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List of shipwrecks in April 1826

The list of shipwrecks in April 1826 includes some ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during April 1826.

1 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 1 April 1826
Ship State Description
Rosenbaum   Hamburg The ship was driven ashore at Memel, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Memel.[1]
Union   United Kingdom The ship was captured off "St. Andrew's", Africa. Her crew were murdered and the ship was run onto rocks and wrecked.[2]

2 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 2 April 1826
Ship State Description
Anna Elizabeth   Sweden The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Saint-Quentin-au-Bosc, Seine-Inférieure, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure.[3]
Lively   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore in Bighouse Bay, where she was wrecked on 5 April. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Easdale, Argyllshire to Aberdeen.[1][4]
Triad   United Kingdom The ship struck a rock off Tynemouth Castle, County Durham. She subsequently came ashore at Cullercoats, County Durham and was damaged with the loss of a crew member. Triad was on a voyage from Hamburg to South Shields, County Durham.[3] She was refloated on 8 April and taken in to North Shields in a waterlogged condition.[5]

7 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 7 April 1826
Ship State Description
Emanuel   Netherlands The ship ran aground at Beachy Head, Sussex, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Surinam to Amsterdam, North Holland . Emanuel was refloated on 10 April and beached at Cooden, Sussex, where she was wrecked on 12 April.[5][6]
Goodintent   United Kingdom The ship was in collision with Janet (  United Kingdom) and sank in the North Sea with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by Yorkshireman (  United Kingdom).[5]
Norval   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged in Table Bay. She was on a voyage from London to the Cape Colony and Bengal, India. Norval was refloated the next day.[7]
Sylvanus   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at "Hogeness", Sweden.[8] She was refloated in mid-July.[9]
Verheldersum   Netherlands The ship struck a rock and foundered off Warren Point, County Down, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland to Belfast, County Antrim, United Kingdom.[5]

8 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 8 April 1826
Ship State Description
Desiré   France The ship was driven ashore and capsized at Oye-Plage, Pas-de-Calais. She was on a voyage from Cette, Hérault to Dunkerque, Nord.[5]

9 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 9 April 1826
Ship State Description
Twey Gebroeders   Netherlands The ship was wrecked on the Norwegian coast with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Norway to Harlingen, Friesland.[10]

10 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 10 April 1826
Ship State Description
Alexander   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in Carnarvon Bay. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool, Lancashire.[11]
Helen   United Kingdom The ship ran aground off Southport, Lancashire and was consequently beached at Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Sligo to Liverpool.[12]
Mary   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Ambergrease Key. She was on a voyage from "Omna" to Gibraltar.[13]
Union   Jersey The brig was wrecked on the Mixon Shoal, in the Bristol Channel off Swansea, Glamorgan. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Swansea to Jersey.[1][14][15]

11 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 11 April 1826
Ship State Description
Charles Grant   British East India Company The East Indiaman was driven ashore at Anjar, India. She was on a voyage from China to London. She was refloated and taken in to Bombay for repairs.[16]
Giraffa   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Bude, Cornwall with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Cork to London[12][14]
Squirrel   British North America The ship sprang a leak and was beached on Prince Edward Island. She was on a voyage from Tobago to Saint John, New Brunswick.[17]

12 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 12 April 1826
Ship State Description
Belisarius   British North America The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean.[18]
Courier   Netherlands The ship was driven ashore on the south coast of Texel, North Holland.[1]
Deux Amis   France The ship ran aground at Saint-Valery-sur-Somme. She was on a voyage from Cette, Hérault to Málaga, Spain and Saint-Valery-sur-Somme.[8]
Jeune Aline   France The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Camaret-sur-Mer, Finistère. She was on a voyage from Guadeloupe to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure.[19]
Océan   France The ship was driven ashore near St. Ives, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Campeche, Mexico to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure.[14]
Speedwell   British North America The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean.[18]

13 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 13 April 1826
Ship State Description
Australia   New South Wales The brig was driven ashore and wrecked 12 nautical miles (22 km) north of Newcastle. She was on a voyage from Batavia, Netherlands East Indies to Sydney[20]
Mountaineer   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Aberdeen. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Aberdeen. Mountaineer was refloated the next day and taken to Aberdeen.[1]
Waterville   United States The ship was wrecked at São Miguel Island, Azores.[17]

15 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 15 April 1826
Ship State Description
Duncan Forbes   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Mazagan, Morocco. She was on a voyage from Bahia, Brazil to Gibraltar.[21][22]
Hoop   Netherlands The ship was driven ashore at Escalles, Pas-de-Calais, France. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Lisbon, Portugal.[1]
Howard   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near the mouth of the Hunter's River, New South Wales. She was on a voyage from Singapore to Sydney, New South Wales.[23]
Livonia   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Torekov, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Libava, Courland Governorate.[24]
Whitby   United Kingdom The ship caught fire in the River Thames and was severely damaged.[19]

