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The list of shipwrecks in April 1839 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during April 1839 .
1 April
3 April
4 April
List of shipwrecks: 4 April 1839
Ship
State
Description
Betsey
France
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Molly ( Hamburg ).[ 9]
Darling
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Beaumaris , Anglesey . She was on a voyage from Bangor to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 6]
Hooton
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Balbriggan , County Dublin . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven , Cumberland to Cardiff , Glamorgan .[ 9] [ 10] Hooton was refloated on 4 May and towed into Drogheda , County Louth .[ 1]
Laura
United Kingdom
The smack foundered off Mullion Island , Cornwall . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Port Madoc , Caernarfonshire to King's Lynn , Norfolk .[ 11] [ 12]
Penrice Castle
United Kingdom
The schooner foundered off Mullion Island. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Swansea , Glamorgan to Falmouth, Cornwall .[ 11] [ 12]
William and Catherine
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked in Mounts Bay. Her crew survived.[ 12]
5 April
6 April
List of shipwrecks: 6 April 1839
Ship
State
Description
Brave
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Rossiten , Prussia . She was on a voyage from Plymouth , Devon to Memel , Prussia.[ 15]
Emerald
United Kingdom
The ship was driven onto rocks near "Green Island". She was on a voyage from Constantinople , Ottoman Empire to London . Emerald was refloated on 8 April and resumed her voyage.[ 16]
Leila
United States
The ship was driven ashore at Sewell's Point , Virginia . She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire , United Kingdom to Baltimore, Maryland . Leila was later refloated and taken into Baltimore.[ 1]
Matthew
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Le Tréport , Seine-Inférieure , France. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Trieste .[ 13] Matthew was refloated on 12 April.[ 17]
7 April
8 April
9 April
10 April
11 April
List of shipwrecks: 11 April 1839
Ship
State
Description
Demerara
United Kingdom
The ship struck the Mugglin Rock, off Kingstown, County Dublin . She was on a voyage from Dublin to Demerara , British Honduras . Demerara was refloated and towed into Dublin.[ 26] She resumed her voyage on 17 April.[ 24]
Deux Sœurs
France
The ship was wrecked near Dénia , Spain. Her crew were rescued.[ 5]
Felicité
France
The ship was wrecked near Dénia. Her crew were rescued.[ 5]
Ganges
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on Paterson's Rock and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Glasgow , Renfrewshire to Dalhousie, New Brunswick , British North America . Ganges was refloated and put back to the Clyde .[ 22] [ 20]
Stuforster
Flag unknown
The ship was wrecked near Cartagena, Spain . She was on a voyage from Marseille , Bouches-du-Rhône , France to Cádiz , Spain.[ 21]
12 April
List of shipwrecks: 12 April 1839
Ship
State
Description
Active
France
The ship was driven ashore near Bône , French Algeria .[ 27]
Adele et Sophia
Grand Duchy of Tuscany
The ship was driven ashore near Bône.[ 27]
Alberigo
Grand Duchy of Tuscany
The ship was driven ashore near Bône.[ 27]
Ariel
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Brouwershaven , Zeeland , Netherlands , She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Rotterdam , South Holland , Netherlands.[ 16]
Bonne Valaurienne
France
The ship was driven ashore near Bône.[ 27]
Brothers
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on Scroby Sands , Norfolk and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Constantinople , Ottoman Empire . Brothers was refloated and put into Harwich , Essex .[ 26]
Celestin
France
The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands , Kent , United Kingdom . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Marseille , Bouches-du-Rhône .[ 28]
Charlotte
Grand Duchy of Tuscany
The ship was driven ashore near Bône.[ 27]
Emerald
United Kingdom
The ship was sunk by ice. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bideford , Devon to Boston, Massachusetts , United States.[ 29]
Friend's Adventure
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at Sunderland, County Durham and was damaged. She put into Hartlepool where she was beached.[ 24]
Jeune Ezelia
France
The ship was driven ashore near Bône.[ 27]
Leonidas
Kingdom of Sardinia
The ship was driven ashore near Bône.[ 27]
Nina
Austrian Empire
The ship was driven ashore near Bône.[ 27]
Nostra Signora del Carmene
Kingdom of Sardinia
The ship was driven ashore near Bône.[ 27]
Pheasant
