List of shipwrecks in April 1887

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The list of shipwrecks in April 1887 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during April 1887.

List of shipwrecks: 1 April 1887
ShipStateDescription
Alexander  United Kingdom The fishing boat was driven ashore and wrecked at Cellardyke, Fife. Her crew were rescued.[1]
Flower of Obrig  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Murkle, Caithness. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Castlehill.[1]
James  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Murkle.[1]
Little Fred  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Lindisfarne, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Montrose, Forfarshire.[1]
Pêcheries Françaises  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Hull Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk, United Kingdom.[1]
Power  United Kingdom The tugboat collided with the barque Ruggerio Primo ( Italy) off Cape la Heve, Seine-Inférieure, France and was severely damaged. Power put in to Plymouth, Devon.[2]
St. Matthaus  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the East Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay. Her crew were rescued by the Liverpool Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to New York, United States.[1]
Three unnamed vessels  United Kingdom The fishing smacks foundered off Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire.[1]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The fishing smack was driven ashore at Fraserburgh.[1]
Unnamed Flag unknown The ship was wrecked off Newport, Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom.[1]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The fishing boat was driven ashore at North Sunderland, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued.[1]

4 April

List of shipwrecks: 4 April 1887
ShipStateDescription
Tobago France The steamship was wrecked near Cape Finisterre, Spain.[2]
Venus  United Kingdom The brig was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the smack Speculator ( United Kingdom). Venus was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was towed in to Scarborough, Yorkshire by the steam trawler Star ( United Kingdom).[2]
Wiltshire  United Kingdom The ship was damaged entering Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France and was beached. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Saint-Malo.[3]

5 April

List of shipwrecks: 5 April 1887
ShipStateDescription
Arcturus Denmark The steamship collided with the steamship Savona ( United Kingdom) and sank off Falsterbo, Sweden. Her crew were rescued by Savona.[4]
Brazileira Norway The barque struck a rock off Cozumel, Mexico and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Belize City, British Honduras to Goole, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.[3]

6 April

List of shipwrecks: 6 April 1887
ShipStateDescription
Bessie Hiller  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the North Gare, off the mouth of the River Tees. She was on a voyage from Margate, Kent to Seaham, County Durham.[5]
Charles  United Kingdom The barge was run into by the steamship Alford ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Thames at Rotherhithe, Surrey.[5]
Darwin  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Belfast, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States to Belfast. She was refloated and taken in to Belfast.[5]
Willem  Germany The schooner was driven ashore at Marske-by-the-Sea, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by a fishing coble. She was on a voyage from South Shields to Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom.[4]
Unnamed Flag unknown The schooner foundered off the Crow Rock, off the coast of Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by another schooner.[5]

7 April

List of shipwrecks: 7 April 1887
ShipStateDescription
Charles Morand  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Blacktail Sand, in the Thames Estuary.[5]
Emma  United Kingdom The Thames barge collided with the steamship Hewett ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Thames at Northfleet, Kent. Her crew were rescued.[5]
Wilhelm I  Germany The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean and set afire. Her crew were rescued by General Roberts ( United Kingdom).[6]

8 April

List of shipwrecks: 8 April 1887
ShipStateDescription
Bjorntras Flag unknown The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Nordlyset (Flag unknown). Bjorntras was on a voyage from "Brunswick" to Kronstadt, Russia.[7]
Bride of Lorne  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on Santa Rosa Island, Florida, United States (30°17′N 87°13′W / 30.283°N 87.217°W / 30.283; -87.217), or just west of the Pensacola Pass.[8][9]

13 April

List of shipwrecks: 13 April 1887
ShipStateDescription
Victoria  United Kingdom The steamship ran onto rocks and was wrecked at Cape Ailly, near Varengeville-sur-Mer, Seine-Inférieure, France with the loss of nineteen of the 90 people on board. She was on a voyage from Newhaven, Sussex to Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure.[10][11]

