage from "Ismail" to Livorno. |
Betsey Black | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Stromness, Orkney Islands. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Lancaster, Lancashire. Betsey Black was refloated on 1 December and taken into Stromness. |
Eleanor | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on the Lilleyrund, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to London. Eleanor was refloated in late November and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark. |
Indian Chief | United Kingdom | The ship stuck the Rusk Bank, in the Irish Sea and was abandoned by her crew. She was consequently wrecked on the coast of County Wexford. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Mauritius. |
Lynx | New South Wales | The barque was wrecked in the New River, New Zealand. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from the New River to Sydney. |
Mary | United Kingdom | The ship was beached in Dublin Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Calcutta, India. Mary was refloated on 30 November and taken into Dublin. |
Palmer | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and was beached near Workington, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Workington to an Irish port. Palmer was later refloated and taken into Workington. |
St. Anna | Grand Duchy of Tuscany | The ship was driven ashore at Naples. She was on a voyage from Taganrog, Russia to Livorno. |
William | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Sunderland, County Durham. |
19 November
Ship | State | Description |
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Ardogowan | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Ballyferris Point, County Down. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Limerick. Ardogowan was later refloated and taken into Drogheda, County Louth. |
Blue Eyed Lass | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Bondicar Rocks, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued. |
Camilla | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on the Gaar Sands, at the mouth of the River Tay. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Dundee, Forfarshire. Camilla was later refloated. |
Chance | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground off "Hornbeck". She was on a voyage from Peterhead, Aberdeenshire to Stettin. |
Clara | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in St. Georges's Bay, Newfoundland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Berbice, British Guiana to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America. She was refloated on 2 August 1838 and taken into Quebec City. |
Fly | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore east of Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. |
Lynx | New South Wales | The whaler, a barque, foundered whilst on a voyage from Sydney to New Zealand. Her crew were rescued. |
Union | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked on the West Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
20 November
Ship | State | Description |
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Eagle | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Læsø, Denmark. She was later refloated. |
Gesina Hermina | Netherlands | The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Alkmaar, North Holland. Gesina Hermina was refloated and put in to Texel, North Holland in a leaky condition. |
Jordonsjold | Norway | The ship was driven ashore at Dunkerque, Nord, France. |
Juno | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground off the Bahamas, where she was destroyed by fire on 24 November. She was on a voyage from Laguna to Liverpool. |
Mary Cummings | United Kingdom | The ship was lost off Yell, Shetland Islands. |
21 November
Ship | State | Description |
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Darling | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Maryport, Cumberland. |
Deux Frères | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to Ostend. |
Elizabeth | Heligoland | The ship was driven ashore at Ostend. She was on a voyage from Rüstersiel to Ostend. |
Latona | United Kingdom | The ship departed from St. Jago de Cuba, Cuba for Swansea, Glamorgan. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
Margaret | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at the Point of Carra, Orkney Islands. She was on a voyage from St. Margaret's Hope, Orkney Islands to Leith, Lothian. |
22 November
Ship | State | Description |
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Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on the coast of Finistère, France with the loss of all hands. |
Excellent | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Læsø, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London. |
Neptune | British North America | The ship struck a rock off Petit-Rocher, New Brunswick and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia to the Chaleur Bay. |
Penasse | Denmark | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Jutland with the loss of several lives. She was on a voyage from London to Copenhagen. |
Sophia | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked off the Port Neuf River, Lower Canada with loss of master and 13 crew; four survivors. She was on a voyage from Montreal, Lower Canada to Greenock, Renfrewshire. |
Woodford | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Læsø. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Plymouth, Devon. |
23 November
Ship | State | Description |
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Diana | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. Diana was later refloated and taken into Peterhead. |
George | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the River Colne. |
Isabella | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore on the Abertay Sands and sank with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands to Perth. Isabella was refloated on 2 December and taken into Perth in a wrecked condition. |
United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked on the Isle of Arran. She was on a voyage from Glasgow to Trinidad. | |
Reform | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Brier Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Vincent to Digby, Nova Scotia. |
Systaire | Sweden | The brig was in collision with a British brig off Bridport, Dorset, United Kingdom and was beached at Burton Bradstock, Dorset. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to Batavia, Netherlands East Indies. |
24 November
Ship | State | Description |
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Albatross | Denmark | The ship was wrecked on Skagen. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Copenhagen. |
Cecilia | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea 60 nautical miles (110 km) off Domesnes, Norway. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Dantsic. |
Globe | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Alicante, Spain with the loss of all but four of her crew. She was on a voyage from Boston, Lincolnshire to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany. |
Marie | Rostock | The ship was lost off the coast of Nordland, Norway. |
25 November
Ship | State | Description |
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Anne | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Limerick to Glasson Dock, Lancashire. Anne was later refloated. |
Emerald | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Downing Bay. |
Eliza Warwick | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to New Orleans. Eliza Warwick was refloated on 9 December. |
Hoppet | Sweden | The ship was wrecked on the Swedish coast with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France to Strömstad. |
Jane | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Île de Ré, Charente-Maritime, France. |
Jane | United Kingdom | The sloop foundered in Dundrum Bay with the loss of two of the five people on board. |
Martha | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Île de Ré. |
Neptune | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Pembrey Sands, Carmarthenshire. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Carmarthen. |
Niagara | United States | The ship was driven ashore at New Orleans. She was on a voyage from New Orleans to Singapore. Niagara was refloated on 9 December. |
