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The '''list of shipwrecks in April 1870''' includes [[ship]]s sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during April [[1870]].
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==1 April==
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|ship=''Favourite''
|flag={{flagcountry|New Zealand}}
|desc= The 59-ton [[paddle steamer]] ran aground and was wrecked at [[Ahipara]], New Zealand, during a gale.<ref name=SNZD168169>Ingram & Wheatley, pp. 168–169.</ref><ref name=Times290670>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=29 June 1870 |page=10 |issue=26789 |column=B }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Hebe'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}
|desc=The [[barque]] was wrecked in the [[Black Sea]] with the loss of twelve of her sixteen crew. She was on a voyage from [[Odessa]] to an English port.<ref name=GH040470/>
}}
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|ship=''Lovett''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[full-rigged ship]] was driven ashore on [[Inishtrahull]], [[County Donegal]] with the loss of four lives. She was on a voyage from [[Greenock]], [[Renfrewshire (historic)|Renfrewshire]] to [[Saint John's, Newfoundland|Saint John's]], [[Newfoundland Colony]]. She was refloated and taken in to [[Lough Foyle]].<ref name=Times020470>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=2 April 1870 |page=10 |issue=26714 |column=F }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Sovereign''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[steamship]] was driven ashore near [[Dulas, Anglesey]]. Her passengers were taken off. She was on a voyage from [[Liverpool]], [[Lancashire]] to [[Bristol]], [[Gloucestershire]].<ref name=Times050470>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=5 April 1870 |page=11 |issue=26716 |column=F }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Tiger'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[schooner]] was driven ashore at [[Belfast]], [[County Antrim]]. She was refloated.<ref name=GH040470>{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=4 April 1870 |issue=9439 }}</ref>
}}
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==2 April==
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|ship=''Carleton''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the [[Atlantic Ocean]]. Her crew reached the Irish coast in two boats. She was on a voyage from the [[River Clyde|Clyde]] to [[Quebec City]], [[Canada]].<ref name=Times060470/><ref name=MT090470>{{Cite news |title=Shipping Casualties |newspaper=Manchester Times |location=Manchester |date=9 April 1870 |issue=645 }}</ref><ref name=S090470>{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=9 April 1870 |issue=14254 |page=7 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Henrietta'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[brig]] sprang a leak and sank in the [[North Sea]] off [[Bridlington]], [[East Riding of Yorkshire|Yorkshire]]. She was on a voyage from [[Sunderland, County Durham]] to [[London]].<ref name=NE060470>{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Northern Echo |location=Darlington |date=6 April 1870 |issue=82 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Sarah''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[schooner]] struck the [[Bishop's Rock]] and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from [[Liverpool]], [[Lancashire]] to [[Plymouth]], [[Devon]].<ref name=Times050470/>
}}
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|ship=''Tonsberg''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship collided with ''Queen of the Clyde'' ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} in the [[Saint Lawrence River]] and was beached. She was on a voyage from [[London]] to Quebec City.<ref name=Times030570/><ref name=GH160570>{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=16 May 1870 |issue=9475 }}</ref>
}}
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==3 April==
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|ship=''Alexander''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship collided with ''Ino'' (Flag unknown)<!--described as North German--> and sank off [[Heligoland]]. She was on a voyage from [[Hartlepool]], [[County Durham]] to [[Hamburg]].<ref name=Times050470/>
}}
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|ship=''Bengal'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore west of Hiogo Point, [[Empire of Japan|Japan]]. She was refloated.<ref name=GH070570>{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=7 May 1870 |issue=9468 }}</ref><ref name=S090570/>
}}
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|ship=''Bromsgrove''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[steamship]] ran aground at [[Sunderland, County Durham]]. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to [[Southampton]], [[Hampshire]].<ref name=Times050470/> She was refloated.<ref name=NE060470/>
}}
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|ship=''Frankland''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[steamship]] ran aground at Sunderland. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Hamburg.<ref name=Times050470/> She was refloated.<ref name=NE060470/>
}}
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|ship=''Harraton'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[steamship]] ran aground at Sunderland. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Hamburg.<ref name=NC080470/>
}}
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|ship=''Henrietta''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the [[North Sea]] off [[Flamborough Head]], [[East Riding of Yorkshire|Yorkshire]]. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from [[Sunderland, County Durham]] to [[London]].<ref name=Times050470/>
}}
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|ship=Unnamed 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[schooner]] was driven ashore at Sunderland. She was refloated.<ref name=NE060470/>
}}
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==4 April==
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|ship=''Flying Cloud''
|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} [[South Australia]]
|desc=The ship was wrecked near [[Port MacDonnell, South Australia|Port MacDonnell]]. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from [[Mauritius]] to [[Adelaide]].<ref name=Times130670>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=13 June 1870 |page=8 |issue=26775 |column=F }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Lübec'' 
|flag=[[File:Flagge der Hansestadt Lübeck.svg|22px|border]] [[Lübeck]] 
|desc=The [[steamship]] was driven ashore at the [[Staberhuk Lighthouse]], [[Fehmarn]], [[Kingdom of Prussia|Prussia]]. She was on a voyage from Lübeck to [[Gothenburg]], Sweden. She was refloated and taken in to Burgtiefe, Prussia.<ref name=GH070470/>
}}
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==5 April==
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|ship={{HMS|Pert|1856|6}} 
|flag={{navy|UK}}
|desc=The {{Sclass|Cheerful|gunboat}} was driven ashore on the African coast. Subsequently refloated, repaired and returned to service.<ref name=HT100573>{{Cite news |title=Naval Disasters Since 1860 |newspaper=Hampshire Telegraph |location=Portsmouth |date=10 May 1873 |issue=4250 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Queen|1865|2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[passenger ship]] ran aground at [[Sandy Hook, New Jersey|Sandy Hook]], [[New Jersey]], United States. She was on a voyage from [[Liverpool]], [[Lancashire]] to [[New York City|New York]], United States. She was refloated with the assistance of [[tugboat|tugs]] on 7 April and completed her voyage.<ref name=LM200470>{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=20 April 1870 |issue=6938 }}</ref>
}}
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==6 April==
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|ship=''East'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|British Raj}}
|desc=The ship ran aground on the Fultah Sand. She was on a voyage from [[Kurrachee]] to [[Calcutta]]. She was refloated and completed her voyage.<ref name=LM180470/>
}}
