List of shipwrecks in April 1876

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The list of shipwrecks in April 1876 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during April 1876.

List of shipwrecks: 1 April 1876
ShipStateDescription
Odin  Germany The ship was wrecked south of Cartagena, Spain. Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Torrevieja, Spain to Rostock.[1]
Oxford  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Haff, off Königsberg.[2]
Symmetry  United Kingdom The ship departed from Sombrero, Anguilla for a British port. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[3]
Sverre Denmark The ship ran aground on Struttskrakken.[4]

2 April

List of shipwrecks: 2 April 1876
ShipStateDescription
Agrigento  Italy The steamship collided with the steamship Hylton Castle ( United Kingdom) off Cape Maleas, Greece and sank with the loss of 29 of the 64 people on board. Survivors were rescued by Hylton Castle.[5][6]
James Paxton New Zealand The 60-ton schooner went aground close to Taiaroa Head at the mouth of Otago Harbour while en route from Dunedin to Riverton and became a wreck.[7]

3 April

List of shipwrecks: 3 April 1876
ShipStateDescription
Dragoon  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Satonsea Rocks, off the coast of Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to the River Tyne. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[8]
Kathleen  United Kingdom The ship departed from Poole, Dorset for Goole, Yorkshire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[9]
Queen Margaret  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore in the Hooghly River.[8] She was refloated.[10]

4 April

List of shipwrecks: 4 April 1876
ShipStateDescription
Ceres Norway The schooner ran aground on the Cabadello Rock, off Porto, Portugal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Porto to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[11]
Fritz Schmidt United States The ship was towed in to Brunswick, Georgia in a sinking condition. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia to Riga, Russia.[12]
Gladstone Netherlands The barque was driven ashore on The Burroo, off the Calf of Man, Isle of Man with the loss of three of her nine crew. Survivors were rescued by Port Erin fishermen. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Danzig, and/or Memel, Germany.[11][13][14] Gladstone was refloated with the assistance of a tug on 22 April and was towed in to Port Erin. She was deemed a constructive total loss.[15]
Hannah Douglas  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south of the South Stack, Anglesey. Her six crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Seville, Spain to Liverpool.[11][16]
Helen J. Holway United States The schooner stranded in a snowstorm near Life Saving Station No. 21, on Long Island or Fire Island, New York with the loss of six of her seven crew. She was on a voyage from Cienfuegos, Cuba to New York City.[17][18][19][20]
Idabella United States The schooner was beached in a snowstorm near Cape Cod, Massachusetts with the loss of a crew member.[17] Also reported as being abandoned at sea, with her five crew rescued by the barque Kellus ( Norway). Idabella was on a voyage from Newcastle, Delaware to Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.[21][22]
John Boyle  United Kingdom The steamship was run into by the steamship Emma Lawson and sank in the English Channel 50 nautical miles (93 km) south west of Start Point, Devon. Her twenty crew were rescued by Emma Lawson. John Boyle was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Gibraltar.[23]
Maria Angela  Italy The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at Aigues-Mortes, Gard, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Palermo, Sicily to Cette, Hérault, France.[19]
Maria Wheeler United States The ship was wrecked on Rum Cay.[12]
Ralph M. Hayward United States The schooner collided with the steamship Revira ( Spain) and sank 35 nautical miles (65 km) south west of the South Stack. Her crew were rescued by Revira. Ralph M. Hayward was on a voyage from Liverpool to Havana, Cuba.[11][16]
Tunstall, and
Usworth		  United Kingdom The steamships collided in the Elbe and were both severely damaged.[1]

5 April

List of shipwrecks: 5 April 1876
ShipStateDescription
Andean  United Kingdom The steamship caught fire at Liverpool, Lancashire. The fire was extinguished.[13]
Blair Athole  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the River Foyle. She was on a voyage from Burry Port, Glamorgan to Londonderry.[13]
Ceres France The schooner was wrecked near Smögen, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Nantes, Loire-Inférieure to Christiania, Norway.[19]
H. L. Routh, and
R. Webster		 United States The barques collided at Portland, Maine. Both vessels were severely damaged.[24]
Iona  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Anholt, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Wick, Caithness to Königsberg, Germany. She was refloated and taken in to Fredrikshavn, Denmark.[13]
J. M. Lennard  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground near Maassluis, South Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Rotterdam, South Holland. She was refloated with the assistance of a number of tugs.[13]
Laura  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Hornbæk.[25][26][27] She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom to Stettin, Germany.[28]
Unnamed  United Kingdom River Dee ferryboat disaster: A ferryboat capsized in the River Dee, Aberdeenshire with the loss of 32 of the 76 people on board.

