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The list of shipwrecks in April 1821 includes ships sunk, wrecked, or otherwise lost during April 1821.

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1 April

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List of shipwrecks: 1 April 1821
Ship State Description
Trio  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[1] She was refloated on 10 April and taken in to Great Yarmouth for repairs.[2]

2 April

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List of shipwrecks: 2 April 1821
Ship State Description
Flora  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the King Road. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to New Brunswick, British North America.[3] Flora was later refloated.[4]
Golden Fleece  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Ramsgate, Kent.[1]
Hope  United Kingdom The ship capsized and sank in the Thames Estuary off Leigh-on-Sea, Essex. She was on a voyage from Harlingen, Friesland, Netherlands to London. Hope was later refloated and taken in to London.[5]
Magnet  United States The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. She was refloated on 30 April and taken in to Liverpool.[6]

3 April

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List of shipwrecks: 3 April 1821
Ship State Description
Adolphe  France The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Padstow, Cornwall, United Kingdom.[4]
Freundschaft Lübeck The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Rye, Sussex, United Kingdom with the loss of seven of her crew. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain to Lübeck.[3]
Goede Hoop  Netherlands The ship was wrecked on Ameland, Friesland with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Groningen.[7]
Spring  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Campos dos Goytaczes, Brazil.[8]
Tom & Margaret  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Kentish Knock. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Portsmouth, Hampshire.[3]

4 April

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List of shipwrecks: 4 April 1821
Ship State Description
Mold  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and sank in the North Sea off the Dudgeon Bank. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London.[3]
Success  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Bangor, County Down.[5]
Weser  United States The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Sligo, United Kingdom.[9]

5 April

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List of shipwrecks: 5 April 1821
Ship State Description
Speculation  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Mount Batten, Plymouth, Devon.[4]
Young Augustus  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Lands End, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dungarvan, County Waterford to Portsmouth, Hampshire.[5]

6 April

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List of shipwrecks: 6 April 1821
Ship State Description
Concert  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Caernarfon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Barmouth, Merionethshire.[5]
Johns  United Kingdom The ship struck the Hod Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was consequently beached at Great Yarmouth, where she sank.[4]
Langston  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on Scroby Sands, Norfolk and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bridgwater, Somerset to Hull, Yorkshire.[5]
Venus United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Saint Vincent The schooner was lost 30 nautical miles (56 km) from Kingston, Jamaica.[10]

7 April

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List of shipwrecks: 7 April 1821
Ship State Description
Jane  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Whitby, Yorkshire with the loss of five of her eight crew.[5]
San Josef  Spain The brig was wrecked on Barbuda.[11]
Venus  United Kingdom The ship struck the Whitby Rock. She was taken in to Whitby where she sank.[5]
San Josef  Spain The brig was wrecked on Barbuda.[12]

8 April

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List of shipwrecks: 8 April 1821
Ship State Description
Ann  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Memel, Prussia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Memel.[13]
Emma Stettin The ship was wrecked at Torcka, Sweden. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Stettin.[7]

9 April

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List of shipwrecks: 9 April 1821
Ship State Description
Doris  France The ship was lost at Guadeloupe.[14]

10 April

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List of shipwrecks: 10 April 1821
Ship State Description
Fairly  United Kingdom The ship foundered off the Isle of Skye. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Stornoway, Isle of Lewis.[15]
Thomas  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Sweden.[7] She was later refloated and proceeded to Copenhagen, Denmark.[16]

12 April

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List of shipwrecks: 12 April 1821
Ship State Description
Supply  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Lønstrup, Denmark. She was on a voyage from London to Memel, Prussia.[16] Supply was later refloated; she departed for Memel on 18 April.[17]
Union  United Kingdom The ship departed from the Clyde for Quebec, British North America. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[18]

13 April

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List of shipwrecks: 13 April 1821
Ship State Description
Belle Rose  France The ship foundered in the English Channel off Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure.[7]

14 April

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List of shipwrecks: 14 April 1821
Ship State Description
Ann  United Kingdom The sloop foundered off Great Orme Head, Caernarvonshire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Amlwch, Anglesey.[19]
Janet  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Whitby, Yorkshire with the loss of five of her eight crew. The survivors were rescued by rocket apparatus.[20]
Thomas and Mary  United Kingdom The ship capsized off Portland Bill. Dorset with the loss of all hands.[7]

15 April

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List of shipwrecks: 15 April 1821
Ship State Description
Ann  United Kingdom The sloop foundered in the Irish Sea off Great Orme Head, Caernarvonshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Amlwch, Anglesey,[7][9]
Confiance  France The ship was wrecked on the Île d'Oléron, Charente Maritime. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Senegal.[16]
Rising Sun  United States The ship was wrecked at the mouth of the Guaymas River. She was on a voyage from New York to Angostura, Venezuela.[21]
Thomas and Mary  United Kingdom The boat foundered in the English Channel off Portland Bill, Dorset with the loss of all seven of her crew.[22]