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|ship=''Fifeshire''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[schooner]] collided with the [[brig]] ''Landscape'' ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank in the [[North Sea]] {{convert|8|nmi|km}} off [[Dimlington]], [[East Riding of Yorkshire|Yorkshire]]. Her crew were rescued by ''Landscape''. ''Fifeshire'' was on a voyage from [[South Shields]], [[County Durham]] to [[Rochester, Kent]].<ref name=Times060470/><ref name=ES080470>{{Cite news |title=Wyvenhoe |newspaper=Essex Standard |location=Colchester |date=8 April 1870 |issue=2051 |volume=40 }}</ref><ref name=NC080470/><ref name=IJ090470>{{Cite news |title=Colchester |newspaper=Ipswich Journal |location=Ipswich |date=9 April 1870 |issue=6822 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Galveston'' 
|flag={{flag|United States|1867}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked at [[Nassau, Bahamas]]. She was on a voyage from [[Galveston, Texas]], to [[Liverpool]], [[Lancashire]], [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]].<ref name=GH090570>{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=9 May 1870 |issue=9469 }}</ref><ref name=GH090670>{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=9 June 1870 |issue=9496 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Harvard'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[steamship]] struck Cromwell's Rock, off [[Waterford]] and sank. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from [[Huelva]], Spain to [[Glasgow]], [[Renfrewshire (historic)|Renfrewshire]].<ref name=Times070470>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Loss of a Steamer |date=7 April 1870 |page=5 |issue=26718 |column=E }}</ref><ref name=FJ070470>{{Cite news |title=Shipping Casualty |newspaper=Freeman's Journal |location=Dublin |date=7 April 1870 }}</ref>
}}
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==7 April==
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|ship=''Athalia''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship ran aground on the Robin Rigg, in the [[Irish Sea]] off the coast of [[Cumberland]]. She was on a voyage from [[Caernarfon]] to [[Glasgow]], [[Renfrewshire (historic)|Renfrewshire]]. She was refloated and beached at [[Beckfoot]].<ref name=Times090470/>
}}
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|ship=''Caroline'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship ran aground on [[Cephalonia]], [[Kingdom of Greece|Greece]]. She was on a voyage from [[Bahia]], [[Empire of Brazil|Brazil]] to [[Venice]], [[Kingdom of Italy|Italy]]. She was refloated and resumed her voyage in a leaky condition.<ref name=GH140470/>
}}
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==8 April==
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|ship=''Admiral Napier'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[brig]] was scuttled. She was on a voyage from [[Aberdeen]] to [[London]]. He captain was charged with unlawfully scuttling the ship as part of an [[insurance fraud]].<ref name=DC150770>{{Cite news |title=Scuttling an Aberdeen Ship |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=15 July 1870 |issue=5290 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Agnes'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on the coast of [[County Donegal]] with the loss of four lives. She was on a voyage from [[Saint John's, Newfoundland|Saint John's]], [[Newfoundland Colony]] to the [[River Clyde|Clyde]].<ref name=NC150470>{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=15 April 1870 |issue=10190 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Lyman Cann''<!--per majority of sources-->
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[barque]] ran aground on Earl's Rock, in the [[Carlingford Lough]]. She was on a voyage from Saint John's to [[Warrenpoint]], [[County Antrim]].<ref name=Times090470/><ref name=S090470/>
}}
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|ship=''Paranaes'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Brazil}}
|desc=The [[steamship]] was wrecked at [[Ceará]].<ref name=GH120570>{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=12 May 1870 |issue=9472 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Polly''
|flag={{flagcountry|New Zealand}}
|desc= The 12-ton [[cutter (boat)|cutter]] was destroyed by fire at [[Whangaruru]].<ref name=SNZD169>Ingram & Wheatley, p. 169.</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Tyne'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[schooner]] was driven ashore on [[Papa Westray]], [[Orkney Islands]]. She was on a voyage from the Balta Sound to the [[River Clyde|Clyde]]. She was refloated and taken in to port in a leaky condition.<ref name=GH150470/><ref name=LM150470>{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=15 April 1870 |issue=6934 }}</ref><ref name=GH180470/>
}}
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==9 April==
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|ship=''Choice'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship ran aground on the Cork Sand, in the [[North Sea]] off the coast of [[Suffolk]]. She was on a voyage from [[Whitby]], [[North Riding of Yorkshire|Yorkshire]] to [[London]]. She was refloated the next day and assisted in the [[Harwich]], [[Essex]].<ref name=GH120470/><ref name=NE120470/><ref name=S150470>{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=15 April 1870 |issue=14259 |page=7 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Francisco Jeune''
|flag={{flag|France}}
|desc=The [[schooner]] was severely damaged by an onboard explosion at [[Penarth]], [[Glamorgan]], [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]]. Three crew were severely wounded.<ref name=Times130470/>
}}
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|ship=''Maormer'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[steamship]] ran aground at [[Sunderland, County Durham]]. She was refloated with assistance from the [[tugboat|tug]] ''Pilot'' ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).<ref name=NE120470>{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Northern Echo |location=Darlington |date=12 April 1870 |issue=87 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Nile''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[steamship]] ran aground in [[Lake Timsah]], [[Khedivate of Egypt|Egypt]]. She was on a voyage from [[London]] to [[Singapore]], [[Strait Settlements]].<ref name=Times130470/> She was refloated on 12 April and resumed her voyage on 15 April.<ref name=GH190470/>
}}
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|ship=''Star of Hope''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship collided with the [[barque]] ''Archos'' ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank {{convert|14|nmi|km}} off [[Lowestoft]], [[Suffolk]]. Her crew were rescued by the [[pilot cutter]] ''Rapid'' ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). ''Star of Hope'' was on a voyage from [[South Shields]], [[County Durham]] to [[Cartagena, Spain]].<ref name=Times110470/><ref name=S110470>{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=11 April 1870 |issue=14255 |page=7 }}</ref><ref name=GH130470>{{Cite news |title=Loss of an Aberdee Ship |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=13 April 1870 |issue=9447 }}</ref>
}}
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==10 April==
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|ship=''Bacchante'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship sprang a leak and was beached at the [[Manora Point Lighthouse]], [[British Raj|India]], where she was wrecked. She was abandoned by her crew two days later.<ref name=GH140470/><ref name=LIN170470>{{Cite news |title=The Wreck of the Bacchante |newspaper=Lloyd's Illustrated Newspaper |location=London |date=17 April 1870 |issue=1430 }}</ref><ref name=LM180570>{{Cite news |title=Local and General |newspaper=Leeds Mercury |location=Leeds |date=18 May 1870 |issue=10014 }}</ref> She was on a voyage from [[Kurrachee]], India to [[Liverpool]], [[Lancashire]].<ref name=GH190470a/>
}}
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|ship=''Optima'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[barque]] collided with the [[barque]] ''Ville d{{'}}Anvers'' ({{flag|Belgium}}) and sank off "Cape Doro", [[Kingdom of Greece|Greece]]. Her crew were rescued. ''Optima'' was on a voyage from [[South Shields]], [[County Durham]] to [[Odessa]], [[Russian Empire]].<ref name=GH140470>{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald  |location=Glasgow |date=14 April 1870 |issue=9448 }}</ref><ref name=S150470/>
