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The list of shipwrecks in April 1852 includes
ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during April
1852 .
1 April
List of shipwrecks: 1 April 1852
Ship
State
Description
Albertina Geyma
Netherlands
The ship was wrecked in the
Vlie . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Amsterdam ,
North Holland to
Elbing .
[1]
Johanna Gesina
Bremen
The ship driven ashore and wrecked on
Eierland , North Holland. She was on a voyage from
Hull ,
Yorkshire ,
United Kingdom to Bremen.
[2]
Lucinde
Prussia
The
brig ran aground near
Trelleborg , Sweden. She was on a voyage from
Memel to
London ,
United Kingdom . She was later refloated and resumed her voyage.
[3]
Maria
Hamburg
The ship was in collision with a British
schooner and sank in the
North Sea . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to
Leven ,
Fife , United Kingdom.
[4]
Rainbow
United States
The
schooner foundered off
New York with the loss of all four crew.
[5]
[6]
Sir William Wallace
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the
Nore . She was on a voyage from
Leith ,
Lothian , to
London . She was refloated and resumed her voyage.
[7]
2 April
3 April
4 April
List of shipwrecks: 4 April 1852
Ship
State
Description
Despatch
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and damaged at
Larache , Morocco.
[12]
Glencoe
United States
The
steamboat suffered a
boiler explosion , caught fire and sank in the
Mississippi River at
Saint Louis, Missouri with much loss of life. Three other vessels were damaged, with some further loss of life.
[6]
Jessica
United Kingdom
The ship caught fire and was abandoned in the
Atlantic Ocean 300 nautical miles (560 km) off
Sal ,
Cape Verde Islands . Her crew were rescued by Titania (
United Kingdom ). Jessica was on a voyage from
London to
Rio de Janeiro ,
Empire of Brazil .
[13]
[14]
John Mayo
United States
The ship was wrecked on the South Heads,
California . She was on a voyage from
San Francisco, California to
Hong Kong .
[15]
Mersey
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on
North Uist ,
Outer Hebrides . She was on a voyage from
Callao , Peru to
Leith ,
Lothian . She was refloated and resumed her voyage, arriving at Leith on 13 April in a severely leaky condition.
[16]
5 April
6 April
List of shipwrecks: 6 April 1852
Ship
State
Description
Anne Johanna
Norway
The ship ran aground on the
Haisborough Sands , in the
North Sea off the coast of
Norfolk ,
United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from
Sarpsborg to the
Île d'Oléron ,
Charente-Maritime , France.
[22]
Concordia
Kingdom of Hanover
The ship was in collision with a
brig . She then struck the Berner Rock, off the coast of
Lothian , United Kingdom, capsized and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Bo'ness , Lothian to
Altona, Hamburg .
[8]
Hannah Rebecca
Kingdom of Hanover
The
galiot collided with the
steamship
Propontis (
United Kingdom ) and sank in the
English Channel off
Start Point, Devon ,
United Kingdom . Her crew were rescued by Propontis . Hannah Rebecca was on a voyage from
Amsterdam ,
North Holland , Netherlands to a port in
Ottoman Syria .
[23]
[24]
7 April
List of shipwrecks: 7 April 1852
Ship
State
Description
Antonio
Spain
The ship ran aground and was wrecked between
Juist and
Norderney ,
Kingdom of Hanover . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Havana ,
Cuba to
Hamburg .
[2]
Onderneming
Netherlands
The ship, which had sprung a leak on 4 April, was beached near Ørum, Denmark, where she was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Harlingen, Friesland to
Dantzic .
[20]
Tertius
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Bognor Rocks, in the
English Channel off the coast of
Sussex . She was on a voyage from
Portland, Dorset to
London . She was refloated and put in to
Littlehampton , Sussex in a leaky condition.
[8]
Themis
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged east of
Calais , France. She was on a voyage from
Sunderland, County Durham to
Mataró , Spain. She wasn refloated on 16 April and taken in to Calais.
[25]
8 April
9 April
List of shipwrecks: 9 April 1852
Ship
State
Description
HMS Dido
Royal Navy
The
Daphne -class
corvette ran aground on the Wellsbank, off
Callao , Peru.
Eduard
Elbing
The ship was driven ashore at
Dunnet Head ,
Caithness . She was on a voyage from
Liverpool ,
Lancashire ,
United Kingdom to
Dantsic . She was refloated on 19 April and taken in to
Scrabster , Caithness.
