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List of shipwrecks in April 1840

The list of shipwrecks in April 1840 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during April 1840.

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1 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 1 April 1840
Ship State Description
Paragon   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Green Point, Cape Town, Cape Colony. She was on a voyage from Mauritius to London.[1][2]
Psyche   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the River Carron. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, to Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham.[3]
Splendid   United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Beaumaris, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Bangor, Caernarfonshire, to London.[4]
Wells   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked north of Hartlepool, County Durham. Her crew were rescued.[5]
Zephyr   United Kingdom The whaler ran aground of a reef off Borneo, Spanish East Indies. Her crew abandoned the ship on 3 April and set fire to her. They reached "Macassa Island" and were then found a ship to take them to Batavia, Netherlands East Indies.[6][7]

2 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 2 April 1840
Ship State Description
Acht Gebroders   Netherlands The ship was wrecked on the Île de Planier, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland, to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône.[8]
Experiment   British North America The ship was driven ashore on Campobello Island, New Brunswick. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba, to Saint John, New Brunswick.[9]
Thomas Beaufort   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Sheerness, Kent.[4] She was refloated on 3 April.[5]

3 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 3 April 1840
Ship State Description
Athenais Flag unknown The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Gibraltar. She was refloated.[10]
Catherine   France The ship was run down and sunk in the English Channel by Oceanus (  United States) with the loss of all but one of her crew.[11]
Hope   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Carbonear, Newfoundland, British North America. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, to Carbonear and Saint John's, Newfoundland.[12]
Ino   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Middle Bank, in the Solent. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, to Portsmouth, Hampshire.[5]
Isabella   United Kingdom The ship was destroyed by fire at sea. Her crew were rescued.[3]
Joseph Tyson   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the Algarve coast, Portugal. She had been refloated by 23 April.[13]
Sleepless   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Sunderland, County Durham. She was refloated on 5 April and put back to Sunderland.[14]
Tweed   United Kingdom The ship capsized at Liverpool, Lancashire.[4]

5 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 5 April 1840
Ship State Description
Vrow Gebina   Netherlands The ship was wrecked on the Poldern Sandbank, in the North Sea off the mouth of the Eider. She was on a voyage from Groningen to a Baltic port.[15][8]

6 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 6 April 1840
Ship State Description
Creole   Grenada The schooner was wrecked on the Recas. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Grenada to Curaçao.[16]
John and Susan   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Barber Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, to Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex. John and Susan was refloated and taken into Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[14]
Minerva   Netherlands The ship was wrecked on the English coast. She was on a voyage from a Dutch port to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Three crew reached Guernsey, Channel Islands, in a boat on 10 April.[17]
Princess Victoria   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Rye, Sussex. She was on a voyage drom London to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Princess Victoria was refloated and resumed her voyage.[18]
Surrey   United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Daring (  United Kingdom). Surrey was on a voyage from Sierra Leone to Plymouth, Devon.[19]

7 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 7 April 1840
Ship State Description
Hudscott   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on St Margaret's Island, Pembrokeshire.[15]
Jane   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and sank near Huntcliffe, County Durham Her crew were rescued by the Redcar Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Stockton-on-Tees.[15]
Jane   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire.[15] She was refloated on 10 April and taken into Milford Haven.[17]
Maitland   British North America The ship ran aground on Brownie's Island Reef and was wrecked with the loss of three of her nineteen crew.[9]
Mary Ann   United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore and wrecked at Pedan Olva Point, Cornwall. Both crew members were rescued.[20] She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan, to Poole, Dorset.[15]
New Hope   United Kingdom The ship struck a rock and sank at Fishguard, Pembrokeshire.[15]
Polly   United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on Rat Island, off Lundy Island, Devon. Her crew were rescued by HMRC Endeavour (  Board of Customs). Polly was on a voyage from Cork to Caernarfon.[21]

8 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 8 April 1840
Ship State Description
Glasgow   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at King's Lynn, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from London to Inverness.[8]
Joseph and Ann   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Harwich, Essex. She was later refloated.[8]
Lydia   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Eastbourne, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Singapore to London. Lydia was refloated the next day and taken into Seaford, Sussex.[8]

