# List of shipwrecks in December 1837

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

## 1 December

List of shipwrecks: 1 December 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bon Père | France | The ship was wrecked on the St. Lazaro Reef. She was on a voyage from Laguna to Havana, Cuba. |
| Cornelius | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near "St. James's Castle. She was on a voyage from Malta to Smyrna, Ottoman Empire. Cornelius was later refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Haabet | Denmark | The ship was driven ashore at "Naderoe". She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom to Copenhagen. |
| Indian | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to London. |
| Maria Agnes | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on the Seaton Rocks. She was later refloated and taken into South Shields, County Durham. |

## 2 December

List of shipwrecks: 2 December 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| John | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Wick, Caithness. She was refloated the next day and taken into Wick. |
| Means | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Scroby Sands, Norfolk. Her crew survived. She floated off on 4 December and came ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk |
| Melantho | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Vera Cruz, Mexico. |

## 3 December

List of shipwrecks: 3 December 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Britannia | Jersey | The ship ran aground at Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from London to South Shields, County Durham. Britannia was refloated and taken into Bridlington, Yorkshire. |
| Emelie Constantia | Duchy of Holstein | The ship was driven ashore at "Hogen". She was on a voyage from Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands to Flensburg. |
| Swallow | United Kingdom | The ship was in collision with a brig off Padstow, Cornwall. Both vessels sank. The crew of Swallow were rescued by Lord Nelson ( United Kingdom). Swallow was on a voyage from Neath, Glamorgan to Teignmouth, Devon. |

## 4 December

List of shipwrecks: 4 December 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Maid of Bute | United Kingdom | The paddle steamer caught fire at Rothesay, Isle of Bute and was severely damaged. |

## 5 December

List of shipwrecks: 5 December 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Jane | United Kingdom | The ship sank in Dundrum Bay with the loss of two of her crew. |
| Vasco de Gama | Portugal | The ship was driven ashore at "Osterlit". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Oporto to Hamburg. |

## 6 December

List of shipwrecks: 6 December 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Colte | France | The ship departed from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure for New York. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Dauntless | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Cuxhaven. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Bridlington, Yorkshire. Dauntless was refloated on 9 December and proceeded with her voyage. |
| Merchant | United States | The ship was driven ashore in the Mississippi River downstream of New Orleans, Louisiana. |
| New England | United States | The ship was driven ashore in the Mississippi River downstream of New Orleans. |

## 7 December

List of shipwrecks: 7 December 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Jules et Eugenie | Belgium | The fishing vessel was wrecked south of Lybster, Caithness, United Kingdom. Her six crew were rescued. |
| Mary White | United Kingdom | The ship struck the Kentish Knock and was then driven ashore at Harwich, Essex. She was on a voyage from Onega, Russia to Gloucester. Mary White was refloated on 9 December and taken into Harwich. |

## 8 December

List of shipwrecks: 8 December 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hawk | United Kingdom | The ship struck the Corton Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk and sank. Her crew were rescued. |
| Louisa | Denmark | The ship was driven ashore near Varbla, Russia. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Copenhagen. |
| South Australian | United Kingdom | The ship was driven onto an inshore reef at Rosetta Harbor in Encounter Bay in South Australia by a south-easterly gale whilst at anchor. The vessel was completely wrecked and was partially salvaged during the following fortnight. |
| Tiger | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Point Aldersen, Massachusetts, United States. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Portugal to Miramichi, New Brunswick, British North America. Tiger was refloated on 10 December and was beached. |

## 9 December

List of shipwrecks: 9 December 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Anna Maria | Hamburg | The ship was wrecked on Scharhörn. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen to Altona. |
| Maria | Portugal | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on Ilhéu de Rosto de Cão, off São Miguel Island, Azores. |
| Pa Dalgada | Portugal | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on Ilhéu de Rosto de Cão. |
| Yvone | France | The ship capsized off Gibraltar. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Buccari, Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia to Bourdeaux, Gironde. |

## 10 December

List of shipwrecks: 10 December 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Britannia | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Savanilla, near Puerto Colombia, for Liverpool, Lancashire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Irene | United Kingdom | The ship capsized off Gibraltar. Her crew were rescued. |
| Selina | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Oporto, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland to Oporto. |
| Sir William Cumming | United Kingdom | The ship was holed by her anchor and sank at Lossiemouth, Lothian. |

## 11 December

List of shipwrecks: 11 December 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hope | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground and was severely damaged at King's Lynn, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham to King's Lynn. |
| Ringdove | United Kingdom | The ship capsized in the River Tyne. She was later refloated. |

