List of shipwrecks in June 1838

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

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June 1838

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## 1 June

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List of shipwrecks: 1 June 1838  Ship | State | Description

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Gasper |  United States | The ship was wrecked in the Hooghly River. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Boston, Massachusetts.[1]

## 2 June

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List of shipwrecks: 2 June 1838  Ship | State | Description

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Royal George |  United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was wrecked on a reef off Cape Ray, Newfoundland, British North America. Her crew were rescued by Blessing, Marys and Tom Bowline (all  United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from London to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America.[2][3]
St. Jacques |  France | The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Inférieure to Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom. St. Jacques was refloated and put into The Downs.[4]

## 3 June

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List of shipwrecks: 3 June 1838  Ship | State | Description

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Tulloch Castle |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at South Foreland, Kent. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Algiers, Algeria. Tulloch Castle was refloated and put into Deal, Kent.[4]

## 5 June

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List of shipwrecks: 5 June 1838  Ship | State | Description

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Mary Jane |  United Kingdom | The ship foundered off the Calf of Man, Isle of Man. She was on a voyage from Newry, County Antrim to Flint.[5]

## 6 June

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List of shipwrecks: 6 June 1838  Ship | State | Description

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Waterwitch |  United Kingdom | The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Barbados to Saint Lucia. Her crew were rescued.[6]

## 7 June

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List of shipwrecks: 7 June 1838  Ship | State | Description

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Dover |  United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Scatterie Island, Nova Scotia, British North America with the loss of five of her crew.[7]

## 8 June

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List of shipwrecks: 8 June 1838  Ship | State | Description

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Dee |  United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore near Hoylake, Lancashire.[8]

## 9 June

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List of shipwrecks: 9 June 1838  Ship | State | Description

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Ceres |  United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Spurn Point, Yorkshire. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Porth Madog, Caernarfonshire to Sunderland, County Durham.[9]

## 10 June

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List of shipwrecks: 10 June 1838  Ship | State | Description

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Ædicia |  United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near the Hook Lighthouse, County Wexford. She was on a voyage from Fethard-on-Sea to Llanelly, Glamorgan.[10]
Good Intent |  United Kingdom | The fishing smack ran aground off Stroma, Orkney Islands. She was refloated on 12 June and put int Stromness, Orkney Islands for repairs.[10]
Norges Haab |  Norway | The ship was wrecked near "Torckow".[11]

## 11 June

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List of shipwrecks: 11 June 1838  Ship | State | Description

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Jason |  Imperial Russian Navy | The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of Circassia with the loss of all hands.[12][13]

## 12 June

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List of shipwrecks: 12 June 1838  Ship | State | Description

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David |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Helsingør, Denmark.[11] She was on a voyage from Königsberg, Prussia to London. David was refloated on 17 June and resumed her voyage.[14]
Ruth |  United States | The ship was sighted whilst on a voyage from Gibraltar to Baltimore, Maryland. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[15]
Susannah |  United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore on Saint Domingo.[16]

## 13 June

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List of shipwrecks: 13 June 1838  Ship | State | Description

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Montezuma |  France | The ship was wrecked at "Onin", Africa. Her crew were rescued.[17]
Rebecca |  United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and sank at Figueira da Foz, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Figueira da Foz to Newfoundland. Rebecca was later refloated and taken into Figueira da Foz for repairs.[18]
Union |  United Kingdom | The smack was driven ashore at Huna, Caithness. She was on a voyage from Thurso, Caithness to Leith, Lothian. Union was refloated and resumed her voyage.[10]
Vrouw Maria | Flag unknown  | The ship was run down and sunk south of Helsingør, Denmark by Pallas ( United States). She was on a voyage from Pärnu, Russia to Porto, Portugal.[19]

## 14 June

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List of shipwrecks: 14 June 1838  Ship | State | Description

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Pulaski |  United States | Pulaski.The paddle steamer suffered a boiler explosion and sank in the Atlantic Ocean 30 nautical miles (56 km) off the coast of North Carolina with the loss of 128 lives. About 59 people were rescued.

## 15 June

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List of shipwrecks: 15 June 1838  Ship | State | Description

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Avon |  United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Double-Headed Shot Keys. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Matanzas, Cuba to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[20][21]

## 16 June

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List of shipwrecks: 16 June 1838  Ship | State | Description

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Rhine |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on "Ruberg". She was on a voyage from Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham to Saint Petersburg, Russia. Rhine was later refloated and resumed her voyage.[22]
Washington |  United States | The steamboat was destroyed by fire in Lake Erie 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) north of Silver Creek, New York with the loss of about 50 lives.[23]

## 17 June

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List of shipwrecks: 17 June 1838  Ship | State | Description

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Thomas |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Scalloway, Shetland Islands.[24]

## 18 June

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List of shipwrecks: 18 June 1838  Ship | State | Description

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Frau Margaretha |  Hamburg | The ship was driven ashore at Dunbar, Lothian, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Alloa, Clackmannanshire, United Kingdom to Hamburg. Frau Margaretha was refloated on 20 June and taken into Dunbar.[18]
Lovely Cruizer |  United Kingdom | The brig ran aground in the Vlie. She was on a voyage from London to Bremen. Lovely Cruizer was refloated and taken into Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands.[25]
Two Friends |  United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Ramsdale Scar and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Scarborough, Yorkshire.[25]

## 19 June

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List of shipwrecks: 19 June 1838  Ship | State | Description