}}
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==11 April==
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|ship=''Bloomer'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at [[Maryport]], [[Cumberland]].<ref name=GH120470>{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=11 April 1870 |issue=9446 }}</ref><ref name=LM120470/>
}}
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|ship=''Blossom'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore near [[Hellebæk]], Denmark. She was on a voyage from [[Burntisland]], [[Fife]] to [[danzig|Dantzic]]. She was refloated.<ref name=GH120470/><ref name=LM120470/>
}}
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|ship=''Fox'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[steamship]] ran aground at [[Whitby]], [[North Riding of Yorkshire|Yorkshire]]. She was on a voyage from a French port to [[Middlesbrough]], Yorkshire.<ref name=NE120470/>
}}
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|ship=''Hermann and Eugene'' 
|flag={{flag|Norway|1844}}
|desc=The [[schooner]] ran aground on the [[Goodwin Sands]], [[Kent]], [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]].<ref name=GH120470/><ref name=LM120470>{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury  |location=Liverpool |date=12 April 1870 |issue=6931 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''John and Ellen'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[Humber Keel]] was run down and sunk at [[Goole]], [[East Riding of Yorkshire|Yorkshire]] by the [[steamship]] ''Charente'' (Flag unknown) with the loss of one life.<ref name=S130470>{{Cite news |title=Fatal Collision |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=13 April 1870 |issue=14257 |page=3 }}</ref><ref name=YH160470>{{Cite news |title=Goole |newspaper=York Herald  |location=York |date=16 April 1870 |issue=5079 |page=9 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''John Ferguson'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on the [[Isla de Aves]], Venezuela. Her crew were rescued by ''Storm King'' ({{flag|United States|1867}}). ''John Ferguson'' was on a voyage from [[Trinidad]] to [[Greenock]], [[Renfrewshire (historic)|Renfrewshire]].<ref name=GH180470/><ref name=S280470/>
}}
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|ship=''Ryhope'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[steamship]] ran aground at [[Cuxhaven]]. She was on a voyage from [[Sunderland, County Durham]] to Cuxhaven.<ref name=GH120470/><ref name=LM120470/> She was refloated.<ref name=GH140470/>
}}
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|ship=''Senator Iken''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore on [[Lundy Island]], [[Devon]] with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from [[Cardiff]], [[Glamorgan]] to [[British Hong Kong|Hong Kong]]. She was refloated and put back to Cardiff.<ref name=Times130470/><ref name=LM130470/>
}}
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|ship=''Three Sisters'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship ran aground at [[Alexandria, Virginia]], United States. She was on a voyage from [[Liverpool]], [[Lancashire]] to Alexandria.<ref name=GH270470/>
}}
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==12 April==
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|ship=''Alphonse Corrina'' 
|flag={{flag|France}}
|desc=The [[schooner]] ran aground on the Arklow Bank, in the [[Irish Sea]] off the coast of [[County Wicklow]], [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]] and sank. Her five crew survived. She was on a voyage from [[Glasgow]], [[Renfrewshire (historic)|Renfrewshire]], United Kingdom to the [[Île Bourbon]].<ref name=FJ140470>{{Cite news |title=Foundering of a French Vessel on the Arklow Bank |newspaper=Freeman's Journal  |location=Dublin |date=14 April 1870 }}</ref><ref name=LM140470/>
}}
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|ship=''Anglia'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[steamship]] ran aground in the [[River Clyde|Clyde]]. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to [[New York City|New York]], United States. She was refloated, but ran aground again and was refloated a second time.<ref name=LM130470/>
}}
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|ship={{HMS|Blanche|1867|6}}
|flag={{navy|UK}}
|desc=[[File:HMS Blanche (1867) aground.jpg|thumb|HMS ''Blanche'']] The {{Sclass|Eclipse|sloop}} ran aground off [[New Hanover Island]]. Subsequently refloated, repaired and returned to service.
}}
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|ship=''Francisca'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was damaged by an onboard explosion at [[Penarth]], [[Glamorgan]].<ref name=LM130470/>
}}
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==13 April==
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|ship={{SS|Ailsa|1869|2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[steamship]] ran aground at [[Greenock]], [[Renfrewshire (historic)|Renfrewshire]]. She was on a voyage from Greenock to [[Bristol]], [[Gloucestershire]].<ref name=GH150470>{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald  |location=Glasgow |date=15 April 1870 |issue=9449 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Paul Eva'' 
|flag={{flag|France}}
|desc=The [[brig]] was wrecked in the [[Islas Maxeres]], Mexico.<ref name=GH150770>{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=15 July 1870 |issue=9527 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Success'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[trow]] foundered in the [[Bristol Channel]] off [[Steep Holm]]. She was on a voyage from [[Gloucester]] to [[Highbridge, Somerset]].<ref name=GH040570>{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=4 May 1870 |issue=9465 }}</ref>
}}
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==14 April==
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|ship=''Nathatka''
|flag={{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}
|desc=The [[steamship]] was wrecked off the coast of [[Korea]]. She was on a voyage from [[Niuzhuang]], [[qing dynasty|China]] to [[Yokohama]], [[Empire of Japan|Japan]].<ref name=Times200770>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=20 July 1870 |page=6 |issue=26807 |column=F }}</ref>
}}
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==15 April==
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|ship=''Christiania''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[schooner]] struck rocks off the [[Longships Lighthouse]], [[Cornwall]] and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from [[Newport, Monmouthshire]] to [[Plymouth]], [[Devon]].<ref name=Times190470/><ref name=GH180470>{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=18 April 1870 |issue=9451 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Dorset''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[steamship]] struck the [[Tuskar Rock, Ireland|Tuskar Rock]] and sank.<ref name=Times190470/> Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from [[Porthcawl]], [[Glamorgan]] to [[Highbridge, Somerset]].<ref name=S190470>{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=19 April 1870 |issue=14262 |page=7 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|New York|1858|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Bremen}}
|desc=The [[steamship]] was driven ashore at [[Fécamp]], [[Seine-Inférieure]], France. She was on a voyage from Bremen to [[New York City|New York]], United States. She was refloated and taken in to [[Havre de Grâce]], Seine-Inférieure for repairs.<ref name=GH190470>{{Cite news |title=Latest Shipping News |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=19 April 1870 |issue=9452 }}</ref><ref name=GH230470a/>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==16 April==
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|ship=''Balmoral''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship collided with the [[steamship]] ''Edith Owen'' ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank off [[Start Point, Devon]]. Her crew were rescued by ''Edith Owen''. ''Balmoral'' was on a voyage from [[South Shields]], [[County Durham]] to [[El Ferrol]], Spain.<ref name=Times190470/>
}}
