Jump to content

List of shipwrecks in April 1824

Add links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The list of shipwrecks in April 1824 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during April 1824.

1 April

[edit]
List of shipwrecks: 1 April 1824
Ship State Description
Industry  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore at Beadnell, Northumberland. Her crew survived. She was subsequently set afire and destroyed when her cargo of quicklime reacted with seawater.[1]
Lord Nelson  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Derby Haven, Isle of Man. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Londonderry.[2][3]
Princess Royal  United Kingdom The ship was lost off Bardsey Island, Caernarfonshire. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Liverpool.[4]
Two Sisters  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of the United States with the loss of all but one of those on board.[5]

2 April

[edit]
List of shipwrecks: 2 April 1824
Ship State Description
Enterprize  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Sea Palling, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[6] Enterprize was refloated on 3 May and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[7]
Fair Cambrian  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Chicken Head, Isle of Lewis with the loss of all hands.[8]
Harmony  United Kingdom The ship foundered off Ostend, West Flanders, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Ostend.[9][10]
Harriet  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to King's Lynn, Norfolk.[2]
James and Mary  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Sunderland, County Durham. Her crew were rescued.[6]
Latona  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) west of Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from London to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[1]
Patriot  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Sunderland. Her crew were rescued.[6]
Providence Goodwill  United Kingdom The ship capsized in the North Sea off Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk to Hull.[6][11]
Princess Charlotte  United Kingdom The ship had been wrecked on the Main Reef, near Tobacco Key (Tobacco Caye, Belize), as she was coming from London. She had bilged and was full of water, but it was hoped that if the weather remained moderate some of her cargo might be saved.[12]
Roseberry  United Kingdom The ship capsized off Hartlepool, County Durham. Her crew were rescued.[13]
Walpole  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Sunderland. Her crew were rescued.[6]

3 April

[edit]
List of shipwrecks: 3 April 1824
Ship State Description
Algeria  Portugal The ship was wrecked on Allin's Bank, off the coast of Brazil. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Maranhão, Brazil to Oporto.[14]
George Angus  United Kingdom The schooner was captured by Spring Bird ( Pirates) off Belize. She was subsequently plundered and destroyed.[15]

5 April

[edit]
List of shipwrecks: 5 April 1824
Ship State Description
Robsons  United Kingdom The ship departed from The Downs for Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[16]
Two Brothers  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Strait of Gibraltar. Her crew were rescued by Brilliant ( United Kingdom).[17]

6 April

[edit]
List of shipwrecks: 6 April 1824
Ship State Description
Haʻaheo o Hawaiʻi Hawaii Kingdom of Hawaii The hermaphrodite brig was wrecked on a reef in Hanalei Bay.
Thisbe  United Kingdom The ship departed from, Liverpool, Lancashire for Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[16]

7 April

[edit]
List of shipwrecks: 7 April 1824
Ship State Description
Langton  United Kingdom The ship struck a rock and foundered in the Irish Sea south of the Tuskar Rock. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire for Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, British North America.[9]
Laurel  United Kingdom The ship was in collision with Cornwall in the English Channel off Hastings, Sussex. She capsized but was righted and consequently beached at Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex. Her crew survived. Laurel was on a voyage from the Charente to London.[2]
Louisa Stettin The ship was wrecked on Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Stettin to London.[2]

10 April

[edit]
List of shipwrecks: 10 April 1824
Ship State Description
Bellona  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Fishguard, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[10]
Liberty  United Kingdom The ship departed from Poole, Dorset for Burin, Newfoundland, British North America.[18] She was discovered dismasted and abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean on 7 May by Bon Aventure ( France).[19]

11 April

[edit]
List of shipwrecks: 11 April 1824
Ship State Description
Arab  United Kingdom The whaler was abandoned in the Antarctic Ocean (approximately 57°S 7°E / 57°S 7°E / -57; 7). Her 36 crew were rescued by Ocean ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Fenning's Island to London.[20][21]
Gute Hoffnung flag unknown The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Gravelines, Nord, France. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Bilbao, Spain.[22]

