The list of shipwrecks in April 1837 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during April 1837.
1 April
List of shipwrecks: 1 April 1837 Ship | State | Description |
Calypso | United Kingdom | The ship departed from London for Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[1] |
Harriet | British North America | The sealer was driven ashore at Grates Cove, Newfoundland. She was later refloated.[2] |
Isabella | Van Diemen's Land | The barque was wrecked at Cape Nelson. All on board survived. She was on a voyage from Launceston, Tasmania to Spencer Gulf, South Australia.[3][4] |
Nahant | United States | The ship was struck by lightning in the Atlantic Ocean. She caught fire and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[5] |
Prince Regent | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Drogheda, County Louth. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Pembrey, Carmarthenshire to Drogheda.[6] |
2 April
List of shipwrecks: 2 April 1837 Ship | State | Description |
Amethyst | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Ryhope, County Durham.[7] |
Betsey | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and abandoned near Swansea, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Dublin.[8] |
Domus | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore between Hartlepool and Sunderland, County Durham.[9] |
Hopewell | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged between Hartlepool and Sunderland.[10][7] |
Jarvis | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Sunderland.[9] |
Jarrow | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged between Seaham and Sunderland.[11] |
Josephine | France | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Hendon, County Durham. Her crew were rescued by the Sunderland Lifeboat.[11][7] |
Lavinia | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked between Hartlepool and Sunderland.[9] |
Leah | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall to Newfoundland, British North America.[12] |
Nancy | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Dunany Point, County Louth. She was refloated on 10 April and taken in to Dundalk.[13][14] |
New Concord | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore between Sunderland and Hartlepool.[9] |
Peggy | United Kingdom | The ship was in collision with another vessel and was consequently beached between Neath and Swansea, Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[9][7] |
Pleasant | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and severely damaged between Hartlepool and Sunderland.[9][7] |
Sarah | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Swansea for Liverpool, Lancashire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[15] |
Smith | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Old Seaham, County Durham.[7] |
Speculation | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore at Sunderland.[9][7] |
Sussex | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore between Seaham and Sunderland.[11][7] |
Victory | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on rocks off Hendon.[11] |
3 April
List of shipwrecks: 3 April 1837 Ship | State | Description |
Albion | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the English Channel off Fairlight, Sussex. Her crew were rescued by Alfred ( United Kingdom).[9] |
Assiduous | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Black Hall Rocks, County Durham. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Boston, Lincolnshire to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[16] |
Betsey and Mary | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Robin Hoods Bay, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued.[11] |
Eagle | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and sank in the River Eske. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Donegal.[8] |
Incertus | United Kingdom | The ship was in collision with George ( United Kingdom) and foundered off Fairlight. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Dublin.[17] |
New Manley | United Kingdom | The ship struck The Manacles, Cornwall and sank. Her crew were rescued, She was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk to Sligo.[9] |
Vernon | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Laxey, Isle of Man. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[6] |
4 April
5 April
6 April
7 April
8 April
List of shipwrecks: 8 April 1837 Ship | State | Description |
Furst Hardenburg | Stettin | The ship was driven ashore at Helsingør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Stettin to an English Port. Furst Hardenburg was later refloated and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark.[30][31] |
Neutral | Norway | The brig sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea off Bawdsey, Suffolk, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dram to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands110437.[24][28] |
Petite Louise | France | The ship was wrecked on a reef off "Kaneun Island", Mexico. All on board were rescued.[32] |
Pilot | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Penarth, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Waterford.[8] |
Proven | United States | The ship was driven ashore at Castrup, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Danzig to the United States.[33][31] Proven was later refloated and towed into Copenhagen.[34] |
Swallow | United Kingdom | The brig foundered off Fresh Water, Newfoundland, British North America with the loss of all nine crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to St. John's, Newfoundland.[35] |
William IV | United Kingdom | The ship sank on the Nore. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London.[23] |
9 April
10 April
11 April
List of shipwrecks: 11 April 1837 Ship | State | Description |
Alceste | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Navarino, Greece. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Trieste.[41][42] |
Cupido | Stralsund | The ship was driven ashore near Stralsund. She was on a voyage from Stralsund to New York, United States.[43] |
Ganges | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Cushendall Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Maranhão, Brazil to Liverpool, Lancashire.[38][44] Ganges was refloated on 15 April and taken in to Larne, County Antrim for repairs.[30] |
Haddo House | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on the south coast of Møn, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Danzig.[31] |
Penrhos | United Kingdom | The barque foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (36°50′N 9°55′W / 36.833°N 9.917°W / 36.833; -9.917). Her crew were rescued by Nieuew Onderneming ( Netherlands).[45][46] |
