The list of shipwrecks in April 1840 includes some ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during April 1840.
3 April
List of shipwrecks: 3 April 1840
Ship | Country | Description |
Athenais |
Flag unknown |
The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Gibraltar. She was refloated.[10] |
Catherine |
France |
The ship was run down and sunk in the English Channel by Oceanus ( United States) with the loss of all but one of her crew.[11] |
Hope |
United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore at Carbonear, Newfoundland, British North America. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Carbonear and Saint John's, Newfoundland.[12] |
Ino |
United Kingdom |
The ship ran aground on the Middle Bank, in the Solent. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Portsmouth, Hampshire.[5] |
Isabella |
United Kingdom |
The ship was destroyed by fire at sea. Her crew were rescued.[3] |
Joseph Tyson |
United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore on the Algarve coast, Portugal. She had been refloated by 23 April.[13] |
Sleepless |
United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore at Sunderland, County Durham. She was refloated on 5 April and put back to Sunderland.[14] |
Tweed |
United Kingdom |
The ship capsized at Liverpool, Lancashire.[4] |
5 April
List of shipwrecks: 5 April 1840
Ship | Country | Description |
Vrow Gebina |
Netherlands |
The ship was wrecked on the Poldern Sandbank, in the North Sea off the mouth of the Eider. She was on a voyage from Groningen to a Baltic port.[15][8] |
6 April
List of shipwrecks: 6 April 1840
Ship | Country | Description |
Creole |
Grenada |
The schooner was wrecked on the Recas. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Grenada to Curaçao.[16] |
John and Susan |
United Kingdom |
The ship ran aground on the Barber Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex. John and Susan was refloated and taken into Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[14] |
Minerva |
Netherlands |
The ship was wrecked on the English coast. She was on a voyage from a Dutch port to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Three crew reached Guernsey, Channel Islands in a boat on 10 April.[17] |
Princess Victoria |
United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore at Rye, Sussex. She was on a voyage drom London to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Princess Victoria was refloated and resumed her voyage.[18] |
Surrey |
United Kingdom |
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Daring ( United Kingdom). Surrey was on a voyage from Sierra Leone to Plymouth, Devon.[19] |
23 April
List of shipwrecks: 23 April 1840
Ship | Country | Description |
Amanda |
Netherlands |
The ship was driven ashore at Ramsgate, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland to the Cape of Good Hope. Amanda was refloated and taken into Ramsgate.[31] |
Hope |
United Kingdom |
The ship struck a sunken rock and was damaged at Carbonear, Newfoundland, British North America. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Carbonear and Saint Johns, Newfoundland.[45] |
Wismar |
Wismar |
The ship was driven ashore at Formby Point, Lancashire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Wismar to Liverpool, Lancashire. Wismar was refloated and taken into Liverpool.[31] |
28 April
List of shipwrecks: 28 April 1840
Ship | Country | Description |
Mercury |
United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore at Dundee, Forfarshire. She was on a voyage from Dundee to Copenhagen, Denmark. Mercury was refloated and resumed her voyage.[52] |
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in April 1840
Ship | Country | Description |
Albion |
United Kingdom |
The collier was driven ashore at Dieppe, Seine-Maritime, France. She had been refloated and taken into Dieppe by 4 April.[18] |
Aurora Frederica |
Flag unknown |
The ship ran aground at La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, France before 8 April.[57] |
Eagle |
New South Wales |
The schooner struck a rock and foundered in Whirlpool Reach, in the Tamar River.[58] |
Margaret |
United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore in Busika Bay before 25 April. She was refloated an put into Tenedos, Ottoman Empire.[59] |
Naiad |
United Kingdom |
The ship ran aground in the Dardanelles before 4 April. She was later refloated.[54] |
Navarino |
New South Wales |
The ship was wrecked on the coast of New Zealand.[35] |
Orion |
United Kingdom |
The ship was lost off "Cape St. Rocque" before 23 April. She was on a voyage from Cap-Haïtien, Haiti to the Cape of Good Hope, Africa.[60] |
Peace |
United Kingdom |
The ship ran aground on The Shingles, off The Needles, Isle of Wight and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from São Miguel Island, Azores to Southampton, Hampshire. Peace was later refloated and taken into Southampton.[39] |
Robert |
United Kingdom |
The ship was sunk by ice in Riga Bay between 3 and 21 April.[38] |
Snire |
United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore near Llanmadoc, Glamorgan. She was refloated on 3 April and towed into Llanelly.[5] |
Star |
United Kingdom |
The ship was abandoned in the North Sea off Lindisfarne, Northumberland. She was subsequently taken into North Sunderland, County Durham.[31] |
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- ↑ "Departures". The Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser. Sydney. 16 July 1840. p. 3.
- 1 2 "Shipping Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle (21956). London. 7 April 1840.
- 1 2 3 "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury (18761). Edinburgh. 9 April 1840.
- 1 2 3 4 "Ship News". The Times (17325). London. 7 April 1840. col C, p. 7.
- ↑ "Shipping Intelligence". Commercial Journal and Advertiser. Sydney. 18 July 1840. p. 2.
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- 1 2 3 4 "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury (18776). Edinburgh. 14 May 1840.
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- 1 2 3 4 5 "Ship News". The Standard (4934). London. 13 April 1840.
- 1 2 "Ship News". The Morning Post (21591). London. 8 April 1840.
- ↑ "Shipping Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle (21975). London. 29 April 1840.
- ↑ "Shipwreck". The Cornwall Royal Gazette, Falmouth Packet and Plymouth Journal (3906). Truro. 10 April 1840.
- ↑ "Wreck". The North Wales Chronicle (665). Bangor. 21 April 1840.
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- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 "Shipping Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle (22064). London. 13 August 1840.
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- ↑ "Shipping Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle (21970). London. 23 April 1840.
- 1 2 "Ship News". The Times (17446). London. 26 August 1840. col E, p. 7.
- ↑ "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury (18770). Edinburgh. 30 April 1840.
- ↑ "Ship News". The Standard (4941). London. 21 April 1840.
- 1 2 "Ship News". The Times (17343). London. 28 April 1840. col C, p. 7.
- 1 2 3 "Ship News". The Times (17347). London. 2 May 1840. col A, p. 7.
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- ↑ "Shipping Intelligence". The Hull Packet (2890). Hull. 8 May 1840.
- ↑ "Naval Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury (18772). Edinburgh. 4 May 1840.
- ↑ "Shipping Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle (21982). London. 7 May 1840.
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- ↑ "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury (18786). Edinburgh. 6 June 1840.
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- ↑ "Ship News". The Times (17388). London. 19 June 1840. col A, p. 7.
- ↑ "Shipping Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle (21962). London. 14 April 1840.
- ↑ "Restdown Ferry and Jerusalem". Tasmanian Weekly Dispatch. Launceston, Van Diemen's Land. 24 April 1840. p. 7.
- ↑ "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury (18780). Edinburgh. 23 May 1840.
- ↑ "Ship News". The Times (17376). London. 5 June 1840. col B, p. 7.
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