## 12 December

List of shipwrecks: 12 December 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| George Lockwood | United Kingdom | The ship struck rocks off the Isles of Scilly. She was consequently beached at Penzance, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Quebec City Lower Canada, British North America to London. George Lockwood was refloated on 23 December and taken into Penzance. |
| Johanna | Grand Duchy of Finland | The ship lost her rudder off Dunkerque, Nord, France and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Oulu to London, United Kingdom. Johanna was driven ashore and damaged at Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium on 14 December. She was later refloated and taken into Ostend. |

## 13 December

List of shipwrecks: 13 December 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Albion | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the North Gar and was damaged. She was taken into Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham for repairs. |

## 14 December

List of shipwrecks: 14 December 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Betsey | United Kingdom | The ship was driven onto the Whitburn Steals and severely damaged. She was on a voyage from London to South Shields, County Durham. Betsey was refloated the next day and taken into South Shields. |
| Catherine | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Cork. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Limerick. |
| Maria Eliza | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Cork. She was later refloated. |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Globe Rock, off Girvan, Ayrshire. She was on a voyage from Glasson Dock, Lancashire to Ayr. |
| Mary and Bell | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Dundalk, County Louth. |
| Pandora | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Westport, County Mayo. |
| Mary and Betty | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Whitehaven, Cumberland. |
| St. Johnston | United Kingdom | The steamship struck a rock off Warkworth, Northumberland. She capsized and sank. Her crew were rescued. |

## 15 December

List of shipwrecks: 15 December 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Catharine | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Cork. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Limerick. |
| Venus | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Hoxley Rocks. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Dundee, Forfarshire. |

## 16 December

List of shipwrecks: 16 December 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Cervantes | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Anegada a Fuera. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Vera Cruz, Mexico. |
| Happy Return | Guernsey | The ship departed from Guernsey for São Miguel Island, Azores. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Monarch | United Kingdom | The paddle steamer ran aground near "Ost". She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Hamburg. |
| Thomas and Mary | United Kingdom | The ship struck the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. |

## 17 December

List of shipwrecks: 17 December 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bride of Abydos | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Aveiro, Portugal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Ancona, Papal States. |
| Fennegina | Netherlands | The ship was wrecked on the Oosterbank, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Rotterdam, South Holland. |
| Venus | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at the mouth of the River Tay with the loss of all ten crew. |

## 18 December

List of shipwrecks: 18 December 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Exchange | Jersey | The brig was driven into London Bridge at Southwark, Surrey and was severely damaged. |
| Gambia | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Beaver Harbour, New Brunswick, British North America. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Saint John, New Brunswick. |
| Indus | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, United States. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Norfolk, Virginia, United States. |

## 19 December

List of shipwrecks: 19 December 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Caroline | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Paroquet Island, New Brunswick, British North America. |
| Chance | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground off "Hornbeck". She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Stettin. Chance was consequently condemned. |
| Edward | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Ballymacan, County Tyrone. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cork to Waterford. |
| Good Agreement | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked near Hartlepool, County Durham with the loss of two of her crew. |
| Harmonie | France | The ship struck the pier at Bremen and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Bremen. |
| Queen | Jersey | The ship foundered off Corcubión, Spain. |

## 20 December

List of shipwrecks: 20 December 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Betsey | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Warkworth, Northumberland. |
| Diligence | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Lynch Sandbank, in the Bristol Channel off the coast of Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hayle, Cornwall to Swansea, Glamorgan. Diligence was refloated on 23 December. |
| Hope | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at South Foreland, Kent. She was on a voyage from Portsmouth, Hampshire to Sunderland, County Durham. Hope was later refloated and take into Ramsgate, Kent. |
| James Turean | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Liverpool. |
| James Watt | United Kingdom | The paddle steamer ran aground in the Elbe at Altona. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Leith, Lothian. |
| Palmyra | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Demerara. Palmyra was refloated on 22 December and taken into Liverpool. |
| Rebecca | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Sunderland. |
| Schah | New South Wales | The schooner was wrecked 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) east of Ram Head with the loss of ten of the 23 people on board. She was on a voyage from Hobart, Van Diemen's Land to a port in New South Wales. |
| Townsend | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Aberavon, Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Limerick to Kilrush, County Clare. |
| William and Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk to Leeds, Yorkshire. |

