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List of shipwrecks in April 1872

The list of shipwrecks in April 1872 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during April 1872.

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1 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 1 April 1872
Ship State Description
Amanda Jane   Canada The brigantine ran aground at the mouth of the River Amazon. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom to Pará, Brazil. She was refloated and resumed her voyage in a leaky condition, but had to be beached at "Vegia".[1]
Baltic   United Kingdom The brigantine sprang a leak and was beached at Campbeltown, Argyllshire. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[2]
Matford   United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Corton Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Exeter, Devon. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk in a leaky condition.[3][4]

2 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 2 April 1872
Ship State Description
Astrologer   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the New Cut of the Danube. She was on a voyage from Constantinople to Galaţi, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated on 4 April and completed her voyage.[5]
Jessie   United Kingdom The ketch ran aground on the Woolpack Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk and was wrecked. Her six crew survived. She was on a voyage from London to Leith, Lothian.[6][7]
Viking   United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and wrecked in Harlyn Bay with the loss of two lives. Seven people were rescued by the Padstow Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Plymouth, Devon.[8][9][10]

3 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 3 April 1872
Ship State Description
Germania Flag unknown The steamship was driven ashore on Hiiumaa, Russia. She was refloated with assistance and taken in to Reval, Russia.[8]
Matagorda   United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on the Isle of May, Fife. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Burntisland, Fife to Dantsic, Germany.[8][7]
Storm   United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of Brazil. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Pará, Brazil.[11][1]

4 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 4 April 1872
Ship State Description
Carrick Maid   United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the barque Excelsior (  United Kingdom). Carrick Maid was on a voyage from the Clyde to the Rio Grande.[12][13]
Mary Ellen   United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore in the River Mersey and sank. Her crew were rescued by the Point of Ayr Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Plymouth, Devon.[8][14]

5 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 5 April 1872
Ship State Description
Danube   Sweden The schooner was towed in to Hellevoetsluis, Zeeland, Netherlands in a derelict condition. She had been on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Gothenburg.[5]
Dromedary   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the Isle of Wight.[15]

6 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 6 April 1872
Ship State Description
Angora   United Kingdom The schooner foundered in the Irish Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) north west of The Skerries, Anglesey. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Irvine, Ayrshire to London.[12]

7 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 7 April 1872
Ship State Description
Argyll   United Kingdom The schooner foundered in the Irish Sea 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) north west of The Skerries, Anglesey. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bangor, Caernarfonshire to Dundalk, County Louth.[12]
Bosphorus   United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Breaksea Point, Glamorgan. She was refloated with the assistance of two tugs and taken in to Penarth, Glamorgan.[13]
Davidi   Italy The barque was driven ashore and wrecked near Algiers, Algeria.[16][17]
Furness Abbey   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Ayr. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Troon, Ayrshire.[18]
Mariquitas   Spain The schooner was wrecked at the mouth of the Minho. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Marín to "Campos Ancos".[19]

8 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 8 April 1872
Ship State Description
Adelaide Baker   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Grand Bahama, Bahamas. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was later refloated and taken in to Nassau, Bahamas.[20]
George Pyman   United Kingdom The steamship sprang a leak and foundered off the Dogger Bank. Her seventeen crew were rescued by fishing smacks. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Hamburg, Germany.[21][22]
Kensington   United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore at Seascale, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Whitehaven, Cumberland.[12][23] She was later refloated.[24]
Margaret   United Kingdom The brigantine was wrecked near the Point of Ayr Lighthouse, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from Queensferry, Flintshire to Plymouth, Devon.[12]
Maria   United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore at Coleraine, County Antrim.[23]
Merton   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Borth, Cardiganshire. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall to Runcorn, Cheshire.[16][23]
Strathmore   United Kingdom The barque collided with the barque Glengaber (  United Kingdom) and sank in the River Mersey. Her crew were rescued. Strathmore was on a voyage from Singapore, Straits Settlements to Liverpool, Lancashire.[16][18] She was refloated on 22 April and beached.[25] She broke in two on 7 May.[26]

