The list of shipwrecks in April 1838 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during April 1838 .
List of shipwrecks: 1 April 1838
Ship
State
Description
Fortuna
Prussia
The ship was lost off Anholt , Denmark. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland , United Kingdom to Königsberg .[ 1]
Jane
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Boulogne , Pas-de-Calais , France. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Boulogne. Jane was refloated and taken into Boulogne.[ 2]
Palace
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Helsea Point, Cornwall . She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Newport, Monmouthshire .[ 3] [ 4]
William and Ann
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Burntisland , Fife .[ 5]
List of shipwrecks: 2 April 1838
Ship
State
Description
Miranda
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged on Antigua . She was on a voyage from London to Barbadoes and Antigua. Miranda was refloated on 5 April and put under repair.[ 6] [ 7]
List of shipwrecks: 7 April 1838
Ship
State
Description
Delaval
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk . She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland . Delaval was refloated and taken into Great Yarmouth , Norfolk.[ 10]
Favourite Nancy
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and sank south of Aberystwyth , Cardiganshire . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Aberavon , Glamorgan . Favourite Nancy was refloated on 13 April and taken into Aberystwyth.[ 11] [ 16] [ 10]
Jane
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the North Sea off the mouth of the River Tees .[ 17]
Joseph
United Kingdom
The ship struck the pier and sank at Swansea , Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from St. Ives, Cornwall to Swansea.[ 8]
Native
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground and was damaged at Teignmouth , Devon . She was on a voyage from Teignmouth to Newfoundland , British North America . Native was refloated and put back to Teignmouth.[ 8]
Ray
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked near Holyhead , Anglesey with the loss of five lives. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Gloucester .[ 18] [ 8]
List of shipwrecks: 8 April 1838
Ship
State
Description
Amiable Mère
France
The ship was wrecked at St Alban's Head , Dorset , United Kingdom . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Marennes, Charente-Maritime to Dunkerque , Nord .[ 16] [ 12]
Belsay Castle
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at the mouth of the River Tees with the loss of seven of her ten crew. Survivors were rescued by the Seaton Lifeboat.[ 19] [ 17]
Ceres
Norway
The ship sprang a leak in the North Sea and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Skien to Dunkerque. Ceres was later taken in to Thisted , Denmark.[ 1] [ 20]
Deux Amis
France
The ship was wrecked at St Alban's Head. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux , Gironde to Dunkerque.[ 16] [ 12]
Dorade
France
The ship ran aground on The Shingles, in the English Channel and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux to Boulogne-sur-Mer , Pas-de-Calais . She was refloated on 10 April and taken into Cowes , Isle of Wight , United Kingdom for repairs.[ 12] [ 19]
Fanny and Betsey
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Saint Tudwal's Islands , Caernarfonshire .[ 21]
Margaret
United Kingdom
The schooner was wrecked at Spittal, Northumberland with the loss of her captain. Survivors were saved by the Coast Guard .[ 22] [ 18] [ 8]
Resolution
Norway
The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Skien to London, United Kingdom.[ 1]
Swaine
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Goodwick Sands, off Fishguard , Pembrokeshire . She was on a voyage from Dublin to Gloucester .[ 18] [ 8]
Union
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in Bootle Bay . She was on a voyage from Ostend , West Flanders , Belgium to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 16]
William and Ann
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Scargill, Lothian . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Inverness to Hull , Yorkshire .[ 19]
Zeeuw
Netherlands
The ship was wrecked on the Banjaard Sand, in the North Sea with the loss of two lives. She was on a voyage from Batavia , Netherlands East Indies to Middelburg , Zeeland .[ 23] [ 24]
List of shipwrecks: 9 April 1838
Ship
State
Description
Agenoria
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Filey Brigg , Yorkshire . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn , Norfolk to Hartlepool , County Durham .[ 17]
Diana
Spain
The brig was abandoned off Cape San Antonio, Cuba . She was on a voyage from Trinidad to Boston, Massachusetts , United States.[ 25]
Eugenia
Portugal
The ship was run down and sunk off Start Point, Devon with the loss of all but her captain. She was on a voyage from São Miguel Island , Azores to London , United Kingdom .[ 21]