9 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 9 April 1840
Ship State Description
Artaxerxes   France The ship was wrecked on the north coast of Menorca, Spain, with the loss of 29 lives. She was on a voyage from Cette, Hérault to Algiers, Algeria.[22]
Caroline   United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Mauritius.[23]
Cervantes   United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Mauritius.[23]
Cove   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Mauritius.[23]
Deux Frères   Mauritius The coaster capsized and sank at Mauritius.[23]
Esperance   Mauritius The ship sank at Port Louis, Mauritius with the loss of all eight crew.[23]
George McCloud   United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Mauritius. She was refloated.[23]
Gregorio   Mauritius The schooner was damaged at Mauritius.[23]
Jeune Ferdinand   Mauritius The coaster sank at Mauritius.[23]
Laurencia   United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Mauritius.[23]
Louise   Mauritius The coaster capsized and sank at Mauritius.[23]
Lynhersand   Mauritius The schooner was damaged at Mauritius.[23]
Patriot   United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Mauritius. Her crew survived.[23]
Reform   United Kingdom The brig was run into by Stratford (  United Kingdom) at Mauritius and was severely damaged.[23]
Revenant   Mauritius The coaster capsized and sank at Mauritius.[23]
Sarah Doyle   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Skokholm, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, to Liverpool, Lancashire.[17]
St. Jean   Mauritius The coaster capsized and sank at Mauritius.[23]
Stratford   United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore at Mauritius.[23]
Vrai Francais   France The barque was driven ashore at Mauritius.[23]

11 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 11 April 1840
Ship State Description
Cordelia   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Pennington Spit, in the Solent.[17]
Eclipse   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Pennington Spit.[17]
Repeal   United Kingdom The brigantine sprang a leak and was beached on Cross Island, Maine, United States. She was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America, to Cork.[24][9][25]

12 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 12 April 1840
Ship State Description
Paulina   Dantsic The ship struck a rock and foundered off the "Isle of Glass". She was on a voyage from Dantsic to Belfast, County Antrim, United Kingdom.[22]

13 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 13 April 1840
Ship State Description
Indien   France The ship ran aground in the Ganges and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India, to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure.[26]
Pauline   Dantzic The ship was wrecked off the Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Dantzic to Belfast, County Antrim, United Kingdom.[27]
Terpisichore   Hamburg The ship ran aground on the Morven Sand and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, to Cuxhaven. Terpsichore was refloated and resumed her voyage.[28]

14 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 14 April 1840
Ship State Description
Bonito   United Kingdom The ship was holed by her anchor and sank in the River Tyne at South Shields, County Durham.[29] She was refloated on 20 April and beached in a severely damaged condition.[30]
Emmanuel   United Kingdom The ship capsized in the River Tyne at South Shields.[29]
Johannes   Hamburg The ship sprang a leak and was beached near "Harlingenhafen". She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Riga, Russia.[31]
Wave   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Latakia, Syria. She was on a voyage from Beirut to Alexandretta, Ottoman Empire.[32]

15 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 15 April 1840
Ship State Description
Brighton   United Kingdom The ship was holed by her anchor and sank at Penarth, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex, to Penarth. Brighton was refloated and taken into Cardiff, Glamorgan, for repairs.[10]
Brompton   United Kingdom The ship struck the Whitby Rock and sank.[29]
Deux Sœurs   France The whaler foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands.[12]
Janet Towers   United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Ballyshannon, County Donegal. She was taken into Mullaghmore, where she sank.[33]

16 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 16 April 1840
Ship State Description
Exchange   United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on Stroma in the Pentland Firth. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[33]
Voluna   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Padstow, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Padstow to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America. Voluna was refloated and taken into Padstow.[10]

17 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 17 April 1840
Ship State Description
Carouge   United Kingdom The ship was destroyed by fire at Londonderry.[22][34]
Exchange   United Kingdom The ship struck the south west point of Swanna, Orkney Islands, and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[31]
Jacob Pennell   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Long Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wexford. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to New York, United States. Jacob Pennell was later refloated.[27]
Mandarin   France The ship was lost at "St. Leu".[35]
Robert Bruce   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Long Bank. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Cork.[27] She was refloated and arrived at Cork on 23 April.[36]
Winscales p The ship ran aground at Maryport, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Sierra Leone to Maryport.[10]

18 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 18 April 1840
Ship State Description
Louisa   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Ballyshannon, County Donegal.[22]
Lydia   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore south of Campbeltown, Argyllshire. She was on a voyage from Gijón, Spain, to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[22]

19 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 19 April 1840
Ship State Description
James   United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Maryport, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim, to Maryport.[37]
Uitreding   Netherlands The ship was driven ashore and severet damaged on Lolland, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Greifswald to a Dutch port.[38] Uitreding was refloated on 27 April and taken into Rødby.[39]