12 April

[edit]
List of shipwrecks: 12 April 1824
Ship State Description
Georges France The ship foundered off La Bouille, Seine-Inférieure. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure.[23]
Nelly & Kitty  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Dasher ( United Kingdom). Nelly & Kitty was on a voyage from Seville, Spain to Liverpool, Lancashire.[24]

15 April

[edit]
List of shipwrecks: 15 April 1824
Ship State Description
Providence  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore in Bream Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Brixham, Devon to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[25]

16 April

[edit]
List of shipwrecks: 16 April 1824
Ship State Description
Camillus  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of three of her crew. Survivors were rescued by Columbus and Ross (both  United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America.[26]
Cecelia France The ship was wrecked at La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime with the loss of seven of her crew. she was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Bordeaux, Gironde.[27]
Christina  United Kingdom The ship was lost near Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London.[22]
Hannah  United Kingdom The Humber Keel was wrecked on the Buxey Sand, in the North Sea with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to London.[25][28]
Providence  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked between Helford and Falmouth, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Brixham, Devon to Newport, Monmouthshire.[29]

17 April

[edit]
List of shipwrecks: 17 April 1824
Ship State Description
Carolina  United Kingdom The ship departed from Plymouth, Devon for Lisbon, Portugal. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[26]
Helen  United Kingdom The brigantine sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off Rockall, Inverness-shire with the loss of sixteen lives. Survivors were rescued by Flora ( Prussia). Helen was on a voyage from Dundee Forfarshire to Montreal, Lower Canada, British North America.[30]
Vriede  Netherlands The ship was driven ashore on Terschelling, Friesland.[31]

18 April

[edit]
List of shipwrecks: 18 April 1824
Ship State Description
Helen  United Kingdom The ship struck a submerged rock 7 nautical miles (13 km) off Rockall, Inverness-shire and foundered with the loss of sixteen lives. Survivors were rescued the next day by a Prussian vessel. Helen was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America.[32]

19 April

[edit]
List of shipwrecks: 19 April 1824
Ship State Description
Cossack  United Kingdom The ship struck the Orthez Bank, off Buenos Aires, Argentina and foundered with the loss of a crew member.[33]
Thomas  United States The ship was wrecked on the South East Bank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to Mobile, Alabama.[34]

20 April

[edit]
List of shipwrecks: 20 April 1824
Ship State Description
Jean and Mary  United Kingdom The sloop was wrecked at Newburgh, Fife. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Newburgh.[35]

22 April

[edit]
List of shipwrecks: 22 April 1824
Ship State Description
Elizabeth  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Læsø, Debmark and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Danzig to London.[36]
Maria  United Kingdom The ship, a sloop or smack, was in collision with the paddle steamer Swift ( United Kingdom) in the Irish Sea off Carrickfergus, County Antrim and foundered with the loss of both crew.[37]

23 April

[edit]
List of shipwrecks: 23 April 1824
Ship State Description
Deux Ceciles France The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais. She was on a voyage from Sète, Hérault to Dunkerque., Nord.[38]
Diligence  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Aberdovey, Merionethshire. She was on a voyage from London to Aberdovey.[24] Diligence was refloated on 26 April.[17]
Friend's Regard  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Middle Sand, in the North Sea off Whitstable, Kent.[39][38]
Olive  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Gunwalloe, Cornwall. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Tenby, Pembrokeshire to Littlehampton, Sussex.[27]
Sally  United Kingdom The brig foundered in Swansea Bay. Her crew survived.[40]
Scotia  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Isles of Scilly. She was on a voyage from the Cape of Good Hope to London.[24] She was refloated later that day and taken in to St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly.[17]

24 April

[edit]
List of shipwrecks: 24 April 1824
Ship State Description
Amity  United States The 382-ton sailing ship was wrecked in fog off Manasquan, New Jersey, without loss of life. Her wreck, which sank in 30 feet (9 m) of water 330 yards (302 m) offshore, was discovered in 1955 and is nicknamed the "Manasquan Wreck."[41]
Comet  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Horsey, Norfolk. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Leith, Lothian.[38] Comet was refloated on 3 May and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[7]
Roberts  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Karam Rocks, Isle of Man. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Harrington, Cumberland.[7]
William and Henry  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Corton Sand, in the North Sea off Lowestoft, Suffolk. William and Henry was refloated the next day and beached at Lowestoft.[38]

