The sloop was driven ashore at Beadnell, Northumberland. Her crew survived. She was subsequently set afire and destroyed when her cargo of quicklime reacted with seawater.[1]
Lord Nelson
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Derby Haven, Isle of Man. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Londonderry.[2][3]
Princess Royal
United Kingdom
The ship was lost off Bardsey Island, Caernarfonshire. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Liverpool.[4]
Two Sisters
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of the United States with the loss of all but one of those on board.[5]
2 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 April 1824
Ship
Country
Description
Enterprize
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Sea Palling, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[6]Enterprize was refloated on 3 May and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[7]
Fair Cambrian
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on Chicken Head, Isle of Lewis with the loss of all hands.[8]
Harmony
United Kingdom
The ship foundered off Ostend, West Flanders, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Ostend.[9][10]
Harriet
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to King's Lynn, Norfolk.[2]
James and Mary
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Sunderland, County Durham. Her crew were rescued.[6]
Latona
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) west of Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from London to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[1]
Patriot
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Sunderland. Her crew were rescued.[6]
Providence Goodwill
United Kingdom
The ship capsized in the North Sea off Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk to Hull.[6][11]
The ship had been wrecked on the Main Reef, near Tobacco Key (Tobacco Caye, Belize), as she was coming from London. She had bilged and was full of water, but it was hoped that if the weather remained moderate some of her cargo might be saved.[12]
Roseberry
United Kingdom
The ship capsized off Hartlepool, County Durham. Her crew were rescued.[13]
Walpole
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Sunderland. Her crew were rescued.[6]
3 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 April 1824
Ship
Country
Description
Algeria
Portugal
The ship was wrecked on Allin's Bank, off the coast of Brazil. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Maranhão, Brazil to Oporto.[14]
George Angus
United Kingdom
The schooner was captured by Spring Bird ( Pirates) off Belize. She was subsequently plundered and destroyed.[15]
The hermaphrodite brig was wrecked on a reef in Hanalei Bay.
Thisbe
United Kingdom
The ship departed from, Liverpool, Lancashire for Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[16]
7 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 April 1824
Ship
Country
Description
Langton
United Kingdom
The ship struck a rock and foundered in the Irish Sea south of the Tuskar Rock. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire for Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, British North America.[9]
Laurel
United Kingdom
The ship was in collision with Cornwall in the English Channel off Hastings, Sussex. She capsized but was righted and consequently beached at Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex. Her crew survived. Laurel was on a voyage from the Charente to London.[2]
Louisa
Stettin
The ship was wrecked on Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Stettin to London.[2]
10 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 April 1824
Ship
Country
Description
Bellona
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Fishguard, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[10]
Liberty
United Kingdom
The ship departed from Poole, Dorset for Burin, Newfoundland, British North America.[18] She was discovered dismasted and abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean on 7 May by Bon Aventure (France).[19]
11 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 April 1824
Ship
Country
Description
Arab
United Kingdom
The whaler was abandoned in the Antarctic Ocean (approximately 57°S7°E / 57°S 7°E / -57; 7). Her 36 crew were rescued by Ocean (United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Fenning's Island to London.[20][21]
Gute Hoffnung
flag unknown
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Gravelines, Nord, France. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Bilbao, Spain.[22]
The ship foundered off La Bouille, Seine-Inférieure. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure.[23]
Nelly & Kitty
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Dasher (United Kingdom). Nelly & Kitty was on a voyage from Seville, Spain to Liverpool, Lancashire.[24]
15 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 April 1824
Ship
Country
Description
Providence
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore in Bream Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Brixham, Devon to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[25]
16 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 16 April 1824
Ship
Country
Description
Camillus
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of three of her crew. Survivors were rescued by Columbus and Ross (both United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America.[26]
The ship was wrecked at La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime with the loss of seven of her crew. she was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Bordeaux, Gironde.[27]
Christina
United Kingdom
The ship was lost near Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London.[22]
Hannah
United Kingdom
The Humber Keel was wrecked on the Buxey Sand, in the North Sea with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to London.[25][28]
The ship departed from Plymouth, Devon for Lisbon, Portugal. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[26]
Helen
United Kingdom
The brigantine sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off Rockall, Inverness-shire with the loss of sixteen lives. Survivors were rescued by Flora (Prussia). Helen was on a voyage from DundeeForfarshire to Montreal, Lower Canada, British North America.[30]
The ship was driven ashore on Terschelling, Friesland.[31]
