The list of shipwrecks in April 1849 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during April 1849.
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List of shipwrecks: 13 April 1849
Ship | State | Description |
Ann and Elizabeth |
United Kingdom |
The ship was in collision with a schooner and sank in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued.[32] |
Jane |
United Kingdom |
The schooner was wrecked at Rocky Point, Belize City, British Honduras. All on board were rescued.[33] |
Lady Alice |
United Kingdom |
The sloop was driven ashore and damaged at Helsdale, Sutherland. She was refloated.[32][34] |
Sundsvall |
Sweden |
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at "Trefontane", Sicily. She was on a voyage from Galaţi, Ottoman Empire to Cork or Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom.[35] |
Village Maid |
United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore near Blyth, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from North Sunderland, County Durham to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[29] She was refloated and taken in to Blyth.[30] |
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List of shipwrecks: 16 April 1849
Ship | State | Description |
Brenda |
United Kingdom |
The ship ran aground on the Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Smyrna, Ottoman Empire to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and taken in to Liverpool in a leaky condition.[36] |
Mary Ann |
United Kingdom |
The schooner was in collision with Amphitrite ( United Kingdom) and was abandoned in the English Channel off Beachy Head, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to London. Mary Ann was taken in to Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France.[40][8][38] |
Norham Castle |
United Kingdom |
The brig ran aground on the Scroby Sands, Norfolk. She was refloated.[36][39] |
Roses |
United Kingdom |
The schooner sprang a leak in the North Sea off St. Abbs Head, Berwickshire. She was beached at Coldingham, Berwickshire, where she was wrecked. Her five crew survived. She was on a voyage from Kirkintilloch, Renfrewshire to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[38][41] |
Wave |
United States |
The schooner was wrecked in the Tusket Islands, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to Halifax, Nova Scotia.[42] |
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List of shipwrecks: 17 April 1849
Ship | State | Description |
Elephanta |
Denmark |
The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Grainthorpe, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Nyborg.[38][43][44] |
Enterprise |
United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore at Spurn Point, Yorkshire. She was refloated and taken in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire.[45] |
Good Intent |
United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore at Skegness, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Boston, Lincolnshire to Goole, Yorkshire.[32] She was refloated on 21 April and taken in to Boston for repairs.[46] |
Haabet |
Norway |
The yacht was sunk by ice off Svelvigen. Her crew were rescued.[35] |
Lalla Rookh |
United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore at Auckland, New Zealand. She was on a voyage from Wellington to Auckland. She was refloated.[47][48] |
Lord Seaham |
United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore at Cowden, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cowes, Isle of Wight to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[38] |
Thetis |
United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore on Læsø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Saint Petersburg, Russia. She was refloated on 2 May and taken in to Helsingør, Denmark.[49] |
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List of shipwrecks: 18 April 1849
Ship | State | Description |
Agenoria |
United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore at Penlee Point, Mousehole, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to a Welsh port. She was refloated on 24 April and taken in to Penzance, Cornwall.[50] |
Ann and Mary |
United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Dungarvan, County Waterford. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Dungarvan. She was refloated.[43] |
Echo |
Jersey |
The barque was driven ashore on Jersey.[45] |
Lark |
United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at St. Michael's Mouht, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Neath, Glamorgan.[45] |
Laurel |
United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore at Larne, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Pärnu, Russia.[50][43] She was refloated on 24 April.[51] |
Lively |
United Kingdom |
The ship sank off The Mumbles, Glamorgan.[45] she was refloated on 22 April.[43] |
Myriam |
United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked at "Albisala". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Genoa to Savona, Kingdom of Sardinia.[50] |
Veronica |
United Kingdom |
The ship ran aground on the Annet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Forfarshire. Her crew were rescued.[45] |
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List of shipwrecks: 19 April 1849
Ship | State | Description |
Active |
United Kingdom |
The brig was driven ashore on the Castle Cornet Rocks, off Guernsey, Channel Islands. She was on a voyage from Guernsey to Newfoundland, British North America.[45] |
Andorinha |
Portugal |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Deal, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to Hamburg.[38] |
Blazer |
United Kingdom |
The yacht was driven ashore and sank at Dublin.[45] |
Bloomfield |
United Kingdom |
The brig was driven ashore near Three Fathom Harbour, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Halifax, Nova Scotia.[52] |
Clio |
United Kingdom |
The brig was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. Her ten crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Licata, Sicily to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[45][38][53] |
Dream |
United Kingdom |
The yacht was driven ashore and sank at Dublin.[45] |
Ernest Theodore |
France |
The ship was wrecked at Capbreton, Landes. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bayonne, Basses-Pyrénées to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure.[17] |
Friends |
United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore at Whitstable, Kent.[43] |
Harmony |
United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Dublin.[45] |
Hellespont |
Ottoman Empire |
The steamship ran aground in the Madeleine Passage.[54] |
Lady Jane |
United Kingdom |
The ship struck a sunken rock and sank in the Sound of Kerrara. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Port Gordon, Moray.[38] |
Love and Unity |
United Kingdom |
The brig was wrecked on The Needles, Isle of Wight with the loss of one of her six crew. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Poole, Dorset.[38][55] |
Margaret |
United Kingdom |
The smack was driven ashore and wrecked at Grey Point, County Down. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Drogheda, County Louth to Belfast, County Antrim.[43] |
Martha Washington |
United States |