## 21 December

List of shipwrecks: 21 December 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Amelia | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Hook Sand, in the Bristol Channel with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Bristol, Gloucestershire. |
| Amiable Lucette | France | The ship foundered in the English Channel off the Pierres de Lecq, Jersey, Channel Islands. The body of one of her eleven crew was found. She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. |
| Dove | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Flamborough Head, Yorkshire with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from London to Scarborough, Yorkshire. |
| Ellen and Sarah | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore in a capsized state at Hayburn Wyke, Yorkshire with the loss of all hands. |
| Faithful | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Flamborough Head, Yorkshire with the loss of her captain. Twelve crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. |
| Fame | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Staintondale, Yorkshire with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to London. |
| Friendship | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Whitby, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Hartlepool, County Durham. Friendship was refloated on 1 January 1838 and towed into South Shields, County Durham. |
| Hebe | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire. She was later refloated and put into Grimsby, Lincolnshire. |
| John Botcherby | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Whitby. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Middlesbrough. John Botcherby was refloated on 1 January 1838 and taken into Whitby. |
| Laura | Sweden | The brig was driven ashore north of Flamborough Head with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Gävle to Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire. |
| Matilda | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the Whitby Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Rochester, Kent. Matilda was taken into Whitby, Yorkshire on 24 December. |
| Middlesbrough | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Whitby with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough to London. Peace was later refloated and taken into Bridlington. |
| Peace | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked south of Scarborough, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. |
| Peak | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Staithes, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. Peak was refloated on 1 January 1838 and taken into Whitby. |
| Providence | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Mouse Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from London to Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham. Providence was refloated and taken into Sheerness, Kent. |
| Skylark | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Cleethorpes. She was on a voyage from Rochester to Sunderland, County Durham. Skylark was refloated and taken into Grimsby. |
| Thistle | Van Diemen's Land | The ship was driven ashore at Port Fairy, New South Wales. |
| United States | United States | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged in Bootle Bay. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. She was refloated on 28 December and taken into Liverpool. |
| William and Ann | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk to Leeds, Yorkshire. |
| Williams | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Hartlepool. Williams was refloated on 5 January 1838 and taken into Sunderland. |

## 22 December

List of shipwrecks: 22 December 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Baltic | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Mundesley, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. |
| Britannia | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at the mouth of the River Dee. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Liverpool, Lancashire. Britannia was refloated on 25 December and taken into Liverpool. |
| Preston | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Mundesley. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London. |
| Schah | New South Wales | The ship was wrecked in Twofold Bay with the loss of ten of the 24 people on board. She was on a voyage from Hobart, Van Diemen's Land to Sydney. |
| Shaw | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Pile Foundry, Cumberland. She was refloated on 2 January 1838 and taken into Whitehaven, Cumberland. |
| Socrates | Greece | The ship ran aground off Grado, Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia and sank. She was on a voyage from Salonica to Trieste. |
| Uncertain | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Mundesley. Her crew were rescued by the Mundesley Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to London. |

## 23 December

List of shipwrecks: 23 December 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ariel | United States | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Vera Cruz, Mexico. |
| Bearnais | France | The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Vera Cruz. |
| Brothers | New South Wales | The cutter was wrecked off Nobbys Island. Her eight crew were rescued by Tamar ( New South Wales). |
| Emelie | Kingdom of Sardinia | The brig was destroyed by fire at Trieste. |
| Enigheden | Hamburg | The ship ran aground at Glückstadt, Duchy of Holstein. She was on a voyage from New Bedford, Massachusetts, United States to Hamburg. |
| France | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Vera Cruz. |
| Isabella | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near "Fauleigh". She was on a voyage from London to Hobart, Van Diemens Land. Isabella was refloated on 6 January and taken into Portsmouth, Hampshire. |
| Lord Stewart | United Kingdom | The ship struck a rock and was beached near Sunderland, County Durham. |
| Melanchto | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Vera Cruz. |

## 24 December

List of shipwrecks: 24 December 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Enegheden | Norway | The ship was wrecked on the Atherfield Ledge. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Portugal to Christiansand. |
| Janet | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland for Alexandria, Egypt. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Latona | United Kingdom | The ship was beached on Flores Island, Azores. |

## 25 December

List of shipwrecks: 25 December 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Cyrus | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Sandgate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Bordeaux, Gironde, France. Cyrus was refloated and taken into Dover, Kent. |
| Friendship | United Kingdom | The ship sank at Ramsgate, Kent, having previously been ashore near Dover, Kent. She was on a voyage from Sligo to London. |
| Good Luck | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Marsala, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. She was on a voyage from Kerch, Russia to London. |
| Itherfanster | Norway | The ship was driven ashore at Ambleteuse. She was on a voyage from Cette, Hérault, France to Stavanger. |
| Lord Wellington | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Ambleteuse, Pas-de-Calais, France. She was on a voyage from Portsmouth, Hampshire to Sunderland, County Durham. |
| Storfursten | Sweden | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Ambleteuse. |
| Vera Cruzano | Mexico | The ship was wrecked on the Anegadadue. |

