The list of shipwrecks in April 1825 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during April 1825.
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| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Independence | The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Maracaibo, Gran Colombia. [1] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hiram | The ship was wrecked at Ocracoke, North Carolina. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to Jamaica. [1] | |
| Industry | The ship was driven ashore on the Sherry of Ness, Orkney Islands. She was on a voyage from Trondheim, Norway to Portaferry, County Antrim. Industry was refloated on 14 April and taken in to Stromness, Orkney Islands, for repairs. [2] | |
| Mechanic | 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] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Atlanta | The ship sank off Harwich, Essex. She was refloated on 18 June and beached. [4] | |
| Reindeer | The ship was wrecked on Heneaga. She was on a voyage from Wilmington, Delaware to Jamaica. [5] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Syren | 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] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Royal George | The whaler was lost at Wahoo (Oahu). [6] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Eglington | 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 Agnetha | The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Surinam. [8] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Boldon | The ship was wrecked on the Sandhammer Reef, in the Baltic Sea. Her crew were rescued. [9] | |
| Julian | The ship was holed by her anchor at Liverpool, Lancashire and was wrecked. [10] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Jane | The ship was wrecked on Ertholmene, Denmark. She was on a voyage from London to Danzig. [11] | |
| William | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Saint Lucia to Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America. [12] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Comus | 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 | | The galiot sprang a leak and was abandoned in the North Sea. [9] [14] |
| Teche | 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 ( |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Drie Gesusters | The galiot was wrecked on the coast of Jutland. She was on a voyage from Brest, Finistère to a Baltic port. [9] [16] | |
| Henry | The ship was lost in the Torres Strait. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sydney to Batavia. [17] [18] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Barbara | 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] | |
| Britannia | The ship was lost near Torekov, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Danzig. [19] | |
| Caroline | The ship was driven ashore near Helsingborg, Sweden. She was on a voyage from London to Pillau, Prussia. [20] | |
| Eleonora | The ship was lost in the Swinebottoms. She was on a voyage from London to Pillau. [11] | |
| Flora | The ship was lost in Torekov Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk to Memel. [19] | |
| Janets | The ship was lost near Torekov. Her crew were rescued. [19] | |
| Liebe | | The ship was lost in Torekov Bay. Her crew were rescued. [19] |
| Margaret | The ship was run down and sunk in the North Sea off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire by Sally ( | |
| Mary & Elizabeth | 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 | | The ship was driven ashore near Landskrona, Sweden. She was on a voyage from London to Danzig. [19] |
| Oscar | The ship was lost on Gotland, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Saint Petersburg, Russia. [2] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alexander de Bruyer | | 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 | | The ship capsized off Bornholm, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Kalmar to Copenhagen, Denmark. [11] |
| Eliza | The ship was driven ashore near "Polski". She was on a voyage from Copenhagen to Königsburg, Prussia. [9] | |
| Jane | The ship was driven ashore at Helsingborg, Sweden. She was on a voyage from London to Riga, Russia. [20] | |
| Mercurius | 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] | |
| Minerva | 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 Hodgson | The ship was driven ashore at Pillau, Prussia. She was refloated on 24 July and taken in to Pillau. [19] [24] | |
| Vrow Gerken | 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] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Betsey | 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 | | The drogging sloop was wrecked in Rodney Hall Bay. [4] |
| Mars | | The ship was abandoned in the North Sea off Baltrum, Kingdom of Hanover. Her crew were rescued by America ( |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Augustina | 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 Hoop | The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Jutland. [26] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mary | The ship caught fire at North Shields, County Durham and was scuttled. [26] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Asia | 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 | | The ship was wrecked at Gorey, Jersey, Channel Islands. [25] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Dorinda | The cutter foundered in the Irish Sea off Dublin with the loss of all hands. [9] | |
| Freyheiden | The ship was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. [25] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Princess of Wales | | The cutter was wrecked at Bahía Honda, Cuba. Her crew were rescued. [27] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Catharina | | 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 ( |
| Maria Catharina | | The ship ran aground and was wrecked off the "Sloot". She was on a voyage from Rostock to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands. [9] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Lady Ann | The ship caught fire at North Shields, County Durham and was scuttled. [9] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Blackbird | The ship was wrecked north of Wexford. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cork to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. [9] | |
| Claremont | 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] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth & Jane | The ship sank at Margate, Kent. [9] | |
| James | 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] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Anna Charlotte | | The ship foundered off Anholt, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stettin to London, United Kingdom. [25] |
| Catharine | The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Three Sisters ( | |
| Diana | The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Indian Chief ( | |
| Doris | The ship was wrecked on Heneaga. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Domingo to Falmouth, Cornwall. [1] | |
| Hebe | 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] | |
| Henry | The ship was wrecked on Dry Tortuga. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Liverpool. [4] | |
| Jonge Frederick | The ship was driven ashore on Saltholm, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Memel, Prussia. [19] | |
| Margaret | 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 & Elizabeth | The ship was wrecked on Mayaguana, Bahamas. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America. [4] | |
| O'Cain | The ship was wrecked near the mouth of the Maule River. Her crew were rescued. [31] | |
| Opinion | The ship was driven ashore near Schmolsin, Prussia before 25 April. She was on a voyage from London to Danzig. [9] | |
| Oscar | | The ship struck a rock off Capo Passero, Sicily and foundered. Her crew were rescued by Pacific ( |
| Place | 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 | | The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the North Sea. [19] |
| Sarah | 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 Hill | 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 Hodgson | 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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