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The list of shipwrecks in April 1867 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during April 1867.

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1 April

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List of shipwrecks: 1 April 1867
Ship State Description
Alabama  United States The sidewheel paddle steamer was destroyed by fire at Grand View, Louisiana.
Berdich  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Farne Islands, Northumberland. She was refloated.[1]
Charlotte  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Rhoscolyn, Anglesey. Her crew were rescued.[2]
Delta  United Kingdom The barque was destroyed by fire at Buenos Aires, Argentina.[2]

2 April

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List of shipwrecks: 2 April 1867
Ship State Description
Dasher  United Kingdom The polacca was wrecked at Oxwich Point, Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued.[3][4]
Fanny Rostock The schooner was wrecked near Skagen, Denmark with the loss of all hands.[5][6][7]
Frithiof  Norway The ship was driven ashore at Skagen. She was on a voyage from Mandal to a Baltic port.[5]
Maid of Athens  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked between the Kullen Lighthouse ad Helsingborg, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to Swinemünde, Prussia.[8][7]
Robert  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Johnshaven, Aberdeenshire. Her four crew were rescued by rocket apparatus.[9]
Solace  United Kingdom The barque foundered off Cape St. Vincent, Portugal. Her twelve crew were rescued by Scanderia ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Cartagena, Spain to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[10][11]
South Australian United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland South Australia The steamer was wrecked on the coast of South Otago, New Zealand while en route from Port Chalmers to Melbourne. She hit rocks heavily, stoving in part of her hull, and she took on water rapidly. All hands were saved.[12]
Superb  United Kingdom The ship was run into by the brig Azoff ( United Kingdom) and sank off Anholt, Denmark. Her crew were rescued by Azoff.[5]
Thane of Fife  United Kingdom The sloop sank near Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland.[5] Her crew were rescued.[13]

3 April

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List of shipwrecks: 3 April 1867
Ship State Description
Flirt  United States The schooner was sunk by ice. She was on a voyage from New York to Harbour Grace, Nova Scotia, British North America.[14]
Jane Evans  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Thisted, Denmark. She was on a voyage from "Gioja" to Königsberg, Kingdom of Prussia.[15]

4 April

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List of shipwrecks: 4 April 1867
Ship State Description
Annie Rose  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at St. Combs, Aberdeenshire.[16]

Highland Brigade 		 United Kingdom The barque was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, Norfolk. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Grimsby, Lincolnshire to Alicante, Spain.[17][18][8]
H. L. Richardson  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Mississippi River. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire.[19]
Therese  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Cuxhaven. She was refloated on 9 April.[20]

5 April

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List of shipwrecks: 5 April 1867
Ship State Description
Antoinette  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Mississippi River. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire.[19]
Augusta Louise  United States The ship was run down and sunk off the Irish coast by the steamship Louisiana ( United States). Her crew were rescued by Louisiana.[21]
Friend  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore at Beachy Head, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Portland, Dorset to London. She was refloated and assisted in to Dover, Kent for repairs.[22]
Queen United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The steamer struck rocks and foundered near the Brothers Islands in Cook Strait while en route from Wellington to Nelson. The crew were rescued from a lifeboat near the entrance to Tory Channel by the steamer Adelaide. All hands were saved.[23]
Shirllywick  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Kirkcudbright. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Carrickfergus, County Antrim to Maryport, Cumberland.[6][7]
St. Catherine  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Sherbro Island, Sierra Leone to Liverpool.[24]
Tantamar  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Key Breton. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Cienfuegos, Cuba.[25]

6 April

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List of shipwrecks: 6 April 1867
Ship State Description
Aurora  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Hohenweg". She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Baden, Prussia.[20]
Elizabeth  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground at Burntisland, Fife. She was on a voyage from Burntisland to London. She floated off the next day and drove ashore. She was refloated and taken in to Burntisland in a leaky condition.[7]

7 April

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List of shipwrecks: 7 April 1867
Ship State Description
Andromache  United Kingdom The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 100 nautical miles (190 km) north north east of San Salvador. She was on a voyage from Cuba to London. Andromache ran aground on Great Cuana Cay, in the Abaco Islands on 20 April.[26][27]
Stad Goor Dantzic The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Agger, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. she was on a voyage from Grimsby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom to Dantzic.[28]

