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The list of shipwrecks in March 1837 includes
ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during March
1837 .
2 March
3 March
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]
4 March
5 March
6 March
8 March
9 March
10 March
11 March
12 March
13 March
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]
14 March
15 March
16 March
17 March
18 March
19 March
20 March
22 March
23 March
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]
24 March
25 March
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]
26 March
27 March
29 March
30 March
31 March
Unknown date
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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