20 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 20 April 1840
Ship State Description
Belle   United Kingdom The ship was sunk by ice in the Bay of Riga. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russian Empire, to Hull, Yorkshire.[40][41]
Pauline   France The ship capsized in the Bay of Palamos. Her crew were rescued.[42]

22 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 22 April 1840
Ship State Description
Bee   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Cantach Sound.[24]
Scotia   United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on Canna, Inner Hebrides. Her crew were rescued.[43] She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire, to Hull, Yorkshire.[44][9]

23 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 23 April 1840
Ship State Description
Amanda   Netherlands The ship was driven ashore at Ramsgate, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, to the Cape of Good Hope. Amanda was refloated and taken into Ramsgate.[31]
Hope   United Kingdom The ship struck a sunken rock and was damaged at Carbonear, Newfoundland, British North America. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, to Carbonear and Saint Johns, Newfoundland.[45]
Wismar   Wismar The ship was driven ashore at Formby Point, Lancashire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Wismar to Liverpool, Lancashire. Wismar was refloated and taken into Liverpool.[31]

24 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 24 April 1840
Ship State Description
Emerald   United Kingdom The ship caught fire in Lough Swilly and was scuttled.[46]
Neptune   Spain The ship ran aground at Thisted, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Cádiz to Helsingfors, Grand Duchy of Finland.[39]

25 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 25 April 1840
Ship State Description
Bedford   United States The steamboat struck a submerged object and sank in the Missouri River with the loss of seven lives.[47]
Byron   United Kingdom The full-rigged ship ran aground at New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.[48]
Polack   United Kingdom The barque ran aground at New Orleans.[48]
Rapid   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on a reef north west of Aalborg, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Stettin. Rapid was later refloated.[13]
Robert   Netherlands The ship was driven ashore near Rixhöft, Prussia.[13]
Shakespeare   United Kingdom The full-rigged ship ran aground at New Orleans.[48]

26 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 26 April 1840
Ship State Description
Bee   United Kingdom The ship ran aground off Longhope, Orkney Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Thurso, Caithness, to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[49]

27 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 27 April 1840
Ship State Description
Aurora   New Zealand The barque struck a rock and was wrecked at Kaipara Harbour. Her crew were rescued.[50][51]

28 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 28 April 1840
Ship State Description
Mercury   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Dundee, Forfarshire. She was on a voyage from Dundee to Copenhagen, Denmark. Mercury was refloated and resumed her voyage.[52]

29 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 29 April 1840
Ship State Description
Peace   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on The Shingles, off The Needles, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from São Miguel Island, Azores, to Southampton, Hampshire.[53] Peace was later refloated and taken into Southampton.[54]

30 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 30 April 1840
Ship State Description
Chippewa   United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and wrecked near Cap-des-Rosiers, with the loss of all but two of the 24 people on board. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire, to Montreal, Lower Canada, British North America.[55]
Elizabeth   Grenada The cutter was wrecked in Latarde Bay.[56]

Unknown date edit

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in April 1840
Ship State Description
Albion   United Kingdom The collier was driven ashore at Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure, France. She had been refloated and taken into Dieppe by 4 April.[18]
Aurora Frederica Flag unknown The ship ran aground at La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, France before 8 April.[57]
Eagle   New South Wales The schooner struck a rock and foundered in Whirlpool Reach, in the Tamar River.[58]
Margaret   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Busika Bay before 25 April. She was refloated an put into Tenedos, Ottoman Empire.[59]
Naiad   United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Dardanelles before 4 April. She was later refloated.[54]
Navarino   New South Wales The ship was wrecked on the coast of New Zealand.[35]
Orion   United Kingdom The ship was lost off "Cape St. Rocque" before 23 April. She was on a voyage from Cap-Haïtien, Haiti to the Cape of Good Hope, Africa.[60]
Peace   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on The Shingles, off The Needles, Isle of Wight, and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from São Miguel Island, Azores, to Southampton, Hampshire. Peace was later refloated and taken into Southampton.[39]
Robert   United Kingdom The ship was sunk by ice in Riga Bay between 3 and 21 April.[38]
Snire   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Llanmadoc, Glamorgan. She was refloated on 3 April and towed into Llanelly.[5]
Star   United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the North Sea off Lindisfarne, Northumberland. She was subsequently taken into North Sunderland, County Durham.[31]

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