List of shipwrecks in April 1879
The list of shipwrecks in April 1879 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during April 1879 .
1 April
2 April
3 April
4 April
5 April
List of shipwrecks: 5 April 1879
Ship
State
Description
Elivy
United Kingdom
The barque was sighted whilst on a voyage from Rangoon , Burma to the English Channel . No further trace, reported missing.[ 20]
Glencoe
United Kingdom
The barque ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex . She was on a voyage from Leith , Lothian to Rockhampton , Queensland . She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 2] [ 6]
Jason
Germany
The ship departed from Sunderland, County Durham , United Kingdom for Colberg . No further trace, reported missing.[ 21]
Thornton
United Kingdom
The barque was run down by the steamship Olga ( Denmark ) and sank in the North Sea 180 or 250 nautical miles (330 or 460 km) off the coast of County Durham with the loss of six of her nine crew. Survivors were rescued by Olga . Thornton was on a voyage from West Hartlepool , County Durham to Dantzic , Germany .[ 22] [ 23]
6 April
List of shipwrecks: 6 April 1879
Ship
State
Description
Ansine Marie
Denmark
The schooner was abandoned in the North Sea . She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland , United Kingdom to "Rodvighaven".[ 24]
Benledi
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground on the Whitburn Steel, off the coast of County Durham and was wrecked. Her seventeen crew were rescued by the Coastguard using rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam , South Holland , Netherlands to the River Tyne .[ 22] [ 25]
Elizabeth Hunting
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on Skagen , Denmark. She was refloated with assistance and resumed her voyage.[ 7]
Gazelle
United States
The brigantine ran aground at Port Natal , Natal Colony .[ 2] [ 6]
Imbros
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in the Danube 39 nautical miles (72 km) from its mouth.[ 2]
La Plata
United Kingdom
The steamship was beached on the coast of Sierra Leone.[ 26]
Neptun
Germany
The steamship was driven ashore at "Inlangan". She was on a voyage from Lübeck to Reval , Russia .[ 2] [ 6]
Nouette
France
The ship was wrecked at Guadeloupe . She was on a voyage from Guadeloupe to Saint-Nazaire , Loire-Inférieure .[ 18]
Zebu
United Kingdom
The barque ran aground at Port Natal. She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires , Argentina to Port Natal.[ 2] [ 6]
7 April
List of shipwrecks: 7 April 1879
Ship
State
Description
Dinnington
United Kingdom
The steamship was driven ashore at Cap Gris Nez , Pas-de-Calais , France. She was on a voyage from Dieppe , Seine-Inférieure , France to Hartlepool , County Durham .[ 6]
Dorothy
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore on Heligoland . She was refloated and taken in to Cuxhaven , Germany in a leaky condition. Dorothy was placed under repair.[ 2]
Erika
Sweden
The schooner was driven ashore on Terschelling , Friesland , Netherlands.[ 2] She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Louvain , Flemish Brabant , Belgium.[ 6]
Falcon
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground on the Fredra Rocks, of the coast of Fife and was abandoned. Her crew took to a boat; they were rescued by a fishing boat . She was on a voyage from Portmahomack , Ross-shire to Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland . She floated off and came ashore at West Wemyss , Fife, where she was wrecked.[ 25] [ 27] [ 28]
Freya
Norway
The barque was wrecked on Sanday , Orkney Islands , United Kingdom . Her crew were rescued.[ 29] She was on a voyage from Tønsberg to an American port.[ 30]
Geneviève
France
The barque collided with the full-rigged ship Tabor ( United States ) and sank off the coast of Brazil . Her crew were rescued by Tabor . Geneviève was on a voyage from Peru to London , United Kingdom .[ 31] [ 32]
Koodoo
United Kingdom
The brigantine was driven ashore at Hartley, Northumberland . She was on a voyage from Liverpool to the River Tyne .[ 2] [ 6] She was refloated the next day with the assistance of two tugs and taken in to the River Tyne.[ 27]
St. George
United Kingdom
