The ship was wrecked south of "Burral Island". She was on a voyage from Sicily to Belfast, County Antrim.[1]
Netherlands Navy
The corvette was wrecked in Algoa Bay or Saldanha Bay, Africa, with the loss of at least seven of her 180 crew. Tiger (United Kingdom) rescued 156 survivors.[2][3][4]
The ship was driven ashore at Troon, Ayrshire. She was on a voyage from Troon to Dumfries. Barbara was refloated in late April.[6]
George
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Southport, Lancashire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Youghal, County Cork, to Liverpool, Lancashire.[7]
Kinloch
United Kingdom
The ship was in collision with a brig off Lamlash, Isle of Arran and foundered. Her crew were rescued by Vine (United Kingdom).[7]
Lively
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Peel, Isle of Man. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from an Irish port to Preston, Lancashire.[7]
Phillippa
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at the Birling Gap, Sussex. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, to London. Philippa broke up the next day.[8][9]
The ship was destroyed by fire at Vera Cruz, Mexico.[12]
Hunter
United Kingdom
The ship struck the Chevrier Bank and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, to Bordeaux, Gironde, France. Hunter subsequently came ashore near Royan, Charente-Maritime, France.[5] She was later refloated and taken in to Bordeaux.[6]
The schooner was wrecked on Brier Island, Nova Scotia. Her crew were rescued.[13]
William and Mary
United Kingdom
The ship struck a sunken wreck in the North Sea off Aldeburgh, Suffolk, and foundered. Her crew were rescued by Jane. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, to Margate, Kent.[7]
5 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 April 1823
Ship
Country
Description
Clarence
United Kingdom
The ship was lost near Thisted, Denmark. her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen, Denmark, to London.[14]
The ship was in collision with USS Constitution (United States Navy) in the Mediterranean Sea and sank with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Livorno. Grand Duchy of Tuscany to Plymouth, Devon.[20]
Dromo
United States
The ship ran aground and capsized in the River Liffey. She was on a voyage from New York to Dublin, United Kingdom.[21]
Graciosa
Spain
The schooner was lost on the "New Shoal". Her crew were rescued by Ana (Netherlands). She was on a voyage from Cadiz to Truxillo.[22]
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Solon (United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from London to Pará, Brazil.[2]
15 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 April 1823
Ship
Country
Description
New Hope
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Memel, Prussia.[25] She was on a voyage from Scarborough, Yorkshire, to Memel.[26]New Hope was later refloated. She arrived at Memel on 9 May.[27]
The ship was wrecked at Green Point, Cape of Good Hope with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Bengal and Madras, India, to London.[10]
Venus
United Kingdom
The ship was in collision with Union (United Kingdom) in the North Sea off Mundesley, Norfolk, and sank with the loss of two of her five crew. Union rescued the survivors.[28]
17 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 April 1823
Ship
Country
Description
Biene
Prussia
The ship was driven ashore north of "Toreko". She was on a voyage from Stettin to London, United Kingdom.[29]
The brig was destroyed by fire off Padang, Netherlands East Indies.
Janet
United Kingdom
The ship was run down and sunk in the North Sea by Charles (United Kingdom) with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Perth to London.[26]
Martha
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Memel, Prussia. Her crew were rescued.[25] She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, to Memel.[26]
19 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 April 1823
Ship
Country
Description
Ant
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on Mort Point, Devon. She was on a voyage from Youghal, County Cork, to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[28]
Mary & Kitty
United Kingdom
The sloop was run down and sunk by Tiger (United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued.[30]
Scipio
United Kingdom
The ship was lost near Cherbourg, Seine-Inférieure. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Virginia, United States.[6]
20 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 April 1823
Ship
Country
Description
Gambler
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Heaps Sand, in the North Sea off Wivenhoe, Essex.[23]
The ship was wrecked on the Hinder Sandbank, in the North Sea off the coast of South Holland. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom, to Rotterdam, South Holland.[14]
23 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 April 1823
Ship
Country
Description
Anthony Sterry
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Shivering Sand, in the North Sea off Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from the South Seas to London.[14]
Berentina Maria
Prussia
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Memel. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stavanger, Norway, to Memel.[31]
Fame
United Kingdom
The whaler was destroyed by fire in Deer Sound, Orkney Islands. Her crew survived.[23][32]
Smart
United Kingdom
The schooner was sunk by ice 10 nautical miles (19 km) off Domesnes, Norway. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Riga, Russia.[33]
24 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 April 1823
Ship
Country
Description
Lively
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Deal, Kent. Her crew were rescued.[14]
The ship ran aground off Domesnes, Norway, and was wrecked. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland, to Riga, Russian Empire.[20]
26 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 April 1823
Ship
Country
Description
Avon
United Kingdom
The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean3 leagues (9 nautical miles (17 km)) off Padstow, Cornwall. Her four crew were rescued by Richmond (United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Neath, Glamorgan, to Dartmouth, Devon.[23][34]
Berentina Maria
Norway
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Memel, Prussia.[35]
Eliza
United Kingdom
The yacht was driven ashore and wrecked at Mizen Head, County Cork. Her crew were rescued.[23]
The schooner was wrecked on the west coast of New Zealand.[37] The ship had called in at the Hokianga Harbour for provisions, but embarked at low tide when the ship was barely able to navigate the channel and unable to cope with an incoming tide. The ship hit a sandbar and went ashore stern first. The crew were all saved with the help of local Hokianga Māori.[38] Some referenced place the wreck in Sumatra rather than New Zealand.[39]
29 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 April 1823
Ship
Country
Description
Fremling
Hamburg
The ship was wrecked on Scharhörn. She was on a voyage from Cette, Hérault, France, to Hamburg.[40]
Isabella
United Kingdom
The sloop collided with Mary (United Kingdom) in the River Mersey at Liverpool, Lancashire, and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newry, County Down, to Liverpool.[23]
Unknown date[]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in April 1823
Ship
Country
Description
Churruca
Spain
The ship was destroyed by fire at Morro Castle, Cuba, in early April. She was on a voyage from Cádiz to Vera Cruz, Mexico.[41]
Courier
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground near Antwerp, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to Antwerp.[42]
The ship ran aground in the River Liffey at Dublin, United Kingdom, and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from New York to Dublin.[42]
Elizabeth Joanna
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked near Port Isaac before 21 April. She was on a voyage from Batavia, Netherlands East Indies, to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.[44]
Elizabeth & Jane
United States
The ship was severely damaged on a reef off the Fox Islands, Maine, on or before 12 April. She was later taken in to Harpswell, Maine, by Merritt (United States).[45]
George IV
United Kingdom
The ship departed from Constantinople, Ottoman Empire, for Syra, Greece. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Mediterranean Sea with the loss of all hands.[43]
Jane
United States
The ship was wrecked near Barcelona, Spain, in early April with the loss of all but three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Gibraltar to Barcelona.[20]
Kekke
Norway
The ship was lost near the Faroe Islands. She was on a voyage from Drontheim to Barcelona, Spain.[26]
Palermo
France
The ship foundered in the Bay of Biscay of the mouth of the Gironde.[29]
Scipio
United Kingdom
The ship was lost near Cherbourg, Seine-Inférieure, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Virginia, United States.[14]
References[]
^"From Lloyd's Marine List – April 8". Caledonian Mercury. No. 15853. 12 April 1823.
^ abc"Ship News". The Morning Chronicle. No. 16899. 18 June 1823.
^"Ship News". The Morning Post. No. 16432. 21 August 1823.