The ship was wrecked at Getares, Spain with the loss of two lives. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France to New York.[56] |
Mary |
United Kingdom |
The fishing trawler was driven ashore at Dublin. She was refloated.[45] |
Nouvelle Eu |
France |
The ship was wrecked at "Norir" with the loss of all hands.[50] |
Para Packet |
United Kingdom |
The ship sank at Whitstable. Her crew were rescued.[43] |
Queen |
United Kingdom |
The Humber Keel was driven ashore at Harwich, Essex.[38] |
Triton |
United Kingdom |
The schooner ran aground on the Half Ebb Rock, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex and was damaged.[45] |
Tullimet |
United Kingdom |
The ship ran aground on the Lappen Grunden. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire to Pillau, Prussia.[51] |
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List of shipwrecks: 20 April 1849
Ship | State | Description |
Fidelity |
United Kingdom |
The schooner was driven onto the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. She was refloated and towed in to South Shields, County Durham.[41] |
Rainbow |
New South Wales |
The schooner was wrecked at Wanganui, New Zealand. All on board were rescued.[57] |
Tullimet |
United Kingdom |
The ship ran aground at Helsingør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire to Pillau, Prussia.[17] |
Wilson |
United Kingdom |
The ship ran aground on the Coloradoes, off the coast of Cuba and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Havana, Cuba. She floated off, but was abandoned the next day.[33] |
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List of shipwrecks: 21 April 1849
Ship | State | Description |
Bon Père |
France |
The ship was wrecked on the Samaná Peninsula, Dominican Republic. She was on a voyage from La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime to Jérémie, Haiti.[58] |
Favourite |
United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore near Domesnes, Russia.[14] |
Joven Lucie |
Spain |
The ship was driven ashore at Leysdown, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Tarragona to London, United Kingdom. She was refloated on 25 April.[17][46] |
Mary and Elizabeth |
United Kingdom |
The smack sank at the entrance to the Glamorganshire Canal. She had been refloated by 23 April.[46] |
Olimpie |
France |
The barque was wrecked at Algeciras, Spain. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Senegal.[56] |
Wisconsin |
United States |
The ship ran aground at New York. She was on a voyage from New York to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[59] |
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List of shipwrecks: 24 April 1849
Ship | State | Description |
Gipsy |
British North America. |
The ship was wrecked on Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands. She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.[24] |
Primrose |
United Kingdom |
The ship ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was refloated on 26 April with assistance from the smacks Joseph and Orwell (both United Kingdom) and taken in to Harwich, Essex in a leaky condition.[17][64] |
Ramses |
France |
The steamship was wrecked at Trapani, Sicily. All 60 people on board survived. She was on a voyage from Malta to Trapani.[65][66][67] |
Soho |
United Kingdom |
The steamship was driven ashore at Sluis Gatte, Zeeland, Netherlands. Her passengers were taken off by the steamship Director ( United Kingdom). Soho was on a voyage from London to Antwerp, Belgium.[7] She was later refloated and put back to Deptford, Kent, where she arrived on 7 May.[49] |
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List of shipwrecks: 30 April 1849
Ship | State | Description |
Gregorius |
United Kingdom |
The ship was lost off "Trefontana" Sicily. She was on a voyage from Galaţi, Ottoman Empire to a British port.[61][75] |
Jane |
United Kingdom |
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean and was presumed to have subsequently sank. Her crew were rescued by Trafalgar ( United Kingdom). Jane was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, British North America.[74] |
Kingston |
United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked near Castletownshend, County Cork. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Liverpool.[76] |
Two Friends |
United Kingdom |
The ship departed from Panama City, Republic of New Granada for San Francisco, Alta California. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[77] |
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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in April 1849
Ship | State | Description |
Empress |
United Kingdom |
The ship ran aground off Cape St. Mary, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany to a British port. She was refloated and put in to Faro, Portugal, where she was condemned.[9] |
Fidelity |
United Kingdom |
The schooner ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. She was refloated on 20 April and towed in to South Shields, County Durham.[43] |
Firefly |
United Kingdom |
The ship ran aground in Salonica Bay and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Salonica, Greece to Cork. She was refloated and put in to Malta, where she arrived on 22 April.[78] |
Hibernia |
United Kingdom |
The ship ran aground on the Round Reef, off Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America before 28 April. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Saint John. She was refloated the next day and assisted in to Saint John.[26] |
Iris |
United Kingdom |
The ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea off Zembra, Beylik of Tunis before 26 April.[49] |
Little Briton |
United Kingdom |
The ship foundered in St. Ives Bay in late April.[79] |
Marquis of Normanby |
British North America |
The ship was driven ashore in the Belfast Lough. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to the Clyde.[38] |
Ocean Queen |
United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore at Sandy Hook, New Jersey, United States before 17 April. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to New York. She was refloated on 21 April and towed in to New York.[26] |
Old England |
United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore in the Yangtse Kiang. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Shanghai, China. She was refloated.[80] |
Speculator |
United Kingdom |
The ship ran aground off the coast of Florida, United States. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Tampico, Mexico. She was refloated and taken in to Key West, Florida, where she was condemned.[81] |
Swatara |
United States |
The ship was driven ashore south of the Delaware Capesbefore 26 April. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[42] She was refloated on 27 April but was again driven ashore and was wrecked.[82] |
Thistle |
United Kingdom |
The brig was wrecked at "Viller", Pas-de-Calais, France. Her crew were rescued.[83] |
Vrouw Antje |
Netherlands |
The ship ran aground on the Pezxmerwad. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Hamburg. She was refloated and taken in to Ezumerzijl, Friesland.[38] |
Wismar |
Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin |
The ship was in collision with another vessel and sank off Lemnos, Greece.[4] |
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