25 April

[edit]
List of shipwrecks: 25 April 1824
Ship State Description
Friends of the Guard  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Middle Sand, in the North Sea off Whitstable, Kent.[42]
Industry  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and was beached at North Shields, County Durham.[17]
Integrity  United States The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at Point del Indio, Argentina and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to Buenos Aires, Argentina.[43]
Polly  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the American coast. She was on a voyage from London to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America.[44]
Stranger  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked north of Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire.[45] Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to Sunderland, County Durham.[17]

27 April

[edit]
List of shipwrecks: 27 April 1824
Ship State Description
Happy Return  United Kingdom The schooner collided with the brig Edward ( United Kingdom) off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire and sank with the loss of all but one of her crew.[7]
Pallas Sweden Norway The ship was driven ashore on Eierland, North Holland, United Kingdom of the Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Dram to Amsterdam, North Holland.[7]

28 April

[edit]
List of shipwrecks: 28 April 1824
Ship State Description
Lilla Gustav  Hamburg The ship was driven ashore at Cuxhaven. She was on a voyage from Cette, Hérault, France to Cuxhaven.[7] Lilla Gustav was refloated on 2 May and taken in to Cuxhaven.[32]
Mary  United Kingdom The smack collided with the steamship Swift ( United Kingdom off Carrickfergus, County Antrim and foundered with the loss of all hands.[7]

29 April

[edit]
List of shipwrecks: 29 April 1824
Ship State Description
Rosina  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Whitehead, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire.[32][46] Rosina was refloated on 3 May and taken in to Belfast, County Antrim.[47]

30 April

[edit]
List of shipwrecks: 30 April 1824
Ship State Description
Dorset  United Kingdom The ship was severely damaged by fire at Liverpool, Lancashire.[7]
Francis  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at La Orotava, Tenerife, Spain. Her crew were rescued.[48]
Margery  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued bu James Dunlop ( United Kingdom). Margery was on a voyage from London to Montreal, Lower Canada, British North America.[49]
Providence  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Harriet ( United Kingdom). Providence was on a voyage from Figueira da Foz, Portugal to Newfoundland, British North America.[43]