6 April

List of shipwrecks: 6 April 1876
ShipStateDescription
Eleonore Norway The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Nidingen, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, United Kingdom to Bolderāja, Russia.[25]
Glengarnock  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Brennan Head, Isle of Arran.[25] She was refloated on 8 April.[26]
Greina  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in a hurricane at Petit-Trou, Trinidad. She was on a voyage from Saint Domingo to Falmouth, Cornwall.[29]
Harlingen  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore on Skagen, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Wismar, Germany.[19][20] She subsequently became a wreck.[30]
Indus  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Monsecar Reef, off Malta. She was on a voyage from Suez, Egypt to Malta. She was refloated and taken in to Malta.[25]
Irene Norway The brig was driven ashore on Skagen. She was on a voyage from Charlestown, Cornwall, United Kingdom to Copenhagen, Denmark.[19]
Humboldt United States The ship sank at Pascagoula, Mississippi.[25]
Lochnagar  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore on Læsø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Charlestown, Cornwall to Danzig, Germany. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[19]
Mont Blanc  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore on Skagen. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Stettin, Germany.[19]

7 April

List of shipwrecks: 7 April 1876
ShipStateDescription
August  Germany The barque was driven ashore at Gilleleje, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom to Stettin. She was refloated and towed in to Helsingør, Denmark in a severely leaky condition.[25][26][29]
Baldoran  United Kingdom The ship departed from Bluff Harbour, New Zealand for Valparaíso, Chile. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands, about twenty lives.[31]
Cambridgeshire  United Kingdom The ship was damaged by an onboard explosion at South Shields, County Durham. Two of her crew were severely wounded.[32]
Harvest Queen  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Carr Rock. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Dundee, Forfarshire. She was refloated and completed her voyage in a leaky condition.[33][28]
Major Nanney  United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore and wrecked at St. Gowan 's Head, Pembrokeshire.[26]
Richard Moxon  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Saltfleet, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium to Goole, Yorkshire.[25]
Savernake  United Kingdom The steamer was damaged in a collision with Vesuvius ( Netherlands) 7 nautical miles (13 km) south west of Hastings, Sussex. She rescued all 32 people from Vesuvius and then was beached at Hastings to prevent sinking. Savernake was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Plymouth, Devon. She was refloated, repaired and returned to service.[34][35][25]
Vesuvius Netherlands The steamer was sunk in a collision with Savernake ( United Kingdom) 7 nautical miles (13 km) south west of Hastings. All 32 people on board were rescued by Savernake and a tug.[34][36][37] Vesuvius was on a voyage from Odesa, Russia to Rotterdam, South Holland.[38]
Unnamed Portugal A fishing boat was run down by the steamship Aberdeen ( United Kingdom) off the coast of Portugal. Her crew were rescued by Aberdeen.[39]

8 April

List of shipwrecks: 8 April 1876
ShipStateDescription
Bel Emilio  Italy The ship san near "Ragosaizda". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Trieste to "Tran".[28]
Henrietta Greenleaf United States The fishing schooner capsized and sank on passage to the Grand Banks of Newfoundland with the loss of four of her fifteen crew. Survivors abandoned ship in two dories. The Captain and four crewmen in one dory was saved after another crewman died. Five crew were reported missing.[40]
Hunter New Zealand The 22-ton schooner ran aground on Barrett's Reef at the entrance to Wellington Harbour during a gale and became a complete loss. All hands were saved.[41]
Mary  United Kingdom The wherry was run down and sunk by the steamship Llewellyn ( United Kingdom) off Maryport, Cumberland. Her crew were rescued.[42] Mary was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Dumfries.[26]