18 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 18 April 1824
Ship
Country
Description
Helen
United Kingdom
The ship struck a submerged rock 7 nautical miles (13 km) off Rockall, Inverness-shire and foundered with the loss of sixteen lives. Survivors were rescued the next day by a Prussian vessel. Helen was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America.[32]
19 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 April 1824
Ship
Country
Description
Cossack
United Kingdom
The ship struck the Orthez Bank, off Buenos Aires, Argentina and foundered with the loss of a crew member.[33]
Thomas
United States
The ship was wrecked on the South East Bank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to Mobile, Alabama.[34]
20 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 April 1824
Ship
Country
Description
Jean and Mary
United Kingdom
The sloop was wrecked at Newburgh, Fife. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Newburgh.[35]
22 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 22 April 1824
Ship
Country
Description
Elizabeth
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on Læsø, Debmark and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Danzig to London.[36]
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais. She was on a voyage from Sète, Hérault to Dunkerque., Nord.[38]
Diligence
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Aberdovey, Merionethshire. She was on a voyage from London to Aberdovey.[24]Diligence was refloated on 26 April.[17]
Friend's Regard
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Middle Sand, in the North Sea off Whitstable, Kent.[39][38]
Olive
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Gunwalloe, Cornwall. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Tenby, Pembrokeshire to Littlehampton, Sussex.[27]
The ship was driven ashore in the Isles of Scilly. She was on a voyage from the Cape of Good Hope to London.[24] She was refloated later that day and taken in to St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly.[17]
24 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 April 1824
Ship
Country
Description
Amity
United States
The 382-ton sailing ship was wrecked in fog off Manasquan, New Jersey, without loss of life. Her wreck, which sank in 30 feet (9 m) of water 330 yards (302 m) offshore, was discovered in 1955 and is nicknamed the "Manasquan Wreck."[41]
Comet
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Horsey, Norfolk. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Leith, Lothian.[38]Comet was refloated on 3 May and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[7]
Roberts
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Karam Rocks, Isle of Man. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Harrington, Cumberland.[7]
William and Henry
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Corton Sand, in the North Sea off Lowestoft, Suffolk. William and Henry was refloated the next day and beached at Lowestoft.[38]
25 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 April 1824
Ship
Country
Description
Friends of the Guard
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Middle Sand, in the North Sea off Whitstable, Kent.[42]
Industry
United Kingdom
The ship sprang a leak and was beached at North Shields, County Durham.[17]
Integrity
United States
The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at Point del Indio, Argentina and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to Buenos Aires, Argentina.[43]
Polly
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the American coast. She was on a voyage from London to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America.[44]
Stranger
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore and wrecked north of Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire.[45] Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to Sunderland, County Durham.[17]
27 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 April 1824
Ship
Country
Description
Happy Return
United Kingdom
The schooner collided with the brigEdward (United Kingdom) off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire and sank with the loss of all but one of her crew.[7]
The ship was driven ashore at Cuxhaven. She was on a voyage from Cette, Hérault, France to Cuxhaven.[7]Lilla Gustav was refloated on 2 May and taken in to Cuxhaven.[32]
Mary
United Kingdom
The smack collided with the steamship Swift (United Kingdom off Carrickfergus, County Antrim and foundered with the loss of all hands.[7]
29 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 April 1824
Ship
Country
Description
Rosina
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Whitehead, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire.[32][46]Rosina was refloated on 3 May and taken in to Belfast, County Antrim.[47]
30 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 30 April 1824
Ship
Country
Description
Dorset
United Kingdom
The ship was severely damaged by fire at Liverpool, Lancashire.[7]
Francis
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at La Orotava, Tenerife, Spain. Her crew were rescued.[48]
Margery
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued bu James Dunlop (United Kingdom). Margery was on a voyage from London to Montreal, Lower Canada, British North America.[49]
Providence
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Harriet (United Kingdom). Providence was on a voyage from Figueira da Foz, Portugal to Newfoundland, British North America.[43]
Unknown date[]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in April 1824
Ship
Country
Description
Agenoria
United Kingdom
The ship was lost on the English Bank, in the South Atlantic off the coast of Brazil with the loss of at least six crew. There were at least five survivors.[50]
Amity
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Manasquan, New Jersey, United States. She was later refloated.[51]
Elizabeth
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Berber Bank, off the Welsh coast and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Preston, Lancashire. Elizabeth was later refloated and taken in to Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire.[25]
Harriet
United Kingdom
The ship departed from Terceira, Azores, Portugal. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[52]