List of shipwrecks in April 1833
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| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Caldecot Castle |  United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Aldeburgh, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London.[1] |
| Huddersfield | United Kingdom |
The ship tan aground on the Rose Sand, in the North Sea off Saltfleet, Lincolnshire. Her crew were rescued. She broke up on 6 April. Huddersfield was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to London.[2][3] |
| Opsrey | United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked on the North Rock, Dorset. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newry, County Down to London.[4] |
2 April
4 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Anacreon | United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Hogg Island, Virginia, United States. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Virginia.[7] |
5 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Caledonia | United Kingdom |
The ship was holed by her anchor and sank at Troon, Ayrshire.[2] |
| Palm | United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore and damageded on Scharhörn. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands to Hamburg.[2] Palm was refloated on 10 April and taken in to Cuxhaven.[6] |
8 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| John and Mary | United Kingdom |
The cutter was wrecked on Inistrahull Island, County Donegal. Her five crew were rescued.[8] |
10 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| President | United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked on the Arklow Banks, in the Irish Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Alicante, Spain to Londonderry.[6] |
11 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| John | Jersey |
The ship was wrecked at Seaford, Sussex. Her crew were rescued by HMRC Stork ( Board of Customs).[9] |
| Providence | United Kingdom |
The ship was iun collision with Swift ( United Kingdom and sank in the North Sea off Scarborough, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued.[6] |
14 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Rifleman | United Kingdom |
The ship departed from Hobart, Van Diemen's Land for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[10] She may have been wrecked in the Auckland Islands, New Zealand.[11] |
| Waterloo | United Kingdom |
The ship was sunk by ice in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to British North America.[12] |
20 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Crown | United Kingdom |
The ship was lost in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America.[13][14] |
21 April
22 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Dolphin |  British North America |
The ship was wrecked near Portugal Cove, Nova Scotia.. She was on a voyage from Halifax to Portugal Cove.[5] |
| Friendship | United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked near Thisted, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to Riga, Russia.[16] |
24 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Melpomene | United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked in the Atlantic Ocean. She was abandoned three days later. Her crew were rescued by Isabella ( United Kingdom). Melpomene was on a voyage from the Clyde to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America.[17][18] |
| Nymph | British North America |
The ship departed from Petty Harbour, Newfoundland Colony, for a Portuguese port. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands.[19] |
25 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Anne | United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked in the River Severn. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sydney to an Irish port.[20] |
26 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Margaret | United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked in Caernarvon Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Preston, Lancashire.[21] |
| Mary Ann |  United States |
The ship was destroyed by fire about 55 leagues (165 nautical miles (306 km) off St. Jago de Cuba, Cuba with some loss of life. She was on a voyage from New York to the South Seas.[22] |
| Olive | United Kingdom |
The ship capsized in the Bight of Benin with the loss of a crew member.[23] |
28 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| America | United States |
The schooner was wrecked on Georges Island, in Boston Harbor.[24] |
