# List of shipwrecks in October 1837

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

## 1 October

List of shipwrecks: 1 October 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Caroline | Argentina | The schooner-brig was driven ashore at Monte Video, Uruguay. |
| Flor del Norte | Brazil | The schooner was driven ashore at Monte Video. |
| Jessie | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Arklow Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wicklow. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Wick, Caithness to Cork. |
| Landais | France | The ship was wrecked near Land's End, Cornwall, United Kingdom. All on board were rescued. |
| Rafael | Spain | The brig was driven ashore at Monte Video. |

## 2 October

List of shipwrecks: 2 October 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Clio | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Starcross, Devon. |
| William | United Kingdom | The ship ran onto rock in the Restigouche River and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Restigouche, Lower Canada, British North America to Lancaster, Lancashire. She was consequently condemned. |

## 3 October

List of shipwrecks: 3 October 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Amytnas | United Kingdom | The ship was severely damaged on the Red Island Reef. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to Exeter, Devon. Amytnas was refloated on 5 October and put back to Quebec City. |
| Flora | Hamburg | The ship was in collision with another vessel 8 nautical miles (15 km) east of Redcar, Yorkshire, United Kingdom and sank. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom to Altona. |
| Pauline Marie | Belgium | The ship was driven ashore whilst on a voyage from Narva, Russia to Antwerp. She was later refloated and put back to Havre de Grâce. |
| Ranger | United Kingdom | The ship was driven onto rocks at Redcar. She was later refloated. |
| Swift | United Kingdom | The ship was driven onto rocks at Redcar. She was later refloated. |
| Thames | United Kingdom | The ship was driven to rocks at Redcar and was damaged. She was on a voyage from London to Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham. She was refloated the next day. |

## 4 October

List of shipwrecks: 4 October 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| British Tar | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Richibucto, New Brunswick, British North America. |
| Colossus | United States | The whaler, a schooner was wrecked in the Crozet Islands. Six crew were rescued by Héroine ( French Navy). |
| Dominica | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Point Levy, Lower Canada, British North America. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada to Cork. Dominica was refloated on 6 October and resumed her voyage. |
| Kirkley | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Richibucto. |

## 5 October

List of shipwrecks: 5 October 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Trent | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Scoughall, Lothian. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Hull, Yorkshire. Trent was later refloated and put back to Leith. |
| Victoria | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire to London. Victoria was refloated the next day. |

## 6 October

List of shipwrecks: 6 October 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Fortuna | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Redcar, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Newhaven, Sussex to South Shields, County Durham. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage. |

## 7 October

List of shipwrecks: 7 October 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Jane | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Oporto, Portugal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Oporto to London. |

## 8 October

List of shipwrecks: 8 October 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Betsey | British North America | The ship was wrecked near Toney's River. Her crew were rescued. |
| Edward | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America for Sunderland, County Durham. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |

## 9 October

List of shipwrecks: 9 October 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ceres | United States | The ship was wrecked off Merigomish, Nova Scotia, British North America. |
| Haddon House | United Kingdom | The ship was lost off Kalana, Russia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London. |
| Home | United States | Home.Racer's Storm: The paddle steamer was wrecked at Cape Hatteras, North Carolina with the loss of 90 lives. She was on a voyage from New York to Charleston, South Carolina. |
| Nouvelle France | France | The ship was driven ashore and damaged on the Bank of Quayriel. She was on a voyage from Île Bourbon to Bordeaux, Gironde. Nouvelle France was refloated the next day and taken into Bordeaux. |
| Typhis | France | The ship was driven ashore at Saint-Valery-sur-Somme. |

## 10 October

List of shipwrecks: 10 October 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Pride | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Cat Key. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to New York, United States. |

## 11 October

List of shipwrecks: 11 October 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Wild Irish Girl | United Kingdom | The schooner, on her maiden voyage, ran aground on the Blackwater Bank, in the Irish Sea. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Trieste. She was later refloated and taken into Wexford. |

## 12 October

List of shipwrecks: 12 October 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Baltimore | United States | The ship was driven ashore on Flores Island, Azores. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to Boston, Massachusetts. |
| Hebe | United Kingdom | The ship collided with the steamship Transit ( United Kingdom) and was beached in the Elbe. She was on a voyage from Goole, Yorkshire to Hamburg. Hebe was later refloated and taken into Cuxhaven. |
| Ingeborg Catharine | Norway | The ship was lost on this date. |
| Prins Oscar Minde | Norway | The ship was lost on this date. |

