# List of shipwrecks in June 1838

The list of shipwrecks in June 1838 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during June 1838.

## 1 June

List of shipwrecks: 1 June 1838 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Gasper | United States | The ship was wrecked in the Hooghly River. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Boston, Massachusetts. |

## 2 June

List of shipwrecks: 2 June 1838 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Royal George | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was wrecked on a reef off Cape Ray, Newfoundland, British North America. Her crew were rescued by Blessing, Marys and Tom Bowline (all United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from London to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America. |
| St. Jacques | France | The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Inférieure to Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom. St. Jacques was refloated and put into The Downs. |

## 3 June

List of shipwrecks: 3 June 1838 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Tulloch Castle | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at South Foreland, Kent. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Algiers, Algeria. Tulloch Castle was refloated and put into Deal, Kent. |

## 5 June

List of shipwrecks: 5 June 1838 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Mary Jane | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off the Calf of Man, Isle of Man. She was on a voyage from Newry, County Antrim to Flint. |

## 6 June

List of shipwrecks: 6 June 1838 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Waterwitch | United Kingdom | The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Barbadoes to Saint Lucia. Her crew were rescued. |

## 7 June

List of shipwrecks: 7 June 1838 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Dover | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Scatterie Island, Nova Scotia, British North America with the loss of five of her crew. |

## 8 June

List of shipwrecks: 8 June 1838 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Dee | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore near Hoylake, Lancashire. |

## 9 June

List of shipwrecks: 9 June 1838 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ceres | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Spurn Point, Yorkshire. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Porth Madog, Caernarfonshire to Sunderland, County Durham. |

## 10 June

List of shipwrecks: 10 June 1838 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ædicia | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near the Hook Lighthouse, County Wexford. She was on a voyage from Fethard-on-Sea to Llanelly, Glamorgan. |
| Good Intent | United Kingdom | The fishing smack ran aground off Stroma, Orkney Islands. She was refloated on 12 June and put int Stromness, Orkney Islands for repairs. |
| Norges Haab | Norway | The ship was wrecked near "Torckow". |

## 11 June

List of shipwrecks: 11 June 1838 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Jason | Imperial Russian Navy | The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of Circassia with the loss of all hands. |

## 12 June

List of shipwrecks: 12 June 1838 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| David | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Helsingør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Königsberg, Prussia to London. David was refloated on 17 June and resumed her voyage. |
| Ruth | United States | The ship was sighted whilst on a voyage from Gibraltar to Baltimore, Maryland. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Susannah | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore on Saint Domingo. |

## 13 June

List of shipwrecks: 13 June 1838 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Montezuma | France | The ship was wrecked at "Onin", Africa. Her crew were rescued. |
| Rebecca | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and sank at Figueira da Foz, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Figueira da Foz to Newfoundland. Rebecca was later refloated and taken into Figueira da Foz for repairs. |
| Union | United Kingdom | The smack was driven ashore at Huna, Caithness. She was on a voyage from Thurso, Caithness to Leith, Lothian. Union was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Vrouw Maria | Flag unknown | The ship was run down and sunk south of Helsingør, Denmark by Pallas ( United States). She was on a voyage from Pärnu, Russia to Oporto, Portugal. |

## 14 June

List of shipwrecks: 14 June 1838 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Pulaski | United States | Pulaski.The paddle steamer suffered a boiler explosion and sank in the Atlantic Ocean 30 nautical miles (56 km) off the coast of North Carolina with the loss of 128 lives. About 59 people were rescued. |

## 15 June

List of shipwrecks: 15 June 1838 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Avon | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Double-Headed Shot Keys. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Matanzas, Cuba to Saint Petersburg, Russia. |

## 16 June

List of shipwrecks: 16 June 1838 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Rhine | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on "Ruberg". She was on a voyage from Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham to Saint Petersburg, Russia. Rhine was later refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Washington | United States | The steamboat was destroyed by fire in Lake Erie 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) north of Silver Creek, New York with the loss of about 50 lives. |

## 17 June

List of shipwrecks: 17 June 1838 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Thomas | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Scalloway, Shetland Islands. |

## 18 June

List of shipwrecks: 18 June 1838 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Frau Margaretha | Hamburg | The ship was driven ashore at Dunbar, Lothian, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Alloa, Clackmannanshire, United Kingdom to Hamburg. Frau Margaretha was refloated on 20 June and taken into Dunbar. |
| Lovely Cruizer | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground in the Vlie. She was on a voyage from London to Bremen. Lovely Cruizer was refloated and taken into Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands. |
| Two Friends | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Ramsdale Scar and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Scarborough, Yorkshire. |

## 19 June

List of shipwrecks: 19 June 1838 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Belfast | United Kingdom | The paddle steamer struck the pier and her engine was severely damaged at Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure to Shoreham-by-Sea. |