The brig was severely damaged at North Shields , Northumberland when a rake of six loaded wagons ran away, overshot the staithes and landed on her deck.[ 33] [ 34]
Windward
Newfoundland Colony
The barque ran aground on Lashby Roost, in the Orkney Islands. She was on a voyage from an American port to Aberdeen , United Kingdom. She was refloated.[ 29] [ 30]
Unnamed
Flag unknown
The schooner ran aground on the Nore . She was refloated.[ 6]
8 April
List of shipwrecks: 8 April 1879
Ship
State
Description
Adeline
Canada
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean . Her crew were rescued by Ellida ( United Kingdom ). Adeline was on a voyage from Cardiff , Glamorgan , United Kingdom to Sagua la Grande , Cuba .[ 15]
Albula ,Persian , andShamrock
United Kingdom
The steamship Albula collided with the steamship Persian and the coal hulk Shamrock at Gibraltar and was beached. She was on a voyage from Rangoon , Burma to London . Persian was flooded at the bow, Shamrock was severely damaged.[ 33] Albula was refloated on 18 April.[ 35]
Batavia
Canada
The ship was wrecked on Inaccessible Island with the loss of three of her crew. There were at least fourteen survivors. They were rescued from a boat on 12 April by the whaler (Flag unknown). Batavia was on a voyage from New York , United States to Shanghai , China .[ 33] [ 36]
Delphin
Norway
The brig was wrecked at the mouth of the River Tay with the loss of two of her six crew.[ 37] [ 38] [ 39]
Dorothy
United Kingdom
The barque was driven ashore at Berwick upon Tweed , Northumberland and capsized. She was on a voyage from Huelva , Spain to Berwick upon Tweed. She was refloated.[ 25] [ 27] [ 7]
Frederick en Theodorus
Netherlands
The ship was driven ashore near Roquetas , Spain.[ 33]
Rouen
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground at Boulogne , Pas-de-Calais , France. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bilbao , Spain to Boulogne.[ 25] [ 27] [ 40]
Utrecht
Netherlands
The steamship ran aground in the Strait of Sunda . She was on a voyage from Java , Netherlands East Indies to a Dutch port. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 25]
9 April
List of shipwrecks: 9 April 1879
Ship
State
Description
Ariel
United Kingdom
The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Lowestoft , Suffolk . She was on a voyage from King's Lynn , Norfolk to Caen , Calvados , France.[ 34]
Barrington
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground on a sunken pile and was holed at Briton Ferry , Glamorgan . She sank at the bow. Barrington was on a voyage from Caen , Calvados to Briton Ferry. She was refloated.[ 34] [ 7]
Electra
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore at Chapelton , Renfrewshire . She was on a voyage from Cardiff , Glamorgan to Greenock , Renfrewshire. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Ardrossan , Ayrshire for repairs.[ 29]
Jules
France
The ship put back to Havre de Grâce , Seine-Inférieure in a sinking condition. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce to the Newfoundland Colony .[ 30]
Juno
Germany
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Fife Ness , United Kingdom with the loss of three of her five crew. She was on a voyage from Papenburg to Grangemouth , Stirlingshire , United Kingdom.[ 33]
Pennie
United Kingdom
The schooner sank off Porthdinllaen , Caernarfonshire . Her crew were rescued. she was on a voyage from Kilkeel , County Down to Llanelly , Glamorgan .[ 33]
10 April
List of shipwrecks: 10 April 1879
Ship
State
Description
Alpha
Norway
The schooner was wrecked near Banff, Aberdeenshire , United Kingdom .[ 41] She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to a Baltic port.[ 42]
Amsterdam
Netherlands
The steamship ran aground at the entrance to the Nieuwe Waterweg . She was on a voyage from Grangemouth , Stirlingshire , United Kingdom to Rotterdam , South Holland . She was refloated and towed in to Rotterdam.[ 29]
Astrea
Netherlands
The brigantine was abandoned off "Ross Head". Her crew were rescued by the barque Eastern Star ( United Kingdom ). Astrea was on a voyage from Harlingen, Friesland to Riga , Russia .[ 43]
Elf
United Kingdom
The tug caught fire in the Bristol Channel off Clevedon , Somerset and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued.[ 44] She subsequently sank.[ 45]
