List of shipwrecks in April 1858
The list of shipwrecks in April 1858 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during April 1858.
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1 April[]
Ship | Country | Description |
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Isabella | ![]() |
The schooner was driven ashore and damaged at Sunderland, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Arbroath, Forfarshire, to Sunderland.[1][2] She was later refloated and taken in to the River Tyne for repairs.[3] |
Juneatta | ![]() |
The ship was discovered abandoned 40 nautical miles (74 km) off Maranhão, Brazil, having run aground on the Lemcoes Grundes and been abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Maranhão. Juneatta was taken in to Maranhão.[4] |
Kingfisher | ![]() |
The schooner was driven ashore at the mouth of the River Tees.[5] She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, to Skinningrove, Yorkshire.[2] |
Robert Hudson | ![]() |
The coaster foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Yorkshire with the loss of all five crew.[5] |
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The steamship ran aground on the Longscar Rocks, off the coast of County Durham and was wrecked. All on board were rescued by the West Hartlepool Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[6][7] | |
Steerwell | ![]() |
The schooner sank at Staithes, Yorkshire.[5] She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, to Rosedale. She was later refloated and towed in to Whitby, Yorkshire, where she arrived on 15 April in a severely damaged condition.[8] |
Thetis | ![]() |
The schooner ran aground and sank at Rock Ferry, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire, to Waterford.[9] |
2 April[]
Ship | Country | Description |
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Friedrich | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Memel, Prussia.[10] |
Hellespont | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked in Sandy Bay, Bahamas. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba, to Falmouth, Cornwall.[11] |
Laing | ![]() |
The brig ran aground at Middlesbrough, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough to Antwerp, Belgium. She was refloated and resumed her voyage with two extra hands.[2] |
Mead | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Memel. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen, Denmark, to Memel.[10] |
Sultan | ![]() |
The steamship was destroyed by fire near Ste. Genevieve, Missouri with the loss of fifteen to twenty lives.[12] |
Tulloch Castle | ![]() |
The barque ran aground on the Bull Sand. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, to Aden. She was refloated and put in to Ramsgate in a leaky condition.[2] |
Two Sarahs | ![]() |
The sloop was driven ashore at Par, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire, to Penzance, Cornwall. She was refloated and taken in to "Polkenan" in a leaky condition.[13] |
William | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Wijk aan Zee, North Holland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued.[14] |
3 April[]
Ship | Country | Description |
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Ellen Callanan | ![]() |
The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked the Cow and Calf Rock, off Roches Point, County Cork. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cork to Newport, Monmouthshire.[15][16] |
Excavator | ![]() |
The schooner foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Oscar (![]() |
Lively | ![]() |
The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Mountaineer (![]() |
Sinope | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore between Kingsdown and the South Foreland, Kent. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, to Genoa, Kingdom of Sardinia. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Dover, Kent.[20][15][2] |
Sir Alexander | ![]() |
The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was refloated and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent, in a severely leaky condition.[15][2] |
Stockton Packet | ![]() |
The brig was driven ashore at Spurn Point, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.[21][2] |
Tower | ![]() |
The schooner foundered in the North Sea off Sylt, Duchy of Holstein. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields to Stettin.[22] |
Winslow | ![]() |
The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India, to Antwerp, Belgium. Winslow was refloated and taken in to Havre de Grâce.[15][23] |
4 April[]
Ship | Country | Description |
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Alchymist | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on the Byzambon Reef, off the Laccadive Islands. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Bombay, India.[11] |
Anne and Betsey | ![]() |
The ship was run into by a schooner and was beached at "Marlewick", Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, to Newport, Monmouthshire.[24] |
Gipsey | ![]() |
The smack was driven ashore at "Marlewick".[24] |
Jennette | ![]() |
The schooner was run down and sunk in the Elbe by the steamship (![]() |
Moskowa | ![]() |
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked 3 leagues (9 nautical miles (17 km)) from Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom, to Dunkerque, Nord.[15] |
Petrea | ![]() |
The barque was driven ashore at West Wittering, Sussex, United Kingdom. Her passengers were landed. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France to New York.[26][27] |
5 April[]
Ship | Country | Description |
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Courser | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on the Pratas Shoal, in the South China Sea. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Foo Chow Foo, China, to New York.[28] |