14 April

List of shipwrecks: 14 April 1887
ShipStateDescription
Buckhurst  United Kingdom The ship was damaged by fire at Dundee, Forfarshire.[7]
Corsair United States The tug struck the bank of the Mississippi River just upstream of New Orleans, Louisiana in fog causing her to careen and sink. A female passenger died.[12]
Lockton  United Kingdom The steamship caught fire at Lisbon, Portugal.[7]
Trindeln Lightship Denmark The lightship was driven ashore on Læsø.[7]
Two unnamed vessels Flags unknown The ships were driven ashore on Læsø.[7]

15 April

List of shipwrecks: 15 April 1887
ShipStateDescription
Svadilfare Norway The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Prince Amadeo (Flag unknown). Svadilfare was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Bic, Quebec, Canada.[13]

16 April

List of shipwrecks: 16 April 1887
ShipStateDescription
Betsy and Helen  United Kingdom The fishing smack capsized in the North Sea 18 nautical miles (33 km) east north east of Coquet Island, Northumberland with the loss of at least two lives. She was towed into the River Tyne by the steam trawler Scotia ( United Kingdom.[14]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The steamship foundered off Bonifacio, Corsica, France.[14]

17 April

List of shipwrecks: 17 April 1887
ShipStateDescription
Aimable Dolores Spain The brigantine was driven ashore in the Bay of Bormes. She was on a voyage from Rosas to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.[15]
Breeze  United Kingdom The yawl was run down and sunk in the English Channel 8 nautical miles (15 km) east of Beachy Head, Sussex by the steamship Australia ( Germany) with the loss of four of the five people on board. Breeze was on a voyage from Fowey, Cornwall to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[16][17]
Unnamed Flag unknown Two ships collided in the English Channel off the South Foreland, Kent, United Kingdom. At least one vessel, which was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands to New York, sank with loss of life.[18]
Unnamed' Flag unknown The ship ran aground on the Sunk Sand or Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. The Walton Lifeboat could find no trace of her.[18]
Unnamed Flag unknown The ship ran aground on the Middle Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, and caught fire.[18]

18 April

List of shipwrecks: 18 April 1887
ShipStateDescription
Albion  United Kingdom The Mersey Flat foundered off the West Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay. Her crew were rescued by a fishing boat.[15]
Tasmania  United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked on the Monachai Rocks, off the coast of Corsica, France with the loss of 35 of the 281 people on board. The yacht Pérséverant ( France rescued at least 75 survivors; 74 were landed in Tasmania's boats. An Italian steamship and a British yacht were also despatched to assist. Tasmania was on a voyage from Bombay, India to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.[18][19]

23 April

List of shipwrecks: 23 April 1887
ShipStateDescription
Ino  United Kingdom The barge was run into by the steamship Italia ( United Kingdom) at Millwall, Essex with the loss of a lighterman. She was beached in a sinking condition with the assistance of a tug.[20]

26 April

List of shipwrecks: 26 April 1887
ShipStateDescription
Asia  United Kingdom The paddle tug collided with the steamship Cuthonia ( United Kingdom) and sank in the North Sea off Seaham, County Durham.[21] Her crew were rescued.[13]
Ciss  United Kingdom The yacht ran aground on the Haven Hole Spit, in the Thames Estuary. She was on a voyage from "Haven Hole" to Erith, Kent.[6] She was refloated and completed her voyage.[13]
Normandy United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jersey The cutter foundered north of Jersey with the loss of two of her three crew. She was on a voyage from Jersey to Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, Somme, France.[22]

27 April

List of shipwrecks: 27 April 1887
ShipStateDescription
Finland  United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked near the mouth of the Kowie River. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cape Town, Cape Colony to Mauritius.[22]

28 April

List of shipwrecks: 28 April 1887
ShipStateDescription
Zia G.  Italy The ship departed from The Downs for Savona, No further trace, reported missing.[23]
Unnamed France The fishing boat collided with the steamship Forest Queen ( United Kingdom) and sank with the loss of a crew member.[24]

29 April

Unknown date

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