List of shipwrecks in April 1876
The list of shipwrecks in April 1876 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during April 1876 .
1 April
2 April
3 April
4 April
List of shipwrecks: 4 April 1876
Ship
State
Description
Ceres
Norway
The schooner ran aground on the Cabadello Rock, off Oporto , Portugal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Oporto to Rio de Janeiro , Brazil .[ 11]
Fritz Schmidt
United States
The ship was towed in to Brunswick, Georgia in a sinking condition. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia to Riga , Russia .[ 12]
Gladstone
Netherlands
The barque was driven ashore on The Burroo, off the Calf of Man , Isle of Man with the loss of three of her nine crew. Survivors were rescued by Port Erin fishermen. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire , United Kingdom to Dantzic , and/or Memel , Germany .[ 11] [ 13] [ 14] Gladstone was refloated with the assistance of a tug on 22 April and was towed in to Port Erin. She was deemed a constructive total loss .[ 15]
Hannah Douglas
United Kingdom
The brig was wrecked 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south of the South Stack , Anglesey . Her six crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Seville , Spain to Liverpool.[ 11] [ 16]
Helen J. Holway
United States
The schooner stranded in a snowstorm near Life Saving Station No. 21, on Long Island or Fire Island , New York with the loss of six of her seven crew. She was on a voyage from Cienfuegos , Cuba to New York City .[ 17] [ 18] [ 19] [ 20]
Idabella
United States
The schooner was beached in a snowstorm near Cape Cod , Massachusetts with the loss of a crew member.[ 17] Also reported as being abandoned at sea, with her five crew rescued by the barque Kellus ( Norway ). Idabella was on a voyage from Newcastle, Delaware to Halifax, Nova Scotia , Canada .[ 21] [ 22]
John Boyle
United Kingdom
The steamship was run into by the steamship Emma Lawson and sank in the English Channel 50 nautical miles (93 km) south west of Start Point, Devon . Her twenty crew were rescued by Emma Lawson . John Boyle was on a voyage from South Shields , County Durham to Gibraltar .[ 23]
Maria Angela
Italy
The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at Aigues-Mortes , Gard , France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Palermo , Sicily to Cette , Hérault , France.[ 19]
Maria Wheeler
United States
The ship was wrecked on Rum Cay.[ 12]
Ralph M. Hayward
United States
The schooner collided with the steamship Revira ( Spain ) and sank 35 nautical miles (65 km) south west of the South Stack. Her crew were rescued by Revira . Ralph M. Hayward was on a voyage from Liverpool to Havana , Cuba .[ 11] [ 16]
Tunstall , andUsworth
United Kingdom
The steamships collided in the Elbe and were both severely damaged.[ 1]
5 April
List of shipwrecks: 5 April 1876
Ship
State
Description
Andean
United Kingdom
The steamship caught fire at Liverpool , Lancashire . The fire was extinguished.[ 13]
Blair Athole
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground in the River Foyle . She was on a voyage from Burry Port , Glamorgan to Londonderry .[ 13]
Ceres
France
The schooner was wrecked near Smögen , Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Nantes , Loire-Inférieure to Christiania , Norway.[ 19]
H. L. Routh , andR. Webster
United States
The barques collided at Portland, Maine . Both vessels were severely damaged.[ 24]
Iona
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on Anholt , Denmark. She was on a voyage from Wick, Caithness to Königsberg , Germany . She was refloated and taken in to Fredrikshavn , Denmark.[ 13]
J. M. Lennard
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground near Maassluis , South Holland , Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough , Yorkshire to Rotterdam , South Holland. She was refloated with the assistance of a number of tugs .[ 13]
Laura
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Hornbæk .[ 25] [ 26] [ 27] She was on a voyage from South Shields , County Durham , United Kingdom to Stettin , Germany.[ 28]
Unnamed
United Kingdom
River Dee ferryboat disaster : The ferryboat capsized in the River Dee with the loss of 32 of the 76 people on board.
