The list of shipwrecks in April 1868 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during April 1868 .
List of shipwrecks: 1 April 1868
Ship
State
Description
Balmoral
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Sutton-on-Sea , Lincolnshire . She was on a voyage from Ghent , East Flanders , Belgium to Grimsby , Lincolnshire. She was refloated.[ 1]
Leslie Alexander
United Kingdom
The barque collided with the full-rigged ship Réunion ( United States ) and sank off Start Point, Devon . Her crew were rescued by Réunion . Leslie Alexander was on a voyage from Swansea , Glamorgan to Havre de Grâce , Seine-Inférieure , France.[ 2]
Triwave
United Kingdom
The ship departed from Rangoon , Burma for Falmouth, Cornwall . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all twenty crew.[ 3]
List of shipwrecks: 4 April 1868
Ship
State
Description
Falcon
United Kingdom
The barque ran aground at New York , United States. She was on a voyage from New York to Shanghai , China . She was refloated and resumed her voyage, but abandoned it off Sandy Hook , New Jersey . Falcon was towed back to New York in a leaky condition.[ 6]
List of shipwrecks: 6 April 1868
Ship
State
Description
Autocrat
United States
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at San Francisco, California . She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to San Francisco[ 9]
Cleopatra
New Zealand
The paddle steamer was wrecked to the west of Cape Palliser during a storm.[ 10]
Daphne
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore at Hartlepool , County Durham . She was refloated.[ 11]
Fortune
United Kingdom
The brig ran aground at Hartlepool. She was on a voyage from Christiania , Norway to Hartlepool. She was refloated with the assistance of a number of tugs and taken in to Hartlepool.[ 11]
Henrietta Nathan
Flag unknown
The barque , with a crew of seven, departd from Lyttelton , New Zealand, for Tasmania and was not sighted again. The general belief was that she foundered in a gale off the Tasmania coast in late April.[ 10]
Nagpore
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground in the Hooghly River . She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Calcutta , India . She was refloated.[ 12]
Rhine
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground and was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands , Kent . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Quebec City , Canada .[ 13]
Wingate Grange
United Kingdom
The brig ran ashore at Hartlepool. She was refloated with the assistance of some tugs .[ 11]
List of shipwrecks: 7 April 1868
Ship
State
Description
Adelaide King
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground on the Goodwin Sands , Kent .[ 13] She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 14]
Estefana
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore and wrecked near Provincetown, Massachusetts , United States. She was on a voyage from Matanzas , Cuba to Boston, Massachusetts .[ 15]
Jeune Arthur
France
The ship collided with an American barque and sank off the South Foreland , Kent. Her crew were rescued by HMRC Adder ( Board of Customs ). Jeune Arthur was on a voyage from Dunkerque , Nord to Lorient , Morbihan .[ 16] [ 13]
Nyssious
Sweden
The galiot foundered with the loss of her captain. Survivors were rescued by the barque Hercolous ( Prussia ). Nyssious was on a voyage from Gothenburg to West Hartlepool , County Durham , United Kingdom .[ 17] [ 18]
Richard III
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on Sullivan's Island, South Carolina , United States. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Charleston, South Carolina . She was refloated on 12 April.[ 6]
Sarah
United Kingdom
The schooner sprang a leak and was beached at Harwich , Essex . She was on a voyage from Ipswich , Suffolk to Grangemouth , Stirlingshire . She was later refloated and put back to Ipswich.[ 19]
Superb
United Kingdom
The barque was run into by the brig Amphitrite ( United Kingdom ) and was severely damaged at South Shields , County Durham .[ 11]
List of shipwrecks: 8 April 1868
Ship
State
Description
Americana
United Kingdom
The ship caught fire at New Orleans, Louisiana , United States.[ 20]
Eleanor
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at Llandudno , Caernarfonshire .[ 21]
Melona
United Kingdom
The schooner was run into by the steamship Barrington and was severely damaged at Sunderland, County Durham .[ 22]
Northumberland
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore at Ryhope , County Durham and sank. Her seven crew survived. She was on a voyage from London to Sunderland.[ 22]
Norway
United Kingdom
The barque ran aground on the Middelgrunden, in the Baltic Sea . She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Swinemünde , Prussia .[ 21]
Robert
Sweden
The ship ran aground on Scroby Sands , Norfolk , United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Ipswich , Suffolk , United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth , Norfolk.[ 14]
Vendor
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Flamborough Head , Yorkshire .[ 22]
Vision
United Kingdom
The fishing boat foundered in the North Sea . Her crew were rescued by the brig Jumna ( United Kingdom ).[ 22]
Wingate Grange
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore at Hartlepool , County Durham .[ 14] [ 22]
List of shipwrecks: 9 April 1868
Ship
State
Description
Agenoria
United Kingdom
The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked at Cromer , Norfolk . Her five crew were rescued by the Cromer Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Lowestoft , Suffolk to Seaham , County Durham .[ 17] [ 23]
Brilliant
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Westby Knock Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Rochester, Kent to Goole , Yorkshire . She was refloated and taken in to King's Lynn , Norfolk in a severely leaky condition.[ 21]
