# List of shipwrecks in March 1838

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

## 1 March

List of shipwrecks: 1 March 1838 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ailsa Craig | United Kingdom | The paddle steamer was damaged by fire at St. Katherine's Wharf, London. |
| Alonzo | United Kingdom | The brig collided with Indemnity ( United Kingdom) off Cromer, Norfolk and was later driven ashore at Blakeney, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham to London. Alonzo was refloated on 8 March and taken into Blakeney. |
| Anna | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked 4 leagues (12 nautical miles (22 km)) south of Figueira da Foz, Portugal. |
| Jeune-Auguste | France | The ship was destroyed by fire off Cape St. Nicholas, Haiti. Her crew were rescued. |
| Lancel | United States | The ship was lost off Vera Cruz, Mexico with the loss of two of her crew. |
| Relief | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked off Pederneira, Portugal with the loss of three of her eight crew. |
| Resolution | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on the Salt Scar Rocks, in the North Sea off the coast of Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by the Hartlepool Lifeboat. |

## 2 March

List of shipwrecks: 2 March 1838 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Aberdeenshire | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Robin Hoods Bay, Yorkshire. She was refloated and put into Scarborough. |
| Alfred | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Bridlington, Yorkshire. She was later refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Enterprise | United Kingdom | The ship struck a rock off The Manacles and sank. She was on a voyage from Bury, Lancashire to Ramsgate, Kent. |
| Fife | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the Isles of Scilly. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to London. Fife was later refloated. |
| Phœbe | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Bridlington. She was later refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Providence | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rochester, Kent to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. |
| Thornley | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and was severely damaged at Flamborough Head. She was on a voyage from London to Hartlepool, County Durham. Thornley was refloated and put into Scarborough, Yorkshire. |
| Waterloo Packet | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and sank in the River Avon. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Cardiff, Glamorgan and Hamburg. |

## 3 March

List of shipwrecks: 3 March 1838 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Howard | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Florida Reef. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Saint Petersburg, Russia. Howard was later refloated and taken into Key West, Florida Territory. |
| London Packet | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at São Martinho do Porto, Portugal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Faro, Portugal. |
| Resolution | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Redcar, Yorkshire. |
| Two Brothers | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Cascaes Bay and was wrecked with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Lisbon, Portugal. |

## 4 March

List of shipwrecks: 4 March 1838 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Frances | United Kingdom | The ship struck a sunken rock in Gibraltar Bay and foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Gibraltar. |
| Perseverance | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Bayside, Gibraltar. |
| Ranger | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked on the Elbow End Bank, in the North Sea off the mouth of the River Tay. Her five crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Perth. |
| Suffolk | United Kingdom | The ship struck the Pearl Rock and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Gibraltar. |

## 5 March

List of shipwrecks: 5 March 1838 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| New Orleans | United States | The ship was driven ashore 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) north west of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bona Vista to Buenos Aires. |
| Sir Colin Campbell | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground off Bermuda. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire. Sir Colin Campbell was later refloated and taken into St. George's, Bermuda, where she sank. |

## 6 March

List of shipwrecks: 6 March 1838 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Enterprise | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Mount Desert Island, Maine, United States. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America. Enterprise was later refloated. |
| Euphemia | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked off Eriskay, Outer Hebrides. The wreck came ashore on Barra on 10 March. |

## 7 March

List of shipwrecks: 7 March 1838 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Elizabeth Caroline | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Saint Andrews, New Brunswick, British North America to Jamaica. |
| Euphemia | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Scalp Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to South Shields, County Durham. |

## 8 March

List of shipwrecks: 8 March 1838 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Collector | Saint Vincent | The drogher was lost on this date. Her crew were rescued. |
| Edmond | United Kingdom | The ship was lost in the River Plate. Her crew were rescued. |

## 9 March

List of shipwrecks: 9 March 1838 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bourgainville | France | The ship was wrecked in the Fernando de Noronha, Brazil. She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure. |

## 10 March

List of shipwrecks: 10 March 1838 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Benjamin | United Kingdom | The schooner departed from Liverpool, Lancashire for South Shields, County Durham. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Palmyra | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked off Russel Point. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Holyhead, Anglesey to Lancaster, Lancashire. |

## 12 March

List of shipwrecks: 12 March 1838 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| HMS Pincher | Royal Navy | The schooner foundered in the English Channel off the Owers Rock, off the coast of Sussex with the loss of 32 lives. The wreck was raised on 10 June and towed into Portsmouth, Hampshire. |
| Triumvirate | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Point La Haye, Newfoundland, British North America. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Carbonear, Newfoundland. |

## 14 March

List of shipwrecks: 14 March 1838 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Guard | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Teignmouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Plymouth, Devon. Guard was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Nelson | United Kingdom | The ship struck the pier at Whitehaven, Cumberland and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Whitehaven. |

## 15 March

List of shipwrecks: 15 March 1838 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Lord Eldon | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France. She was later refloated and resumed her voyage to London. |

