The list of shipwrecks in April 1824 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during April 1824.
List of shipwrecks: 2 April 1824
Ship
State
Description
Enterprize
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Sea Palling , Norfolk . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland .[ 6] Enterprize was refloated on 3 May and taken in to Great Yarmouth , Norfolk.[ 7]
Fair Cambrian
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on Chicken Head, Isle of Lewis with the loss of all hands.[ 8]
Harmony
United Kingdom
The ship foundered off Ostend , West Flanders , Netherlands . She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Ostend.[ 9] [ 10]
Harriet
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Mablethorpe , Lincolnshire . She was on a voyage from Hull , Yorkshire to King's Lynn , Norfolk.[ 2]
James and Mary
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Sunderland, County Durham . Her crew were rescued.[ 6]
Latona
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) west of Wells-next-the-Sea , Norfolk. She was on a voyage from London to Glasgow , Renfrewshire .[ 1]
Patriot
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Sunderland. Her crew were rescued.[ 6]
Providence Goodwill
United Kingdom
The ship capsized in the North Sea off Winterton-on-Sea , Norfolk with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth , Norfolk to Hull.[ 6] [ 11]
Princess Charlotte
United Kingdom
The ship had been wrecked on the Main Reef, near Tobacco Key (Tobacco Caye, Belize), as she was coming from London. She had bilged and was full of water, but it was hoped that if the weather remained moderate some of her cargo might be saved.[ 12]
Roseberry
United Kingdom
The ship capsized off Hartlepool , County Durham . Her crew were rescued.[ 13]
Walpole
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Sunderland. Her crew were rescued.[ 6]
List of shipwrecks: 3 April 1824
Ship
State
Description
Algeria
Portugal
The ship was wrecked on Allin's Bank, off the coast of Brazil . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Maranhão , Brazil to Oporto .[ 14]
George Angus
United Kingdom
The schooner was captured by Spring Bird ( Pirates ) off Belize . She was subsequently plundered and destroyed.[ 15]
List of shipwrecks: 16 April 1824
Ship
State
Description
Camillus
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of three of her crew. Survivors were rescued by Columbus and Ross (both United Kingdom ). She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Quebec City , Lower Canada , British North America .[ 26]
Cecelia
France
The ship was wrecked at La Rochelle , Charente-Maritime with the loss of seven of her crew. she was on a voyage from Havana , Cuba to Bordeaux , Gironde .[ 27]
Christina
United Kingdom
The ship was lost near Wells-next-the-Sea , Norfolk . She was on a voyage from South Shields , County Durham to London .[ 22]
Hannah
United Kingdom
The Humber Keel was wrecked on the Buxey Sand, in the North Sea with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Hull , Yorkshire to London.[ 25] [ 28]
Providence
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked between Helford and Falmouth, Cornwall . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Brixham , Devon to Newport , Monmouthshire .[ 29]
List of shipwrecks: 23 April 1824
Ship
State
Description
Deux Ceciles
France
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Boulogne , Pas-de-Calais . She was on a voyage from Sète , Hérault to Dunkerque ., Nord .[ 38]
Diligence
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Aberdovey , Merionethshire . She was on a voyage from London to Aberdovey.[ 24] Diligence was refloated on 26 April.[ 17]
Friend's Regard
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Middle Sand, in the North Sea off Whitstable , Kent .[ 39] [ 38]
Olive
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Gunwalloe , Cornwall . All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Tenby , Pembrokeshire to Littlehampton , Sussex .[ 27]
Sally
United Kingdom
The brig foundered in Swansea Bay . Her crew survived.[ 40]
Scotia
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in the Isles of Scilly . She was on a voyage from the Cape of Good Hope to London.[ 24] She was refloated later that day and taken in to St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly .[ 17]
List of shipwrecks: 24 April 1824
Ship
State
Description
Amity
United States
The 382-ton sailing ship was wrecked in fog off Manasquan , New Jersey , without loss of life. Her wreck, which sank in 30 feet (9 m) of water 330 yards (302 m) offshore, was discovered in 1955 and is nicknamed the "Manasquan Wreck."[ 41]
Comet
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Horsey, Norfolk . All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Leith , Lothian .[ 38] Comet was refloated on 3 May and taken in to Great Yarmouth , Norfolk.[ 7]
Roberts
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Karam Rocks, Isle of Man . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Harrington, Cumberland .[ 7]
William and Henry
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Corton Sand, in the North Sea off Lowestoft , Suffolk . William and Henry was refloated the next day and beached at Lowestoft.[ 38]
List of shipwrecks: 25 April 1824
Ship
State
Description
Friends of the Guard
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Middle Sand, in the North Sea off Whitstable , Kent .[ 42]
Industry
United Kingdom
The ship sprang a leak and was beached at North Shields , County Durham .[ 17]
Integrity
United States
The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at Point del Indio, Argentina and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to Buenos Aires , Argentina.[ 43]
Polly
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the American coast. She was on a voyage from London to Saint John, New Brunswick , British North America .[ 44]
Stranger
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore and wrecked north of Stonehaven , Aberdeenshire .[ 45] Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to Sunderland, County Durham .[ 17]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in April 1824
Ship
State
Description
Agenoria
United Kingdom
The ship was lost on the English Bank, in the South Atlantic off the coast of Brazil with the loss of at least six crew. There were at least five survivors.[ 50]
Amity
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Manasquan, New Jersey , United States. She was later refloated.[ 51]
Elizabeth
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Berber Bank, off the Welsh coast and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Preston, Lancashire . Elizabeth was later refloated and taken in to Lytham St. Annes , Lancashire .[ 25]
Harriet
United Kingdom
The ship departed from Terceira , Azores , Portugal. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 52]
Liberality
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean .[ 27]
Lively Kate
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off the Saltee Islands , County Wexford in mid-April. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Limerick to Belfast , County Antrim .[ 38]
Mistic
Greece
The ship was surrendered to Abeille ( French Navy ). She was set afire and destroyed.[ 53]
Saint Esprit
France
The ship was wrecked on the Mani Peninsula , Greece .[ 53]
Surry
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked near Cape St. Lu, Africa before 9 April. Her crew were rescued.[ 54]
Tre Venner
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Mardyck , Nord , France. She was on a voyage from Grimsby , Lincolnshire to St. Ubes , Portugal.[ 55]
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