Enigheden | ![]() |
The schooner was driven ashore at Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Sandefjord to Peterhead. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Peterhead.[29][30] |
Mary | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on the North Bull, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Louth. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Drogheda, County Louth, to Liverpool, Lancashire.[15] |
Merlian | ![]() |
The full-rigged ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Four crew were rescued by the full-rigged ship Tarquin (![]() |
Morning Light | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Seacombe, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from Melbourne, Melbourne to Liverpool. She was refloated with the assistance of two tugs.[13] |
Ocean Queen | ![]() |
The brig was driven ashore at Pillau, Prussia. Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus and the Pillau Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, to Pillau. Ocean Queen was consequently condemned.[32][33] |
Rock | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at "Drumnacraig", County Londonderry. She was on a voyage from Workington, Cumberland, to Ramelton, County Donegal.[29] |
Suez | ![]() |
The steamship was wrecked at Jaffa, Ottoman Syria with the loss of 25 of the 54 people on board. She was on a voyage from Alexandria to Smyrna, Ottoman Empire.[34][35][36][37] |
6 April[]
Ship | Country | Description |
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Bee | ![]() |
The schooner was driven ashore at Aberdovey, Cardiganshire. She was on a voyage from Drogheda, County Louth, to Aberdovey.[38] |
Caroline | ![]() |
The barque was driven ashore at Lowestoft, Suffolk.[13] Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, to London[27] |
Catherine | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel off Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. Her three crew took to a boat. They were rescued the next day by Majestic (![]() |
Clinton | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Memel, Prussia. Her crew were rescued.[33] |
Elizabeth | ![]() |
The ship struck the Black Rock and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Moulmein, Burma, to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was taken in to the Currick Roads.[24] |
Exchange | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Wicklow Head, County Wicklow. Her twelve crew survived. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Newport, Monmouthshire.[13][14][41] |
Express | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Wicklow Head with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Newport.[13] |
Fanny | ![]() |
The schooner was driven ashore and severely damaged at Dublin.[13] |
Fortuna | ![]() |
The brig was abandoned off Kinsale, County Cork. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Monte Video, Uruguay.[14] |
Gebroeders Zelling | ![]() |
The galiot was driven ashore and wrecked in Dundalk Bay. Her five crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Nantes, Loire-Inférieure, France to Douglas, Isle of Man.[27][42][16][43] |
Jessie, or Jessy | ![]() |
The schooner was driven ashore at . She was on a voyage from Maryport, Cumberland, to Newry, County Down.[44][32] |
Pearl | ![]() |
The schooner was driven ashore at Gorey, County Wexford. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Cork.[29][43] |
7 April[]
Ship | Country | Description |
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Amoyen | ![]() |
The ship ran aground on the Girdler Sand. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom.[14] |
Anda | ![]() |
The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Aldbrough, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by the Coast Guard using Carte's rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, to Hamburg.[14][45][46] |
Arctic | ![]() |
The schooner was driven ashore at Kilmichael, County Cork. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Figueira da Foz, Portugal, to Liverpool, Lancashire.[47] |
Minna | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Donan's Island, County Sligo.[38] |
Ramsey | ![]() |
The schooner was driven ashore at Warrenpoint, County Down.[14] |
Sylvia | ![]() |
The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Newcastle, County Down, with the loss of all nine crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Saint John's, Newfoundland.[32][42][48] |
8 April[]
Ship | Country | Description |
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Aimable Elise | ![]() |
The lugger foundered in the Irish Sea off Blackwater, County Wexford, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom, to the Charente.[49] |
Chandos | ![]() |
The schooner ran aground and capsized in the River Usk. She was righted and taken in to Newport, Monmouthshire.[10] |
Clementina | ![]() |
The schooner ran aground on the Surcum Sand. She was ref;pated and put in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom.[33] |
Coburg | ![]() |
The brig was wrecked at Bridlington, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by the Bridlington Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France.[32][50] |
Faders Minde | ![]() |
The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at Almería, Spain. Her crew were rescued.[51] |
Mary Stoddart | ![]() |
The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Dundalk, County Louth. Her thirteen crew were rescued, but nine would-be rescuers, including four crew of the paddle steamer (![]() |
Maurice | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Scarborough, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by the Scarborough Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, to Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure, France.[50] |