16 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 16 April 1826
Ship State Description
Messenger   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Rattray Head, Aberdeenshire. She was on a voyage from Cromarty to Inverkeithing, Fife.[19]

17 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 17 April 1826
Ship State Description
Carolina   Bremen The ship ran aground on the Tegeler Plate, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Bayonne, Basses-Pyrénées, France to Bremen. Carolina was later refloated and taken in to Fedderwarden, Duchy of Oldenburg.[19]
Joker   United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on a reef off Seaton, Cornwall.[25]

18 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 18 April 1826
Ship State Description
Jean   United Kingdom The whaler was sunk by ice off the west coast of Greenland (70°20′N 10°00′W / 70.333°N 10.000°W / 70.333; -10.000). Forty-seven of her 51 crew survived.[26][27]

19 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 19 April 1826
Ship State Description
Harpooner   Bremen The whaler was lost off Greenland with the loss of all hands.[28][29]
Jane   United Kingdom The ship ran aground in Calf Sound and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Strangford, County Antrim to Liverpool, Lancashire.[19]
Lively   United Kingdom The whaler was lost off Greenland with the loss of all hands.[28][29]
Shipley   United Kingdom The transport ship was wrecked at Kitridge Head, Barbados. All 147 people on board were rescued.[30]

22 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 22 April 1826
Ship State Description
Ernestine   Stettin The ship was driven ashore at Thisted, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Bordeaux, Gironde, France.[31]
Venus   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Bay of Adra, Spain.[32]

23 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 23 April 1826
Ship State Description
Pereverance   United Kingdom The ship was run into at Monte Video, Uruguay by a warship and was damaged beyond repair.[33]
Tipton Hall   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Peniscola, Spain.[34]
Union   United Kingdom The ship's crew were murdered and the vessel run ashore and burnt at St. Andrew's, Africa.[35]

24 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 24 April 1826
Ship State Description
Alfred   United Kingdom The ship departed from Newfoundland, British North America for Pernambuco, Brazil. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[36]

26 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 26 April 1826
Ship State Description
Antrim   United Kingdom The ship was holed by an anchor and sank near Garmoyle, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Belfast, County Antrim.[37]
Veloce   Grand Duchy of Tuscany The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Mediterranean Sea. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Livorno to Malta.[38]

27 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 27 April 1826
Ship State Description
Helena   Netherlands The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean.[38]
Traveller   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Halifax, Nova Scotia.[39]

28 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 28 April 1826
Ship State Description
Gesina Gerdina   Norway The ship was driven ashore near Dunkerque, Nord, France. She was on a voyage from Mandahl to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure.[10]

30 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 30 April 1826
Ship State Description
James Hunter   United States The ship was wrecked in the Magdalen Islands, Nova Scotia, British North America with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America.[40]
Model   France The ship was wrecked on the Morasoca Rock, off Marajó, Brazil. She was on a voyage from Pará, Brazil to Martinique.[41]
Skipsey   United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Isaac Hicks (  United States). Skipsey was on a voyage from London to Miramichi, New Brunswick, British North America.[7]
Symmetry   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Skagen, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to Youghal, County Cork.[31]

Unknown date edit

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in April 1826
Ship State Description
Amoricain   France The ship was wrecked on the coast of Senegal.[42]
Emma   United Kingdom The ship ran aground and was beached at Oporto, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Oporto.[5]
Errinerung   Stettin The ship was lost on Ertholmene, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Stettin to London, United Kingdom.[37]
Freundschaft Flag unknown The ship was wrecked near Gibraltar. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Matanzas, Cuba to Gibraltar.[1]
George & Wilhelm   United Kingdom The ship foundered off the coast of Cornwall between 10 and 17 April. She was on a voyage from Cork to Riga, Russia.[8]
Inca   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Camotal Bank. She was on a voyage from Guatemala City to Lima, Peru. Inca was refloated three days later with assistance from Diligente (  French Navy) and USS United States (  United States Navy).[43]
Mars   New South Wales The cutter was wrecked near Port Stephens.[44]
Narrow Escape   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in a cove near Tintagel, Cornwall when a heavy ground sea suddenly rose. Her crew survived.[45][46]
Scipio Flag unknown The schooner was lost at Tangier, Morocco.[38]
Stanmore   United Kingdom The ship was destroyed by fire at Bengal, India before 5 April.[47]
Sylvanus   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Hogeness, Sweden.[24]
Tamibestotten   Norway The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Dordrecht, South Holland, Netherlands to Bergen.[37]

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