6 April
List of shipwrecks: 6 April 1876
Ship
State
Description
Eleonore
Norway
The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Nidingen , Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth , Stirlingshire , United Kingdom to Bolderāja , Russia .[ 25]
Glengarnock
United Kingdom
The steamship was driven ashore at Brennan Head, Isle of Arran .[ 25] She was refloated on 8 April.[ 26]
Greina
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked in a hurricane at Petit-Trou , Trinidad . She was on a voyage from Saint Domingo to Falmouth, Cornwall .[ 29]
Harlingen
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore on Skagen , Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Wismar , Germany .[ 19] [ 20] She subsequently became a wreck.[ 30]
Indus
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground on the Monsecar Reef, off Malta . She was on a voyage from Suez , Egypt to Malta. She was refloated and taken in to Malta.[ 25]
Irene
Norway
The brig was driven ashore on Skagen. She was on a voyage from Charlestown, Cornwall , United Kingdom to Copenhagen , Denmark.[ 19]
Humboldt
United States
The ship sank at Pascagoula, Mississippi .[ 25]
Lochnagar
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore on Læsø , Denmark. She was on a voyage from Charlestown, Cornwall to Dantzic , Germany. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 19]
Mont Blanc
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore on Skagen. She was on a voyage from Glasgow , Renfrewshire to Stettin , Germany.[ 19]
7 April
List of shipwrecks: 7 April 1876
Ship
State
Description
August
Germany
The barque was driven ashore at Gilleleje , Denmark. She was on a voyage from Glasgow , Renfrewshire , United Kingdom to Stettin . She was refloated and towed in to Helsingør , Denmark in a severely leaky condition.[ 25] [ 26] [ 29]
Baldoran
United Kingdom
The ship departed from Bluff Harbour , New Zealand for Valparaíso , Chile. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands, about twenty lives.[ 31]
Cambridgeshire
United Kingdom
The ship was damaged by an onboard explosion at South Shields , County Durham . Two of her crew were severely wounded.[ 32]
Harvest Queen
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground on the Carr Rock. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Dundee , Forfarshire . She was refloated and completed her voyage in a leaky condition.[ 33] [ 28]
Major Nanney
United Kingdom
The smack was driven ashore and wrecked at St. Gowan 's Head , Pembrokeshire .[ 26]
Richard Moxon
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Saltfleet , Lincolnshire . She was on a voyage from Ghent , East Flanders , Belgium to Goole , Yorkshire .[ 25]
Savernake
United Kingdom
The steamer was damaged in a collision with Vesuvius ( Netherlands ) 7 nautical miles (13 km) south west of Hastings , Sussex . She rescued all 32 people from Vesuvius and then was beached at Hastings to prevent sinking. Savernake was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Plymouth , Devon . She was refloated, repaired and returned to service.[ 34] [ 35] [ 25]
Vesuvius
Netherlands
The steamer was sunk in a collision with Savernake ( United Kingdom ) 7 nautical miles (13 km) south west of Hastings. All 32 people on board were rescued by Savernake and a tug .[ 34] [ 36] [ 37] Vesuvius was on a voyage from Odessa , Russia to Rotterdam , South Holland .[ 38]
Unnamed
Portugal
The fishing boat was run down by the steamship Aberdeen ( United Kingdom ) off the coast of Portugal. Her crew were rescued by Aberdeen .[ 39]
8 April
9 April
10 April
List of shipwrecks: 10 April 1876
Ship
State
Description
Bella Keith
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on Hog Island, off Kilrush , County Clare . She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland , United States to Kilrush.[ 42] [ 44]
Eliezer
Germany
The ship was driven ashore at Dragør , Denmark. She was on a voyage from Dantzic to Caernarfon , United Kingdom . She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 26]
Gurtubay
Spain
The ship ran aground. She was on a voyage from Cárdenas, Cuba to Greenock , Renfrewshire , United Kingdom . She was refloated and taken in to Greenock for repairs.[ 42]
John and Alice
United Kingdom
The brigantine ran aground on the Haisborough Sands , in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk . Her crew were rescued by the fishing smack Daniel ( United Kingdom ). John and Alice was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Rotterdam , South Holland , Netherlands.[ 45]
Liberator
United States
The ship was wrecked on Great Loo Choo . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Manila , Spanish East Indies to San Francisco, California [ 46]