Minerva | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Whitby, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields to Dieppe.[14] Minerva was refloated on 12 April and taken in to Scarborough.[8] |
Venilia | ![]() |
The brigantine ran aground on the Whitehouse Bank, in Belfast Lough. She was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, to Liverpool, Lancashire.[44] |
Wiesser | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Baldoyle, County Dublin, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, to Liverpool.[43][17] |
9 April[]
Ship | Country | Description |
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Bridges | ![]() |
The schooner was driven ashore 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) south of Laytown, County Meath. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque, Nord to Drogheda, County Louth.[44][32] Also reported as being on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall, to Liverpool, Lancashire.[42] |
Clementina | ![]() |
The ship ran aground on the "Barcum Sand", in the North Sea. She was refloated and put in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire.[10] |
Dido | ![]() |
The brig foundered in the South China Sea with the loss of all but one of her crew. The survivor was rescued by Enchanter (![]() |
Endeavour | ![]() |
The sloop was driven ashore near Cooly Point, County Louth, with the loss of all hands.[49] |
Fortunate | ![]() |
The ship foundered off Kilkeel, County Down, with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Monte Video, Uruguay.[50] |
Mary Stoddart | ![]() |
The barque was wrecked at Dundalk, County Louth, with the loss of several of her crew. Survivors were rescued by the steamship Pride of Erin (![]() |
Romance | ![]() |
The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Fortuna (![]() |
Trident | ![]() |
The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Kilkeel with the loss of eight of her eleven crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Barcelona.[32][29][42][50] |
Trident | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on Lundy Island, Devon, with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, to Plymouth, Devon.[54] |
10 April[]
Ship | Country | Description |
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Mary and Caroline | ![]() |
The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Malanie (![]() |
11 April[]
Ship | Country | Description |
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Forest Queen | ![]() |
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire, to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She was subsequently discovered by Louisa (![]() |
Jean MacCrea | ![]() |
The ship ran aground at Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated and taken in to Stornoway in a leaky condition. Subsequently repaired.[8][3] |
12 April[]
Ship | Country | Description |
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Leopold | ![]() |
The barque was wrecked on Grand Jason Island, Falkland Islands with the loss of eight of her twenty crew. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom, to Callao, Peru.[57][58] Only one of the twelve survivors of the wreck survived to be rescued three weeks later.[59] |
Rebecca Craggs | ![]() |
The ship ran aground in the Elbe. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, to Hamburg.[8] |
Sarah | ![]() |
The barque was driven ashore near Pensacola, Florida, United States. She was refloated.[60] |
14 April[]
Ship | Country | Description |
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Neptune | ![]() |
The sloop foundered in the Irish Sea off South Stack, Anglesey. Her three crew were rescued by the steamship Balbec (![]() |
Nymph | ![]() |
The schooner was wrecked at Irvine, Ayrshire. Her crew were rescued.[62] |
Port Glasgow | ![]() |
The schooner was wrecked at Fitzroy Bay, just south of the entrance to Wellington Harbour. She was carrying grain from Port Cooper to Wellington. All the crew perished, but some of the cargo was saved.[63] |
Speculation | ![]() |
The schooner was driven ashore at Hela, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Dantzic to Dundee, Forfarshire, United Kingdom.[22] |
15 April[]
Ship | Country | Description |
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Breeze | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Ballyquentin Point, County Down. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Padstow, Cornwall.[64] |
Ernestine | ![]() |
The steamship was run down by the barque Thomas (![]() ![]() |
17 April[]
Ship | Country | Description |
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Mayflower | ![]() |
The ship was driven onto a rock and severely damaged at Port Dinorwic, Caernarfonshire. She was on a voyage from Port Dinorwic to Liverpool, Lancashire.[64] |
Maria Francesca | ![]() |
The barque was driven ashore at Büyükdere, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Odessa to Queenstown, County Cork, United Kingdom.[66] |
Zephyr | ![]() |
The brig ran aground off Saint Croix, Virgin Islands. She was on a voyage from Trinidad to the Clyde. She was refloated on 21 April and taken in to Frederiksted.[67] |
18 April[]
Ship | Country | Description |
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Amphitrite | ![]() |
The ship sank off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, to London.[54] |
Prince Albert | ![]() |
The schooner ran aground on the Schaar, off the coast of Zeeland, Netherlands.[68] |
19 April[]
Ship | Country | Description |
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Dodo | ![]() |
The steamship ran aground on the Ooster Bank, in the North Sea off the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Rotterdam, South Holland. She was later refloated and taken in to Brouwershaven, Zeeland, Netherlands[55][64] |
20 April[]
Ship | Country | Description |
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Bore | ![]() |
