List of shipwrecks in April 1890

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The list of shipwrecks in April 1890 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during April 1890.

List of shipwrecks: 1 April 1890
ShipStateDescription
Mysore  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was sighted off Staten Island, New York, United States. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Iquique, Chile. No further trace, reported missing.[1]
Ystad Sweden The steamship ran aground on Eel Kaken, off Åhus. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug and towed in to Åhus in a leaky condition.[2]
Unnamed  French Navy The gunboat foundered in the English Channel. She was being towed from Le Havre, Seine-Inférieure to Cherbourg, Manche.[3]

2 April

List of shipwrecks: 2 April 1890
ShipStateDescription
Garnet  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore on the Mull of Galloway, Wigtownshire.[4]

3 April

List of shipwrecks: 3 April 1890
ShipStateDescription
J. D. Coleman United States The steamship sprang a leak and sank in Albemarle Sound. She was on a voyage from Norfolk, Virginia to East Chicago, Indiana.[5]
La Plata, and
Marima		  Italy
Argentina		 The barque La Plata and the steamship Marima collided at Buenos Aires. La Plata sank. Marima was damaged. She was taken in to La Boca, where she struck a submerged object ahd had to be beached.[6]

4 April

List of shipwrecks: 4 April 1890
ShipStateDescription
Emblem  United Kingdom The brigantine was wrecked on a reef near the Isle des Avis, Venezuela. Her crew were rescued a week later by RMS Moselle ( United Kingdom), which landed the crew at Plymouth, Devon.[7] She was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to Curaçao.[8]
George Locket  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Boulmer, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from London to Burntisland, Fife.[9] She was refloated with the assistance of a tug and put in to the River Tyne.[2]
Marion  United Kingdom The steamship collided with two or three boats at Cardiff, Glamorgan, sinking them and pushing her anchor through her bow. She was consequently beached.[9]
Martha  United Kingdom The ship ran aground and sank in the Solway Firth. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Dalbeattie, Kirkcudbrightshire.[2]
Minotaur  United Kingdom The galley collided with the steamship Holmrook ( United Kingdom) and sank off Deal, Kent with the loss of two of her three crew. The survivor was rescued by Holmrook.[9]

5 April

List of shipwrecks: 5 April 1890
ShipStateDescription
Johannes Denmark The schooner ran aground at the mouth of the Crampe, Germany. She was on a voyage from Swinemünde to Stettin.[10]
Seitz Maru  Japan The steamship exploded and caught fire with the loss of 25 lives. She was on a voyage from a Japanese port to a Korean port.[11]

6 April

List of shipwrecks: 6 April 1890
ShipStateDescription
August et Louise France The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on the west coast of Guernsey, Channel Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Morlaix, Finistère to Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais.[12]
Cabo Quejo Spain The steamship ran aground at Sanlúcar de Barrameda.[13] She was refloated on 8 April.[12]
Caloceer  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on the south coast of the Isle of Wight. Her crew were rescued by the Brighstone Lifeboat.[14]
Cameo  United Kingdom The ketch was wrecked on the south coast of the Isle of Wight. Her crew survived.[14]
Lizzy Dunlop  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on the south coast of the Isle of Wight. Her crew were rescued by the Brighstone Lifeboat.[14]
Melita  Germany The steamship ran aground at Hiogo, Japan. She was a total loss.[13][15]