9 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 9 April 1872
Ship State Description
Elizabeth   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near the Ribble Lighthouse, Lancashire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Piel Island to Preston, Lancashire.[16] Also reported as on a voyage from Preston to Kiel, Germany.[18]
Marie Nicholson   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Gibraltar Bay.[17]
Tokei Marie   Japan The ship was wrecked between Cape Esau and Cape Blunt, Hokkaido. All on board survived.[27]

10 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 10 April 1872
Ship State Description
Charles H. Southard   United States The ship struck a sunken wreck and was damaged. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. She put back to New Orleans in a leaky condition.[28]
John   United Kingdom The ship was run ashore at Plymouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from Plymouth to Hull, Yorkshire. She was condemned.[29]

11 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 11 April 1872
Ship State Description
HMS Jackal   Royal Navy The Jackal-class gunvessel was driven ashore at the mouth of the River Aray. She was refloated.[30]
P. B. King   Turks Islands The schooner was wrecked on a reef off the Grand Turk Lighthouse. She was on a voyage from St. Jago de Cuba, Cuba to the Turks Islands.[31]
Wimbledon   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the South Breakers off the coast of Georgia, United States. She was on a voyage from Darien, Georgia to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated the next day.[32][33]
Unnamed   United Kingdom The schooner collided with a steamship and sank in the Gull Stream. Her crew were rescued by the steamship.[34]

12 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 12 April 1872
Ship State Description
Maori   United Kingdom The schooner struck the Carr Rock and sank north west of Fife Ness. She was on a voyage from Montrose, Forfarshire to Charleston, South Carolina, United States.[29][17][33]
Palkee   India The buggalow was run down and sunk by the steamship Livornio (  Italy) at Bombay with the loss of eleven of the 44 people on board. .[35]

13 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 13 April 1872
Ship State Description
Sorrento   United Kingdom The steamship sank at Cardiff, Glamorgan.[36]

15 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 15 April 1872
Ship State Description
Adele Oswald   Germany The brig was driven ashore and wrecked on the Manga Paui Rocks, 12 nautical miles (22 km) south of Zanzibar in a hurricane with the loss of all thirteen crew.[37][38]
Bushire Merchant   United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and wrecked in a hurricane at Zanzibar.[38] Her crew were rescued.[39]
El Majidi   Sultanate of Zanzibar The full-rigged ship was driven ashore in a hurricane at Zanzibar. Her crew were rescued. She was refloated on 7 July.
Euphemia   United Kingdom The schooner sprang a leak and was beached on the Isle of Arran, where she was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Belfast, County Antrim.[29][17]
Fiera Mosca   United Kingdom The ship caught fire at Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom and was scuttled.[40]
Hinrich   Germany The schooner sank in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to a British port.[41]
Iskandar Shah   Sultanate of Zanzibar The frigate was driven ashore and wrecked in a hurricane at Zanzibar. Her crew were rescued.[39]
Kiboko   Sultanate of Zanzibar The steam launch was driven ashore and wrecked in a hurricane at Zanzibar.[39]
Lobelia   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in a hurricane at Zanzibar.[38] Her crew were rescued.[39]
Palmer   United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked at Walcott, Norfolk.[41]
Secunder Shah   Sultanate of Zanzibar The yacht was driven ashore and wrecked in a hurricane at Zanzibar.[38]
Shah Allum   Sultanate of Zanzibar The corvette was driven ashore and wrecked in a hurricane at Zanzibar.[38] Her crew were rescued.[39]
Suleyman Shah   Sultanate of Zanzibar The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in a hurricane at Zanzibar.[38] Her crew were rescued.[39]
Star   Sultanate of Zanzibar The steamship sank in a hurricane at Zanzibar.[38] Her crew were rescued.[39]
Sultana   Sultanate of Zanzibar The steamship was lost in a hurricane at Zanzibar .[38] Her crew were rescued.[39]

16 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 16 April 1872
Ship State Description
Ciara Brown Flag unknown The schooner was taken in to Saint John's, Newfoundland Colony in a derelict condition.[32]