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at "Ballahach", County Waterford .[ 22] She was refloated the next day.[ 15]
Soleil
France
The ship was driven ashore near Bône.[ 27]
Vere Amial
Kingdom of Sardinia
The ship was driven ashore near Bône.[ 27]
Victoire
France
The ship was driven ashore near Bône.[ 27]
13 April
14 April
List of shipwrecks: 14 April 1839
Ship
State
Description
Ann Scott
United Kingdom
The brig was wrecked on Eierland , North Holland ,Netherlands with the loss of at least six lives. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Amsterdam , North Holland.[ 9] [ 30] >[ 31]
Auguste Eugene
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands , Kent . She was later refloated.[ 15]
Constantia
United States
The ship was driven ashore between Brewster and Wellfleet, Massachusetts . She was on a voyage from Havana , Cuba to Portsmouth, New Hampshire .[ 1]
Louisa
United Kingdom
The ship departed from Nyborg , Denmark for Liverpool , Lancashire . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 32]
United Kingdom
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 Sunderland to London . United Kingdom was refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 15]
15 April
16 April
17 April
List of shipwrecks: 17 April 1839
Ship
State
Description
Arethusa
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Helsingør , Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Greifswald to Leith , Lothian .[ 9]
Fortitude
United Kingdom
The ship was run down in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk by Royal Victoria ( United Kingdom ). Her crew were rescued by Royal Victoria . Fortitude was on a voyage from London to Stockton on Tees , County Durham .[ 30] Fortitude was towed into Dunkerque , Nord , France on 21 April.[ 16]
Frau Mina
Hamburg
The ship foundered off Belle Île , Morbihan , France with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Nantes , Loire Atlantique .[ 9]
Minerva
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at King's Lynn , Norfolk . She was on a voyage from Hartlepool , County Durham to King's Lynn.[ 4] Minerva was refloated.[ 17]
Union
Guernsey
The ship ran aground and was severely damaged at Saint Sampson . She was later refloated and taken into Saint Sampson.[ 17]
William
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) east of Calais , France. She was on a voyage from Leith to Dunkerque , Nord , France.[ 24]
18 April
List of shipwrecks: 18 April 1839
Ship
State
Description
Athalides
United Kingdom
The ship struck sunken rocks and sank off "Neuhellesund" with the loss of two lives. She was on a voyage from Leith , Lothian to Wolgast , Prussia .[ 34]
Earl of Durham
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Colleach Rocks, in Loch Alsh . she was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Riga , Russia . She was refloated on 25 April and beached at Kyle of Lochalsh , Inverness-shire .[ 35] [ 1]
Elizabeth and Jane
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Sunderland, County Durham . /she was on a voyage from Portsmouth , Hampshire to Sunderland. Elizabeth and Jane was refloated and take into Sunderland.[ 36]
Fairfield
United Kingdom
The barque was wrecked on the Troubridge Shoals . All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Port Adelaide , South Australia .[ 37] [ 38]
Flora
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Sunderland. She was later refloated and taken into the port.[ 36]
Lord Wellington
United Kingdom
The ship struck the Cross Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk and sank.[ 4]
19 April
List of shipwrecks: 19 April 1839
Ship
State
Description
Esseri Tigiaret , or Orient
Ottoman Empire
The steamship was wrecked off Samsoun . She was on a voyage from the Trebizond Eyalet to Constantinople .[ 39] [ 40] Orient was later refloated, repaired and returned to service.[ 41]
Grindon
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Kentish Knock . She was refloated and put into Sheerness , Kent , where she was driven ashore before being refloated and taken into port.[ 42]
Jantina
Netherlands
The ship was wrecked on "Listerland". She was on a voyage from Termunterzijl , Groningen to a Norwegian port.[ 1]
Jonge Dirk
Netherlands
The ship was wrecked on "Listerland". She was on a voyage from Harlingen, Friesland to Christiansand , Norway.[ 1]
Louis Charles Marie
United Kingdom
The chasse-marée struck rocks and sank at Alderney , Channel Islands . Her four crew survived. She was on a voyage from Bayonne ,Basses-Pyrénées to Rouen , Seine-Inférieure .[ 17] [ 43]
20 April
List of shipwrecks: 20 April 1839
Ship
State
Description
Ann
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) from King's Lynn , Norfolk . She was on a voyage from Hartlepool , County Durham to King's Lynn.[ 16]
Catherine