8 April

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List of shipwrecks: 8 April 1867
Ship State Description
Carl Rudolph Courland Governorate The ship was driven ashore 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) from Libava. She was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire, United Kingdom to Libava. She was refloated and towed in to Libava.[29]
Emanuel  United Kingdom The ship was run down and sunk by Esperance ( Prussia) in the Dogger Bank. Her crew were rescued.[30]
Helena  United Kingdom The sloop sprang a leak and sank at Dundee. She was refloated.[7]
Unnamed Flag unknown The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Brielle, South Holland, Netherlands.[20]

9 April

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List of shipwrecks: 9 April 1867
Ship State Description
Crown  United Kingdom The schooner was run into by the troopship HMS Jumna ( Royal Navy) and sank at South Shields, County Durham. She was refloated but found to be severely damaged.[31]
Lilla  United Kingdom The ship capsized and sank in the Elbe. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Dublin. She was refloated on 30 June and taken in to Hamburg in a wrecked condition.[15][32]
William Shepherd  United Kingdom The collier, a brig, was wrecked on the Knecht Sand, in the North Sea with the loss of all nine crew.[6][33] She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Hamburg.[20]

10 April

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List of shipwrecks: 10 April 1867
Ship State Description
Flota  United Kingdom The brig foundered off Orfordness, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued by a smack. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Portsmouth, Hampshire.[34]

11 April

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List of shipwrecks: 11 April 1867
Ship State Description
Caleb Curtis  United States
 United States 		Pilot boat was wrecked inside the shipping Bonita Channel outside Golden Gate Bridge on April 11, 1867 attempting to cross the bar on her way to relieve the pilot boat J. C. Cousins.[35]
Dronningen, and
Spanker 		 Norway
 United Kingdom 		The ships collided off Dungeness, Kent and were both severely damaged. Dronningen was on a voyage from Kristiansand to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was taken in to Ramsgate, Kent.[34][15]
Forganhall  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Irish Sea. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America.[36]
Glide  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Blackpool, Lancashire. Her five crew were rescued by the Blackpool Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Killough, County Down to Liverpool.[37]
H. L. Routh  United States The schooner ran aground on the Salthouse Bank. Her fourteen crew were rescued by the Blackpool Lifeboat Robert William ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Glasgow, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom. She was refloated on 13 March with assistance from the Lytham Lifeboat Wakefield ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[37][38][39][40]
Isis  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near "Chiltepic", Mexico.[41] Her crew were rescued.[42]
Mary  United Kingdom The ship ran aground off the coast of Lincolnshire. Her crew were rescued by the Sutton Lifeboat Birmingham ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Mary was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk to Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham.[40]
Mindello  Brazil The barque was driven ashore at Crosby Point, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Pernambuco to Liverpool.[37][38]
Susan L. Campbell  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked on the Salthouse Bank. Her fourteen crew were rescued by the Blackpool Lifeboat Robert William ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Susan L. Campbell was on a voyage from Liverpool to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America.[37][38][40]
Tiptree  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was wrecked on the Jordan Flats, in Liverpool Bay with the loss of three of her crew. Survivors were rescued by the Formby Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Quebec City.[37][38]
Vesper  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Fowler Rock, in the River Tay.[15] She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Dundee, Forfarshire. She was refloated the next day.[22]
Wonder United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jersey The smack was driven against the pier at Fécamp, Seine-Inférieure and sank. Her crew were rescued.[22]

12 April

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List of shipwrecks: 12 April 1867
Ship State Description
Abram  United Kingdom The ship foundered off Malta. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Trieste.[30]
Star of the Teign  United Kingdom The ship was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Satellite ( United Kingdom). Star of the Teign was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Guayaquil, Ecuador.[43]
Suffolk Hero  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on "Davillian Island". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Galway.[21][44]
Zeno  United Kingdom The ship collided with Trowbridge ( United Kingdom) and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Cartagena, Spain. She was taken in to Deal, Kent for repairs.[15]

13 April

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List of shipwrecks: 13 April 1867
Ship State Description
Annie Archbell  United Kingdom The ship ran aground off Vlieland, Friesland, Netherlands with the loss of four of her eighteen crew.[29]