Derwent
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Brodick , Isle of Arran , Inner Hebrides . Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Belfast , County Antrim to Ayr .[ 24]
Jeanne Marie
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on Skagen , Denmark. She was on a voyage from Leith , Lothian to Flensburg , Prussia . She had become a wreck by 17 April.[ 25]
Ottawa
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned off Cuttyhunk Island , Massachusetts , United States. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Cienfuegos , Cuba to Portland, Maine , United States. She was towed in to New Bedford, Massachusetts .[ 20]
Seagull
United States
The steamship was destroyed by fire off Waukegan, Illinois with the loss of about 100 lives. There were two survivors. She was on a voyage from Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Chicago, Illinois .[ 26]
Volo
France
The ship collided with HMS Minotaur ( Royal Navy ) and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire , United Kingdom to "Jellah Coffee", Dahomey . She put back to Newport.[ 21]
List of shipwrecks: 10 April 1868
Ship
State
Description
Alagundat
Prussia
The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Denmark. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland , United Kingdom to Dantzic . she was refloated and taken in to Rønne , Denmark.[ 21]
British Isles
United Kingdom
The ship was destroyed by fire off Beachy Head , Sussex .[ 27] Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Cartagena, Spain to South Shields , County Durham .[ 21]
Flora
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore in the Rockaway Inlet . She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires , Argentina to New York , United States. She was refloated and completed her voyage.[ 6]
George Henry
United Kingdom
The barque ran aground on the Joe Flogger Reef. She as on a voyage from Sagua La Grande , Cuba to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , United States.[ 6]
Movette
United Kingdom
The ship departed from Newport, Monmouthshire for "Jellah Coffee", Dahomey . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 28]
Reddies
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore on Bornholm , Denmark. She was on a voyage from Königsberg , Prussia to Newcastle upon Tyne. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 29]
Saint Fillan
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Oyster Bank. She was on a voyage from Maryport , Cumberland to Belfast , County Antrim . She was refloated and resumed her voyage, but was run into by the steamship Camel ( United Kingdom ) and sank off Holywood, County Down .[ 17]
List of shipwrecks: 18 April 1868
Ship
State
Description
Brilliant
United Kingdom
The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean . Her crew were rescued by Liberty ( United Kingdom ). Brilliant was on a voyage from Dundee , Forfarshire to Quebec City , Canada .[ 37] [ 38]
Flying Cloud , andLady Brisbane
United Kingdom
The paddle tug Flying Cloud collided with the paddle steamer Lady Brisbane and both vessels sank in the Clyde at Bowling, Dunbartonshire . More than 100 passengers from Lady Brisbane were landed safely. Flying Cloud was on a voyage from Glasgow to Greenock , Renfrewshire . Her crew survived but her pilot was lost.[ 39] [ 40] She was refloated on 27 April,[ 41] repaired and returned to service.[ 42] Lady Brisbane was also later refloated, repaired and returned to service.[ 43]
La Reine Blanche
France
The schooner collided with the barque Orchid ( United Kingdom ) and sank in the Bristol Channel off Ilfracombe , Devon , United Kingdom with the loss of four of her seven crew. One of the survivors was rescued by the tug Fearless ( United Kingdom ), the other by Orchid . La Reine Blanche was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire , United Kingdom to Brest , Finistère .[ 44] [ 45]
Research
United Kingdom
The brigantine ran aground and was beached. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Maryport , Cumberland to Belfast , County Antrim .[ 40]
Solleftea
Sweden
The barque sank at Barcelona , Spain. She was on a voyage from Newport to Barcelona.[ 40] [ 15]
Thalia
United Kingdom
The ship was destroyed by fire at Mobile, Alabama , United States.[ 40] [ 46] [ 47]
List of shipwrecks: 20 April 1868
Ship
State
Description
Althea
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands , Kent . She was refloated but found to be severely leaky.[ 40]
C. H. Turnbull
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Cape Wrath , Caithness .[ 40]
Eugenie Julie
France
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Breaksea Point, Glamorgan , United Kingdom . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Brest , Finistère to Cardiff , Glamorgan.[ 15]
Hugh Miller
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground and was damaged at Figueira da Foz , Portugal.[ 50]
Jane Hughes
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Escalles , Pas-de-Calais , France.[ 29] She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce , Seine-Inférieure , France to Hartlepool , County Durham .[ 29]
John Chism
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near False Point , India and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from London to Calcutta , India.[ 51] [ 46]
Mary
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground on the Pan Sand, in the Thames Estuary . She was refloated and beached on the Jenkin Sand before being towed in to the River Thames .[ 15]
Mete
Flag unknown
The ship foundered in the Pacific Ocean . Her crew were rescued by Perseverante (Flag unknown). Mete was on a voyage from Monte Video , Uruguay to Valparaíso , Chile.[ 52]
