title: List of shipwrecks in July 1838
text: # List of shipwrecks in July 1838
  
  The list of shipwrecks in July 1838 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during July 1838.
  
  ## 1 July
  
  List of shipwrecks: 1 July 1838 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Amelia Maria | France | The brig was wrecked in the Gulf of Maracaibo. Most of her crew were murdered by the local inhabitants. |
  
  ## 2 July
  
  List of shipwrecks: 2 July 1838 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Comptroller | Anguilla | The drogher was wrecked on the Prickly Pear Keys. |
  | Cubana | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Bahama Banks. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Havana, Cuba. |
  
  ## 3 July
  
  List of shipwrecks: 3 July 1838 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Louisa Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked off the Turks Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Jamaica. |
  
  ## 8 July
  
  List of shipwrecks: 8 July 1838 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Antonio Perreira | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Singapore for China. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands before 19 October. |
  
  ## 11 July
  
  List of shipwrecks: 11 July 1838 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Adonis | Lübeck | The sloop was wrecked at Kõpu, Russia. She was on a voyage from Lübeck to Porvoo, Grand Duchy of Finland. |
  | Lowestoft | New South Wales | The ship was wrecked on a reef off Waterhouse Island, Van Diemen's Land. She was on a voyage from Newcastle to Van Diemen's Land. |
  | Neptune | Antigua | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Antigua. |
  | Robert Sergeant | United Kingdom | The ship ran ashore and was wrecked near Holyhead, Anglesey. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
  
  ## 12 July
  
  List of shipwrecks: 12 July 1838 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Robert Sargeant | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Holyhead, Anglesey. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
  
  ## 13 July
  
  List of shipwrecks: 13 July 1838 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Eliza Jane | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in the Maldive Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Mauritius to Pondicherry, India. |
  
  ## 15 July
  
  List of shipwrecks: 15 July 1838 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Nelly | United Kingdom | The sloop foundered off the Carr Rock, in the Firth of Forth. |
  | Vrow Maria | Flag unknown | The ship ran aground off Rungsted, Denmark. She was refloated on 17 July and towed into Copenhagen by the steamship Princess Wilhemine ( Denmark). |
  | Wealands | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Kentish Knock, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Newhaven, Sussex. Wealands was refloated and put into Harwich, Essex in a leaky condition. |
  
  ## 16 July
  
  List of shipwrecks: 16 July 1838 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Elizabeth Clarke | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Cape Jack Shoals, off the coast of Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Pictou, Nova Scotia to Swansea, Glamorgan. |
  
  ## 17 July
  
  List of shipwrecks: 17 July 1838 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Aurora | United Kingdom | The ship struck a rock and sank off Cowhead, Newfoundland, British North America. Her crew were rescued. |
  
  ## 18 July
  
  List of shipwrecks: 18 July 1838 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Africa | United Kingdom | The ship foundered 40 nautical miles (74 km) south of Trincomalee, Ceylon. All on board were rescued. |
  | Madawaska | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Brion Island, Magdalen Islands, Lower Canada, British North America. Her crew were rescued. |
  
  ## 19 July
  
  List of shipwrecks: 19 July 1838 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Cape Jack Reef, in the Gut of Canso. |
  
  ## 22 July
  
  List of shipwrecks: 22 July 1838 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Moscow | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Lemon and Ore Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Hull, Yorkshire. Moscow was subsequently taken into Harwich, Essex in a waterlogged condition. |
  
  ## 23 July
  
  List of shipwrecks: 23 July 1838 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Eurydice | Grand Duchy of Finland | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Zierikzee, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Turku to Antwerp, Belgium. |
  | Fasque | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Grand Turk. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Saint Andrews, New Brunswick, British North America and Jamaica. |
  
  ## 25 July
  
  List of shipwrecks: 25 July 1838 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Feronia | United Kingdom | The ship struck the Mixen Sand, in the Bristol Channel and foundered off The Mumbles, Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ulverstone, Lancashire to Aberavon, Glamorgan. |
  
  ## 26 July
  
  List of shipwrecks: 26 July 1838 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Hannah | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Gabarus, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde, France to Miramichi, New Brunswick, British North America. |
  | John and Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Rye, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Southampton, Hampshire. Once repaired, she resumed her voyage. |
  | Thomas Moulden | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near "Cape Brullos". |
  | Wellington | United Kingdom | The ship was destroyed by fire off the Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from London to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
  
  ## 28 July
  
  List of shipwrecks: 28 July 1838 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Maria | Wismar | The ship was driven ashore in the River Thames at Coal House Point. She was on a voyage from Wismar to London, United Kingdom. |
  
  ## 29 July
  
  List of shipwrecks: 29 July 1838 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Levant | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Mazara del Vallo, Sicily. She was on a voyage from Smyrna, Ottoman Empire to Falmouth, Cornwall. Levant was refloated on 10 August and sailed for Malta to be repaired there. |
  
  ## 31 July
  
  List of shipwrecks: 31 July 1838 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Granville | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sligo to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America. |
  
  ## Unknown date
  
  List of shipwrecks: Unknown date July 1838 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Bonne Nannette | France | The ship was lost near Guadeloupe before 2 July. All on board were rescued. |
  | Bridget | United Kingdom | The brig was lost off Formosa Island, Africa before 17 July. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to an African port. |
  | Despique | Brazil | The ship was lost off the coast of Rio Grande do Norte. She was on a voyage from Porto d'Assu to Pernambuco. |
  | Fort William | United Kingdom | The ship capsized in the Indian Ocean on or before 5 July. |
  | Harmosa Louisa | Mexico | The ship departed from Canton, China for San Blas Atempa. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
  | Hercules | United Kingdom | The paddle steamer was driven ashore at Ardmore Head, County Waterford. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Cork. |
  | Margaret | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Shelburne, Nova Scotia, British North America before 10 July. She was on a voyage from Cork to Saint Andrews, New Brunswick, British North America. |
  | Rob Roy | New South Wales | The schooner was wrecked at Nobbys Head, Newcastle. |
  | Scipio | Hamburg | The ship was driven ashore in the Elbe. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Newfoundland, British North America. Scipio was refloated and resumed her voyage, but she put into Torbay for repairs on 24 July. |
  | Stamper | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Whitehaven, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Richibucto, New Brunswick, British North America to Whitehaven. |
  