The ship ran aground at Dingle, County Kerry. She was on a voyage from Dingle to Cardiff, Glamorgan. She was refloated but grounded again. Bore was refloated on 23 April and take in to Dingle in a severely damaged condition.[4] |
Zenobia | ![]() |
The full-rigged ship was wrecked off Point Bonita, California. |
22 April[]
Ship | Country | Description |
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James Baines | ![]() |
The clipper burned to the waterline in the Huskisson Dock at Liverpool, Lancashire, England. She was declared a constructive total loss and was subsequently used as a coal hulk. |
Julie | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore between Dragør and Kastrup, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Rostock to Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.[69] |
Ocean Spray | ![]() |
The steamboat was destroyed by fire in the Mississippi River 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) from St. Louis, Missouri, with the loss of about twenty lives.[70] |
23 April[]
Ship | Country | Description |
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Chesterholme | ![]() |
The full-rigged ship was wrecked on the Portlock Reef, in the Torres Straits. Her 33 crew were rescued by the full-rigged ship Hastings (![]() |
Jane, and Susan |
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Jane was in collision with the schooner Susan in the Bristol Channel. Both vessels foundered. Their crew were rescued by a schooner.[73] |
Precursor | ![]() |
The ship was holed by ice and sank 20 nautical miles (37 km) south of Hogland, Russia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, to Cronstadt, Russia.[74][75] |
Sea Horse | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked near the Sand Heads, India. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India, to Liverpool.[76][77] |
24 April[]
Ship | Country | Description |
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Augusta | ![]() |
The ship caught fire and was scuttled at Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Inférieure, France.[69] |
Breakwater | ![]() |
The brig ran aground on Scroby Sands, Norfolk. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[3] |
25 April[]
Ship | Country | Description |
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Jessie | ![]() |
The brig was in collision with another vessel and sank off the Dudgeon Sandbank, in the North Sea with the loss of four of her seven crew. Survivors were rescued by the brig Ann (![]() |
Mary Ann | ![]() |
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Portstewart, Wigtownshire.[66] |
26 April[]
Ship | Country | Description |
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Axe | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Agger Strand, Denmark. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from London to Königsberg, Prussia.[78][79] Axe was refloated on 26 April.[80] |
Frouke Meminga | ![]() |
The ship was lost on the Memment, in the North Sea. she was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom, to Leer.[80] |
Henry | ![]() |
The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, to Dover, Kent. She was refloated with the assistance of a lugger and resumed her voyage in a leaky condition.[35][3] |
Janette and Bertha | ![]() |
The ship ran aground off Caldera, Chile, and was abandoned in a sinking condition. Four of the fifteen people on board were reported missing.[81] |
Mary Ann | ![]() |
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Portstewart, Wigtownshire.[39][78] She was on a voyage from Maryport, Cumberland, to Portstewart.[69] |
Sea | ![]() |
The brig ran aground on Knoxes Rock, in the Farne Islands, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to the River Tyne. She was refloated and taken in to Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland, in a leaky condition.[39][66] |
Two Brothers | ![]() |
The ship capsized at Ipswich, Suffolk. She was righted.[69][3] |
Unity | ![]() |
The ship ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, to Cowes, Isle of Wight. She was refloated and assisted in to Harwich, Essex.[3] |
27 April[]
Ship | Country | Description |
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Expert | ![]() |
The schooner caught fire at Littleferry, Sutherland. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, to Brora, Sutherland.[82] |
Sea Breeze | ![]() |
The ship was damaged by fire at London.[34] |
28 April[]
Ship | Country | Description |
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Bellona | ![]() |
The steamship ran aground at Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire and Odessa. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[80] |
Journeyman | ![]() |
The schooner was abandoned in the Baltic Sea by all but her captain of her five crew. He was rescued on 30 April by the schooner Laura (![]() |
29 April[]
Ship | Country | Description |
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Brothers | ![]() |
The barque ran aground on the Stockhom Reef, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Pärnu, Russia. She was refloated and taken in to Pärnu.[60][31] |
Emigrant | ![]() |
The ship ran aground on the Trois Saumons Shoal, in the Saint Lawrence River. All on board, her crew and 73 passengers, survived. She was on a voyage from Montrose, Forfarshire, to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America.[74][84][85] |
Emily | ![]() |
The schooner collided with the steamship Grenada (Flag unknown), capsized and sank at Aspinwall, Republic of New Granada. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Aspinwall to Jamaica.[86] |
, and |
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The steamships were in collision in the English Channel 23 nautical miles (43 km) off the Nab Lightship (![]() |
