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The list of shipwrecks in April 1837 includes
ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during April
1837 .
1 April
List of shipwrecks: 1 April 1837
Ship
State
Description
Calypso
United Kingdom
The ship departed from
London for
Quebec City ,
Lower Canada ,
British North America . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.
[1]
Harriet
British North America
The
sealer was driven ashore at
Grates Cove ,
Newfoundland . She was later refloated.
[2]
Isabella
Van Diemen's Land
The
barque was wrecked at
Cape Nelson . All on board survived. She was on a voyage from
Launceston, Tasmania to
Spencer Gulf ,
South Australia .
[3]
[4]
Nahant
United States
The ship was struck by
lightning in the
Atlantic Ocean . She caught fire and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from
New Orleans, Louisiana to
Liverpool ,
Lancashire ,
United Kingdom .
[5]
Prince Regent
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near
Drogheda ,
County Louth . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Pembrey ,
Carmarthenshire to Drogheda.
[6]
2 April
List of shipwrecks: 2 April 1837
Ship
State
Description
Amethyst
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at
Ryhope ,
County Durham .
[7]
Betsey
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and abandoned near
Swansea ,
Glamorgan . She was on a voyage from
Bristol ,
Gloucestershire to
Dublin .
[8]
Domus
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore between
Hartlepool and
Sunderland, County Durham .
[9]
Hopewell
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged between Hartlepool and Sunderland.
[10]
[7]
Jarvis
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Sunderland.
[9]
Jarrow
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged between Seaham and Sunderland.
[11]
Josephine
France
The
brig was driven ashore and wrecked at
Hendon , County Durham. Her crew were rescued by the Sunderland Lifeboat.
[11]
[7]
Lavinia
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked between Hartlepool and Sunderland.
[9]
Leah
United Kingdom
The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Falmouth, Cornwall to
Newfoundland ,
British North America .
[12]
Nancy
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at
Dunany Point ,
County Louth . She was refloated on 10 April and taken in to
Dundalk .
[13]
[14]
New Concord
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore between Sunderland and Hartlepool.
[9]
Peggy
United Kingdom
The ship was in collision with another vessel and was consequently beached between
Neath and
Swansea ,
Glamorgan . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Dublin to
Bristol ,
Gloucestershire .
[9]
[7]
Pleasant
United Kingdom
The
schooner was driven ashore and severely damaged between Hartlepool and Sunderland.
[9]
[7]
Sarah
United Kingdom
The ship departed from Swansea for
Liverpool ,
Lancashire . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.
[15]
Smith
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at
Old Seaham , County Durham.
[7]
Speculation
United Kingdom
The
sloop was driven ashore at Sunderland.
[9]
[7]
Sussex
United Kingdom
The
sloop was driven ashore between
Seaham and Sunderland.
[11]
[7]
Victory
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on rocks off Hendon.
[11]
3 April
List of shipwrecks: 3 April 1837
Ship
State
Description
Albion
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the
English Channel off
Fairlight, Sussex . Her crew were rescued by Alfred (
United Kingdom ).
[9]
Assiduous
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Black Hall Rocks,
County Durham . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Boston, Lincolnshire to
Newcastle upon Tyne ,
Northumberland .
[16]
Betsey and Mary
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at
Robin Hoods Bay ,
Yorkshire . Her crew were rescued.
[11]
Eagle
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground and sank in the
River Eske . She was on a voyage from
Liverpool ,
Lancashire to
Donegal .
[8]
Incertus
United Kingdom
The ship was in collision with George (
United Kingdom ) and foundered off Fairlight. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Newcastle upon Tyne ,
Northumberland to
Dublin .
[17]
New Manley
United Kingdom
The ship struck
The Manacles ,
Cornwall and sank. Her crew were rescued, She was on a voyage from
King's Lynn ,
Norfolk to
Sligo .
[9]
Vernon
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at
Laxey ,
Isle of Man . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Liverpool ,
Lancashire to
Glasgow ,
Renfrewshire .
[6]
4 April
5 April
6 April
7 April
8 April
List of shipwrecks: 8 April 1837
Ship
State
Description
Furst Hardenburg
Stettin
The ship was driven ashore at
Helsingør , Denmark. She was on a voyage from Stettin to an English Port. Furst Hardenburg was later refloated and taken in to
Copenhagen , Denmark.
