List of shipwrecks in April 1882

The list of shipwrecks in April 1882 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during April 1882.

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1 April

List of shipwrecks: 1 April 1882
Ship State Description
RMS Douro, and
Yrurac Bat 		 United Kingdom
 Spain 		The passenger ship RMS Douro collided with the steamship Yrurac Bat in the Bay of Biscay off the northwest coast of Spain and sank with the loss of six lives. Nine people were reported missing from RMS Douro, which had 80 crew and 55 passengers on board. Yrurac Bat also sank with the loss of 53 lives. Twenty-nine people were reported missing. One hundred and twenty survivors from both vessels were rescued by the steamship Hidalgo ( United Kingdom). RMS Douro was on a voyage from Brazil to Southampton, Hampshire. Yrurat Bat was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Puerto Rico.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

2 April

List of shipwrecks: 2 April 1882
Ship State Description
Ellen William  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore in Ardmore Bay. Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus.[7]
Helena  Norway The ship was driven ashore at "Stetterage". She was on a voyage from Kragerø to Aarhus, Denmark.[7]
Little Dick  United Kingdom The dandy capsized in the English Channel 1+1⁄2 nautical miles (2.8 km) off Seaford, Sussex. Her three crew were rescued.[8]
Ringwood Canada Canada The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Saint-Pierre, Saint Pierre and Miquelon. Her crew were rescued.[9]

3 April

List of shipwrecks: 3 April 1882
Ship State Description
Elizabeth  United Kingdom The brig ran aground and was wrecked at Howth, County Dublin. Her crew were rescued by the Howth Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Dundalk, County Louth.[7][9]
Ellen  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Cemlyn, Anglesey.[10]
Europe  France The barque ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom and was abandoned by her eleven crew, who took to two boats. Five crew in one boat was picked up by a tug off the South Foreland, Kent. Six crew in the second boat were reported missing. Europe was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Gothenburg, Sweden.[11][7]
John Morell  United Kingdom The schooner sank at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire.[9]
Lucie  Germany The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Lydd, Kent.[7]
Sapho  Brazil The brigantine was run down and sunk by the steamship Olaf ( Denmark). Her crew were rescued.[9]

4 April

List of shipwrecks: 4 April 1882
Ship State Description
Saint Maur  United Kingdom The ship was sighted whilst on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Liverpool, Lancashire. No further trace, reported missing.[12]

5 April

List of shipwrecks: 5 April 1882
Ship State Description
Caroline Guessing  Norway The barque was driven ashore on Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands. At least some of her crew survived; they took to a boat and landed on Ameland, Friesland. She was on a voyage from Dram to Purmerend, North Holland, Netherlands.[10]
Ecliptica  Netherlands The galiot struck a sunken wreck. She put in to Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom in a leaky condition. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland, United Kingdom.[10]
Gleam  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked at Port Nolloth, Cape Colony with the loss of five of her crew. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Port Nolloth.[13]
Invicta  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Queenborough Spit, in the River Medway. She was on a voyage form Stoke, Kent to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[10]

7 April

List of shipwrecks: 7 April 1882
Ship State Description
Noa  United Kingdom The steamship suffered a boiler explosion and sank at Amlwch, Anglesey with the loss of all three crew.[14]

8 April

List of shipwrecks: 8 April 1882
Ship State Description
Capricorn  United Kingdom The barque caught fire at the Isla de los Estados and was scuttled. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Valparaíso, Chile. She was later refloated with assistance and taken in to Stanley, Falkland Islands.[15]

9 April

List of shipwrecks: 9 April 1882
Ship State Description
Hope  United Kingdom The ship departed from Greenock, Renfrewshire for Quebec City, Canada. No further trace, reported missing.[16]

10 April

List of shipwrecks: 10 April 1882
Ship State Description
Larpool  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Kertch, Russia and was damaged. She was refloated on 13 April and towed in to Kertch.[17]
Mary Tatham  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked on Yezo, Japan. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Nagasaki, Japan to Portland, Oregon, United States.[18][19]

11 April

List of shipwrecks: 11 April 1882
Ship State Description
Driver, and
Forager 		 United Kingdom The smack Driver collided with Forager 10 nautical miles (19 km) off Filey, Yorkshire. Both vessels were severely damaged.[17]

12 April

List of shipwrecks: 12 April 1882
Ship State Description
David Jenkins  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground in the Thames Estuary off Shoeburyness, Essex. She was on a voyage from an Irish port to London.[20]
Orenoque  France The ship departed from Troon, Ayrshire, United Kingdom for Trinidad. No further trace, reported missing.[21]
Sophie Cook  United Kingdom The brig was abandoned in the Pacific Ocean. Her crew took to the boats and landed at Corral and Valdivia, Chile. She was on a voyage from Antofagasta, Chile to Genoa, Kingdom of Italy.[22]

13 April

List of shipwrecks: 13 April 1882
Ship State Description
Danmark  Denmark The ship ran aground off Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Stettin, Germany to Dunkerque, Nord, France. She put in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom in a leaky condition.[18]
Janetta  United Kingdom The schooner was damaged by fire in the Belfast Lough.[18]

