List of shipwrecks in April 1870

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The list of shipwrecks in April 1870 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during April 1870.

List of shipwrecks: 1 April 1870
ShipStateDescription
Favourite  New Zealand The 59-ton paddle steamer ran aground and was wrecked at Ahipara, New Zealand, during a gale.[1][2]
Hebe  Russia The barque was wrecked in the Black Sea with the loss of twelve of her sixteen crew. She was on a voyage from Odesa to an English port.[3]
Lovett  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was driven ashore on Inishtrahull, County Donegal with the loss of four lives. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Saint John's, Newfoundland Colony. She was refloated and taken in to Lough Foyle.[4]
Sovereign  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore near Dulas, Anglesey. Her passengers were taken off. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[5]
Tiger  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Belfast, County Antrim. She was refloated.[3]

2 April

List of shipwrecks: 2 April 1870
ShipStateDescription
Carleton  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew reached the Irish coast in two boats. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Quebec City, Canada.[6][7][8]
Henrietta  United Kingdom The brig sprang a leak and sank in the North Sea off Bridlington, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London.[9]
Sarah  United Kingdom The schooner struck the Bishop's Rock and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Plymouth, Devon.[5]
Tonsberg  United Kingdom The ship collided with Queen of the Clyde ( United Kingdom in the Saint Lawrence River and was beached. She was on a voyage from London to Quebec City.[10][11]

3 April

List of shipwrecks: 3 April 1870
ShipStateDescription
Alexander  United Kingdom The ship collided with Ino (Flag unknown) and sank off Heligoland. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Hamburg.[5]
Bengal  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore west of Hiogo Point, Japan. She was refloated.[12][13]
Bromsgrove  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Sunderland, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Southampton, Hampshire.[5] She was refloated.[9]
Frankland  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Sunderland. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Hamburg.[5] She was refloated.[9]
Harraton  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Sunderland. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Hamburg.[14]
Henrietta  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London.[5]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Sunderland. She was refloated.[9]

4 April

List of shipwrecks: 4 April 1870
ShipStateDescription
Fifeshire  United Kingdom The schooner collided with the brig Landscape ( United Kingdom) and sank in the North Sea 8 nautical miles (15 km) off Dimlington, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by Landscape. Fifeshire was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Rochester, Kent.[6][14][15][16][17]
Flying Cloud United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland South Australia The ship was wrecked near Port MacDonnell. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Mauritius to Adelaide.[18]
Lübec Lübeck The steamship was driven ashore at the Staberhuk Lighthouse, Fehmarn, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Lübeck to Gothenburg, Sweden. She was refloated and taken in to Burgtiefe, Prussia.[19]

5 April

List of shipwrecks: 5 April 1870
ShipStateDescription
HMS Pert  Royal Navy The Cheerful-class gunboat was driven ashore on the African coast. Subsequently refloated, repaired and returned to service.[20]
Queen  United Kingdom The passenger ship ran aground at Sandy Hook, New Jersey, United States. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to New York, United States. She was refloated with the assistance of tugs on 7 April and completed her voyage.[21]

6 April

List of shipwrecks: 6 April 1870
ShipStateDescription
East  India The ship ran aground on the Fultah Sand. She was on a voyage from Kurrachee to Calcutta. She was refloated and completed her voyage.[22]
Galveston United States The ship was wrecked at Nassau, Bahamas. She was on a voyage from Galveston, Texas, to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[23][24]
Harvard  United Kingdom The steamship struck Cromwell's Rock, off Waterford and sank. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Huelva, Spain to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[25][26]

7 April

List of shipwrecks: 7 April 1870
ShipStateDescription
Athalia  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Robin Rigg, in the Irish Sea off the coast of Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Caernarfon to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. She was refloated and beached at Beckfoot.[27]
Caroline  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on Cephalonia, Greece. She was on a voyage from Bahia, Brazil to Venice, Italy. She was refloated and resumed her voyage in a leaky condition.[28]

8 April

List of shipwrecks: 8 April 1870
ShipStateDescription
Admiral Napier  United Kingdom The brig was scuttled. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to London. He captain was charged with unlawfully scuttling the ship as part of an insurance fraud.[29]
Agnes  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the coast of County Donegal with the loss of four lives. She was on a voyage from Saint John's, Newfoundland Colony to the Clyde.[30]
Lyman Cann  United Kingdom The barque ran aground on Earl's Rock, in the Carlingford Lough. She was on a voyage from Saint John's to Warrenpoint, County Antrim.[27][8]
Paranaes  Brazil The steamship was wrecked at Ceará.[31]
Polly  New Zealand The 12-ton cutter was destroyed by fire at Whangaruru.[32]
Tyne  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore on Papa Westray, Orkney Islands. She was on a voyage from the Balta Sound to the Clyde. She was refloated and taken in to port in a leaky condition.[33][34][35]