14 April

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List of shipwrecks: 14 April 1867
Ship State Description
Aurora  Denmark The galiot struck the Horns Reef and sank with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from an English port to Ringkøbing.[45]
Daniel Wood  United States The whaler, a barque, was wrecked on the French Frigate Shoals, in the Pacific Ocean 450 nautical miles (830 km) off Honolulu, Hawaii. Her captain set off for Honolulu in a boat, leaving 27 crew on the shoal. They were rescued on 28 April by USS Lackawanna ( United States Navy).[46]
Ernstatningen  Norway The ship was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Harriet Agnes ( United Kingdom). Ernstatningen was on a voyage from Norway to Honfleur, Manche, France.[47]
Irwell  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore near Rønne, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Dantzic. She had been refloated by 21 April and taken in to Rønne.[19]
Secret Shot  United Kingdom The brigantine capsized off Ness Point, Suffolk and sank on the Holm Sand. Her seven crew were rescued by the surf boat Salem ( United Kingdom). Secret Shot was on a voyage from Southampton, Hampshire to Sunderland, County Durham.[22][29][33]
T. D. Marshall  United Kingdom The paddle tug collided with Mary ( United Kingdom) at Blyth, Northumberland and was abandoned by her crew.[48]

15 April

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List of shipwrecks: 15 April 1867
Ship State Description
Delphin Elise flag France The ship was driven ashore at the Rammekens Castle, Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to London, United Kingdom.[29]
Duo  United Kingdom The brig foundered 25 nautical miles (46 km) south of Laguna. Her crew were rescued.[49]
Irwell  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on Bornholm, Denmark and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Dantzic.[29]
Marie  France The ship sank off Le Croisic, Loire-Inférieure. She was on a voyage from Douarnenez, Finistère to an English port.[47]
Mary Ann  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore on Læsø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Gävle, Sweden. She was refloated and taken in to Gothenburg, Sweden in a leaky condition.[50]
Nordnace, and
Uncle Joe 		 Norway
 United States 		The ships collided at Vlissingen and were both severely damaged. Nordnace was on a voyage from Antwerp to Odessa, Russia. Uncle Joe was on a voyage from Antwerp to South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom. Both vessels put back to Antwerp for repairs.[29]
Wellington  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Swansea, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Swansea to Gibraltar. She was refloated and towed back to Swansea with assistance from a tug and the Swansea Lifeboat Wolverhampton ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[29][40]

16 April

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List of shipwrecks: 16 April 1867
Ship State Description
Onehunga United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The schooner went ashore and was wrecked near the mouth of the Fox River, New Zealand.[51]
Uriel  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Helsingør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[48]
Vesper  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore 7 nautical miles (13 km) from Helsingør, Denmark. She was refloated on 21 April and towed in to Helsingør.[33][30]
William Gowland  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and sank in the River Thames at Charlton, Kent.[29] She was refloated on 24 April.[19]

17 April

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List of shipwrecks: 17 April 1867
Ship State Description
Iona United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The cables of the schooners Iona and Cymraes became entangled in a heavy sea near Hokitika. The crew of the Cymraes managed to clear her in a damaged but reparable state, but the Iona was driven ashore and wrecked.[51]

18 April

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List of shipwrecks: 18 April 1867
Ship State Description
Egbert  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked at Bembridge, Isle of Wight. Her crew were rescued.[52]
Maggie  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Holyhead, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Paraíba, Brazil to Liverpool, Lancashire.[53]
Sinai  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Wolves, in the Bristol Channel off the coast of Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Wexford to Newport, Monmouthshire.[47]

19 April

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List of shipwrecks: 19 April 1867
Ship State Description
Berkshire  United Kingdom The ship collided with the paddle steamer Scotia ( United Kingdom) and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (49°11′N 29°13′W / 49.183°N 29.217°W / 49.183; -29.217). All on board were rescued by Scotia. Berkshire was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure.[10][54]
Hamlin  United Kingdom The ship ran aground off the Brisons, Cornwall and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to London.[47]
Vollenhove Kolberg The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Kolberg. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Kolberg.[47]
William Tabor  United States The steamship was driven ashore on the coast of Florida. She was on a voyage from New York to Galveston, Texas. She was later refloated and taken in to Key West, Florida.[55]

20 April

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List of shipwrecks: 20 April 1867
Ship State Description
Helen Finlayson  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Scheldt. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to an English port.[50]
Retriever  United Kingdom The barque ran aground on the Middelgrunden, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from West Hartlepool, County Durhamt o Stockholm, Sweden. She was refloated.[50]

