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The list of shipwrecks in April 1869 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during April 1869 .
List of shipwrecks: 1 April 1869
Ship
State
Description
Cambria
United Kingdom
The ship sprang a leak and was beached in Whiting Bay . She was refloated and taken in to Troon , Ayrshire for repairs.[ 1]
General von Wrangel
Stettin
The brig ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex , United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from Stettin to Whitehaven , Cumberland , United Kingdom. She was refloated and towed in to Sheerness , Kent , United Kingdom in a waterlogged condition.[ 2]
Irene
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore at Ouistreham , Calvados , France. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough , Yorkshire to Caen , Calvados.[ 3]
Isabella Swainson
United Kingdom
The schooner struck a rock at Bowmore , Islay and sank. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Riga , Russia .[ 4]
Lady Alice Kenlis
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground at Carlingford, County Louth . She was on a voyage from Newry , County Antrim to Dundrum , County Dublin .[ 2]
List of shipwrecks: 3 April 1869
Ship
State
Description
Cardross
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on Spiekeroog , Prussia . She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Queenstown, County Cork . She was refloated.[ 7]
Ellen
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore on the south coast of the Moray Firth . She was on a voyage from London to Inverness .[ 8]
Indian Empire
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground and was wrecked on the Muckraputty Lumps, in the Hooghly River .[ 9] She was on a voyage from Calcutta , India to London .[ 10]
Suffren
France
The ship was wrecked at Nacqueville , Manche . She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce , Seine-Inférieure to Cardiff , Glamorgan , United Kingdom and Rio de Janeiro , Brazil . She was refloated on 16 April and taken in to Cherbourg , Seine-Inférieure [ 9] [ 11]
List of shipwrecks: 5 April 1869
Ship
State
Description
Hope
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk . She was on a voyage from Hartlepool , County Durham to London . she was refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 9]
Limestone
United Kingdom
The sloop foundered in the North Sea off Wells-next-the-Sea , Norfolk . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn , Norfolk to Castleford , Yorkshire .[ 15]
Nellie Harding
United States
The ship was wrecked near Porthleven , Cornwall , United Kingdom . Her 28 crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Antwerp , Belgium to Cardiff , Glamorgan , United Kingdom.[ 16] [ 17]
Thornley
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground at Hartlepool , County Durham . She was on a voyage from Hartlepool to London . She was refloated with the assistance of four tugs , including Conqueror ( United Kingdom ) and resumed her voyage.[ 18]
Violet
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground at Dundee , Forfarshire . She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Dundee.[ 9]
List of shipwrecks: 7 April 1869
Ship
State
Description
Bessie North
United States
The ship was driven ashore at St. Margaret's Bay, Kent , United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from New York to Antwerp , Belgium.[ 1] She was refloated.[ 13]
British Lion
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Kish Bank, in the Irish Sea . She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Calcutta , India .[ 13] [ 23]
C. A. Jones
United States
The barque was wrecked in Gallop's Bay, on the east coast of Jamaica. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Kingston, Jamaica to Falmouth, Massachusetts .[ 24] [ 25]
Charlotte McDonald
United States
The brigantine was wrecked on the east coast of Jamaica. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Kingston to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania .[ 24]
Glengrant
United Kingdom
The schooner was wrecked at Peterhead , Aberdeenshire . Her crew were rescued by a pilot boat . She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Buckie , Moray .[ 26]
Jeanne
France
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Cape Wrath , Caithness , United Kingdom.[ 1]
Manney
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Shakespeare Cliff, Dover , Kent . She was on a voyage from Southampton , Hampshire to Sunderland, County Durham .[ 1]
Margaret
United Kingdom
The brig ran aground on the Schulhoek, off the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam , South Holland , Netherlands to Barrow-in-Furness , Lancashire . She was refloated with assistance.[ 23]
Pinus
Norway
The brig was driven ashore and wrecked 6 nautical miles (11 km) south of the South Stack Lighthouse , Anglesey , United Kingdom. Her nine crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bayonne , Basses-Pyrénées , France to Liverpool , Lancashire , United Kingdom.[ 1] [ 27]
Ricardo
Flag unknown
The ship sank in the Mediterranean Sea 60 nautical miles (110 km) off Malta with the loss of all but two of her crew. Survivors were rescued by an Italian vessel. She was on a voyage from Odessa , Russia to an English port.[ 28]
Volante
United Kingdom
The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean . Her crew were rescued by the barque Lizzie ( Norway ). Volante was on a voyage from Liverpool to "Welchpool", New Brunswick , Canada and/or Eastport, Maine , United States.[ 22] [ 29]
List of shipwrecks: 8 April 1869
