List of shipwrecks in April 1882

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The list of shipwrecks in April 1882 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during April 1882.

List of shipwrecks: 1 April 1882
ShipStateDescription
RMS Douro, and
Yrurac Bat
 United Kingdom
Spain
The passenger ship RMS Douro collided with the steamship Yrurac Bat in the Bay of Biscay off the northwest coast of Spain and sank with the loss of six lives. Nine people were reported missing from RMS Douro, which had 80 crew and 55 passengers on board. Yrurac Bat also sank with the loss of 53 lives. Twenty-nine people were reported missing. One hundred and twenty survivors from both vessels were rescued by the steamship Hidalgo ( United Kingdom). RMS Douro was on a voyage from Brazil to Southampton, Hampshire. Yrurat Bat was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Puerto Rico.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

2 April

List of shipwrecks: 2 April 1882
ShipStateDescription
Ellen William  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore in Ardmore Bay. Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus.[7]
Helena Norway The ship was driven ashore at "Stetterage". She was on a voyage from Kragerø to Aarhus, Denmark.[7]
Little Dick  United Kingdom The dandy capsized in the English Channel 1+12 nautical miles (2.8 km) off Seaford, Sussex. Her three crew were rescued.[8]
Ringwood Canada Canada The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Saint-Pierre, Saint Pierre and Miquelon. Her crew were rescued.[9]

3 April

List of shipwrecks: 3 April 1882
ShipStateDescription
Elizabeth  United Kingdom The brig ran aground and was wrecked at Howth, County Dublin. Her crew were rescued by the Howth Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Dundalk, County Louth.[7][9]
Ellen  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Cemlyn, Anglesey.[10]
Europe France The barque ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom and was abandoned by her eleven crew, who took to two boats. Five crew in one boat was picked up by a tug off the South Foreland, Kent. Six crew in the second boat were reported missing. Europe was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Gothenburg, Sweden.[11][7]
John Morell  United Kingdom The schooner sank at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire.[9]
Lucie  Germany The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Lydd, Kent.[7]
Sapho  Brazil The brigantine was run down and sunk by the steamship Olaf ( Denmark). Her crew were rescued.[9]

4 April

List of shipwrecks: 4 April 1882
ShipStateDescription
Saint Maur  United Kingdom The ship was sighted whilst on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Liverpool, Lancashire. No further trace, reported missing.[12]

5 April

List of shipwrecks: 5 April 1882
ShipStateDescription
Caroline Guessing Norway The barque was driven ashore on Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands. At least some of her crew survived; they took to a boat and landed on Ameland, Friesland. She was on a voyage from Dram to Purmerend, North Holland, Netherlands.[10]
Ecliptica Netherlands The galiot struck a sunken wreck. She put in to Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom in a leaky condition. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland, United Kingdom.[10]
Gleam  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked at Port Nolloth, Cape Colony with the loss of five of her crew. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Port Nolloth.[13]
Invicta  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Queenborough Spit, in the River Medway. She was on a voyage form Stoke, Kent to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[10]

7 April

List of shipwrecks: 7 April 1882
ShipStateDescription
Noa  United Kingdom The steamship suffered a boiler explosion and sank at Amlwch, Anglesey with the loss of all three crew.[14]

8 April

List of shipwrecks: 8 April 1882
ShipStateDescription
Capricorn  United Kingdom The barque caught fire at the Isla de los Estados and was scuttled. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Valparaíso, Chile. She was later refloated with assistance and taken in to Stanley, Falkland Islands.[15]

9 April

List of shipwrecks: 9 April 1882
ShipStateDescription
Hope  United Kingdom The ship departed from Greenock, Renfrewshire for Quebec City, Canada. No further trace, reported missing.[16]

10 April

List of shipwrecks: 10 April 1882
ShipStateDescription
Larpool  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Kertch, Russia and was damaged. She was refloated on 13 April and towed in to Kertch.[17]
Mary Tatham  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked on Yezo, Japan. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Nagasaki, Japan to Portland, Oregon, United States.[18][19]

11 April

List of shipwrecks: 11 April 1882
ShipStateDescription
Driver, and
Forager
 United Kingdom The smack Driver collided with Forager 10 nautical miles (19 km) off Filey, Yorkshire. Both vessels were severely damaged.[17]

12 April

List of shipwrecks: 12 April 1882
ShipStateDescription
David Jenkins  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground in the Thames Estuary off Shoeburyness, Essex. She was on a voyage from an Irish port to London.[20]
Orenoque France The ship departed from Troon, Ayrshire, United Kingdom for Trinidad. No further trace, reported missing.[21]
Sophie Cook  United Kingdom The brig was abandoned in the Pacific Ocean. Her crew took to the boats and landed at Corral and Valdivia, Chile. She was on a voyage from Antofagasta, Chile to Genoa, Kingdom of Italy.[22]

13 April

List of shipwrecks: 13 April 1882
ShipStateDescription
Danmark Denmark The ship ran aground off Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Stettin, Germany to Dunkerque, Nord, France. She put in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom in a leaky condition.[18]
Janetta  United Kingdom The schooner was damaged by fire in the Belfast Lough.[18]

14 April

List of shipwrecks: 14 April 1882
ShipStateDescription
Alpha  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Newbiggin Point, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London.[17]
Diana  Germany The steamship was run into by the steamship Vernon ( United Kingdom) and sank at Libava, Courland Governorate. Her crew were rescued.[23]
Ida, and
Noatum
Denmark
Norway
The brig Noatum collided with the barque Ida and sank in the English Channel off Beachy Head, Sussex, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by Ida. Noatum was on a voyage from Galveston, Texas, United States to Hamburg, Germany. Ida was on a voyage from Helsingør to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She was towed in to Dover, Kent, United Kingdom in a waterlogged condition by the tug Rescue ( United Kingdom).[24][25]

