# List of shipwrecks in September 1837

The list of shipwrecks in September 1837 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during September 1837.

## 1 September

List of shipwrecks: 1 September 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Cyrus | United States | The barque was driven ashore and sank in the Hillsborough Inlet. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. |
| Eliza | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Port Natal, Africa. Her crew were rescued |
| George Henry | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on Pickle's Reef. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America. |

## 2 September

List of shipwrecks: 2 September 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Agnes | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Donaghadee, County Down. |
| Briton | United Kingdom | The collier, a brig, was holed by an anchor and sank in the River Thames at Deptford, Kent. |
| Eagle | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the River Ythan. |

## 3 September

List of shipwrecks: 3 September 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Jane | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Mockbeggar, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands. |
| Janet | United Kingdom | The ship, which had capsized on 21 August with the loss of two of her crew, was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her eleven surviving crew were rescued by Emigrant ( United States). She was on a voyage from British Honduras to London. |

## 4 September

List of shipwrecks: 4 September 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Eleanora | France | The ship foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Brest, Finistère to Memel, Prussia. |
| Hope | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) west of Boulogne-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais, France. She was later refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Nymph | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on the Abertay Sands. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Dundee, Forfarshire. She was refloated the next day. |
| Padang | Netherlands | The brig was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom with the loss of five of the fifteen people on board. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Batavia, Netherlands East Indies. |

## 5 September

List of shipwrecks: 5 September 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Apollo | United Kingdom | The steamship was in collision with Monarch ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Thames at Gravesend, Kent with the loss of three lives. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk to London. |
| Ida | Hamburg | The ship was run down and sunk in the English Channel off Start Point, Devon, United Kingdom by Mary Ann ( United Kingdom) with the loss of four of her crew. Ida was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Hamburg. |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Barbadoes. |

## 6 September

List of shipwrecks: 6 September 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Amelia Hopper | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on South Bimini, Bahamas. She was on a voyage from Cuba to Nassau, Bahamas and Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Placidia | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London. Placidia was refloated on 8 September and resumed her voyage. |

## 7 September

List of shipwrecks: 7 September 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Augusta | United States | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to Boston, Massachusetts. |
| Equity | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides. She was on a voyage from Archangelsk, Russia to Bristol, Gloucestershire. |
| Thomas and Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Hoylake, Lancashire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Poole, Dorset to Runcorn, Cheshire. |

## 8 September

List of shipwrecks: 8 September 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Eleanora | France | The ship sprang a leak and foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Brest, Finistère to Memel, Prussia. |

## 9 September

List of shipwrecks: 9 September 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Belize | United Kingdom | The ship was driven on the south west point of Anticosti Island, Lower Canada, British North America. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada to Sligo. Belize was later refloated and put back to Quebec City in a very leaky condition. |
| Harmonie | United Kingdom | The ship was severely damaged at Newport, Monmouthshire. |

## 10 September

List of shipwrecks: 10 September 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Cœur de Lion | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and damaged in Dundrum Bay with the loss of five of her crew and two rescuers. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America.Cœur de Lion was later refloated and taken into Killough Bay. |

## 11 September

List of shipwrecks: 11 September 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| John George Elphinstone | United Kingdom | The schooner foundered off Ballycotton, County Cork. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Cork. |

## 12 September

List of shipwrecks: 12 September 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Charlotte | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Bootle Bay. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Grecian | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Tramore Bay. She was on a voyage from Nevis to Liverpool, Lancashire. Grecian was refloated on 15 September and towed into Waterford. |

## 13 September

List of shipwrecks: 13 September 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| General Gascoyne | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Burbo Point with the loss of a passenger. Survivors were rescued by the steam tug Eleanor ( United Kingdom). General Gascoyne was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Gustave | Dantzic | The ship foundered off Domesnes, Norway. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Dantzic to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. |
| Mayflower | United Kingdom | The sloop was wrecked at the mouth of the Voryd River, Wales. At least one crew member survived. |

## 14 September

List of shipwrecks: 14 September 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Cambrian | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Chappel Bay. She was later refloated and taken into Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. |
| Marshall Blucher | United Kingdom | The ship capsized at Newport, Monmouthshire. |
| Welcome | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Thisted, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Devonport, Devon. |

## 15 September

List of shipwrecks: 15 September 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Don Juan | United Kingdom | The P&O paddle steamer ran aground at Tarifa Point and was wrecked. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Gibraltar to London. |

## 16 September

List of shipwrecks: 16 September 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Cecilia | Stettin | The ship sank off Ameland, Friesland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Koog aan de Zaan, North Holland, Netherlands. |
| Pennsylvania | United States | The schooner capsized in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of 25 of the 27 people on board. The survivors were rescued on 20 September by Amelia ( United Kingdom). |
| Twist | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Hull, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Hull. Twist was later refloated and taken into Hull. |

