List of shipwrecks in April 1842

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The list of shipwrecks in April 1842 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during April 1842.

1 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 1 April 1842
Ship Country Description
Cambria  United Kingdom The whaler was driven ashore on Tahiti. She was later refloated.[1]
Drie Gebroeders  Netherlands The ship was wrecked off Egmond aan Zee, North Holland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Surinam to Amsterdam, North Holland.[2]
Georgia  United Kingdom The East Indiaman was destroyed by fire in the Indian Ocean 800 to 900 nautical miles (1,500 to 1,700 km) off Madagascar with the loss of five of her fifteen crew. Survivors were rescued by Thomas Sparks ( United Kingdom). Georgia was on a voyage from Calcutta, India, to London.[3][4][5]
Hope  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Sound of Sanda.[6]
USS Missouri  United States Navy The steam frigate ran aground in the Port Tobacco River at Port Tobacco, Maryland. She was refloated with assistance from USS Mississippi ( United States Navy).
Santa Barbara  Spain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Finisterre. Her crew were rescued by Mellish ( United Kingdom). Santa Barbara was on a voyage from Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, to London, United Kingdom.[7]

2 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 2 April 1842
Ship Country Description
Agnes  United Kingdom The ship capsized and sank off St. Agnes, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, to Newport, Monmouthshire.[8]
Astrea  United Kingdom The smack capsized in the Bristol Channel. Her crew were rescued by the brig Joe ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Dundalk, County Louth, to Newport, Monmouthshire.[6][9]
Confidenz  Denmark The brig was wrecked at the mouth of the Cotinguiba River.[10]
Elizabeth  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Sharpness, Gloucestershire. She was on a voyage from Gloucester to Newfoundland, British North America.[11]
Great Britain  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the West Reef, off Green Island in the Saint Lawrence River and was damaged.[12][13] She was on a voyage from London to Montreal, Province of Canada, British North America. Great Britain was refloated on 11 July and taken into “Diamond harbour”.[1]
Maria Catharina  Denmark The schooner was wrecked at the mouth of the Cotinguiba River.[10]
Seaforth  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at South Shields, County Durham, and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued by the South Shields Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, to Inverness. The wreck was destroyed by fire that day due to her cargo of quicklime getting wet.[2][14]
Victoria  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and put into Hartlepool, County Durham. She was set afire when her cargo of quicklime reacted with water and was destroyed. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Aberdeen.[6]

3 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 3 April 1842
Ship Country Description
Matchless  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore by ice in the Bay of Casperwick. She was on a voyage from Laguna to Saint Petersburg, Russia. She was refloatedon 8 April and taken into Reval, Russia.[7]
Romp  Hamburg The ship ran aground between Norderoog and Süderoog, Duchy of Holstein. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom, to Hamburg. Romp was refloated.[15]
Victoria  United Kingdom The ship was caught fire off Hartlepool, County Durham, and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, to Aberdeen.[16]

4 April[edit]

5 April[edit]

6 April[edit]

7 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 7 April 1842
Ship Country Description
Brunswick  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Sunk Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk.[20] Her crew were rescued by the smack Good Agreement ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, to London.[18][21]
Independiente  Spain The ship ran aground on the West Rocks, off Harwich, Essex, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken into the River Colne with assistance from HMRC Desmond (HM Customs Ensign.PNG Board of Customs), the smacks Aurora Increase, Celerity and Friend‘s Goodwill and the steamship Brocklebank (all  United Kingdom). Independiente was on a voyage from Hamburg to Havana, Cuba.[20] She was subsequently taken into Wivenhoe, Essex, for repairs.[22][23]
Lady Raffles  United Kingdom The ship caught fire at Sydney, New South Wales and was scuttled. She was refloated on 30 April and put under repair.[24][25][26]
Leonora  Texas The sloop was wrecked at the mouth of the Brazos River.[27]
Palmetto  United States The ship ran aground and was wrecked off the Cove Point Lighthouse, Maryland. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, to Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America.[28]
William Walker  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Gloucester to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America.[29]

8 April[edit]

9 April[edit]

10 April[edit]

11 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 11 April 1842
Ship Country Description
Casimir  France The ship departed from South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom, for Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[34]
Duchess of Sutherland  United Kingdom The paddle steamer ran aground on the Nore. Her passengers were transferred to another ship. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to London. Duchess of Sutherland was refloated on 18 April and taken into London.[35]
Hoop  Netherlands The ship was driven ashore on Langeoog, Kingdom of Hanover. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Friesland Channel to the Eider.[7]
Isabella and Jane  United Kingdom The ship was sighted in the Pentland Firth whilst on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, to Newhaven, Connecticut, United States. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[36]
Scotia  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Coleraine, County Antrim.[7]

12 April[edit]

13 April[edit]

14 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 14 April 1842
Ship Country Description
Beulah  United Kingdom The troopship, a full-rigged ship, was driven ashore and damaged at Dungeness, Kent. Her crew and 270 troops of the 29th Regiment survived. She was on a voyage from London to Bengal, India.[39][38][41]Beulah was refloated on 23 April and taken into Gravesend, Kent.[42]
Louise Philippe  France The ship was driven ashore and damaged on Long Island, New York, United States. All on board, over 100 people, were rescued. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, to New York City, United States.[43] She was refloated on 4 May and towed into New York City.[13]
Medora  United States The steamboat suffered a boiler explosion and sank in the Chesapeake River at Baltimore, Maryland, with the loss of 23 lives. About 40 people were injured.[44][45]
Philadelphia  United States The steamship was wrecked at the mouth of the Brazos River.[27]
Provincie Groningen  Netherlands The ship capsized at Amsterdam, North Holland.[46]

15 April[edit]

16 April[edit]

17 April[edit]

18 April[edit]

19 April[edit]

20 April[edit]

21 April[edit]

22 April[edit]

23 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 23 April 1842
Ship Country Description
Eliza and Susan  United States The ship was driven ashore at “Tobasco”. She was on a voyage from Tobasco to a European port.[47]

24 April[edit]

25 April[edit]

26 April[edit]

27 April[edit]

28 April[edit]

29 April[edit]

Unknown date[edit]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in April 1942
Ship Country Description
Avon United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New South Wales The ship and another vessel (name unknown) were wrecked at “Rottormar” (possibly Rotuma, Fiji).[73]
Experiment  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Sand Head, Hampshire. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated on 21 April and resumed her voyage.[42]
Helen Mar  United Kingdom The ship caught fire whilst on a voyage from Saint Andrews, New Brunswick, British North America, to Demerara, British Honduras. She put into the Little River, United States, where she was scuttled and consequently condemned.[83][28]
Hope  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Kintyre, Argyllshire. She was refloated and put into Ayr, where she arrived on 18 April.[84]
Louisa  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Ryde, Isle of Wight, before 14 April. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[38]
Lulworth  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Bok Island, Madura Island, Spanish East Indies.[85]
Uncertain  United Kingdom The brig sank in Broad Bay, Orkney Islands. She was refloated in August 1843 and beached at Stornoway.[86]

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