[5]
[26]
[27]
Elizabeth and Mary
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Black Tail, off the north
Kent coast. She was on a voyage from
Whitby ,
Yorkshire to
London . She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.
[2]
Koning Willem II
Netherlands
The ship was destroyed by fire in the
Atlantic Ocean . Her crew were rescued by Mathilde (
Netherlands ). Koning Willem II was on a voyage from
Amsterdam ,
North Holland to
Batavia ,
Netherlands East Indies .
[28]
Maria Jane
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Brambles, in the
Solent and became waterlogged. She was on a voyage from
Cardiff ,
Glamorgan to
Southampton ,
Hampshire .
[29]
Saluda
United States
The
steamboat exploded and sank in the
Missouri River at
Lexington, Missouri . Over 100 people were killed; there were 40–50 survivors.
Sisters
New Zealand
The
brig was wrecked in
Poverty Bay . She was on a voyage from Poverty Bay to
Wellington .
[30]
Undine
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground and was severely damaged at
Lytham St. Annes , Lancashire.
[29]
10 April
List of shipwrecks: 10 April 1852
Ship
State
Description
Bells
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground off
Harboøre . Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Newcastle upon Tyne ,
Northumberland to
Helsingør , Denmark.
[31] She was refloated on 23 April and was towed in to
Thisted , Denmark by the
steamship Odin (
Denmark ).
[32]
Courier
United Kingdom
The
steamship ran aground on the Eisenwage. She was on a voyage from
Gothenburg , Sweden to
Hull ,
Yorkshire .
[10] She was later refloated and resumed her voyage.
[33]
I. B. Perry
United States
The
schooner struck a sunken wreck and was damaged. She was consequently abandoned on 18 April. She was on a voyage from
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to
Falmouth, Cornwall ,
United Kingdom .
[15]
I Know You Don't
New Zealand
The
schooner was wrecked while at dock in
Auckland Harbour during a severe gale.
[34]
Margaret and Elizabeth
United States
The ship was driven ashore at Ram Head,
Georgia . She was on a voyage from
Maitland, Florida to
Boston, Massachusetts . She was refloated on 24 April.
[35]
Queen
United Kingdom
The
smack was run down in the
Irish Sea off
Bray Head ,
County Wicklow by the
steamship Rose . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Wicklow to
Skerries, County Dublin . She was towed in to
Kingstown, Count Dublin by Rose .
[36]
Shamrock
New Zealand
The
cutter was wrecked while at dock in Auckland Harbour during a severe gale.
[37]
Verwachting
Bremen
The ship sank in the
North Sea off the Bremen Beacon. She was on a voyage from
Sunderland, County Durham ,
United Kingdom to
Vegesack .
[20]
11 April
List of shipwrecks: 11 April 1852
Ship
State
Description
Christina Murray
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the
Atlantic Ocean 200 nautical miles (370 km) east of
Bermuda . Her crew were rescued by Glencairn (
United Kingdom ). Christina Murray was on a voyage from
Baltimore, Maryland , United States to
Liverpool ,
Lancashire .
[35]
[38]
Earl of Leicester
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on
Skagen , Denmark. She was on a voyage from
Messina ,
Sicily to
Saint Petersburg ,
Russia . She was refloated and taken in to
Helsingør , Denmark.
[39]
Oak
United Kingdom
The
sloop was driven ashore near
Margate ,
Kent . She was on a voyage from
Dartmouth, Devon to
London . She was refloated and taken in to Margate in a leaky condition.
[2]
Paul Bernard
France
The ship was wrecked on "Leon's Island", Argentina. She was on a voyage from
Monte Video , Uruguay to
Patagonia , Argentina.
[40]
Pocohontas
United States
The
steamboat was destroyed by fire at Choctaw Bend, in the
Mississippi River with the loss of twelve lives.
[11] She was on a voyage from
Arkansas City, Kansas to
New Orleans, Louisiana .
[41]
Russell
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground and was damaged at
Poole, Dorset . She was on a voyage from
Hartlepool ,
County Durham to Poole.
[2]
12 April
List of shipwrecks: April 1852
Ship
State
Description
Benjamin Parsons
United States
The fishing schooner sank on the
Georges Bank in a gale. Lost with all 7 crew.
[42]
[43]
[44]
Isabella
United Kingdom
The ship was severely damaged by fire at
Savannah, Georgia , United States.
[45]
[46]
Jane Hammond
United Kingdom
The ship was destroyed by fire at Savannah.
