The ship collided with Thracian (United States) and foundered off Point Lynas, Anglesey. Her crew were rescued.[1][2] She was on a voyage from Dundalk, County Louth, to Preston, Lancashire.[3]
James Lock
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Brilliant (United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan, to Madeira.[4]
Libra
Hamburg
The ship was driven ashore in Rhossili Bay. Her crew were rescued.[3]
Mohawk
United Kingdom
The barque was in collision with the brigWilliam (United Kingdom) and was severely damaged off Hartlepool, County Durham. She put into Hartlepool in a sinking condition. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, to Buenos Aires, Argentina.[5]
Sarah
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the Bristol Channel. Her crew were rescued by Primrose (United Kingdom). Sarah was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, to Plymouth, Devon.[2]
Sarah
United Kingdom
The ship was in collision with Henry (United Kingdom and sank at Dublin. She was later refloated.[6]
2 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 April 1843
Ship
Country
Description
Abeona
United Kingdom
The barque was wrecked off Cape San Antonio, Cuba. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.[7]
Atlantic
United Kingdom
The ship was run ashore in Newark Bay, Sanday, Orkney Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, to St. John's, Newfoundland.[8][9][10]
Christopher Rawson
United Kingdom
The ship struck a reef in the South China Sea off "Pulo Sapata", Spanish East Indies and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Macao to Singapore.[11]
Lebru
Hamburg
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Llanmadock, Glamorgan, United Kingdom.[12]
St. Bertrand
France
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Montezuma (United Kingdom). St, Bertrand was on a voyage from Fécamp, Seine-Inférieure, to Newfoundland, British North America.[13]
3 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 April 1843
Ship
Country
Description
Orient
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Perranarworthal, Cornwall.[12] She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America, to London.[14]
Pytho
France
The ship ran aground on the Dunkerque Banks. She was refloated and taken into Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium.[1]
4 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 April 1843
Ship
Country
Description
Acklam
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Gilleleje, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, to Stettin. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[15]
Aylesford
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Gilleleje. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, to Stettin. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[15]
Chieftain
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the English Channel. Her crew were rescued by the barqueNew England (United States).[16]
China
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at Charleston, South Carolina, United States. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Charleston.[17]
Lord Hawkesbury
United Kingdom
The ship sank in a squall off Portsmouth, Hampshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall, to Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex.[1]
Medora
United Kingdom
The ship was run down and sunk in the Boston Deeps by Sarah (United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued by Sarah. Medora was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, to Faversham, Kent.[16]
Miracle
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Liverpool, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America. She was refloated the next day and put back to Liverpool.[18]
Telegraph
United Kingdom
The schooner capsized in a squall off Portland, Dorset. All seventeen people on board survived.[16]
The brig was wrecked on the Île-à-Vache, Haiti. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Port-au-Prince, Haiti.[24]
United Kingdom
The steamtug was stolen from the River Tyne. She was driven ashore and wrecked at Tynemouth, Northumberland, with the loss of one of the two people on board.[25][26][27] The survivor was rescued by the North Shields Lifeboat.[9]
Dale
United Kingdom
The barque foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Lisbon, Portugal. Her eighteen crew were rescued by the schoonerPorto Novo (Portugal).[28][29][30][4]
Flora
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked near Castletown, Isle of Man.[16]
The ship ran aground on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Perth to London. She was refloated and taken into Harwich, Essex, in a leaky condition.[31]
Mary Dixon
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Shipwash Sand. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure.[9]
New Margaretha
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at Atherstone, Isle of Wight.[16] Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Caernarfon to Portsmouth, Hampshire.[31]
Pomona
Norway
The ship was abandoned off the Pentland Firth. She came ashore on Burray, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom, and was wrecked.[8]
United Kingdom
The East Indiaman was wrecked on a reef off the south west of Rodrigues, Mauritius with the loss of eleven lives. She was on a voyage from Bombay, India, to Liverpool, Lancashire.[32][33]
Salamanca
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) from Rye, Sussex. Her crew were rescued by the Coast Guard. She was on a voyage from Truro, Cornwall, to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[16][31]
The ship ran aground on the Kentish Knock and was abandoned by her crew. They were rescued by a French fishing vessel. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.[8]
