# List of shipwrecks in April 1838

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

## 1 April

List of shipwrecks: 1 April 1838 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Fortuna | Prussia | The ship was lost off Anholt, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Königsberg. |
| Jane | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Boulogne. Jane was refloated and taken into Boulogne. |
| Palace | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Helsea Point, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Newport, Monmouthshire. |
| William and Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Burntisland, Fife. |

## 2 April

List of shipwrecks: 2 April 1838 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Miranda | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged on Antigua. She was on a voyage from London to Barbadoes and Antigua. Miranda was refloated on 5 April and put under repair. |

## 3 April

List of shipwrecks: 3 April 1838 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Andes | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the North Sea off Heligoland. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Kiel, Prussia.Andes was subsequently beached on Heligoland. She was later refloated and temporary repairs were made before she departed for Cuxhaven in late April. |
| Jane and Thomas | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Downing's Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Balbriggan, County Dublin. |
| Prince George | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Longhope, Orkney Islands. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America. Prince George was refloated on 6 April and proceeded on her voyage. |

## 6 April

List of shipwrecks: 6 April 1838 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Harriet | United Kingdom | The sailing barge sank off Dartmouth, Devon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Teignmouth to Dartmouth. |
| Horace | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Kennebunk, Maine, United States. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Liverpool, Lancashire. |

## 7 April

List of shipwrecks: 7 April 1838 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Delaval | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. Delaval was refloated and taken into Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. |
| Favourite Nancy | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and sank south of Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Aberavon, Glamorgan. Favourite Nancy was refloated on 13 April and taken into Aberystwyth. |
| Jane | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea off the mouth of the River Tees. |
| Joseph | United Kingdom | The ship struck the pier and sank at Swansea, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from St. Ives, Cornwall to Swansea. |
| Native | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and was damaged at Teignmouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from Teignmouth to Newfoundland, British North America. Native was refloated and put back to Teignmouth. |
| Ray | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Holyhead, Anglesey with the loss of five lives. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Gloucester. |

## 8 April

List of shipwrecks: 8 April 1838 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Amiable Mère | France | The ship was wrecked at St Alban's Head, Dorset, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Marennes, Charente-Maritime to Dunkerque, Nord. |
| Belsay Castle | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at the mouth of the River Tees with the loss of seven of her ten crew. Survivors were rescued by the Seaton Lifeboat. |
| Ceres | Norway | The ship sprang a leak in the North Sea and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Skien to Dunkerque. Ceres was later taken in to Thisted, Denmark. |
| Deux Amis | France | The ship was wrecked at St Alban's Head. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Dunkerque. |
| Dorade | France | The ship ran aground on The Shingles, in the English Channel and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux to Boulogne-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais. She was refloated on 10 April and taken into Cowes, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom for repairs. |
| Fanny and Betsey | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Saint Tudwal's Islands, Caernarfonshire. |
| Margaret | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked at Spittal, Northumberland with the loss of her captain. Survivors were saved by the Coast Guard. |
| Resolution | Norway | The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Skien to London, United Kingdom. |
| Swaine | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Goodwick Sands, off Fishguard, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Gloucester. |
| Union | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Bootle Bay. She was on a voyage from Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| William and Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Scargill, Lothian. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Inverness to Hull, Yorkshire. |
| Zeeuw | Netherlands | The ship was wrecked on the Banjaard Sand, in the North Sea with the loss of two lives. She was on a voyage from Batavia, Netherlands East Indies to Middelburg, Zeeland. |

## 9 April

List of shipwrecks: 9 April 1838 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Agenoria | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Filey Brigg, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk to Hartlepool, County Durham. |
| Diana | Spain | The brig was abandoned off Cape San Antonio, Cuba. She was on a voyage from Trinidad to Boston, Massachusetts, United States. |
| Eugenia | Portugal | The ship was run down and sunk off Start Point, Devon with the loss of all but her captain. She was on a voyage from São Miguel Island, Azores to London, United Kingdom. |
| Victor et Fèlice | France | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked in the Hooghly River at Kedgeree, India. She was on a voyage from Île Bourbon to Calcutta, India. |