George , andNed
United Kingdom
The Thames barges were run into by the Thames barge Star ( United Kingdom ) and both sank at Deptford , Kent .[ 46]
Guiseppinar
United Kingdom
The barque was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth , Norfolk , United Kingdom. All seventeen people on board were rescued by rocket apparatus or the Great Yarmouth Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Hull , Yorkshire to Cardiff , Glamorgan , United Kingdom.[ 29]
Sceptre
United Kingdom
The brig foundered in the North Sea 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) east south east of Great Yarmouth , Norfolk . Her six crew took to a boat; they were rescued by the smack Ringleader ( United Kingdom ). Sceptre was on a voyage from Rotterdam , South Holland to Sunderland, County Durham .[ 47] [ 19]
11 April
List of shipwrecks: 11 April 1879
Ship
State
Description
Alice M. Lewis
United States
The schooner stranded in a gale and heavy seas on the north bar of Townsend's Inlet, New Jersey and was wrecked.[ 1]
Christiania
Norway
The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Sea Palling , Norfolk , United Kingdom.[ 43] Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London , United Kingdom.[ 48]
Fiery Cross
United Kingdom
The tug ran aground and was run into by the vessel she was towing. She was on a voyage from Leith , Lothian to Dundee , Forfarshire .[ 49]
Natrona
United Kingdom
The barque departed from Ivittuut Greenland for Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , United States. No further trace, reported overdue.[ 50]
Schwerdorff
France
The schooner sank at Dunkerque , Nord .[ 47]
Sunshine
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore at Scotstown Head , Aberdeenshire . All eleven people on board were rescued by the Peterhead Lifeboat. She was refloated and taken in to Peterhead , Aberdeenshire in a waterlogged condition.[ 47] [ 51]
12 April
List of shipwrecks: 12 April 1879
Ship
State
Description
Alice Lyne
United Kingdom
The schooner was damaged in a hurricane at Mauritius .[ 52]
Anna Dorothea
Netherlands
The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at Tversted , Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland , United Kingdom to Memel , Germany .[ 47]
Buteshire
United Kingdom
The steamship was severely damaged by an onboard explosion in the Bristol Channel . She was on a voyage from Cardiff , Glamorgan to Savona , Italy . She put back to Cardiff.[ 47]
China
United Kingdom
The barque was wrecked in a cyclone at Réunion .[ 47] [ 48] [ 53]
Emma C. Beal
United States
The barque was driven ashore at Hook Point, County Waterford , United Kingdom and broke in two. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire , United Kingdom to Gloster, Louisiana .[ 54]
Fredrickstadt
Denmark
The ship was wrecked at Waxham , Norfolk , United Kingdom. Her twelve crew were rescued by the Palling Lifeboat.[ 51] [ 55]
Gertrude
United Kingdom
The ship departed from Swansea , Glamorgan for Arcachon , Gironde , France. No further trace,[ 56] reported missing.[ 57]
Gloria
Italy
The ship was wrecked in a cyclone at Réunion.[ 47] [ 48] [ 53]
Godaverry
France
The steamship was driven ashore in a cyclone at Mauritius . She was refloated.[ 53]
Hardwick
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground on Saltholmen , Denmark. She was on a voyage from West Hartlepool , County Durham to Swinemünde , Germany . She was refloated and taken in to Copenhagen , Denmark.[ 47]
Huntingdon
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore in Mulroy Bay . She was on a voyage from Londonderry to Mulroy Bay. She was refloated.[ 47] [ 19]
Ida
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean . Her crew were rescued by the steamship Californian ( United Kingdom ). She was on a voyage from Londonderry to Saint John, New Brunswick , Canada .[ 31]
Jennie B. Gilkey
United States
The schooner was damaged in a cyclone at Réunion.[ 58]
John Rennie
South Australia
The ship ran aground in the River Torrens . She was refloated.[ 59]
Palestine
United Kingdom
The barque was driven ashore in a cyclone at Mauritius. She was refloated.[ 53]
Revival
United Kingdom