Peleka or Twa Gebroeders | Netherlands | The galiot was discovered waterlogged and abandoned off Texel, North Holland. She was towed in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, United Kingdom by Perseverance ( United Kingdom).[47][43][48] |
Phœnix | United Kingdom | The collier, a brig, foundered in the Dogger Bank with the loss of two of her crew. Survivors were rescued by a Dutch fishing vessel. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Copenhagen.[49][50] |
St. Thomas | Kingdom of the Two Sicilies | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near "Prestoe", Denmark. She was on a voyage from Messina to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[51][31] |
Two Sisters | United Kingdom | The ship sank in the River Tay. Her crew were rescued.[43] |
12 April
13 April
16 April
17 April
List of shipwrecks: 17 April 1837 Ship | State | Description |
Henricus | United States | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of five of her crew. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Manzanilla, Trinidad.[55] |
Princess | United Kingdom | The ship struck a reef, sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Mediterranean Sea. She was on a voyage from Bahia, Brazil to Trieste. Princess was later driven ashore at Cape Passero, Sicily. She was later refloated and taken into Palermo for repairs.[56][57] |
Sophia Charlotte | Duchy of Holstein | The ship was driven ashore near Flensburg. She was on a voyage from Flensburg to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[58] |
Venus | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Darß, Prussia. Her crew were rescued.[46][59] |
Westchester | United States | The ship was struck by lightning and set on fire whilst on a voyage from New York to Liverpool. She put into Portsmouth, New Hampshire, where she was scuttled.[56] |
18 April
19 April
20 April
21 April
22 April
23 April
25 April
27 April
28 April
List of shipwrecks: 28 April 1837 Ship | State | Description |
Dolphin | Netherlands | The ship was wrecked on "Beri Island". She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland to Havana, Cuba.[32] |
Four Sisters | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk to South Shields, County Durham. Four Sisters was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.[5] |
Kitty | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Whitby, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Wisbech, Cambridgeshire to Seaham, County Durham. Kitty was refloated the next day and taken into Whitby.[5] |
Mary | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Flamborough Head. She was on a voyage from Dungeness, Kent to Sunderland, County Durham. Mary was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.[5] |
New Hope | United Kingdom | The ship was in collision with a canal boat and sank in the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal. She was on a voyage from Barrow-in-Furness, Cumberland to Gloucester.[63] |
William | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Flamborough Head. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[5] |
29 April
30 April
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in April 1837 Ship | State | Description |
Alpha | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the west coast of Jutland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Danzig.[51][80] |
Brunswick | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off Padstow, Cornwall before 8 April.[80] |
Caroline | United Kingdom | The ship was sunk by ice at St. John's, Newfoundland, British North America.[2] |
Carroll | United States | The brig was wrecked off Cape Lookout. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Baltimore, Maryland.[53] |
Catherina | Duchy of Holstein | The ship was driven ashore at Spurn Point, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Flensburg to Fisherrow, Lothian, United Kingdom.[81] |
Diligence | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Marbella, Spain.[82] She had been refloated by mid-May and taken in to Málaga.[26] |
Dream | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Green Island, British North America with the loss of seven of her crew. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Miramichi, New Brunswick, British North America.[76] |
Eunice | British North America | The sealer was wrecked in Newfoundland. Her crew were rescued.[2] |
Fair America | United States | The fishing schooner sank in a gale on the Georges Bank. Lost with all 7 crew.[83] |
Fancy | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to King's Lynn, Norfolk.[44] |
Hope | United States | The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 17 April.[84] |
Isabella | Van Diemen's Land | The ship was wrecked in Portland Bay, New South Wales before 7 April. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Launceston to the Spencer Gulf.[85][86] |
Justina | France | The ship was driven ashore at "Carmeyne". She was on a voyage from Mogadore, Morocco to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône.[25] |
Kate | British North America | The sealer, a schooner, was crushed by ice and sank in Bonavista Bay.[2] |
Mexican | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Jutland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Copenhagen, Denmark.[51][31] |
Nioord | Norway | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 300 nautical miles (560 km) south west of The Lizard, Cornwall, United Kingdom on or before 8 April.[69][59] She was on a voyage from Tarragona, Spain to Guernsey, Channel Islands.[70] |
Proven | United States | The ship was driven ashore at Helsingør. She was on a voyage from Danzig to New York. Proven was later refloated and taken in to Copenhagen.[30] |
Scotsman | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Køge Bay before 16 April.[30] She was refloated that day and towed into Copenhagen.[49] |
St. Jubilee | United States | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean.[87] |
Triestina | France | The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Camargue, Bouches-du-Rhône. She was on a voyage from Mogadore, Morocco to Marseille.[38] |
Venus | British North America | The sealer was abandoned in Bonavista Bay. Her crew were rescued.[2] |
Venus | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Stralsund. She was refloated on 10 June and resumed her voyage to Riga, Russia.[88] |
Vesta | United States | The fishing schooner sank in a gale on the Georges Bank. Lost with all 7 hands.[89][90] |
Ward | United Kingdom | The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to an American port. Ward subsequently came ashore at La Flotte, Île de Ré, Charente-Maritime, France.[58][91][53] She was later refloated and taken in to La Flotte.[59] |
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