## 10 April

List of shipwrecks: 10 April 1838 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| David Maurice | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Castle Island, Bermuda. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. |
| Diamond | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Bolderāja, Russia. She was refloated on 13 May. |
| Union | United Kingdom | The paddle steamer was driven ashore at St Bees Head, Cumberland. She was later refloated. |

## 11 April

List of shipwrecks: 11 April 1838 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Goodluck | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Marsala, Sicily, where she was under repair. |
| James | United Kingdom | The ship sank in the New Channel. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Mostyn, Flintshire to Dublin. |

## 12 April

List of shipwrecks: 12 April 1838 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| HMS Rapid | Royal Navy | The Cherokee-class brig-sloop was wrecked off Bona, Algeria with the loss of her captain. |

## 13 April

List of shipwrecks: 13 April 1838 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The brig struck the North Gar Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. She was then driven ashore near the mouth of the River Tees and sank |

## 14 April

List of shipwrecks: 14 April 1838 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Castor | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Troon, Ayrshire. |

## 15 April

List of shipwrecks: 15 April 1838 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Le Roi | France | The barque was driven ashore near Southport, Lancashire, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Nantes, Loire Atlantique. Le Roi was refloated on 24 April and taken into Liverpool. |
| Scotia | United Kingdom | The barque struck the Tenfeet Bank and sank off the Menai Lighthouse. All sixteen people on board were rescued by the Penmon Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Demerara, British Guiana. |
| Sidonie | France | The ship was wrecked in the Authie. She was on a voyage from Martinique to Dunkerque, Nord. |
| Star | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Shoreham-by-Sea. |

## 16 April

List of shipwrecks: 16 April 1838 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Choice | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Schiermonnikoog, Friesland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Hamburg. |
| Diamond | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on the Barnard Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. |
| Frithiof | Norway | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked 8 nautical miles (15 km) east of Calais, France with the loss of all but two of her eleven or thirteen crew. She was on a voyage from Porsgrund to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure, France. |
| Hugh Taylor | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the Swine Bottoms, in the Baltic Sea off the coast of Denmark. She was refloated and put into Copenhagen for repairs. |
| Sophia | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Maryport, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Carlisle to Whitehaven. |
| St Andrew | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the River Mersey. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire. St Andrew was later refloated. |
| St. Vincent | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Loch Ryan. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Saint Vincent, Virgin Islands. |

## 17 April

List of shipwrecks: 17 April 1838 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Agnes | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Blainville-sur-Mer, Manche, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Granville, Manche. |
| Athabaska | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the West Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay, with the loss of all 25 crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America. |
| Charles | United Kingdom | The brig was destroyed by fire in The Downs. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Newfoundland, British North America. |
| Glenisla | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Portsall, Finistère, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to the Cape of Good Hope. Glenisla had become a wreck by 26 April. |
| Nancy | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk with the loss of two of her three crew. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. |
| Neptune | United Kingdom | The East Indiaman was wrecked at Godreavy, Cornwall with the loss of all hands. |
| Scipio | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Ayr. She was on a voyage from Demerara to the Clyde. Scipio was refloated on 19 April and taken into Greenock, Renfrewshire. |
| Triton | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore and damaged at Rutland, Donegal. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Quebec City. Triton was refloated on 22 April and taken into "Inniscoo". |

## 18 April

List of shipwrecks: 18 April 1838 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Black Dwarf | United Kingdom | The ship capsized and foundered in the Solway Firth off Carlisle, Cumberland. Her crew were rescued. |
| Britannia | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Silloth Bay. sHe was on a voyage from Carlisle, Cumberland to Restigouche, New Brunswick, British North America. |
| Oxford | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Loch Ryan. She was on a voyage from London to Saint Vincent, Virgin Islands. |
| Triton | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the Aran Islands, County Galway. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America. Triton was refloated on 25 April and taken into Rutland, County Donegal. |
| Vine | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Grainthorpe, Lincolnshire. |