## 16 March

List of shipwrecks: 16 March 1838 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Concepcion | Spain | The ship was wrecked on the Bahamas Bank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Cádiz. |
| Hero | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and damaged in Table Bay. She was on a voyage from London to Saint Helena. Hero was later refloated. |
| Swift | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Lindisfarne, Northumberland. She was later refloated. |

## 17 March

List of shipwrecks: 17 March 1838 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Governor Temple | United Kingdom | The ship was lost at "Sangamar" with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Bonavista, Newfoundland, British North America to Bathurst, Gambia. |
| James | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Margate, Kent. She was refloated the next day. |
| Lord Saltoun | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Emanuel Head, Northumberland. All on board survived. She was on a voyage from Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk to Montrose, Forfarshire. |
| Mermaids | United Kingdom | The schooner foundered off Lindisfarne, Northumberland. Her three crew were rescued by Lord Saltoun ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Gourdon, Kincardineshire to Goole, Yorkshire. |
| Unity | United Kingdom | The ship capsized and foundered in the North Sea off Corton, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. |
| Vigilant | United Kingdom | The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Bristol, Gloucestershire. Her crew were rescued. |
| William Donaldson | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near "Carlisle", County Cork. She was on a voyage from Gloucester to Limerick. William Donaldson was later refloated and towed into Cork by the steamship Air. |

## 19 March

List of shipwrecks: 19 March 1838 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Janus | United Kingdom | The ship was in collision with William ( United Kingdom) and sank in the English Channel off Beachy Head, Sussex. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to the Charente. |
| Ottoman | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near St. James's Castle, Smyrna, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Boston, Lincolnshire to Smyrna. |

## 20 March

List of shipwrecks: 20 March 1838 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alice | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Whitehaven, Cumberland. Her crew were rescued. |
| Avon | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Crosby, Lancashire. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Natchez to Liverpool. |
| Brilliant | United Kingdom | The sloop sank at Grimsby, Lincolnshire. She was later refloated. |
| Betsey | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked on the Blacktail Sand. Her crew were rescued by the smack Snowdrop. Betsey was on a voyage from Whitby, Yorkshire to London. |
| Cam's Delight | United Kingdom | The ship collided with Mary Somerville ( United Kingdom) and sank at Liverpool. |
| Consort | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Paull, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Hamburg. Consort was refloated on 22 March. |
| Deben | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore at Spurn Point, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Hull to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. |
| Endeavour | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore in Bootle Bay. |
| Hero | Jersey | The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Camber, Sussex. Four men died attempting to rescue her crew, who were successfully rescued. She was on a voyage from Jersey to Copenhagen, Denmark. Hero was refloated on 23 March. |
| Kitty | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Hook Sands, in the Bristol Channel. She was on a voyage from St. Clears, Carmarthenshire to Bristol, Gloucestershire. |
| HMS Lucifer | Royal Navy | The paddle steamer was severely damaged in a collision with Westchester ( United States) in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Dublin. She consequently put back to Liverpool. A passenger was severely injured in the collision. |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Skegness, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from London to Boston, Lincolnshire. |
| Mary Ann Martin | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore at Spurn Point. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Wisbech, Cambridgeshire to Leeds or Wakefield, Yorkshire. |
| Orient | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Bootle Bay. She was on a voyage from Bombay, India to Liverpool. Orient was refloated on 23 March and taken into Liverpool. |
| Tredegar or Tredegar Trader | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel off Goldcliff, Monmouthshire. Her crew were rescued. |
| William and Betsey | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Whitehaven. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Wigtown to Liverpool. William and Betsey was refloated on 25 March and taken into Whitehaven. |

## 21 March

List of shipwrecks: 21 March 1838 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Endeavour | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore in Bootle Bay. |
| Good Intent | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Spurn Point, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Louth, Lincolnshire to Leeds or Wakefield, Yorkshire. |
| Kent | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Yorkshire. She was refloated and made for Scarborough, Yorkshire but capsized. She was on a voyage from Whitstable, Kent to London. |
| Norval | France | The whaler was driven ashore at Granville, Manche. |
| Waterwitch | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near "Voel Nant". Her crew were rescued by Heyworth ( United Kingdom). |

## 22 March

List of shipwrecks: 22 March 1838 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Catharine | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Ryde, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Cork to London. Catherine was later refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Heyworth | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Point of Ayr, Flintshire. |
| Industry | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Castletown, Isle of Man with the loss of five of her seven crew. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Dublin. |
| St. Patrick | United Kingdom | The ship was capsized by a tornado and sank in the Maleacouri River, Sierra Leone. Her crew were rescued. |
| Swan | United Kingdom | The sloop was abandoned in Abergele Bay. Her crew survived. |
| Tyro | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Southport, Lancashire with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Ardglass, County Down to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Watterhorst | Norway | The ship was driven ashore at Umago, Austrian Empire. She was on a voyage from Bergen to Trieste. |

