List of shipwrecks in April 1826
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| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Rosenbaum |  Hamburg |
The ship was driven ashore at Memel, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Memel.[1] |
| Union |  United Kingdom |
The ship was captured off "St. Andrew's", Africa. Her crew were murdered and the ship was run onto rocks and wrecked.[2] |
2 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Anna Elizabeth |  Sweden |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Saint-Quentin-au-Bosc, Seine-Inférieure, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure.[3] |
| Lively | United Kingdom |
The schooner was driven ashore in Bighouse Bay, where she was wrecked on 5 April. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Easdale, Argyllshire to Aberdeen.[1][4] |
| Triad | United Kingdom |
The ship struck a rock off Tynemouth Castle, County Durham. She subsequently came ashore at Cullercoats, County Durham and was damaged with the loss of a crew member. Triad was on a voyage from Hamburg to South Shields, County Durham.[3] She was refloated on 8 April and taken in to North Shields in a waterlogged condition.[5] |
7 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Emanuel |  Netherlands |
The ship ran aground at Beachy Head, Sussex, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Surinam to Amsterdam, North Holland . Emanuel was refloated on 10 April and beached at Cooden, Sussex, where she was wrecked on 12 April.[5][6] |
| Goodintent | United Kingdom |
The ship was in collision with Janet ( United Kingdom) and sank in the North Sea with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by Yorkshireman ( United Kingdom).[5] |
| Norval | United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged in Table Bay. She was on a voyage from London to the Cape Colony and Bengal, India. Norval was refloated the next day.[7] |
| Sylvanus | United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore at "Hogeness", Sweden.[8] She was refloated in mid-July.[9] |
| Verheldersum | Netherlands |
The ship struck a rock and foundered off Warren Point, County Down, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland to Belfast, County Antrim, United Kingdom.[5] |
8 April
9 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Twey Gebroeders | Netherlands |
The ship was wrecked on the Norwegian coast with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Norway to Harlingen, Friesland.[10] |
10 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alexander | United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked in Carnarvon Bay. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool, Lancashire.[11] |
| Helen | United Kingdom |
The ship ran aground off Southport, Lancashire and was consequently beached at Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Sligo to Liverpool.[12] |
| Mary | United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked on the Ambergrease Key. She was on a voyage from "Omna" to Gibraltar.[13] |
| Union | Jersey |
The brig was wrecked on the Mixon Shoal, in the Bristol Channel off Swansea, Glamorgan. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Swansea to Jersey.[1][14][15] |
11 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
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The East Indiaman was driven ashore at Anjar, India. She was on a voyage from China to London. She was refloated and taken in to Bombay for repairs.[16] |
| Giraffa | United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Bude, Cornwall with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Cork to London[12][14] |
| Squirrel | British North America |
The ship sprang a leak and was beached on Prince Edward Island. She was on a voyage from Tobago to Saint John, New Brunswick.[17] |
12 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Belisarius |  British North America |
The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean.[18] |
| Courier | Netherlands |
The ship was driven ashore on the south coast of Texel, North Holland.[1] |
| Deux Amis |  France |
The ship ran aground at Saint-Valery-sur-Somme. She was on a voyage from Cette, Hérault to Málaga, Spain and Saint-Valery-sur-Somme.[8] |
| Jeune Aline | France |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Camaret-sur-Mer, Finistère. She was on a voyage from Guadeloupe to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure.[19] |
| Océan | France |
The ship was driven ashore near St. Ives, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Campeche, Mexico to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure.[14] |
| Speedwell | British North America |
The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean.[18] |
13 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | New South Wales |
The brig was driven ashore and wrecked 12 nautical miles (22 km) north of Newcastle. She was on a voyage from Batavia, Netherlands East Indies to Sydney[20] |
| Mountaineer | United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore at Aberdeen. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Aberdeen. Mountaineer was refloated the next day and taken to Aberdeen.[1] |
| Waterville |  United States |
The ship was wrecked at São Miguel Island, Azores.[17] |
15 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Duncan Forbes | United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked at Mazagan, Morocco. She was on a voyage from Bahia, Brazil to Gibraltar.[21][22] |
| Hoop | Netherlands |
The ship was driven ashore at Escalles, Pas-de-Calais, France. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Lisbon, Portugal.[1] |
| Howard | United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked near the mouth of the Hunter's River, New South Wales. She was on a voyage from Singapore to Sydney, New South Wales.[23] |
| Livonia | United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked at Torekov, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Libava, Courland Governorate.[24] |
| Whitby | United Kingdom |
The ship caught fire in the River Thames and was severely damaged.[19] |
16 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Messenger | United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked at Rattray Head, Aberdeenshire. She was on a voyage from Cromarty to Inverkeithing, Fife.[19] |
17 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Carolina |  Bremen |
The ship ran aground on the Tegeler Plate, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Bayonne, Basses-Pyrénées, France to Bremen. Carolina was later refloated and taken in to Fedderwarden, Duchy of Oldenburg.[19] |
| Joker | United Kingdom |
The schooner was wrecked on a reef off Seaton, Cornwall.[25] |
18 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Jean | United Kingdom |
The whaler was sunk by ice off the west coast of Greenland (70°20′N 10°00′W / 70.333°N 10.000°W). Forty-seven of her 51 crew survived.[26][27] |
19 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Harpooner |  Bremen |
The whaler was lost off Greenland with the loss of all hands.[28][29] |
| Jane | United Kingdom |
The ship ran aground in Calf Sound and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Strangford, County Antrim to Liverpool, Lancashire.[19] |
| Lively | United Kingdom |
The whaler was lost off Greenland with the loss of all hands.[28][29] |
| Shipley |  United Kingdom |
The transport ship was wrecked at Kitridge Head, Barbados. All 147 people on board were rescued.[30] |
22 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ernestine |  Stettin |
The ship was driven ashore at Thisted, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Bordeaux, Gironde, France.[31] |
| Venus | United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore in the Bay of Adra, Spain.[32] |
23 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Pereverance | United Kingdom |
The ship was run into at Montevideo, Uruguay by a warship and was damaged beyond repair.[33] |
| Tipton Hall | United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore near Peniscola, Spain.[34] |
| Union | United Kingdom |
The ship's crew were murdered and the vessel run ashore and burnt at St. Andrew's, Africa.[35] |
24 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alfred | United Kingdom |
The ship departed from Newfoundland, British North America for Pernambuco, Brazil. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[36] |
26 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Antrim | United Kingdom |
The ship was holed by an anchor and sank near Garmoyle, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Belfast, County Antrim.[37] |
| Veloce |  Grand Duchy of Tuscany |
The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Mediterranean Sea. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Livorno to Malta.[38] |
27 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Helena | Netherlands |
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean.[38] |
| Traveller | United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked on Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Halifax, Nova Scotia.[39] |
