The list of shipwrecks in April 1841 includes some ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during April 1841.
3 April
List of shipwrecks: 3 April 1841
Ship | Country | Description |
Nestor |
Flag unknown |
The ship ran aground on the Lappe Grund, off the coast of Denmark. She was on a voyage from Cette, Hérault, France to Riga, Russia.[4] |
6 April
List of shipwrecks: 6 April 1841
Ship | Country | Description |
Elizabeth |
United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked on the Poor Knight Rocks. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sydney, New South Wales to New Zealand.[5] |
23 April
List of shipwrecks: 23 April 1841
Ship | Country | Description |
Ba Fe |
Brazil |
The smack ran aground and was wrecked at Maranhão. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Pernambuco to Maranhão.[47] |
24 April
List of shipwrecks: 24 April 1841
Ship | Country | Description |
Ann |
United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore at Drogheda, County Louth. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Drogheda.[15] Ann was refloated on 4 May and taken into Drogheda.[48] |
Elizabeth Ann |
United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore at Plymouth, Devon.[42] |
Elizabeth Ann |
United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore at Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Fisherrow, Aberdeenshire.[42] |
Enigheden |
Norway |
The ship was wrecked on South Uist, Outer Hebrides. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dram to Wicklow, United Kingdom.[49] |
Queen |
United Kingdom |
The barque was driven ashore at Lochmaddy, North Uist, Outer Hebrides. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Londonderry.[42][50][51] |
Recovery |
United Kingdom |
The barque was wrecked on a sandbank off Lissadill, County Sligo. All on board, over 200 people, were rescued.[52][15][53] |
Stradacona |
United Kingdom |
The ship was sunk by an iceberg off Cape Ray, Newfoundland, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Montreal, Province of Canada, British North America.[54] |
Susan |
United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Westport, County Mayo. She was on a voyage from Westport to London. Susan was refloated and taken into Westport for repairs.[10] |
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in April 1841
Ship | Country | Description |
Albion |
United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked on the Red Island Reef before 20 April. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America.[22] |
Alpha |
United States |
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of two of her crew. Survivors were rescued by Moslem (flag unknown). Alpha was on a voyage from New York to Oporto, Portugal.[10] |
Arietta |
United Kingdom |
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from St. Jago de Cuba, Cuba to Swansea, Glamorgan via New York.[10] |
Comet |
United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore in Tobermory Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Wyborg, Russia. She was refloated on 29 April and beached at Tobermory, Isle of Mull.[58] |
Elizabeth |
Van Diemen's Land |
The schooner was driven ashore in Encounter Bay. She was later refloated and taken into Port Adelaide, South Australia.[59][60] |
Eole |
France |
The ship was wrecked on the Banco Ortiz before 11 April. She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Maritime.[18] |
Herald and Nicholais |
Norway |
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Finisterre, Spain on or before 29 April. She was subsequently towed into Portsmouth, Hampshire, United Kingdom by Scheepsboulust ( Netherlands). She arrived on 8 May.[33][48] |
Jeune Adelaide |
France |
The ship was wrecked on the coast of Spain. She was on a voyage from Santander, Spain to Havana, Cuba.[33] |
Leander |
United States |
The ship ran aground on the Carysfort Reef. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Trieste. Leander was refloated and taken into Key West, Florida Territory, where she was condemned.[22] |
Mary |
United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore at Wicklow. She was on a voyage from Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides to Wicklow. Mary was refloated on 26 April.[61] |
Traveller |
New South Wales |
The coaster was wrecked off Reid's Mistake. She was on a voyage from Brisbane to Newcastle.[62] |
Union |
United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore at Rye, Sussex. She was on a voyage from London to Mauritius. She was refloated on 20 April and taken into Rye.[37][63] |
References
- ↑ "Shipwrecks and Loss of Life". The Times (17638). London. 7 April 1841. col F, p. 4.
- 1 2 3 4 "Ship News". The Times (17642). London. 12 April 1841. col C, p. 7.
- ↑ "Loss of an Emigrant Ship". The Times (17645). London. 14 April 1841. col A, p. 5.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Shipping Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle (22271). London. 13 April 1841.
- ↑ "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury (18997). Edinburgh. 16 October 1841.
- 1 2 "Shipping Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle (22270). London. 12 April 1841.
- ↑ "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury (18918). Edinburgh. 14 April 1841.
- ↑ "Ship News". The Standard (5245). London. 10 April 1841.
- 1 2 "Shipping Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle (22277). London. 20 April 1841.