14 April

List of shipwrecks: 14 April 1882
Ship State Description
Alpha  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Newbiggin Point, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London.[17]
Diana  Germany The steamship was run into by the steamship Vernon ( United Kingdom) and sank at Libava, Courland Governorate. Her crew were rescued.[23]
Ida, and
Noatum 		 Denmark
 Norway 		The brig Noatum collided with the barque Ida and sank in the English Channel off Beachy Head, Sussex, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by Ida. Noatum was on a voyage from Galveston, Texas, United States to Hamburg, Germany. Ida was on a voyage from Helsingør to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She was towed in to Dover, Kent, United Kingdom in a waterlogged condition by the tug Rescue ( United Kingdom).[24][25]

15 April

List of shipwrecks: 15 April 1882
Ship State Description
Ella Constance  United Kingdom The steamship ran ashore near Dunvegan, Isle of Skye, Outer Hebrides. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Copenhagen, Denmark. She was refloated and beached in Loch Bay, where she sank at the stern.[18][26]

17 April

List of shipwrecks: 17 April 1882
Ship State Description
Harkus  Russia The brig was damaged by fire at Pärnu.[25]
Thomas Fisher  United Kingdom The ship departed from Seville, Spain for Irvine, Ayrshire. No further trace, reported missing.[16]
Zeta  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked at Antofagasta, Chile. Her seventeen crew were rescued.[27]

18 April

List of shipwrecks: 18 April 1882
Ship State Description
Paola  Germany The steamship sank in the River Guadiana near Pomaron, Portugal.[27] She was refloated on 28 April.[28]
Saffron  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore in Lofsta Bay, Sweden.[25]
Several unnamed vessels Flags unknown The ships were driven ashore at Gävle, Sweden.[25]

19 April

List of shipwrecks: 19 April 1882
Ship State Description
Geneva  Germany The steamship ran aground on the Drummond Rock. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Dundee, Forfarshire, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Dundee.[29]
Robert and Paul  Germany The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked on Texel, North Holland, Netherlands.[27][29]

21 April

List of shipwrecks: 21 April 1882
Ship State Description
Rochdale  United Kingdom The ship was damaged by fire at Sebastopol, Russia.[30]

22 April

List of shipwrecks: 22 April 1882
Ship State Description
Brilliant Star  United Kingdom The barquentine was driven ashore and wrecked at "Beravik", Iceland. Her seven crew survived but one subsequently died of exposure. She was on a voyage from Fleetwood, Lancashire to Iceland.[31][32]
Jehu  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked off Margate, Kent during a gale. Her crew were presumed dead.[33]
Unnamed vessel Flag unknown The ship was wrecked off Margate during a gale.[33]

23 April

List of shipwrecks: 23 April 1882
Ship State Description
Little Eagle  United States The tow steamer struck a bridge pier near Hannibal, Missouri and sank in the Mississippi River. Three people were drowned.[34]

24 April

List of shipwrecks: 24 April 1882
Ship State Description
St Vincent  United Kingdom The barque struck the Spanish Ledges, at the entrance to St Mary's Sound in the Isles of Scilly and sank. Her crew escaped, but there was much embarrassment as she was carrying a St Agnes pilot. She was on a voyage from St Vincent to London with sugar.[35][36][37]

25 April

List of shipwrecks: 25 April 1882
Ship State Description
City of Stanford  United States The sternwheeler was destroyed by fire 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) from Jacksonville, Florida with the loss of eleven lives.[38]
Ion  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Penedo, Brazil. She was on a vouyage from Penedo to Liverpool, Lancashire.[37]
Mary and Anne  United Kingdom The schooner was run down by the steamship Sceptre ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Thames near Gravesend, Kent. Her three crew were rescued by Sceptre. Mary and Anne was on a voyage from London to Goole, Yorkshire.[39]
Veritas  Germany The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the barque Huron ( United Kingdom). Veritas was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Miramichi, New Brunswick, Canada.[40][41]

27 April

List of shipwrecks: 27 April 1882
Ship State Description
Austral  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in Cartsdyke Bay. She was refloated.[28]
Canoma  United Kingdom The ship departed from Sunderland, County Durham for Java, Netherlands East Indies. No further trace,[42] reported missing.[43]
Foudroyant  France The Dévastation-class ironclad ran aground on being launched at Toulon, Var.[44]

28 April

List of shipwrecks: 28 April 1882
Ship State Description
Acastus  United Kingdom The brigantine ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Gravesend, Kent to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire. She was refloated and taken in to Whitstable, Kent.[28]
Acron Queen  United Kingdom The schooner collided with another vessel and was abandoned off Ballywalter, County Antrim. She was towed in to Belfast by the tug Shamrock ( United Kingdom).[28]
Elizabeth Mary Ann  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex and sprang a leak. She was refloated and taken in to Shoreham-by-Sea.[28]
Florence  United Kingdom The fishing smack was driven ashore at Lydd, Kent. Her crew survived.[28]
Little Anne  United Kingdom The fishing smack was driven ashore and wrecked at Lydd. Her crew survived.[28]