Lodewyk
Netherlands
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Hoek van Holland , South Holland with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Africa to Rotterdam[ 28]
Margaret Davison
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at "Trindelm", Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Lübeck , Germany . She floated off and came ashore on Læsø .[ 28]
St. Rollox
United Kingdom
The ship departed from Greenock , Renfrewshire for Belfast , County Antrim . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 9]
11 April
List of shipwrecks: 11 April 1876
Ship
State
Description
Blanche
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground in the Carlingford Lough . She was on a voyage from Port Talbot , Glamorgan to Newry , County Antrim . She was refloated and completed her voyage.[ 26]
Claudine
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground at Sligo . She was on a voyage from Sligo to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 30]
Elizabeth
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned off Buckie , Banffshire . Her five crew were rescued by the Buckie Lifeboat.[ 42] [ 47]
Frederica Wilhelmina
Germany
The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Helsingborg , Sweden.[ 30] She was on a voyage from Dantzic to Aberdeen , United Kingdom .[ 48]
Helen
New South Wales
The 165-ton brigantine was wrecked near East Cape , New Zealand while en route from Newcastle, New South Wales , to Napier, New Zealand with a cargo of coal. There were no deaths.[ 49]
Mester
United Kingdom
The sloop was wrecked on the Krantz Sand, in the North Sea with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Gloucester , United Kingdom to Hamburg , Germany .[ 26]
Nancy' s Pride
United Kingdom
The sailing boat capsized 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) off Eastbourne , Sussex with the loss of thirteen of the fifteen people on board.[ 50] [ 51]
Ondine
France
The barque was abandoned in the English Channel between Start Point, Devon and Portland, Dorset , United Kingdom. She came ashore in Lyme Bay . Ondine was subsequently towed in to Exmouth , Devon in a severely leaky condition. She was on a voyage from London to Marseille , Bouches-du-Rhône .[ 42] [ 44] [ 29]
Patrioten
Denmark
The ship was wrecked off Fanø with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Charlestown, Cornwall , United Kingdom to Esbjerg .[ 52]
Romp
United Kingdom
The schooner was wrecked at Lossiemouth , Moray . Her crew were rescued by the Coastguard . She was on a voyage from Nairn to Paisley, Renfrewshire .[ 42] [ 53]
Tobina
Netherlands
The schooner ran aground and sank on the Roar Bank, in the English Channel off Littlestone-on-Sea , Kent , United Kingdom with the loss of two of her seven crew. Survivors were rescued by the New Romney Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham , United Kingdom to Bahia , Brazil .[ 42] [ 47]
Utility
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground on the Horse Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of Lancashire and was wrecked with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by the Lytham Lifeboat.[ 42] [ 26]
Wyre
United Kingdom
The schooner was wrecked on the Horse Bank. Both crew were rescued by the Lytham Lifeboat.[ 26] [ 47]
Unnamed
Netherlands
The brigantine capsized off Dungeness , Kent with the loss of two of her seven crew. Survivors were rescued by the Dungeness lifeboat.[ 42]
12 April
List of shipwrecks: 12 April 1876
Ship
State
Description
Alf
Norway
The barque was driven ashore 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) north of Liepāja , Russia . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Liepāja.[ 29]
Carl Wilhelm
Sweden
The brig was driven ashore and wrecked near Falkenberg . She was on a voyage from Falkenburg to an English port.[ 29]
Duncan
United Kingdom
The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at a Baltic port. She was on a voyage from Dundee , Forfarshire to Reval , Russia .[ 22]
Elizabeth
Sweden
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked near Falkenburg. She was on a voyage from Falkenburg to an English port.[ 29]
Eugenie
Sweden
The brig was driven ashore and wrecked near Falkenburg. She was on a voyage from Falkenburg to an English port.[ 29]
Frères et Sœurs
France
The brigantine foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (47°29′N 40°30′W / 47.483°N 40.500°W / 47.483; -40.500 ).[ 54] Her crew were rescued by Bonte ( France ).[ 55]
Johanne
Germany
