List of shipwrecks in April 1884
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| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Augvald |  Norway |
The barque collided with another vessel in the English Channel off St. Catherine's Point, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to Baltimore, Maryland, United States. She put in to Cowes, Isle of Wight in a leaky condition.[1] |
| C. E. Suhr |  Denmark |
The ship departed from Akassa, Africa for a European port. No further trace, reported missing.[2] |
| Isabella |  United Kingdom |
The schooner was driven ashore near Drummore, Wigtownshire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Girvan, Ayrshire.[1] |
| James Cann | United Kingdom |
The Thames barge collided with the schooner Carmenta ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Thames at Cliffe, Kent.[1] |
| Herald | United Kingdom |
The paddle steamer sank off North Head, Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, after suffering a boiler explosion. Both men aboard escaped safely in one of her boats. |
2 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Helikon |  Germany |
The ship was sighted off Dover, Kent, United Kingdom whilst on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Sydney, New South Wales. No further trace, reported missing.[3] |
3 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alba | Denmark |
The barque was wrecked at Sandwich, Kent, United Kingdom with the loss of fifteen of the nineteen people on board. She was on avoyage from Copenhagen to Greenland.[4] |
| Daniel Steinmann |  Belgium |
The steamer ran aground on the Madrock Shoal, off Sambro Island, Nova Scotia, Canada, with the loss of 121 of her 130 passengers and crew.[5] She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Halifax, Nova Scotia and New York, United States.[6] |
| Rebecca Everingham |  United States |
The steamboat burned to the waterline at Fitzgerald Landing, Georgia, 28 nautical miles (52 km) above Eufaula, Alabama, before her mooring lines parted allowing her to drift 100 yards (91 m) down stream in the Chattahoochee River before sinking with the loss of twelve lives.[7][8] |
4 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Viking | United States |
The schooner was lost at "Newcomb's Hollow". Her crew were rescued.[9] |
5 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Flying Cloud, or Flying Foam |
United Kingdom |
The brig was driven ashore in Dundrum Bay. One of the ship's boats capsized and all the occupants drowned. The rest of the crew landed in a second ship's boat or were brought ashore by the Newcastle Lifeboat Farnley ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). The brig was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Quebec City, Canada.[10][11] |
6 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Odysseus |  Greece |
The brig collided with the steamship Nigel ( United Kingdom) and sank in the Sulina branch of the Danube between 35 and 36 nautical miles (65 and 67 km) from its mouth.[12] |
8 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Malacca |  France |
The barque was wrecked in the Indian Ocean 22 nautical miles (41 km) south west of the Dapres Shoal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Chittagong to Calcutta, India.[13] |
| Mazeppa | United Kingdom |
The ship ran aground at Cardiff, Glamorgan.[13] |
9 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Fornix | United Kingdom |
The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the fishing trawler Contest ( United Kingdom). Fornix was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Christiania, Norway.[14] |
10 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Azorean | United Kingdom |
The ship sprang a leak and foundered 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) west of the Smalls Lighthouse, Cornwall. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Caernarfon to Cork.[15] |
11 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Merrie England | United Kingdom |
The steam yacht ran aground at Fort Genoves, Spain. She was refloated with the assistance of the steamship Alacrity ( United Kingdom).[16] |
12 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Lady Dalhousie | United Kingdom |
The steamship struck the Chynoweth rock near The Manacles, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued.[17] She was on a voyage from London to Newport, Monmouthshire.[15] |
| William | United Kingdom |
The schooner foundered off Belmullet, County Mayo. Her crew were rescued.[15] |
14 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Little Sleightholm |  Canada |
The ship foundered at sea. Her crew were rescued by the barque Nerji ( Austria-Hungary). Little Sleightholm was on a voyage from Bahia, Brazil to Halifax, Nova Scotia.[18] |
15 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Speke Hall | United Kingdom |
The steamship ran aground in the Hooghly River. She was refloated.[19] |
19 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ponema, and State of Florida |
Canada United Kingdom |
The barque Ponema collided with the steamship State of Florida in the Atlantic Ocean 1,200 nautical miles (2,200 km) west of Ireland. Ponema sank with the loss of twelve of her fifteen crew. Survivors were rescued by the barque Theresa (Flag unknown). Ponema was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Miramichi, New Brunswick, Canada. State of Florida sank with the loss of 123 of the 170 people on board. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to the Clyde.[20][21][22][23] The steamship Titania ( United Kingdom) rescued 24 crew of State of Florida.[24] The barque Theresa also rescued survivors from the State of Florida.[25] |
21 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hebe | Denmark |
The ship ran aground at Burghead, Moray, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Tromsø to Lossiemouth, Moray. She was later refloated and taken in to Lossiemouth in a severely leaky condition.[26] |
22 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Attila | Norway |
The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her nine crew were rescued by the barque Altcar ( Norway). Attila was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.[27] |
| Marion | United Kingdom |
The schooner ran aground at Lerwick, Shetland Islands. She was refloated and taken in to Lerwick in a leaky condition.[28] |
23 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Fanny | United Kingdom |
The smack sprang a leak and foundered 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) off Sanda Island, Inner Hebrides. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Glenarm, County Antrim to Campbeltown, Argyllshire.[28] |
| Sibil | United Kingdom |
The Thames barge was run into by the steamship City of Truro ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Thames near Gravesend, Kent.[28] |
| Sjofna | Norway |
The steamship was driven ashore on Närsholmen, Gotland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Riga, Russia.[28] |
25 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Diamanten |  Sweden |
The ship was driven on to the Lark Sand, in the Bristol Channel. She was refloated and taken in to Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, United Kingdom in a waterlogged condition.[29] |
| Ojofna | Sweden |
The steamship was driven ashore at "Marsholm", Gotland. She was later refloated with assistance.[26] |
| Rajah Brooke |  Sarawak |
The steamship collided with the steamship Glencarn ( United Kingdom) and sank at Penang, Straits Settlements.[29] |
28 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Saint Paul | United States |
The schooner was wrecked on the coast of the Alaska Peninsula near Nikolaief, Department of Alaska. Both crew survived. She was on a voyage from Belkofski to Kodiak, Department of Alaska.[30] |
29 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Falmouth | United States |
The passenger ship burned and sank at dock in Portland, Maine. Three crew were killed.[7][31] |
| Several unnamed vessels |  Argentina |
The lighters were sunk by a freshet at Buenos Aires.[26] |
| Unnamed | France |
The schooner was run down and sunk off Saint Pierre and Miquelon with the loss of twelve of her nineteen crew.[32] |