21 April

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List of shipwrecks: 21 April 1867
Ship State Description
Adsey  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Scroby Sands, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Milton Regis, Kent. She was refloated and towed in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk in a leaky condition.[30]
Catherine  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on the Horse Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of Lancashire.[53] Her crew were rescued.[30] She was on a voyage from Preston to Fleetwood, Lancashire.[56]
Dolphin  United Kingdom The schooner foundered off the Newsand Lightship ( Trinity House) with the loss of all hands.[57]
Hind  United Kingdom The brig sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea off Sea Palling, Norfolk with the loss of her captain.[58][59]
Hope  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Padstow, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Llanelly, Glamorgan to London.[53] She was refloated on 23 April.[19]
Nellie Townsend  United Kingdom The barque foundered off the Tuskar Rock with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by the barque Lancaster ( United Kingdom). Nellie Townsend was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Buenos Aires, Argentina.[60][61]
HMS Perseus  Royal Navy The Camelion-class sloop ran aground on an uncharted reef east of Sebuyau, Netherlands East Indies. Subsequently refloated, repaired and returned to service.[62]
Unnamed Flag unknown The brig ran aground and sank on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk with the loss of all hands.[50]

22 April

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List of shipwrecks: 22 April 1867
Ship State Description
Tronkiena Hellechina  Netherlands The ship was driven ashore on Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Malmö, Sweden to the Meuse (Dutch: Maas).[53]

23 April

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List of shipwrecks: 23 April 1867
Ship State Description
Annandale  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Vineyard Sound. She was on a voyage from New York. United States to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America.[61]
W. H. Townsend  United Kingdom The brig foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cienfuegos, Cuba to New York.[63]

24 April

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List of shipwrecks: 24 April 1867
Ship State Description
Harriet Agnes  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Gravesend, Kent to Copenhagen, Denmark. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[64]
Maria  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Kettleness, Yorkshire.[45]
Princess  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium. She was refloated and taken in to Ostend in a severely leaky condition.[19]
St. Vincent  United Kingdom The ship caught fire. Her passengers were taken off by Delta ( United Kingdom). St. Vincent put in to Plymouth, Devon. She was towed to the Cattewater and scuttled. She was on a voyage from Adelaide, South Australia to London.[65][19]
Vigilant  United Kingdom The paddle tug collided with a hopper ship and sank off South Shields, County Durham with the loss of her captain. Two survivors were rescued by the hopper ship.[66]

25 April

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List of shipwrecks: 25 April 1867
Ship State Description
Daring  United Kingdom The smack sank at Ramsgate, Kent.[67]
Mary Ann  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Holyhead, Anglesey. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire to Briton Ferry, Glamorgan.[19]
Nevada  United States The ship ran aground on the Memory Rock, in the Bahamas. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated on 2 May and taken in to Nassau, Bahamas.[26]
Preston Belle  United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked in Jack Sound.[68]
Snaefell United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Isle of Man The paddle steamer ran aground in the River Mersey. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Douglas, Isle of Man. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[65]
Wulff  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Blackhill Rocks, on the coast of County Durham. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[68]

26 April

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List of shipwrecks: 26 April 1867
Ship State Description
Ann  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Campbeltown, Argyllshire.[69]
Ashley  United Kingdom The ship ran aground and sank in Broad Sound. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Ardglass, County Down to Newport, Monmouthshire.[70]
Caroline  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the English Channel 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) off Dartmouth, Devon. Her crew rescued. She was on a voyage from Poole, Dorset to Runcorn, Cheshire.[68]
Cupid, and
Flora 		United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America
 Denmark 		The ship Cupid collided with the schooner Flora off Majorca, Spain. Flora sank. Cupid was taken in tow by Aurora ( United Kingdom) but foundered on 29 April 30 nautical miles (56 km) south of the "Poranerolles Lighthouse" with the loss of two of her crew. Survivors were rescued by Aurora.[71]
Helen United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The barque ran aground on the Red Sand, in the Thames Estuary.[68]
Welland  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Whitby, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Whitby to Hartlepool, County Durham.[45]

27 April

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List of shipwrecks: 27 April 1867
Ship State Description
Fortuna  Prussia The ship was run into by Ariel ( United Kingdom) and sank at Swinemünde. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rügenwalde to Stettin.[72]

