The list of shipwrecks in April 1840 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during April 1840 .
List of shipwrecks: 1 April 1840
Ship
State
Description
Paragon
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Green Point, Cape Town , Cape Colony . She was on a voyage from Mauritius to London .[ 1] [ 2]
Psyche
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in the River Carron . She was on a voyage from Grangemouth , Stirlingshire , to Stockton-on-Tees , County Durham .[ 3]
Splendid
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at Beaumaris , Anglesey . She was on a voyage from Bangor, Caernarfonshire , to London .[ 4]
Wells
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked north of Hartlepool , County Durham . Her crew were rescued.[ 5]
Zephyr
United Kingdom
The whaler ran aground of a reef off Borneo , Spanish East Indies . Her crew abandoned the ship on 3 April and set fire to her. They reached "Macassa Island" and were then found a ship to take them to Batavia , Netherlands East Indies .[ 6] [ 7]
List of shipwrecks: 2 April 1840
Ship
State
Description
Acht Gebroders
Netherlands
The ship was wrecked on the Île de Planier , Bouches-du-Rhône , France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam , North Holland , to Marseille , Bouches-du-Rhône.[ 8]
Experiment
British North America
The ship was driven ashore on Campobello Island , New Brunswick . She was on a voyage from Havana , Cuba , to Saint John, New Brunswick .[ 9]
Thomas Beaufort
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Sheerness , Kent .[ 4] She was refloated on 3 April.[ 5]
List of shipwrecks: 3 April 1840
Ship
State
Description
Athenais
Flag unknown
The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Gibraltar . She was refloated.[ 10]
Catherine
France
The ship was run down and sunk in the English Channel by Oceanus ( United States ) with the loss of all but one of her crew.[ 11]
Hope
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Carbonear , Newfoundland , British North America . She was on a voyage from Bristol , Gloucestershire , to Carbonear and Saint John's, Newfoundland .[ 12]
Ino
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Middle Bank, in the Solent . She was on a voyage from Hartlepool , County Durham , to Portsmouth , Hampshire .[ 5]
Isabella
United Kingdom
The ship was destroyed by fire at sea. Her crew were rescued.[ 3]
Joseph Tyson
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on the Algarve coast, Portugal. She had been refloated by 23 April.[ 13]
Sleepless
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Sunderland, County Durham . She was refloated on 5 April and put back to Sunderland.[ 14]
Tweed
United Kingdom
The ship capsized at Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 4]
List of shipwrecks: 5 April 1840
Ship
State
Description
Vrow Gebina
Netherlands
The ship was wrecked on the Poldern Sandbank, in the North Sea off the mouth of the Eider . She was on a voyage from Groningen to a Baltic port.[ 15] [ 8]
List of shipwrecks: 6 April 1840
Ship
State
Description
Creole
Grenada
The schooner was wrecked on the Recas. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Grenada to Curaçao .[ 16]
John and Susan
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Barber Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk . She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland , to Shoreham-by-Sea , Sussex . John and Susan was refloated and taken into Great Yarmouth , Norfolk.[ 14]
Minerva
Netherlands
The ship was wrecked on the English coast. She was on a voyage from a Dutch port to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , United States. Three crew reached Guernsey , Channel Islands , in a boat on 10 April.[ 17]
Princess Victoria
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Rye, Sussex . She was on a voyage drom London to Rio de Janeiro , Brazil . Princess Victoria was refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 18]
Surrey
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean . Her crew were rescued by Daring ( United Kingdom ). Surrey was on a voyage from Sierra Leone to Plymouth , Devon .[ 19]
List of shipwrecks: 7 April 1840
Ship
State
Description
Hudscott
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on St Margaret's Island , Pembrokeshire .[ 15]
Jane
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and sank near Huntcliffe, County Durham Her crew were rescued by the Redcar Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Stockton-on-Tees .[ 15]
Jane
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Milford Haven , Pembrokeshire.[ 15] She was refloated on 10 April and taken into Milford Haven.[ 17]
Maitland
British North America
The ship ran aground on Brownie's Island Reef and was wrecked with the loss of three of her nineteen crew.[ 9]
