List of shipwrecks in December 1838
Ship Country Description
Anthony United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Seven Stones Reef with the loss of five lives . She was on a voyage from Gloucester to London
Diligence United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Woolmers , in the English Channel . Her crew were rescued . She was on a voyage from Shoreham-by-Sea , Sussex to Southampton , Hampshire . Diligence was refloated and taken into Langstone , Hampshire in a waterlogged condition
Ditto Jersey The ship departed from Gibraltar for Liverpool , Lancashire . She subsequently foundered off Fishguard , Pembrokeshire on or before 8 January 1839
HMS Tyne Royal Navy The ship capsized off the Golden Horn , Ottoman Empire with the loss of four of the seven crew aboard
Westmoreland United Kingdom The ship capsized at Cork
The list of shipwrecks in December 1838 includes some ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during December 1838.