United Kingdom
The paddle steamer was wrecked on the Baldargo Reef, 20 nautical miles (37 km) west of A Coruña, Spain with the loss of 35 of the 125 people on board. Survivors were rescued by (France), North Britain (United Kingdom), local boats or reached shore in the ships' boats. Solway was on a voyage from Southampton, Hampshire, to the West Indies.[34]
8 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 April 1843
Ship
Country
Description
Caribbean
United Kingdom
The ship was sunk by ice off , Newfoundland, British North America. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Saint John's, Newfoundland.[35]
Maria Anna
Bremen
The ship was run into and sunk off "Weddermarden Hurst" by a Hanovarianpilot cutter. She was on a voyage from Bremen to Cley-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, United Kingdom.[36]
Olive Branch
United Kingdom
The barque ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France.[9] She was refloated on 10 April and taken into Ramsgate, Kent.[10]
Russell
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Pevensey Bay, Sussex. Her ten crew survived. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, to Poole, Dorset.[9]Russell was refloated on 13 April and taken into Rye Harbour, Sussex.[15]
The ship was driven ashore at Kingstown, County Dublin, She was refloated.[39]
9 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 April 1843
Ship
Country
Description
Constitution
United States
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued.[35]
Hendrick Robert
Prussia
The ship was abandoned in the North Sea off the coast of Jutland.[29] She came ashore on Amrum, Duchy of Schleswig on 13 April.[40]
Thomas
United Kingdom
The sloop ran aground on the Buxey Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Selby, Yorkshire, to Broomhill. She was refloated.[8][10]
10 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 April 1843
Ship
Country
Description
Jornfru Elizabeth
Denmark
The ship was wrecked on the Niding Reef. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom, to Copenhagen.[36]
Peak
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Whitby, Yorkshire.[8][16] She was refloated on 12 April and taken into Whitby in a severely damaged condition.[41][42]
Sussex
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Brier Island, Nova Scotia, British North America, to Saint Lucia.[43]
William and Henry
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground in the Sound of Islay. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Waterford. She was refloated on 13 April and resumed her voyage.[44]
11 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 April 1843
Ship
Country
Description
Selina
Dantsic
The ship ran aground on the Falsterbo Reef. She was refloated and towed into Copenhagen, Denmark.[29]
Success
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Fremantle, Colony of Western Australia. She was refloated on 18 April. She was on a voyage from London to Fremantle.[11]
12 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 April 1843
Ship
Country
Description
Fenice
Kingdom of Sardinia
The ship was driven ashore near Algeciras, Spain. She was on a voyage from Genoa to Lima, Peru.[4]
Holder Bolden
United States
The whaler was lost in the Pacific to a reef at 26.01N 174.55W, near Lisianski Island, the crew survived and built a schooner over 5 months which departed 14th Sept, arriving Honolulu 8 October, then arranged for recovery of the remaining crew and stores.[45]
13 April[]
List of shipwrecks: April 1843
Ship
Country
Description
Emily
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground and sank in the Victoria Channel. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America.[46][14]
Golden Eagle
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Lucca, Grand Duchy of Tuscany. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian, to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany.[47]
Hewes
United States
The full-rigged ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by the smackIndustry (United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from New York to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.[46][15][48]
The ship struck a sunken rock and foundered in the English Channel off Penzance, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[46]Helena was refloated on 30 April and taken into Penzance.[49]
The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Irish Sea off Howth, County Dublin. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bantry, County Cork, to the Clyde.[50]
Lady Grant
United Kingdom
The ship departed from Bombay, India, or Singapore for Chusan, China. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[51][52]
The ship ran aground, capsized and was severely damaged at Cardiff.[48]
Emilie
France
The ship was wrecked at "Torre Chica". Her crew were rescued.[53]
Maria Anna
Bremen
The ship was run into and sunk off "Weddemarden" by Hanoverian (Kingdom of Hanover). Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bremen to Cley-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, United Kingdom.[40]
'Rosa
Spain
The ship was lost off Puerto Rico. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cádiz to Havana, Cuba.[54]
Vittoriso Principe Metternich
Austrian Empire
The ship foundered off Norderney, Kingdom of Hanover.[40]
17 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 April 1843
Ship
Country
Description
Bedford
United Kingdom
The smack was discovered abandoned off Lundy Island, Devon. She was on a voyage from Llanelly, Glamorgan, to Southampton, Hampshire. She was taken into Ilfracombe, Devon.[50]
Cumberland
United Kingdom
