The list of shipwrecks in December 1837  includes ships  sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during December 1837 .
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2 December 
3 December 
4 December 
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.[ 14]   
Vasco de Gama 
Portugal 
The ship was driven ashore at "Osterlit". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Porto  to Hamburg .[ 15]   
 
6 December 
7 December 
8 December 
9 December 
10 December 
11 December 
12 December 
13 December 
14 December 
15 December 
16 December 
17 December 
18 December 
19 December 
20 December 
List of shipwrecks: 20 December 1837
 
Ship 
State 
Description
  
Betsey 
United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Warkworth, Northumberland .[ 21]   
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.[ 49] Diligence  was refloated on 23 December.[ 50]   
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.[ 47]   
James Turean 
United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool , Lancashire . She was on a voyage from Calcutta , India  to Liverpool.[ 51]   
James Watt 
United Kingdom The paddle steamer  ran aground in the Elbe  at Altona . She was on a voyage from Hamburg  to Leith , Lothian .[ 50]   
Palmyra 
United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Demerara .[ 39] Palmyra  was refloated on 22 December and taken into Liverpool.[ 20]   
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.[ 20]   
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.[ 52] [ 53]   
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 .[ 45] [ 51]   
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 .[ 51]   
 
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 .[ 20]   
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.[ 21] [ 54]   
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 .[ 21] [ 55]   
Ellen and Sarah 
United Kingdom The sloop  was driven ashore in a capsized state at Hayburn Wyke, Yorkshire  with the loss of all hands.[ 21] [ 46] [ 55]   
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 .[ 56] [ 33] [ 55]   
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.[ 46]   
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 .[ 45] [ 46] Friendship  was refloated on 1 January 1838 and towed into South Shields , County Durham .[ 57]   
Hebe 
United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Cleethorpes , Lincolnshire . She was later refloated and put into Grimsby , Lincolnshire.[ 46]   
John Botcherby 
United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Whitby. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Middlesbrough.[ 45] [ 46] John Botcherby  was refloated on 1 January 1838 and taken into Whitby.[ 57]   
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 .[ 56] [ 33] [ 55]   
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.[ 21] [ 46]   
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.[ 45] [ 46] Peace  was later refloated and taken into Bridlington.[ 55]   
Peace 
United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked south of Scarborough , Yorkshire . Her crew were rescued.[ 56] [ 33]   
Peak 
United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Staithes , Yorkshire . Her crew were rescued.[ 46] [ 55] Peak  was refloated on 1 January 1838 and taken into Whitby.[ 27]   
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 .[ 51]   
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.[ 46]   
Thistle 
Van Diemen's Land 
The ship was driven ashore at Port Fairy , New South Wales .[ 58]   
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 .[ 59] [ 51] [ 50]   
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 .[ 59] [ 55]   
Williams 
United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Hartlepool.[ 45] [ 46] Williams  was refloated on 5 January 1838 and taken into Sunderland.[ 60]   
 
22 December 
23 December 
24 December 
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.[ 55]   
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 .[ 21]   
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.[ 66] [ 67]   
Itherfanster 
Norway 
The ship was driven ashore at Ambleteuse. She was on a voyage from Cette , Hérault , France to Stavanger .[ 20] [ 21]   
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 .[ 20] [ 68]   
Storfursten 
Sweden 
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Ambleteuse.[ 68]   
Vera Cruzano 
Mexico 
The ship was wrecked on the Anegadadue.[ 37]   
 
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.[ 9]   
 
27 December 
28 December 
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.[ 73]   
Caroline 
United States 
Caroline .Caroline affair 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.[ 27]   
Helena 
France 
The ship was driven ashore south of Helsingør , Denmark. She was on a voyage from Stettin  to Bordeaux , Gironde .[ 2]   
John Pirie South Australia 
The ship was driven ashore in Encounter Bay , South Australia .[ 74] [ 75] [ 76]   
Solway 
South Australia 
The barque  was driven ashore in Encounter Bay.  Her crew were rescued.[ 74] [ 75] [ 77]   
 
30 December 
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.[ 27]   
Mercury 
United Kingdom The ship departed from Helsingør for Aberdeen. Presumed to has subsequently foundered off Christiania.[ 27]   
Thistle 
United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in the River Tay  with the loss of her captain. The remaining four crew were rescued.[ 27]   
 
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 .[ 72]   
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.[ 42]   
Amelia 
United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Pensacola, Florida , United States. She was on a voyage from Natchez to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 23]   
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.[ 12]   
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 .[ 54]   
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".[ 80]   
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.[ 57]   
Express 
United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Saltfleet , Lincolnshire . She was refloated on 4 January 1838 and taken into Grimsby , Lincolnshire.[ 81]   
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 .[ 11]   
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.[ 20]   
Hope 
United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Ventava , Courland Governorate  before 3 December. Her crew were rescued.[ 57]   
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.[ 23]   
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.[ 82]   
Miranda 
United Kingdom The ship was lost off the coast of County Donegal  on or before 5 December.[ 15]   
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.[ 19]   
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.[ 83]   
Pepito 
Spain 
The ship departed from Vigo  for Seville  in mid-December. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 84]   
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.[ 64] [ 54]   
Rover 
United States 
The whaler  was lost at Monterey , California .[ 85]   
 
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