# List of shipwrecks in March 1837

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

## 2 March

List of shipwrecks: 2 March 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Gladiator | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Deal, Kent. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to London. Gladiator was refloated the next day. |
| Preciosa | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Algiers, Algeria. Preciosa was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. |

## 3 March

List of shipwrecks: 3 March 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Canton | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the Dardanelles. She was refloated on 18 March. |

## 4 March

List of shipwrecks: 4 March 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Devonport | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Cape Henelopen, Delaware, United States. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. |
| Lord Strangford | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel. |
| Maria | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in Algoa Bay. |
| Maria | Kingdom of Sardinia | The polacca capsized in a squall at Havana, Cuba. She was later righted. |

## 5 March

List of shipwrecks: 5 March 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Martha | United States | The ship was wrecked on Edisto Island, South Carolina. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Charleston, South Carolina. |
| Walsingham | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on an island. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bermuda to the Turks Islands. |

## 6 March

List of shipwrecks: 6 March 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Graff Herman Wedel Jarlsberg | Norway | The ship was driven ashore at "Landfoort". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dram to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands. |
| Kensington or Kingston | United Kingdom | The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (28°30′N 59°30′W﻿ / ﻿28.500°N 59.500°W﻿ / 28.500; -59.500) with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from British Honduras to Cork. Survivors were rescued by Orion ( United States). |

## 8 March

List of shipwrecks: 8 March 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Petite Louise | France | The ship was wrecked on a reef off Cancún, Mexico. All on board were rescued. |
| Portia | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground and was wrecked at Capo d'Otranto, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ancona, Papal States to Malta |

## 9 March

List of shipwrecks: 9 March 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Davenport | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Hazard's Land, Pennsylvania, United States. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. |
| Express | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in the Bay of Tangier. |
| Georgiana | Hamburg | The ship was wrecked near Texel, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Aux Cayes, Haiti to Hamburg. |
| Sophia | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on the Brazil Bank, in Liverpool Bay. Her crew were rescued by lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Valparaíso, Chile to Liverpool, Lancashire. |

## 10 March

List of shipwrecks: 10 March 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Arcade | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Bornholm, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Memel, Prussia. |
| Maria | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in Algoa Bay. |
| Jane | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off Madeira. All on board survived. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. |

## 11 March

List of shipwrecks: 11 March 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Penrhos | United Kingdom | The barque foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (36°50′N 9°55′W﻿ / ﻿36.833°N 9.917°W﻿ / 36.833; -9.917). Her crew were rescued by the galiot Nieuwe Ondernehming ( Netherlands). Penrhos was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Syra, Greece. |
| Solace | United Kingdom | The ship struck a sunken wreck and sank in the North Sea off Thorpeness, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. |
| St. John | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground off Dublin. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to Dublin. |

## 12 March

List of shipwrecks: 12 March 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hamilton | United Kingdom | The ship sank at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Dublin. |
| Integrity | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off Bandon, County Cork. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Limerick to Troon, Ayrshire. |
| Jameson | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Sunderland, County Durham. She was refloated the next day. |
| Moro Castle | United Kingdom | The ship caught fire at New Orleans, Louisiana, United States and was scuttled. She was on a voyage from New Orleans to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France. |

## 13 March

List of shipwrecks: 13 March 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Arion | Grand Duchy of Finland | The ship was driven ashore on Majorca, Spain. She was on a voyage from Helsingfors to Cette, Hérault, France or Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany. |
| Integrity | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off "Bruneton Head". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Tarbert, Argyllshire to the Clyde. |
| Josephine | United States | The ship foundered off Ocracoke, North Carolina. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. |
| Mary Ann | United States | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (23°00′N 82°30′W﻿ / ﻿23.000°N 82.500°W﻿ / 23.000; -82.500). Her crew were rescued by Judith and Esther ( United Kingdom). Mary Ann was on a voyage from "Mancinella de Cuba", Cuba to New York. |
| Phœnix | Denmark | The brig was driven ashore at Sandy Hook, New Jersey, United States. |
| Prince of Saxe Coburg | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands to London. |

## 14 March

List of shipwrecks: 14 March 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Richard and Ann | United Kingdom | The collier, a brig, ran aground on the Heaps Bank, in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Good Agreement ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London. Richard and Ann later floated off and was taken into Burnham on Crouch, Essex. |

## 15 March

List of shipwrecks: 15 March 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| America | United States | The ship was wrecked on the Riding Rocks, in the Bahamas. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Grand Bahama. |
| Avon | United Kingdom | The sloop departed from Waterford for Bristol, Gloucestershire. Presumed subsequently foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Triton | Norway | The whaler was driven ashore at "Langel". |

## 16 March

List of shipwrecks: 16 March 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Cortese | Kingdom of Sardinia | The polacca was wrecked at Madeira. |
| Margaret | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Møn, Denmark, where she was wrecked on 19 March with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Lübeck. |
| Ricargo | Spain | The ship was wrecked on Anegada, Virgin Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Málaga to St. Thomas and Puerto Rico. |
| Sovereign | United Kingdom | The transport ship was driven ashore at Kileton, County Waterford. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Woolwich, Kent to Waterford. |

## 17 March

List of shipwrecks: 17 March 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Marys | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Catania, Sicily. |

## 18 March

List of shipwrecks: 18 March 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Limerick Lass | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the River Shannon. She was on a voyage from Limerick to Troon, Ayrshire. |

