List of shipwrecks in April 1849

The list of shipwrecks in April 1849 includes some ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during April 1849.

April 1849
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1 April

List of shipwrecks: 1 April 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Petrel United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The schooner was inundated with water and sank during a heavy storm off Waikanae Beach, with the loss of two lives.[1]

4 April

List of shipwrecks: 4 April 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Example  United States The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Eli Whitney ( United States). Example was on a voyage from Staten Island, New York to a port in Virginia.[2]

6 April

List of shipwrecks: 6 April 1849
ShipCountryDescription
HDMS Christian VIII  Royal Danish Navy First Schleswig War, Battle of Eckernförde: The second rate ship of the line was damaged by Prussian artillery and was beached at Eckernförde. She was subsequently refloated but grounded again, caught fire and exploded with the loss of 100 of her 800 crew.[3]
HDMS Gefion  Royal Danish Navy First Schleswig War, Battle of Eckernförde: The fifth rate frigate was severely damaged by Prussian artillery at Eckernförde. She was consequently captured by the Prussians with the loss of 200 of her 300 crew.[3]

9 April

List of shipwrecks: 9 April 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Betsey  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in Robin Hoods Bay, Yorkshire.[4]

10 April

List of shipwrecks: May 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Coldstream  United Kingdom The brig departed from Montego Bay, Jamaica]] for London. She was subsequently wrecked in the Cayman Islands.[5]

12 April

List of shipwrecks: 12 April 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Crescent  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Abertay Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Forfarshire, She was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to a Baltic port.[4]
Hope  France The schooner ran agroudn at South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from South Shields to Alexandria, Egypt.[4]

15 April

List of shipwrecks: 15 April 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Friendship  United Kingdom The sloop sprang a leak and foundered 7 nautical miles (13 km) south of the Dudgeon Sandbank, in the North Sea. Her crew survived.[6]

16 April

List of shipwrecks: 16 April 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Wave  United States The schooner was wrecked in the Tusket Islands, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to Halifax, Nova Scotia.[7]

18 April

List of shipwrecks: 18 April 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Agenoria  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Penlee Point, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to a Welsh port. She was refloated on 24 April and taken in to Penzance, Cornwall.[8]
Mary Ann  United Kingdom The ship was in collision with Amphitrite ( United Kingdom) and was abandoned in the English Channel off Beachy Head, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to London. Mary Ann was taken in to Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France.[9]
Myriam  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at "Albisala". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Genoa to Savona, Kingdom of Sardinia.[8]

19 April

List of shipwrecks: 19 April 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Ernest Theodore  France The ship was wrecked at Capbreton, Landes. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bayonne, Pyrénées-Atlantiques to Nantes, Loire-Atlantique.[2]
Martha Washington  United States The ship was wrecked at Getares, Spain with the loss of two lives. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France to New York.[10]
Nouvelle Eu  France The ship was wrecked at "Norir" with the loss of all hands.[8]

20 April

List of shipwrecks: 20 April 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Tullimet  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Helsingør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire to Pillau, Prussia.[2]

21 April

List of shipwrecks: 21 April 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Joven Lucie  Spain The ship was driven ashore at Sheerness, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Tarragona to London, United Kingdom. She was refloated on 25 April.[2]
Olimpie  France The barque was wrecked at Algeciras, Spain. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Senegal.[10]

22 April

List of shipwrecks: 22 April 1849
ShipCountryDescription
St. Anne  United Kingdom The ship was lost off the Banana Islands, Sierra Leone. She was on a voyage from Sierra Leone to London.[11]
Volgange  Sweden The sloop ran aground on the Sundischen Wicse.[2]

25 April

List of shipwrecks: April 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Mandingo  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Whitby Rock. She was refloated andput in to Scarborough. Yorkshire in a leaky condition.[2]

26 April

List of shipwrecks: 26 April 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Primrose  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was refloated and taken in to Harwich, Essex in a leaky condition.[2]

29 April

List of shipwrecks: 29 April 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Hannah  United Kingdom The brig was holed by ice and foundered in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence with the loss of 49 lives. She was on a voyage from Newry, County Antrim to Quebec City, Canada.
Ocean Queen United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The ship was wrecked on the Half Moon Rock, off the coast of Nova Scotia.[12]

30 April

List of shipwrecks: 30 April 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Gregorius  United Kingdom The ship was lost off "Trefontana" Sicily. She was on a voyage from Galaţi, Ottoman Empire to a British port.[11][13]
Two Friends  United Kingdom The ship departed from Panama City, Republic of New Granada for San Francisco, Alta California. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[14]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in April 1849
ShipCountryDescription
Laurel  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Larne, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Pärnu, Russia.[8]
Old England  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Yangtse Kiang. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Shanghai, China. She was refloated.[15]
Swatara  United States The ship was driven ashore and wrecked south of the Delaware Capes in late April. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Ingram, C. W. N., and Wheatley, P. O., (1936) Shipwrecks: New Zealand disasters 1795–1936. Dunedin, NZ: Dunedin Book Publishing Association. pp. 48–49.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Ship News". The Times (20162). London. 28 April 1849. col F, p. 8.
  3. 1 2 "The State of the Continent". The Times (20146). London. 10 April 1849. col A-D, p. 6.
  4. 1 2 3 "Ship News". The Times (20150). London. 14 April 1849. col E, p. 8.
  5. ↑ "West India and Mexican Mails". The Times (20183). London. 23 May 1849. col A-B, p. 8.
  6. ↑ Bottomley, Alan Farquar. "Shipwrecks at or near Walberswick from 1848 – 1874" (PDF). Suffolk Records Society. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
  7. 1 2 "Ship News". The Times (20177). London. 16 May 1849. col F, p. 8.
  8. 1 2 3 4 "Ship News". The Times (20161). London. 27 April 1849. col E, p. 7.
  9. ↑ "Ship News". The Times (20155). London. 20 April 1849. col D, p. 8.
  10. 1 2 "Shipping Intelligence". The Times (20169). London. 7 May 1849. col F, p. 5.
  11. 1 2 "Ship News". The Times (20203). London. 15 June 1849. col E, p. 8.
  12. ↑ "Ship News". The Times (20202). London. 14 June 1849. col F, p. 7.
  13. ↑ "Ship News". The Times (202). London. June 1849.
  14. ↑ "Ship News". The Times (20350). London. 4 December 1849. col E, p. 8.
  15. ↑ "Ship News". The Times (20214). London. 28 June 1849. col E, p. 7.
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