- 1 2 3 4 "Ship News". The Times (17658). London. 30 April 1841. col B, p. 6.
- ↑ "Ship News". The Morning Post (21961). London. 5 June 1841. p. 8.
- ↑ "East India Extracts". The Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser. Sydney. 25 August 1841. p. 3.
- 1 2 3 4 "Ship News". The Times (176). London. June 1841.
- 1 2 "Ship News". The Times (17713). London. 3 July 1841. col A, p. 7.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury (18925). Edinburgh. 1 May 1841.
- 1 2 3 "Shipping Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle (22326). London. 16 June 1841.
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- 1 2 "Ship News". The Times (17715). London. 6 July 1841. col A, p. 6.
- ↑ "Shipping Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle (22281). London. 24 April 1841.
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- ↑ "Ship News". The Times (17683). London. 29 May 1841. col B, p. 7.
- ↑ "China, India, And Egypt". The Times (17738). London. 2 August 1841. col B-F, p. 5.
- ↑ "Ship News". The Times (17739). London. 3 August 1841. col A, p. 7.
- ↑ "Ship News". The Colonial Times. Hobart. 13 July 1841. p. 2.
- ↑ "Ship News". The Times (17690). London. 7 June 1841. col A, p. 3.
- ↑ "Ship News". The Times (17685). London. 1 June 1841. col D, p. 6.
- ↑ "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury (18939). Edinbrugh. 3 June 1841.
- ↑ "Ship News". The Standard (5301). London. 15 June 1841.
- ↑ "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury (18951). Edinburgh. 1 July 1841.
- ↑ "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc (1577). Liverpool. 30 July 1841.
- 1 2 3 "Ship News". The Standard (5270). London. 5 May 1841.
- ↑ "Multum in Parvo". The Newcastle Courant etc (8614). Newcastle upon Tyne. 14 May 1841.
- ↑ "Foreign & Domestic Varieties". The York Herald, and General Advertiser (3581). York. 15 May 1841.
- ↑ "Ship News". The Standard (5253). London. 20 April 1841.
- 1 2 "Ship News". The Morning Post (21925). London. 23 April 1841. p. 7.
- 1 2 "Ship News". The Morning Post (21946). London. 14 May 1841. p. 7.
- ↑ "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury (18936). London. 27 May 1841.
- ↑ "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury (18946). Edinburgh. 19 June 1841.
- 1 2 "Ship News". The Standard (5256). London. 23 April 1841.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Shipping Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle (22289). London. 4 May 1841.
- ↑ "(untitled)". New Zealand Gazette and Wellington Spectator (58). Wellington. 22 May 1841. p. 2.
- ↑ "New Zealand". Free Press and Commercial Journal. Sydney. 26 May 1841. p. 2.
- ↑ "New Zealand Extracts". Launceston Advertiser. Launceston, Van Diemen's Land. 24 June 1841. p. 3.
- ↑ Ingram, C. W. N., and Wheatley, P. O., (1936) Shipwrecks: New Zealand disasters 1795–1936. Dunedin, NZ: Dunedin Book Publishing Association. pp. 33-34.
- ↑ "Ship News". The Times (17687). London. 3 June 1841. col E, p. 6.
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- ↑ "Shipping Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle (22299). London. 15 May 1841.
- ↑ "Shipping Intelligence". The Hull Packet (2942). Hull. 7 May 1841.
- ↑ "Shipping Intelligence". The Hull Packet (2943). Hull. 14 May 1841.
- ↑ "Shipping Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle (22284). London. 28 April 1841.
- ↑ "Ireland". The Morning Post (21933). London. 4 May 1841. p. 6.
- ↑ "Ship News". Liverpool Mercury etc (1570). Liverpool. 11 June 1841.
- 1 2 "Ship News". The Standard (5259). London. 26 April 1841.
- ↑ "Ship News". The Times (17668). London. 12 May 1841. col C, p. 6.
- ↑ "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury (18931). Edinburgh. 15 May 1841.
- ↑ "Ship News". The Times (17664). London. 7 May 1841. col F, p. 6.
- ↑ "Ship News". The Times (17799). London. 12 October 1841. col D, p. 7.
- ↑ "Shipping Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle (22427). London. 12 October 1841.
- ↑ "Ship News". The Times (17659). London. 1 May 1841. col A, p. 9.
- ↑ "Chit Chat". The Australian. Sydney. 24 April 1841. p. 2.
- ↑ "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury (18923). London. 26 April 1841.
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