## 26 December

List of shipwrecks: 26 December 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Euphemia | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Campeche, Mexico. Her crew were rescued. |

## 27 December

List of shipwrecks: 27 December 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ellen and Sarah | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Scarborough, Yorkshire with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Spalding, Lincolnshire to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. |

## 28 December

List of shipwrecks: 28 December 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Dream | United Kingdom | The ship was destroyed by fire at Southwark, Surrey. |
| Victoria | United Kingdom | The Yorkshire Billyboy was destroyed by fire at Southwark. |
| Water Witch | United Kingdom | The ship struck the Blackwater Bank, in the Irish Sea and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Barbadoes. |

## 29 December

List of shipwrecks: 29 December 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Campbell | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Liverpool, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Paraíba, Brazil to Liverpool. |
| Caroline | United States | Caroline.Caroline affair: The paddle steamer was set afire, set adrift, and carried over Niagara Falls with the loss of one life. |
| Hebe | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore on the Abertay Sands. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Dundee, Forfarshire. Hebe was refloated but consequently beached on the Buddon Sands. She was then taken into Dundee. |
| Helena | France | The ship was driven ashore south of Helsingør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Bordeaux, Gironde. |
| John Pirie | South Australia | The ship was driven ashore in Encounter Bay, South Australia. She was refloated and continued her journey, arrived Hobart on 16 January 1838. |
| Solway | South Australia | The barque was driven ashore in Encounter Bay. Her crew were rescued. |

## 30 December

List of shipwrecks: 30 December 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Commerce | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Youghal, County Cork. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Youghal. |
| Huzza | Hamburg | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Douglastown ( United Kingdom). Huzza was on a voyage from Hamburg to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America. |
| New London | United States | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from New York to New Orleans, Louisiana. |
| Tanna Sautjer | Bremen | The ship was driven ashore south of Helsingør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands to Bremen. |

## 31 December

List of shipwrecks: 31 December 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Helsingør, Denmark for Aberdeen. Presumed to have subsequently foundered off Christiania, Norway. |
| Mercury | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Helsingør for Aberdeen. Presumed to has subsequently foundered off Christiania. |
| Thistle | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in the River Tay with the loss of her captain. The remaining four crew were rescued. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in December 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Aisthorp | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Dundalk, County Louth. |
| Amaranth | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Mud Island. She was on a voyage from Shelburne, Nova Scotia, British North America to New York City, United States. |
| Amelia | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Pensacola, Florida, United States. She was on a voyage from Natchez to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Bienfaisance | France | The ship was abandoned in the North Sea 20 leagues (60 nautical miles (110 km)) off Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands on or before 7 December. |
| Bolivar | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near "Dunnose". She was on a voyage from London to Berbice, British Honduras. Bolivar was later refloated and taken into Portsmouth, Hampshire. |
| Charlotta Wilhelmina | Hamburg | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged on the coast of Norway. She was on a voyage from Hammerfest, Norway to Hamburg. Charlotta Wilhelmina was later refloated and taken into "Hennoe". |
| Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore and severely damaged at St. Andrews, Fifein late December. She was refloated on 31 December and taken into St. Andrews. |
| Express | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Saltfleet, Lincolnshire. She was refloated on 4 January 1838 and taken into Grimsby, Lincolnshire. |
| George | United Kingdom | The ship foundered with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to North Shields, County Durham. |
| George | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Penzance, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to London. George was refloated on 22 December and taken into Penzance. |
| Hope | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Ventava, Courland Governorate before 3 December. Her crew were rescued. |
| Jane | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Fish Island, New Brunswick, British North America. She was on a voyage from Miramichi, New Brunswick to Cardiff, Glamorgan. Jane was consequently condemned. |
| John Dougan | United Kingdom | The ship departed from South Shields, County Durham for Gibraltar in mid-December. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Miranda | United Kingdom | The ship was lost off the coast of County Donegal on or before 5 December. |
| Orelia | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Bearhaven, County Cork before 10 December. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to Cork. Orelia was refloated on 10 December. |
| Pauline | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Sydney, Nova Scotia, British North America for New York, United States. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Pepito | Spain | The ship departed from Vigo for Seville in mid-December. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Robert | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore whilst on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. Robert was refloated and put into Ramsgate, Kent in a sinking condition on 26 December. |
| Rover | United States | The whaler was lost at Monterey, California. |