7 April

List of shipwrecks: 7 April 1890
ShipStateDescription
Bella  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at "Castlehill".[12]
Bolivar France The barque put in to Cascais, Portugal in a leaky condition and sank there. She was on a voyage from Cádiz to Ferrol, Spain.[12]
Catherine Latham  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Islandmagee, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from the Point of Ayr, Flintshire to Rathmullen, County Donegal.[12]
Flora  Germany The schooner was driven ashore at Kalmar, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Ekenäs, Sweden.[12]
Formica Norway The steamship ran aground at the Lista Lighthouse. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Stockholm, Sweden.[12]
Formosa  United Kingdom The Thames barge capsized off the Swin Middle Lightship ( Trinity House). Her crew were rescued by the steamship Eider (Flag unknown_.[16][17]
Molilamo Norway The barque was driven ashore at Dungeness, Kent, United Kingdom. She was refloated on 9 April and proceeded for London, United Kingdom.[16][17]
Natal  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Crumstone Rock, in the Farne Islands, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk to Sunderland, County Durham. She was refloated the next day with the assistance of some fishing boats and taken in to North Sunderland, Berwickshire.[18]
Orient  United Kingdom The steam launch was driven ashore and severely damaged in Ashton Bay, Renfrewshire.[12]
Union Spain The ship was driven ashore at "Beauduc", Bouches-du-Rhône, France.[12][19] She was a total loss.[20]

8 April

List of shipwrecks: 8 April 1890
ShipStateDescription
Abbey Holm  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore at South Shields, County Durham. All on board were rescued. She was being towed from Leith, Lothian to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire.[21] She subsequently broke up.[10]
Aurania  United Kingdom The smack collided with the smack Iona ( United Kingdom) and sank in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the smack Queen of the Fleet ( United Kingdom).[22]
Garland  United Kingdom The fishing boat foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all seven crew.[19][23]
Melilame Flag unknown The ship was driven ashore at Dungeness, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Montevideo, Uruguat.[24]
Watson  United Kingdom The sloop sank in the North Sea off Skegness, Lincolnshire. All four people on board were rescued by the Skegness Lifeboat Ann, John & Mary ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[25]
Unnamed Canada Canada The schooner was wrecked at Goderich, Ontario with the loss of three lives.[26]

9 April

List of shipwrecks: 9 April 1890
ShipStateDescription
Agnes Lydnay Bede  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Aberthan, Glamorgan.[16]
Rock City Norway The ship was wrecked on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk, United Kingdom. Her thirteen crew were rescued by the Aldeburgh Lifeboat George Hounsfield ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Rock City was on a voyage from Christiania to London, United Kingdom.[25][27]
Rossia  Russia The steamship was driven ashore at Jarrow, Northumberland, United Kingdom.[16]
Sparta  Germany The steamship ran aground at Grado, Italy. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Trieste. She was refloated and completed her voyage.[10]

10 April

List of shipwrecks: 10 April 1890
ShipStateDescription
Aconcagua  United Kingdom The barque caught fire in the Irish Sea and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by the barque Circassia (Norway), which put a salvage crew aboard. Aconcagua was towed in to Limerick. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Mauritius.[22] The fire was extinguished on 12 April.[5]
Allethea,
Llewellyn, and
Minnie Sommers		  United Kingdom The barque Llewellyn was run into by Allethea in The Downs. Both vessels were then run into by Minnie Sommers. Llewellyn was on a voyage from Coquimbo, Chile to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire. Allethea was on a voyage from Huelva, Spain to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[28]
Avoca, and
North Cambria		  United Kingdom The steamships collided off Dungeness, Kent. Avoca sank 6 nautical miles (11 km) south of Sandgate, Kent. North Cambria was severely damaged. All 45 passengers and crew from Avoca were rescued by North Cambria. North Cambria was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States to Hamburg, Germany. She put in to Dover, Kent.[28][29][10]
Camida  United Kingdom The fishing smack collided with a steamship off Smith's Knoll, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk and sank. Her crew were rescued.[30]
Prosperity  United Kingdom The ship caught fire at sea and was beached at Hunstanton, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to Boston, Lincolnshire. She was a total loss.[22]

11 April

List of shipwrecks: 11 April 1890
ShipStateDescription
Golden Horn  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on Hammond's Knowl, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk.[19] Her 23 crew reached the Lemon and Ower Lightship ( Trinity House), from where they were rescued by the steamship Voorwaarts ( Netherlands). Golden Horn was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Savona, Italy. She was refloated and towed in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk in a leaky condition.[31][32][33]
Ondine Netherlands The steamship ran aground in the Elbe at Finkenwerder, Germany. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Hamburg, Germany. She was refloated.[34]

