List of shipwrecks in April 1834
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The list of shipwrecks in April 1834 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded or otherwise lost during April 1834.
April 1834 | ||||||
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Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
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7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 |
28 | 29 | 30 | Unknown date | |||
References |
1 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Helens and Eleanora | ![]() |
The ship was lost at Hook of Holland, South Holland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to "Frazerburg".[1] |
Magdalene | ![]() |
The ship was abandoned in the English Channel off the Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Danzig to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône France.[2] |
Talisman | ![]() |
The sloop struck a rock off Girdleness, Aberdeenshire and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to Sunderland, County Durham.[3] |
Tartar | ![]() |
The brig was driven ashore on Sand Island, Alabama, United States.[4] |
5 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Cherub | ![]() |
The brig was wrecked on Goose Island, British North America. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America.[5][6] |
6 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Diana | ![]() |
The ship was lost near Thisted, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Antwerp, Belgium.[7] |
William Fawcett | ![]() |
The steamship was destroyed by fire at Dublin.[8] |
8 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Lord Gambier | ![]() |
The brig was wrecked in Engleholm Bay, Sweden. Her crew were rescued, but three of the nine rescuers drowned. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Riga, Russia.[7][9] |
Rosetta | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Shoreham-by-Sea.[10] |
9 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Minerva | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Rockaway, Long Island, New York, United States. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to New York City.[11] |
Princeza da Beira | ![]() |
The ship was destroyed by fire at Lisbon.[12] |
10 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Mary Anne | ![]() |
The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 140 nautical miles (260 km) off Newfoundland after colliding with another vessel. Her crew were rescued.[13] |
Shenandoah | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked at the mouth of the Weser. One hundred and sixty-one passengers and crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bremen to Baltimore, Maryland.[7] |
11 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Caledonia | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked at Rockaway, Long Island, New York, United States. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to New York City.[11] |
16 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Anna Maria | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on the Dry Tortugas. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Trieste to La Guaira, Venezuela.[13][14] |
18 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Prince Regent | ![]() |
The schooner was wrecked in the Bass Strait. All on board survived.[15][16] She was on a voyage from Hobart to Launceston, Van Diemen's Land.[17] |
24 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Caledonia | ![]() |
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (40°N 50°W / 40°N 50°W). Her crew were rescued.[13] |
Carrington | ![]() |
The ship was sighted in the Atlantic Ocean (34°N 45°W / 34°N 45°W) by Margaret (![]() |
James | ![]() |
The full-rigged ship was abandoned in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland with the loss of 254 of the 265 people on board. Survivors were rescued by Margaret (![]() |
25 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Robert William Harris | ![]() |
The brig struck ice in the Atlantic Ocean (43°N 50°W / 43°N 50°W) and sank. Her crew took to the boat and were rescued a few days later by Economy (![]() |
26 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Ouse | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore on the south coast of Gotland, Sweden. She was refloated on 3 May and taken in to a port on the island for repairs. Ouse was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[23] |
Redpole | ![]() |
The coaster was wrecked at Newcastle with the loss of all handss.[24] |
27 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Fanny | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on the coast of Newfoundland, British North America. Her crew were rescued.[25] |
Trafalgar | ![]() |
The ship was sunk by ice in the Gut of Canso. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick to Quebec City, Lower Canada.[13] |
Water Witch | ![]() |