The barque was driven ashore on the west coast of . She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America. She was refloated and towed into Kilrush, County Clare, by the steamshipGarry Owen (United Kingdom).[55][56]
Eliza
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on The Shingles, off the Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from London to Lancaster, Lancashire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[50]
19 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 April 1843
Ship
Country
Description
Enfield
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground at South Shields, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, to South Shields.[57][58]
21 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 April 1843
Ship
Country
Description
Mary
United Kingdom
The brig ran aground on the Hoborg Reef, off Gotland, Sweden. She was refloated but consequently foundered. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Montrose, Forfarshire, to Riga, Russia.[35]
22 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 22 April 1843
Ship
Country
Description
Sarah & Rachel
United Kingdom
The oyster skiff was lost in the Bristol Channel with the loss of both crew.[59]
23 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 April 1843
Ship
Country
Description
Croft
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the North Sea off Eyemouth, Berwickshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, to Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland.[60]
Fame
United Kingdom
The schooner struck Avery's Rock and was severely damaged. She put into Pigeon Cove, Newfoundland, British North America.[35]
Hope
United Kingdom
The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Blyth, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Alloa, Clackmannanshire, to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[60]
The ship was driven ashore at Cambois, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from London to Cambois. She was refloated and towed into Blyth.[61]
R. La Maure
France
The ship ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk, United Kingdom, and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom, to Bordeaux, Gironde.[68]
Tennant
United Kingdom
The ship sprang a leak whilst on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire, to Stettin. She put into Lerwick, Shetland Islands in a sinking condition.[69]
27 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 April 1843
Ship
Country
Description
Adeline
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at Barrington, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America.[19]
Brunette
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on St. Paul's Island, Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America.[70]
Hermine
Prussia
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked south of the Mull of Kintyre Lighthouse, Argyllshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Memel to Belfast, County Antrim, United Kingdom.[17]
28 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 April 1843
Ship
Country
Description
Adelphia
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Blanch Point, Nova Scotia, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America.[71]
29 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 April 1843
Ship
Country
Description
Catherine
United Kingdom
The ship collided with Ann Elizabeth (United Kingdom) off the Longships Lighthouse, Cornwall, and foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from a Welsh port to Falmouth, Cornwall.[72]
Ebenezer
United Kingdom
The brig collided with Juno (United Kingdom) in the North Sea off Lowestoft, Suffolk, and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued.[17][49]
William Rippon
United Kingdom
The brig was sunk by ice off Cape
North, Nova Scotia, British North America. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America.[70][71]
30 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 30 April 1843
Ship
Country
Description
Ocean
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Orlock Point, County Down. Her crew were rescued.[68]
The ship ran aground off Cardiff, Glamorgan, and was damaged. She put into Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, in a sinking condition. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire, to Youghal, County Cork.[72]
The sealer was sunk by ice south of Saint John's before 8 April.[35]
Industry
British North America
The sealer was sunk by ice south of Saint John's before 8 April.[35]
John and Mary
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Troon, Ayrshire. She was refloated on 13 April.[44]
Joseph Pease
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned off Seal Island, Nova Scotia, British North America, before 23 April.[63]
Louis
France
The brig was wrecked in the Bay of Hioff, Africa, with the loss of seven of her crew before 26 April.[43]
Louise
Hamburg
The ship was lost off Barcelona, Spain. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Barcelona.[61]
Mary
British North America
The sealer was sunk by ice south of Saint John's before 8 April.[35]
Ocean
British North America
The sealer was sunk by ice south of Saint John's before 8 April.[35]
Princess
British North America
The sealer was driven by onto a reef off Hant's Harbour, Newfoundland before 8 April with the loss of fifteen of her crew. She was subsequently taken into New Harbour, Newfoundland.[35]
Rover
British North America
The sealer was sunk by ice south of Saint John's before 8 April.[35]
Sapphire
United States
The ship was wrecked on the Bahama Bank before 8 April.[35]
Shamrock
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Dungeness, Kent. She was refloated on 30 April.[49]
Singular
Spain
The brig was wrecked on the Prata Shoal before 16 April. Her crew were rescued by Emma (United Kingdom.[75]