List of shipwrecks in April 1829
The list of shipwrecks in April 1829 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during April 1829.
| April 1829 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 |
| 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | Unknown date | ||
| References | ||||||
3 April
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Myrtle |  United Kingdom |
The ship was lost on Ragged Island, Bahamas. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bermuda to Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America.[1] |
4 April
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hope |  United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked on the Fisherman's Flat, off Calcutta, India. Her crew were rescued.[2] |
9 April
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Glasgow | United Kingdom |
The ship ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off Hartlepool, County Durham.[3] She was refloated on 21 April and taken in to Hartlepool in a severely damaged condition.[4] |
| Grabe | United Kingdom |
The ship foundered off Bangor, Caernarfonshire. She was on a voyage from Bangor to Ipswich, Suffolk.[3] |
| Hawk | United Kingdom |
The ship foundered in the North Sea off Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland with the loss of two lives.[4] |
10 April
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Jessie | United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked off "Grassholm Island, Jutland. She was on a voyage from Funen, Denmark to London.[5] |
11 April
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Betsey | United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk.[3] |
12 April
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Henry & Harriet | United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked at Sumburgh, Shetland Islands with the loss of four of her crew.[4] |
15 April
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ayr | United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Witsand Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Penzance, Cornwall.[6] |
| Letitia Tennant | United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly. She was on a voyage from Limerick to London.[7] |
19 April
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Neptune | United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked at the mouth of the Nun River, Nigeria. Her crew were rescued.[8] |
20 April
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Harper | United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Southport, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Westport, County Mayo to Southport.[9] |
| Potton | United Kingdom |
The ship foundered off Flores Island, Azores. All on board survived. She was on a voyage from Sierra Leone to London.[10][11] |
23 April
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Echo | United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore and capsized at Bolderāja, Russia.[12] |
| Marwood | United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore at Bolderāja.[12] |
| Providentia |  Duchy of Holstein |
The ship foundered in the North Sea off the Haisborough Sands. She was on a voyage from Kiel to London, United Kingdom.[13] |
| Thomas Hodgson | United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore at Bolderāja.[12] |
24 April
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| James | United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked on the Corton Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to London.[13][14] |
| John and Mary | United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore at Eastbourne, Sussex. She was later refloated.[13][15] |
| Jolly Sailor | United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Eastbourne.[13] |
27 April
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bee | United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked at Sunderland, County Durham.[16] |
| George & Henry | United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked at Sunderland.[16] |
| Hope | United Kingdom |
The brig foundered in the Bristol Channel off Hartland Point, Devon with the loss of six of her seven crew.[17] |
| Perdaves | United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Rosecastle".[5] |
28 April
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Baring | United Kingdom |
The ship departed from South Shields, County Durham for Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. No further trace, presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.[18] |
| Diamond | United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked on the coast of County Limerick with the loss of two lives.[19] |
| Esther | United Kingdom |
The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Robin Hoods Bay, Yorkshire where she was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[16] |
| Fame | United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Holyhead, Anglesey. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Palermo, Sicily to Liverpool, Lancashire.[20] |
| Felicia | United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Holyhead. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to "Zelling".[10] |
| Fowler | United Kingdom |
The sloop was driven ashore near Whitby, Yorkshire.[14] |
| Friends | United Kingdom |
The sloop was driven ashore near Whitby.[14] |
| Harlequin | United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked near Holyhead. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Pernambuco, Brazil to Liverpool.[20] |
| Hope | United Kingdom |
The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel off Hartland Point, Devon with the loss of all bar her captain. She was on a voyage from London to Bridgwater, Somerset.[21] |
