List of shipwrecks in April 1885

The list of shipwrecks in April 1885 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during April 1885.

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1 April

List of shipwrecks: 1 April 1885
Ship State Description
Clurnium  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Blankenese, Germany. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States to Hamburg, Germany.[1]
Duna  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Thornham, Norfolk.[1]

2 April

List of shipwrecks: 2 April 1885
Ship State Description
Driving Mist  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Padstow, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Padstow. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug and taken in to Padstow in a leaky condition.[2]
John Wesley  United Kingdom The ketch struck rocks and was wrecked in St Brelade's Bay, Jersey, Channel Islands. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Jersey and Guernsey, Channel Islands.[2] John Wesley floated off and drifted out to sea. She was discovered 10 nautical miles (19 km) south west of La Corbière, Jersey by the tug Wonder (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jersey) and was towed in to Saint Helier, Jersey in a waterlogged condition.[3]
Queen Victoria  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and severely damaged at Dungeness, Kent. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia, United States to Hamburg, Germany.[3]

3 April

List of shipwrecks: 3 April 1885
Ship State Description
Alma  United Kingdom The dandy ran aground on the Danger Rock, off Glandore, County Cork. She floated off and sank the next day.[3]
Guido  United Kingdom The barque ran aground on the Sovereign Shoal, in the English Channel off the coast of Sussex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to La Spezia. She was refloated and taken in to Portsmouth, Hampshire, United Kingdom in a leaky condition.[3]

4 April

List of shipwrecks: 4 April 1885
Ship State Description
Mariupol  Russia The steamship foundered in the Sea of Azov with the loss of all but one of the 30 people on board.[4]

5 April

List of shipwrecks: 5 April 1885
Ship State Description
Maria Louisa  Germany The ship was driven ashore and wrecked 6 nautical miles (11 km) east of Dunbar, Lothian, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from Bremerhaven to East Wemyss, Fife, United Kingdom.[5]
Ranger  United Kingdom The fishing smack foundered off the Sheringham Shoal, in the North Sea off the north Norfolk coast. Her crew survived.[5]

6 April

List of shipwrecks: 6 April 1885
Ship State Description
Ayrshire  United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked in Cloughy Bay with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Bilbao, Spain to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[6]
England  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Sulina, Romania.[5]
Glenlui  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at False Point, India.[5]
Quintus  Netherlands The schooner ran aground on the Anholt Reef, in the Baltic Sea.[5]
Herrington  United Kingdom The barque was abandoned off "Cape Sacraty". Her crew were rescued by the steamship Kingsdale ( United Kingdom). Herrington was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to "Sabinella".[7]
Robert Anderson  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Methil, Fife. Her crew were rescued.[5]
Unnamed Flag unknown The schooner was driven ashore at Margate, Kent, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by a tug.[5]

7 April

List of shipwrecks: 7 April 1885
Ship State Description
Apollo Flag unknown The ship was driven ashore at False Point, India. She was on a voyage from Batavia, Netherlands East Indies to Diamond Island, Burma.[8]
Prince Consort, and
Waterford 		 United Kingdom Prince Consort collided with the schooner Waterford in the Lynn Deeps. Both vessels were severely damaged. Waterford was taken in to King's Lynn, Norfolk for repairs.[9]

8 April

List of shipwrecks: 8 April 1885
Ship State Description
Agatha  Norway The barque ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Kristiansand to Bristol, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom.[9]
Etna  Russia The derelict barque drove ashore at Sheringham, Norfolk, United Kingdom.[9]

9 April

List of shipwrecks: 9 April 1885
Ship State Description
Emanuel  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore on the Greenhill Rocks, on the coast of Northumberland. Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus.[7]
Mountaineer  United Kingdom The ship departed from Port Natal, Natal Colony for Calcutta, India. No further trace, reported overdue.[10]

12 April

List of shipwrecks: 12 April 1885
Ship State Description
Mabel  United Kingdom The schooner was run into by Warsash ( United Kingdom) and sank at Liverpool, Lancashire.[11]
Tregenna  United Kingdom The steamship collided with the steamship Comeragh ( United Kingdom) and ran aground in the River Avon. Tregenna was on a voyage from Nicholaieff, Russia to Bristol, Gloucestershire. She was refloated and completed her voyage.[12]