17 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 17 April 1872
Ship State Description
Fleur de Marie   United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay and sank. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Teignmouth, Devon to Liverpool, Lancashire.[42]
Johan Wilhelm   Norway The ship was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the brig Forenginen (  Norway). Johan Wilhelm was on a voyage from Kragerø to Buckie, Banffshire, United Kingdom.[25][43]
Lutzken   Germany The barque caught fire at New York and was scuttled.[44]
Mary Catherine   United Kingdom The Yorkshire Billyboy collided with the Yorkshire Billyboy Village Maid (  United Kingdom) and sank in the River Thames at Blackwall, Middlesex.[19][33]
Merry Andrew   United Kingdom The tug collided with another vessel and sank in the River Mersey.[42]
Ocean Bird   New Zealand The 33-ton schooner left Lyttelton Harbour. The master of the schooner Emerald (  New Zealand) reported seeing her capsized hull to the west of Stephens Island a week later. All three men on board perished. The steamer Lyttelton, aided by the steamer Charles Edward (both   New Zealand) managed to tow her to Nelson.[45]
Unnamed   United Kingdom The Mersey Flat sank in the River Mersey off Seacombe, Cheshire.[42]

18 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 18 April 1872
Ship State Description
Ellen Lewis   United Kingdom The barque caught fire at Singapore, Straits Settlements and was scuttled. She was on a voyage from Amoy, China to Singapore. She was refloated.[37]

19 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 19 April 1872
Ship State Description
Mathilde   Spain The barque caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean and was abandoned by her crew.[46]

20 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 20 April 1872
Ship State Description
Alcyone   Netherlands The ship was sighted off Anjer, Netherlands East Indies whilst bound for a Dutch port. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[47]
Alicia   United Kingdom The barque was wrecked at Rangoon, Burma. She was on a voyage from Rangoon to Singapore, Straits Settlements.[37]
Antonie   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on North Ronaldshay, Orkney Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stettin, Germany to Liverpool, Lancashire.[25]
Barbara Christine   Norway The galiot was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk, United Kingdom with the loss of four of her five crew. The survivor was rescued by John and Emma (  United Kingdom). Barbara Christine was on a voyage from Bergen to a French port.[48][49][50]
Fritz Gruber   Greece The schooner was destroyed by fire at Pyrgos.[51]
Neva   France The steamship ran aground in the Bangka Strait and was wrecked.[25][52]
Rona   China The steamship collided with the steamship Ava (  France) and sank at Hong Kong. Two crew were rescued, 60 crew were reported missing.[53][25]

21 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 21 April 1872
Ship State Description
Brothers   United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore and severely damaged at Rothesay, Isle of Bute.[54]
Leonie   France The schooner was driven ashore near Gravelines, Nord. She was on a voyage from Gravelines to London, United Kingdom.[55]
Little Nell   United Kingdom The fishing boat foundered off Ameland, Friesland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued.[28][56]
Mariette   France The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Kingstown, County Dublin, United Kingdom. Her twelve crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Nantes, Loire-Inférieure to Londonderry, United Kingdom.[25][57][58]
Princess Elfida   United Kingdom The barque foundered off the Dudgeon Sandbank, in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the barque Hercules (  United Kingdom). Princess Elfida was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Odessa, Russia.[24]
Sally Anne   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Kingstown with the loss of one of her three crew. She was on a voyage from Port Madoc, Caernarfonshire to Londonderry.[25][57][54]
Thomas   United Kingdom The brigantine ran aground on the Little Burbo Sandbank, in Liverpool Bay. She floated off and sank at the mouth of the River Mersey with the loss of one of her four crew. Survivors were rescued by the pilot boat No. 12 (  United Kingdom). Thomas was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Waterford.[25][59]

22 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 22 April 1872
Ship State Description
Amphitrite   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. Her crew were rescued by the South Shields Lifeboat. Amphitrite was on a voyage from Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure, France to South Shields, County Durham.[25] She was refloated on 8 May and taken in to South Shields.[60]
Aurora   United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked near Fowey, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Charlestown, Cornwall.[25][49]
Bonnie   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the West Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay. Her crew were rescued by the Hoylake and Point of Ayr Lifeboats. She was refloated.[58]
Intrepid   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore near Greenore, County Louth. She was on a voyage from Wexford to Neath, Glamorgan.[25][49] She was refloated on 24 April.[56]
Isabella Hunter   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Cape Bon, Beylik of Tunis. She was on a voyage from Patras, Greece to a British port.[13]
Magdalena   Malta The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Cape Bon.[13]
Margaret and Ann   United Kingdom The schooner sank off Leith, Lothian. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Nairn.[25][43]

