The list of shipwrecks in April 1834 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded or otherwise lost during April 1834.
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Ship | Country | Description |
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Helens and Eleanora | ![]() | The ship was lost at Hook of Holland, South Holland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to "Frazerburg". [1] |
Magdalene | ![]() | The ship was abandoned in the English Channel off the Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Danzig to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône France. [2] |
Talisman | ![]() | The sloop struck a rock off Girdleness, Aberdeenshire and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to Sunderland, County Durham. [3] |
Tartar | ![]() | The brig was driven ashore on Sand Island, Alabama, United States. [4] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Cherub | ![]() | The brig was wrecked on Goose Island, British North America. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America. [5] [6] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Diana | ![]() | The ship was lost near Thisted, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Antwerp, Belgium. [7] |
William Fawcett | ![]() | The steamship was destroyed by fire at Dublin. [8] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Lord Gambier | ![]() | The brig was wrecked in Engleholm Bay, Sweden. Her crew were rescued, but three of the nine rescuers drowned. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Riga, Russia. [7] [9] |
Rosetta | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Shoreham-by-Sea. [10] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Minerva | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Rockaway, Long Island, New York, United States. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to New York City. [11] |
Princeza da Beira | ![]() | The ship was destroyed by fire at Lisbon. [12] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Mary Anne | ![]() | The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 140 nautical miles (260 km) off Newfoundland after colliding with another vessel. Her crew were rescued. [13] |
Shenandoah | ![]() | The ship was wrecked at the mouth of the Weser. One hundred and sixty-one passengers and crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bremen to Baltimore, Maryland. [7] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Caledonia | ![]() | The ship was wrecked at Rockaway, Long Island, New York, United States. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to New York City. [11] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Anna Maria | ![]() | The ship was wrecked on the Dry Tortugas. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Trieste to La Guaira, Venezuela. [13] [14] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Prince Regent | ![]() | The schooner was wrecked in the Bass Strait. All on board survived. [15] [16] She was on a voyage from Hobart to Launceston, Van Diemen's Land. [17] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Caledonia | ![]() | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean ( 40°N50°W / 40°N 50°W ). Her crew were rescued. [13] |
Carrington | ![]() | The ship was sighted in the Atlantic Ocean ( 34°N45°W / 34°N 45°W ) by Margaret (![]() |
James | ![]() | The full-rigged ship was abandoned in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland with the loss of 254 of the 265 people on board. Survivors were rescued by Margaret (![]() |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Robert William Harris | ![]() | The brig struck ice in the Atlantic Ocean ( 43°N50°W / 43°N 50°W ) and sank. Her crew took to the boat and were rescued a few days later by Economy (![]() |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Ouse | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore on the south coast of Gotland, Sweden. She was refloated on 3 May and taken in to a port on the island for repairs. Ouse was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk to Saint Petersburg, Russia. [23] |
Redpole | ![]() | The coaster was wrecked at Newcastle with the loss of all handss. [24] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Fanny | ![]() | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Newfoundland, British North America. Her crew were rescued. [25] |
Trafalgar | ![]() | The ship was sunk by ice in the Gut of Canso. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick to Quebec City, Lower Canada. [13] |
Water Witch | ![]() | The steamship sprang a leak in the North Sea 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) off Ryhope, County Durham. She was taken in tow by the South Shields pilot boat and beached at Hendon, where she subsequently became a wreck. [12] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Glenlyon | ![]() | The ship was wrecked on the coast of the Isle of Man. She was on a voyage from Campbeltown, Argyllshire to Liverpool, Lancashire. [12] [26] |
William Lees | ![]() | The brig was driven ashore at Seaham, County Durham. [12] [2] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Harriet | ![]() | The whaler, a barque, was wrecked on Cape Egmont, New Zealand. All 31 on board survived, but eleven were subsequently killed in skirmishes with the natives. [27] [28] [29] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Scarborough Castle | ![]() | The sbrig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Retreat (![]() |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Adelaide | ![]() | The cutter was wrecked off Bird Island. [24] |
Alexandre | ![]() | The ship was wrecked near Ténedos, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. [31] |
Amelia | ![]() | The ship was wrecked on São Miguel, Azores, Portugal before 20 April. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Puerto Rico to Cádiz. [32] |
Henrietta | ![]() | Bremen: The ship was lost off Texel, North Holland, Netherlands with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Bremen. [1] |
Jeune Emelle | ![]() | The ship was wrecked near Varna, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Constantinople to Odessa. [31] |
Linnet | ![]() | The cutter was wrecked in Broken Bay. [33] |
Rodney | ![]() | The brig sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 60 nautical miles (110 km) off Cape Clear Island, County Cork, United Kingdom after 6 April. Her crew were rescued by the brig Douglas (![]() |
Trimmer | ![]() | The ship was lost on the "Roquis" before 5 April. She was on a voyage from Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands to La Guaira, Venezuela. [35] |
Wanderer | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Carabowbow", near the entrance to the Bosphorus, before 12 April. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Odessa to Liverpool. [36] [31] |
Ship events in 1834 | |||||||||||
Ship launches: | 1829 | 1830 | 1831 | 1832 | 1833 | 1834 | 1835 | 1836 | 1837 | 1838 | 1839 |
Ship commissionings: | 1829 | 1830 | 1831 | 1832 | 1833 | 1834 | 1835 | 1836 | 1837 | 1838 | 1839 |
Ship decommissionings: | 1829 | 1830 | 1831 | 1832 | 1833 | 1834 | 1835 | 1836 | 1837 | 1838 | 1839 |
Shipwrecks: | 1829 | 1830 | 1831 | 1832 | 1833 | 1834 | 1835 | 1836 | 1837 | 1838 | 1839 |