The ship was driven ashore 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) east of Marsala, Sicily. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Odessa to Cork.[4]
Victoria
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Cape Feto, Sicily. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Smyrna, Ottoman Empire to Liverpool, Lancashire.[4][5]
Vrow Gesina
Kingdom of Hanover
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked south of Scarborough, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Leer to Hull, Yorkshire.[6][7]
Vrow Antje
Kingdom of Hanover
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Bridlington, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Norden to Hull.[3][7]
William and Thomas
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on Walney Island, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Ulverston.[8]
4 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 April 1839
Ship
Country
Description
Betsey
France
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Molly (Hamburg).[9]
Darling
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Beaumaris, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Bangor to Liverpool, Lancashire.[6]
Hooton
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Balbriggan, County Dublin. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[9][10]Hooton was refloated on 4 May and towed into Drogheda, County Louth.[1]
Laura
United Kingdom
The smack foundered off Mullion Island, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Port Madoc, Caernarfonshire to King's Lynn, Norfolk.[11][12]
Penrice Castle
United Kingdom
The schooner foundered off Mullion Island. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Falmouth, Cornwall.[11][12]
William and Catherine
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked in Mounts Bay. Her crew survived.[12]
5 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 April 1839
Ship
Country
Description
Bravo
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at "Rossiter", Prussia. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Memel, Prussia.[13] She was refloated on 16 April and taken into Memel.[14]
Dunmore
United Kingdom
The sloop sprang a leak and foundered off Bo'ness, Lothian with the loss of two of her crew.[7]
Patriot
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in the Cumbrae Islands, Ayrshire.[11]
Retrench
United Kingdom
The brig was wrecked at the Cumbrae Lighthouse, Ayrshire. Her crew and 45 passengers were rescued. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to New York.[7]
6 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 April 1839
Ship
Country
Description
Brave
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Rossiten, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Memel, Prussia.[15]
Emerald
United Kingdom
The ship was driven onto rocks near "Green Island". She was on a voyage from Constantinople, Ottoman Empire to London. Emerald was refloated on 8 April and resumed her voyage.[16]
Leila
United States
The ship was driven ashore at Sewell's Point, Virginia. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Baltimore, Maryland. Leila was later refloated and taken into Baltimore.[1]
Matthew
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Le Tréport, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Trieste.[13]Matthew was refloated on 12 April.[17]
7 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 April 1839
Ship
Country
Description
Emerald
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Algeciras, Spain.[18]
8 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 April 1839
Ship
Country
Description
Bergetha
Norway
The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Grimsby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Porsgrund to Fécamp, Seine-Inférieure, France.[13][19]Bergetha was refloated on 14 April and taken into Grimsby for repairs.[20]
Berwick-upon-Tweed
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked in the Black Sea near "Carabourna". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Odessa to Falmouth, Cornwall.[21][1]
Emerald
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on a rock near Letterkenny, County Donegal. She was on a voyage from Bangor to Letterkenny.[19]
Onderneming
Kingdom of Hanover
The ship was wrecked on Brouwer's Bank, in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from to London, United Kingdom or Antwerp, Belgium.[22][23]
9 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 April 1839
Ship
Country
Description
Aid
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the North Sea off Scarborough, Yorkshire. Her crew survived.[6]
Emerald
United States
The ship was driven ashore in the Mississippi River downstream of New Orleans, Louisiana.[1]
Frederic Wilhelm
Hamburg
The steamship was destroyed by fire in the Elbe at Sandau, Prussia. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Magdeburg, Prussia.[19]
Kingston
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. All on board were rescued by Thomas (United Kingdom). Kingston was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to New York, United States.[16]
10 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 April 1839
Ship
Country
Description
Adler
Bremen
The ship was driven ashore at Calais, France. She was on a voyage from Bremen to Baltimore, Maryland, United States.[24][4]Adler was refloated on 27 April and taken into Calais.[25]
Hampden
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Dundee, Forfarshire. She was on a voyage from Dundee to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America.[6]Hampden was later refloated and resumed her voyage.[15]
11 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 April 1839
Ship
Country
Description
Demerara
United Kingdom
The ship struck the Mugglin Rock, off Kingstown, County Dublin. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Demerara, British Honduras. Demerara was refloated and towed into Dublin.[26] She resumed her voyage on 17 April.[24]
Deux Sœurs
France
The ship was wrecked near Dénia, Spain. Her crew were rescued.[5]
Felicité
France
The ship was wrecked near Dénia. Her crew were rescued.[5]
Ganges
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on Paterson's Rock and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Dalhousie, New Brunswick, British North America. Ganges was refloated and put back to the Clyde.[22][20]
