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The list of shipwrecks in April 1849 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during April 1849 .
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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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Shipwrecks 1840–49, by month
1840 1841 1842 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849