List of shipwrecks in April 1825
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The list of shipwrecks in April 1825 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during April 1825.
3 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Independence | ![]() |
The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Maracaibo, Gran Colombia.[1] |
6 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Hiram | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked at Ocracoke, North Carolina. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to Jamaica.[1] |
Industry | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore on the Sherry of Ness, Orkney Islands. She was on a voyage from Drontheim, Norway to Portaferry, County Antrim. Industry was refloated on 14 April and taken in to Stromness, Orkney Islands, for repairs.[2] |
Mechanic | ![]() |
The ship ran aground in the River Shannon. She was on a voyage from Limerick to Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Mechanic was refloated the next day and taken in to Limerick for repairs.[3] |
7 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Atlanta | ![]() |
The ship sank off Harwich, Essex. She was refloated on 18 June and beached.[4] |
Reindeer | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on Heneaga. She was on a voyage from Wilmington, Delaware to Jamaica.[5] |
8 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Syren | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Southend, Essex. She was on a voyage from London to Cork and Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America.[3] |
9 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Royal George | ![]() |
The whaler was lost at Wahoo (Oahu).[6] |
11 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Eglington | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked at St. Ann's Head, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Messina, Sicily to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[7] |
Maria Agnetha | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Surinam.[8] |
12 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Boldon | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on the Sandhammer Reef, in the Baltic Sea. Her crew were rescued.[9] |
Julian | ![]() |
The ship was holed by her anchor at Liverpool, Lancashire and was wrecked.[10] |
13 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Jane | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on Ertholmene, Denmark. She was on a voyage from London to Dantzig.[11] |
William | ![]() |
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Saint Lucia to Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America.[12] |
14 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Comus | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on Lundy Island, Devon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jersey, Channel Islands to Swansea, Glamorgan.[13] |
Paul Frederick | ![]() |
The galiot sprang a leak and was abandoned in the North Sea.[9][14] |
Teche | ![]() |
![]() The steamboat was set on fire and sunk in the Mississippi River by a boiler explosion with the loss of three lives. Another twelve to eighteen people died when a boat from the steamboat Washington ( |
15 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Drie Gesusters | ![]() |
The galiot was wrecked on the coast of Jutland. She was on a voyage from Brest, Finistère to a Baltic port.[9][16] |
Henry | ![]() |
The ship was lost in the Torres Strait. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sydney to Batavia.[17][18] |
16 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Barbara | ![]() |
The ship was lost in Torekov Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Memel, Prussia.[19] |
Britannia | ![]() |
The ship was lost near Torekov, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Dantzig.[19] |
Caroline | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore near Helsingborg, Sweden. She was on a voyage from London to Pillau, Prussia.[20] |
Eleonora | ![]() |
The ship was lost in the Swinebottoms. She was on a voyage from London to Pillau.[11] |
Flora | ![]() |
The ship was lost in Torekov Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk to Memel.[19] |
Janets | ![]() |
The ship was lost near Torekov. Her crew were rescued.[19] |
Liebe | ![]() |
The ship was lost in Torekov Bay. Her crew were rescued.[19] |
Margaret | ![]() |
The ship was run down and sunk in the North Sea off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire by Sally (![]() |
Mary & Elizabeth | ![]() |
The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Rattray Head, Aberdeenshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Inverness to Aberdeen.[21] |
Neptunus | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore near Landscrona, Sweden. She was on a voyage from London to Dantzig.[19] |
Oscar | ![]() |
The ship was lost on Gotland, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[2] |
17 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Alexander de Bruyer | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the Skaggerak on or about this date. She was on voyage from London, United Kingdom to a Baltic port.[4][22] |
Christina Maria | ![]() |
The ship capsized off Bornholm, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Kalmar to Copenhagen, Denmark.[11] |
Eliza | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore near "Polski". She was on a voyage from Copenhagen to Königsburg, Prussia.[9] |
Jane | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Helsingborg, Sweden. She was on a voyage from London to Riga, Russia.[20] |
Mercurius | ![]() |
The ship was abandoned in the North Sea between Heligoland and Wangeroog, Kingdom of Hanover. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde, France to Hamburg.[19] |
Minerva | ![]() |
The full-rigged ship was wrecked 6 leagues (18 nautical miles (33 km)) from Bahia. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro to Lisbon, Portugal.[23] |