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|ship=''Barbara''
|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}
|desc=The [[schooner]] collided with the [[steamship]] ''Petersburg'' ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and was abandoned off the [[Isles of Scilly]]. All eight people on board were rescued by ''Petersburg''. ''Barbara'' was on a voyage from [[Seville]], Spain to [[Bremen]].<ref name=Times020570a/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''C. H. Catherine'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[schooner]] foundered off [[Land's End]], [[Cornwall]]. Her crew were rescued.<ref name=BNL180470>{{Cite news |title=Latest News |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=18 April 1870 |issue=54688 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''General Lee'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[fishing boat]] was driven ashore and wrecked in [[Whitsand Bay]].<ref name=BNL180470/>
}}
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|ship=''Luna''
|flag=Flag unknown <!--described as German-->
|desc=The [[schooner]] was driven ashore at [[Cádiz]], Spain. She was refloated.<ref name=Times020570a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Bombay Mails |date=2 May 1870 |page=6 |issue=26739 |column=C }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Yankee|1858|2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[steamship]] collided with the partially open [[swing bridge]] and sank in the [[River Ouse (Yorkshire)|River Ouse]] at [[Selby]], [[East Riding of Yorkshire|Yorkshire]]. She was on a voyage from [[Goole]] to Selby. She was refloated on 19 April and taken in to Goole for repairs.<ref name=HP220470>{{Cite news |title=Selby |newspaper=Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=22 April 1870 |issue=4447 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Unnamed
|flag={{flag|Portugal|civil}}
|desc=The [[mistico (boat)|mistico]] was driven ashore and wrecked at Cádiz.<ref name=Times020570a/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Two unnamed vessels
|flag={{flag|Spain|civil-1785}}
|desc=The [[schooner]]s were driven ashore at Cádiz.<ref name=Times020570a/>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==17 April==
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|ship=''Avoca''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[steamship]] ran aground on the Maplin Sand, in the [[North Sea]] off the coast of [[Essex]]. She was on a voyage from [[London]] to [[Dublin]].<ref name=Times190470/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Clara Morse'' 
|flag={{flag|United States|1867}}
|desc=The [[full-rigged ship]] ran aground on reefs north west of [[Bermuda]] and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from [[Savannah, Georgia]], to [[Liverpool]], [[Lancashire]], [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]].<ref name=GH280470/><ref name=GH110570>{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=11 May 1870 |issue=9471 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Elizabeth''
|flag={{flag|Spain|civil-1785}}
|desc=The [[barque]] ran aground on a reef off "Princes Island". She was on a voyage from [[Manila]], [[Spanish East Indies]] to Liverpool.<ref name=Times200870>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=20 August 1870 |page=11 |issue=26834 |column=B }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Hope'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[brig]] was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand, in the [[North Sea]] off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from [[Newcastle upon Tyne]], [[Northumberland]] to [[Rochester, Kent]].<ref name=Benham>{{cite book |title=The Salvagers |first=Hervey |last=Benham |authorlink=Hervey Benham |page=192 |publisher=Essex County Newspapers Ltd |location=Colchester |year=1980 |isbn=00-950944-2-3}}</ref><ref name=Times190470/>
}} <!--Jason not a loss-->
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|ship=''John Norman''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[full-rigged ship]] ran aground at [[Exmouth]], [[Devon]] and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from [[South Shields]], [[County Durham]] to Exmouth. She was refloated.<ref name=Times190470/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Magdala''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[steamship]] ran aground on the [[Longships, Cornwall]]. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to [[qing dynasty|China]]. She was refloated and put in to [[Falmouth, Cornwall]].<ref name=Times190470/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Mondego''
|flag={{flag|Portugal|civil}}
|desc=The [[steamship]] sank in the Tagus.<ref name=Times210470/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Nina''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[steamship]] ran aground on the Maplin Sand. She was on a voyage from London to [[Swansea]], [[Glamorgan]].<ref name=Times190470/>
}} <!--Santos not a loss-->
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|ship=''Wild Wave''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore near [[Donaghadee]], [[County Down]]. She was on a voyage from [[Maryport]], [[Cumberland]] to [[Belfast]], [[County Antrim]].<ref name=Times190470/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Unnamed 
|flag=Flag unknown
|desc=The [[brig]] was driven ashore near Donaghadee. She was refloated.<ref name=LM190470>{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=19 April 1870 |issue=6937 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==18 April==
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|ship=''Catharina''
|flag=Flag unknown <!--described as North German-->
|desc=The [[schooner]] sank at [[Lisbon]], Portugal. She was later refloated but was consequently condemned.<ref name=Times030570/>
}}
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|ship=''Due Sorelle''
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at [[Gibraltar]]. She was on a voyage from [[Livorno]] to [[Liverpool]], [[Lancashire]], [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]].<ref name=Times190470/> She subsequently broke up.<ref name=LM220470/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Harriet'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[smack (ship)|smack]] was wrecked between [[Catterline]] and [[Stonehaven]], [[Aberdeenshire]]. She was on a voyage from [[London]] to [[Montrose, Forfarshire]].<ref name=AJ200470>{{Cite news |title=Press Association Telegrams |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=20 April 1870 |issue=6380 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Jane and Sophie'' 
|flag={{flag|Denmark}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Elbow End Sand, at the mouth of the [[River Tay]] with the loss of all hands, five or six lives.<ref name=DC200470>{{Cite news |title=Total Wreck of the Harriet, of Montrose |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=20 April 1870 |issue=5216 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Solleftea''
|flag={{flag|Sweden|1844}}
|desc=The ship was lost near [[Lemvig]], Denmark. She was on a voyage from [[Cagliari]], [[Sardinia]], [[Kingdom of Italy|Italy]] to [[Helsingør]], Denmark.<ref name=Times190470>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=19 April 1870 |page=5 |issue=26728 |column=F }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Tarifa|1865|2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[steamship]] was driven ashore at [[Queenstown, County Cork]], United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from [[New York City|New York]] to Liverpool. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.<ref name=Times190470/><ref name=GH190470a/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Warsaw''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[steamship]] ran ashore on the [[Isle of May]], [[Fife]]. She was on a voyage from [[Leith]], [[Lothian]] to [[Hamburg]]. She was refloated and put back to Leith.<ref name=Times210470/>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==19 April==
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{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''St. François''
|flag={{flag|France}}
