List of shipwrecks in April 1825

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The list of shipwrecks in April 1825 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during April 1825.

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3 April

List of shipwrecks: 3 April 1825
ShipCountryDescription
IndependenceFlag of the United States (1822-1836).svg  United States The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Maracaibo, Gran Colombia. [1]

6 April

List of shipwrecks: 6 April 1825
ShipCountryDescription
HiramFlag of the United States (1822-1836).svg  United States The ship was wrecked at Ocracoke, North Carolina. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to Jamaica. [1]
IndustryCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the Sherry of Ness, Orkney Islands. She was on a voyage from Drontheim, Norway to Portaferry, County Antrim. Industry was refloated on 14 April and taken in to Stromness, Orkney Islands, for repairs. [2]
MechanicCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the River Shannon. She was on a voyage from Limerick to Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Mechanic was refloated the next day and taken in to Limerick for repairs. [3]

7 April

List of shipwrecks: 7 April 1825
ShipCountryDescription
AtlantaCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship sank off Harwich, Essex. She was refloated on 18 June and beached. [4]
ReindeerCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Heneaga. She was on a voyage from Wilmington, Delaware to Jamaica. [5]

8 April

List of shipwrecks: 8 April 1825
ShipCountryDescription
SyrenCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Southend, Essex. She was on a voyage from London to Cork and Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America. [3]

9 April

List of shipwrecks: 9 April 1825
ShipCountryDescription
Royal George Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The whaler was lost at Wahoo (Oahu). [6]

11 April

List of shipwrecks: 11 April 1825
ShipCountryDescription
EglingtonCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at St. Ann's Head, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Messina, Sicily to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. [7]
Maria AgnethaFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Surinam. [8]

12 April

List of shipwrecks: 12 April 1825
ShipCountryDescription
BoldonCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Sandhammer Reef, in the Baltic Sea. Her crew were rescued. [9]
JulianCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was holed by her anchor at Liverpool, Lancashire and was wrecked. [10]

13 April

List of shipwrecks: 13 April 1825
ShipCountryDescription
JaneCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Ertholmene, Denmark. She was on a voyage from London to Dantzig. [11]
WilliamCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Saint Lucia to Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America. [12]

14 April

List of shipwrecks: 14 April 1825
ShipCountryDescription
ComusCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Lundy Island, Devon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jersey, Channel Islands to Swansea, Glamorgan. [13]
Paul Frederick Flagge der Hansestadt Rostock.svg Rostock The galiot sprang a leak and was abandoned in the North Sea. [9] [14]
Teche Flag of the United States (1822-1836).svg  United States
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The steamboat was set on fire and sunk in the Mississippi River by a boiler explosion with the loss of three lives. Another twelve to eighteen people died when a boat from the steamboat Washington (Flag of the United States (1822-1836).svg  United States) with survivors on board capsized. [15]

15 April

List of shipwrecks: 15 April 1825
ShipCountryDescription
Drie GesustersFlag of France.svg  France The galiot was wrecked on the coast of Jutland. She was on a voyage from Brest, Finistère to a Baltic port. [9] [16]
Henry Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was lost in the Torres Strait. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sydney to Batavia. [17] [18]

16 April

List of shipwrecks: 16 April 1825
ShipCountryDescription
BarbaraCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was lost in Torekov Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Memel, Prussia. [19]
BritanniaCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was lost near Torekov, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Dantzig. [19]
CarolineCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Helsingborg, Sweden. She was on a voyage from London to Pillau, Prussia. [20]
EleonoraCivil flag of Prussia 1701-1935.svg  Prussia The ship was lost in the Swinebottoms. She was on a voyage from London to Pillau. [11]
FloraCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was lost in Torekov Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk to Memel. [19]
JanetsCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was lost near Torekov. Her crew were rescued. [19]
Liebe POL Gdansk flag.svg Dantzig The ship was lost in Torekov Bay. Her crew were rescued. [19]
MargaretCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was run down and sunk in the North Sea off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire by Sally (Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom ). Her crew were rescued. [21]
Mary & ElizabethCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Rattray Head, Aberdeenshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Inverness to Aberdeen. [21]
Neptunus POL Gdansk flag.svg Dantzig The ship was driven ashore near Landscrona, Sweden. She was on a voyage from London to Dantzig. [19]
OscarCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was lost on Gotland, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Saint Petersburg, Russia. [2]

17 April

List of shipwrecks: 17 April 1825
ShipCountryDescription
Alexander de Bruyer POL Szczecin flag.svg Stettin The ship foundered in the Skaggerak on or about this date. She was on voyage from London, United Kingdom to a Baltic port. [4] [22]
Christina Maria Svensk flagg 1815.svg Sweden The ship capsized off Bornholm, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Kalmar to Copenhagen, Denmark. [11]
ElizaCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near "Polski". She was on a voyage from Copenhagen to Königsburg, Prussia. [9]
JaneCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Helsingborg, Sweden. She was on a voyage from London to Riga, Russia. [20]
MercuriusAdmiralty flag of Hamburg.svg  Hamburg The ship was abandoned in the North Sea between Heligoland and Wangeroog, Kingdom of Hanover. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde, France to Hamburg. [19]
MinervaFlag of Empire of Brazil (1822-1870).svg  Brazil The full-rigged ship was wrecked 6 leagues (18 nautical miles (33 km)) from Bahia. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro to Lisbon, Portugal. [23]
Thomas HodgsonCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Pillau, Prussia. She was refloated on 24 July and taken in to Pillau. [19] [24]
Vrow GerkenFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands The ship foundered in the Zuiderzee off Hoorn, North Holland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde, France to Hamburg. [25]