The ship ran aground in Aalbak Bay. She was on a voyage from Memel to an English port. She was refloated and taken in to Fredrikshavn , Denmark.[ 29]
Neptune
United States
The ship was wrecked on Cape Sable Island , Nova Scotia , Canada . Her crew were rescued.[ 56] [ 57] She was on a voyage from Liverpool to New York .[ 58]
Olto
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Dutch coast with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool , County Durham to Riga .[ 29]
Sonntag
Germany
The barque was driven ashore on Hirsholmene , Denmark.[ 29] She was on a voyage from Stettin to Gloucester , United Kingdom . She was refloated and taken in to Copenhagen , Denmark.[ 30]
Vaaren
Denmark
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked near Falkenburg. She was on a voyage from Falkenburg to an English port.[ 29]
William Dobson
Canada
The ship was wrecked on the Bonqueron Reef. All on board survived.[ 55]
13 April
List of shipwrecks: 13 April 1876
Ship
State
Description
Atlantic
United Kingdom
The barque ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex . She was on a voyage from Dundee , Forfarshire to Coquimbo , Chile. She was refloated with assistance and taken in to The Downs .[ 48]
Egmont
New Zealand
The 52-ton steamer was holed on rocks while leaving the mouth of the Patea River and foundered.[ 59]
Harlington
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Skagen , Denmark. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Wismar , Germany .[ 22]
Irene
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Skagen.[ 22]
Jens Jorgensen
Denmark
The schooner foundered. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Ella ( United Kingdom ). Jens Jorgensen was on a voyage from Fraserburgh , Aberdeenshire to Charlestown, Cornwall , United Kingdom .[ 60]
Lightning
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground in the Douro and became waterlogged.[ 45]
Margaret McDonald
United Kingdom
The ship departed from Sunderland for Le Tréport , Seine-Inférieure , France. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 9] [ 61]
Mount Blairy
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on Skagen. She was on a voyage from Glasgow , Renfrewshire to Stettin , Germany.[ 22]
Ragschild
Denmark
The ship was wrecked on the Anholt Reef, in the Baltic Sea . She was on a voyage from Bo'ness , Lothian , United Kingdom to Aarhus .[ 22]
Sakuntala
Norway
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked near Husby, Denmark . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Padstow , Cornwall , United Kingdom to Christiania .[ 60]
Scandinavian
Denmark
The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at a Baltic port. She was on a voyage from Helsingør to Reval , Russia .[ 22]
Tiger
Germany
The steamship was discovered derelict off Ameland , Friesland , Netherlands by the steamship Falke ( Germany ). She was towed in to the Nieuwe Diep.[ 62]
Four unnamed vessels
Flags unknown
The ships were driven ashore near Gothenburg , Sweden.[ 22]
Unnamed
Flag unknown
The schooner ran aground on the Nore . She was refloated the next day.[ 45]
14 April
List of shipwrecks: 14 April 1876
Ship
State
Description
Accord
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore south of Grimsby , Lincolnshire .[ 43]
Adupard
United Kingdom
The steamship was driven ashore near San Cataldo, Sicily , Italy .[ 45] She was refloated and taken in to Brindisi .[ 63]
Alabama
United Kingdom
The schooner was wrecked on the Woolpack Sands, off Burnham Overy Staithe , Norfolk with the loss of two of her four crew. Survivors were rescued by the Hunstanton Lifeboat.[ 64] [ 27] She was on a voyage from Cliffe, Kent to Hull , Yorkshire .[ 65]
Alert
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Blakeney or Holkham , Norfolk. She was on a voyage from London to Gainsborough, Lincolnshire .[ 27] [ 63]
Amanda
United Kingdom
The ship was lost off North Somercotes , Lincolnshire.[ 45]
Anna Rosseta
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Holkham. She was on a voyage from London to Hull.[ 65] [ 63]
Arethusa
United Kingdom
The ketch foundered in the North Sea off Sheringham , Norfolk with the loss of all hands.[ 66]
Argo
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked between North Somercotes and Saltfleet , Lincolnshire. At least one crew member survived.[ 65] [ 45]
Brazilian , andD. C. Chapman
United Kingdom United States
The steamship Brazilian collided with the brigantine D. C. Chapman . Both vessels were severely damaged and put in to Gibraltar . Brazilian was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Genoa , Italy . D. C. Chapman was on a voyage from Gibraltar to Cádiz , Spain.[ 63]
British Queen