The steamship sprang a leak in the North Sea 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) off Ryhope, County Durham. She was taken in tow by the South Shields pilot boat and beached at Hendon, where she subsequently became a wreck.[12] |
28 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Glenlyon | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on the coast of the Isle of Man. She was on a voyage from Campbeltown, Argyllshire to Liverpool, Lancashire.[12][26] |
William Lees | ![]() |
The brig was driven ashore at Seaham, County Durham.[12][2] |
29 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Harriet | ![]() |
The whaler, a barque, was wrecked on Cape Egmont, New Zealand. All 31 on board survived, but eleven were subsequently killed in skirmishes with the natives.[27][28][29] |
30 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Scarborough Castle | ![]() |
The sbrig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Retreat (![]() |
Unknown date
Ship | State | Description |
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Adelaide | ![]() |
The cutter was wrecked off Bird Island.[24] |
Alexandre | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked near Ténedos, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.[31] |
Amelia | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on São Miguel, Azores, Portugal before 20 April. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Puerto Rico to Cádiz.[32] |
Henrietta | ![]() |
Bremen: The ship was lost off Texel, North Holland, Netherlands with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Bremen.[1] |
Jeune Emelle | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked near Varna, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Constantinople to Odessa.[31] |
Linnet | ![]() |
The cutter was wrecked in Broken Bay.[33] |
Rodney | ![]() |
The brig sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 60 nautical miles (110 km) off Cape Clear Island, County Cork, United Kingdom after 6 April. Her crew were rescued by the brig Douglas (![]() |
Trimmer | ![]() |
The ship was lost on the "Roquis" before 5 April. She was on a voyage from Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands to La Guaira, Venezuela.[35] |
Wanderer | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Carabowbow", near the entrance to the Bosphorus, before 12 April. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Odessa to Liverpool.[36][31] |
References
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- ^ a b "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury. No. 17600. 3 May 1834.
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury. No. 17588. 5 April 1834.
- ^ a b "Ship News". The Morning Chronicle. No. 20194. 16 May 1834.
- ^ a b "Shipping Intelligence". The Hull Packet. No. 2587. 20 June 1834.
- ^ a b c d "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury. No. 17634. 19 July 1834.
- ^ a b c "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury. No. 17595. 21 April 1834.
- ^ "Dreadful Fire On Board the William Fawcett Steam Packet". The Morning Post. No. 19762. 10 April 1834.
- ^ "(untitle)". The Morning Chronicle. No. 20361. 29 November 1834.
- ^ "Ship News". The Morning Chronicle. No. 20163. 10 April 1834.
- ^ a b "Shipping Intelligence". The Hull Packet. No. 2582. 16 May 1834.
- ^ a b c d "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury. No. 17601. 5 May 1834.
- ^ a b c d "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury. No. 17617. 9 June 1834.
- ^ "Ship News". The Standard. No. 2205. 5 June 1834.
- ^ "Trade and Shipping". The Hobart Town Courier. 14 April 1834.
- ^ "Domestic Intelligence". Colonial Times. 22 April 1834.
- ^ "Van Diemen's Land News". The Sydney Herald. 12 May 1834.
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury. No. 17638. 28 July 1834.
- ^ "Name List of the James Ship, 1834". Limerick's Life. 4 February 2014. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
- ^ "Shipwrecks". The Times. No. 15514. London. 26 June 1834. col C, p. 5.
- ^ "(untitled)". The Standard. No. 2219. 21 June 1834.
- ^ "Ship News". The Standard. No. 2215. 16 June 1834.
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". The Hull Packet. No. 2584. 30 May 1834.
- ^ a b "Ship News". The Sydney Herald. 5 May 1834.
- ^ "Ship News". The Standard. No. 199. 29 May 1834.
- ^ "Ship News". The Standard. No. 2176. 2 May 1834.
- ^ "New Zealand". The Sydney Monitor. 23 August 1834.
- ^ "Ship News". The Sydney Herald. 18 August 1834.
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser. 25 November 1834.
- ^ "Ship News". The Times. No. 15516. London. 28 June 1834. col B, p. 7.
- ^ a b c "Ship News". The Standard. No. 2180. 7 May 1834.
- ^ "Ship News". The Standard. No. 2185. 13 May 1834.
- ^ "Ship News". The Sydney Herald. 28 April 1834.
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc. No. 1203. 23 May 1834.
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury. No. 17606. 17 May 1834.
- ^ "Ship News". The Times. No. 15476. London. 13 May 1834. col A, p. 4.