## 19 March

List of shipwrecks: 19 March 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Mary Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Læsø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to Hull, Yorkshire. |

## 20 March

List of shipwrecks: 20 March 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Amphion | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Thiessow, Prussia. Her crew were rescued. |
| Thomas and Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was holed by her anchor and sank at Fosdyke Bridge, Lincolnshire. |
| Three Johannas | Prussia | The ship was driven ashore at "Caisbourg". |

## 22 March

List of shipwrecks: 22 March 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Etolle | Grand Duchy of Tuscany | The ship was driven ashore near Livorno. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Livorno. |
| Westminster | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at New York, United States. She was on a voyage from London to New York. Westminster was refloated the next day and taken in to New York. |

## 23 March

List of shipwrecks: 23 March 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Commerce | United Kingdom | The ship was severely damaged by fire at New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. |
| Friend's Desire | United Kingdom | The ship capsized off Salcombe, Devon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Plymouth to Torquay. |
| London | United Kingdom | The ran sloop aground on the Brake Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dartmouth, Devon to London. |
| Maria | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London. Maria was refloated and put back to South Shields, where she sank. |
| Minerva | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Redcar, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham to King's Lynn, Norfolk. Minerva was later refloated and put in to Hartlepool, County Durham. |
| Nicholas I | Dantsic | The ship was driven ashore near Dantsic. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dantsic to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. Nicholas I was refloated on 18 April and taken into Dantsic. |
| Oato de Maio | Portugal | The hiate was driven ashore and wrecked on Terceira Island, Azores. |
| Watt | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the New Channel. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Africa. |
| Will-o'-the-Wisp | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at São Miguel Island, Azores. Her crew were rescued. |

## 24 March

List of shipwrecks: 24 March 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Braddyll | United Kingdom | The sloop was wrecked near Whitby, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham Hartlepool, County Durham. |
| Thomas and Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was holed by her anchor and sank at Fosdyke Bridge, Lincolnshire. |

## 25 March

List of shipwrecks: 25 March 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Caroline | Hamburg | The ship was driven ashore by ice and wrecked at Pouch Cove, Newfoundland, British North America. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Saint John's, Newfoundland. |
| Elizabeth | Spain | The ship was driven ashore by ice and wrecked at Pouch Cove. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Cádiz to Saint John's. |
| Fortuna | Stralsund | The ship sank near Greifswald. |
| Hope | United Kingdom | The ship struck an iceberg and foundered. Her crew were rescued by Mary ( Hamburg). She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Newfoundland, British North America. |
| James | United Kingdom | The ship was in collision with Mercury ( United Kingdom) and sank off Pladda with the loss of two of her crew. Survivors were rescued by Mercury. |
| Jonge Alberdina | Stralsund | The ship was driven ashore on Hiddensee, Prussia. |
| Terrys | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked on the east coast of Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Memel, Prussia. |
| Waterloo | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Stettin with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from London to Memel, Prussia. |

## 26 March

List of shipwrecks: 26 March 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bee | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Workington, Cumberland. She was refloated on 7 April and taken in to Workington. |

## 27 March

List of shipwrecks: 27 March 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was in collision with Mentor ( United Kingdom) and foundered in the North Sea off Happisburgh, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. |

## 29 March

List of shipwrecks: 29 March 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Nyverheid | Netherlands | The ship was struck by lightning and destroyed by fire in the Indian Ocean. All on board survived. She was on a voyage from Batavia, Netherlands East Indies to Rotterdam, South Holland. |
| Vigilance | Netherlands | The ship was driven ashore at Scheveningen, South Holland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden to Rotterdam, South Holland. |

## 30 March

List of shipwrecks: 30 March 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Felicity | United Kingdom | The ship struck rocks and sank off Tarifa, Spain with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Toulon, Var, France. |

## 31 March

List of shipwrecks: 31 March 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Candidus | United Kingdom | The ship was struck by lightning and destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in March 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Anna | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Cumberland. She was refloated on 7 March and taken in to Workington. |
| Bellerophon | United Kingdom | The ship sank near Marstrand, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands to Pillau, Prussia. |
| Britannia | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Wilmington, Delaware, United States. |
| Chantarella | France | The ship was wrecked near Cherbourg, Seine-Inférieure before 9 March. |
| Fortuna | Peru-Bolivian Confederation | War of the Confederation: The brig was wrecked on the coast of Islay. Of her 71 crew, fifteen were drowned, 52 were taken prisoner and four escaped. |
| Franklin | United States | The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 11 March with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by Nelson ( United Kingdom). |
| Eliza Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was declared missing. She was on a voyage from London to Hamburg. |
| Frederica Louisa | Denmark | The ship was driven ashore near Pillau, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen to Pillau. Frederica Louisa was refloated on 21 March and taken in to Pillau. |
| Friends | United Kingdom | The ship was run aground and sank off Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Harlingen, Friesland to London. |
| Pandora | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 26 March. |
| HMS Pembroke | Royal Navy | The Vengeur-class ship of the line was driven ashore at Gibraltar. She was later refloated with assistance from the steamship Minos ( France). |
| Richmond | New South Wales | The schooner was wrecked in the Macleay River. |
| Rising Sun | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near South Shields, County Durham. Her crew were rescued. |
| Santarella | Flag unknown | The ship was wrecked near Cherbourg, Seine-Inférieure, France. |
| Véloce Messeneo | Kingdom of the Two Sicilies | The ship departed from Messina for Antwerp, Belgium in mid-March. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |