# List of shipwrecks in 1838

This list of shipwrecks in 1838 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1838.
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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in 1838 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Abeona | British North America | The ship sank at Saint Domingo. |
| Abeille | France | The barque was driven ashore in Diamond Creek whilst bound for Île Bourbon. She was later refloated. |
| African | United Kingdom | The ship struck a sunken rock off Trincomalee, Ceylon and foundered. All on board were rescued. |
| Ageneria | Flag unknown | The schooner was lost at Mantoloking, New Jersey. |
| Anna Maria | United Kingdom | The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was discovered on 26 January 1839 by Elizabeth ( United Kingdom). Five putrid bodies were discovered on board. |
| Belhaven | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned off Cape Finisterre, Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. |
| Betsey | Jersey | The ship was presumed to have foundered in the Atlantic Ocean whilst on a voyage from Newfoundland, British North America, to Jersey with the loss of 60 lives. |
| Catherine | Imperial Russian Navy | The brig was wrecked on Simushir, in the Kuril Islands with the loss of all on board. She was on a voyage from Okhotsk to Tigil. |
| Chandler | Flag unknown | The cruiser was lost at Kerch, Russia. |
| Elizabeth and Maria | British North America | The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States, to Newfoundland. Her crew were rescued. |
| Four Brothers | United Kingdom | The sealer was lost at Newfoundland. |
| Five Sisters | United Kingdom | The sloop was wrecked on the coast of Morayshire. |
| Frederika Maria | Denmark | The ship was sunk by ice whilst on a voyage from "Troense" to Greenland. Her crew were rescued. |
| Ganges | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the Mississippi River and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France. |
| Happy Return | Guernsey | The ship capsized in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Flora ( United Kingdom). Happy Return was on a voyage from Guernsey to the Azores. |
| Helmes | Guernsey | The ship was wrecked on the Florida Reef. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba, to Guernsey. |
| Henry Clay | Unknown | The schooner was lost at Mantoloking, New Jersey. |
| John Duggen | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, for Gibraltar some months before February 1839. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Lady Wellington | New South Wales | The brig was wrecked at Adelaide, South Australia. She was subsequently used as a stores ship. |
| Laurel | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at New Calabar. |
| Lord Nelson | New South Wales | The whaling brig was wrecked on Macquarie Island. Surviving members of her crew were marooned on the island for two years. |
| Maid of the Mill | United States | The schooner was lost off the coast of Maine. Crew saved. |
| Mandarin | United States | The ship was wrecked near Batavia, Netherlands East Indies. She was on a voyage from Canton, China, to New York. |
| Martha | United States | The schooner, a new vessel, coming around from Essex, was capsized off Brace’s Cove in a violent squall. The Owner and 2 crew killed. |
| Milo | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Hogsty Reef. She was on a voyage from St. Jago de Cuba, Cuba, to Swansea, Glamorgan. |
| Monticello | United States | The fishing schooner was lost fishing. Crew saved. |
| Neptune | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at the mouth of the River Plate. She was on a voyage from Barcelona, Spain, to Buenos Aires, Argentina. |
| St. Clair | United Kingdom | The schooner struck rocks and sank in Saldanha Bay. |
| Telegraph | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Great Heneaga. Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Wilmington, Delaware, United States, to Jamaica. |
| Tinley | United Kingdom | The ship was lost at British Honduras. |
| Trial | United Kingdom | The ship was sunk by ice off the coast of Newfoundland. |
| William Salthouse | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Anegada Reef. She was on a voyage from Trinidad to London. She was refloated and put into St. Thomas, Virgin Islands. |