[30]
[31]
Neutral
Norway
The
brig sprang a leak and foundered in the
North Sea off
Bawdsey ,
Suffolk ,
United Kingdom . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Dram to
Amsterdam ,
North Holland , Netherlands110437.
[24]
[28]
Petite Louise
France
The ship was wrecked on a reef off "Kaneun Island", Mexico. All on board were rescued.
[32]
Pilot
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at
Penarth ,
Glamorgan . She was on a voyage from
Cardiff , Glamorgan to
Waterford .
[8]
Proven
United States
The ship was driven ashore at
Castrup , Denmark. She was on a voyage from
Dantsic to the United States.
[33]
[31] Proven was later refloated and towed into Copenhagen.
[34]
Swallow
United Kingdom
The
brig foundered off
Fresh Water ,
Newfoundland ,
British North America with the loss of all nine crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to
St. John's, Newfoundland .
[35]
William IV
United Kingdom
The ship sank on the
Nore . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
South Shields ,
County Durham to
London .
[23]
9 April
10 April
11 April
List of shipwrecks: 11 April 1837
Ship
State
Description
Alceste
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked near
Navarino ,
Greece . She was on a voyage from
Alexandria ,
Egypt to
Trieste .
[41]
[42]
Cupido
Stralsund
The ship was driven ashore near Stralsund. She was on a voyage from Stralsund to
New York , United States.
[43]
Ganges
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in
Cushendall Bay . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Maranhão ,
Brazil to
Liverpool ,
Lancashire .
[38]
[44] Ganges was refloated on 15 April and taken in to
Larne ,
County Antrim for repairs.
[30]
Haddo House
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on the south coast of
Møn , Denmark. She was on a voyage from
Sunderland, County Durham to
Dantsic .
[31]
Penrhos
United Kingdom
The
barque foundered in the
Atlantic Ocean (
36°50′N 9°55′W / 36.833°N 9.917°W / 36.833; -9.917 ). Her crew were rescued by Nieuew Onderneming (
Netherlands ).
[45]
[46]
Peleka or Twa Gebroeders
Netherlands
The
galiot was discovered waterlogged and abandoned off
Texel ,
North Holland . She was towed in to
Great Yarmouth ,
Norfolk ,
United Kingdom by Perseverance (
United Kingdom ).
[47]
[43]
[48]
Phœnix
United Kingdom
The
collier , a
brig , foundered in the
Dogger Bank with the loss of two of her crew. Survivors were rescued by a Dutch fishing vessel. She was on a voyage from
Newcastle upon Tyne ,
Northumberland to Copenhagen.
[49]
[50]
St. Thomas
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near "Prestoe", Denmark. She was on a voyage from
Messina to
Saint Petersburg ,
Russia .
[51]
[31]
Two Sisters
United Kingdom
The ship sank in the
River Tay . Her crew were rescued.
[43]
12 April
13 April
16 April
17 April
List of shipwrecks: 17 April 1837
Ship
State
Description
Henricus
United States
The ship was abandoned in the
Atlantic Ocean with the loss of five of her crew. She was on a voyage from
Antwerp , Belgium to
Manzanilla, Trinidad .
[55]
Princess
United Kingdom
The ship struck a reef, sprang a leak and was abandoned in the
Mediterranean Sea . She was on a voyage from
Bahia ,
Brazil to
Trieste . Princess was later driven ashore at
Cape Passero ,
Sicily . She was later refloated and taken into
Palermo for repairs.
[56]
[57]
Sophia Charlotte
Duchy of Holstein
The ship was driven ashore near
Flensburg . She was on a voyage from Flensburg to
Liverpool ,
Lancashire ,
United Kingdom .
[58]
Venus
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at
Darß ,
Prussia . Her crew were rescued.
[46]
[59]
Westchester
United States
The ship was struck by
lightning and set on fire whilst on a voyage from
New York to Liverpool. She put into
Portsmouth, New Hampshire , where she was scuttled.
[56]
18 April
19 April
20 April
21 April
22 April
23 April
25 April
27 April
28 April
List of shipwrecks: 28 April 1837
Ship
State
Description
Dolphin
Netherlands
The ship was wrecked on "Beri Island". She was on a voyage from
Rotterdam ,
South Holland to
Havana ,
Cuba .
[32]
Four Sisters
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at
Flamborough Head ,
Yorkshire . She was on a voyage from
Great Yarmouth ,
Norfolk to
South Shields ,
County Durham . Four Sisters was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.