Mary Ann
United Kingdom
The smack was driven ashore and wrecked at Pedan Olva Point, Cornwall . Both crew members were rescued.[ 20] She was on a voyage from Swansea , Glamorgan , to Poole, Dorset .[ 15]
New Hope
United Kingdom
The ship struck a rock and sank at Fishguard , Pembrokeshire.[ 15]
Polly
United Kingdom
The brig was wrecked on Rat Island , off Lundy Island , Devon . Her crew were rescued by HMRC Endeavour ( Board of Customs ). Polly was on a voyage from Cork to Caernarfon .[ 21]
List of shipwrecks: 13 April 1840
Ship
State
Description
Indien
France
The ship ran aground in the Ganges and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Calcutta , India , to Havre de Grâce , Seine-Inférieure .[ 26]
Pauline
Dantzic
The ship was wrecked off the Isle of Lewis , Outer Hebrides , United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from Dantzic to Belfast , County Antrim , United Kingdom.[ 27]
Terpisichore
Hamburg
The ship ran aground on the Morven Sand and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana , United States, to Cuxhaven . Terpsichore was refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 28]
List of shipwrecks: 17 April 1840
Ship
State
Description
Carouge
United Kingdom
The ship was destroyed by fire at Londonderry .[ 22] [ 34]
Exchange
United Kingdom
The ship struck the south west point of Swanna , Orkney Islands , and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland , to Glasgow , Renfrewshire .[ 31]
Jacob Pennell
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Long Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wexford . She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire , to New York , United States. Jacob Pennell was later refloated.[ 27]
Mandarin
France
The ship was lost at "St. Leu".[ 35]
Robert Bruce
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Long Bank. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Cork .[ 27] She was refloated and arrived at Cork on 23 April.[ 36]
Winscales
p
The ship ran aground at Maryport , Cumberland . She was on a voyage from Sierra Leone to Maryport.[ 10]
List of shipwrecks: 23 April 1840
Ship
State
Description
Amanda
Netherlands
The ship was driven ashore at Ramsgate , Kent , United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from Rotterdam , South Holland , to the Cape of Good Hope . Amanda was refloated and taken into Ramsgate.[ 31]
Hope
United Kingdom
The ship struck a sunken rock and was damaged at Carbonear , Newfoundland , British North America . She was on a voyage from Bristol , Gloucestershire , to Carbonear and Saint Johns, Newfoundland .[ 45]
Wismar
Wismar
The ship was driven ashore at Formby Point, Lancashire , United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Wismar to Liverpool , Lancashire . Wismar was refloated and taken into Liverpool.[ 31]
List of shipwrecks: 28 April 1840
Ship
State
Description
Mercury
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Dundee , Forfarshire . She was on a voyage from Dundee to Copenhagen , Denmark. Mercury was refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 52]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in April 1840
Ship
State
Description
Albion
United Kingdom
The collier was driven ashore at Dieppe , Seine-Inférieure , France. She had been refloated and taken into Dieppe by 4 April.[ 18]
Aurora Frederica
Flag unknown
The ship ran aground at La Rochelle , Charente-Maritime , France before 8 April.[ 57]
Eagle
New South Wales
The schooner struck a rock and foundered in Whirlpool Reach, in the Tamar River .[ 58]
Margaret
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in Busika Bay before 25 April. She was refloated an put into Tenedos , Ottoman Empire .[ 59]
Naiad
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground in the Dardanelles before 4 April. She was later refloated.[ 54]
Navarino
New South Wales
The ship was wrecked on the coast of New Zealand.[ 35]
Orion
United Kingdom
The ship was lost off "Cape St. Rocque" before 23 April. She was on a voyage from Cap-Haïtien , Haiti to the Cape of Good Hope , Africa.[ 60]
Peace
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on The Shingles, off The Needles , Isle of Wight , and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from São Miguel Island , Azores , to Southampton , Hampshire . Peace was later refloated and taken into Southampton.[ 39]
Robert
United Kingdom
The ship was sunk by ice in Riga Bay between 3 and 21 April.[ 38]
Snire
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Llanmadoc , Glamorgan . She was refloated on 3 April and towed into Llanelly .[ 5]
Star
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the North Sea off Lindisfarne , Northumberland . She was subsequently taken into North Sunderland , County Durham .[ 31]
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