17 April

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List of shipwrecks: 17 April 1821
Ship State Description
Pesensia Unknown The ship was driven ashore on Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from "Frederickshall" to Calais, France.[13]

18 April

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List of shipwrecks: 18 April 1821
Ship State Description
Remittance  United States The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Charleston, South Carolina. She was on a voyage from Saint Croix, Virgin Islands to Savannah, Georgia.[12]
United Kingdom  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and sank at St. Andrew, New Brunswick, British North America.[23]
Vrow Maria  Netherlands The ship foundered off Juist, Kingdom of Hanover. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Eckernförde, Duchy of Schleswig to Amsterdam, North Holland.[24]

19 April

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List of shipwrecks: 19 April 1821
Ship State Description
Ann  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (45°50′N 17°30′W / 45.833°N 17.500°W / 45.833; -17.500). Her crew were rescued by Sally and James ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Teignmouth, Devon to Newfoundland, British North America.[6]
Favourite  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at St. Domingo, Dominican Republic. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Kingston, Jamaica to Monte Christo, Colombia.[25]

22 April

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List of shipwrecks: 22 April 1821
Ship State Description
Fortuna  Prussia The ship struck the Long Sand, in the North Sea off Harwich, Essex, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by a Barking Smack. She was refloated on 30 April and taken in to Harwich.[13][6]

24 April

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List of shipwrecks: 24 April 1821
Ship State Description
Agnes  United Kingdom The ship was run down and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by Union ( United Kingdom). All on board were rescued by Union.[8]
Earl of Sandwich  United Kingdom The drogher was wrecked at St. Lucia.[26]

25 April

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List of shipwrecks: 25 April 1821
Ship State Description
Wharton  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean (46°37′N 22°16′W / 46.617°N 22.267°W / 46.617; -22.267) and was abandoned by her crew, who were rescued by Wilson ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Portsmouth, Hampshire to Miramichi Bay.[27]

27 April

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List of shipwrecks: 27 April 1821
Ship State Description
Mary  United Kingdom The ship ran aground near the Old Head of Kinsale, County Cork. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France. Mary was refloated on 29 April and taken in to Kinsale.[6]

28 April

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List of shipwrecks: 28 April 1821
Ship State Description
Hall  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Havana, Cuba. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool, Lancashire. Hall was refloated on 3 July and taken in to Havana for repairs.[28]

29 April

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List of shipwrecks: 29 April 1821
Ship State Description
Fly  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in The Wash off King's Lynn, Norfolk and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to King's Lynn. Fly was later refloated and taken in to King's Lynn.[6]
Hall  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Havana, Cuba. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool, Lancashire.[29]
Lord Cathcart  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (45°38′N 26°47′W / 45.633°N 26.783°W / 45.633; -26.783) Her crew were rescued by Neptune ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from London to Quebec, British North America.[30]
Neath Castle  United Kingdom The ship ran aground and sank at Dover, Kent. She was on a voyage from Portsmouth, Hampshire to Deptford, Kent.[17]
Teat's Hill  United Kingdom The ship struck the Black Rock and foundered. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Falmouth, Cornwall. She was later refloated and taken in to Falmouth.[6]

30 April

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List of shipwrecks: 30 April 1821
Ship State Description
Birmingham  United Kingdom The ship struck the Runnel Stone and sank with the loss of six of the eight people on board. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France.[6]
Commerce  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Dover, Kent. She was on a voyage from Youghall, County Cork to London.[17] Commerce was later refloated. She sailed for London on 2 May.[31]
Hall  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Havana, Cuba.[32]
Vrow Hendrika  United Kingdom The ship was in collision with a Russian vessel and was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Dutch fishing vessels. She was on a voyage from London to Amsterdam, North Holland. Vrow Hendrika was taken in to Brielle, South Holland on 5 May.[23]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1821
Ship State Description
Margaretta  Kingdom of Hanover The ship was lost off the coast of Greenland in mid-April.[33]
Marsh  United Kingdom The ship ran aground off Carriacou and was wrecked in early April. She was on a voyage from London to Grenada.[34]
Neptune  United Kingdom The ship was sunk by ice off Baltic Port, Russia before 11 April. She was on a voyage from Messina, Sicily to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[31]
Standhaftighed  Netherlands The ship was wrecked near "Schermoeke". She was on a voyage from "Swelvig" to Amsterdam, North Holland.[17]
Waterloo  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States at the end of April. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.[12]
Wright  United Kingdom The ship sank near Whitehaven, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Donaghadee, County Antrim to Whitehaven.[3]

References

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  7. ^ a b c d e f "Lloyd's Marine List – April 17". Caledonian Mercury. No. 15546. 23 April 1821.
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