[45]
Johanna Christina
Sweden
The ship was in collision with Cameron (
United Kingdom ) and sank off
Skagen , Denmark. Her crew were rescued by Cameron . Johanna Christina was on a voyage from
Ystad to
Hull ,
Yorkshire ,
United Kingdom .
[47]
John
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at Quegness Point,
Sanday ,
Orkney Islands . She was on a voyage from
Hamburg to
Quebec City ,
Province of Canada ,
British North America . She was refloated and resumed her voyage.
[32]
Queen
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at
Cape Cod ,
Massachusetts , United States. She was on a voyage from
Havana ,
Cuba to
Boston, Massachusetts .
[48]
Scotio
United Kingdom
The ship struck a sunken rock off
Sumbergh Head ,
Shetland Islands and was damaged. She was on a voyage from
Lerwick , Shetland Islands to the
Faroe Islands and Iceland. She put back to Lerwick in a sinking condition.
[49]
13 April
List of shipwrecks: 13 April 1852
Ship
State
Description
Colchester
United Kingdom
The
schooner was driven ashore on
Deer Island ,
Massachusetts , United States. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Windsor, Nova Scotia ,
British North America to
Boston, Massachusetts . She became a wreck on 20 April.
[50]
[48]
Concordia
Jersey
The ship ran aground on the Calshot Spit, in the
Solent . She was on a voyage from
Cardiff ,
Glamorgan to
Southampton ,
Hampshire .
[49]
Dart
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked near Cape Verga, Africa. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sierra Leone to
London .
[51]
Mary
British North America
The ship was wrecked at
Cape Ann , Massachusetts. Her crew were rescued.
[48]
Mary Hay
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Bream Ledges, in the
Isles of Scilly . She was on a voyage from Jamaica to
London .
[5]
[39]
Sirene
Netherlands
The ship, a
barque or a
brig , ran aground off
Fort Laje ,
Rio de Janeiro ,
Brazil with the loss of two or three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro to
Cowes ,
Isle of Wight ,
United Kingdom .
[52]
[53]
[54]
14 April
List of shipwrecks: 14 April 1852
Ship
State
Description
Advocate
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at
Queenstown, County Cork . She was on a voyage from
Moulmein ,
Burma to
London .
[20] She sank on 17 April.
[55]
Breton
France
The
lugger ran aground and capsized at
Neath ,
Glamorgan ,
United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from
Pont-l'Abbé ,
Finistère to Neath.
[33]
Duke
United Kingdom
The
barque was wrecked on the Wood Cay Reef, off
Grand Bahama ,
Bahamas . Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from
Mobile, Alabama , United States to
Liverpool ,
Lancashire .
[56]
[57]
Liverpool
United Kingdom
The
barque was driven ashore on Grand Bahama. She was on a voyage from
Salt River, Jamaica to Liverpool.
[58] She was later refloated and completed her voyage.
[59] She was reported to have been refloated and sailed for a port in the United States, butwith no report of her arrival.
[60]
Onyx
United Kingdom
The
barque -rigged
steamship was abandoned in the
Atlantic Ocean . Her crew were rescued by Ellingall (
United Kingdom ). Onyx was on a voyage from
Grangemouth ,
Stirlingshire to
Boston, Massachusetts , United States.
[56]
[61]
[62]
[63]
Woodman
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked off "Milo". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Troon ,
Ayrshire to
Constantinople ,
Ottoman Empire .
[64]
15 April
List of shipwrecks: 15 April 1852
Ship
State
Description
Aalborg
Denmark
The
schooner was in collision with Mary Lyon (
United Kingdom ) in the
English Channel off
Dungeness ,
Kent ,
United Kingdom . Four of her seven crew were taken on board Mary Lyon . Aalborg was on a voyage from
Newcastle upon Tyne ,
Northumberland , United Kingdom to
Málaga , Spain. She was subsequently taken in to
Rye, Sussex , United Kingdom.
[20]
[65]
Ann
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Pennington Spit, in the
Solent . She was refloated and taken in to
Portsmouth ,
Hampshire in a leaky condition.
[66]
Deucalion
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the
Atlantic Ocean . Her crew were rescued by Nancy and Emma (
United Kingdom ). Deucalion was on a voyage from
London to
Boston, Massachusetts , United States.
[67]
James Moran
United Kingdom
The ship struck the Lighthouse Rock, off
Castletown, Isle of Man . She was refloated.