18 April

List of shipwrecks: 18 April 1825
ShipCountryDescription
BetseyCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was lost off the coast of Jutland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Memel, Prussia. [9]
Eliza Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Jamaica The drogging sloop was wrecked in Rodney Hall Bay. [4]
Mars POL Gdansk flag.svg Dantzig The ship was abandoned in the North Sea off Baltrum, Kingdom of Hanover. Her crew were rescued by America (Flag of the United States (1822-1836).svg  United States). Mars was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Dantzig. [19] She subsequently came ashore on Baltrum and was wrecked. [26]

19 April

List of shipwrecks: 19 April 1825
ShipCountryDescription
AugustinaFlag of Norway.svg  Norway The ship was discovered abandoned in the North Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) off Goeree, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Caen, Calvados, France to Christiansand. Augustina was taken in to Ostend, West Flanders, Netherlands. [25] [19]
Goede HoopFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Jutland. [26]

20 April

List of shipwrecks: 20 April 1825
ShipCountryDescription
MaryCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship caught fire at North Shields, County Durham and was scuttled. [26]

21 April

List of shipwrecks: 21 April 1825
ShipCountryDescription
AsiaAdmiralty flag of Hamburg.svg  Hamburg The ship ran aground off Callantsoog, Groningen, Netherlands and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from China to Hamburg. [25] Asia was refloated on 19 May and taken into the Nieuw Diep. [1]
Julia Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Guernsey The ship was wrecked at Gorey, Jersey, Channel Islands. [25]

23 April

List of shipwrecks: 23 April 1825
ShipCountryDescription
DorindaCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The cutter foundered in the Irish Sea off Dublin with the loss of all hands. [9]
FreyheidenFlag of Denmark.svg  Denmark The ship was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. [25]

25 April

List of shipwrecks: 25 April 1825
ShipCountryDescription
Princess of Wales Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jamaica The cutter was wrecked at Bahía Honda, Cuba. Her crew were rescued. [27]

26 April

List of shipwrecks: 26 April 1825
ShipCountryDescription
Catharina POL Szczecin flag.svg Stettin The ship was abandoned off the coast of Jutland. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Stettin. [20] Catharina was subsequently taken in to Helsingør, Denmark, by Edward (Civil flag of Prussia 1701-1935.svg  Prussia). [11]
Maria Catharina Flagge der Hansestadt Rostock.svg Rostock The ship ran aground and was wrecked off the "Sloot". She was on a voyage from Rostock to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands. [9]

27 April

List of shipwrecks: 27 April 1825
ShipCountryDescription
Lady AnnCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship caught fire at North Shields, County Durham and was scuttled. [9]

28 April

List of shipwrecks: 28 April 1825
ShipCountryDescription
BlackbirdCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked nort of Wexford. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cork to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. [9]
ClaremontCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Water Key, off the coast of Haiti. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Jamaica. [28]

30 April

List of shipwrecks: 30 April 1825
ShipCountryDescription
Elizabeth & JaneCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship sank at Margate, Kent. [9]
JamesCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Point Lepreau, New Brunswick, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Saint John, New Brunswick. [12]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1825
ShipCountryDescription
Anna Charlotte POL Szczecin flag.svg Stettin The ship foundered off Anholt, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stettin to London, United Kingdom. [25]
CatharineCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Three Sisters (Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom ). [1]
DianaCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Indian Chief (Flag of the United States (1822-1836).svg  United States). Diana was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire. [29]
DorisCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Heneaga. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Domingo to Falmouth, Cornwall. [1]
HebeCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The smack departed from Jersey, Channel Islands for Colchester, Essex in late April. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [30]
HenryFlag of the United States (1822-1836).svg  United States The ship was wrecked on Dry Tortuga. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Liverpool. [4]
Jonge FrederickFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands The ship was driven ashore on Saltholm, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Memel, Prussia. [19]
MargaretCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was in collision with May off Ballina, County Mayo and was lost. She was on a voyage from Ballina to Liverpool. [25]
Mary & ElizabethCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Mayaguana, Bahamas. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America. [4]
O'CainFlag of the United States (1822-1836).svg  United States The ship was wrecked near the mouth of the Maule River. Her crew were rescued. [31]
OpinionCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Schmolsin, Prussia before 25 April. She was on a voyage from London to Dantzig. [9]
Oscar Svensk flagg 1815.svg Sweden The ship struck a rock off Capo Passero, Sicily and foundered. Her crew were rescued by Pacific (Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom ). [32]
PlaceCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship foundered off Polperro, Cornwall in late April. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Fowey, Cornwall. [26]
Pollux POL Gdansk flag.svg Dantzig The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the North Sea. [19]
SarahCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at the mouth of the Mississippi River. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. [1]
Saunders HillCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Kattegat before 23 April with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Messina, Sicily to Saint Petersburg, Russia. [9]
Thomas HodgsonCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Pillau, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Pillau to Hull, Yorkshire. Thomas Hodgson was refloated on 24 July. [33]

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Ship events in 1825
Ship launches: 1820 1821 1822 1823 1824 1825 1826 1827 1828 1829 1830
Ship commissionings: 1820 1821 1822 1823 1824 1825 1826 1827 1828 1829 1830
Ship decommissionings: 1820 1821 1822 1823 1824 1825 1826 1827 1828 1829 1830
Shipwrecks: 1820 1821 1822 1823 1824 1825 1826 1827 1828 1829 1830