| Hope | United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked on South Georgia.[22] |
| Iona or Jona | United Kingdom |
The ship struck the Kettlebottom Sand, in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth and foundered. Her crew were rescued.[10][14] |
| John | United Kingdom |
The ship struck the Barber Sand, in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth and foundered. Her crew were rescued.[10][14] |
| Matilda | United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Padstow, Cornwall with the loss of three lives. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex.[11][16] |
| Portsoy | United Kingdom |
The sloop was wrecked at Portsoy, Aberdeenshire. She was on a voyage from Macduff, Aberdeenshire to London.[23] |
| Superb | United Kingdom |
The ship was lost on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex with the loss of two of her five crew. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to London.[21][23] Survivors, and crew members from the smack Paul Pry ( United Kingdom), which had gone to her assistance and were stranded on the wreck when their boat was smashed, were rescued by Lively ( United Kingdom).[24] |
29 April
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alexander | United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore near Bangor, Caernarfonshire.[16] |
| HMS Barham |  Royal Navy |
The third rate ship of the line ran aground off Bonaire and was severely damaged. She was refloated the next day having thrown 37 cannon overboard.[25] |
| Betsey | United Kingdom |
The schooner foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all six crew.[26] |
| Better Luck Still | United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France. She was on a voyage from London to Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex.[21] |
| Brothers | United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked on the Head Sand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Inverness to London.[16] |
| Buboa | United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked at Fishguard, Pembrokeshire.[16] |
| Fanny | United Kingdom |
The sloop was wrecked off North Somercotes, Lincolnshire with the loss of all seven people on board.[16] |
| Kate | United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore at Mockbeggar, Cheshire.[16] |
| Margaret | United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked near North Sunderland, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Rosehearty, Aberdeenshire to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[21][27] |
| New Albion | United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked near Scarborough, Yorkshire with the loss of three lives.[11][16] |
| Phœnix | United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore near Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France. She was on a voyage from London to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France.[16] |
| Sarah and Eliza | United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore near Appledore, Devon. She was on a voyage from Gloucester to Sunderland, County Durham.[16] |
| Star | United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore at North Somercotes. Her crew were rescued.[28] |
30 April
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Henry | United Kingdom |
The ship foundered off Saint Tudwal's Islands, Caernarfonshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[21] |
| Perseverance | United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent with the loss of four of her nine crew. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Dublin.[11][27] |
| Temple | United Kingdom |
The ship was lost in the "Camoynas".[29] |
Unknown date
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cambria | United Kingdom |
The collier foundered in the English Channel off Portland, Dorset in early April with some loss of life.[30] |
| Chieftain | United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Herne Bay, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Saint Vincent.[20] |
| Isabella | United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked whilst on a voyage from Alnmouth to London in early April.[3] |
References
- "Ship News". The Morning Chronicle. No. 18616. 15 May 1829.
- "Naval Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc. No. 959. 18 September 1829.
- "Ship News". The Standard. No. 595. 13 April 1829.
- "Shipping Intelligence". The Hull Packet and Humber Mercury. No. 2319. 28 April 1829.
- "Ship News". The Morning Chronicle. No. 18603. 30 April 1829.
- "Ship News". The Standard. No. 600. 18 April 1829.
- "From Lloyd's List – April 21". Caledonian Mercury. No. 16797. 25 April 1829.
- "Naval Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc. No. 949. 10 July 1829.
- "Ship News". The Standard. No. 603. 22 April 1829.
- "Ship News". The Morning Post. No. 18217. 2 May 1829.
- "From Lloyd's List – May 1". Caledonian Mercury. No. 16801. 4 May 1829.
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- "Naval Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury. No. 16808. 21 May 1829.
| Ship events in 1829 | |||||||||||
| Ship launches: | 1824 | 1825 | 1826 | 1827 | 1828 | 1829 | 1830 | 1831 | 1832 | 1833 | 1834 |
| Ship commissionings: | 1824 | 1825 | 1826 | 1827 | 1828 | 1829 | 1830 | 1831 | 1832 | 1833 | 1834 |
| Ship decommissionings: | 1824 | 1825 | 1826 | 1827 | 1828 | 1829 | 1830 | 1831 | 1832 | 1833 | 1834 |
| Shipwrecks: | 1824 | 1825 | 1826 | 1827 | 1828 | 1829 | 1830 | 1831 | 1832 | 1833 | 1834 |
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