[39]
Tanfield
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at
Kronborg , Denmark. She was on a voyage from
St. Ubes , Portugal to
Saint Petersburg ,
Russia . She was refloated the next day.
[39]
[47]
Theodore
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the
Atlantic Ocean . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Dublin to
New York , United States.
[12]
16 April
List of shipwrecks: 16 April 1852
Ship
State
Description
Druid
United Kingdom
The
schooner was driven ashore at
Termonfeckin ,
County Louth . Her crew were rescued.
[68] She was refloated on 18 April and taken in to Drogheda.
[5]
[27]
Foam
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the
Atlantic Ocean . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Cardiff ,
Glamorgan to
Wilmington, Delaware , United States.
[64]
Maria Johanna
Netherlands
The
galiot was in collision with the
schooner Triton (
United Kingdom ) and sank in the
English Channel off the coast of
Dorset ,
United Kingdom with the loss of four of her seven crew. She was on a voyage from
Liverpool ,
Lancashire to
Liebau ,
Prussia .
[25]
[69]
Sarah Maria
Kingdom of Hanover
The ship was driven ashore at
Peterhead ,
Aberdeenshire , United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from
Norden to
Port Gordon ,
Moray , United Kingdom.
[10]
Sisters
New Zealand
The
brig was wrecked at Turanganui (
Gisborne ) while leaving port for Napier, when it was caught in a sudden squall. All hands were saved.
[37]
Swan
United Kingdom
The
smack foundered of
Drogheda , County Louth with the loss of all three crew.
[68]
17 April
18 April
19 April
20 April
List of shipwrecks: 20 April 1852
Ship
State
Description
Chalcedony
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at
Marshfield, Maine , United States. She was on a voyage from
Nova Scotia ,
British North America to
Boston, Massachusetts , United States.
[50]
D' Arcy
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground in the
River Wear . She was on a voyage from
Demerara ,
British Guiana to
Sunderland, County Durham .
[47]
Josepha
United Kingdom
The ship, a
barque or
brig , was driven ashore and wrecked at
Truro, Massachusetts , United States with the loss of all but two of her crew and of two rescuers. Survivors were rescued by rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from
Bristol ,
Gloucestershire to
Boston, Massachusetts .
[75]
[13]
[76]
[77]
Mary Anne
British North America
The
schooner was wrecked at Point Alderton,
New York , United States. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Halifax, Nova Scotia to Boston, Massachusetts.
[74]
[76]
Town of Liverpool
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Burbo Bank, in
Liverpool Bay . She was on a voyage from
Buenos Aires , Argentina to
Liverpool ,
Lancashire . She was refloated and towed in to Liverpool in a leaky condition.
[25]
21 April
List of shipwrecks: 21 April 1852
Ship
State
Description
John Wesley
United Kingdom
The
schooner was wrecked at "Cabezos". All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from
New Orleans, Louisiana , United States to
Vera Cruz , Mexico.
[78]
Malvina
United States
The ship was driven ashore at
Bellport, New York . She was on a voyage from
Hamburg to
New York City .
[79]
Orielton
United Kingdom
The
schooner was in collision with the
steamship Bordeaux (
France ) and sank off the
Goodwin Sands ,
Kent . Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from
Galaţi ,
Ottoman Empire to
Crookhaven ,
County Cork and
Newcastle upon Tyne ,
Northumberland .
[80]
Paulita
Spain
The
full-rigged ship was wrecked on
Grand Bahama ,
Bahamas . She was on a voyage from
New Orleans, Louisiana , United States to
Trieste .
[81]
[60]
22 April
List of shipwrecks: 22 April 1852
Ship
State
Description
Grace
United Kingdom
The ship was sunk by ice off
Cape Freels ,
Newfoundland ,
British North America .
[35]
Orielton
United Kingdom
The ship was run down and sunk in
The Downs by a French
steamship . She was on a voyage from the
Danube to
London .
[25]
Quebec Trader
British North America
The
schooner was abandoned in the
Atlantic Ocean . Her crew were rescued by Berlin (
Prussia ). She was on a voyage from
Demerara ,
British Guiana to
Halifax, Nova Scotia .
[74]
[79]
Scandinavian
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Monacear Reef, off
Malta . She was on a voyage from
Alexandria ,
Egypt to
Liverpool ,
Lancashire .
[64]
Seaboat
British North America
The
schooner was destroyed by fire at
Saint Thomas ,
Virgin Islands .