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Holkham. She was on a voyage from Rochester, Kent to Hull.[ 65] [ 63]
Cygenet
United Kingdom
The ship foundered off the north Norfolk coast. Wreckage washed up at Burnham Overy Staithe .[ 63]
Cyllene
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore south of Grimsby.[ 65]
Derby
United Kingdom
The steamship was sunk by ice at Reval , Russia . She was on a voyage from Hull to Reval.[ 67]
Don Antonio
United Kingdom
The steamship was driven ashore between Chapel St. Leonards and Hogsthorpe , Lincolnshire]= with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Lisbon , Portugal to Hull.[ 65] [ 45] [ 68] [ 69]
Duchess of Kent
United Kingdom
The ship was lost off North Somercotes.[ 45]
Foam
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore south of Grimsby.[ 43]
Henrietta
Germany
The barque was driven ashore at "Grafwerna".[ 30]
Henriette
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on the Swedish coast.[ 45] She was refloated and towed in to Helsingør , Denmark.[ 63]
Ino
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore south of Grimsby.[ 65]
Ixia
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground at Great Yarmouth , Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to the Charente . She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth in a leaky condition.[ 45] [ 27] [ 60]
John and Jane
United Kingdom
The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Wells-next-the-Sea , Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Hull.[ 63]
Konig Ernest August
Germany
The brig was driven ashore south of Grimsby. She was on a voyage from Swinemünde to Grimsby.[ 65]
Laura
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at Hornbæk , Denmark.[ 45]
Leonides
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore south of Grimsby.[ 65]
Liverpool
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Friskney , Lincolnshire .[ 46]
Marne
Germany
The brig was driven ashore south of Grimsby.[ 65]
Martin
Germany
The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Helsingborg.[ 30] She was later refloated and taken in to Helsingør.[ 63]
Mary M. Francis
United States
The brig was wrecked on the Dudgeon Sandbank, in the North Sea with the loss of four of her nine crew. Survivors were rescued by the full-rigged ship Carrie Clark ( United States ). Mary M. Francis was on a voyage from Portland, Maine to Leith , Lothian , United Kingdom.[ 65]
Meaborn
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore south of Grimsby.[ 65] [ 43]
Miss Nightingale
United Kingdom
The brigantine foundered off Kilnsea , Yorkshire with the loss of all seven crew. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool , County Durham to Shoreham-by-Sea , Sussex .[ 70] [ 71]
Naomi
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Mumby , Lincolnshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Norwich , Norfolk to Sunderland, County Durham .[ 68] [ 27]
Onward
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore south of Grimsby.[ 65]
Robert Adamson
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Chapel St. Leonards. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Sunderland.[ 68]
Rothbury
United Kingdom
The brig was driven onto a sandbank off Wainfleet, Lincolnshire . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Smyrna , Ottoman Empire to Hull.[ 65]
Solon
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Saltfleet. At least five crew survived.[ 65] [ 27]
Surprise
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Friskney.[ 46]
Thorney Close
United Kingdom
The brig ran aground at Mumby. Her seven crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Whitstable , Kent to Sunderland.[ 68] [ 27]
Tweed
United Kingdom
The schooner foundered in the North Sea 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) south of the Dudgeon Lightship ( Trinity House ). Her crew were rescued by the smack Milton ( United Kingdom ). Tweed was on a voyage from Sunderland to London.[ 72]
Victory
United Kingdom
The barque was wrecked on the Stoney Binks, in the North Sea off the mouth of the Humber , with the loss of all 26 people on board. She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to San Francisco, California , United States.[ 45] [ 63] [ 73]
15 April
List of shipwrecks: 15 April 1876
Ship
State
Description
Anna Cerena
Netherlands
The fishing boat was run down and sunk in the North Sea by the brig Adrian ( United Kingdom ) with the loss of six of her seven crew. The survivor was rescued the pilot cutter No. 1 ( Netherlands .[ 52] [ 43]
Clementina