Thomas Hodgson | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Pillau, Prussia. She was refloated on 24 July and taken in to Pillau.[19][24] |
Vrow Gerken | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the Zuiderzee off Hoorn, North Holland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde, France to Hamburg.[25] |
18 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Betsey | ![]() |
The ship was lost off the coast of Jutland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Memel, Prussia.[9] |
Eliza | ![]() |
The drogging sloop was wrecked in Rodney Hall Bay.[4] |
Mars | ![]() |
The ship was abandoned in the North Sea off Baltrum, Kingdom of Hanover. Her crew were rescued by America (![]() |
19 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Augustina | ![]() |
The ship was discovered abandoned in the North Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) off Goeree, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Caen, Calvados, France to Christiansand. Augustina was taken in to Ostend, West Flanders, Netherlands.[25][19] |
Goede Hoop | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Jutland.[26] |
20 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Mary | ![]() |
The ship caught fire at North Shields, County Durham and was scuttled.[26] |
21 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Asia | ![]() |
The ship ran aground off Callantsoog, Groningen, Netherlands and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from China to Hamburg.[25] Asia was refloated on 19 May and taken into the Nieuw Diep.[1] |
Julia | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked at Gorey, Jersey, Channel Islands.[25] |
23 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Dorinda | ![]() |
The cutter foundered in the Irish Sea off Dublin with the loss of all hands.[9] |
Freyheiden | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued.[25] |
25 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Princess of Wales | ![]() |
The cutter was wrecked at Bahía Honda, Cuba. Her crew were rescued.[27] |
26 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Catharina | ![]() |
The ship was abandoned off the coast of Jutland. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Stettin.[20] Catharina was subsequently taken in to Helsingør, Denmark, by Edward (![]() |
Maria Catharina | ![]() |
The ship ran aground and was wrecked off the "Sloot". She was on a voyage from Rostock to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands.[9] |
27 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Lady Ann | ![]() |
The ship caught fire at North Shields, County Durham and was scuttled.[9] |
28 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Blackbird | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked north of Wexford. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cork to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[9] |
Claremont | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on Water Key, off the coast of Haiti. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Jamaica.[28] |
30 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Elizabeth & Jane | ![]() |
The ship sank at Margate, Kent.[9] |
James | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked near Point Lepreau, New Brunswick, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Saint John, New Brunswick.[12] |
Unknown date
Ship | State | Description |
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Anna Charlotte | ![]() |
The ship foundered off Anholt, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stettin to London, United Kingdom.[25] |
Catharine | ![]() |
The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Three Sisters (![]() |
Diana | ![]() |
The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Indian Chief (![]() |
Doris | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on Heneaga. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Domingo to Falmouth, Cornwall.[1] |
Hebe | ![]() |
The smack departed from Jersey, Channel Islands for Colchester, Essex in late April. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[30] |
Henry | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on Dry Tortuga. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Liverpool.[4] |
Jonge Frederick | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore on Saltholm, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Memel, Prussia.[19] |
Margaret | ![]() |
The ship was in collision with May off Ballina, County Mayo and was lost. She was on a voyage from Ballina to Liverpool.[25] |
Mary & Elizabeth | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on Mayaguana, Bahamas. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America.[4] |
O'Cain | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked near the mouth of the Maule River. Her crew were rescued.[31] |
Opinion | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore near Schmolsin, Prussia before 25 April. She was on a voyage from London to Dantzig.[9] |
Oscar | ![]() |
The ship struck a rock off Capo Passero, Sicily and foundered. Her crew were rescued by Pacific (![]() |
Place | ![]() |
The ship foundered off Polperro, Cornwall in late April. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Fowey, Cornwall.[26] |
Pollux | ![]() |
The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the North Sea.[19] |
Sarah | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at the mouth of the Mississippi River. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.[1] |
Saunders Hill | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the Kattegat before 23 April with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Messina, Sicily to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[9] |
Thomas Hodgson | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Pillau, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Pillau to Hull, Yorkshire. Thomas Hodgson was refloated on 24 July.[33] |
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