[82]
Star
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground in St. Anne's Bay, Jamaica. She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Jamaica. She was refloated.
[83]
Tremlett
United Kingdom
The
schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at
Manasquan, New Jersey , United States with the loss of seven lives.
[74]
Wenlock
United Kingdom
The
schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at
South Shields ,
County Durham .
[66]
[84] She was refloated on 6 May.
[21]
23 April
List of shipwrecks: 23 April 1852
Ship
State
Description
Eduard
Norway
The ship struck the
Haisborough Sands , in the
North Sea off the coast of
Norfolk ,
United Kingdom and was consequently beached at
Sea Palling , Norfolk, where she was wrecked. She was on a voyage from
Tønsberg to
Rouen ,
Seine-Inférieure , France.
[66]
[85]
Emma
Hamburg
The ship was wrecked on
North Ronaldsay ,
Orkney Islands , United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to
Newfoundland ,
British North America .
[64]
George
United Kingdom
The ship struck the North Gar Sand, off the mouth of the
River Tees and was consequently beached at
Seaton Carew ,
County Durham , where she was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Middlesbrough ,
Yorkshire to
Hamburg .
[66]
Robuste
France
The
chasse-marée was driven ashore at
Wells-next-the-Sea , Norfolk. She was on a voyage from
Blyth, Northumberland , United Kingdom to
Bayonne ,
Basses-Pyrénées .
[86]
[87]
Splendid
United Kingdom
The ship sprang a leak and was beached at
Pulteneytown ,
Caithness , where she became a wreck. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Newcastle upon Tyne ,
Northumberland to
Drogheda ,
County Louth .
[66]
[88] She was refloated on 5 May and taken in to Pultenerytown.
[21]
24 April
List of shipwrecks: 24 April 1852
Ship
State
Description
Anais
France
The ship was in collision with another vessel and sank off
Barfleur ,
Manche . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Bordeaux ,
Gironde to
Hamburg .
[74]
Charles
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Pan Sand, off
Whitstable ,
Kent and was wrecked. All on board were rescued by the
smack Nancy (
United Kingdom ). Charles was on a voyage from
Antwerp ,
Belgium to
Montreal and
Quebec City ,
Province of Canada ,
British North America .
[66]
[88]
[80]
Diligence
United Kingdom
The
schooner sank at
Broadstairs , Kent.
[89]
Rose
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at
Dartmouth, Devon . She was refloated and taken in to Dartmouth.
[89]
William and Ann
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at
Looe ,
Cornwall . She was refloated and taken in to Looe.
[89]
25 April
List of shipwrecks: 25 April 1852
Ship
State
Description
Betsey and Margaret
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at
Sandhaven ,
Aberdeenshire . She was on a voyage from
Arklow ,
County Wicklow to
Newcastle upon Tyne ,
Northumberland . She was refloated on 4 May and taken in to
Fraserburgh , Aberdeenshire for repairs.
[66]
[67]
Jane
United Kingdom
The
barque was abandoned in the
Atlantic Ocean . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Boston, Massachusetts , United States to
London .
[83]
Lumsden
United Kingdom
The
brig ran aground on the Maplin Sand, in the
North Sea off the coast of
Essex . Her crew were rescued.
[66]
[85] She was refloated on 1 May.
[12] She was on a voyage from
Southend , Essex to
Newcastle upon Tyne ,
Northumberland .
[80] Lumsden was refloated on 1 May and sailed for
London in a leaky condition.
[85]
Prairie State
United States
The
steamboat suffered a
boiler explosion on the
Illinois River . Twenty people were killed or injured.
[11]
Providentia
Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
The
brig was holed by ice and sank at "Baltic Port". Her crew were rescued.
[21]
Rienzi
New South Wales
The ship was driven ashore on
Torrens Island ,
South Australia . She was on a voyage form
Adelaide , South Australia to
Sydney . She was refloated.
[90]
26 April
27 April
28 April
29 April
30 April
List of shipwrecks: 30 April 1852
Ship
State
Description
Alabama
United States
The ship ran aground on the Banjaard Sand, in the
North Sea off the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from
Baltimore, Maryland to
Rotterdam ,
South Holland , Netherlands. She was refloated and put in to
Brouwershaven ,
Zeeland , Netherlands.