The schooner was wrecked in a cyclone at Réunion.[ 47] [ 19] [ 53] She was subsequently taken in to Tamatave , Merina Kingdom .[ 60]
Seaton
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground in the Daugava .[ 47] [ 48]
Vigilant
United Kingdom
The steam wherry ran aground at Alnmouth , Northumberland . She was on a voyage from Alnmouth to Middlesbrough , Yorkshire . She was refloated on 18 April and resumed her voyage.[ 61]
Volunteer
Germany
The barque was severely damaged in a cyclone at Réunion.[ 58]
Watersnake
United Kingdom
The yacht ran aground on the Longnose Rock, off Margate , Kent and was wrecked. All four people on board survived.[ 62]
13 April
List of shipwrecks: 13 April 1879
Ship
State
Description
Alpha
United Kingdom
The collier struck the Barnard Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk and sank with the loss of all hands.[ 55]
Brothers
United Kingdom
The schooner sprang a leak and sank in Dundalk Bay . Her crew survived.[ 54]
Carrara
Italy
The barque ran aground on the Maloria Bank. She was on a voyage from Livorno to New York , United States.[ 15]
Effort
United Kingdom
The schooner struck the wreck of the steamship Mary ( United Kingdom ) and sank at North Shields , Northumberland . She was on a voyage from Kirkwall , Orkney Islands to North Shields.[ 54]
Merchant
United Kingdom
The brig ran aground on the Kentish Knock . She was on a voyage from Newhaven, Sussex to South Shields , County Durham . She floated off but consequently foundered. All on board were rescued by the brig Mary ( United Kingdom ).[ 54]
Puzzle
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore at Penarth , Glamorgan and broke her back.[ 30]
St. Andries
United Kingdom
The steamship collided with the steamship Cyprus ( United Kingdom ) and sank in the River Usk . She was refloated and taken in to Newport, Monmouthshire .[ 63] [ 30]
Tenedos
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground in the Dardanelles . She was on a voyage from London to Constantinople , Ottoman Empire and Odessa , Russian Empire . She was refloated and towed in to Constantinople.[ 63] [ 64]
Zeemeeuw
Netherlands
The schooner was driven ashore at Gioia Tauro , Italy .[ 65]
14 April
15 April
16 April
17 April
18 April
19 April
List of shipwrecks: 19 April 1879
Ship
State
Description
Dashing Wave
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at Fowey , Cornwall . She was on a voyage from Aracaju , Brazil to Fowey. She was refloated and taken in to Fowey in a leaky condition.[ 73]
Diana
Sweden
The brigantine was driven ashore at Helsingborg . She was on a voyage from Oporto , Portugal to Copenhagen , Denmark. She was refloated.[ 26]
Eliza
United Kingdom
The fishing lugger foundered off the Tuskar Rock with the loss of all seven crew.[ 74]
Lizzie
United Kingdom
The fishing smack off the coast of County Waterford with the loss of all six crew.[ 75]
Loch Earn
United Kingdom
The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at Hasle, Bornholm , Denmark. She was on a voyage from Burntisland , Fife to Riga , Russia .[ 31] [ 76] [ 77]
Saint Yves
France
The barque ran aground on the Goodwin Sands , Kent , United Kingdom . She was refloated with assistance from the tug Express ( United Kingdom ) and taken in to The Downs .[ 35]
Sir Charles Napier
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on Ascension Island . Her twenty crew survived. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to London.[ 78]
Thought
United Kingdom
The schooner collided with the steamship Brennus ( United Kingdom ) and sank in Liverpool Bay . Her seven crew were rescued by Brennus . Thought was on a voyage from Aracaju , Brazil to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 31] [ 79]
20 April
21 April
22 April
23 April
24 April
25 April
List of shipwrecks: 25 April 1879
Ship
State
Description
Alliance ,Daisy , andGeorge Bratton
United Kingdom
The steamship Alliance collided with the pilot boat George Bratton and then collided with the steamship Daisy at Cardiff , Glamorgan and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Saint-Nazaire , Loire-Inférieure , France. She put back to Cardiff. George Bratton was damaged. Daisy was consequently beached. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to "Hummelsvigen".[ 24]