9 April

List of shipwrecks: 9 April 1876
ShipStateDescription
Allerston  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore 10 nautical miles (19 km) from Domesnes, Russia and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[42]
Sabina  United Kingdom The ship was sighted off Deal, Kent whilst on a voyage from Fowey, Cornwall for Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[9] A boat marked Sabrina was sighted in a waterlogged condition off Spurn Point, Yorkshire on 17 April. The ship supposed to have foundered with the loss of all hands.[43]
Webfoot  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Nieuw Diep. She was on a voyage from Java, Netherlands East Indies to Amsterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.[29]

10 April

List of shipwrecks: 10 April 1876
ShipStateDescription
Bella Keith  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Hog Island, off Kilrush, County Clare. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States to Kilrush.[42][44]
Eliezer  Germany The ship was driven ashore at Dragør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Danzig to Caernarfon, United Kingdom. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[26]
Gurtubay Spain The ship ran aground. She was on a voyage from Cárdenas, Cuba to Greenock, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Greenock for repairs.[42]
John and Alice  United Kingdom The brigantine ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew were rescued by the fishing smack Daniel ( United Kingdom). John and Alice was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.[45]
Liberator United States The ship was wrecked on Great Loo Choo. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Manila, Spanish East Indies to San Francisco, California[46]
Lodewyk Netherlands The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Hoek van Holland, South Holland with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Africa to Rotterdam[28]
Margaret Davison  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at "Trindelm", Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Lübeck, Germany. She floated off and came ashore on Læsø.[28]
St. Rollox  United Kingdom The ship departed from Greenock, Renfrewshire for Belfast, County Antrim. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[9]

11 April

List of shipwrecks: 11 April 1876
ShipStateDescription
Blanche  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Carlingford Lough. She was on a voyage from Port Talbot, Glamorgan to Newry, County Antrim. She was refloated and completed her voyage.[26]
Claudine  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground at Sligo. She was on a voyage from Sligo to Liverpool, Lancashire.[30]
Elizabeth  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned off Buckie, Banffshire. Her five crew were rescued by the Buckie Lifeboat.[42][47]
Frederica Wilhelmina  Germany The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Helsingborg, Sweden.[30] She was on a voyage from Danzig to Aberdeen, United Kingdom.[48]
Helen New South Wales The 165-ton brigantine was wrecked near East Cape, New Zealand while en route from Newcastle, New South Wales, to Napier, New Zealand with a cargo of coal. There were no deaths.[49]
Mester  United Kingdom The sloop was wrecked on the Krantz Sand, in the North Sea with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Gloucester, United Kingdom to Hamburg, Germany.[26]
Nancy's Pride  United Kingdom The sailing boat capsized 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) off Eastbourne, Sussex with the loss of thirteen of the fifteen people on board.[50][51]
Ondine France The barque was abandoned in the English Channel between Start Point, Devon and Portland, Dorset, United Kingdom. She came ashore in Lyme Bay. Ondine was subsequently towed in to Exmouth, Devon in a severely leaky condition. She was on a voyage from London to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône.[42][44][29]
Patrioten Denmark The ship was wrecked off Fanø with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Charlestown, Cornwall, United Kingdom to Esbjerg.[52]
Romp  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked at Lossiemouth, Moray. Her crew were rescued by the Coastguard. She was on a voyage from Nairn to Paisley, Renfrewshire.[42][53]
Tobina Netherlands The schooner ran aground and sank on the Roar Bank, in the English Channel off Littlestone-on-Sea, Kent, United Kingdom with the loss of two of her seven crew. Survivors were rescued by the New Romney Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to Bahia, Brazil.[42][47]
Utility  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Horse Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of Lancashire and was wrecked with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by the Lytham Lifeboat.[42][26]
Wyre  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on the Horse Bank. Both crew were rescued by the Lytham Lifeboat.[26][47]
Unnamed Netherlands A brigantine capsized off Dungeness, Kent with the loss of two of her seven crew. Survivors were rescued by the Dungeness lifeboat.[42]