Victor et Fèlice
France
The barque was driven ashore and wrecked in the Hooghly River at Kedgeree , India . She was on a voyage from Île Bourbon to Calcutta , India.[ 26] [ 27]
List of shipwrecks: 16 April 1838
Ship
State
Description
Choice
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Schiermonnikoog , Friesland , Netherlands . She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Hamburg .[ 40]
Diamond
United Kingdom
The brig was wrecked on the Barnard Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk .[ 42]
Frithiof
Norway
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked 8 nautical miles (15 km) east of Calais , France with the loss of all but two of her eleven or thirteen crew. She was on a voyage from Porsgrund to Nantes , Loire-Inférieure , France.[ 11] [ 43]
Hugh Taylor
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground in the Swine Bottoms, in the Baltic Sea off the coast of Denmark. She was refloated and put into Copenhagen for repairs.[ 44]
Sophia
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Maryport , Cumberland . She was on a voyage from Carlisle to Whitehaven .[ 41]
St Andrew
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in the River Mersey . She was on a voyage from New York , United States to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 45] St Andrew was later refloated.[ 46]
St. Vincent
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in Loch Ryan . She was on a voyage from Glasgow , Renfrewshire to Saint Vincent , Virgin Islands .[ 47]
List of shipwrecks: 17 April 1838
Ship
State
Description
Agnes
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Blainville-sur-Mer , Manche , France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven , Cumberland to Granville, Manche .[ 35]
Athabaska
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the West Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay , with the loss of all 25 crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Quebec City , Lower Canada , British North America .[ 11] [ 48]
Charles
United Kingdom
The brig was destroyed by fire in The Downs . All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Newfoundland , British North America .[ 47] [ 49]
Glenisla
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Portsall , Finistère , France. Her crew were rescued.[ 50] [ 51] She was on a voyage from London to the Cape of Good Hope .[ 34] Glenisla had become a wreck by 26 April.[ 52]
Nancy
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the North Sea off Winterton-on-Sea , Norfolk with the loss of two of her three crew. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Great Yarmouth , Norfolk.[ 47]
Neptune
United Kingdom
The East Indiaman was wrecked at Godreavy , Cornwall with the loss of all hands.[ 53] [ 49]
Scipio
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Ayr . She was on a voyage from Demerara to the Clyde .[ 11] Scipio was refloated on 19 April and taken into Greenock , Renfrewshire .[ 51]
Triton
United Kingdom
The barque was driven ashore and damaged at Rutland, Donegal . She was on a voyage from Hull , Yorkshire to Quebec City.[ 49] Triton was refloated on 22 April and taken into "Inniscoo".[ 54]
List of shipwrecks: 18 April 1838
Ship
State
Description
Black Dwarf
United Kingdom
The ship capsized and foundered in the Solway Firth off Carlisle, Cumberland . Her crew were rescued.[ 55] [ 56]
Britannia
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in Silloth Bay . sHe was on a voyage from Carlisle, Cumberland to Restigouche , New Brunswick , British North America .[ 1] [ 56]
Oxford
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in Loch Ryan . She was on a voyage from London to Saint Vincent , Virgin Islands .[ 51]
Triton
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in the Aran Islands , County Galway . She was on a voyage from Hull , Yorkshire to Quebec City , Lower Canada , British North America. Triton was refloated on 25 April and taken into Rutland, County Donegal .[ 13]
Vine
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Grainthorpe , Lincolnshire .[ 34]
List of shipwrecks: 21 April 1838
Ship
State
Description
Ariadne
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Crosby Point, Lancashire . She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Trieste . Ariadne was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.[ 34] [ 60]
Carlton
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Crosby Point, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Miramichi, New Brunswick , British North America . Carlton was refloated and put back to Liverpool.[ 34]
Ewer Frue Catharine
Denmark
The ship was wrecked near "Helgens". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields , County Durham , United Kingdom to Horsens .[ 9]
Mersey
United Kingdom
The ship was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean , having previously abandoned. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Saint John, New Brunswick , British North America .[ 28]
Susan and Ann