Amazonas , andSomorrostro
United Kingdom
The steamship Amazonas collided with the steamship Somorrostro and sank in the Bristol Channel off Lavernock , Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued. Amazonas was on a voyage from Rotterdam , South Holland , Netherlands to Cardiff.[ 24] She was refloated on 21 May and taken in to Cardiff. Somorrostro was on a voyage from Cardiff to Saint-Nazaire. She was consequently beached.[ 91] [ 92] SHe was refloated on 27 April and taken in to Cardiff.[ 81]
Belen
United Kingdom
The steam launch sprang a leak and sank off the Mab Lightship ( Trinity House ). Both crew were rescued by the fishing lugger Favourite ( United Kingdom ).[ 93]
Ferdinand Holdinghausen
Germany
The ship collided with the barque Rolf ( Norway ) and sank in the English Channel 11 nautical miles (20 km) off Dover , Kent , United Kingdom with the loss of her captain. Survivors were rescued by Rolf . Ferdinand Holdinghausen was on a voyage from Haiti to Rotterdam , South Holland , Netherlands.[ 24]
Zuba
United Kingdom
The barque was destroyed by fire between the Faroe Islands and the Shetland Islands .[ 94]
26 April
27 April
List of shipwrecks: 27 April 1879
Ship
State
Description
Daisy
United Kingdom
The steamship collided with the steamship Alliance ( United Kingdom ) and was beached at Penarth , Glamorgan .[ 98]
Diamanten
Norway
The ship was driven ashore north of Spurn Point , Yorkshire , United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from Arendal to King's Lynn , Norfolk , United Kingdom.[ 95]
Eliza B.
United Kingdom
The brig collided with the steamship James Hogg ( United Kingdom ) and sank off Pakefield , Suffolk . Her crew were rescued by James Hogg . Eliza B. was on a voyage from Folkestone , Kent to South Shields , County Durham .[ 95]
Ranger
United Kingdom
The dandy struck a sunken wreck and sank in the North Sea off Cromer , Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth , Norfolk to Hartlepool , County Durham .[ 18]
Robert Dickinson
United Kingdom
The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at Flamborough Head , Yorkshire . She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Naples , Italy .[ 24] She broke up on 7 May.[ 99]
28 April
List of shipwrecks: 28 April 1879
Ship
State
Description
Celia
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at Pernambuco , Brazil . Her crew were rescued.[ 80] She was on a voyage from London to Penedo , Brazil.[ 53]
Esk
United Kingdom
The steamship was driven ashore at Riga , Russia .[ 80] She was later refloated and towed in to Bolderāja , Russia.[ 100]
Kielder Castle
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground near "Beilisari", Russia. She was refloated the next day.[ 80]
Lion Belge
Gibraltar
The tug was driven ashore at Tangier , Morocco.[ 81]
Wave
United Kingdom
The brigantine ran aground on the Cross Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk . She was on a voyage from Goole , Yorkshire to Plymouth , Devon . She was refloated with the assistance of a tug and takne in to Great Yarmouth , Norfolk in a leaky condition.[ 95]
29 April
30 April
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in April 1879
Ship
State
Description
Ada
Germany
The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean . Her crew were rescued by the steamship Delos ( United Kingdom ). Ada was on a voyage from Almería , Spain. to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , United States.[ 13]
Adrienne
France
The ship was lost at Muscat , Muscat and Oman .[ 65]
Alga
United Kingdom
The steamship sank at Sulina , United Principalities before 9 April. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Sulina.[ 19]
Anastasia
Germany
The steamship ran aground on the Horns Reef, in the Baltic Sea . She was on a voyage from a Baltic port to Bremen . She was refloated and completed her voyage in a severely leaky condition.[ 30]
Anemone
United Kingdom
The yacht struck rocks off Ouessant , Finistère , France. She put in to Brest in a leaky condition.[ 43]
Antje Haverbult
Netherlands
The schooner ran aground at Gioia Tauro , Italy . Her crew were rescued.[ 47]
Beautiful Star
United States