[5]
Kitty
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at
Whitby ,
Yorkshire . She was on a voyage from
Wisbech ,
Cambridgeshire to
Seaham , County Durham. Kitty was refloated the next day and taken into Whitby.
[5]
Mary
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Flamborough Head. She was on a voyage from
Dungeness ,
Kent to
Sunderland, County Durham . Mary was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.
[5]
New Hope
United Kingdom
The ship was in collision with a canal boat and sank in the
Gloucester and Sharpness Canal . She was on a voyage from
Barrow-in-Furness ,
Cumberland to
Gloucester .
[63]
William
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Flamborough Head. She was on a voyage from
Hull ,
Yorkshire to
Newcastle upon Tyne ,
Northumberland .
[5]
29 April
30 April
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in April 1837
Ship
State
Description
Alpha
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the west coast of
Jutland . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
London to
Dantsic .
[51]
[80]
Brunswick
United Kingdom
The ship foundered off
Padstow ,
Cornwall before 8 April.
[80]
Caroline
United Kingdom
The ship was sunk by ice at
St. John's, Newfoundland ,
British North America .
[2]
Carroll
United States
The
brig was wrecked off Cape Lookout. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from
New Orleans, Louisiana to
Baltimore, Maryland .
[53]
Catherina
Duchy of Holstein
The ship was driven ashore at
Spurn Point ,
Yorkshire ,
United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from
Flensburg to
Fisherrow ,
Lothian , United Kingdom.
[81]
Diligence
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at
Marbella , Spain.
[82] She had been refloated by mid-May and taken in to
Málaga .
[26]
Dream
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on Green Island,
British North America with the loss of seven of her crew. She was on a voyage from
Plymouth ,
Devon to
Miramichi, New Brunswick , British North America.
[76]
Eunice
British North America
The
sealer was wrecked in
Newfoundland . Her crew were rescued.
[2]
Fair America
United States
The fishing schooner sank in a gale on the
Georges Bank . Lost with all 7 crew.
[83]
Fancy
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked near
Wells-next-the-Sea ,
Norfolk . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Sunderland, County Durham to
King's Lynn , Norfolk.
[44]
Hope
United States
The
brig was abandoned in the
Atlantic Ocean before 17 April.
[84]
Isabella
Van Diemen's Land
The ship was wrecked in
Portland Bay ,
New South Wales before 7 April. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Launceston to the
Spencer Gulf .
[85]
[86]
Justina
France
The ship was driven ashore at "Carmeyne". She was on a voyage from
Mogadore , Morocco to
Marseille ,
Bouches-du-Rhône .
[25]
Kate
British North America
The
sealer , a
schooner , was crushed by ice and sank in
Bonavista Bay .
[2]
Mexican
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Jutland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to
Copenhagen , Denmark.
[51]
[31]
Nioord
Norway
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 300 nautical miles (560 km) south west of
The Lizard ,
Cornwall , United Kingdom on or before 8 April.
[69]
[59] She was on a voyage from
Tarragona , Spain to
Guernsey ,
Channel Islands .
[70]
Proven
United States
The ship was driven ashore at Helsingør. She was on a voyage from
Dantsic to
New York . Proven was later refloated and taken in to Copenhagen.
[30]
Scotsman
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in Køge Bay before 16 April.
[30] She was refloated that day and towed into Copenhagen.
[49]
St. Jubilee
United States
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean.
[87]
Triestina
France
The ship was driven ashore on the coast of
Camargue ,
Bouches-du-Rhône . She was on a voyage from
Mogadore , Morocco to
Marseille .
[38]
Venus
British North America
The
sealer was abandoned in Bonavista Bay. Her crew were rescued.
[2]
Venus
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at
Stralsund . She was refloated on 10 June and resumed her voyage to
Riga ,
Russia .
[88]
Vesta
United States
The fishing schooner sank in a gale on the
Georges Bank . Lost with all 7 hands.
[89]
[90]
Ward
United Kingdom
The
brig was abandoned in the
Atlantic Ocean . She was on a voyage from
Liverpool ,
Lancashire to an American port. Ward subsequently came ashore at
La Flotte ,
Île de Ré ,
Charente-Maritime , France.
[58]
[91]
[53] She was later refloated and taken in to La Flotte.
[59]
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