[96]
Alice Maud
United Kingdom
The
barque was driven ashore near
Lydd ,
Kent . She was on a voyage from
Algoa Bay to
London . She was refloated with the assistance of the
Coast Guard but a boat capsized with the loss of four Coast Guard and two of her crew. Alice Maud was taken in to
The Downs .
[48]
[85]
Juno
Stettin
The ship sank off
Bornholm , Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stettin to
Riga ,
Russia .
[97]
United Kingdom
The
full-rigged ship was driven ashore on the
Isle of Wight ,
United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from
Baltimore, Maryland ,
United States to
Rotterdam ,
South Holland .
[12]
Lady Cornwall
United Kingdom
The
barque was driven ashore at
Équihen ,
Pas-de-Calais , France. She was on a voyage from
Bahia ,
Brazil to
Bremen .
[12]
Nederwaard
Netherlands
The ship ran aground on the
Goodwin Sands ,
Kent , United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from
Batavia ,
Netherlands East Indies to
Rotterdam ,
South Holland , Netherlands. She was refloatea and taken to the
North Foreland , Kent.
[85]
Sussex
United Kingdom
The ship departed from
San Francisco, California , United States for
Hong Kong . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.
[98]
Walton
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Point Lornel, Pas-de-Calais. She was on a voyage from
Punta Arenas , Chile to
London .
[12] She was refloated on 3 May and taken in to
Boulogne , Pas-de-Calais.
[83]
Winfield Scott
United States
The
paddle steamer was damaged by fire at
San Francisco, California . She was on a voyage from
Panama City ,
Republic of New Granada to San Francisco.
[99]
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in April 1852
Ship
State
Description
A. M. Uniacke
United Kingdom
The
schooner was wrecked near
Lunenberg, Nova Scotia ,
British North America before 7 April.
[5]
Apollo
United Kingdom
The
barque was driven ashore on the
Isla de Juventud ,
Cuba between 1 and 24 April. She was on a voyage from
Cienfuegos , Cuba to
London .
[100]
Bee
United Kingdom
The
sloop was driven ashore near
Wexford . She was on a voyage from
Liverpool ,
Lancashire to
Waterford .
[95]
Benjamin Parsons
United States
The fishing schooner was lost on the
Georges Bank in a gale. Lost with all 7 hands.
[101]
Boundary
United States
The
schooner was driven ashore at
Cape Cod ,
Massachusetts before 24 April.
[79]
Chickasaw
United States
The
steamboat was in collision with the steamboat W. B. Clifton (
United States ) and sank in the
Ohio River with the loss of twenty lives.
[91]
Colonia
Denmark
The
brig foundered in the
Atlantic Ocean off Cape Cod before 7 April. She was on a voyage from
Livorno ,
Grand Duchy of Tuscany to
Boston, Massachusetts .
[48]
Coquette
United Kingdom
The ship was damaged by fire at
Messina ,
Sicily .
[102]
Kate
British North America
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 40 nautical miles (74 km) east of George's Bank by nineteen of her 23 crew. She was on a voyage from
Saint John, New Brunswick to
Liverpool ,
Lancashire .
[12] Kate was subsequently towed in to
New York , United States.
[35]
Leonidas
Greece
The
brig was wrecked at "Lubina",
Ottoman Empire between 19 and 26 April. She was on a voyage from
Constantinople to
Galaţi .
[35]
[38]
Madeleine
France
The ship ran aground off "Île Learch-vue",
Ille-et-Vilaine and capsized. She was on a voyage from
Dieppe ,
Seine-Inférieure to
Sunderland, County Durham ,
United Kingdom . She was righted and beached near
Saint-Malo .
[103]
Maria Grace
United Kingdom
The ship was sunk by ice at
Cape Freels ,
Newfoundland , British North America before 12 April.
[38]
Mary
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on the
Isla de Juventud ,
Cuba . She was on a voyage from
Newcastle upon Tyne ,
Northumberland to
Havana , Cuba.
[12]
Melrose
United Kingdom
The
brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 5 April.
[104]
[105]
Napolion
United States
The fishing schooner was lost on the
Georges Bank in a gale. Lost with all 8 hands.
[106]
Prairie State
United Kingdom
The
steamboat suffered a
boiler explosion , caught fire and sank in the
Illinois River with the loss of more than twenty lives.
[91]
Progress
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at
New Orleans, Louisiana , United States before 14 April. She was on a voyage from New Orleans to Liverpool.
[74]
Sjaardema
Netherlands
The ship was wrecked at
Benicarló , Spain before 30 April.
[107]
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