|desc=The ship was lost at "Cabera de Toro", Haiti.<ref name=Times100670>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=10 June 1870 |page=5 |issue=26773 |column=E }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Vine''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship ran aground near [[Dunfanaghy]], [[County Donegal]]. She was on a voyage from Dunfanaghy to [[Glasgow]], [[Renfrewshire (historic)|Renfrewshire]].<ref name=Times250470/>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==20 April==
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{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Ariel''
|flag={{flag|Norway|1844}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore near [[Vadsø (town)|Wadsoe]].<ref name=Times030570>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=3 May 1870 |page=11 |issue=26740 |column=A }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Apollo'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[schooner]] ran aground at [[Sunderland, County Durham]]. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to [[Aberdeen]]. She was refloated the next day and put back to Sunderland in a leaky condition.<ref name=GH230470/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Diana''
|flag={{flag|Norway|1844}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore near [[Vadsø (town)|Wadsoe]].<ref name=Times030570/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Sado|1866|2}} <!--confirmed by Lloyd's Register, 1869-->
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[steamship]] ran around and was wrecked off [[Rosevear, Isles of Scilly]]. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from [[Oporto]], Portugal to [[London]].<ref name=Times210470/><ref name=FJ220470>{{Cite news |title=London, Thursday, April 21 |newspaper=Freeman's Journal |location=Dublin |date=22 April 1870 }}</ref><ref name=GH260470/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Tanahorn''
|flag={{flag|Norway|1844}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore near [[Vadsø (town)|Wadsoe]].<ref name=Times030570/>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==21 April==
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{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Alexander Turner'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[smack (ship)|smack]] capsized and sank in the [[Firth of Clyde]] off [[Great Cumbrae]] with the loss of two of her three crew. The survivor was rescued by the [[tugboat|tug]] ''Rapid'' ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). ''Alexander Turner'' was on a voyage from [[Brodick]], [[Isle of Arran]] to [[Bowling, Dunbartonshire]].<ref name=GH230470>{{Cite news |title=Severe Gale on the West Coast |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=23 April 1870 |issue=9456 }}</ref><ref name=LIN240470>{{Cite news |title=Two Men Drowned in the Clyde |newspaper=Lloyd's Illustrated Newspaper |location=London |date=24 April 1870 |issue=1431 }}</ref><ref name=GH250470>{{Cite news |title=The Foundering of a Smack off the Cumbrae Heads |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=25 April 1870 |issue=9457 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Alice Jane'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[lighter (barge)|lighter]] foundered off [[Rosneath]], [[Argyllshire]]. Both crew were rescued by the [[tugboat|tug]] ''Flying Spray'' ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).<ref name=GH230470/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Italia''
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked north of [[Anjer]], [[Netherlands East Indies]] with the loss of 51 lives. There were about 500 survivors. She was on a voyage from [[Macao]], [[qing dynasty|China]] to [[Havana]], [[Captaincy General of Cuba|Cuba]].<ref name=Times070670>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=7 June 1870 |page=6 |issue=26770 |column=E }}</ref><ref name=Times100670/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Racer'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship capsized at [[Tientsin]], [[qing dynasty|China]].<ref name=LM240470>{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=24 April 1870 |issue=6942 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==22 April==
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{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Bob Chalmer''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship sank off [[Lundy Island]], [[Devon]] according to a [[message in a bottle]] that washed up at [[Weston-super-Mare]], [[Somerset]] on 25 April.<ref name=Times020570/><ref name=GH020570/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Freedom''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[smack (ship)|smack]] foundered in the [[English Channel]] off [[Beachy Head]], [[Sussex]]. She was on a voyage from [[Poole, Dorset]] to [[London]].<ref name=Times250470/><ref name=GH240470a>{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=24 April 1870 |issue=9457 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Iduna''
|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}
|desc=The ship departed from [[Singapore]], [[Straits Settlements]] for [[British Hong Kong|Hong Kong]]. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.<ref name=Times011270>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=1 December 1870 |page=9 |issue=26922 |column=F }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Meteor'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship ran aground at [[Queenstown, County Cork]]. She was on a voyage from [[Pernambuco]], [[Empire of Brazil|Brazil]] to Queenstown. She was refloated.<ref name=GH230470/><ref name=LM230470>{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=23 April 1870 |issue=6941 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Sprightly'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked at [[Blackpool]], [[Lancashire]]. Her crew were rescued by the Blackpool Lifeboat.<ref name=BNL230470>{{Cite news |title=The Wreck of the Sprightly |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=23 April 1870 |issue=54693 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==23 April==
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{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Amelia'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[smack (ship)|smack]] was driven ashore on [[Inishane]], [[County Donegal]]. She was on a voyage from [[Bunbeg]] to [[Burtonport]].<ref name=GH300470a/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Delphine'', or<br>''J. Deephin'' 
|flag={{flag|Hamburg|admiralty}}
|desc=The [[barque]] was driven ashore at [[Ottendorf, Schleswig-Holstein|Ottendorf]], [[Kingdom of Prussia|Prussia]].<ref name=GH260470/> She was refloated.<ref name=GH280470/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Mary''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[smack (ship)|smack]] was driven ashore at [[Barmouth]], [[Merionethshire]]. She was on a voyage from [[Cardigan, Ceredigion|Cardigan]] to Barmouth.<ref name=Times250470>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=25 April 1870 |page=6 |issue=26733 |column=E }}</ref><ref name=GH240470a/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Stag'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The barge was driven ashore near [[Bridgwater]], [[Somerset]]. She was on a voyage from [[Newport, Monmouthshire]] to Bridgewater.<ref name=GH260470>{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=26 April 1870 |issue=9458 }}</ref> She was later refloated.<ref name=GH300470a/>
}}
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==24 April==
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==25 April==
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{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Hengist'' 
|flag={{flag|Denmark}}
|desc=The [[steamship]] struck a sunken wreck off "Farnaes" and consequently put in to [[Fredrikshavn]].<ref name=GH270470/><ref name=S270470/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Unnamed 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[wherry]] sank in the [[River Tyne]] at [[Newcastle upon Tyne]], [[Northumberland]].<ref name=NC290470>{{Cite news |title=Local and General News |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=29 April 1870 |issue=10192 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship||Sappho|yacht|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United States|1867}}
|desc=The [[yacht]] ran aground in [[Lymington Creek]]. She was refloated.