28 April

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List of shipwrecks: 28 April 1867
Ship State Description
Pearl United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Isle of Man The smack was driven ashore and severely damaged at Donaghadee, County Down. She was on a voyage from Galway to Cardiff, Glamorgan. She had been refloated by 4 May and taken in to Belfast, County Antrim for repairs.[10][73][74]

29 April

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List of shipwrecks: 29 April 1867
Ship State Description
Elizabeth Brown  United Kingdom The schooner foundered in the North Sea 60 nautical miles (110 km) south east of Buchan Ness, Aberdeenshire. Her crew were rescued by Concordia ( Hamburg). Elizabeth Brown was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to Gothenburg, Sweden.[72][75]

30 April

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List of shipwrecks: 30 April 1867
Ship State Description
Clementine  Prussia The brigantine was driven ashore at Tacumshane, County Wexford, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from the Rio Grande to Liverpool Lancashire, United Kingdom.[76]
Maggie  United Kingdom The brigantine was wrecked near Carnsore, County Wexford. She was on a voyage from London to Dublin.[76]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in April 1867
Ship State Description
Abel Tasman  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in the Laccadive Islands before 12 April. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bombay, India to Liverpool, Lancashire.[77][78][27]
Admiral Cator  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore in West Loch Tarbert.[61]
Alice Grey  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned before 20 April.[79]
Aurora  Denmark The galeas struck the Horns Reef and sank with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from an English port to Ringkøbing. The wreck came ashore at "Gravlup" on 14 April.[70]
Candia  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Hooghly River. She was on a voyage from Suez, Egypt to Calcutta, India. She was refloated two days later and completed her voyage.[53]
Conqueror  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Fortune Island, Bahamas. She was on a voyage from St. Jago de Cuba, Cuba to Swansea, Glamorgan.[10]
Eva United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Boston, Massachusetts, United States. She was subsequently discovered by the whaling barque Firmenza ( Portugal) and taken in to Faial Island, Azores in a derelict condition.[80][81]
Excellent  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Halifax, Nova Scotia and Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America.[82]
Gladiator  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground of a reef off the coast of Florida, United States. She was on a voyage from London to New Orleans. She was refloated and taken in to Key West, Florida for repairs.[73][83]
Herman Flag unknown The ship was wrecked on Rügen, Prussia.[39]
Hotspur  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Blowers Reef. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Manila, Spanish East Indies to New York.[11]
Lois  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Hooghly River. She was on a voyage from the Cape Colony to Calcutta, India. She was refloated nine days later and completed her voyage.[53]
Kenns  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Peniche, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Saint Petersburg, Russia. She was refloated and put back to Lisbon.[39]
Marins  France The ship was wrecked at Aigues-Mortes, Gard. She was on a voyage from the Gambia River to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône.[16]
Melly  United Kingdom The ship was lost near Bermuda. She was on a voyage from Mayagüez, Puerto Rico to Falmouth, Cornwall.[39]
Nicholas Curwen  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Hooghly River. She was on a voyage from Bombay to Calcutta.[53]
Nile  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore near Königsberg, Prussia.[39] She was refloated on 12 April.[84]
Oriental  France The ship foundered in the Indian Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Guinea to Marseille.[39]
President Fillmore  United States The full-rigged ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Sirian Star ( United States). President Fillmore was on a voyage from Glasgow to New York.[85][29][86]
Scandinavian  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Conche Reef, off the coast of Florida on or before 16 April. She was on a voyage from Pensacola, Florida to Liverpool, Lancashire.[47][87]
Sea King  United Kingdom The barque was sunk by ice in the Saint Lawrence River with the loss of five of her crew. She was on a voyage from Grimsby, Lincolnshire to Quebec City.[88]
St. Mungo  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Hooghly River. She was on a voyage from Calcutta to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[53]
Virginia  United Kingdom The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from New York to Donegal. Virginia was discovered on 19 April at 49°20′N 26°18′W / 49.333°N 26.300°W / 49.333; -26.300 by the barque Clydesdale ( United Kingdom), which put part of her crew on board to rig a jury mast and take her into a port.[61][89]

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Bibliography

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  • Ingram, C. W. N., and Wheatley, P. O., (1936) Shipwrecks: New Zealand disasters 1795–1936. Dunedin, NZ: Dunedin Book Publishing Association.

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