The list of shipwrecks in April 1842 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during April 1842.
2 April
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] |
7 April
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 ( 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] |
11 April
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] |
14 April
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-Maritime 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] |
23 April
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] |
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in April 1942
Ship | Country | Description |
Avon |
New South Wales |
The ship and another vessel (name unknown) were wrecked at "Rottormar" (possibly Rotuma, Fiji).[71] |
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] |
Harriet |
United Kingdom |
The ship caught fire and exploded at Calcutta, India on or before 19 April.[81][82] |
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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