Ship
State
Description
Anne Whyte
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Colleville, Seine-Inférieure , France. She was on a voyage from Caen , Calvados to Swansea , Glamorgan .[ 13]
Diedrich
Bremen
The ship was wrecked near Cap Gris Nez , Pas-de-Calais , France. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux , Gironde , France to Bremen.[ 13]
Dorset
United Kingdom
The steamship was driven ashore at Kenfig , Glamorgan . She was on a voyage from Port Talbot , Glamorgan to Bridgwater , Somerset . She was refloated the next day and taken in to Porthcawl , Glamorgan.[ 30]
General Grant
United States
The steamship was destroyed by fire at New Orleans, Louisiana .[ 22]
Richibucto
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on "Fettern". She was on a voyage from Leith , Lothian to Larvik , Norway.[ 13]
West
Stettin
The ship was destroyed by fire near Swatow , China . She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to Yokohama , Japan .[ 31]
Unnamed
United States
The ship was wrecked on Inagua , Bahamas . There were nineteen survivors. She was on a voyage from Newport, Rhode Island to New Orleans, Louisiana .[ 32]
List of shipwrecks: 9 April 1869
Ship
State
Description
Aura
United Kingdom
The steamship was wrecked on The Manacles , Cornwall . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Plymouth , Devon to Waterford .[ 30]
Lena
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on Capo Blanco, Trinidad . She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , United States to Trinidad. She was refloated and taken in to Trinidad.[ 33]
Marmion
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on Inagua , Bahamas . She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to New Orleans, Louisiana .[ 34] [ 35]
Parker
United Kingdom
The ship was destroyed by fire at Demerara , British Guiana .[ 21] She was on a voyage from Demerara to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 36]
List of shipwrecks: 11 April 1869
Ship
State
Description
Isabella
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Lisbon , Portugal. She was refloated and taken in to Lisbon, where she was repaired.[ 38]
List of shipwrecks: 15 April 1869
Ship
State
Description
Elfrida
Newfoundland Colony
The sealer , a brigantine , was wrecked at Mosquito Point with the loss of seven of her crew.[ 41] [ 25] [ 42]
Fanny
United Kingdom
The polacca was wrecked on the North Tail Sand, off the north Devon coast. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bideford , Devon to Swansea , Glamorgan .[ 43]
Lively
United Kingdom
The schooner struck a sunken wreck off Saltfleet , Lincolnshire and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough , Yorkshire to Havre de Grâce , Seine-Inférieure , France.[ 43] [ 11]
Result
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Peterhead , Aberdeenshire . She was on a voyage from Iceland to Galway . She had become a wreck by 20 April.[ 44]
Susannah
United Kingdom
The smack was wrecked at Great Orme Head , Caernarfonshire . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bangor, Caernarfonshire to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 45]
List of shipwrecks: 17 April 1869
Ship
State
Description
Ann
United Kingdom
The Yorkshire Billyboy was wrecked on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Humber to London .[ 47] [ 11]
Edel
Denmark
The ship departed from Skive for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 48]
J. B. S.
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Black Rock. She was on a voyage from Matanzas , Cuba to Falmouth, Cornwall . She was refloated.[ 46]
Margaret
Newfoundland Colony
The brig sprang a leak and foundered in the Bristol Channel 12 nautical miles (22 km) off Lundy Island , Devon . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Penarth , Glamorgan , United Kingdom to Monte Video , Uruguay.[ 38] [ 49]
Marina
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Goodwick , Pembrokeshire . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Glandore , County Cork .[ 43] [ 11]
Pacific
United Kingdom
The steamship was driven ashore at Tønsberg , Norway. She was on a voyage from Hull , Yorkshire to Dantzic .[ 50]
Thyra
Denmark
The barque was abandoned in the Bay of Biscay . She was on a voyage from Swansea , Glamorgan , United Kingdom to Gibraltar .[ 44]
List of shipwrecks: 20 April 1869
Ship
State
Description
Agamemnon
United Kingdom
The brig was driven at Rhoscolyn , Anglesey . She was on a voyage from Trinidad to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 59] She was refloated on 4 May and taken in to Holyhead , Anglesey[ 60]
General Lee
United Kingdom
The steamship struck the Douro Rock, Lisbon , Portugal. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Lisbon. She sank the next day.[ 38]
Imperial
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Murr Ledges, in the Gulf of St. Lawrence with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Mobile, Alabama , United States to Saint John, New Brunswick , Canada .[ 41] [ 4]
List of shipwrecks: 21 April 1869
Ship
State
Description
Atlanta
United Kingdom
The ship foundered at Bombay , India with the loss of 31 lives.[ 47]
List of shipwrecks: 22 April 1869
Ship
State
Description
Hurricane
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground and sank at Melbourne , Victoria . All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Melbourne.[ 41] [ 61]
Imperial
Unknown
During a voyage from Mobile , Alabama , to St. John , New Brunswick , Canada, the full-rigged ship ran aground on St. Mary Ledge — a reef off Grand Manan , New Brunswick — during a storm, broke up, and sank at 44°28.9′N 066°49.9′W / 44.4817°N 66.8317°W / 44.4817; -66.8317 (Imperial ) with the loss of her entire crew of 22.[ 62]