## 13 October

List of shipwrecks: 13 October 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Dowthorpe | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Krasnaya Gorka, near Saint Petersburg, Russia. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Saint Petersburg. Dowthorpe was refloated on 20 October and put into Cronstadt, Russia for repairs. |
| Frieundschaft | Danzig | The ship was driven ashore at Cronstadt, Russia. |
| Themis | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Holm Sand and was damaged. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London. Themis was refloated and taken in to Harwich, Essex in a leaky condition. |

## 14 October

List of shipwrecks: 14 October 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Elvina | Hamburg | The ship was wrecked in the Shetland Islands, United Kingdom with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Jamaica. |

## 15 October

List of shipwrecks: 15 October 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Anders | Sweden | The ship was driven ashore at Thisted, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Guernsey, Channel Islands. |
| John and William | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Valencia, Spain. She was refloated on 6 March 1838 and taken into Valencia for repairs. |

## 16 October

List of shipwrecks: 16 October 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Emelie | Norway | The ship was driven ashore near "Frederickshall". |

## 17 October

List of shipwrecks: 17 October 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Sir Charles McCarthy | New South Wales | The brig was driven ashore at Holdfast Bay, South Australia. She was later refloated. |

## 18 October

List of shipwrecks: 18 October 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| John and William Stanley | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Valencia, Spain. |
| Mary Somerville | United Kingdom | The ship was beached at Kingstown, County Dublin. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Calcutta, India. Mary Somerville was refloated on 30 November and taken into Dublin. |

## 19 October

List of shipwrecks: 19 October 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Albatross | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and damaged on Faial Island, Azores. She was later refloated. |
| Isabella | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her four remaining crew were rescued by Ethelbert ( United Kingdom), the rest having earlier taken to the ship's boat. Isabella was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America. |
| Lisette | Dantsic | The ship was driven ashore on Bornholm, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dantsic to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands. |
| William | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at São Miguel Island, Azores. She was on a voyage from São Miguel Island to Faial Island. |

## 20 October

List of shipwrecks: 20 October 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Adelaide | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Gotland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Dundee, Forfarshire. Adelaide was later refloated and put into "St. Plofholme". |
| John and Mary | United Kingdom | The ship struck rocks at Gamle Hellesund, Norway and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to London. John and Mary was refloated on 1 December and taken in to Christiansand. |

## 21 October

List of shipwrecks: 21 October 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Albury | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at the mouth of the Daugava. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to London. |
| Harmony | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Stromness, Orkney Islands. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Wick, Caithness.Harmony was refloated on 25 October and taken into Stromness. |
| Kingston | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Saint John. She was later refloated. |
| Matilda | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Hooper Sands, in the Bristol Channel and was severely damaged. |

## 22 October

List of shipwrecks: 22 October 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Reussite | France | The ship was wrecked in the Raz de Sein. She was on a voyage from "Marames" to Dunkerque, Nord. |

## 23 October

List of shipwrecks: 23 October 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Mary Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Rye, Sussex. She became a wreck on 24 October. |

## 24 October

List of shipwrecks: 24 October 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Mary Ann | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on Davar Island". She was on a voyage from Londonderry to Southampton, Hampshire. |

## 25 October

List of shipwrecks: 25 October 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Boston Packet | United Kingdom | The ship was run down and sunk in the North Sea 10 nautical miles (19 km) off the mouth of the River Tees by Britannia ( United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued. |
| Commerce | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Læsø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London. |

## 26 October

List of shipwrecks: 26 October 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Dwina | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on "Oronsa". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Oporto, Portugal. |
| Earl Grey | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Black Combe, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Fort William, Inverness-shire to Liverpool, Lancashire. Earl Grey was refloated on 17 November and taken into Harrington, Cumberland. |
| Maltland | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Miquelon. |
| Synosure | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Stornoway, Isle of Lewis. She was later refloated with assistance from HMRC Speedy ( Board of Customs). |

## 27 October

List of shipwrecks: 27 October 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Colonist | United Kingdom | The West Indiaman was destroyed by fire off Portsmouth, Hampshire. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Barbadoes. The wreck was beached at Haslar. |
| Commerce | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Læsø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London. |
| Killigrew | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Connemara, County Galway with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to Limerick. |
| Pride | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked in a hurricane at Nassau, Bahamas. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Savannah, Georgia, United States. |
| Sociable | United Kingdom | The smack was wrecked on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued. |