12 April

List of shipwrecks: 12 April 1876
ShipStateDescription
Alf Norway The barque was driven ashore 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) north of Liepāja, Russia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Liepāja.[29]
Carl Wilhelm Sweden The brig was driven ashore and wrecked near Falkenberg. She was on a voyage from Falkenburg to an English port.[29]
Duncan  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at a Baltic port. She was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to Reval, Russia.[22]
Elizabeth Sweden The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked near Falkenburg. She was on a voyage from Falkenburg to an English port.[29]
Eugenie Sweden The brig was driven ashore and wrecked near Falkenburg. She was on a voyage from Falkenburg to an English port.[29]
Frères et Sœurs France The brigantine foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (47°29′N 40°30′W / 47.483°N 40.500°W / 47.483; -40.500).[54] Her crew were rescued by Bonte ( France).[55]
Johanne  Germany The ship ran aground in Aalbak Bay. She was on a voyage from Memel to an English port. She was refloated and taken in to Fredrikshavn, Denmark.[29]
Neptune United States The ship was wrecked on Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. Her crew were rescued.[56][57] She was on a voyage from Liverpool to New York.[58]
Olto  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Dutch coast with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Riga.[29]
Sonntag  Germany The barque was driven ashore on Hirsholmene, Denmark.[29] She was on a voyage from Stettin to Gloucester, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark.[30]
Vaaren Denmark The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked near Falkenburg. She was on a voyage from Falkenburg to an English port.[29]
William Dobson Canada Canada The ship was wrecked on the Bonqueron Reef. All on board survived.[55]

13 April

List of shipwrecks: 13 April 1876
ShipStateDescription
Atlantic  United Kingdom The barque ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to Coquimbo, Chile. She was refloated with assistance and taken in to The Downs.[48]
Egmont New Zealand The 52-ton steamer was holed on rocks while leaving the mouth of the Patea River and foundered.[59]
Harlington  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Wismar, Germany.[22]
Irene  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Skagen.[22]
Jens Jorgensen Denmark The schooner foundered. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Ella ( United Kingdom). Jens Jorgensen was on a voyage from Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire to Charlestown, Cornwall, United Kingdom.[60]
Lightning  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Douro and became waterlogged.[45]
Margaret McDonald  United Kingdom The ship departed from Sunderland for Le Tréport, Seine-Inférieure, France. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[9][61]
Mount Blairy  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Skagen. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Stettin, Germany.[22]
Ragschild Denmark The ship was wrecked on the Anholt Reef, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Bo'ness, Lothian, United Kingdom to Aarhus.[22]
Sakuntala Norway The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked near Husby, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Padstow, Cornwall, United Kingdom to Christiania.[60]
Scandinavian Denmark The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at a Baltic port. She was on a voyage from Helsingør to Reval, Russia.[22]
Tiger  Germany The steamship was discovered derelict off Ameland, Friesland, Netherlands by the steamship Falke ( Germany). She was towed in to the Nieuwe Diep.[62]
Four unnamed vessels Flags unknown The ships were driven ashore near Gothenburg, Sweden.[22]
Unnamed Flag unknown A schooner ran aground on the Nore. She was refloated the next day.[45]