14 April

List of shipwrecks: 14 April 1885
Ship State Description
Kalaja Russian Empire Grand Duchy of Finland The barque was run into by the steamship Main ( Germany) and sank in the Atlantic Ocean 450 nautical miles (830 km) south west of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (40°54′N 54°39′W / 40.900°N 54.650°W / 40.900; -54.650) with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by Main. Kalaja was on a voyage from the Black River, Jamaica to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France.[13][14]
Rainbow  United States The whaler, a barque, was crushed by ice and sank in the Bering Sea off Cape Navarin, Russia (62°16′40″N 179°05′46″E / 62.2778°N 179.0961°E / 62.2778; 179.0961 (Cape Chiniak)).[15]

15 April

List of shipwrecks: 15 April 1885
Ship State Description
J. R. Jolley  United States The steamship sank while tied up to the bank in Big Bayou Jessie. Two of her crew were killed.[16]

17 April

List of shipwrecks: 17 April 1885
Ship State Description
Cohanim  United Kingdom The steamship departed from Norfolk, Virginia, United States for Hamburg, Germany. No further trace,[17] presumed foundered with the loss of all 24 rew.[18]
Cyprus Canada Canada The full-rigged ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the barque Ortelius ( Netherlands). Cyprus was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to New York, United States.[19]
Ransome  United Kingdom The steamship struck the Low Lee Rocks, off Mousehole, Cornwall. She made for Penzance, Cornwall but sank at the harbour mouth. She was on a voyage from Porthcawl, Glamorgan to Penzance. Within six days bad weather had destroyed the wreck.[20][21]
Vivid  United Kingdom The sealer, a schooner, was crushed by ice and sank 15 nautical miles (28 km) off Twillingate, Newfoundland Colony.[22]

18 April

List of shipwrecks: 18 April 1885
Ship State Description
Earl of Windsor  United Kingdom The tug was driven ashore and wrecked 1+1⁄2 nautical miles (2.8 km) south of Cresswell, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued.[21]

19 April

List of shipwrecks: 19 April 1885
Ship State Description
Young Prince Dominion of Newfoundland Newfoundland Colony The sealer was sunk by an iceberg. Her crew of 32 men were on an ice floe for 19 days until they were rescued by a French brig.[23]

20 April

List of shipwrecks: 20 April 1885
Ship State Description
C. M. Reynolds  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at St. Helen's, Cumberland and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Durham to Maryport, Cumberland.[24]
George  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at St. Helen's and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Maryport.[24]
Hans Gude  Norway The full-rigged ship collided with the steamship Merchant Prince ( United Kingdom) and sank off Tarifa, Spain with the loss of eight of her crew. Survivors were rescued by Merchant Prince. Hans Gude was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France to St. Ubes, Portugal.[24] She was subsequently discovered capsized off Cape Trafalgar, Spain by HMS Superb ( Royal Navy). She was towed in to Gibraltar Bay by a tug.[25][26]

21 April

List of shipwrecks: 21 April 1885
Ship State Description
Joseph Budman Canada The ship caught fire at Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom.[24]
Zacharias  Norway The ship departed from Wilmington, North Carolina, United States for Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. No further trace,[27] reported missing.[10]

22 April

List of shipwrecks: 22 April 1885
Ship State Description
Eliza  France The ship departed from Perros-Guirec, Côtes-du-Nord for Bristol, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom. No further trace, reported missing.[28]
Firefly  United Kingdom The steam launch foundered off Lowestoft, Suffolk with the loss of all but two of her crew.[29] She was refloated on 8 May and towed in to Lowestoft.[30]

23 April

List of shipwrecks: 23 April 1885
Ship State Description
Charles George  United Kingdom The brigantine collided with the steamship Cathay ( United Kingdom) and sank in the English Channel off Beachy Head, Sussex with the loss of four or five of the seven people on board. The survivors were rescued by Cathay. Charles George was on a voyage from Cowes, Isle of Wight to Seaham, County Durham.[31][32]

24 April

List of shipwrecks: 24 April 1885
Ship State Description
Ambrose Light Colombia United States of Colombia Colombian Civil War: The ship was captured at Cartagena by USS Alliance ( United States Navy) being suspected of being a pirate vessel. Her letter of marque was ignored.
Betsey  United Kingdom The smack foundered off the Point of Ayre, Isle of Man. Both crew were rescued by the steamship Cargan ( United Kingdom). Betsey was on a voyage from Workington, Cumberland to Kirkcubbin, County Down.[8]
Corsair  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Courtown, County Wexford. Her five crew were rescued by rocket apparatus.[8]
St. Halvard  Norway The barque was driven ashore and severely damaged at Ballyquinton Point, County Down, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire to Tønsberg.[8]

