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The list of shipwrecks in April 1867 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during April 1867.

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1 April

List of shipwrecks: 1 April 1867
Ship State Description
Alabama  United States The sidewheel paddle steamer was destroyed by fire at Grand View, Louisiana.

2 April

List of shipwrecks: 2 April 1867
Ship State Description
South Australian United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland South Australia The steamer was wrecked on the coast of South Otago, New Zealand while en route from Port Chalmers to Melbourne. She hit rocks heavily, stoving in part of her hull, and she took on water rapidly. All hands were saved.[1]

5 April

List of shipwrecks: 5 April 1867
Ship State Description
Queen United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The steamer struck rocks and foundered near the Brothers Islands in Cook Strait while en route from Wellington to Nelson. The crew were rescued from a lifeboat near the entrance to Tory Channel by the steamer Adelaide. All hands were saved.[2]

16 April

List of shipwrecks: 16 April 1867
Ship State Description
Onehunga United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The schooner went ashore and was wrecked near the mouth of the Fox River, New Zealand.[3]

17 April

List of shipwrecks: 17 April 1867
Ship State Description
Iona United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The cables of the schooners Iona and Cymraes became entangled in a heavy sea near Hokitika. The crew of the Cymraes managed to clear her in a damaged but reparable state, but the Iona was driven ashore and wrecked.[3]

25 April

List of shipwrecks: 25 April 1867
Ship State Description
Daring  United Kingdom The smack sank at Ramsgate, Kent.[4]

References

  1. ^ Ingram & Wheatley, p. 143.
  2. ^ Ingram & Wheatley, pp. 143–144.
  3. ^ a b Ingram & Wheatley, p. 144.
  4. ^ Larn, Richard (1977). Goodwin Sands Shipwrecks. Newton Abbott: David and Charles. p. 118. ISBN 0 7153 7202 5.

Bibliography

  • Ingram, C. W. N., and Wheatley, P. O., (1936) Shipwrecks: New Zealand disasters 1795–1936. Dunedin, NZ: Dunedin Book Publishing Association.

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