12 April

List of shipwrecks: 12 April 1890
ShipStateDescription
Admiral Rooke  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground near Huelva, Spain.[19][5] All on board were rescued. She was subsequently damaged by weather, broke her back and was a total loss.[35][36]
Countess of Lonsdale  United Kingdom The schooner collided with the steamship Sherbrough ( United Kingdom) and sank in Liverpool Bay off the North West Lightship ( Trinity House) with the loss of all hands.[19][5]
Ethel  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked at Cape Canaveral, Florida, United States with the loss of all hands.[37]
Koh-i-noor  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on Sarn Badrig and sank. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire to Aberdovey, Caernarfonshire.[38][34]
Shenango United States The steam barge caught fire and sank off Erie, Pennsylvania.[37]
Star of Gwent  United Kingdom The cutter collided with the tug Prince of Wales ( United Kingdom) and sank in the Bristol Channel between Morte Point and Lundy Island, Devon. Her crew were rescued.[20]
Swiftsure  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the East Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay.[32]
Umvolosi  United Kingdom The steamship struck an uncharted rock and was beached at Grahamstown, Cape Colony. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Port Natal, Cape Colony.[39][19][36]

13 April

List of shipwrecks: 13 April 1890
ShipStateDescription
Favonian  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Fiume, Austria-Hungary to Liverpool, Lancashire.[19]
Hero Sweden The schooner ran aground on the Lillegrunden, in the Great Belt.[36]
Papellio  United Kingdom The pilot cutter was driven ashore and wrecked at Cardiff, Glamorgan.[20]

14 April

List of shipwrecks: 14 April 1890
ShipStateDescription
Cambrian  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Blyth Sands, in the Thames Estuary. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.[34]
Catharina Netherlands The galiot ran aground at Teignmouth, Devon, United Kingdom.[40]
Ethel A. Merritt United States The ship collided with another vessel and sank. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to San Andreas.[32]
Plover  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Inch Sands, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from "Western Point" to Liverpool, Lancashire.[31]
Straits of Gibraltar  United Kingdom The steamship was damaged by ice and put in to Louisbourg, Nova Scotia, Canada, where she was beached. She was on a voyage from London to New York, United States.[37]
Thursby  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Inch Sands. She was on a voyage from "Western Point" to Garston, Lancashire.[31]

15 April

List of shipwrecks: 15 April 1890
ShipStateDescription
Chollerton  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Suakim, Mahdist State. She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to Suakim.[38] She was refloated and taken in to Suakim.[41]
Christana  Germany The galliot ran aground at Teignmouth, Devon, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from London to Teignmouth. She was refloated and taken in to Teignmouth in a leaky condition.[34]
Ernst Robert Sweden The steam galeass ran aground at Söderhamn and was beached. She was on a voyage from "Raslagen" to "Galtstroom".[42]
J. H. Chadwick United States The barque wa driven ashore and wrecked 8 nautical miles (15 km) north of Bahía Blanca, Brazil. She was on a voyage from Bahía Blanca to Barbados.[38]
Mirzapore  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore in the River Thames at Greenhithe, Kent. She was refloated.[38][34]
Morwenna  United Kingdom The schooner struck the Welloe Rock, off Cudden Point, Cornwall. She put in to Penzance, Cornwall in a leaky condition.[34]

