The list of shipwrecks in March 1837 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during March 1837 .
List of shipwrecks: 3 March 1837
Ship
State
Description
Canton
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in the Dardanelles .[ 3] She was refloated on 18 March.[ 4]
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 .[ 33]
Integrity
United Kingdom
The ship foundered off "Bruneton Head". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Tarbert , Argyllshire to the Clyde .[ 34]
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 .[ 23]
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 .[ 10]
Phœnix
Denmark
The brig was driven ashore at Sandy Hook , New Jersey , United States.[ 17]
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 .[ 35]
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.[ 45]
Friend' s Desire
United Kingdom
The ship capsized off Salcombe , Devon . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Plymouth to Torquay .[ 22]
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 .[ 46] [ 47] [ 48]
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.[ 49]
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.[ 22]
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 .[ 50] Nicholas I was refloated on 18 April and taken into Dantsic.[ 51]
Oato de Maio
Portugal
The hiate was driven ashore and wrecked on Terceira Island , Azores .[ 52]
Watt
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in the New Channel. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Africa.[ 22]
Will-o' -the-Wisp
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at São Miguel Island , Azores . Her crew were rescued.[ 53]
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 .[ 26] [ 55]
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.[ 26] [ 55]
Fortuna
Stralsund
The ship sank near Greifswald .[ 37]
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 .[ 56] [ 57]
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 .[ 48]
Jonge Alberdina
Stralsund
The ship was driven ashore on Hiddensee , Prussia .[ 37]
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 .[ 42] [ 58]
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 .[ 50]
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 .[ 11]
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 .[ 22]
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.[ 62] [ 63]
Chantarella
France
The ship was wrecked near Cherbourg , Seine-Inférieure before 9 March.[ 64]
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.[ 65]
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 ).[ 64]
Eliza Ann
United Kingdom
The ship was declared missing. She was on a voyage from London to Hamburg .[ 22]
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.[ 50]
Friends
United Kingdom
The ship was run aground and sank off Terschelling , Friesland , Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Harlingen, Friesland to London .[ 66]
Pandora
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 26 March.[ 67]
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 ).[ 68] [ 69]
Richmond
New South Wales
The schooner was wrecked in the Macleay River .[ 70]
Rising Sun
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked near South Shields , County Durham . Her crew were rescued.[ 47]
Santarella
Flag unknown
The ship was wrecked near Cherbourg , Seine-Inférieure , France.[ 28]
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.[ 23] [ 71]
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