## 28 October

List of shipwrecks: 28 October 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Cherub | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Cádiz,Spain to Leith, Lothian. |
| Hero | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Rough Isle. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Maryport, Cumberland. |
| Louise | France | The ship ran aground on the Bohnlehn Rocks, off the coast of Sweden. She was on a voyage from Roscoff, Finistère to a Norwegian port. |
| Mary Ann | British North America | The ship was driven ashore on Table Island. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Pugwash, Nova Scotia. Mary Ann was consequently condemned. |
| Neptunus | Sweden | The ship sank off Gothenburg. Her crew were rescued. |
| Resolute | United Kingdom | The ship was driven onto the Querns. She was on a voyage from London to Dublin. Resolute waslater refloated and taken into Ramsgate, Kent. |
| Synosure | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Liverpool. Synosure was refloated with assistance from HMRC Speedy ( Board of Customs). |

## 29 October

List of shipwrecks: 29 October 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Eagle | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand,in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. Eagle was later refloated and taken in to Harwich, Essex. |
| Jason | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Læsø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from London to Dantsic. Jason was refloated the next day. |
| Margaret | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Læsø. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Grangemouth, Stirlingshire. Margaret was refloated on 3 November and taken into Helsingør, Denmark. |
| Providentia | Hamburg | The ship departed from Pillau, Prussia for Bremen. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Baltic Sea with the loss of all hands. |

## 30 October

List of shipwrecks: 30 October 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ant | United Kingdom | The ship was in collision with Brothers ( United Kingdom) off Harwich, Essex and was beached. |
| Barbara | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked whilst on a voyage from Harrington, Cumberland to Dumfries. Her crew were rescued. |
| Caledonia | United Kingdom | The brig capsized in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of seven of her twelve crew. Survivors were rescued on 9 November by Wartrue ( Russia). Caledonia was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to Loch Crinan. |
| Enmore | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Kingsdown, Kent. She was later refloated. |
| Favourite | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Broadhaven Bay. |
| Jonge Gerbrand | Russia | The ship was driven ashore on Læsø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Riga to Bordeaux, Gironde, France. |
| Princess Victoria | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to Hull, Yorkshire. Princess Victoria was refloated and taken into Ramsgate, Kent. |
| Rosehill | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Havana, Cuba. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Havana. |

## 31 October

List of shipwrecks: 31 October 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Affo | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Boscastle, Cornwall. |
| Ayr | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Madras, India. |
| Delight | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) south of Madras. She was on a voyage from Penang to Mauritius and London. |
| Favourite | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Westport, County Mayo. She was refloated on 11 November. |
| Frederick | Dantsic | The ship was wrecked on Flekkerøy, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Dantsic to Harlingen, Friesland, Netherlands. |
| George IV | United Kingdom | The ship was driven onto rocks at Tralee, County Kerry. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Tralee. |
| Heart of Oak | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Stranraer, Wigtownshire. She was on a voyage from "Rathmilton" to Runcorn, Cheshire. |
| Hebe | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked south of Madras. |
| Isabella | United States | The schooner capsized in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of two of the four people on board. She was on a voyage from New York to Wilmington, North Carolina. The survivors were taken off the wreck on 4 November by Forest ( United Kingdom). |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The sloop struck a rock off Horse Isle, ayrshire and sank. Her crew were rescued. |
| Monmouth | United States | The steamship collided with Trenton ( United States) and sank in the Mississippi River at Prophet Island Bend with the loss of 313 lives. |
| Penally | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Boscastle. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in October 1837 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Albion | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore and damaged at "Pile Foudry". She was later refloated and taken into Maryport, Cumbria, where she arrived on 3 November. |
| Arundel | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in the River Severn at Sharpness, Gloucestershire on or before 19 October. |
| Duguay Trouin | France | The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure. |
| Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 22 October. |
| Isabella | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the Gut of Canso before 16 October. She was on a voyage from Pictou, Nova Scotia, British North America to Greenock, Renfrewshire. |
| Jessie | New South Wales | The cutter was driven ashore and wrecked at Port Stephens Point with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Sydney to Newcastle. |
| Massachusetts | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 4 October. |
| New Orleans | United States | The ship was wrecked on the south coast of Cuba. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Havana, Cuba. |
| Phœnix | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea. All on board were rescued. |
| Success | United Kingdom | The sloop was in collision with Monarch ( United Kingdom) in the River Thames and sank with the loss of a crew member. |
| Thames | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in the Bosphorus before 9 October with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Odessa to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Victoria | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Margate, Kent. She wason a voyage from Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire to London. Victoria was refloated on 6 October. |