16 April

List of shipwrecks: 16 April 1890
ShipStateDescription
Claus Sweden The schooner ran aground on the Hittarps Reef, off the Swedish coast. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Gefle.[42]
Dagny Sweden The barque sprang a leak and foundered off Almería, Spain. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Danish Monarch ( United Kingdom).[43][41]
Fair Chance  United Kingdom The fishing boat was run down and sunk in the North Sea 6 nautical miles (11 km) off Buckie, Aberdeenshire by Olive ( United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued by Olive.[44]
Frankfort  Germany The steamship ran aground off Norrköping, Sweden.[43] She was refloated on 22 April and taken in to Noorköping.[45]
Liberal Norway The schooner caught fire at North Shields, Northumberland, United Kingdom. The fire was extinguished; she was severely damaged at the stern.[46]
Magdalina Norway The barque collided with an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean (53°55′N 39°11′W / 53.917°N 39.183°W / 53.917; -39.183) and was abandoned by her nine crew. They were rescued by RMS Umbria ( United Kingdom). Magdalina was on a voyage from Pensacola, Florida, United States to Amsterdam, North Holland. Netherlands.[47][48][49]
Sunflower  United Kingdom The steamship sprang a leak and was beached at Ringford Point, Kirkcudbrightshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Glenarm, County Antrim to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. Although reported to be a total loss,[43][50] She was beached at Carnlough, County Antrim for repairs on 5 July.[51]

17 April

List of shipwrecks: 17 April 1890
ShipStateDescription
Altyre, and
Euclid		  United Kingdom The steamships collided in the North Sea off Hartlepool, County Durham. Euclid sank with the loss of four of her crew. Survivors were rescued by Altyre. Euclid was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Rochester, Kent. Altyre was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Aberdeen. She was severely damaged and put in to the River Tyne.[52][53][46]
Elizabeth Peers  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Wells-next-the-Sea.[46] She was refloated and beached at Holkham, Norfolk.[36]
Quilotta France The barque collided with the steamship Concordia ( France) and was abandoned by her crew, who were rescued by Concordia. Quilotta was on a voyage from Dakar, Senega to Mobile, Alabama, United States.[36]

18 April

List of shipwrecks: 18 April 1890
ShipStateDescription
Bernadine Belgium The cutter was run down and sunk 22 nautical miles (41 km) off Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands by the steamship Northcote ( United Kingdom) with the loss of five of her six crew.[54][48]
Julia Weiner  United Kingdom The steamship capsized and sank in the North Sea 25 nautical miles (46 km) off Spurn Head, Yorkshire with the loss of eleven of her fourteen crew. The survivors were rescued by the fishing smack Dart ( United Kingdom).[55][47] Julia Weiner was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London.[56]
Karl Sweden The schooner was driven ashore at "Vestergarnsholm". She was on a voyage from Visby to Neustadt.[36]
Mary Ann  United Kingdom The barge was run into by the steamship Edith ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Thames at Coalhouse Fort, Essex with the loss of three of her four crew.[57][36]
Newbattle  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Svaneke, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Danzig, Germany to Liverpool, Lancashire.[36] She was condemned.[58]
Odin  Germany The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Stubbenkammer.[42]
Osprey  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Luchsand.[36]
Polo Flag unknown The steamship ran aground at Christiania, Norway. She was refloated.[59]
Rurik Sweden The steamship was driven ashore at Visby. She was on a voyave from Libau, Germany to Stockholm. She was refloated and taken in to Visby in a leaky condition.[36]
Wetherby  United Kingdom The steamship collided with the steamship Sultan ( United Kingdom) and ran aground in the Elbe at Wittenberg, Germany. Wetherby was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.[36][60]
Wydale  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Elbe at Finkenwerder, Germany. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Hamburg. She was refloated the next day and towed in to Hamburg.[42]
Vulture  United Kingdom The schooner was damaged by fire at Liverpool, Lancashire.[48]

19 April

List of shipwrecks: 19 April 1890
ShipStateDescription
Boy Ernest  United Kingdom The smack ran aground on the Cross Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk and capsized. Her six crew were rescued by the Caister Lifeboat Convent Garden ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[61]
Covetina  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore on Scharhörn, Germany.[62]