15 April

List of shipwrecks: 15 April 1882
ShipStateDescription
Ella Constance  United Kingdom The steamship ran ashore near Dunvegan, Isle of Skye, Outer Hebrides. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Copenhagen, Denmark. She was refloated and beached in Loch Bay, where she sank at the stern.[18][26]

17 April

List of shipwrecks: 17 April 1882
ShipStateDescription
Harkus  Russia The brig was damaged by fire at Pärnu.[25]
Thomas Fisher  United Kingdom The ship departed from Seville, Spain for Irvine, Ayrshire. No further trace, reported missing.[16]
Zeta  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked at Antofagasta, Chile. Her seventeen crew were rescued.[27]

18 April

List of shipwrecks: 18 April 1882
ShipStateDescription
Paola  Germany The steamship sank in the River Guadiana near Pomaron, Portugal.[27] She was refloated on 28 April.[28]
Saffron  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore in Lofsta Bay, Sweden.[25]
Several unnamed vessels Flags unknown The ships were driven ashore at Gävle, Sweden.[25]

19 April

List of shipwrecks: 19 April 1882
ShipStateDescription
Geneva  Germany The steamship ran aground on the Drummond Rock. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Dundee, Forfarshire, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Dundee.[29]
Robert and Paul  Germany The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked on Texel, North Holland, Netherlands.[27][29]

21 April

List of shipwrecks: 21 April 1882
ShipStateDescription
Rochdale  United Kingdom The ship was damaged by fire at Sebastopol, Russia.[30]

22 April

List of shipwrecks: 22 April 1882
ShipStateDescription
Brilliant Star  United Kingdom The barquentine was driven ashore and wrecked at "Beravik", Iceland. Her seven crew survived but one subsequently died of exposure. She was on a voyage from Fleetwood, Lancashire to Iceland.[31][32]
Jehu  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked off Margate, Kent during a gale. Her crew were presumed dead.[33]
Unnamed vessel Flag unknown The ship was wrecked off Margate during a gale.[33]

23 April

List of shipwrecks: 23 April 1882
ShipStateDescription
Little Eagle United States The tow steamer struck a bridge pier near Hannibal, Missouri and sank in the Mississippi River. Three people were drowned.[34]

24 April

List of shipwrecks: 24 April 1882
ShipStateDescription
St Vincent  United Kingdom The barque struck the Spanish Ledges, at the entrance to St Mary's Sound in the Isles of Scilly and sank. Her crew escaped, but there was much embarrassment as she was carrying a St Agnes pilot. She was on a voyage from St Vincent to London with sugar.[35][36][37]

25 April

List of shipwrecks: 25 April 1882
ShipStateDescription
City of Stanford United States The sternwheeler was destroyed by fire 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) from Jacksonville, Florida with the loss of eleven lives.[38]
Ion  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Penedo, Brazil. She was on a vouyage from Penedo to Liverpool, Lancashire.[37]
Mary and Anne  United Kingdom The schooner was run down by the steamship Sceptre ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Thames near Gravesend, Kent. Her three crew were rescued by Sceptre. Mary and Anne was on a voyage from London to Goole, Yorkshire.[39]
Veritas  Germany The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the barque Huron ( United Kingdom). Veritas was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Miramichi, New Brunswick, Canada.[40][41]

27 April

List of shipwrecks: 27 April 1882
ShipStateDescription
Austral  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in Cartsdyke Bay. She was refloated.[28]
Canoma  United Kingdom The ship departed from Sunderland, County Durham for Java, Netherlands East Indies. No further trace,[42] reported missing.[43]
Foudroyant France The Dévastation-class ironclad ran aground on being launched at Toulon, Var.[44]

28 April

List of shipwrecks: 28 April 1882
ShipStateDescription
Acastus  United Kingdom The brigantine ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Gravesend, Kent to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire. She was refloated and taken in to Whitstable, Kent.[28]
Acron Queen  United Kingdom The schooner collided with another vessel and was abandoned off Ballywalter, County Antrim. She was towed in to Belfast by the tug Shamrock ( United Kingdom).[28]
Elizabeth Mary Ann  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex and sprang a leak. She was refloated and taken in to Shoreham-by-Sea.[28]
Florence  United Kingdom The fishing smack was driven ashore at Lydd, Kent. Her crew survived.[28]
Little Anne  United Kingdom The fishing smack was driven ashore and wrecked at Lydd. Her crew survived.[28]

29 April

List of shipwrecks: 29 April 1882
ShipStateDescription
Acadie Netherlands The ship ran aground at Maracaibo, Venezuela. She was on a voyage from Maracaibo to the English Channel. She was refloated and put back to Maracaibo in a severely leaky condition.[45]
Drumhendry  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore in St Ives Bay under Wheal Lucy mine while carrying dynamite from Ireland to Hayle, Cornwall. Her crew were hauled ashore on a rope and her captain and mate were picked up by the Hayle Lifeboat.[46]
George Andrews  United Kingdom The brig sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea, Her crew were rescued by a brigantine. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Portsmouth, Hampshire.[47]
Martinet  United Kingdom The ship departed from the River Tyne for Cherbourg, Manche, France. No further trace, reported missing.[16]

30 April

Unknown date

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