Stuforster
Flag unknown
The ship was wrecked near Cartagena, Spain. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France to Cádiz, Spain.[21]
12 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 April 1839
Ship
Country
Description
Active
France
The ship was driven ashore near Bône, French Algeria.[27]
The ship was driven ashore near Brouwershaven, Zeeland, Netherlands, She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.[16]
The ship ran aground on Scroby Sands, Norfolk and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. Brothers was refloated and put into Harwich, Essex.[26]
Celestin
France
The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône.[28]
The ship was driven ashore at Holyhead, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Holyhead. Blucher was refloated and taken into Holyhead.[15]
Favourite
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Horeshoe Reef. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Barbadoes. Favourite was refloated and resumed her voyage.[1]
14 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 April 1839
Ship
Country
Description
Ann Scott
United Kingdom
The brig was wrecked on Eierland, North Holland, Netherlands with the loss of at least six lives. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Amsterdam, North Holland.[9][30]>[31]
Auguste Eugene
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was later refloated.[15]
Constantia
United States
The ship was driven ashore between Brewster and Wellfleet, Massachusetts. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Portsmouth, New Hampshire .[1]
Louisa
United Kingdom
The ship departed from Nyborg, Denmark for Liverpool, Lancashire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[32]
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to London. United Kingdom was refloated and resumed her voyage.[15]
15 April[]
List of shipwrecks: April 1839
Ship
Country
Description
Albion
United Kingdom
The ship was run down and sunk off the Casquets by Couton (France). Her crew were rescued by Couton. Albion was on a voyage from Saint Sampson, Guernsey, Channel Islands to London.[17]
Assistance
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on a reef in Black Island Bay, County Mayo and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Westport, County Mayo.[30]
The ship ran aground on the Middle Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Lincolnshire. She capsized and sank. Her crew were rescued. Hannah was on a voyage from Thorne to London.[20]
The ship was wrecked on North Ronaldsay, Orkney Islands. Her four crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Lerwick, Shetland Islands to Leith, Lothian.[2][33]
17 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 April 1839
Ship
Country
Description
Arethusa
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Helsingør, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Greifswald to Leith, Lothian.[9]
Fortitude
United Kingdom
The ship was run down in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk by (United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued by Royal Victoria. Fortitude was on a voyage from London to Stockton on Tees, County Durham.[30]Fortitude was towed into Dunkerque, Nord, France on 21 April.[16]
Frau Mina
Hamburg
The ship foundered off Belle Île, Morbihan, France with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Nantes, Loire Atlantique.[9]
Minerva
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at King's Lynn, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to King's Lynn.[4]Minerva was refloated.[17]
Union
Guernsey
The ship ran aground and was severely damaged at Saint Sampson. She was later refloated and taken into Saint Sampson.[17]
William
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) east of Calais, France. She was on a voyage from Leith to Dunkerque, Nord, France.[24]
18 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 18 April 1839
Ship
Country
Description
Athalides
United Kingdom
The ship struck sunken rocks and sank off "Neuhellesund" with the loss of two lives. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Wolgast, Prussia.[34]
Earl of Durham
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Colleach Rocks, in Loch Alsh. she was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Riga, Russia. She was refloated on 25 April and beached at Kyle of Lochalsh, Inverness-shire.[35][1]
Elizabeth and Jane
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Sunderland, County Durham. /she was on a voyage from Portsmouth, Hampshire to Sunderland. Elizabeth and Jane was refloated and take into Sunderland.[36]
Fairfield
United Kingdom
The barque was wrecked on the Troubridge Shoals. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Port Adelaide, South Australia.[37][38]
Flora
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Sunderland. She was later refloated and taken into the port.[36]
Lord Wellington
United Kingdom
The ship struck the Cross Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk and sank.[4]
19 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 April 1839
Ship
Country
Description
Esseri Tigiaret, or Orient
Ottoman Empire
The steamship was wrecked off Samsoun. She was on a voyage from the Trebizond Eyalet to Constantinople.[39][40]Orient was later refloated, repaired and returned to service.[41]
Grindon
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Kentish Knock. She was refloated and put into Sheerness, Kent, where she was driven ashore before being refloated and taken into port.[42]
Jantina
Netherlands
The ship was wrecked on "Listerland". She was on a voyage from Termunterzijl, Groningen to a Norwegian port.[1]
Jonge Dirk
Netherlands
The ship was wrecked on "Listerland". She was on a voyage from Harlingen, Friesland to Christiansand, Norway.[1]
The ship ran aground 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) from King's Lynn, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to King's Lynn.[16]
Catherine
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the West Rocks, Harwich, Essex. Three crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk to London.[9]Catherine was refloated on 5 May and towed into Harwich.[44]
Clarisse
France
The ship sprang a leak and was beached at the mouth of the Lannion. She was on a voyage from Granville, Manche to Martinique.[17][36]
James McInroy