23 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 23 April 1872
Ship State Description
Ceres   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore between Amble and Cresswell, Northumberland.[61][49] She was refloated on 25 April.[62]
Daniel Huntley   Canada The brigantine was abandoned in the Irish Sea. Her crew were rescued by Travancore (  United Kingdom). Daniel Huntley was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Belfast, County Antrim, United Kingdom.[51][62]
Queen of the East   United States The ship was wrecked on a reef in the Pacific Ocean. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from San Francisco, California to Newcastle, New South Wales and Hong Kong.[63]

24 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 24 April 1872
Ship State Description
Evora   United Kingdom The steamship was driven onto rocks at Montevideo, Uruguay. All on board survived. She was a total loss.[37][64]
Ingeborg   Sweden The ship ran aground, capsized and sank at Whitby, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Bergen to Whitby.[65][56]

25 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 25 April 1872
Ship State Description
Alert   United Kingdom The ship struck the pier at Dunkerque, Nord, France and sank. She was on a voyage from Charlestown, Cornwall to Dunkerque. She was refloated.[32][62]
Cynthia   United Kingdom The steamship was driven onto the Bondicar Rocks, on the coast of Northumberland. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[51]
Princess Elfrida   United Kingdom The ship was abandoned off the Dudgeon Sandbank, in the North Sea. Her fourteen crew survived. She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Odessa, Russia.[55]

26 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 26 April 1872
Ship State Description
HMS Hawk   Royal Navy The gunboat ran aground on Butler Pladdy, off the Irish coast. She was refloated and taken in to Kingstown, County Dublin.[62]
Nant-y-glo   United Kingdom The brig was wrecked at East London, Cape Colony Her crew were rescued.[66][67]
Susan Pardew   Canada The ship was wrecked in Algoa Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Mossel Bay to Montreal, Quebec.[66][67]