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Thisted , Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ipswich , Suffolk to Lübeck .[ 52]
Tommy
Ottoman Empire
The ship sprang a leak and was beached in Belgrave Bay, Guernsey , Channel Islands . She was on a voyage from Çeşme to Hamburg . Tommy was refloated and taken into Guernsey in a severely damaged condition.[ 44]
List of shipwrecks: 24 April 1838
Ship
State
Description
Choice
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex and was damaged. She was on a voyage from London to Riga , Russia . Choice was refloated and taken into Harwich , Essex.[ 63]
Gem
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand and was damaged. She was on a voyage from London to Sunderland, County Durham . Gem was refloated and taken into Harwich.[ 63]
Lena
Stralsund
The ship was driven ashore on Rügen , Prussia . She was on a voyage from Stralsund to Great Yarmouth , Norfolk , United Kingdom .[ 20] Lena was later refloated and taken into Griefswald in a leaky condition.[ 64]
Pauline
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground in the New Channel. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Ostend , West Flanders , Belgium.[ 35]
Virgine della Grazia
Flag unknown
The ship was wrecked near Thisted , Denmark. Her crew were rescued.[ 9]
List of shipwrecks: 25 April 1838
Ship
State
Description
Ark
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Lemon and Ore Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex and was damaged. She was refloated and assisted into Harwich , Essex by HMRC Badger ( Board of Customs ). Ark was on a voyage from Stockton-on-Tees , County Durham to Maldon, Essex .[ 65]
Castlereagh
United Kingdom
The brig ran aground on the Haisborough Sands , in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk and was abandoned by her crew, with the exception of her captain, off Winterton-on-Sea . She subsequently came ashore at Mundesley and was wrecked. Her captain survived, the crew arrived at Great Yarmouth .[ 44] [ 54]
Iroquois
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Haisborough Sands and was damaged. She put into Great Yarmouth in a leaky condition.[ 54]
John
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore 1 league (3 nautical miles (5.6 km)) east of Calais , France. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Portsmouth , Hampshire .[ 13]
Moselle
United States
The steamboat suffered a boiler explosion at Fulton , Ohio , and was destroyed with the loss of about 160 lives.[ 66]
Pauline
Belgium
The ship ran aground in the New Channel. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire , United Kingdom to Ostend , West Flanders [ 67]
Wennerne
Norway
The ship was driven ashore in Druridge Bay. She was on a voyage from Dram to Sunderland, County Durham , United Kingdom.[ 44]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in April 1838
Ship
State
Description
Canada
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean before 14 April.[ 74]
Carlton
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Crosby Point, Lancashire . She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Miramichi, New Brunswick , British North America .[ 1]
Charlotte Dorothea
Stettin
The ship was sunk by ice off Rügen , Prussia . She was on a voyage from Stettin to King's Lynn , Norfolk , United Kingdom .[ 9]
Dart
New South Wales
The ship was wrecked on Troubridge Island , South Australia . Her crew were rescued.[ 75]
Fortuin
Netherlands
The ship was abandoned in the North Sea before 19 April.[ 9]
Fortuna
Norway
The ship was abandoned in the North Sea before 18 April.[ 9]
Gute Hoffnung
Bremen
The ship was abandoned in the North Sea before 1 May. She was on a voyage from Wick, Caithness , United Kingdom to Bremen.Gute Hoffnung was taken into Peterhead , Aberdeenshire , United Kingdom on 1 May.[ 64]
Julie
Norway
The ship foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all but two of her crew.[ 76]
Lowestoft
New South Wales
The schooner ran aground at Port Adelaide , South Australia . She was on a voyage from Launceston , Van Diemen's Land to Port Adelaide.[ 77] [ 78]
Medora
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Yorkshire before 9 April.[ 21]
Mungo
British North America
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 3 April.[ 59]
Resolution
Norway
The ship foundered in the North Sea with the loss of two of her crew. Survivors were rescued by Hero ( United Kingdom ). Resolution was on a voyage from Christiania to London , United Kingdom.[ 44]
San José
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands , Kent , United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from Oporto to Amsterdam , North Holland , Netherlands . San José was refloated and taken into Ramsgate , Kent.[ 51]
Spencer
United Kingdom
The ship capsized in the Atlantic Ocean off the Isles of Scilly before 18 April.[ 79]
Two Brothers and Sisters
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 25 April.[ 13]
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