List of shipwrecks in 1838

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

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in 1838

Ship	State	Description
Abeona	British North America	The ship sank at Saint Domingo.[1]
Abeille	France	The barque was driven ashore in Diamond Creek whilst bound for Île Bourbon. She was later refloated.[2]
African	United Kingdom	The ship struck a sunken rock off Trincomalee, Ceylon and foundered. All on board were rescued.[3][4]
Ageneria	Flag unknown	The schooner was lost at Mantoloking, New Jersey.[5]
Anna Maria	United Kingdom	The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was discovered on 26 January 1839 by Elizabeth ( United Kingdom). Five putrid bodies were discovered on board.[6]
Belhaven	United Kingdom	The ship was abandoned off Cape Finisterre, Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.[7]
Betsey	Jersey	The ship was presumed to have foundered in the Atlantic Ocean whilst on a voyage from Newfoundland, British North America, to Jersey with the loss of 60 lives.[8]
Catherine	Imperial Russian Navy	The brig was wrecked on Simushir, in the Kuril Islands with the loss of all on board. She was on a voyage from Okhotsk to Tigil.[9]
Chandler	Flag unknown	The cruiser was lost at Kerch, Russia.[10]
Elizabeth and Maria	British North America	The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States, to Newfoundland. Her crew were rescued.[11]
Four Brothers	United Kingdom	The sealer was lost at Newfoundland.[12][13]
Five Sisters	United Kingdom	The sloop was wrecked on the coast of Morayshire.[14]
Frederika Maria	Denmark	The ship was sunk by ice whilst on a voyage from "Troense" to Greenland. Her crew were rescued.[15]
Ganges	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground in the Mississippi River and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France.[16]
Happy Return	Guernsey	The ship capsized in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Flora ( United Kingdom). Happy Return was on a voyage from Guernsey to the Azores.[17]
Helmes	Guernsey	The ship was wrecked on the Florida Reef. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba, to Guernsey.[18][19]
Henry Clay	Unknown	The schooner was lost at Mantoloking, New Jersey.[5]
John Duggen	United Kingdom	The ship departed from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, for Gibraltar some months before February 1839. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[20]
Lady Wellington	New South Wales	The brig was wrecked at Adelaide, South Australia. She was subsequently used as a stores ship.[21]
Laurel	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at New Calabar.[22]
Lord Nelson	New South Wales	The whaling brig was wrecked on Macquarie Island. Surviving members of her crew were marooned on the island for two years.[23]
Maid of the Mill	United States	The schooner was lost off the coast of Maine. Crew saved.[24]
Mandarin	United States	The ship was wrecked near Batavia, Netherlands East Indies.[25] She was on a voyage from Canton, China, to New York.[26]
Martha	United States	The schooner, a new vessel, coming around from Essex, was capsized off Brace’s Cove in a violent squall. The Owner and 2 crew killed.[27]
Milo	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on the Hogsty Reef. She was on a voyage from St. Jago de Cuba, Cuba, to Swansea, Glamorgan.[28]
Monticello	United States	The fishing schooner was lost fishing. Crew saved.[29]
Neptune	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked at the mouth of the River Plate. She was on a voyage from Barcelona, Spain, to Buenos Aires, Argentina.[30]
St. Clair	United Kingdom	The schooner struck rocks and sank in Saldanha Bay.[31][32]
Telegraph	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on Great Heneaga. Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Wilmington, Delaware, United States, to Jamaica.[33]
Tinley	United Kingdom	The ship was lost at British Honduras.[34]
Trial	United Kingdom	The ship was sunk by ice off the coast of Newfoundland.[35]
William Salthouse	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground on the Anegada Reef. She was on a voyage from Trinidad to London. She was refloated and put into St. Thomas, Virgin Islands.[36]