28 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 28 April 1872
Ship State Description
Aurora   Newfoundland Colony The sealer was sunk by ice off the coast of Labrador with the loss of 74 lives.[68]
Auster   Newfoundland Colony The sealer was sunk by ice off the coast of Labrador with the loss of 97 lives.[68]
Balaklava   Newfoundland Colony The sealer was sunk by ice off the coast of Labrador with the loss of 79 lives.[68]
Bloodhound   Newfoundland Colony The sealer, a steamship, collided with an iceberg off the coast of Labrador. She was abandoned the next day and sank. Her 125 crew were rescued by the steamship Nimrod (  Newfoundland Colony).[69][68]
Brothers   Newfoundland Colony The sealer, a brig, was driven ashore at Battle Harbour, Labrador. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Nimrod (  Newfoundland Colony).[69]
Brothers   Newfoundland Colony The sealer was sunk by ice off the coast of Labrador with the loss of 90 lives.[68]
Dolphin   Newfoundland Colony The sealer was driven ashore at Battle Harbour. Her crew survived.[69]
Eclipse   Newfoundland Colony The sealer was sunk by ice off the coast of Labrador with the loss of 99 lives.[68]
Edgar Doran   Newfoundland Colony The sealer was sunk by ice off the coast of Labrador with the loss of 102 lives.[68]
Eglantine   Newfoundland Colony The sealer was sunk by ice off the coast of Labrador with the loss of 80 lives.[68][70]
Emily Ann   Newfoundland Colony The sealer was sunk by ice off the coast of Labrador with the loss of 113 lives.[68]
Esquimaux   Newfoundland Colony The sealer was sunk by ice off the coast of Labrador with the loss of 104 lives.[68]
First Fruit   Newfoundland Colony The sealer was sunk by ice off the coast of Labrador with the loss of 75 lives.[68]
Flash   Newfoundland Colony The sealer was sunk by ice off the coast of Labrador with the loss of 101 lives.[68]
Glencoe   Newfoundland Colony The sealer was driven ashore at Battle Harbour. Her crew survived.[69]
Hawk   Newfoundland Colony The sealer, a steamship was sunk by ice off the coast of Labrador with the loss of 175 lives.[68]
Hector   Newfoundland Colony The sealer was sunk by ice off the coast of Labrador with the loss of 100 lives.[68]
Herbert Luby   Newfoundland Colony The sealer was sunk by ice off the coast of Labrador with the loss of 98 lives.[68]
Hero   Newfoundland Colony The sealer was sunk by ice off the coast of Labrador with the loss of 42 lives.[68]
Home of the North   Newfoundland Colony The sealer was sunk by ice off the coast of Labrador with the loss of 132 lives.[68]
Hunter   Newfoundland Colony The sealer was sunk by ice off the coast of Labrador with the loss of 50 lives.[68]
Huntsman   Newfoundland Colony The sealer, a brig was destroyed by ice off the coast of Newfoundland with the loss of 45 or 55 of the 62 people on board. Survivors were rescued by Rescue (  Newfoundland Colony).[71][72][69][73]
Iceland   Newfoundland Colony The sealer, a steamship, was sunk by ice off the coast of Labrador with the loss of 132 lives.[68]
Ironsides   Newfoundland Colony The sealer was sunk by ice off the coast of Labrador with the loss of 115 lives.[68]
Laplander   Newfoundland Colony The sealer was sunk by ice off the coast of Labrador with the loss of 80 lives.[68]
Leonora   Newfoundland Colony The sealer was sunk by ice off the coast of Labrador with the loss of 62 lives.[68]
Lord Clyde   Newfoundland Colony The sealer was driven ashore at Battle Harbour. Her crew survived.[69]
Lord of the Isles   Newfoundland Colony The sealer was sunk by ice off the coast of Labrador with the loss of 75 lives.[68]
Lucknow   Newfoundland Colony The sealer was sunk by ice off the coast of Labrador with the loss of 98 lives.[68]
Maid of Judah   Newfoundland Colony The sealer was sunk by ice off the coast of Labrador with the loss on 97 lives.[68]
Margante   Newfoundland Colony The sealer was sunk by ice off the coast of Labrador with the loss of 45 lives.[68][70]
Mary Jane   Newfoundland Colony The sealer was sunk by ice off the coast of Labrador with the loss of 43 lives.[68]
Meteor   Newfoundland Colony The sealer was sunk by ice off the coast of Labrador with the loss of 70 lives.[68]
Nightingale   Newfoundland Colony The sealer was sunk by ice off the coast of Labrador with the loss of 65 lives.[68]
Pride of the Sea   Newfoundland Colony The sealer was sunk by ice off the coast of Labrador with the loss of 117 lives.[68]
Queen of the Isles   Newfoundland Colony The sealer was sunk by ice off the coast of Labrador with the loss of 96 lives.[68]
Redman   Newfoundland Colony The sealer was sunk by ice off the coast of Labrador with the loss of 68 lives.[68]
R. G. Y.   Newfoundland Colony The sealer was sunk by ice off the coast of Labrador with the loss of all 100 crew.[68]
Rover   Newfoundland Colony The sealer was sunk by ice off the coast of Labrador with the loss of 90 lives.[68]
Sandbach   United Kingdom The ship was driven into Christabel and Rachel Blackwood (both   United Kingdom) and drove ashore at Demerara, British Guiana. She was severely damaged.[74]
Spark   Newfoundland Colony The sealer was sunk by ice off the coast of Labrador with the loss of 102 lives.[68]
Teira Nova   Newfoundland Colony The sealer was sunk by ice off the coast of Labrador with the loss of 115 lives.[68]
Twin Sisters   Newfoundland Colony The sealer, a brig was sunk by ice off the coast of Labrador with the loss of 73 of her 98 crew. Survivors were rescued by the steamship Retriever (  Newfoundland Colony).[68][70]
William V. May   Newfoundland Colony The sealer was sunk by ice off the coast of Labrador with the loss of 91 lives.[68]
Witch of the Waves   Newfoundland Colony The sealer was sunk by ice off the coast of Labrador with the loss of 93 lives.[68]