Newton | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore on Saaremaa, Russia. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, to Cronstadt, Russia. She was later refloated and completed her voyage, arriving at Cronstadt on 17 May.[75] |
William | ![]() |
The ship ran aground on the Stockholm Reef. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Pärnu. She was refloated and taken in to Pärnu.[60][31] |
30 April[]
Ship | Country | Description |
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, and William Campbell |
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The barque William Campbell was in collision with the steamship Brigand and sank in the Irish Sea with the loss of seven of her crew. William Campbell was on a voyage from the Clyde to Trinidad. Brigand consequently sank with the loss of 21 of the 41 people on board. Survivors were rescued by Espoir (![]() |
Eliza | ![]() |
The sloop ran aground on the North Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Amlwch, Anglesey. She was refloated with assistance from the Hoylake Lifeboat and beached in a wrecked condition.[60] |
George | ![]() |
The schooner capsized 27 nautical miles (50 km) east of the Tuskar Rock with the loss of all but one of her crew. The survivor was rescued by (![]() |
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Ship | Country | Description |
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Albert Franklin | ![]() |
The ship foundered off the coast of Burma before 17 April. Her crew were rescued by Judge Shaw (![]() |
Arethusa | ![]() |
The brig foundered in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wexford.[14] |
Edward Phelan | ![]() |
The schooner was driven ashore at Wexford. Her crew were rescued.[47] |
Eliza Shairp | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on Long Island, New York, United States, before 27 April. She was on a voyage from St. Jago de Cuba, Cuba, to Swansea, Glamorgan.[90] |
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The paddle steamer ran aground at the Point of Varna, Ottoman Empire, before 20 April. She had been refloated by 22 April and taken in to Varna for repairs.[91][31] | |
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The paddle steamer ran aground at Kilkeel, County Down. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Dundalk, County Louth. She was refloated and taken in to Dundalk, where she arrived on 23 April in a severely leaky condition.[56] | |
Iris | ![]() |
The brigantine was driven ashore at Curracloe, County Wexford, with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by the Coast Guard using rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim, to Waterford.[47][44] |
Jeune St Charles | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on the Calf of Man, Isle of Man. She was on a voyage from Pontrieux, Côtes-du-Nord to Londonderry, United Kingdom.[61] |
John Campbell | ![]() |
The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 12 April. Her crew were rescued by Français (![]() |
Julia | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore on the Burnham Flats, Norfolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Kristiansand to Messina, Sicily. She was refloated and towed in to King's Lynn, Norfolk, on 7 April.[14] |
Juno | ![]() |
The barque was driven ashore at Dalhousie, Ceylon before 17 April.[86] |
Lablan | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Dalhousie, Ceylon before 17 April.[86] |
L. C. Kelly, and Victoria |
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The schooner L. C. Kelly collided with the brig Victoria in Chesapeake Bay before 17 April. Both vessels sank, with the loss of one life. Survivors were rescued by Adriana (![]() |
Lord Raglan | ![]() |
The ship was presumed to have foundered in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, to Stettin.[50] |
Lydia | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at South Foreland, Kent. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Portsmouth, Hampshire. She was refloated.[21] |
Machtilde Cornelia | Flag unknown | The ship foundered in the South China Sea. Her crew were rescued by Whirlwind (![]() |
Meliora | ![]() |
The ship ran aground on the Cromer Rocks. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, to Hong Kong. She was refloated and resumed her voyage, but consequently put in to Ramsgate, Kent, in a leaky condition.[21] |
Merzanpore | ![]() |
The ship ran aground and sank at Bombay before 17 April.[93] |
Minstrel | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked at Cape Maquary, Brazil, before 21 April. Her crew survived.[94] |
Nixon | ![]() |
The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Copenhagen, Denmark.[22] |
Northern Light | ![]() |
The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 18 April.[76] |
Penelope | ![]() |
The schooner was abandoned in the North Sea before 10 April.[3] |
Primoguet | ![]() |
The ship put in to Cádiz, Spain, in a sinking condition. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde, to Mauritius and Colombo, Ceylon.[23] |
Punch | ![]() |
The schooner was driven ashore near Carlingford, County Louth.[14] |
Rapid | ![]() |
The ship sank in the River Ribble before 4 April. She was on a voyage from Newry, County Antrim, to Preston, Lancashire.[29] |
Rixtina | ![]() |
The galiot was abandoned in the Dogger Bank before 8 April. Her crew were rescued.[38] |
Semaphore | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at . She was refloated on 22 April and taken in to Belfast, County Antrim flooded at the bow.[19] |
Singapore | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Dalhousie, Ceylon.[86] |
Squire | ![]() |
The full-rigged ship was abandoned in the Indian Ocean before 15 April.[95] |
Victor | ![]() |
The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Callao, Peru, to Dunkerque, Nord.[24] |
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