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground near Almería , Spain. She was on a voyage from Oran , Algeria to Gibraltar . She was refloated with the assistance of a Spanish revenue cruiser and taken in to Málaga by the cruiser. One of Clementina ' s crew was shot and killed by the Spanish when slow to carry out an order to go below. The vessel was seized by the Spanish. A minor diplomatic incident was caused when the British Consul was refused access to the British sailors at a trial.[ 74]
Charitas
France
The barque was abandoned off Adra , Spain.[ 48] She foundered off Málaga , Spain with the loss of six crew of the steamship Maria Louise ( United Kingdom ), which had taken her in tow. Charitas was on a voyage from Marseille , Bouches-du-Rhône to Falmouth, Cornwall , United Kingdom .[ 75]
Dunsany
United Kingdom
The steamship heeled over and sank 8 nautical miles (15 km) off the mouth of the Humber with the loss of four of her twelve crew. She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to London .[ 76] [ 77] [ 78]
Elizabeth
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on Schiermonnikoog , Friesland , Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Leer , Germany .[ 45] [ 79]
Eliza Caroline
United Kingdom
The brig sprang a leak and was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Dantzic , Germany.[ 52]
Nuphar
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground on the Sheringham Shoal, in the North Sea of the coast of Norfolk . She was on a voyage from South Shields , County Durham to Genoa , Italy . She was refloated and taken in to The Downs in a leaky condition.[ 45]
Perseus
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Grimsby , Lincolnshire .[ 63]
Tamaulipas
United Kingdom
The steamship sprang a leak and was beached at Kingstown, County Dublin , where she sank. She was on a voyage from Glasgow , Renfrewshire to Dublin .[ 52]
Victory
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at the mouth of the Humber with the loss of all 25 crew. She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to San Francisco, California , United States.[ 46] [ 77]
Unnamed
Imperial Russian Navy
The corvette foundered off Piraeus , Greece .[ 80]
16 April
17 April
18 April
List of shipwrecks: 18 April 1876
Ship
State
Description
Agnes and Mary
United Kingdom
The sloop foundered off Inchcolm , Fife with the loss of all hands.[ 82]
Humboldt
Germany
The ship was driven ashore at Winterton-on-Sea , Norfolk , United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Dona Francisca , Brazil . She was refloated and towed in to Great Yarmouth , Norfolk.[ 83] [ 76] [ 77] [ 84]
Illinois
United States
The 409-ton whaler , a barque , sank in the Bering Sea south of the Bering Strait 15 minutes after colliding with the vessel Marengo ( United States ).[ 85]
Minerva
Sweden
The steamship ran aground at Sunderland, County Durham , United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Sunderland. She was refloated.[ 86]
Sperne
Austria-Hungary
The ship ran aground on the Brake Sand. She was on a voyage from South Shields , County Durham to Trieste . She was refloated and taken in to The Downs .[ 46]
Water Lily
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Showder. She was on a voyage from Blackpool to Southport , Lancashire . She was refloated the next day and completed her voyage.[ 87]
Wear
United Kingdom
The brig ran aground on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk and was abandoned by her crew.[ 60]
19 April
21 April
22 April
23 April
24 April
List of shipwrecks: 24 April 1876
Ship
State
Description
Swansea Packet
Tasmania
The ship was abandoned off the coast of Tasmania. Her crew were rescued by Malcolm Langworthy ( New South Wales ). Swansea Packet was on a voyage from Hobart to Launceston .[ 94]
25 April
26 April
27 April
28 April
List of shipwrecks: 28 April 1876
Ship
State
Description
Bavington
United Kingdom
The steam wherry was wrecked on the North Steel Rocks, off Boulmer , Northumberland . Her four crew were rescued by the Boulmer Lifeboat Robin Hood ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution ). Bavington was on a voyage from Middlesbrough , Yorkshire to Dundee , Forfarshire .[ 98] [ 47]
Dauntless
United Kingdom
The schooner was wrecked on the Hen and Chicken Rocks, in the Firth of Forth . Her crew were rescued by the tug Blue Bonnet ( United Kingdom ).[ 99] Dauntless was on a voyage from Clackmannan to a French port.[ 55]
Duncan Dunbar
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at St Andrews , Fife . She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Burghead , Moray . She was refloated and taken in to St Andrews, where she sank.[ 100] [ 55]
Gustav
Sweden