29 April

List of shipwrecks: 29 April 1882
Ship State Description
Acadie  Netherlands The ship ran aground at Maracaibo, Venezuela. She was on a voyage from Maracaibo to the English Channel. She was refloated and put back to Maracaibo in a severely leaky condition.[45]
Drumhendry  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore in St Ives Bay under Wheal Lucy mine while carrying dynamite from Ireland to Hayle, Cornwall. Her crew were hauled ashore on a rope and her captain and mate were picked up by the Hayle Lifeboat.[46]
George Andrews  United Kingdom The brig sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea, Her crew were rescued by a brigantine. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Portsmouth, Hampshire.[47]
Martinet  United Kingdom The ship departed from the River Tyne for Cherbourg, Manche, France. No further trace, reported missing.[16]

30 April

List of shipwrecks: 30 April 1882
Ship State Description
Adolf  Germany The brig sprang a leak and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by the barque Norden ( Norway). Adolf was on a voyage.[48]
Fame  United Kingdom The derelict brigantine foundered off Spurn Point, Yorkshire.[30]
Orianda  United Kingdom The steamship struck a sunken rock off Cape St. Vincent, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Elba, Italy to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She put in to Cádiz, Spain.[30]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in April 1882
Ship State Description
Albert  France The fishing vessel was wrecked on the coast of Iceland. Her crew were rescued.[49]
Canonbury  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Suez Canal.[7] She had been refloated by 10 April and taken in to Ismailia, Egypt for temporary repairs.[50]
Carl  Germany The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at "Caravellos". She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro to Bahia, Brazil.[7]
Carlotta  United Kingdom The brigantine foundered in the North Sea 10 nautical miles (19 km) off the West Hinder Bank. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium to London.[7]
Charlotte  Denmark The schooner was wrecked on the coast of Iceland. Her crew were rescued.[31]
Constantine  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Hammaren, Bornholm, Denmark. She was later refloated and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark.[17]
Dunkerquoise  France The fishing vessel was wrecked on the coast of Iceland. Her crew were rescued.[49]
Ebenezer  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked at Seaton, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Stavanger, Norway to Blyth, Northumberland.[7]
Edith Weir  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on "Blanch Island", Nova Scotia, Canada.[17]
Eleni Vaglianou  Greece The ship ran aground at Yekaterinodar, Russia and sprang a leak.[18]
Elizabeth  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Dunnet Head, Caithness. Eight crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to Liverpool, Lancashire.[28]
Emil  Russia The barque ran aground on the Oregrund, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Gävle, Sweden to the Bristol Channel.[27]
Erna  Norway The abandoned barque was towed in to Madeira in a waterlogged condition by the tugs Falcon and Hawk (both  Portugal).[18]
Fort George  United Kingdom The barque foundered at sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Valparaíso, Chile.[7]
Garstanb  United Kingdom The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Newcastle, New South Wales to Amoy, China. Her crew were rescued.[30]
Golden City  United States The steamship caught fire at Memphis, Tennessee, and became a total wreck with the loss of 35 lives.[51]
Grahams Polley  United States The ship was destroyed by fire at New York.[52]
Hartlepool  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the River Usk and broke her back. She was on a voyage from Newport to Saint-Nazaire, Ille-et-Vilaine, France.[27]
Henrietta  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Cork Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued by the Harwich Lifeboat Springwell II ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution), performing her first rescue.[53]
Mirtle  United Kingdom The ship foundered 35 nautical miles (65 km) off Waterford. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Llanelly, Glamorgan to Youghal, County Cork.[17]
Pensée  France The fishing vessel was wrecked on the coast of Iceland. Her crew were rescued.[49]
Pride of the West Dominion of Newfoundland Newfoundland Colony The ship was abandoned in ice. She was on a voyage from Figueira da Foz, Portugal to Saint John's.[28]
Promise  United Kingdom The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from the Newfoundland Colony to a European port.[9]
Providence  United Kingdom The tug collided with the steamship C. W. Anderson ( United Kingdom) and sank at the mouth of the River Tyne. Her crew were rescued.[7]
Richelieu  United Kingdom The steamship was damaged by fire at Saint-Louis, Senegal on or before 2 April.[7]
Secunda  Germany The steamship was driven ashore in the Black Sea. She was refloated and taken in to Sebastopol, Russia for repairs.[7]
Teutonia  United Kingdom The steamship was damaged by fire at Trieste. She was on a voyage from Bombay, India to Venice, Italy.[52]
Upperud  Norway The schooner ran aground on a reef in the Baltic Sea and sank. Her crew were rescued.[17]
Victoria  Norway The brig ran aground on Saltholm, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Kristiansand to Pärnu, Russia. She was refloated with assistance.[18]

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