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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

List of shipwrecks: 2 April 1852
Ship State Description
Ann   United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, Somme, France. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Saint-Valery-sur-Somme. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Saint-Valery-sur-Somme in a leaky condition. [8]
Eglantine   United Kingdom The ship ran aground and was severely damaged at Saint-Valery-sur-Somme. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Saint-Valery-sur-Somme. [8]
Independence   United States The ship was wrecked at Matagorda, Texas with much loss of life. [6]
Nyverheid   Netherlands The ship foundered off "Pentrel Island". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Bayonne, Basses-Pyrénées, France. [9]
Samuel C. Nelson   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on São Miguel Island, Azores. [10]

3 April

List of shipwrecks: 3 April 1852
Ship State Description
Daisy   United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore on the Isle of Skye. She was on a voyage from Arklow, County Wicklow to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated and taken in to Corry, Isle of Skye in a severely damaged condition. [8]
Glencoe   United States The steamboat exploded at St. Louis, Missouri with loss of life. [11]
Redstone   United States The steamboat suffered a boiler explosion near Carrolston, Indiana. Twenty-one people were killed, 25 were injured. [11]

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

List of shipwrecks: 5 April 1852
Ship State Description
Blythswood   United Kingdom The ship was destroyed by fire at Coringa, India. [17]
Diadem   United Kingdom The barque ran aground and was wrecked in the Pentland Firth. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Montreal, Province of Canada, British North America. [18] [19]
Maria Louisa   Prussia The ship was driven ashore on Bornholm, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from an Irish port to Memel. [20] Maria Louisa was consequently condemned. [21]

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

List of shipwrecks: 8 April 1852
Ship State Description
Industry   United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked on Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Stockholm, Sweden. [20]
Wilhelmine Flag unknown The ship was driven ashore on Skagen. She was on a voyage from Cette, Hérault, France to Riga, Russia. [20]

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 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 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 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 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 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 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 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 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 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 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 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 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

List of shipwrecks: 17 April 1852
Ship State Description
Advocate   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and sank at Robert's Head, County Cork. She was on a voyage from Moulmein, Burma to Queenstown, County Cork. [5]
Arabella United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jamaica The schooner was wrecked on the Spanish Main. Her crew survived. [70]
Jane Duffus   United Kingdom The barque foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 70 nautical miles (130 km) east of Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Boston, Massachusetts, United States. [35] [71]
Renown   United Kingdom The ship caught fire and was scuttled in the Isles of Scilly. She was on a voyage from Bahia, Brazil to Hamburg. [39]

18 April

List of shipwrecks: 18 April 1852
Ship State Description
Margaret   United Kingdom The brig was wrecked off Boston, Massachusetts. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Boston. [72]

19 April

List of shipwrecks: 19 April 1852
Ship State Description
Endeavour   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued by Providence (  United Kingdom). Endeavour was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland or Sunderland, County Durham to Maldon, Essex. [73] [5]
Margaret   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Nauset Beach, Massachusetts. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Boston, Massachusetts. [74]
Messenger   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Dartmouth, Decon to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. [27]

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 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 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 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 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 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 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 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 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

List of shipwrecks: 26 April 1852
Ship State Description
Meteor   United States The steamship was wrecked in Matagorda Bay. [91]

27 April

List of shipwrecks: 27 April 1852
Ship State Description
Enterprise   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Mappoon Shoals, in the Dardanelles. [83]
Lancier flag  France The ship was wrecked on Halang Island, Netherlands East Indies. [92]
Olive Branch   United Kingdom The barque was sunk by ice in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. All on board were rescued by the barque Anthracite (  United Kingdom). Olive Branch was on a voyage from Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America. [17] [93]

28 April

List of shipwrecks: 28 April 1852
Ship State Description
Ann   United Kingdom The brig sprang a leak and foundered off the Galloper Sand, in the North Sea of the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Folkestone, Kent. [64] [85]
Levant   United Kingdom The barque was lost in the Mozambique Channel. Her crew were rescued. [94]
Tenasserim   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Mappoon Shoals, in the Dardanelles. [83]

29 April

List of shipwrecks: 29 April 1852
Ship State Description
Elizabeth   United Kingdom The schooner sprang a leak and sank at King's Lynn, Norfolk. She was refloated the next day. [85]
Jane   United Kingdom The ship was run into and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of seven of her fourteen crew. Survivors were rescued by Ontario (  United Kingdom). Jane was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, United States to London. [95]

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 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 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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