20 April

List of shipwrecks: 20 April 1890
ShipStateDescription
Bahia BrazilBrazil The steamship collided with the steamship Maranhão (BrazilBrazil) at Rio de Janeiro and was beached.[37]
Hoffnung Netherlands The tjalk collided with the steamship Chala ( United Kingdom) in the Elbe and was severely damaged.[48][42][63]
Meteor  Germany The barque departed from Blyth, Northumberland, United Kingdom for Iquique, Chile. No further trace, reported missing.[64][65]
Relief  United Kingdom The tug sank at Blackwall, London.[42]
Wasp  United Kingdom The ferry collided with the tug Iron King ( United Kingdom) in the River Mersey and was severely damaged. Her passengers were taken off by the tug Mersey King ( United Kingdom) and she was taken in tow by the tug Sea King ( United Kingdom).[48]

21 April

List of shipwrecks: 21 April 1890
ShipStateDescription
Æolus Norway The schooner ran aground. She was on a voyage from an English port to Drontheim. She was refloated and put in to Smolen in a leaky condition.[6]
Alderney  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Hamble Point, Hampshire. She was on a voyage from Southampton, Hampshire to Cherbourg, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[66]
Bertie  United Kingdom The Thames barge was run into and sunk by the steamship Kello ( United Kingdom) at Wapping, London.[42]
Brankelow  United Kingdom The steamship, chartered by the Russian government, went ashore on Loe Bar, Cornwall during a gale. Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Kronstadt, Russia. She was carrying 3,000 tons of coal which was salvaged along with her engines.[67][68][69]
Coventina  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore on Scharhörn, Germany. She was refloated with the assistance of a steamship and put back to Cuxhaven.[42]
Ehen, or
Ehu		 France The barque was driven ashore at Portland Bill, Dorset, United Kingdom. Eleven people were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bremen, Germany to Bordeaux, Gironde.[66] She subsequently broke up.[70]
Jane Elizabeth  United Kingdom The smack was wrecked at Emanuel Head, Lindisfarne, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued.[66]
Liberte  United Kingdom The schooner foundered in the Firth of Forth. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Morrisonhaven to London.[68]
Monarch  United Kingdom The ketch ran aground on the Thurleston Sand, off the coast of Devon. She was on a voyage from Poole, Dorset to Swansea, Glamorgan.[42]
Ordonez Spain The steamship was run into by the steamship Romulus ( Spain) and sank at Manila, Spanish East Indies. All on board were rescued.[68][42]
Phœbus Norway The brig was driven ashore and wrecked 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) west of Dunkerque, Nord, France. She was on a voyage from Christiansund to Dunkerque.[59]
Sophia Norway The barque was damaged by fire at Cape Town, Cape Colon.[59]
Tetuan  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Loochoo Islands.[68][42]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The barge was run into by the tug Cleveland ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Tees at Redcar, Yorkshire with the loss of both crew.[71]

22 April

List of shipwrecks: 22 April 1890
ShipStateDescription
Lahneck  Germany The steamship ran aground at Amble, Northumberland, United Kingdom.[66]
Lord Beresford  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium to London. She was refloated and towed in to the River Thames in a leaky condition.[59]
Newport  United Kingdom The steamship foundered in the North Sea off Red Head, Forfarshire. Her nine crew survived.[66][72] She was on a voyage from the Firth of Forth to Aberdeen.[73][74]
Rob Roy  United Kingdom The tug caught fire and sank off Barry, Glamorgan. Her crew survived.[75]
Ulysses  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Tannabe", Japan.[45] All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Yokohama, Japan to London[6][76]

23 April

List of shipwrecks: 23 April 1890
ShipStateDescription
Cora United States The full-rigged ship was driven ashore on Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[45] Her crew were taken off the next day.[75] She was later refloated and taken in to Copenhagen, where she arrived on 5 May.[58]
Corea United States The barque ran aground on a sandbar 6 nautical miles (11 km) south of Kalgin Island, District of Alaska. She was refloated and found to be leaky. She sailed 25 nautical miles (46 km) in a sinking condition and was beached on the eastern shore of Cook Inlet. All 116 people on board survived, but she was deemed a total loss.[77] Corea was on a voyage from San Francisco, California to the Cook Inlet.[78]
Eusemere  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Palmyras Shoals, off Short Island, India. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Calcutta, India.[75][73]
President V. Rijekevorsel Netherlands The barque was driven ashore on Skagen, Denmark.[37]
Speedwell  United Kingdom The tug ran aground and capsized at Barry, Glamorgan. She was refloated.[37]
Vinco  United Kingdom The schooner collided with the steamship Winsloe ( United Kingdom) and sank at the Nore with the loss of two of her crew. Survivors were rescued by Winsloe.[79][37]