O. B.
France
The brig was wrecked at Chale , Isle of Wight , United Kingdom with the loss of her captain.[ 40] [ 53] She was on a voyage from Carloforte , Sicily , Italy to Antwerp , Belgium.[ 15]
William
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex .[ 15]
List of shipwrecks: 21 April 1868
Ship
State
Description
Diligence
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Goldthrop, Pembrokeshire . Her crew were rescued.[ 15]
Garibaldi
United Kingdom
The smack was driven ashore and wrecked near Wick, Caithness . Her crew were rescued.[ 25] [ 20] She was on a voyage from South Shields , County Durham to Lerwick , Shetland Islands .[ 29]
Sparrow Hawk
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked near Cape de Gatt , Spain. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Odessa , Russia .[ 25]
Speedwell
United Kingdom
The smack was driven onto the Boulmer Rocks, on the coast of Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Bo'ness , Lothian to Scarborough , Yorkshire . She was refloated and resumed her voyage, but consequently foundered the next day off Coquet Island , Northumberland. Her crew survived.[ 29]
Unnamed
Netherlands
The ship was wrecked on the Jadder.[ 25]
List of shipwrecks: 24 April 1868
Ship
State
Description
Lord Brougham and Vaux
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the west coast of Denmark. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Westerwick , Shetland Islands .[ 55] [ 6]
Queen of the South
United Kingdom
The ship foundered off Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys , Morbihan , France with the loss of all but four of the 40 people on board. Three survivors were rescued by Jeune Marie Desirée ( France . Queen of the South was on a voyage from Callao and/or Lima , Peru to Nantes , Loire-Inférieure , France.[ 56] [ 57] [ 41] [ 58] [ 59]
Trelissick
United Kingdom
The ship collided with J. C. A. ( United Kingdom ) and sank in the Bristol Channel off Lundy Island , Devon . Her crew were rescued by J. C. A. . She was on a voyage from Portreath , Cornwall to Pembrey , Carmarthenshire .[ 1]
List of shipwrecks: 25 April 1868
Ship
State
Description
Arcturus
United States
The ship was run down and sunk of Long Point, Ontario , Canada . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Buffalo, New York to Chicago, Illinois .[ 60]
Auchenagh
United Kingdom
The ship departed from the Clyde for Havana , Cuba . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 61]
Caroline Christine
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the North Sea . She was on a voyage from Stockton-on-Tees , County Durham to Riga , Russia .[ 55]
Isle of Arran
United Kingdom
The steamboat collided with RMS Australasian ( United Kingdom ) and sank in the Irish Sea with the loss of six of her eight crew.[ 62] [ 63]
Margaretta
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the French Reef . She was on a voyage from Minatitlán , Mexico to Queenstown, County Cork . She was refloated with assistance.[ 46]
Morgan
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Port Madoc , Caernarfonshire to Copenhagen , Denmark.[ 55]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in April 1868
Ship
State
Description
Antoinette
United Kingdom
The ship was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Paraíba , Brazil to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 33]
Brechin Castle
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the Indian Ocean before 29 April. She was on a voyage from Rangoon , Burma to Falmouth, Cornwall .[ 69]
Cayaltil
United States
The barque , which had been seized by coolies who had murdered her officers, was presumed to have been wrecked in the Sea of Okhotsk . She had departed from Callao for Arequipa , Peru on 1 February.[ 70]
Hydree
United Kingdom
The transport ship was driven ashore in the Red Sea before 24 April. She was refloated and taken in to Bombay , India .[ 12]
Living Age
United States
The ship was destroyed by fire in the Indian Ocean off the Maldive Islands . Her crew survived.[ 71] [ 72]
Lydia Williams
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Holyhead , Anglesey . She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to San Francisco, California , United States. She was refloated on 7 April and towed in to Holyhead.[ 14]
Orta
Greece
The ship sank at Sulina , Ottoman Empire .[ 33]
Pierre Antoine
Spain
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Alicante , Spain.[ 40]
St. Clair
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at Alvarado before 25 April.[ 73]
Syren
United Kingdom
The transport ship was abandoned off Madagascar with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Aden .[ 74]
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