The barque ran aground at Honfleur , Manche , France. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Rouen , Seine-Inférieure , France. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug .[ 13] [ 107]
Bennington
United States
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of three of her eight crew. Survivors were rescued by the barque Portia ( United Kingdom ). Bennington was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to Havana , Cuba .[ 95]
Bernina
United Kingdom
The steamship departed from New York , United States for Bristol , Gloucestershire . Reported missing, presumed foundered. A wrecked steamship seen in the Atlantic Ocean on 30 April may have been Bernina .[ 108]
Bravo
Germany
The brig was driven ashore at Stevns , Denmark. She was on a voyage from Swinemünde to Emden . She was refloated and taken in to Copenhagen , Denmark.[ 25] [ 28]
Caroline Catherine
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Hasle, Bornholm , Denmark with the loss of two of her nine crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Libava Courland Governorate .[ 26] [ 77]
Celine
France
The brigantine was wrecked at Greytown, Nicaragua . Her crew were rescued.[ 31]
Ceres
Denmark
The brigantine was driven ashore at Almería[ 26]
Champion
United States
The ship ran aground in the Schuylkill River . She was refloated and taken in to the Delaware Breakwater .[ 33]
Cicerone
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground on the Scroby Sands , Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool , County Durham to Folkestone , Kent .[ 7]
Cohanim
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground in the Scheldt . She was on a voyage from Antwerp , Belgium to Lisbon , Portugal. She was refloated with the assistance of six tugs and resumed her voyage.[ 47]
Connemara
United Kingdom
The ship was damaged by fire at New Orleans, Louisiana .[ 15]
Delphin
Norway
The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at the mouth of the River Tay . Two of her six crew were reported missing. She was on a voyage from Fredrikstad to Grangemouth , Stirlingshire , United Kingdom .[ 33] [ 109]
Dennington
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at Cap Gris Nez , Pas-de-Calais , France. She was on a voyage from Dieppe , Seine-Inférieure to West Hartlepool , County Durham . She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 25]
Elia
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at Maceió , Brazil . Her crew were rescued.[ 81]
Erede
Flag unknown
The ship ran aground at Heligoland .[ 30]
Gamma
Russia
The schooner collided with the steamship Knud ( Denmark ) on or before 7 April and sank with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by Knud .[ 25] Gamma was on a voyage from a Spanish port to Libava , Courland Governorate .[ 34]
Gladiolus
United Kingdom
The barque became waterlogged and all her thirteen crew bar one were washed overboard. The survivov was taken off on 4 April by Humboldt ( Germany ). Gladiolus was on a voyage from Doboy to North Shields , Northumberland.[ 110] [ 111] [ 3]
Guttreil
Germany
The schooner was driven ashore at Svaneke , Denmark. She was on a voyage from Memel to Dover , Kent. She was a total loss.[ 31] [ 77]
Henock
Austria-Hungary
The ship was driven ashore at "Daganastan", Ottoman Empire . She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Odessa , Russia .[ 25]
Hilda
France
The brigantine was driven ashore on Martinique . She was refloated with assistance and towed in to Martinique.[ 24]
Hunnus
Austria-Hungary
The barque foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland , United States to Bordeaux , Gironde , France.[ 63] [ 30]
Ida E. Baker
United States
The fishing schooner was lost on the Grand Banks of Newfoundland with the loss of all twelve crew.[ 112]
Johanne
Germany
The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Delos ( United Kingdom ). Johanne was on a voyage from British Honduras to London , United Kingdom.[ 13]
John Middleton
United States
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 4 April.[ 18]
Karen Maria
Denmark
The schooner struck rocks off the coast of Calabria , Italy. She put in to Messina , Sicily , where she sank. Her crew were rescued.[ 43]
Lancaster
United Kingdom
