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The list of shipwrecks in April 1844 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during April 1844 .
1 April
2 April
List of shipwrecks: 2 April 1844
Ship
State
Description
Alice
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the North Sea off the north Kent coast with some loss of life.[ 5]
Baltimore
United States
The ship was driven ashore at Memel , Prussia . She was on a voyage from Memel to London , United Kingdom .[ 6]
Elida
Norway
The ship ran aground and was damaged leaving Svelvik . She put back to Svelvik.[ 3]
Helen
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on Edisto Island , South Carolina , United States, and was abandoned by her crew.[ 7]
Koninginn
Prussia
The ship ran aground at Memel. She was on a voyage from Memel to Bristol , Gloucestershire , United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Memel.[ 6]
Penelope
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground and was damaged leaving Svelvik. She put back to Svelvil.[ 3]
Stadt
Netherlands
The steamship was holed and sank at Vlissingen , Zeeland . She was refloated.[ 4]
Stillman
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked off Whydah , Dahomey with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Belfast , County Antrim , to Whydah.[ 8]
3 April
4 April
5 April
6 April
List of shipwrecks: 6 April 1844
Ship
State
Description
Ann Eliza
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at the mouth of the Danube . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from an English port to Constantinople , Ottoman Empire .[ 16] She had been refloated by 1 May.[ 23]
Friendship
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex . She was on a voyage from South Shields , County Durham , to London . She was refloated and put in to Wivenhoe , Essex.[ 4] [ 15]
Hercules
United Kingdom
The paddle steamer ran aground in the River Avon . She was on a voyage from Bristol , Gloucestershire , to Llanelly , Glamorgan .[ 15]
Neptunus
Hamburg
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York , United States, to Amsterdam , North Holland , Netherlands.[ 7]
7 April
8 April
9 April
10 April
11 April
List of shipwrecks: 11 April 1844
Ship
State
Description
Fancy
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Doom Bar . She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire , to Brixham , Devon . She was refloated.[ 22]
King William
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on Flotta , Orkney Islands , and sank. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire , to Stettin .[ 2] [ 32] She was refloated on 15 April and beached at Stromness to be repaired.[ 25]
Rapid
United Kingdom
The ship sank at Hubberstone Pill , Pembrokeshire . She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire , to Wells-next-the-Sea , Norfolk .[ 33] She was refloated the next day and taken in to Milford Haven , Pembrokeshire.[ 34]
Rosebud
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Swine Bottoms. She was on a voyage from Stockton-on-Tees , County Durham , to a Baltic port. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Helsingør , Denmark, for repairs.[ 25]
12 April
13 April
14 April
15 April
16 April
17 April
18 April
19 April
20 April
22 April
23 April
24 April
List of shipwrecks: 24 April 1844
Ship
State
Description
Bandicoot
Van Diemen's Land
The schooner was driven ashore between The Heads and George Town . She was refloated on 27 April and taken into Launceston .[ 53]
Julius
Sweden
The ship was in collision with a sloop and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from "Jernavik" to Malmö .[ 54]
Marshall
United Kingdom
The ship was lost off the west coast of Jutland near "Laurvig". She was on a voyage from London to Königsberg , Prussia .[ 51]
Patriot
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at "Tannager", Norway. She was on a voyage from Fraserburgh , Aberdeenshire , to a Baltic port. She was refloated and taken in to Tannager.[ 6]
Star
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Dunnet Head , Caithness . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire , to Dingwall , Ross-shire .[ 31]
St. John
British North America
The ship was driven ashore in the Dardanelles near Koum Kali, Ottoman Empire . She was on a voyage from Cardiff , Glamorgan , to Constantinople , Ottoman Empire. She was consequently condemned.[ 55] [ 7]
25 April
26 April
27 April
List of shipwrecks: 27 April 1844
Ship
State
Description
Aviso
Spain
The ship ran aground at Puerta Mala. She was refloated the next day.[ 59]
Forth
United Kingdom
The ship departed from Manila , Spanish East Indies , for Falmouth, Cornwall . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 60]
Heart of Oak
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Clee Ness, Lincolnshire . She was on a voyage from Hull , Yorkshire , to Scarborough , Yorkshire . She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 31]
Jane Martell
Jersey
The ship was lost near Arichat, Nova Scotia , British North America . She was on a voyage from Jersey to Arichat.[ 61]
Jessie Ritchie
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Jardine Reefs. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire , to Havana , Cuba .[ 61]
Patriot
United Kingdom
The ship struck a rock and was damaged at Stavanger , Norway. She was on a voyage from Fraserburg , Aberdeenshire , to a Baltic port. She put in to Stavanger.[ 56]
Teazer
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Jardine Reefs. She was on a voyage from Trinidad to Boston, Massachusetts .[ 61]
Waterman No.10
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground and sank at Hastings , Sussex .[ 62] She was refloated on 29 April.[ 31] [ 63]
28 April
29 April
30 April
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in April 1844
Ship
State
Description
Ashantee
United Kingdom
The brig was wrecked at Assinie , Ivory Coast. Her crew were rescued.[ 65]
Bridget Timmens
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean . She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick , British North America , to an English port. She was subsequently towed in to Salem, Massachusetts , United States, in a waterlogged condition.[ 16]
Gladiator
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Sandy Hook , New Jersey , United States. She was on a voyage from London to New York , United States. She was refloated, and arrived at New York on 19 April.[ 16]
Jane Walker
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 13 April.[ 18]
Margaretta
United Kingdom
The sloop sank at Cardigan .[ 20]
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Shipwrecks 1840–49, by month
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