Theodore | United States | The ship was wrecked on the Luconia Shoals. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Singapore to Canton, China. |
26 November
Ship | State | Description |
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Black Boy | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk. She was later refloated. |
Colosseum | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Kentish Knock with the loss of twelve of the seventeen people on board. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to St. Ubes, Portugal. |
Friends | Jersey | The ship was last sighted on this date whilst on a voyage from Copenhagen, Denmark to Fortune Bay. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
Juno | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the Bahamas. She was on a voyage from British Honduras to London. |
Neptune | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Pembrey, Carmarthenshire. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Carmarthen. |
Royal Oak | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Blackpool, Lancashire. Her five crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Carrickfergus, County Antrim. |
27 November
Ship | State | Description |
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Chalco | Mexico | The ship was driven ashore near "Laguna". She was on a voyage from Vera Cruz to "Laguna". Chalco was later refloated. |
Gloucester | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the Mississippi River downstream of New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to New Orleans. |
Harmony | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Caldy Island, Pembrokeshire. She was later refloated. |
28 November
Ship | State | Description |
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Benjamin | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Liverpool, Lancashire to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
Colisseum | Portugal | The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom with the loss of twelve of the seventeen people on board. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to St. Ubes. |
Conselsan Feliz | Portugal | The ship departed from Faial Island, Azores for Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
Greenock | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Inishtrahull, County Donegal, where she was subsequently wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada to Hull, Yorkshire. |
Johanna | Hamburg | The ship ran aground and sank at Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Hamburg. Johanna was refloated on 2 December. |
29 November
Ship | State | Description |
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General Coffin | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in the Turks Islands. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick to Saint Domingo. |
Joanna | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Smyrna, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from London to Malta. Joanna was refloated with assistance from HMS Sapphire ( Royal Navy). She arrived as Smyrna on 13 December. |
John | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and sank at Cowes, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from London to Newport, Isle of Wight. |
Manuel | Spain | The ship was destroyed by fire at Málaga. |
Rochdale | United Kingdom | The ship was holed by her anchor and sank at the George Dock, Liverpool, Lancashire. |
30 November
Ship | State | Description |
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Albion | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Dunbar, Lothian. She was later refloated. |
Ann | United Kingdom | The sloop was wrecked on the Polls Bank, in the English Channel off the coast of Sussex. Her crew were rescued by the coastguard. |
Foster | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Hull, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Hull. |
James Patterson | United Kingdom | The ship struck the Hutt and Lowth Rock and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Dublin. |
Margaret | United Kingdom | The ship was in collision with a fishing boat and sank in the Irish Sea off The Skerries. She was on a voyage from Dundalk, County Louth to Bristol, Gloucestershire. |
Mercur | Denmark | The brig was driven ashore at Dover, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Memel to Bordeaux, Gironde, France. Mercur was refloated and taken into Dover. |
Mercury | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Dover. She was on a voyage from Memel to Dover. Mercury was later refloated and taken into Dover. |
Oak | United Kingdom | The ship was holed by her anchor and sank at King's Lynn, Norfolk. |
Pilot | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Burnham Overy Staithe, Norfolk. |
Unknown date
Ship | State | Description |
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Active | France | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Utsira, Norway before 7 November. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Le Croisic, Loire-Inférieure to Molde, Norway. |
Anecdote | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off County Galway. |
Anne | United Kingdom | The schooner was lost whilst on a voyage from Prince Edward Island to Miramichi, New Brunswick, British North America. Her crew were rescued. |
Belle Isle | United Kingdom | The ship was damaged by ice and driven ashore in the Saint Lawrence River downstream of Madras Island before 19 November. |
Briton | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Manicougan Shoal and was damaged. |
Campo Bello | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Richibucto, New Brunswick, British North America before 1 December. |
Canton | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Brier Island, Nova Scotia, British North America before 14 November. |
Frances | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Sligo. Frances was later refloated and taken into Whitstable, Kent. |
Fame | United Kingdom | The schooner was lost whilst on a voyage from Prince Edwar Island to Miramichi. Her crew were rescued. |
Gledstone | United Kingdom | The whaler was wrecked on Hawaii, Sandwich Islands before 18 November. She had been deliberately set afire by the cook, who subsequently committed suicide. |
Gode Hensigt | Norway | The ship was abandoned in the Norwegian Sea. She was taken into Stavanger on 17 November. |
James Colvin | United Kingdom | The whaler was set afire by the ship's cook, who subsequently committed suicide. Her crew were rescued by Catawbu ( United States). James Colvin was driven ashore and wrecked on Hawaii before 18 November. |
Jane | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from Barbadoes to Prince Edward Island. Jane was refloated in June 1837 and completed her voyage on 30 June. |
Johanna | Netherlands | The ship was lost on the coast of Norway before 11 November. |
Jonge Catharina | Netherlands | The ship was driven ashore near Tönningen, Duchy of Holstein and severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Stralsund to Zaandam, North Holland. Jonge Catharina was later refloated and taken in to Tönningen. |
Juno | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the Bahamas on or before 26 November. |
Liverpool | British North America | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 5 November. |
Margaretha | Duchy of Holstein | The ship was lost on the Vogel Sand, in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Caroline ( Duchy of Holstein). Margaretha was on a voyage from Glückstadt to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. |
Maria | Netherlands | The ship was driven ashore at Frederikshavn, Denmark before 23 November. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Stralsund and/or Rostock. |
Mercury | United Kingdom | The ship capsized off Skagen, Denmark on or before 9 November. She was on a voyage from Dantsic to Aberdeen. |
Trio | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore in the Dardanelles before 13 November. She was refloated with assistance from HMS Carysfort ( Royal Navy). |
Watson | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Denmark. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Hull, Yorkshire. Watson was later refloated and taken into Copenhagen. |
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