## 17 September

List of shipwrecks: 17 September 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Carolina | Brazil | The ship struck rocks at Montevideo, with the loss of six of her crew and several passengers. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro to Buenos Aires, Argentina. |
| Cumberland | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at the Pile Lighthouse, Lancashire with the loss of three lives. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Lancaster, Lancashire. The wreck was towed into the Belfast Lough on 29 September by HMRC Diligence ( Board of Customs). |
| Pera | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Pelican Point, in the Gulf of Smyrna. She was on a voyage from London to Smyrna, Ottoman Empire. Pera was refloated the next day with assistance from HMS Tribune ( Royal Navy). |
| Soloman | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Wells-next-the-Sea. Soloman was later refloated and taken in to port. |
| Spartan | United Kingdom | The ship was lost near Pacasmayo, Peru. |

## 19 September

List of shipwrecks: 19 September 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Adventure | United Kingdom | The ship was lost off Lobos Island, Canary Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to Monte Video, Uruguay. |
| Laurel | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Robert's Head, County Cork. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Kinsale to Cork. |

## 20 September

List of shipwrecks: 20 September 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Liverpool | United Kingdom | The ship sank at Scharhörn. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Hamburg. She was later refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Lord Russel, Two Brothers | United Kingdom | Lord Russel collided with the smack Two Brothers off Aberavon, Glamorgan. Both vessels were beached. Lord Russel was later refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Maria | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from British Honduras to Hull, Yorkshire. |

## 21 September

List of shipwrecks: 21 September 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Emerald | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to London. |
| Juliana Wilhelmine | Stettin | The ship foundered off Belle Île, Morbihan, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Nantes, Loire-Inférieure, France to Stettin. |
| Tennant | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Redcar, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham to London. |
| HMS Terror | Royal Navy | The research ship, a converted Vesuvius-class bomb vessel, was beached on the coast of Ireland. |

## 23 September

List of shipwrecks: 23 September 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Grasshopper | United States | The ship was wrecked on Cape Henelopen, Delaware. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America. |

## 24 September

List of shipwrecks: 24 September 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Jeune Estelle | France | The ship was driven ashore at Guernsey, Channel Islands. She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Bordeaux, Gironde. Jeune Estelle was refloated and taken into Guernsey. |
| Koning der Nederlander | Netherlands | The brig was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom with the loss of four of her crew. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Batavia, Netherlands East Indies. |
| Provens Minde | Sweden | The ship was driven ashore at Harwich, Essex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Sundsvall to Cherbourg, Seine-Inférieure, France. |
| Supply | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Nore. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London. |

## 25 September

List of shipwrecks: 25 September 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bristol Packet | United Kingdom | The ship was beached at Fowey, Cornwall. |
| Germ | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. Four of her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America. |
| Medora | United Kingdom | The ship was lost at the Río Real, Brazil. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sydney, New South Wales to London. |
| Supply | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Nore. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London. |

## 26 September

List of shipwrecks: 26 September 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Idris | United Kingdom | The ship capsized and sank at Berbice, British Guiana. She was refloated on 2 October with assistance from Thistle ( United Kingdom). |

## 27 September

List of shipwrecks: 27 September 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Cephalonia | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked between Figueira da Foz and Aveiro, Portugal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dartmouth, Devon to Cephalonia, United States of the Ionian Islands. The wreck was later burnt by the local inhabitants. |
| John and Grace | United Kingdom | The ship was in collision with HMS Lucifer ( Royal Navy) at Dublin and was beached. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Runcorn, Cheshire. |

## 28 September

List of shipwrecks: 28 September 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Cephalonia | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked at Aveiro, Portugal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dartmouth, Devon to Cephalonia, United States of the Ionian Islands. The vessel was plundered and burnt by the local inhabitants. |
| Fame | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and foundered off Bideford, Devon. |

## 30 September

List of shipwrecks: 30 September 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Le Landais | France | The brig was wrecked at St. Just, Cornwall, United Kingdom. All seventeen people on board were rescued. |
| Palladium | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the east coast of Gotland, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Narva, Russia to Dundee, Forfarshire. |
| Ranger | United Kingdom | The ship was discovered abandoned off Worms Head, Pembrokeshire. She was taken into the Gwendraeth Fawr. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in September 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Appleton | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on Coconut Key and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Montego Bay, Jamaica to Manzanillo, Cuba. |
| Clarinda | British North America | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Kingston, Jamaica between 25 and 30 September. |
| James | United States | The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 11 September. She came ashore and was wrecked on Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia, British North America before 29 September. |
| Jane | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and sank at Mockbeggar, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands. |
| Jane | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Fish Island, British North America and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Miramichi, New Brunswick, British North America to Cardiff, Glamorgan. Jane was later refloated and anchored in Richmond Bay. |
| Jessie | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Sizewell, Suffolk before 6 September. |
| Kronon | Stralsund | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at "Farmunde". She was later refloated and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark. |
| Lyra | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Drogheda, County Louth. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Galway. |
| Prince of Wales | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Wainfleet, Lincolnshire. She was later refloated and taken into Wainfleet. |
| Two Sisters | United Kingdom | The ship was run down by a steamship and sunk off Dungeness, Kent with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Oporto, Portugal to King's Lynn, Norfolk. |