The ship was destroyed by fire at Galveston, Texas , United States. She was on a voyage from Galveston to Liverpool.[ 7]
Lephenstrath
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Cárdenas, Cuba . She was on a voyage from Havana to Cárdenas. She was reported to have been refloated and taken in to Cárdenas,[ 47] but was subsequently reported to have become a wreck.[ 113]
Louisa Geerdina
Netherlands
The derelict galiot sank off IJmuiden , North Holland . She was on a voyage from the Nieuwe Diep to Drøbak , Norway.[ 43]
Mary E. Rigg
United States
The ship was driven ashore at New Orleans. She was on a voyage from New Orleans to Bremen , Germany .[ 24]
Migrate
United Kingdom
The lighter was driven ashore and wrecked at Hartlepool , County Durham.[ 24]
Moselle
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Demerara , British Guiana . She was refloated with assistance.[ 63]
Nordstjernen
Denmark
The schooner ran aground and capsized 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) from Sutton Bridge , Lincolnshire , United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Wisbech , Cambridgeshire , United Kingdom to Copenhagen.[ 95]
Norina
United Kingdom
The schooner foundered off Torre del Mar , Spain. Seven crew were rescued by the schooner Africano ( Portugal ).[ 114]
Norma
Norway
The steamship sank in ice off Domesnes , Courland Governorate. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bergen to Riga , Russia.[ 15] [ 16]
Notre Dame
France
The schooner was wrecked at Vestmannaeyjar , Iceland. Her crew survived.[ 94]
Nyverheid
Netherlands
The ship sank in the North Sea. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Vlissingen , Zeeland to Memel.[ 13]
Orbessan
France
The ship struck floating wreckage in the Bay of Biscay and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Senegal to Bordeaux. She completed her voyage in a severely leaky condition.[ 65]
Oriental
United Kingdom
The barque was wrecked on Cape Sable Island , Nova Scotia , Canada . Her crew were rescued.[ 18] [ 115]
Ottilie
Flag unknown
The brigantine was discovered in the North Sea 30 nautical miles (56 km) north east of Kinnaird Head , Aberdeenshire , United Kingdom. She was taken in tow by a smack but capsized and sank.[ 30]
Panola
United States
The ship collided with Thomas Brooks ( United States ) and sank off the coast of Cuba. Her crew survived. Panola was on a voyage from New York to Havana.[ 24] [ 116]
Pauillac
France
The ship was driven ashore on Martinique. She was refloated with assistance and towed in to Martinique.[ 24]
Porthcawl
United Kingdom
The tug sank at New Brighton, Cheshire .[ 26]
Selina C.
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Bear River to Barbadoes .[ 25]
Senator Iken
United States
The ship ran aground in the Schuylkill River . She was on a voyage from Philadelphia to Genoa , Italy.[ 33] She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 38]
St. Augustin
Réunion
The brig was driven ashore at Mahela, 100 nautical miles (190 km) south of Mahanoro , Merina Kingdom . Her crew were rescued[ 24]
St. Helens
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Rønne , Denmark. She was on a voyage from Banff, Aberdeenshire to Dantzic , Germany.[ 26] [ 77]
Sutherland
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Hammeren , Bornhokm. She was on a voyage from Methil , Fife to Königsberg , Germany. She was a total loss.[ 26] [ 77]
Teresa
Spain
The ship was driven ashore at Almería.[ 26]
Vassallo
Italy
The ship foundered off Rio de Janeiro , Brazil. She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires , Argentina to a British port.[ 16]
William Thompson
United States
The fishing schooner sank in a gale on the Grand Banks of Newfoundland . Lost with all 14 crewmen.[ 117] [ 118]
William Woodbury
United States
The ship was driven ashore in Chesapeake Bay. She was on a voyage from Baltimore to Bremen , Germany. She was refloated with the assistance of a steamship and resumed her voyage.[ 27]
Willy
Germany
The schooner was abandoned in the English Channel . Her crew were rescued by Alida ( United Kingdom ). Willy was on a voyage from Stettin to Port Madoc , Caernarfonshire , United Kingdom.[ 13]
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