9 April

List of shipwrecks: 9 April 1870
ShipStateDescription
Choice  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Cork Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Whitby, Yorkshire to London. She was refloated the next day and assisted in the Harwich, Essex.[36][37][38]
Francisco Jeune France The schooner was severely damaged by an onboard explosion at Penarth, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. Three crew were severely wounded.[39]
Maormer  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Sunderland, County Durham. She was refloated with assistance from the tug Pilot ( United Kingdom).[37]
Nile  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in Lake Timsah, Egypt. She was on a voyage from London to Singapore, Strait Settlements.[39] She was refloated on 12 April and resumed her voyage on 15 April.[40]
Star of Hope  United Kingdom The ship collided with the barque Archos ( United Kingdom) and sank 14 nautical miles (26 km) off Lowestoft, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued by the pilot cutter Rapid ( United Kingdom). Star of Hope was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Cartagena, Spain.[41][42][43]

10 April

List of shipwrecks: 10 April 1870
ShipStateDescription
Bacchante  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and was beached at the Manora Point Lighthouse, India, where she was wrecked. She was abandoned by her crew two days later.[28][44][45] She was on a voyage from Kurrachee, India to Liverpool, Lancashire.[46]
Optima  United Kingdom The barque collided with the barque Ville d'Anvers ( Belgium) and sank off "Cape Doro", Greece. Her crew were rescued. Optima was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Odesa, Russian Empire.[28][38]

11 April

List of shipwrecks: 11 April 1870
ShipStateDescription
Bloomer  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Maryport, Cumberland.[36][47]
Blossom  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Hellebæk, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Burntisland, Fife to Danzig. She was refloated.[36][47]
Fox  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Whitby, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from a French port to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire.[37]
Hermann and Eugene Norway The schooner ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom.[36][47]
John and Ellen  United Kingdom The Humber Keel was run down and sunk at Goole, Yorkshire by the steamship Charente (Flag unknown) with the loss of one life.[48][49]
John Ferguson  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Isla de Aves, Venezuela. Her crew were rescued by Storm King ( United States). John Ferguson was on a voyage from Trinidad to Greenock, Renfrewshire.[35][50]
Ryhope  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Cuxhaven. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Cuxhaven.[36][47] She was refloated.[28]
Senator Iken  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Lundy Island, Devon with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Hong Kong. She was refloated and put back to Cardiff.[39][51]
Three Sisters  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Alexandria, Virginia, United States. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Alexandria.[52]

12 April

List of shipwrecks: 12 April 1870
ShipStateDescription
Alphonse Corrina France The schooner ran aground on the Arklow Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wicklow, United Kingdom and sank. Her five crew survived. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom to the Île Bourbon.[53][54]
Anglia  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Clyde. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to New York, United States. She was refloated, but ran aground again and was refloated a second time.[51]
HMS Blanche  Royal Navy
HMS Blanche
The Eclipse-class sloop ran aground off New Hanover Island. Subsequently refloated, repaired and returned to service.
Francisca  United Kingdom The ship was damaged by an onboard explosion at Penarth, Glamorgan.[51]

13 April

List of shipwrecks: 13 April 1870
ShipStateDescription
Ailsa  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Greenock, Renfrewshire. She was on a voyage from Greenock to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[33]
Paul Eva France The brig was wrecked in the Islas Maxeres, Mexico.[55]
Success  United Kingdom The trow foundered in the Bristol Channel off Steep Holm. She was on a voyage from Gloucester to Highbridge, Somerset.[56]

14 April

List of shipwrecks: 14 April 1870
ShipStateDescription
Nathatka  Russia The steamship was wrecked off the coast of Korea. She was on a voyage from Niuzhuang, China to Yokohama, Japan.[57]

15 April

List of shipwrecks: 15 April 1870
ShipStateDescription
Christiania  United Kingdom The schooner struck rocks off the Longships Lighthouse, Cornwall and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Plymouth, Devon.[58][35]
Dorset  United Kingdom The steamship struck the Tuskar Rock and sank.[58] Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Porthcawl, Glamorgan to Highbridge, Somerset.[59]
New York Bremen The steamship was driven ashore at Fécamp, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was on a voyage from Bremen to New York, United States. She was refloated and taken in to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure for repairs.[40][60]