29 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 29 April 1872
Ship State Description
Amalia Emma   Netherlands The schooner was discovered abandoned in the North Sea by the smack Poolster (Flag unknown). She was taken in tow but sank.[75]
Baggio Asserto   Italy The barque struck the Long Pladdy, off the Irish coast and sank.[76] She was on a voyage from Odessa, Russia to Londonderry, United Kingdom.[77]
Monticello   United States The steamship foundered in the North Atlantic Ocean 130 nautical miles (240 km) off Saint Pierre Island. All 130 people on board were rescued by a French steamship.[73]
Retriever   Newfoundland Colony The sealer, a steamship, ran aground 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off Battle Harbour, Labrador and was abandoned by the 165 people on board, who were rescued by the steamship Nimrod (  Newfoundland Colony). Retriever sank the next day.[69][68][70]

30 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 30 April 1872
Ship State Description
Colin Russell   United Kingdom The schooner was run into by Naomi and Jane (  United Kingdom) and sank at Ramsey, Isle of Man. Her crew survived. Colin Russell was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Strangford, County Down.[78]

Unknown date edit

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in April 1872
Ship State Description
Alma   United Kingdom The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 6 April.[29]
Alpha   Norway The ship was wrecked on Anholt, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Dram to Memel, Germany.[7]
Anna   United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked off Domesnes, Russia. Her crew were rescued.[61] She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Leith, Lothian.[62]
Antares   Germany The ship was wrecked off the Norwegian coast.[79]
Argo   United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore in "Dunworldy Bay". She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Queenstown, County Cork She subsequently capsized but her crew were rescued.[13][18]
Argyll   United Kingdom The ship foundered off The Skerries, Anglesey.[13]
Arragon   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on Governor's Island, New York. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to New York.[6]
Aurora   United Kingdom The ship foundered off The Skerries. She was on a voyage from Bangor, Caernarfonshire to Dundalk, County Louth.[13]
Ayton   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Barber's Point, in the Dardanelles. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated with assistance from the tug Anna Dorthes (  Ottoman Empire).[79]
Bebbington   United Kingdom The ship ran aground in Saint Helena Sound. She was on a voyage from the Bull River to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[18]
Bidwell   United States The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Antwerp, Belgium.[32]
Brothers   United Kingdom The Mersey Flat was driven ashore in the Hilbre Islands, Cheshire.[51]
Candace   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at "Crapad Harbour", Prince Edward Island, Canada. She was on a voyage from Prince Edward Island to Liverpool, Lancashire.[79]
Compass   United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Clonakilty, County Cork. She was on a voyage from Cork to Clonakilty.[40]
Concordia   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in Gabarus Bay and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Liverpool.[80][81]
Cortes   Spain The steamship was abdandoned in the Atlantic Ocean in a sinking condition. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Ville de Cadiz (  France). Cortes was on a voyage from Barcelona to London, United Kingdom.[12][18]
C. W. Minott   United States The ship was wrecked on Salt Key. She was on a voyage from New York to Matanzas, Cuba.[55]
Dacian   United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked on Flint Rock, in Clam Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada. All on board survived. She was on a voyage from London to Halifax, Nova Scotia.[28][82][22]
Daniel   Netherlands The brig sprang a leak and was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Lisbon, Portugal.[5]
Eliza   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at the Point of Ayr, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from London to Saltney, Cheshire.[61]
Elizabeth   Nicaragua The steamship ran aground in Lake Nicaragua and was wrecked.[83]
Everett Grey   United Kingdom The barque sank in the River Thames at Blackwall, Middlesex. She was refloated and beached.[34]
Farval   Norway The ship put in to Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom in a waterlogged condition.[79]
Flor del Mar   Spain The polacca was wrecked near Peniche, Portugal. Her crew were rescued.[77]
Florencia   Spain The schooner was wrecked at Caminha, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Oliva to London.[41]
Gerhard   Germany The ship was wrecked off Thisted, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Riga.[17]
Gouverneur de Rouville   France The ship ran aground at San Juan Bautista, Mexico. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Santo Domingo Tonalá. She had been refloated by 2 May and subsequently resumed her voyage.[28][55][84]
Hailoong   China The steamship was driven ashore at Breaker Point, near Swatow.[12] Her crew were rescued.[13] She was later refloated and towed in to Hong Kong.[33]