14 April

List of shipwrecks: 14 April 1876
ShipStateDescription
Accord  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore south of Grimsby, Lincolnshire.[43]
Adupard  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore near San Cataldo, Sicily, Italy.[45] She was refloated and taken in to Brindisi.[63]
Alabama  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on the Woolpack Sands, off Burnham Overy Staithe, Norfolk with the loss of two of her four crew. Survivors were rescued by the Hunstanton Lifeboat.[64][27] She was on a voyage from Cliffe, Kent to Hull, Yorkshire.[65]
Alert  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Blakeney or Holkham, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from London to Gainsborough, Lincolnshire.[27][63]
Amanda  United Kingdom The ship was lost off North Somercotes, Lincolnshire.[45]
Anna Rosseta  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Holkham. She was on a voyage from London to Hull.[65][63]
Arethusa  United Kingdom The ketch foundered in the North Sea off Sheringham, Norfolk with the loss of all hands.[66]
Argo  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked between North Somercotes and Saltfleet, Lincolnshire. At least one crew member survived.[65][45]
Brazilian, and
D. C. Chapman		  United Kingdom
United States		 The steamship Brazilian collided with the brigantine D. C. Chapman. Both vessels were severely damaged and put in to Gibraltar. Brazilian was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Genoa, Italy. D. C. Chapman was on a voyage from Gibraltar to Cádiz, Spain.[63]
British Queen  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Holkham. She was on a voyage from Rochester, Kent to Hull.[65][63]
Cygenet  United Kingdom The ship foundered off the north Norfolk coast. Wreckage washed up at Burnham Overy Staithe.[63]
Cyllene  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore south of Grimsby.[65]
Derby  United Kingdom The steamship was sunk by ice at Reval, Russia. She was on a voyage from Hull to Reval.[67]
Don Antonio  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore between Chapel St. Leonards and Hogsthorpe, Lincolnshire]= with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Hull.[65][45][68][69]
Duchess of Kent  United Kingdom The ship was lost off North Somercotes.[45]
Foam  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore south of Grimsby.[43]
Henrietta  Germany The barque was driven ashore at "Grafwerna".[30]
Henriette  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the Swedish coast.[45] She was refloated and towed in to Helsingør, Denmark.[63]
Ino  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore south of Grimsby.[65]
Ixia  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to the Charente. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth in a leaky condition.[45][27][60]
John and Jane  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Hull.[63]
Konig Ernest August  Germany The brig was driven ashore south of Grimsby. She was on a voyage from Swinemünde to Grimsby.[65]
Laura  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Hornbæk, Denmark.[45]
Leonides  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore south of Grimsby.[65]
Liverpool  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Friskney, Lincolnshire.[46]
Marne  Germany The brig was driven ashore south of Grimsby.[65]
Martin  Germany The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Helsingborg.[30] She was later refloated and taken in to Helsingør.[63]
Mary M. Francis United States The brig was wrecked on the Dudgeon Sandbank, in the North Sea with the loss of four of her nine crew. Survivors were rescued by the full-rigged ship Carrie Clark ( United States). Mary M. Francis was on a voyage from Portland, Maine to Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom.[65]
Meaborn  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore south of Grimsby.[65][43]
Miss Nightingale  United Kingdom The brigantine foundered off Kilnsea, Yorkshire with the loss of all seven crew. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex.[70][71]
Naomi  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Mumby, Lincolnshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Norwich, Norfolk to Sunderland, County Durham.[68][27]
Onward  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore south of Grimsby.[65]
Robert Adamson  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Chapel St. Leonards. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Sunderland.[68]
Rothbury  United Kingdom The brig was driven onto a sandbank off Wainfleet, Lincolnshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Smyrna, Ottoman Empire to Hull.[65]
Solon  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Saltfleet. At least five crew survived.[65][27]
Surprise  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Friskney.[46]
Thorney Close  United Kingdom The brig ran aground at Mumby. Her seven crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Whitstable, Kent to Sunderland.[68][27]
Tweed  United Kingdom The schooner foundered in the North Sea 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) south of the Dudgeon Lightship ( Trinity House). Her crew were rescued by the smack Milton ( United Kingdom). Tweed was on a voyage from Sunderland to London.[72]
Victory  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked on the Stoney Binks, in the North Sea off the mouth of the Humber, with the loss of all 26 people on board. She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to San Francisco, California, United States.[45][63][73]