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==26 April==
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{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Volunteer'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[brig]] ran aground at [[Lymington]], [[Hampshire]]. She was on a voyage from [[Cardiff]], [[Glamorgan]] to [[Southampton]], Hampshire.<ref name=GH270470/><ref name=S270470>{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=27 April 1870 |issue=14269 |page=7 }}</ref> She was refloated.<ref name=S280470>{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=28 April 1870 |issue=14270 |page=7 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Walter Hood''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[clipper]] was driven ashore and wrecked near [[Ulladulla, New South Wales]] with the loss of eleven of the 35 people on board. Survivors either reached the shore or were rescued by the [[steamship]] ''Illalong'' ({{flag|New South Wales|1867}}). ''Walter Hood'' was on a voyage from [[London]] to [[Sydney]], [[New South Wales]].<ref name=Times140670>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=14 June 1870 |page=11 |issue=26776 |column=A }}</ref><ref name=Times120770>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Star of the West |date=12 July 1870 |page=11 |issue=26800 |column=F }}</ref><ref name=DC120770>{{Cite news |title=Wreck of the Walter Hood |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=12 July 1870 |issue=5286 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==27 April==
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{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Charles'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[schooner]] was driven ashore at [[Lindisfarne]], [[Northumberland]]. She was on a voyage from [[London]] to [[Dundee]], [[Forfarshire]]. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.<ref name=GH290470/><ref name=GH020570/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Ocean Breeze''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship ran aground in the Kåfjord and was wrecked.<ref name=Times300470>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=30 April 1870 |page=11 |issue=26738 |column=B }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Wellington'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[tugboat|tug]] was towed in to [[Bridlington]], [[East Riding of Yorkshire|Yorkshire]] in a waterlogged condition. She was on a voyage from [[South Shields]], County Durham to [[Constantinople]], [[Ottoman Empire]].<ref name=LM290470a/><ref name=S290470>{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=29 April 1870 |issue=14271 |page=7 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==28 April==
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{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Baldur''
|flag={{flag|Norway|1844}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked at [[Borbjerg]], Denmark with the loss of all but one of her fourteen crew. She was on a voyage from [[Newcastle upon Tyne]], [[Northumberland]], [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]] to [[Stockholm]], Sweden.<ref name=Times300470/><ref name=S090570>{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=9 May 1870 |issue=14279 |page=6 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Danmark''
|flag={{flag|Denmark}}
|desc=The [[schooner]] was abandoned off [[Tynemouth]], Northumberland in a sinking condition. Her crew survived.<ref name=Times100570>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=10 May 1870 |page=10 |issue=26746 |column=F }}</ref><ref name=S090570/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Fox''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[steamboat|steam launch]] was abandoned off [[Bridlington]], [[East Riding of Yorkshire|Yorkshire]]. She was taken in to Bridlington the next day.<ref name=Times300470/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Good Intent''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship ran aground and sank west of [[Par, Cornwall]]. She was on a voyage from [[Newport, Monmouthshire]] to Par.<ref name=Times020570>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=2 May 1870 |page=6 |issue=26739 |column=F }}</ref><ref name=GH020570>{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=2 May 1870 |issue=9463 }}</ref> She was refloated in early May.<ref name=GH030570/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Kinnaird''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[barque]] ran aground at [[Swansea]], [[Glamorgan]]. She was on voyage from Swansea to [[Halifax, Nova Scotia]], [[Canada]]. She was refloated the next day and taken in to the [[Mumbles]] in a leaky condition.<ref name=Times300470/><ref name=GH300470a>{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=30 April 1870 |issue=9462 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Soda'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[sloop]] was driven ashore at [[Lindisfarne]], [[Northumberland]]. She was refloated.<ref name=NE300470>{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Northern Echo |location=Darlington |date=30 April 1870 |issue=102 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Susan''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[sloop]] was wrecked at [[North Sunderland]], [[County Durham]]. She was on a voyage form [[Aberdeen]] to [[Dunbeath]], [[Caithness]].<ref name=Times300470/><ref name=GH300470>{{Cite news |title=Latest Shipping News |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=30 April 1870 |issue=9462 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Virginia'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship departed from [[Mauritius]] for the [[River Clyde|Clyde]]. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.<ref name=S041170>{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=4 November 1870 |issue=14433 |page=7 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''William and Mary'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship sank off [[Terschelling]], [[Friesland]], Netherlands. She was on a voyage from [[porthmadog|Portmadoc]], [[Caernarfonshire]] to [[Hamburg]].<ref name=LM290470a>{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=29 April 1870 |issue=6946 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==29 April==
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{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Sea King''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[tugboat|tug]] caught fire and was severely damaged at [[Newport, Monmouthshire]]. She was scuttled.<ref name=Times020570/>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==30 April==
{{shipwreck list begin |date=30 April 1870 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Eagle''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[steamship]] ran aground at [[Sunderland, County Durham]].<ref name=Times020570>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=2 May 1870 |page=6 |issue=26739 |column=F }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Sally Green'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[schooner]] was driven ashore and wrecked at [[Cemlyn]], [[Anglesey]]. Her crew were rescued by the Cemlyn Lifeboat ''Sophia'' ([[file:Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg|22px|border]] [[Royal National Lifeboat Institution]]).<ref name=NWS280171>{{Cite news |title=Lifeboat Services in North Wales |newspaper=North Wales Chronicle |location=Bangor |date=28 January 1871 |issue=2302 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==Unknown date==
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{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Agnes M. Lovett'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered west of [[Islay]], [[Inner Hebrides]] on or before 12 April.<ref name=GH210470>{{Cite news |title=Supposed Foundering of a Vessel close to Islay |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=21 April 1870 |issue=9454 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Albatross'' 
|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}
|desc=The ship ran aground off [[Blankenese]].<ref name=GH230470a/> She was on a voyage from [[Hamburg]] to [[Santos, São Paulo|Santos]], [[Empire of Brazil|Brazil]].<ref name=LM230470/> She was refloated and put back to Hamburg.<ref name=LM260470>{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=26 April 1870 |issue=6945 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Aldebaran''
|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}
|desc=The ship ran aground off [[Sourabaya]], [[Netherlands East Indies]].<ref name=Times090470/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Anna'' 
|flag={{flag|Prussia|civil}}
|desc=The ship collided with the [[steamship]] ''Grand Duc Alexes'' ({{flag|Belgium}}) and sank off [[Skagen]], Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from [[Burntisland]], [[Fife]], [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]] to [[Königsberg]].<ref name=GH140470/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Argentine'' 
|flag={{flag|Argentina|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from a port in Argentina to [[Asunción]], Paraguay.<ref name=GH140470/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Atlantic'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at [[Bahia Honda, Cuba]]. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to [[Falmouth, Cornwall]].<ref name=GH180470/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Aunctica'', and<br>''Laurens'' 