List of shipwrecks: 28 April 1869
Ship
State
Description
Bolingbroke
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked in the Hooghly River . She was on a voyage from Calcutta , India to London .[ 70] [ 71]
Friends
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Lindisfarne , Northumberland . She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Perth .[ 21]
Glan Mor
United Kingdom
The barque was holed by ice and sank off Grosse-Île, Quebec Canada . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Llanelly , Glamorgan to Quebec City , Canada. She was condemned.[ 36]
John Bellamy
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned off the coast of Burma . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Calcutta to London.[ 4] [ 56]
Pilot
United Kingdom
The steam lighter was driven ashore near Cushendall , County Antrim . Her crew were rescued.[ 33]
Sussex
United Kingdom
The ship put in to Savannah, Georgia , United States on fire. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Liverpool , Lancashire . She resumed her voyage on 14 May.[ 32]
List of shipwrecks: 30 April 1869
Ship
State
Description
Lady Flora
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Caister-on-Sea , Norfolk . She was on a voyage from London to Hull , Yorkshire .[ 21]
Lily Green
United Kingdom
The schooner struck the Victoria Rock, on the coast of Anglesey . She was on a voyage from "Llanhairn" to Runcorn , Cheshire . She was refloated and taken in to Cemlyn , Anglesey.[ 6]
Panope
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at Hellevoetsluis , Zeeland , Netherlands and sprang a leak. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Dordrecht , South Holland , Netherlands.[ 21]
Richmond
United Kingdom
The ferryboat collided with the ferryboat Woodside ( United Kingdom ) in the River Mersey . All on board were rescued. She was towed to Birkenhead , Cheshire by the tug Lioness ( United Kingdom ) and sank there.[ 74]
St. George
United Kingdom
The smack ran aground on the Chicken Rocks, off the Calf of Man , Isle of Man and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Killough , County Down to Liverpool , Lancashire . St. George was taken in to Kingstown, County Dublin in a derelict condition on 4 May by the fishing trawler Undine ( United Kingdom ).[ 75] [ 76] [ 33]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in April 1869
Ship
State
Description
America
United States
The steamship was destroyed by fire at San Juan del Sur , Nicaragua before 17 April.[ 77] She was on a voyage from Panama City , United States of Colombia to San Francisco, California .[ 40]
August M. Gott
United States
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 10 April.[ 43]
Boanerges
United Kingdom
The ship collided with the steamship Moravian ( United Kingdom ) and was abandoned before 27 April. Her 28 crew were rescued by Moravian . Boanerges was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Quebec City , Canada .[ 4] [ 25]
Bretagne
France
The brigantine collided with the full-rigged ship Explorer ( United Kingdom ) and sank in the Atlantic Ocean before 28 April with the loss of five of her crew. Survivors were rescued by Explorer . Bretagne was on a voyage from Buenos Aires , Argentina to Bordeaux , Gironde .[ 78] [ 79]
Charles Poole
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on Inagua , Bahamas before 6 April. She was on a voyage from Cardiff , Glamorgan to Havana , Cuba .[ 1]
Eleazer
Norway
The steamship was destroyed by fire off the coast of Greenland.[ 80]
Fleetwing
Norway
The ship collided with Emma ( United Kingdom ) and sank at Nantes , Loire-Inférieure , France with the loss of thirteen of her crew.[ 12]
G. A. Thompson
United States
The steamboat struck a submerged object, caught fire and sank in the Arkansas River 40 nautical miles (74 km) downstream of Little Rock, Arkansas with the loss of seventeen lives. Survivors were rescued by Caldwell ( United States ).[ 66]
Germania
United States
The ship was wrecked on Inagua , Bahamas . She was on a voyage from New York to Vera Cruz , Mexico.[ 81]
Johanna
New Zealand
The schooner departed Timaru for Auckland in early April, and was not seen again.[ 82]
John B. Russell
New Zealand
The 56-ton schooner departed Lyttelton Harbour for Auckland in early April, and was not seen again.[ 82]
Martha
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on Guadeloupe before 17 April. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Guadeloupe.[ 19]
Principality
United Kingdom
The brig was run down and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by Dolores ( Spain ). Her crew were rescued by Dolores .[ 22] She came ashore in the Bahamas in a capsized condition on 27 April.[ 83]
Sarah Sands
United Kingdom
The barque was wrecked on the Kalpein Reef, in the Laccadive Islands before 25 April. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Bombay.[ 4] [ 20]
Sculdo
Flag unknown
The ship was lost off the coast of Greenland.[ 80]
Simmonds
Canada
The ship was wrecked on "Buena Vist Island", in the Saint Lawrence River . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Quebec City.[ 32] [ 34] [ 65]
Sperwer
Netherlands
The cutter was wrecked on the Wednesday Spit, in the Prince of Wales Islands . Her eight crew were murdered by the local inhabitants .[ 84] [ 85]
Teresa P.
Austria-Hungary
The brig was wrecked on the south coast of the Isle of Wight , United Kingdom .[ 86]
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