24 April

List of shipwrecks: 24 April 1890
ShipStateDescription
Good Hope  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Bristol, Gloucestershire. She was refloated.[37]
Intrepid United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Guernsey The ship departed from A Coruña, Spain for Guernsey. No further trace, reported missing.[80]
Kalligunge  India The flat sank in the Hooghly River.[75][37]
Lloyds  United Kingdom The steamship was run into by the steamship Gulf of Papua ( United Kingdom) in the River Thames at East Greenwich, London. She was beached at Horkness Point and consequently sank.[75][37]
Noston Norway The schooner was wrecked at Alvarado. Her crew were rescued.[6]
Paraense  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Plockington Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Ceará, Brazil to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated with assistance.[37]
Polynesia  Germany The barque ran onto rocks at the Birling Gap, Sussex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Iquique, Peru to Hamburg. Her crew were rescued by the Newhaven Lifeboat Michael Henry ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Polynesia was refloated on 4 May with assistance from the tug Lady Vita ( United Kingdom) and beached at Cuckmere Haven, Sussex. She broke up in a gale on 20 May.[81][75]
Welsh Prince  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Kingroad. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Newport, Monmouthshire.[82]

25 April

List of shipwrecks: 25 April 1890
ShipStateDescription
Kildare  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Liverpool, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Liverpool.[82]
MacArthur United States The tug was destroyed by fire at Milwaukee, Wisconsin.[58]

26 April

List of shipwrecks: 26 April 1890
ShipStateDescription
Alpha Sweden The schooner was wrecked at "Sturks". Her crew were rescued.[6]
Copernicus  Germany The steamship ran aground at Pillau Haff. She was on a voyage from Königsberg to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlads. She was refloated.[58]
Onieda United States The ship sank in the North Pacific Ocean after striking "Harnings Rock" – probably a rock that was named Onieda Rock in 1901 (54°28′20″N 162°55′40″W / 54.47222°N 162.92778°W / 54.47222; -162.92778 (Onieda Rock)) – 10 nautical miles (19 km) southwest of Sanak Island, in the Aleutian Islands, District of Alaska with the loss of 77 of the 155 people on board. She was on a voyage from San Francisco, California, to Thin Point (54°57′46″N 162°34′02″W / 54.9628°N 162.5672°W / 54.9628; -162.5672 (Thin Point)), District of Alaska.[83]

27 April

List of shipwrecks: 27 April 1890
ShipStateDescription
Handy Norway The schooner ran aground on the English Bank, in the River Plate. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Paysandú, Uruguay.[6]
Ocean King  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at "Ljushagen. She was refloated with assistance and resumed her voyage.[84]
Rothiemay  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore in the Dardanelles. She was on a voyage from Barry, Glamorgan to Galaţi, Romania.[6]
Sieverine  Germany The schooner ran aground at Emden and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from an English port to Norderney.[58]

28 April

List of shipwrecks: 28 April 1890
ShipStateDescription
Jacobus Johannes Netherlands The ship was driven ashore at Cape Town, Cape Colonhy.[6]
Unnamed Flag unknown The steamship was driven ashore on Samsø, Denmark.[6]

29 April

List of shipwrecks: 29 April 1890
ShipStateDescription
Alma Sweden The ship capsized off Eskholmen and subsequently came ashore at Lucernan.[58]
H. B. Plant United States The steamship was destroyed by fire on Lake Beneford, Florida with the loss of three or four lives. She was on a voyage from Jacksonvill to Sanford, Florida.[85][86][87]

30 April

Unknown date

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