The brig ran aground on a reef off Hven . She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland , United Kingdom to Skutskär . She was refloated the next day and taken in to Helsingør , Denmark.[ 55]
Ouessant
France
The steamship foundered off Landéda , Finistère with the loss of 21 of the 23 people on board. She was on a voyage from Ouessant to Le Conquet .[ 101] [ 102]
29 April
List of shipwrecks: 29 April 1876
Ship
State
Description
Brothers
United Kingdom
The smack foundered off the Isle of May , Fife with the loss of four lives.[ 103]
Cambridge
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by Erl King . Cambridge was on a voyage from Greenock , Renfrewshire to Quebec City , Canada.[ 104] [ 105]
City of Lucknow
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at New York , United States. She was on a voyage from New York to Bristol , Gloucestershire .[ 99]
Elizabeth
United Kingdom
The Thames barge collided with the schooner Emma ( United Kingdom ) and sank in the River Thames at East Greenwich , Kent .[ 103]
Hector
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground at Copenhagen , Denmark. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Copenhagen.[ 97]
Herclades
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the coast of Patagonia , Argentina. Her crew survived, according to a message in a bottle That washed up in the Bay of Luce in late October or early November 1877.[ 106]
Northumberland
United Kingdom
The brig was wrecked at Yabucoa, Puerto Rico .[ 97]
Veribert
Sweden
The ship was driven ashore near "Skaggenaes", Sweden. She was on a voyage from Oscarshamn to Hartlepool , County Durham , United Kingdom .[ 97]
30 April
List of shipwrecks: 30 April 1876
Ship
State
Description
Charles
Sweden
The schooner was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands , in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk , United Kingdom . Her crew were rescued by the brig Isabel ( Guernsey ).[ 103] [ 47] Charles was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Dunkerque , Nord , France.[ 55]
Elizabeth Anderson
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground on the Beamer Rock, in the Firth of Forth . She was on a voyage from Charlestown, Cornwall to Aberdeen .[ 97] [ 55]
Furst Borwin III
Germany
The schooner sprang a leak and was abandoned 8 nautical miles (15 km) south of Skomer Island , Pembrokeshire , United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by Criterion ( United Kingdom ). Furst Borwin III was on a voyage from Swansea , Glamorgan to Cork , United Kingdom.[ 107]
Happy Return
United Kingdom
The schooner was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands , Kent .[ 108] [ 109] [ 110] Her crew were rescued by the tug Milton ( United Kingdom ).[ 97]
Jean Amelie
France
The barque was driven ashore and wrecked in the Zealous Inlet, Chile. She was being escorted to Punta Arenas , Chile by the corvette Magallanes ( Chilean Navy ). She was refloated on 2 May with assistance from Magallanes but consequently sank.[ 111]
Leander
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground on The Shingles, off the Isle of Wight . She was on a voyage from Southampton , Hampshire to Portmadoc , Caernarfonshire . She was refloated.[ 55]
Luisa
Spain
The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at "Portorclava", Cuba . Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Havana , Cuba to Santa Cruz de Tenerife , Canary Islands .[ 112]
Minerva
United Kingdom
The steamship put in to Belle Île , Morbihan , France on fire. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux , Gironde , France to Glasgow , Renfrewshire .[ 55]
Padeswood
United Kingdom
The schooner collided with Ellen Jones ( United Kingdom ) and sank off Skomer Island , Pembrokeshire . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the River Duddon to Swansea , Glamorgan .[ 97]
Ruby
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground on The Shingles. She was on a voyage from Cowes , Isle of Wight to Portmadoc. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 55]
Unnamed
United Kingdom
The smack ran aground on The Shingles. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 55]
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in April 1876
Ship
State
Description
Aboyne
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground at Saltholm , Denmark before 24 April. She was refloated with assistance from the steamship Svitzer ( Denmark ) and towed in to Copenhagen , Denmark.[ 91] [ 92] [ 90]
Ægidia and Pauline
Germany
The ship was abandoned in the Gulf of Mexico . Her crew were rescued by Challenge ( United Kingdom ).[ 96] [ 113]
Ann Wingate
United Kingdom