## 19 April

List of shipwrecks: 19 April 1838 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Aurora | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked at Montrose, Forfarshire. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Dublin. |
| Brunswick | United Kingdom | The schooner was damaged by fire at London. |
| Herald | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked on the Mosquito Shoal, off the mouth of the River Roman, British Honduras, with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to British Honduras. |

## 20 April

List of shipwrecks: 20 April 1838 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Exquisite | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and sank at São Miguel Island, Azores. |
| Spencer | United Kingdom | The ship caught fire in the Bristol Channel off Cardiff, Glamorgan and was scuttled. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Cardiff. |

## 21 April

List of shipwrecks: 21 April 1838 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ariadne | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Crosby Point, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Trieste. Ariadne was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage. |
| Carlton | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Crosby Point, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Miramichi, New Brunswick, British North America. Carlton was refloated and put back to Liverpool. |
| Ewer Frue Catharine | Denmark | The ship was wrecked near "Helgens". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom to Horsens. |
| Mersey | United Kingdom | The ship was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean, having previously abandoned. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America. |
| Susan and Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Thisted, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ipswich, Suffolk to Lübeck. |
| Tommy | Ottoman Empire | The ship sprang a leak and was beached in Belgrave Bay, Guernsey, Channel Islands. She was on a voyage from Çeşme to Hamburg. Tommy was refloated and taken into Guernsey in a severely damaged condition. |

## 22 April

List of shipwrecks: 22 April 1838 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Columbia | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Crosby Point, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Barbadoes. Columbia was refloated and put back to Liverpool. |
| Ecce Homo | Spain | The ship was driven ashore at Santander. |
| Lady of the Isles | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Santander. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Bilbao, Spain. Lady of the Isles was refloated with assistance from HMS Savage ( Royal Navy). |
| Maria de la Gloria | UKGBI | The ship was driven ashore at Santander. |
| Ruby | United Kingdom | The barque foundered at 5°43′S 64°40′E﻿ / ﻿5.717°S 64.667°E﻿ / -5.717; 64.667 on a voyage from Macao, China, to Bombay, India. The crew took to her boats and survived. |

## 23 April

List of shipwrecks: 23 April 1838 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Margaretta Elizabeth | Hamburg | The ship ran aground on the Bondicar Rocks, Northumberland, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Altona to the Firth of Tay. Margaretta Elizabeth was refloated and put into Warkworth, Northumberland. |
| Madonna della Gracia | Kingdom of Naples | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Hjørring, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Naples. |

## 24 April

List of shipwrecks: 24 April 1838 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Choice | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex and was damaged. She was on a voyage from London to Riga, Russia. Choice was refloated and taken into Harwich, Essex. |
| Gem | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand and was damaged. She was on a voyage from London to Sunderland, County Durham. Gem was refloated and taken into Harwich. |
| Lena | Stralsund | The ship was driven ashore on Rügen, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Stralsund to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, United Kingdom. Lena was later refloated and taken into Griefswald in a leaky condition. |
| Pauline | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the New Channel. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium. |
| Virgine della Grazia | Flag unknown | The ship was wrecked near Thisted, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. |