15 April

List of shipwrecks: 15 April 1876
ShipStateDescription
Anna Cerena Netherlands The fishing boat was run down and sunk in the North Sea by the brig Adrian ( United Kingdom) with the loss of six of her seven crew. The survivor was rescued the pilot cutter No. 1 ( Netherlands.[52][43]
Clementina  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground near Almería, Spain. She was on a voyage from Oran, Algeria to Gibraltar. She was refloated with the assistance of a Spanish revenue cruiser and taken in to Málaga by the cruiser. One of Clementina's crew was shot and killed by the Spanish when slow to carry out an order to go below. The vessel was seized by the Spanish. A minor diplomatic incident was caused when the British Consul was refused access to the British sailors at a trial.[74]
Charitas France The barque was abandoned off Adra, Spain.[48] She foundered off Málaga, Spain with the loss of six crew of the steamship Maria Louise ( United Kingdom), which had taken her in tow. Charitas was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom.[75]
Dunsany  United Kingdom The steamship heeled over and sank 8 nautical miles (15 km) off the mouth of the Humber with the loss of four of her twelve crew. She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to London.[76][77][78]
Elizabeth  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Schiermonnikoog, Friesland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Leer, Germany.[45][79]
Eliza Caroline  United Kingdom The brig sprang a leak and was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Danzig, Germany.[52]
Nuphar  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Sheringham Shoal, in the North Sea of the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Genoa, Italy. She was refloated and taken in to The Downs in a leaky condition.[45]
Perseus  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Grimsby, Lincolnshire.[63]
Tamaulipas  United Kingdom The steamship sprang a leak and was beached at Kingstown, County Dublin, where she sank. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Dublin.[52]
Victory  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at the mouth of the Humber with the loss of all 25 crew. She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to San Francisco, California, United States.[46][77]
Unnamed  Imperial Russian Navy A corvette foundered off Piraeus, Greece.[80]

16 April

List of shipwrecks: 16 April 1876
ShipStateDescription
Kate and Elizabeth  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Blakeney, Norfolk.[27]
Kwang Tung  United Kingdom The passenger-cargo steamship went ashore on Ockseu Island, China, in the Taiwan Straits, in thick fog. Her passengers and crew were rescued and she later became a wreck. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to Foochow.[81][82]
Mary  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore at Holyhead, Anglesey. She was refloated with the assistance of the tug United States ( United Kingdom) and towed in to the River Mersey.[45]
Monaco  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Korsør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Norrköping, Sweden to Korsør.[60]
Peru  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Runton, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to the River Tyne.[65][63]
Unnamed Flag unknown A ship sank in the Hilbre Islands, Cheshire, United Kingdom with the loss of all hands.[70]

17 April

List of shipwrecks: 17 April 1876
ShipStateDescription
Dictator United States The steamboat collided with a railway bridge and sank in the Mississippi River at Hannibal, Missouri with the loss of nine lives.[83]
Mary Godell United States The full-rigged ship collided with the schooner Elizabeth ( United Kingdom) and was beached at Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom.[46]
Milo  United Kingdom The tug caught fire at Cardiff, Glamorgan and was scuttled.[46]

18 April

List of shipwrecks: 18 April 1876
ShipStateDescription
Agnes and Mary  United Kingdom The sloop foundered off Inchcolm, Fife with the loss of all hands.[84]
Humboldt  Germany The ship was driven ashore at Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Dona Francisca, Brazil. She was refloated and towed in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[85][76][77][86]
Illinois United States The 409-ton whaler, a barque, sank in the Bering Sea south of the Bering Strait 15 minutes after colliding with the vessel Marengo ( United States).[87]
Minerva Sweden The steamship ran aground at Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Sunderland. She was refloated.[88]
Sperne Austria-Hungary The ship ran aground on the Brake Sand. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Trieste. She was refloated and taken in to The Downs.[46]
Water Lily  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Showder. She was on a voyage from Blackpool to Southport, Lancashire. She was refloated the next day and completed her voyage.[89]
Wear  United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk and was abandoned by her crew.[60]

19 April

List of shipwrecks: 19 April 1876
ShipStateDescription
Persian  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Isola, Malta. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[88]
Tunstall  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground and was damaged at Sunderland, County Durham.[24]

21 April

List of shipwrecks: 21 April 1876
ShipStateDescription
Hoppit  United Kingdom The ship collided with the steamship Corine ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Avon.[24]
Judith  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Fraserburgh.[90]
Stadt Norway The steamship ran aground near Skudesneshavn. She was refloated and taken in to Bergen.[24]