The schooner was wrecked on the Irish coast. Her crew were rescued.[ 114]
A. Porter
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked near White Island after 4 April with the loss of seventeen of her eighteen crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Boston, Massachusetts , United States.[ 115]
Auguste
Norway
The ship was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Norway to Miramichi, New Brunswick , Canada .[ 100]
Belle
Newfoundland Colony
The ship was driven ashore at Petty Harbour . She was on a voyage from Saint John's to Lisbon , Portugal.[ 46] She was refloated and put back to Saint John's.[ 62]
C. H. Foster
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore before 22 April. She was on a voyage from New York to Rio de Janeiro , Brazil . She was refloated and put in to New Bedford, Massachusetts .[ 91]
Citomooi
Belgium
The ship was wrecked on or before 10 April. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam , South Holland , Netherlands to Riga , Russia .[ 28]
City of Bangor
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on Gigha , Inner Hebrides . She was refloated and towed in to Belfast , County Antrim for repairs.[ 113]
Commodore
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk with the loss of all three crew.[ 77]
Congo
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at Constantinople , Ottoman Empire . She was refloated on 25 April and taken in to Constantinople in a severely leaky condition.[ 95]
Cygnet
United Kingdom
The ship was lost on the Brice Girdle, off Wells-next-the-Sea , Norfolk with the loss of all hands.[ 77]
Dobra Nazeda
Austria-Hungary
The barque was abandoned in a sinking condition before 5 April. Her crew were rescued by the barque Maresca ( Italy ). Dobra Nazeda was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire , United Kingdom to Odessa , Russia .[ 19] [ 20]
HMS Eclipse
Royal Navy
The Eclipse -class sloop ran aground at Antigua .[ 116]
Elegante Julie
France
The sloop was driven ashore near Pauillac , Gironde before 15 April. Her crew were rescued.[ 117]
Elizabeth
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at Dunfanaghy , County Donegal .[ 118]
Emma L. Oulton
United Kingdom
The barque foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of six of the fifteen people on board. Survivors were rescued by a Norwegian ship. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to Ardrossan , Ayrshire .[ 65]
Erick
Denmark
The ship was driven ashore at Copenhagen . She was refloated on 10 April and towed in to Copenhagen.[ 26] [ 44]
Haabet
Denmark
The schooner was run down and sunk off the Danish coast by the steamship Rügenwalde ( Germany ). Her crew were rescued by Rügenwalde .[ 32]
Henry Halway
United States
The schooner was wrecked on the coast of Long Island , New York .[ 119]
H. G. Fay
Canada
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cape Hatteras , North Carolina , United States. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to New York City , United States.[ 8]
Jowad
Persia
The steamship was wrecked in the Arabian Sea with the loss of about 500 lives. There were three survivors. She was on a voyage from "Shehr" to Bushire .[ 120] [ 121]
Kearsarge
United States
The fishing schooner was lost on the Grand Banks of Newfoundland with the loss of all eleven crew.[ 122]
Kwang Tung
China
The steamship was wrecked on Ockseu Island . Her crew were rescued.[ 123]
Margaret
United Kingdom
The brig ran aground on the Trindelgrund. She was refloated and taken in to Gothenburg , Sweden in a derelict condition.[ 26]
Mattie B. Russel
United States
The barque was driven ashore at Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts . She was later refloated.[ 29]
Myrtleford
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on Kangaroo Island , South Australia before 18 April. She was on a voyage from Adelaide , South Australia to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 124]
Namaqua
United Kingdom
The steamship was wrecked 200 nautical miles (370 km) north of Cape Town , Cape Colony . All on board were rescued.[ 125] She was on a voyage from Cape Town to Hondeklip , Cape Colony.[ 97]
Orfeo
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyuage from Pascagoula, Puerto Rico to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 100]
Roska
Flag unknown
The ship was driven ashore at Copenhagen. She was on a voyage from Liepāja , Russia to Ghent , East Flanders , Belgium. She was refloated and towed in to Kastrup , Denmark.[ 26] [ 44]
Unnamed
Flag unknown
The ship was wrecked near San Sebastián, Spain . Four crew were rescued.[ 126]
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