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on a reef in the Maldive Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to the Clyde.[45][46]
Zeluna
France
The ship was driven ashore between Adra and Almería, Spain. she was on a voyage from Nantes, Loire Atlantique to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône.[1]
21 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 April 1839
Ship
Country
Description
Jane
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Anholt, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Stettin.[34]
Seal
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Cádiz,Spain. She was refloated the next day.[47]
The frigate ran aground off "Ono Wia", Tahiti and was damaged. She was refloated with assistance from Champion (United States) and taken into "Pape Viti".[48]
23 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 April 1839
Ship
Country
Description
Hercules
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at King's Lynn, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to King's Lynn.[9]Hercules was refloated the next day.[49]
Horatio
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near St. Bees Head, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Sierra Leone to Workington, Cumberland. Horatio was later refloated.[50]
Leeds
United Kingdom
The ship was ran aground at Whitburn, County Durham. She was later refloated and put into Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[49]
Richard and Thomas
United Kingdom
The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Dogger Bank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to a Dutch port.[31]
Six H's to the Queen
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Warham, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Wisbech, Cambridgeshire to London. Six H's to the Queen was later refloated and taken into Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk.[50][49]
The ship was driven ashore at Whitburn, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Whitby, Yorkshire to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. Leeds was later refloated.[31]
Mathilde
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Hjørring, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Frederikshavn, Denmark.[51]
Red Rover
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Cape Verde Islands. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Sydney, New South Wales.[52]
Richard and Thomas
United Kingdom
The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea off Camperduin, North Holland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Amsterdam, North Holland.[53]
The ship departed from Riga, Russia for Lübeck. She was subsequently lost, but her crew were rescued.[56]
Orlando
United Kingdom
The brig was sunk by ice in the Gulf of Riga. Her crew survived.[54][55]
Pacific
United Kingdom
The ship was sunk by ice in the Gulf of Riga.[54] Her crew survived.[55]
Regina
United Kingdom
The brig was sunk by ice in the Gulf of Riga. Her crew survived.[54][55]
Wave
United Kingdom
The ship was sunk by ice in the Gulf of Riga. Her crew survived.[55]
26 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 April 1839
Ship
Country
Description
New South Wales
The ship, which had sprung a leak following a recent capsize at Newcastle, was beached in Broken Bay. Her crew were rescued by Sophia Jane (New South Wales).[57]
27 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 April 1839
Ship
Country
Description
Aurora
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Kiapora, New Zealand. Her crew survived.[58]
Marmion
United Kingdom
The ship capsized in the Seine. Her crew were rescued by the steamshipRollon (France). Marmion was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Quillebeuf-sur-Seine, Eure.[35]
Moira
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground in the Hooghly River and was damaged. she was refloated and towed back to Calcutta, India.[59]
Montreal
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on Bornholm, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Riga, Russia. Montreal was later refloated.[34]
28 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 April 1839
Ship
Country
Description
Petersburg
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Buka Reef, off Halse, Norway. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Riga, Russia. She was later refloated.[60]
Queen Adelaide
United Kingdom
The ship departed from Port Royal for Old Harbour, Jamaica. She subsequently capsized. Her crew were rescued.[61]
30 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 30 April 1839
Ship
Country
Description
Mermaid
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground on the Swash, in the Bristol Channel. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Waterford.[35]
The ship was wrecked 12 nautical miles (22 km) east of Port Phillip, New South Wales. She was on a voyage from Launceston, Van Diemen's Land to Port Phillip.[63]
Cherub
United States
The ship was driven ashore on the American coast before 19 April. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to Malta. Cherub was later refloated and put back to Boston.[1]
Ebenezer
France
The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at the mouth of the Orne before 15 April. She was on a voyage from Christiansand, Norway to Caen, Calvados.[13]
Favourite
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk before 14 April. She was on a voyage from London to Sunderland, County Durham. Favourite was refloated on 14 April and taken into Wells-next-the-Sea.[13]
Fenwick
British North America
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean on or before 8 April.[9]
Forester
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Dragør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Memel, Kingdom of Prussia to Bristol, Gloucestershire. Forester was later refloated and taken into Helsingør, Denmark, where she arrived on 3 May.[34]
The ship ran aground off Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. Phantom was later refloated and taken into Constantinople.[39]
The brig collided with Deux Augustes (France) and foundered. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Syracuse, Sicily to Malta.[27]
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Dartmouth, Devon. United Kingdom was refloated and put into Ramsgate, Kent.[65]
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