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the West Rocks, Harwich , Essex . Three crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn , Norfolk to London .[ 9] Catherine was refloated on 5 May and towed into Harwich.[ 44]
Clarisse
France
The ship sprang a leak and was beached at the mouth of the Lannion. She was on a voyage from Granville, Manche to Martinique .[ 17] [ 36]
James McInroy
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on a reef in the Maldive Islands . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Calcutta , India to the Clyde .[ 45] [ 46]
Zeluna
France
The ship was driven ashore between Adra and Almería , Spain. she was on a voyage from Nantes , Loire Atlantique to Marseille , Bouches-du-Rhône .[ 1]
21 April
22 April
23 April
24 April
List of shipwrecks: 24 April 1839
Ship
State
Description
Diamond
United Kingdom
The ship capsized at Galway .[ 14]
Leeds
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Whitburn, County Durham . She was on a voyage from Whitby , Yorkshire to Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland . Leeds was later refloated.[ 31]
Mathilde
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Hjørring , Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Frederikshavn , Denmark.[ 51]
Red Rover
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Cape Verde Islands . All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Sydney , New South Wales .[ 52]
Richard and Thomas
United Kingdom
The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea off Camperduin , North Holland , Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Amsterdam , North Holland.[ 53]
25 April
26 April
27 April
28 April
30 April
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in April 1839
Ship
State
Description
Ann
New South Wales
The schooner ran aground at the mouth of the Macleay River and was wrecked.[ 62]
Britannia
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked 12 nautical miles (22 km) east of Port Phillip , New South Wales . She was on a voyage from Launceston , Van Diemen's Land to Port Phillip.[ 63]
Cherub
United States
The ship was driven ashore on the American coast before 19 April. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to Malta . Cherub was later refloated and put back to Boston.[ 1]
Ebenezer
France
The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at the mouth of the Orne before 15 April. She was on a voyage from Christiansand , Norway to Caen , Calvados .[ 13]
Favourite
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Wells-next-the-Sea , Norfolk before 14 April. She was on a voyage from London to Sunderland, County Durham . Favourite was refloated on 14 April and taken into Wells-next-the-Sea.[ 13]
Fenwick
British North America
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean on or before 8 April.[ 9]
Forester
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Dragør , Denmark. She was on a voyage from Memel , Kingdom of Prussia to Bristol , Gloucestershire . Forester was later refloated and taken into Helsingør , Denmark, where she arrived on 3 May.[ 34]
Hoop of Fortune
Netherlands
The ship was abandoned off Marstrand , Sweden before 13 April.[ 30]
Joseph Wallace
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea between 9 and 21 April. She was on a voyage from Smyrna , Ottoman Empire to London.[ 64]
Martha
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and damaged near Venice , Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia . She was refloated on 18 April and taken into Venice.[ 27]
Niger
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked in Annatto Bay , Jamaica.[ 35]
Phantom
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground off Gallipoli , Ottoman Empire . She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Constantinople , Ottoman Empire. Phantom was later refloated and taken into Constantinople.[ 39]
Pirate
United States
The steamboat sank in the Missouri River near Bellevue, Nebraska .
Prince Leopold
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Dungarvan , County Waterford . She was on a voyage from Whitehaven , Cumberland to Cardiff , Glamorgan .[ 11]
USS Sea Gull
United States Navy
United States Exploring Expedition : The 2-gun schooner was lost in the Southern Ocean after 17 April.
St. Pierre
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
The brig collided with Deux Augustes ( France ) and foundered. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Syracuse, Sicily to Malta .[ 27]
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands , Kent . She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Dartmouth, Devon . United Kingdom was refloated and put into Ramsgate , Kent.[ 65]
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Shipwrecks 1830–39, by month
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