|flag={{flag|Norway|1844}}<br>{{flag|Netherlands}}
|desc=The [[steamship]] ''Aunctica'' collided with ''Laurens'' and was beached near [[Hellevoetsluis]], [[Zeeland]]. She was subsequently refloated. ''Laurens'' sank.<ref name=GH120470/><ref name=GH290470/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Aurora'' 
|flag={{flag|Prussia|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on [[Bornholm]], Denmark. She was on a voyage from [[Papenburg]] to [[Königsberg]].<ref name=GH270470/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Balder''
|flag={{flag|Sweden|1844}}
|desc=The [[barque]] was wrecked at [[ipiranga (district of São Paulo)|Ipiranga]], Brazil. She was on a voyage from [[Rio de Janeiro]] to [[Maceio]].<ref name=Times020570>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=2 May 1870 |page=6 |issue=26739 |column=F }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Batallion'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore on [[Saltholm]], Denmark. She was refloated.<ref name=GH070470/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Bella'' 
|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI|civil}} [[Jersey]]
|desc=The [[barque]] was wrecked on Ellen's Reef, in the Dampier Strait before 13 April.<ref name=GH150470/><ref name=GH040570/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Branstons'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[brig]] sank in the [[River Thames]] at [[Erith]], [[Kent]]. She was refloated on 11 April.<ref name=NE120470/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Calypso'' 
|flag={{flag|Norway|1844}}
|desc=The [[barque]] ran aground north of Skagen.<ref name=GH270470/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Carl'' 
|flag=[[file:Flagge der Hansestadt Rostock.svg|22px]] [[Rostock]] 
|desc=The ship collided with ''Eliza'' ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank off [[Cape Palos]], Spain. Her crew were rescued.<ref name=GH120470/><ref name=LM120470/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Carl Dyberg''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked at [[Bermuda]]. She was on a voyage from [[Havana]], [[Captaincy General of Cuba|Cuba]] to Falmouth.<ref name=Times090470/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Catharina'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore on [[Heligoland]]. She was on a voyage from the [[Firth of Forth]] to [[Bremen]]. She was refloated and taken in to Bremen in a leaky condition.<ref name=GH230470a>{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=23 April 1870 |issue=9456 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Chevallier'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the [[English Channel]] with the loss of all ten crew. She was on a voyage from Lagos to [[Liverpool]], [[Lancashire]].<ref name=NC080470>{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=8 April 1870 |issue=10189 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Christiania'' 
|flag={{flag|Hamburg|admiralty}}
|desc=The [[barque]] ran aground on the Shipwash Sand, in the [[North Sea]] off the coast of [[Suffolk]], United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to [[Valparaíso]], Chile. She was refloated and taken in to [[Harwich]], [[Essex]], United Kingdom for repairs.<ref name=Benham/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Cognate''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship ran aground at "Dolla Harbour". She was on a voyage from [[New Orleans, Louisiana]], United States to [[Belfast]], [[County Antrim]].<ref name=Times110470>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=11 April 1870 |page=7 |issue=26721 |column=E }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Corea''
|flag={{flag|France}}
|desc=The ship ran aground in the Banker's Strait before 5 April. She was on a voyage from [[Singapore]], [[Straits Settlements]] to [[London]], United Kingdom.<ref name=Times090470/><ref name=LM090470/><ref name=S110470/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Crest of the Wave'' 
|flag={{flag|United States|1867}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on [[Hog Island, Philadelphia|Hog Island]], [[Pennsylvania]], with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to [[Baltimore, Maryland]].<ref name=LM180470/><ref name=LM290470>{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=29 April 1870 |issue=6946 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Dordrecht 2nd'' 
|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}
|desc=The ship capsized at [[Amsterdam]], [[North Holland]].<ref name=GH120470/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Due Compari'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}
|desc=The ship sprang a leak and sank at [[Venetico]], [[Sicily]].<ref name=GH300470/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''East Atlantic'' 
|flag={{flag|United States|1867}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Bahia Honda. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to [[Boston, Massachusetts]].<ref name=LM180470>{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=18 April 1870 |issue=6935 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Emma'' 
|flag={{flag|United States|1867}}
|desc=The ship was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean before 12 April. Her crew were rescued by ''Kate Prince'' ({{flag|United States|1867}}). ''Emma'' was on a voyage from [[New York City|New York]] to [[Galveston, Texas]].<ref name=LM290470/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Eugenia'' 
|flag={{flag|Mexico|1867}}
|desc=The [[steamship]] was wrecked at [[Alvarado, Veracruz|Alvarado]].<ref name=GH280470>{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=28 April 1870 |issue=9460 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Forest King'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore on [[McNabs Island]], [[Nova Scotia]], [[Canada]]. She was on a voyage from London to [[Halifax, Nova Scotia]].<ref name=GH020570/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Frederick Bliss''
|flag={{flag|United States|1867}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at [[Swampscott, Massachusetts]]. She was on a voyage from [[Cádiz]], Spain to [[Boston, Massachusetts]].<ref name=Times060470/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Gaston'' 
|flag={{flag|France}}
|desc=The ship sank off [[Ilfracombe]], [[Devon]], United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from [[Swansea]], [[Glamorgan]], United Kingdom to [[Nantes]], [[Loire-Inférieure]].<ref name=GH270470>{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=27 April 1870 |issue=9459 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Gezina Smit'' 
|flag=[[File:Gdansk flag.svg|22px]] [[Danzig]] 
|desc=The ship was driven ashore on [[Læsø]], Denmark. She was on a voyage from [[Charleston, South Carolina]], United States to Danzig.<ref name=GH190470a/><ref name=LM190470/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Gondolier''
|flag={{flag|United States|1867}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Piquet Rocks. She was on a voyage from [[Cárdenas, Cuba]] to New York.<ref name=Times300470/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Governor Higginson''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[steamship]] was driven ashore on [[Hirado Island]], [[Empire of Japan|Japan]] and capsized.<ref name=Times060470>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=6 April 1870 |page=10 |issue=26717 |column=E }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Grace Clifton'' 
|flag={{flag|United States|1867}}
|desc=The ship was abandoned at sea. She was on a voyage from Darien to [[Providence, Rhode Island]].<ref name=LM120470/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Harlequin'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[steamship]] ran aground at [[Ellekilde]], Denmark. She was refloated.<ref name=GH230470a/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Hedwig'' 
|flag={{flag|United States|1867}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near the mouth of the "St. Francisco River". She was on a voyage from [[Valparaíso]], Chile to New York.<ref name=GH120470>{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=11 April 1870 |issue=9446 }}</ref><ref name=GH140470/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Infanta'' 
|flag={{flag|Spain|civil-1785}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the [[English Channel]] off the coast of Devon on or before 18 April.<ref name=GH240470a/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Isabella Jackson''
|flag={{flagcountry|New Zealand}}
|desc= The 40-ton [[schooner]] left [[Wellington]] laden with coal for [[Lyttelton, New Zealand|Lyttelton]] on 28 April and was not seen again.<ref name=SNZD169/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Janet'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked at [[Harbour Grace]], [[Newfoundland Colony]]. She was on a voyage from Havana to [[Queenstown, County Cork]].<ref name=GH270470/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''John Lymeburner''
|flag={{flag|United States|1867}}
