The list of shipwrecks in April 1844 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during April 1844.
1 April
2 April
List of shipwrecks: 2 April 1844 Ship | State | Description |
Alice | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the North Sea off the north Kent coast with some loss of life.[5] |
Baltimore | United States | The ship was driven ashore at Memel, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Memel to London, United Kingdom.[6] |
Elida | Norway | The ship ran aground and was damaged leaving Svelvik. She put back to Svelvik.[3] |
Helen | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Edisto Island, South Carolina, United States, and was abandoned by her crew.[7] |
Koninginn | Prussia | The ship ran aground at Memel. She was on a voyage from Memel to Bristol, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Memel.[6] |
Penelope | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and was damaged leaving Svelvik. She put back to Svelvil.[3] |
Stadt | Netherlands | The steamship was holed and sank at Vlissingen, Zeeland. She was refloated.[4] |
Stillman | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked off Whydah, Dahomey with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim, to Whydah.[8] |
3 April
4 April
5 April
6 April
List of shipwrecks: 6 April 1844 Ship | State | Description |
Ann Eliza | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at the mouth of the Danube. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from an English port to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.[16] She had been refloated by 1 May.[23] |
Friendship | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, to London. She was refloated and put in to Wivenhoe, Essex.[4][15] |
Hercules | United Kingdom | The paddle steamer ran aground in the River Avon. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, to Llanelly, Glamorgan.[15] |
Neptunus | Hamburg | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York, United States, to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands.[7] |
7 April
8 April
9 April
10 April
11 April
List of shipwrecks: 11 April 1844 Ship | State | Description |
Fancy | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Doom Bar. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire, to Brixham, Devon. She was refloated.[22] |
King William | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Flotta, Orkney Islands, and sank. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Stettin.[2][32] She was refloated on 15 April and beached at Stromness to be repaired.[25] |
Rapid | United Kingdom | The ship sank at Hubberstone Pill, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk.[33] She was refloated the next day and taken in to Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire.[34] |
Rosebud | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Swine Bottoms. She was on a voyage from Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, to a Baltic port. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Helsingør, Denmark, for repairs.[25] |
12 April
13 April
14 April
15 April
16 April
17 April
18 April
19 April
20 April
22 April
23 April
24 April
List of shipwrecks: 24 April 1844 Ship | State | Description |
Bandicoot | Van Diemen's Land | The schooner was driven ashore between The Heads and George Town. She was refloated on 27 April and taken into Launceston.[53] |
Julius | Sweden | The ship was in collision with a sloop and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from "Jernavik" to Malmö.[54] |
Marshall | United Kingdom | The ship was lost off the west coast of Jutland near "Laurvig". She was on a voyage from London to Königsberg, Prussia.[51] |
Patriot | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at "Tannager", Norway. She was on a voyage from Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, to a Baltic port. She was refloated and taken in to Tannager.[6] |
Star | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Dunnet Head, Caithness. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Dingwall, Ross-shire.[31] |
St. John | British North America | The ship was driven ashore in the Dardanelles near Koum Kali, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. She was consequently condemned.[55][7] |
25 April
26 April
27 April
List of shipwrecks: 27 April 1844 Ship | State | Description |
Aviso | Spain | The ship ran aground at Puerta Mala. She was refloated the next day.[59] |
Forth | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Manila, Spanish East Indies, for Falmouth, Cornwall. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[60] |
Heart of Oak | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Clee Ness, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, to Scarborough, Yorkshire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[31] |
Jane Martell | Jersey | The ship was lost near Arichat, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Jersey to Arichat.[61] |
Jessie Ritchie | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Jardine Reefs. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Havana, Cuba.[61] |
Patriot | United Kingdom | The ship struck a rock and was damaged at Stavanger, Norway. She was on a voyage from Fraserburg, Aberdeenshire, to a Baltic port. She put in to Stavanger.[56] |
Teazer | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Jardine Reefs. She was on a voyage from Trinidad to Boston, Massachusetts.[61] |
Waterman No.10 | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground and sank at Hastings, Sussex.[62] She was refloated on 29 April.[31][63] |
28 April
29 April
30 April
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in April 1844 Ship | State | Description |
Ashantee | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked at Assinie, Ivory Coast. Her crew were rescued.[65] |
Bridget Timmens | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America, to an English port. She was subsequently towed in to Salem, Massachusetts, United States, in a waterlogged condition.[16] |
Gladiator | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Sandy Hook, New Jersey, United States. She was on a voyage from London to New York, United States. She was refloated, and arrived at New York on 19 April.[16] |
Jane Walker | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 13 April.[18] |
Margaretta | United Kingdom | The sloop sank at Cardigan.[20] |
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