## 25 April

List of shipwrecks: 25 April 1838 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ark | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Lemon and Ore Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex and was damaged. She was refloated and assisted into Harwich, Essex by HMRC Badger ( Board of Customs). Ark was on a voyage from Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham to Maldon, Essex. |
| Castlereagh | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk and was abandoned by her crew, with the exception of her captain, off Winterton-on-Sea. She subsequently came ashore at Mundesley and was wrecked. Her captain survived, the crew arrived at Great Yarmouth. |
| Iroquois | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Haisborough Sands and was damaged. She put into Great Yarmouth in a leaky condition. |
| John | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore 1 league(3 nautical miles (5.6 km)) east of Calais, France. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Portsmouth, Hampshire. |
| Moselle | United States | The steamboat suffered a boiler explosion at Fulton, Ohio, and was destroyed with the loss of about 160 lives. |
| Pauline | Belgium | The ship ran aground in the New Channel. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Ostend, West Flanders |
| Wennerne | Norway | The ship was driven ashore in Druridge Bay. She was on a voyage from Dram to Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom. |

## 26 April

List of shipwrecks: 26 April 1838 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ardwell | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the River Nene 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) from King's Lynn, Norfolk. She was refloated on 28 April. |
| Commerce | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked 10 nautical miles (19 km) south of Bridlington, Yorkshire. |
| Diamond | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Cross Sand, in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. she was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham to London. |
| Isabella | United Kingdom | The ship capsized at Dublin. |
| Victorine | France | The ship was driven ashore at Varaville, Calvados. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Portsmouth, Hampshire, United Kingdom to Cherbourg, Seine-Inférieure. |

## 27 April

List of shipwrecks: 27 April 1838 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| James Hunt | United Kingdom | The brig capsized at Falmouth, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Saint Domingo to Antwerp, Belgium. |

## 28 April

List of shipwrecks: 28 April 1838 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Champion | United Kingdom | The schooner sprang a leak in the North Sea. She was beached at Bridlington, Yorkshire, where she sank. Champion was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was later raised and taken into Bridlington. |
| Fried | Prussia | The ship was sunk by ice off Helsingør, Denmark. |

## 29 April

List of shipwrecks: 29 April 1838 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alexandria | France | The ship was driven ashore at the mouth of the River Adur. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Bayonne, Basses-Pyrénées. |

## 30 April

List of shipwrecks: 30 April 1838 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ann Williams | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Banjaard Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Zeeland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Dordrecht, South Holland, Netherlands. |
| Diana | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Barnard Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk with the loss of all hands. |
| Dove, and Hope | United Kingdom | The schooner Dove was in collision with the sloop Hope off Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk. Both vessels sank. Dove's crew were rescued by Hannah ( United Kingdom). Hope's crew were rescued by a Humber Keel. Hope was on a voyage from Goole, Yorkshire to London. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in April 1838 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Canada | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean before 14 April. |
| Carlton | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Crosby Point, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Miramichi, New Brunswick, British North America. |
| Charlotte Dorothea | Stettin | The ship was sunk by ice off Rügen, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Stettin to King's Lynn, Norfolk, United Kingdom. |
| Dart | New South Wales | The ship was wrecked on Troubridge Island, South Australia. Her crew were rescued. |
| Fortuin | Netherlands | The ship was abandoned in the North Sea before 19 April. |
| Fortuna | Norway | The ship was abandoned in the North Sea before 18 April. |
| Gute Hoffnung | Bremen | The ship was abandoned in the North Sea before 1 May. She was on a voyage from Wick, Caithness, United Kingdom to Bremen.Gute Hoffnung was taken into Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom on 1 May. |
| Julie | Norway | The ship foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all but two of her crew. |
| Lowestoft | New South Wales | The schooner ran aground at Port Adelaide, South Australia. She was on a voyage from Launceston, Van Diemen's Land to Port Adelaide. |
| Medora | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Yorkshire before 9 April. |
| Mungo | British North America | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 3 April. |
| Resolution | Norway | The ship foundered in the North Sea with the loss of two of her crew. Survivors were rescued by Hero ( United Kingdom). Resolution was on a voyage from Christiania to London, United Kingdom. |
| San José | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Oporto to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands. San José was refloated and taken into Ramsgate, Kent. |
| Spencer | United Kingdom | The ship capsized in the Atlantic Ocean off the Isles of Scilly before 18 April. |
| Two Brothers and Sisters | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 25 April. |