|desc=The ship was abandoned in the [[Atlantic Ocean]]. She was on a voyage from [[Cárdenas, Cuba|Cárdenas]], Cuba to Baltimore.<ref name=Times210470>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=21 April 1870 |page=4 |issue=26730 |column=F }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''John Romilly''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship collided with the [[steamship]] ''Dragon'' ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and was abandoned off [[Whitby]], [[North Riding of Yorkshire|Yorkshire]]. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from [[Granton, Edinburgh|Granton]], [[Lothian]] to London.<ref name=Times190470>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=19 April 1870 |page=5 |issue=26728 |column=F }}</ref><ref name=GH190470a/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Josephine'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore. She was refloated and sailed for [[Gothenburg]], Sweden in a leaky condition.<ref name=GH140470/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Josie Nickols'' <!--per American Lloyd's Register 1869. Reported as Josie Nicholas and Jose Nicholas-->
|flag={{flag|United States|1867}}
|desc=The [[barque]] was driven ashore at [[Sanlúcar de Barrameda]], Spain.<ref name=Times090470>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=9 April 1870 |page=10 |issue=26720 |column=D }}</ref> She was consequently condemned.<ref name=LM090470>{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury  |location=Liverpool |date=9 April 1870 |issue=6929 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Kremlin'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Colorado Reef, off the coast of Cuba. She was on a voyage from [[Colón, Panama|Colón]], [[United States of Colombia]] to [[Cienfuegos]], Cuba.<ref name=LM220470>{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=22 April 1870 |issue=6940 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Maceio'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Brazil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked at Ipiranga.<ref name=GH020570/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Malvina Jane''
|flag={{flag|United States|1867}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked in the [[Hatteras Inlet]]. She was on a voyage from [[Matanzas]], Cuba to Baltimore.<ref name=Times130470/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Mary E. Walker'' 
|flag={{flagicon|Canada|1868}} [[Canada]]
|desc=The ship was wrecked at [[Southwest Harbor, Maine]], United States.<ref name=GH240470a/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Milton''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was abandoned at sea. She was on a voyage from [[Sagua la Grande]], Cuba to Queenstown.<ref name=Times130470>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=13 April 1870 |page=7 |issue=26723 |column=F }}</ref><ref name=LM130470>{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury  |location=Liverpool |date=13 April 1870 |issue=6932 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Mina'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore. She was refloated.<ref name=GH290470/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Navigator'' 
|flag={{flag|Norway|1844}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at [[Callantsoog]], North Holland. She was on a voyage from [[Tønsberg]] to the Nieuw Diep.<ref name=GH270470/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Nellie Fenwick'' 
|flag={{flag|United States|1867}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at [[Sierra Morena, Cuba]]. She was on a voyage from Sierra Leone to [[Boston, Massachusetts]].<ref name=GH070470>{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=7 April 1870 |issue=9442 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Nicobar'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|British Raj}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at [[Chittagong]]. She was on a voyage from Chittagong to [[Galle]], [[Ceylon]].<ref name=GH270470/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Noach III'' 
|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore near [[jakarta|Batavia]], [[Netherlands East Indies]]. She was on a voyage from Batavia to [[Rotterdam]], [[South Holland]].<ref name=GH030570>{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=3 May 1870 |issue=9464 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Norman'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship ran aground in the [[Dardanelles]]. She was on a voyage from [[Antwerp]], Belgium to [[Constantinople]], [[Ottoman Empire]].<ref name=GH150470/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Ocean King'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[steamship]] ran aground at [[Kastrup]], Denmark.<ref name=GH070470/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Olive de Bourke'' 
|flag={{flagicon|Canada|1868}} [[Canada]]
|desc=The ship was abandoned in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] before 19 April.<ref name=GH140570>{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=14 May 1870 |issue=9474 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Primus'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[steamship]] ran aground at [[Brunsbüttel]], [[Kingdom of Prussia|Prussia]].<ref name=LM220470/> She was refloated and taken in to [[Hamburg]].<ref name=GH230470a/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Rhode Steer'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost near [[Villareal]], Spain. She was on a voyage from [[Carloforte]], [[Sardinia]], [[Kingdom of Italy|Italy]] to Swansea.<ref name=GH120470>{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=11 April 1870 |issue=9446 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Rhone|1856|2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[steamship]] ran aground off [[Çanakkale]], Ottoman Empire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.<ref name=LM230470>{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=23 April 1870 |issue=6941 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Rosita'' 
|flag={{flag|Spain|civil-1785}}
|desc=The [[brigantine]] was wrecked on the [[Isla de Lobos]], Uruguay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from [[Barcelona]] to [[Montevideo|Monte Video]], Uruguay.<ref name=GH140470/><ref name=LM140470>{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury  |location=Liverpool |date=14 April 1870 |issue=6933 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Sarah'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship ran aground and capsized at [[Moulmein]], [[British Burma|Burma]].<ref name=GH030570/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Schwalbe'' 
|flag=Flag unknown
|desc=The ship was wrecked at [[Inagua]], [[Bahamas]]. She was on a voyage from [[St. Marks, Florida]], United States to Falmouth.<ref name=GH270470/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Spey'' 
|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI|civil}} [[Guernsey]]
|desc=The ship was driven ashore in [[Batten Bay]].<ref name=GH120470/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''St. Joseph'' 
|flag={{flag|British Honduras|civil-1870}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at [[Trujillo, Honduras|Trujillo]].<ref name=GH140470/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Thomas Freeman'' 
|flag={{flag|United States|1867}}
|desc=The ship was struck by [[lightning]] off [[Cape Hatteras]], [[North Carolina]], and was consequently destroyed by fire.<ref name=GH270470>{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=27 April 1870 |issue=9459 }}</ref> She was on a voyage from [[New Orleans, Louisiana]], to [[Cronstadt]], [[Russian Empire|Russia]].<ref name=GH260470/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Vinskabet'' 
|flag={{flag|Norway|1844}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at [[Kirkcaldy]], [[Fife]], United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from [[Methil]], Fife to Bergen.<ref name=GH190470a/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''William and John'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship collided with another vessel and was beached on Skagen She was on a voyage from [[South Shields]], [[County Durham]] to [[Swinemünde]], Prussia.<ref name=GH120470/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''William Gillies'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[barque]] was wrecked at Punta de Maya, near Matanzas. She was on a voyage from [[Greenock]], [[Renfrewshire (historic)|Renfrewshire]] to Matanzas.<ref name=GH290470>{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=29 April 1870 |issue=9461 }}</ref><ref name=GH190570>{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=19 May 1870 |issue=9478 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''William H. Prescott'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on "St. Anna Island". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the [[Chinchas Islands]], Peru to Antwerp<ref name=GH180470/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Wriendschap'' 
|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked. She was on a voyage from [[Larvik (town)|Larvik]], Norway to [[Termunterzijl]], [[Groningen (province)|Groningen]].<ref name=GH190470a>{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=19 April 1870 |issue=9452 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==References==
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===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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