List of shipwrecks in April 1882
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| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| RMS Douro, and Yrurac Bat |
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 ( |
2 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ellen William | The schooner was driven ashore in Ardmore Bay. Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus.[7] | |
| Helena | The ship was driven ashore at "Stetterage". She was on a voyage from Kragerø to Aarhus, Denmark.[7] | |
| Little Dick | The dandy capsized in the English Channel 1+1⁄2 nautical miles (2.8 km) off Seaford, Sussex. Her three crew were rescued.[8] | |
| Ringwood | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Saint-Pierre, Saint Pierre and Miquelon. Her crew were rescued.[9] |
3 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth | 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 | The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Cemlyn, Anglesey.[10] | |
| Europe | 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 | The schooner sank at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire.[9] | |
| Lucie | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Lydd, Kent.[7] | |
| Sapho | The brigantine was run down and sunk by the steamship Olaf ( |
4 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Saint Maur | The ship was sighted whilst on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Liverpool, Lancashire. No further trace, reported missing.[12] |
5 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Caroline Guessing | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Noa | The steamship suffered a boiler explosion and sank at Amlwch, Anglesey with the loss of all three crew.[14] |
8 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Capricorn | 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
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hope | The ship departed from Greenock, Renfrewshire for Quebec City, Canada. No further trace, reported missing.[16] |
10 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Larpool | The steamship ran aground at Kertch, Russia and was damaged. She was refloated on 13 April and towed in to Kertch.[17] | |
| Mary Tatham | 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
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Driver, and Forager |
The smack Driver collided with Forager 10 nautical miles (19 km) off Filey, Yorkshire. Both vessels were severely damaged.[17] |
12 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| David Jenkins | The schooner ran aground in the Thames Estuary off Shoeburyness, Essex. She was on a voyage from an Irish port to London.[20] | |
| Orenoque | The ship departed from Troon, Ayrshire, United Kingdom for Trinidad. No further trace, reported missing.[21] | |
| Sophie Cook | 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
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Danmark | 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 | The schooner was damaged by fire in the Belfast Lough.[18] |
14 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alpha | 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 | The steamship was run into by the steamship Vernon ( | |
| Ida, and Noatum |
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 ( |
15 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ella Constance | 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
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Harkus | The brig was damaged by fire at Pärnu.[25] | |
| Thomas Fisher | The ship departed from Seville, Spain for Irvine, Ayrshire. No further trace, reported missing.[16] | |
| Zeta | The barque was wrecked at Antofagasta, Chile. Her seventeen crew were rescued.[27] |
18 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Paola | The steamship sank in the River Guadiana near Pomaron, Portugal.[27] She was refloated on 28 April.[28] | |
| Saffron | 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
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Geneva | 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 | The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked on Texel, North Holland, Netherlands.[27][29] |
21 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Rochdale | The ship was damaged by fire at Sebastopol, Russia.[30] |
22 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Brilliant Star | 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 | 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
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Little Eagle | The tow steamer struck a bridge pier near Hannibal, Missouri and sank in the Mississippi River. Three people were drowned.[34] |
24 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| St Vincent | 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
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| City of Stanford | The sternwheeler was destroyed by fire 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) from Jacksonville, Florida with the loss of eleven lives.[38] | |
| Ion | The schooner was driven ashore at Penedo, Brazil. She was on a vouyage from Penedo to Liverpool, Lancashire.[37] | |
| Mary and Anne | The schooner was run down by the steamship Sceptre ( | |
| Veritas | The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the barque Huron ( |
27 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Austral | The steamship ran aground in Cartsdyke Bay. She was refloated.[28] | |
| Canoma | The ship departed from Sunderland, County Durham for Java, Netherlands East Indies. No further trace,[42] reported missing.[43] | |
| Foudroyant | The Dévastation-class ironclad ran aground on being launched at Toulon, Var.[44] |
28 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Acastus | 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 | The schooner collided with another vessel and was abandoned off Ballywalter, County Antrim. She was towed in to Belfast by the tug Shamrock ( | |
| Elizabeth Mary Ann | 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 | The fishing smack was driven ashore at Lydd, Kent. Her crew survived.[28] | |
| Little Anne | The fishing smack was driven ashore and wrecked at Lydd. Her crew survived.[28] |
29 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Acadie | 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 | 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 | 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 | The ship departed from the River Tyne for Cherbourg, Manche, France. No further trace, reported missing.[16] |