16 April

List of shipwrecks: 16 April 1870
ShipStateDescription
Balmoral  United Kingdom The ship collided with the steamship Edith Owen ( United Kingdom) and sank off Start Point, Devon. Her crew were rescued by Edith Owen. Balmoral was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Ferrol, Spain.[58]
Barbara Netherlands The schooner collided with the steamship Petersburg ( United Kingdom) and was abandoned off the Isles of Scilly. All eight people on board were rescued by Petersburg. Barbara was on a voyage from Seville, Spain to Bremen.[61]
C. H. Catherine  United Kingdom The schooner foundered off Land's End, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued.[62]
General Lee  United Kingdom The fishing boat was driven ashore and wrecked in Whitsand Bay.[62]
Luna Flag unknown The schooner was driven ashore at Cádiz, Spain. She was refloated.[61]
Yankee  United Kingdom The steamship collided with the partially open swing bridge and sank in the River Ouse at Selby, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Goole to Selby. She was refloated on 19 April and taken in to Goole for repairs.[63]
Unnamed Portugal The mistico was driven ashore and wrecked at Cádiz.[61]
Two unnamed vessels Spain The schooners were driven ashore at Cádiz.[61]

17 April

List of shipwrecks: 17 April 1870
ShipStateDescription
Avoca  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from London to Dublin.[58]
Clara Morse United States The full-rigged ship ran aground on reefs north west of Bermuda and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia, to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[64][65]
Elizabeth Spain The barque ran aground on a reef off "Princes Island". She was on a voyage from Manila, Spanish East Indies to Liverpool.[66]
Hope  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Rochester, Kent.[67][58]
John Norman  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship ran aground at Exmouth, Devon and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Exmouth. She was refloated.[58]
Magdala  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Longships, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to China. She was refloated and put in to Falmouth, Cornwall.[58]
Mondego Portugal The steamship sank in the Tagus.[68]
Nina  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Maplin Sand. She was on a voyage from London to Swansea, Glamorgan.[58]
Wild Wave  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Donaghadee, County Down. She was on a voyage from Maryport, Cumberland to Belfast, County Antrim.[58]
Unnamed Flag unknown The brig was driven ashore near Donaghadee. She was refloated.[69]

18 April

List of shipwrecks: 18 April 1870
ShipStateDescription
Catharina Flag unknown The schooner sank at Lisbon, Portugal. She was later refloated but was consequently condemned.[10]
Due Sorelle  Italy The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Livorno to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[58] She subsequently broke up.[70]
Harriet  United Kingdom The smack was wrecked between Catterline and Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire. She was on a voyage from London to Montrose, Forfarshire.[71]
Jane and Sophie Denmark The ship was wrecked on the Elbow End Sand, at the mouth of the River Tay with the loss of all hands, five or six lives.[72]
Solleftea Sweden The ship was lost near Lemvig, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy to Helsingør, Denmark.[58]
Tarifa  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Queenstown, County Cork, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from New York to Liverpool. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[58][46]
Warsaw  United Kingdom The steamship ran ashore on the Isle of May, Fife. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Hamburg. She was refloated and put back to Leith.[68]

19 April

List of shipwrecks: 19 April 1870
ShipStateDescription
St. François France The ship was lost at "Cabera de Toro", Haiti.[73]
Vine  United Kingdom The ship ran aground near Dunfanaghy, County Donegal. She was on a voyage from Dunfanaghy to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[74]

20 April

List of shipwrecks: 20 April 1870
ShipStateDescription
Ariel Norway The ship was driven ashore near Wadsoe.[10]
Apollo  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground at Sunderland, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Aberdeen. She was refloated the next day and put back to Sunderland in a leaky condition.[75]
Diana Norway The ship was driven ashore near Wadsoe.[10]
Sado  United Kingdom The steamship ran around and was wrecked off Rosevear, Isles of Scilly. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Porto, Portugal to London.[68][76][77]
Tanahorn Norway The ship was driven ashore near Wadsoe.[10]