## 20 June

List of shipwrecks: 20 June 1838 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Charlotte | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Sidmouth, Devon. Charlotte was refloated with assistance from the brig Hebe and escorted into Harwich, Essex in a leaky condition. |
| Despatch | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Newhaven, Sussex, where she was wrecked. |
| Sirio | Kingdom of the Two Sicilies | The ship was lost in Mullion Bay. |

## 21 June

List of shipwrecks: 21 June 1838 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Fanny | Van Diemen's Land | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked 50 nautical miles (93 km) east of Port Adelaide, South Australia. She was on a voyage from Hobart to King George's Sound, Swan River Colony. |
| Justinian | United Kingdom | The ship was holed by an anchor in the River Orwell and was beached at Harwich, Essex. |
| Mary or Mary Coxon | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Öland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Saint Petersburg, Russia. She was refloated several weeks later and taken into Kalmar. |
| Theodore | France | The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cherbourg, Seine-Inférieure to Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom. |

## 22 June

List of shipwrecks: 22 June 1838 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Eliza | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Cork. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Cork. |
| Julia | United Kingdom | The ship was struck by lightning and destroyed off Key West, Florida Territory. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Mobile, Alabama, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Vrouw Tantje | Hamburg | The ship was lost off Neuwerk. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom to Hamburg |

## 23 June

List of shipwrecks: 23 June 1838 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Herefordshire | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Futtah Sand. She was later refloated and taken into Calcutta, India for repairs. |

## 24 June

List of shipwrecks: 24 June 1838 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Anna Margaretha | Russia | The ship struck a submerged rock and put into "Ulvesand", where she sank. She was on a voyage from Riga to Antwerp, Belgium. |
| Industry | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Round Bay, Nova Scotia, British North America. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Saint Andrews, New Brunswick, British North America. Industry was refloated on 13 July and resumed her voyage. |
| Jane | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Round Bay. All on board were rescued. |
| Fanny | United Kingdom | The ship was run down and sunk 6 leagues (18 nautical miles (33 km)) off The Lizard, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Arundel, Sussex to Tenby, Pembrokeshire. |

## 26 June

List of shipwrecks: 26 June 1838 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Enigheden | Sweden | The ship was driven ashore at Helsingør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Jersey, Channel Islands to Sundsvall. Enigheden was later refloated. |
| Neptuno | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the English Bank, off the coast of Argentina. |

## 27 June

List of shipwrecks: 27 June 1838 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Riby Grove | United Kingdom | The whaler was crushed by ice and sank. Her crew were rescued by Altona ( Hamburg) and Perseverance ( United Kingdom). |

## 28 June

List of shipwrecks: 28 June 1838 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ann | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Lasolle Reef. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. |
| Sicilian | United Kingdom | The ship was sunk by ice off Venison Tickle, Labrador, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from St. John's, Newfoundland to Indian Tickle, Labrador. |

## 29 June

List of shipwrecks: 29 June 1838 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Seraph | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on Brion Island, Magdalen Islands, Lower Canada, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Richibucto, New Brunswick, British North America to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. |

## 30 June

List of shipwrecks: 30 June 1838 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Page | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Wrangle, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Sligo to London. Page was refloated on 5 July and resumed her voyage. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in June 1838 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Emma | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Adelaide, South Australia in mid-July. She was on a voyage from Sydney, New South Wales to Adelaide. |
| Franklin | United States | The ship was holed by an anchor and sank in the Mississippi River before 11 June. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France. |
| Hero | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Skomer, Pembrokeshire and was abandoned. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Altona, Hamburg. Hero was taken into Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire on 11 June. |
| Maria | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Benin before 1 July. Her crew were rescued. |
| Marina | United Kingdom | The ship was sunk by ice in the Atlantic Ocean before 21 May. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America. |
| Milton | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Old Bic Harbour, Lower Canada. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Quebec City. |
| Morning Star | United Kingdom | The ship collided with Susan and Jane ( United Kingdom) and was abandoned in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland before 8 June. Her crew were rescued by Susan and Jane. Morning Star was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Belfast, County Antrim. |
| Muscogee | United States | The steamboat was wrecked. |
| Norman | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to Dublin. Norman was refloated on 6 June and taken into Peterhead. |
| Sarah | New South Wales | The coaster was wrecked on the coast of South Australia between Endeavour Bay and Portland Bay. |
| Sir Archibald Campbell | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Miramichi, New Brunswick, British North America before 26 June. |
| Varennes | British North America | The steamboat was destroyed by fire. |
| Zealous | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Redcar, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to a port in Lincolnshire. She was refloated on 30 June and taken into Hartlepool, County Durham in a leaky condition. |