Heimdall   United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in ice in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Kilrush, County Clare to Richibucto, New Brunswick, Canada.[51][62]
Helena   Norway The ship capsized in the North Sea before 19 April.[55]
Henry Lawson   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in Motril Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Motril, Spain.[32][76]
Jane A. Bishop   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at São Miguel Island, Azores with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Gaboon to Hamburg, Germany.[33]
Jeune Maria   France The ship was driven ashore at Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie, Vendée. She was on a voyage from La Rochelle, Charente-Inférieure to Gloucester, United Kingdom.[22]
Kathleen Allen   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Riga.[42]
Lahore   United Kingdom The ship was abandoned at sea. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Naples, Italy.[22]
Louise   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Ars-en-Ré, Charente-Inférieure. She was on a voyage from Saint-Martin-de-Ré, Charente-Inférieure to Saint Pierre.[22]
Magnet   New Zealand The 153-ton brig was reported missing in April. In mid-May, the mate of the ketch Mary reported seeing a floating derelict brig drifting near the mouth of the Whanganui Inlet, which was thought to be the Magnet.[85]
Maria Eugenia   Chile The schooner was discovered abandoned in the Boca del Guazu, evidently having been attacked. Her cargo had been stolen and several dead crew were on board.[86]
Marie   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Coleraine, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Newnham, Gloucestershire to Coleraine.[18]
Matichia   Greece The brig collided with the steamship Staffa (  United Kingdom) and sank in the Bosphorus.[40]
May Flower Flag unknown The ship was wrecked off Seal Island, Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, United States to Halifax.[19]
Melanie   France The barque was wrecked at "Point Indeo", Brazil.[42]
Miguel   Spain The brigantine was wrecked near Peniche. Her crew were rescued.[77]
Mindanao   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Lynas Cove.[13] She was on a voyage from Leith to Liverpool. She was refloated and towed in to Liverpool.[18]
Mogart   Canada The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 16 April.[87]
Mona's Queen   Isle of Man The schooner foundered in the Irish Sea 12 nautical miles (22 km) off Douglas Head. Her crew survive. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Douglas.[88][89]
Moneta   United States The ship was destroyed by fire at New Orleans. She was on a voyage from New Orleans to Cronstadt, Russia.[19]
Nercy Marie   France The ship foundered. She was on a voyage from Madagascar to Mayotte.[22]
Ninas   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at "Bangary".[19]
Polar Star   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Amoy, China. Her crew were rescued.[55][65]
Proven   Norway The schooner capsized in the North Sea. She was taken in to Farsund on 1 May in a capsized condition.[31]
Right of Way   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Banff. She was refloated and taken in to Lossiemouth, Moray.[13]
Roma   United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked on Ockseu Island, Formosa between 11 and 16 April. She was on a voyage from Swatow to Hong Kong.[67]
Sikkoba Flag unknown The ship was wrecked on the Horn Reef, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Gloucester, United Kingdom to Riga.[77][90]
Negociant   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Algiers, Algeria.[46]
Southwick   United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Flamborough Head, Yorkshire.[22]
Speedwell   United States The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Punta Arenas, Chile. She was on a voyage from San Francisco, California to Punta Arenas.[12]
Tiber   United States The ship was wrecked on Anegada, Bahamas. She was on a voyage from Trinidad to Baltimore, Maryland.[34]
Tranquebar   United States The ship was destroyed by fire at Savannah, Georgia.[29][17]
Valentin   Spain The schooner was wrecked near "Bouc". Her crew were rescued.[22]
Vidar   Norway The barque was wrecked near "São Jaca da Barra, Brazil before 26 April. Her crew survived.[91]
Vincent White   Canada The schooner was wrecked near Cárdenas, Cuba.[77]
Virginia   United States The steamship ran aground off Key West, Florida.[3]
White Eagle   United States The fishing schooner was lost on the Grand Bank. Lost with all 12 crewmen.[92][93]
White Star   United Kingdom The steamship caught fire and was beached at Cape Bon, Beylik of Tunis where she burnt out. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Kertch, Russia.[61]
Wilhelmine   Belgium The ship was driven onto the Lysegrund in a capsized condition with the presumed loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Pärnu, Russia to Antwerp.[40]
Willy and Emmy   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Nantucket Shoals, off the coast of Massachusetts, United States. She was on a voyage from Wilmington, Delaware, United States to Queenstown, County Cork.[12]

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