21 April

List of shipwrecks: 21 April 1870
ShipStateDescription
Alexander Turner  United Kingdom The smack capsized and sank in the Firth of Clyde off Great Cumbrae with the loss of two of her three crew. The survivor was rescued by the tug Rapid ( United Kingdom). Alexander Turner was on a voyage from Brodick, Isle of Arran to Bowling, Dunbartonshire.[75][78][79]
Alice Jane  United Kingdom The lighter foundered off Rosneath, Argyllshire. Both crew were rescued by the tug Flying Spray ( United Kingdom).[75]
Italia  Italy The ship was driven ashore and wrecked north of Anjer, Netherlands East Indies with the loss of 51 lives. There were about 500 survivors. She was on a voyage from Macao, China to Havana, Cuba.[80][73]
Racer  United Kingdom The ship capsized at Tientsin, China.[81]

22 April

List of shipwrecks: 22 April 1870
ShipStateDescription
Bob Chalmer  United Kingdom The ship sank off Lundy Island, Devon according to a message in a bottle that washed up at Weston-super-Mare, Somerset on 25 April.[82][83]
Freedom  United Kingdom The smack foundered in the English Channel off Beachy Head, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Poole, Dorset to London.[74][84]
Iduna Netherlands The ship departed from Singapore, Straits Settlements for Hong Kong. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[85]
Meteor  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Queenstown, County Cork. She was on a voyage from Pernambuco, Brazil to Queenstown. She was refloated.[75][86]
Sprightly  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Blackpool, Lancashire. Her crew were rescued by the Blackpool Lifeboat.[87]

23 April

List of shipwrecks: 23 April 1870
ShipStateDescription
Amelia  United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore on Inishane, County Donegal. She was on a voyage from Bunbeg to Burtonport.[88]
Delphine, or
J. Deephin		 Hamburg The barque was driven ashore at Ottendorf, Prussia.[77] She was refloated.[64]
Mary  United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore at Barmouth, Merionethshire. She was on a voyage from Cardigan to Barmouth.[74][84]
Stag  United Kingdom The barge was driven ashore near Bridgwater, Somerset. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Bridgewater.[77] She was later refloated.[88]

25 April

List of shipwrecks: 25 April 1870
ShipStateDescription
Hengist Denmark The steamship struck a sunken wreck off "Farnaes" and consequently put in to Fredrikshavn.[52][89]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The wherry sank in the River Tyne at Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[90]
Sappho United States The yacht ran aground in Lymington Creek. She was refloated.

26 April

List of shipwrecks: 26 April 1870
ShipStateDescription
Volunteer  United Kingdom The brig ran aground at Lymington, Hampshire. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Southampton, Hampshire.[52][89] She was refloated.[50]
Walter Hood  United Kingdom The clipper was driven ashore and wrecked near Ulladulla, New South Wales with the loss of eleven of the 35 people on board. Survivors either reached the shore or were rescued by the steamship Illalong ( New South Wales). Walter Hood was on a voyage from London to Sydney, New South Wales.[91][92][93]

27 April

List of shipwrecks: 27 April 1870
ShipStateDescription
Charles  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Lindisfarne, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from London to Dundee, Forfarshire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[94][83]
Ocean Breeze  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Kåfjord and was wrecked.[95]
Wellington  United Kingdom The tug was towed in to Bridlington, Yorkshire in a waterlogged condition. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.[96][97]

28 April

List of shipwrecks: 28 April 1870
ShipStateDescription
Baldur Norway The ship was wrecked at Borbjerg, Denmark with the loss of all but one of her fourteen crew. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Stockholm, Sweden.[95][13]
Danmark Denmark The schooner was abandoned off Tynemouth, Northumberland in a sinking condition. Her crew survived.[98][13]
Fox  United Kingdom The steam launch was abandoned off Bridlington, Yorkshire. She was taken in to Bridlington the next day.[95]
Good Intent  United Kingdom The ship ran aground and sank west of Par, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Par.[82][83] She was refloated in early May.[99]
Kinnaird  United Kingdom The barque ran aground at Swansea, Glamorgan. She was on voyage from Swansea to Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. She was refloated the next day and taken in to the Mumbles in a leaky condition.[95][88]
Soda  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore at Lindisfarne, Northumberland. She was refloated.[100]
Susan  United Kingdom The sloop was wrecked at North Sunderland, County Durham. She was on a voyage form Aberdeen to Dunbeath, Caithness.[95][101]
Virginia  United Kingdom The ship departed from Mauritius for the Clyde. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[102]
William and Mary  United Kingdom The ship sank off Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Portmadoc, Caernarfonshire to Hamburg.[96]

29 April

List of shipwrecks: 29 April 1870
ShipStateDescription
Sea King  United Kingdom The tug caught fire and was severely damaged at Newport, Monmouthshire. She was scuttled.[82]

30 April

Unknown date

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