## 23 March

List of shipwrecks: 23 March 1838 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Agnes | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the River Liffey and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Congress | United States | The ship was driven ashore near Liverpool. |
| Elvira | United Kingdom | The ship sank in the Rock Channel, in Liverpool Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Calcutta, India. Elvira was refloated on 27 March and taken into Liverpool. |
| Jessie | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Tarbert, Ayrshire. She was on a voyage from Limerick to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. |
| Mary Catherine | United Kingdom | The ship struck sunken rocks 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) west of Alexandria, Egypt. Her crew were rescued. |
| Peril | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Scharhörn, Hamburg. She was refloated but consequently beached in the Weser, where she became a wreck. Her crew were rescued. |
| Princess Victoria | United Kingdom | The ship capsized in the Humber at Whitton, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from London to Hull, Yorkshire. Princess Victoria righted herself. Her crew survived. |
| Thomas | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. |

## 24 March

List of shipwrecks: 24 March 1838 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Eliza and Jane | United Kingdom | The sloop was wrecked in Rhossili Bay with the loss of all three crew. |
| Jeremiah | United Kingdom | The sloop was wrecked near Worms Head, Glamorgan. Her crew survived. |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Silver Keys. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cap Haïtien, Haiti to Cork. |
| Protector | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Onegada. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to St. Thomas, Virgin Islands. |

## 25 March

List of shipwrecks: 25 March 1838 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Friends | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the North Bank, in Liverpool Bay and was abandoned. She was on a voyage from Carlisle, Cumberland to Flint. Friends was refloated and taken into Liverpool, Lancashire. |

## 26 March

List of shipwrecks: 26 March 1838 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ulysses | United States | The ship was driven ashore at North Point, Maryland. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands. |

## 27 March

List of shipwrecks: 27 March 1838 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Sisters | United Kingdom | The ship was in collision with Science ( United Kingdom) off Whitby, Yorkshire and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by Science. Sisters was on a voyage from Gainsborough, Lincolnshire to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. |

## 28 March

List of shipwrecks: 28 March 1838 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Charles | United Kingdom | The ship sank in the River Avon. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Bristol, Gloucestershire. |
| Rose | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore in the Little River, Jamaica. Shew as on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall to Montego Bay, Jamaica. |

## 29 March

List of shipwrecks: 29 March 1838 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| British Merchant | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the Mississippi River. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Dart | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on the Troubridge Shoals. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Holdfast Bay, South Australia to King George Sound. |
| Glasgow | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the Mississippi River. She was on a voyage from New Orleans to Liverpool. |
| Rosa | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Braken Point, Glamorgan. |

## 30 March

List of shipwrecks: 30 March 1838 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| John and Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Sunderland, County Durham. Her crew were rescued. |

## 31 March

List of shipwrecks: 31 March 1838 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alfred | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and sank at Sunderland, County Durham. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk to Sunderland. |
| Hope | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore and severely damaged at Montrose, Forfarshire. |
| Dungal | United Kingdom | The ship capsized and sank at "Gosford". |
| Three Brothers | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore at Montrose. She was on a voyage from Montrose to Sunderland, County Durham. Three Brothers was refloated on 7 April. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in March 1838 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Active | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Tramore Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Portugal to Liverpool, Lancashire. Active was refloated and taken into "Rineshark". |
| Betsey | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Pantail Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. |
| Betsy | United Kingdom | The ship was scuttled at East Wemyss, Fife. |
| Blossom | United Kingdom | The ship was scuttled at East Wemyss. |
| Bransley | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Lamlash, Isle of Arran. She was on a voyage from Sligo to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. |
| Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned off the Welsh coast before 14 March. She was taken into Bideford, Devon on that date. |
| Fanny and Jane | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Formentera, Balearic Islands, Spain. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany. |
| Florida | United States | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued byMinerva ( United Kingdom). |
| Fowaro Castle | United Kingdom | The whaler was wrecked at Mazatlán, Mexico before 10 March. She was on a voyage from London to the South Seas. |
| Harriet | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked on the coast of the Algarve, Portugal. Her crew were rescued. |
| Helen | United Kingdom | The ship was in collision with HMS Volcano ( Royal Navy) in the Mediterranean Sea off Cartagena, Spain and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by HMS Volcano. Helen was on a voyage from Catania, Sicily to Glasgow. |
| Jane | British North America | The sealer was sunk by ice off the coast of Newfoundland before 29 March. |
| Liberty | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off Stronsay, Orkney Islands before 9 March. |
| Liberty | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. |
| Liverpool | United Kingdom | The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 23 March. |
| Lord Newborough | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Kilrush, County Clare. She was on a voyage from Sligo to Liverpool. |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near the mouth of the Humber. |
| Mary Ann | United Kingdom | The ship sank off Clea Ness, Lincolnshire. |
| Marys | United Kingdom | The ship departed from the Clyde for Killala, County Mayo, presumed subsequently foundered with the loss of all hands. A boat washed up at Glendore, County Donegal. |
| Rapid | United Kingdom | The ship struck the Plough Rock and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to South Shields, County Durham. |
| Relief | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the Berlengas, Portugal, before 9 March. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Malta. |
| Sally | British North America | The sealer was sunk by ice off the coast of Newfoundland before 29 March. |
| Swallow | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Islay. |
| Thornley | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore whilst on a voyage from London to Hartlepool, County Durham. She was refloated and put into Scarborough, Yorkshire in a severely damaged condition. |