List of shipwrecks in April 1888

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The list of shipwrecks in April 1888 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during April 1888.

List of shipwrecks: 1 April 1888
ShipStateDescription
Mercur  Germany The barque collided with the barque Choice ( United Kingdom) and sank in the Bristol Channel off Nash Point, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued bhy Choice. Mercur was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom to the River Plate.[1]

4 April

List of shipwrecks: 4 April 1888
ShipStateDescription
Bull  United Kingdom The steamship collided with the steamship Sunrise ( United Kingdom) in the River Carron and was severely damaged. She put in to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire.[2]

5 April

List of shipwrecks: 5 April 1888
ShipStateDescription
Portia, and
Times
 Germany
 United Kingdom
The steamships collided in the River Thames at Limehouse, Middlesex and were both severely damaged.[2]

6 April

List of shipwrecks: 6 April 1888
ShipStateDescription
Eskdale  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the River Tees. She was on a voyage from Bilbao, Spain to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire.[3]

7 April

List of shipwrecks: 7 April 1888
ShipStateDescription
De Svende Broders Minde  Norway The schooner was discovered in a capsized condition 29 nautical miles (54 km) off Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom. She was towed in to Peterhead by Rapid and the tug Pride of Scotland (both  United Kingdom).[3]

9 April

List of shipwrecks: 9 April 1888
ShipStateDescription
Julius  United Kingdom The barque foundered in the Bay of Biscay. Her nine crew took to the boats; they were rescued the next day by the barque Otago ( United Kingdom).[4]

11 April

List of shipwrecks: 11 April 1888
ShipStateDescription
Alfen  Norway The schooner was driven ashore at Wookhead, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom.[5]
Greenwood  United Kingdom The steamship was run into by the tug William Grey ( United Kingdom) at Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham and was severely damaged.[5]
Hearts of Oak  United Kingdom The Thames barge was run into by the steamship Widgeon ( United Kingdom) and sank at Woolwich, Kent.[5]
Ouse Hopper No. 4, and
Verlandi
 United Kingdom
 Sweden
The steamship Verlandi ran into the hopper barge Ouse Hopper No. 4 in the River Tees. Both vessels were severely damaged. Verlandi was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Gothenburg. She put back to Middlesbrough.[5]

12 April

List of shipwrecks: 12 April 1888
ShipStateDescription
Einar  Norway The barque was driven ashore and broke her back at Crail, Fife, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Christiania to Bo'ness, Lothian, United Kingdom.[6]
Express  United Kingdom The fishing boat was wrecked on Shapinsay, Orkney Islands with the loss of a crew member.[6]

13 April

List of shipwrecks: 13 April 1888
ShipStateDescription
Norma The barque sank following a collision with the steamer Bremen, which put into Dover the following day.[7]
Yorouba  France The ship struck a rock and sank 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) west of Guernsey, Channel Islands and 7 nautical miles (13 km) from Les Hanois Lighthouse. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Guernsey to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure.[8][9]

14 April

List of shipwrecks: 14 April 1888
ShipStateDescription
New Bedford  United States The steamship was crushed by ice and foundered off "Santos", Newfoundland Colony with the loss of 27 of her 45 crew.[10]
Pelle  Sweden The barque sprang a leak and foundered in the Mediterranean Sea 80 nautical miles (150 km) east of Europa Point, Gibraltar. Her crew were rescued by the steamship River Avon ( United Kingdom).[11]

16 April

List of shipwrecks: 16 April 1888
ShipStateDescription
Henry James  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked on a reef 35 nautical miles (65 km) off Palmyra Island. All on board reached the island, from where they were rescued on 29 May by the steamship Arizona ( United Kingdom). Henry James was on a voyage from Newcastle, New South Wales to San Francisco, California, United States.[12]
Vena  Belgium The steamship sank in the North Sea following a collision with another ship.[13]

17 April

List of shipwrecks: 17 April 1888
ShipStateDescription
Diadem  United Kingdom The schooner collided with the steamship Cyrus ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Tyne. Her crew were rescued. Diadem was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to the River Tyne.[14]

19 April

List of shipwrecks: 19 April 1888
ShipStateDescription
Allemannia  Germany The ship departed from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for Port Elizabeth, Cape Colony. No further trace,[15] reported missing.[16]

22 April

List of shipwrecks: 22 April 1888
ShipStateDescription
Fairholme  United Kingdom The barque was destroyed by fire 60 nautical miles (110 km) south of Cape Agulhas, Cape Colony. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to New York, United States.[17]

23 April

List of shipwrecks: 23 April 1888
ShipStateDescription
Paddy Murphy  United States The tug caught fire, burned to the waterline and sank in Dover Bay in Lake Erie.[18][19]

24 April

List of shipwrecks: 24 April 1888
ShipStateDescription
Margaret  United Kingdom The schooner, bound for Penzance, Cornwall from Rotterdam with a cargo of straw, sank shortly after a collision with the steamship Risca in the North Sea.[20]
Mercur  Norway The barque was wrecked on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by a French fishing boat.[4]
San Pablo  United Kingdom The steamship was attacked by Chinese pirates. She was set afire and driven ashore at "Turnabout", in the Formosa Channel. Her crew were rescued. She was a total loss.[21][22][23][24][25][26]

25 April

List of shipwrecks: 25 April 1888
ShipStateDescription
Ann Noble  United Kingdom The corvette Châteaurenault ( French Navy) collided with the schooner Elizabeth at Leith, Lothian. The fishing boat Ann Noble was crushed between Elizabeth and the quayside and sank.[27]
Osman Pasha  United Kingdom The fishing vessel collided with the fishing smack Apostle ( United Kingdom) and sank in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the fishing smack Granville ( United Kingdom).[28]

27 April

List of shipwrecks: 27 April 1888
ShipStateDescription
Alert  United Kingdom The fishing vessel was run into by HMS Buzzard ( Royal Navy) and sank at Sheerness, Kent. Her crew were rescued by HMS Buzzard.[4]
Ellengowan  United Kingdom The unmanned steamship sank at her moorings at Port Darwin, South Australia, and was abandoned.
Julia Foard  United States The barque was wrecked in the Karluk River on Kodiak Island, District of Alaska. All seventeen people on board survived.[29]

28 April

List of shipwrecks: 28 April 1888
ShipStateDescription
Smyrna  United Kingdom The ship collided with the steamship Moto ( United Kingdom) and sank in the English Channel 16 nautical miles (30 km) south east of Anvil Point, Dorset with the loss of twelve of her 30 crew. Survivors were rescued by Moto. Smyrna was on a voyage from London to Sydney, New South Wales.[30]
Tiverton  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the East Manse Rock. She was on a voyage from Brunswick, Georgia, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and take in to Liverpool in a severely leaky condition.[28]

29 April

Unknown date

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