22 April

List of shipwrecks: 22 April 1876
ShipStateDescription
Cameronian  United Kingdom The ship struck a sunken wreck and was beached on North Swin Island, in the Belfast Lough. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Belfast, County Antrim.[90]
Dunraven  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Shaab Mahmoud Reef, in the Red Sea and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Aden, Aden Colony to Liverpool.[91]
Elizabeth  United Kingdom The steamship was run into by T. N. Foster ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Thames near Gravesend, Kent.[90]
Rob Roy  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on Saltholmen, Denmark.[92]

23 April

List of shipwrecks: 23 April 1876
ShipStateDescription
Alonzo  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Amur River. She was on a voyage from Nicolaieff, Russia to Antwerp, Belgium. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[93][94]
Beta  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at "Port Alfred", Madeira. She was on a voyage from London to Madeira. She was refloated and found to be severely damaged.[93]
Flying Spray  United Kingdom The tug sprang a leak and was beached in Loch Ryan.[95] She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Liverpool, Lancashire.[94]
Vesta  United Kingdom The schooner was run down and sunk off Whitby, Yorkshire by the steamship Fifeshire ( United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued by Fifeshire. Vesta was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Lowestoft, Suffolk.[93]

24 April

List of shipwrecks: 24 April 1876
ShipStateDescription
Swansea Packet Tasmania The ship was abandoned off the coast of Tasmania. Her crew were rescued by Malcolm Langworthy ( New South Wales). Swansea Packet was on a voyage from Hobart to Launceston.[96]

25 April

List of shipwrecks: 25 April 1876
ShipStateDescription
Maria Refina Netherlands The ship foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the barque Dirigo ( United States). Maria Refina was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom to Danzig, Germany.[97]

26 April

List of shipwrecks: 26 April 1876
ShipStateDescription
Fenny  Germany The schooner collided with the steamship Lindisfarne ( United Kingdom) and sank. Her crew were rescued by Lindisfarne. Fenny was on a voyage from Charlestown, Cornwall, United Kingdom to Stralsund.[98]

27 April

List of shipwrecks: 27 April 1876
ShipStateDescription
Berndian Denmark The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on the east coast of "Fecelave". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from "Veile" to Malmö, Sweden.[55]
Ellen Owen  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on The Smalls, off the coast of Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued by the yacht Trinity ( United Kingdom). Ellen Owen was on a voyage from Workington, Cumberland to Swansea, Glamorgan.[99][55]

28 April

List of shipwrecks: 28 April 1876
ShipStateDescription
Bavington  United Kingdom The steam wherry was wrecked on the North Steel Rocks, off Boulmer, Northumberland. Her four crew were rescued by the Boulmer Lifeboat Robin Hood ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Bavington was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Dundee, Forfarshire.[100][47]
Dauntless  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on the Hen and Chicken Rocks, in the Firth of Forth. Her crew were rescued by the tug Blue Bonnet ( United Kingdom).[101] Dauntless was on a voyage from Clackmannan to a French port.[55]
Duncan Dunbar  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at St Andrews, Fife. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Burghead, Moray. She was refloated and taken in to St Andrews, where she sank.[102][55]
Gustav Sweden The brig ran aground on a reef off Ven. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Skutskär. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Helsingør, Denmark.[55]
Ouessant France The steamship foundered off Landéda, Finistère with the loss of 21 of the 23 people on board. She was on a voyage from Ouessant to Le Conquet.[103][104]

29 April

List of shipwrecks: 29 April 1876
ShipStateDescription
Brothers  United Kingdom The smack foundered off the Isle of May, Fife with the loss of four lives.[105]
Cambridge  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by Erl King. Cambridge was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Quebec City, Canada.[106][107]
City of Lucknow  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at New York, United States. She was on a voyage from New York to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[101]
Elizabeth  United Kingdom The Thames barge collided with the schooner Emma ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Thames at East Greenwich, Kent.[105]
Hector  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Copenhagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Copenhagen.[99]
Herclades  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the coast of Patagonia, Argentina. Her crew survived, according to a message in a bottle That washed up in the Bay of Luce in late October or early November 1877.[108]
Northumberland  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked at Yabucoa, Puerto Rico.[99]
Veribert Sweden The ship was driven ashore near "Skaggenaes", Sweden. She was on a voyage from Oscarshamn to Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom.[99]

30 April

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