26 April

List of shipwrecks: 26 April 1885
Ship State Description
Maid of the Mill  United Kingdom The Thames barge was driven ashore between Southend-on-Sea and Shoeburyness, Essex.[8]
Secret  United Kingdom The Thames barge was driven ashore and severely damaged between Southend and Shoeburyness.[8]
William and Harriet  United Kingdom The Thames barge was driven ashore between Southend and Shoeburyness.[8]

28 April

List of shipwrecks: 28 April 1885
Ship State Description
Queen  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Kinburn Spit, off the mouth of the Bug. She was on a voyage from Odessa to Nicholaieff, Russia. She was refloated the next day with assistance from the steamship Raglan ( United Kingdom).[33]

29 April

List of shipwrecks: 29 April 1885
Ship State Description
Ythan  United Kingdom The schooner was run down and sunk 12 nautical miles (22 km) off the mouth of the Humber by the steamship Frances ( Norway). Her crew were rescued by Frances. Ythan was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Folkestone, Kent.[34]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in April 1885
Ship State Description
America  Portugal The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked on the Ilha de Itamaracá, Brazil. She was on a voyage from Oporto to Pernambuco, Brazil.[12]
Ann Armytage  United Kingdom The barque was abandoned at sea before 30 April. Her crew were rescued by the chasse-marée Martignan (France Mauritius).[35][36]
Ashington  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Suez Canal. She was refloated.[9]
Ateth  France The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Saint-Pierre, Saint Pierre and Miquelon. All on board were rescued.[9]
Calderbank  United Kingdom The brig was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued.[12]
Caledonia  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Bimini, Bahamas. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France.[7]
Cannamore  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore 40 nautical miles (74 km) south of False Point, India. She was on a voyage from Shanghai, China to Calcutta, India. She subsequently became a wreck.[37]
C. H. Williams  United States The ship collided with a coaster and ran aground in the Schuylkill River. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Havana, Cuba.[8]
Clementine  Germany The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked at Galveston, Texas, United States. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Galveston.[8]
Credo  Norway The barque struck a sunken rock at Dingwall, Ross-shire, United Kingdom and became severely leaky. She was on a voyage from Lyngør to Dingwall.[37]
Dalriada  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Drogheda, County Louth. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[9]
Flora Canada Canada The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked on Brava Island, Cape Verde Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, United States to Brava Island.[34]
Frances  United States The schooner was lost at Minatitlán, Mexico.[24]
Frigga  Norway The brig ran aground on the Middelgrund, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to Carlskrona, Sweden.[24]
Glendower  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on D Reef, off Cooktown, Queensland.[24]
Hugh Bourne  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Montril".[12]
Kalmia  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked 35 nautical miles (65 km) south west of Pooree, India. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Calcutta.[7]
Kong Oscar  Norway The barque was wrecked on Anegada, Bahamas. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands.[3]
Lady Alice Kenlis  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at St. Bees, Cumberland.[24]
Lizzie Trembeth  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Cornwall. She was later refloated and taken in to Par, Cornwall in a severely damaged condition.[34]
Longdale  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Middelgrund.[37]
Persian Monarch  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Suez Canal. She was later refloated and resumed her voyage.[8]
Plejaden  Germany The barque was wrecked in the Chatham Islands. She was on a voyage from Levuka, Fiji Islands to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom.[24]
Psyche  United Kingdom The ship struck a sunken rock and foundered. Her crew were rescued.[12]
Rokeby  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Diana Point, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Taganrog, Russia to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands.[21]
Ruth  Norway The abandoned ship was discovered off Stavanger and was towed in by a steamship.[7]
Sagunta  Spain The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked at Las Palmas, Canary Islands. Her crew were rescued.[3]
Shannon  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was sighted whilst on a voyage from London to Calcutta. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all 29 people on board.[38]
Zafiro  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore on "Rees Island", Burma.[12]
Zvonimir  Austria-Hungary The barque ran aground at Oporto, She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Oporto.[8]
No. 46  French Navy The No. 24-class torpedo boat foundered while under tow.[39]

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