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Belfast |  United Kingdom | The paddle steamer struck the pier and her engine was severely damaged at Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure to Shoreham-by-Sea.[14]

## 20 June

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List of shipwrecks: 20 June 1838  Ship | State | Description

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Charlotte |  United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Sidmouth, Devon. Charlotte was refloated with assistance from the brig Hebe and escorted into Harwich, Essex in a leaky condition.[25][26]
Despatch |  United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Newhaven, Sussex, where she was wrecked.[25]
Sirio |  Kingdom of the Two Sicilies | The ship was lost in Mullion Bay.[22]

## 21 June

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List of shipwrecks: 21 June 1838  Ship | State | Description

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Fanny |  Van Diemen's Land | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked 50 nautical miles (93 km) east of Port Adelaide, South Australia. She was on a voyage from Hobart to King George's Sound, Swan River Colony.[27]
Justinian |  United Kingdom | The ship was holed by an anchor in the River Orwell and was beached at Harwich, Essex.[26]
Mary or Mary Coxon |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Öland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Saint Petersburg, Russia. She was refloated several weeks later and taken into Kalmar.[28][29][30]
Theodore |  France | The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cherbourg, Seine-Inférieure to Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom.[19]

## 22 June

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List of shipwrecks: 22 June 1838  Ship | State | Description

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Eliza |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Cork. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Cork.[18]
Julia |  United Kingdom | The ship was struck by lightning and destroyed off Key West, Florida Territory. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Mobile, Alabama, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire.[31][21]
Vrouw Tantje |  Hamburg | The ship was lost off Neuwerk. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom to Hamburg[22][32]

## 23 June

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List of shipwrecks: 23 June 1838  Ship | State | Description

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Herefordshire |  United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Futtah Sand. She was later refloated and taken into Calcutta, India for repairs.[33]

## 24 June

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List of shipwrecks: 24 June 1838  Ship | State | Description

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Anna Margaretha |  Russia | The ship struck a submerged rock and put into "Ulvesand", where she sank. She was on a voyage from Riga to Antwerp, Belgium.[12]
Industry |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Round Bay, Nova Scotia, British North America. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Saint Andrews, New Brunswick, British North America. Industry was refloated on 13 July and resumed her voyage.[28]
Jane |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Round Bay. All on board were rescued.[34]
Fanny |  United Kingdom | The ship was run down and sunk 6 leagues (18 nautical miles (33 km)) off The Lizard, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Arundel, Sussex to Tenby, Pembrokeshire.[26]

## 26 June

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List of shipwrecks: 26 June 1838  Ship | State | Description

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Enigheden |  Sweden | The ship was driven ashore at Helsingør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Jersey, Channel Islands to Sundsvall. Enigheden was later refloated.[22]
Neptuno |  United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the English Bank, off the coast of Argentina.[35]

## 27 June

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List of shipwrecks: 27 June 1838  Ship | State | Description

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Riby Grove |  United Kingdom | The whaler was crushed by ice and sank. Her crew were rescued by Altona ( Hamburg) and Perseverance ( United Kingdom).[31][36][37]

## 28 June

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List of shipwrecks: 28 June 1838  Ship | State | Description

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Ann |  United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Lasolle Reef. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.[38]
Sicilian |  United Kingdom | The ship was sunk by ice off Venison Tickle, Labrador, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from St. John's, Newfoundland to Indian Tickle, Labrador.[38][30]

## 29 June

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List of shipwrecks: 29 June 1838  Ship | State | Description

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Seraph |  United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on Brion Island, Magdalen Islands, Lower Canada, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Richibucto, New Brunswick, British North America to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[7][28][39]

## 30 June

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List of shipwrecks: 30 June 1838  Ship | State | Description

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Page |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Wrangle, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Sligo to London.[40] Page was refloated on 5 July and resumed her voyage.[41]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in June 1838  Ship | State | Description

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Emma |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Adelaide, South Australia in mid-July. She was on a voyage from Sydney, New South Wales to Adelaide.[42]
Franklin |  United States | The ship was holed by an anchor and sank in the Mississippi River before 11 June. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France.[43]
Hero |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Skomer, Pembrokeshire and was abandoned. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Altona, Hamburg. Hero was taken into Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire on 11 June.[44]
Maria |  United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Benin before 1 July. Her crew were rescued.[45]
Marina |  United Kingdom | The ship was sunk by ice in the Atlantic Ocean before 21 May. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America.[46][32]
Milton |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Old Bic Harbour, Lower Canada. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Quebec City.[47]
Morning Star |  United Kingdom | The ship collided with Susan and Jane ( United Kingdom) and was abandoned in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland before 8 June. Her crew were rescued by Susan and Jane. Morning Star was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Belfast, County Antrim.[48][47]
Muscogee |  United States | The steamboat was wrecked.[49]
Norman |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to Dublin. Norman was refloated on 6 June and taken into Peterhead.[50]
Sarah |  New South Wales | The coaster was wrecked on the coast of South Australia between Endeavour Bay and Portland Bay.[51][52]
Sir Archibald Campbell |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Miramichi, New Brunswick, British North America before 26 June.[6]
Varennes |  British North America | The steamboat was destroyed by fire.[49]
Zealous |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Redcar, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to a port in Lincolnshire. She was refloated on 30 June and taken into Hartlepool, County Durham in a leaky condition.[22][53]

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