Unknown date

[edit]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in April 1824
Ship State Description
Agenoria  United Kingdom The ship was lost on the English Bank, in the South Atlantic off the coast of Brazil with the loss of at least six crew. There were at least five survivors.[50]
Amity  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Manasquan, New Jersey, United States. She was later refloated.[51]
Elizabeth  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Berber Bank, off the Welsh coast and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Preston, Lancashire. Elizabeth was later refloated and taken in to Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire.[25]
Harriet  United Kingdom The ship departed from Terceira, Azores, Portugal. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[52]
Liberality  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean.[27]
Lively Kate  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off the Saltee Islands, County Wexford in mid-April. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Limerick to Belfast, County Antrim.[38]
Mistic  Greece The ship was surrendered to Abeille ( French Navy). She was set afire and destroyed.[53]
Saint Esprit France The ship was wrecked on the Mani Peninsula, Greece.[53]
Surry  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Cape St. Lu, Africa before 9 April. Her crew were rescued.[54]
Tre Venner  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Mardyck, Nord, France. She was on a voyage from Grimsby, Lincolnshire to St. Ubes, Portugal.[55]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b "Ship News". Caledonian Mercury. No. 16015. 10 April 1824.
  2. ^ a b c d "From Lloyd's Marine List – April 9". Caledonian Mercury. No. 16016. 12 April 1824.
  3. ^ "Ship News". The Morning Post. No. 16632. 10 April 1824.
  4. ^ "Naval Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc. No. 672. 9 April 1824.
  5. ^ "(untitled)". The Times. No. 12397. London. 22 July 1824. col B, p. 5.
  6. ^ a b c d e "From Lloyd's Marine List, April 6". Caledonian Mercury. No. 16015. 10 April 1824.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (5904). 2 May 1824.
  8. ^ "From Lloyd's Marine List – May 11". Caledonian Mercury. No. 16030. 15 May 1824.
  9. ^ a b "Naval Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc. No. 673. 16 April 1824.
  10. ^ a b "From Lloyd's Marine List – April 13". Caledonian Mercury. No. 16018. 17 April 1824.
  11. ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (5896). 6 April 1824.
  12. ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 5910. 25 May 1824. hdl:2027/uc1.c2735034. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  13. ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (5899). 15 April 1824.
  14. ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (5915). 11 June 1824.
  15. ^ "Jamaica Papers". The Morning Chronicle. No. 17299. 27 September 1824.
  16. ^ a b "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (5931). 6 August 1824.
  17. ^ a b c d e "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (5903). 30 April 1824.
  18. ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (5930). 3 August 1824.
  19. ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (5952). 15 October 1824.
  20. ^ "From Lloyd's Marine List – July 16". Caledonian Mercury. No. 16058. 19 July 1824.
  21. ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (5925). 16 July 1824.
  22. ^ a b "From Lloyd's Marine List – April 22". Caledonian Mercury. No. 16022. 26 April 1824.
  23. ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (5900). 20 April 1824.
  24. ^ a b c "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (5902). 27 April 1824.
  25. ^ a b c "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (5900). 20 April 1824.
  26. ^ a b "From Lloyd's Marine List – June 29". Caledonian Mercury. No. 16051. 3 July 1824.
  27. ^ a b c "Ship News". The Morning Chronicle. No. 17169. 28 April 1824.
  28. ^ "From Lloyd's Marine List – April 20". Caledonian Mercury. No. 16024. 24 April 1824.
  29. ^ "Ship News". The Morning Post. No. 16640. 20 April 1824.
  30. ^ "Naval Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc. No. 678. 21 May 1824.
  31. ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (5901). 23 April 1824.
  32. ^ a b c "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (5905). 7 May 1824.
  33. ^ "Naval Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc. No. 685. 9 July 1824.
  34. ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (5918). 22 June 1824.
  35. ^ "Ship News". Caledonian Mercury. No. 16022. 26 April 1824.
  36. ^ "Ship News". The Morning Post. No. 16660. 13 May 1824.
  37. ^ "Ship News". Caledonian Mercury. No. 16025. 3 May 1824.
  38. ^ a b c d e "From Lloyd's Marine List – April 27". Caledonian Mercury. No. 169024. 1 May 1824.
  39. ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (5902). 27 April 1824.
  40. ^ "Monmouthshire &c". The Bristol Mercury. No. 1778. 26 April 1824.
  41. ^ njscuba.net Manasquan Wreck (Amity)
  42. ^ "Ship News". The Morning Post. No. 16645. 26 April 1824.
  43. ^ a b "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (5921). 6 July 1824.
  44. ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (5916). 15 June 1824.
  45. ^ "Ship News". Caledonian Mercury. No. 16024. 1 May 1824.
  46. ^ "From Lloyd's Marine List – May 7". Caledonian Mercury. No. 16028. 10 May 1824.
  47. ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (5906). 12 May 1824.
  48. ^ "From Lloyd's Marine List – June 11". Caledonian Mercury. No. 16043. 14 June 1824.
  49. ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (5920). 2 July 1824.
  50. ^ "Ship News". The Times. No. 12388. London. 12 July 1824. col D, p. 6.
  51. ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (5914). 8 June 1824.
  52. ^ "Ship News". The Times. No. 12456. London. 29 September 1824. col E, p. 3.
  53. ^ a b "French Papers". The Morning Chronicle. No. 17196. 29 May 1824.
  54. ^ "Ship News". Caledonian Mercury. No. 16047. 24 June 1824.
  55. ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (5899). 15 April 1824.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_shipwrecks_in_April_1824&oldid=1090820400"