List of shipwrecks in April 1846

The list of shipwrecks in April 1846 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during April 1846.

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1 April
List of shipwrecks: 1 April 1846
ShipCountryDescription
Duchess of Northumberland  United Kingdom The ship ran aground and was damaged in the Bay of Husum. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Husum, Duchy of Holstein. She was refloated.[1]
Henry Shelton  United States The ship ran aground at New Orleans, Louisiana. She was on a voyage from Pernambuco, Brazil, to New Orleans.[2]
James Crawford Isle of Man The sloop foundered off Crommick Point, Wigtownshire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Portrush, County Antrim.[3]
Venus  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Barnard Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from London to Leith, Lothian. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth in a leaky condition.[4]

2 April
List of shipwrecks: 2 April 1846
ShipCountryDescription
Colombia  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Bodie Island, Virginia, United States. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to a port in Virginia.[5]
Monarch  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Havana, Cuba. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands and Havana.[6] She was consequently condemned.[7]
Tutelina  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Bridlington, Yorkshire.[8]

3 April
List of shipwrecks: 3 April 1846
ShipCountryDescription
Brian Boru  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Horse Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Peel, Isle of Man, to Fleetwood and Liverpool, Lancashire.[9][10]
Comet  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Barber Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was refloated but consequently foundered. Her crew were rescued by the St. Nicholas Lightship ( Trinity House). She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, to Manningtree, Essex.[11][12]
Frederick Wilhelm  Prussia The galeas was driven ashore near Ringkøbing, Denmark. Shew was on a voyage from Newport, Wales, United Kingdom, to Stettin.[13]
Industrie  Bremen The galiot was in collision with Julie ( France) 25 nautical miles (46 km) south-west of The Lizard, Cornwall, United Kingdom, and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Christiansand, Norway, to Bordeaux, Gironde, France.[14]
Industry  United Kingdom The schooner was discovered abandoned in the North Sea 7 nautical miles (13 km) east north east of Flamborough Head, Yorkshire, having been in collision with another vessel. She was taken in to Bridlington, Yorkshire, by the fishing boat Ino ( United Kingdom).[8]
Friedrich Wilhelm  Prussia The ship was driven ashore near Ringkøbing, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom, to Stettin. She was refloated on 9 April.[1]
Henriette  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on Scroby Sands, Norfolk, and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire, to King's Lynn, Norfolk.[11][8]
Laurentia  Sweden The ship was wrecked on the Flemish Bank, in the North Sea with the loss of four of her crew. She was on a voyage from Arendal, Norway, to Trieste.[11]
Waterwitch  United Kingdom The paddle tug was in collision with the schooner Vintage ( United Kingdom) and sank in the Firth of Forth off Inchcolm, Fife, with the loss of all six crew.[15][16][17] Waterwitch was on a voyage from Alloa, Clackmannanshire, to Leith, Lothian.[18]

4 April
List of shipwrecks: 4 April 1846
ShipCountryDescription
Edmund  France The ship foundered in the English Channel off Portland, Dorset, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by a Cowes pilot boat. She was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, to Bordeaux, Gironde.[10]
Elizabeth  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Red Sand Swashway, off the coast of Kent. She was refloated and resumed her voyage to Prince Edward Island, British North America.[11][19]
Henriette Rostock The derelict sloop was driven ashore at "Kramnitzgabe". She had been taken in to Rødby, Denmark, by 8 April.[20]
Heroine New South Wales The schooner was wrecked in the Torres Straits with the loss of eight lives. Survivors were rescued by Enchantress and Sapphire ( New South Wales). Heroine was on a voyage from Sydney to Port Essington.[21]
Jeune Théodore  France The ship was lost near Rochefort, Charente-Maritime.[22]

5 April
List of shipwrecks: 5 April 1846
ShipCountryDescription
Carrs  United Kingdom The ship ran aground off Helsingør, Denmark. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[13]
Courier  Sweden The galeass was driven ashore at Puttgarden, Duchy of Holstein, where she later became a wreck. She was on a voyage from Kalmar to Kiel, Prussia.[23]
Fernand  France The ship was lost at "Annosipore". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India, to Île Bourbon.[24]
George and Thomas  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Binks, in the North Sea off the mouth of the Humber. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, to Cowes, Isle of Wight.[15]
James  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and severely damaged at Sunderland.[12]
San Francisco  Spain The brig ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom, and sank.[11] Her crew were rescued by William Watson ( United Kingdom).[12] San Francisco was on a voyage from Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom, to Barcelona.[15]
Snowdrop  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Huttoft, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, to Goole, Yorkshire.[15]

6 April
List of shipwrecks: 6 April 1846
ShipCountryDescription
Beonhardine  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at South Shields, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to South Shields.[25]
Concord Jersey The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Catherina ( United Kingdom). Concord was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire, to Málaga, Spain.[26]
Coromandel  United States The ship ran aground at the mouth of the Mississippi River.[27] She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. Coromandel was refloated on 11 April.[28]
Harvest  United States The ship was driven ashore south of Baltimore, Maryland. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Portugal, to Baltimore. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Baltimore.[29]
John  United Kingdom The ship ran aground off Helsingør, Denmark. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[13]
Scotsman  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the River Wear.[25] She was refloated on 9 April.[14]

7 April
List of shipwrecks: 7 April 1846
ShipCountryDescription
Bernhardine  United Kingdom The galiot ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to South Shields, County Durham.[12]
Magnet  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Port Talbot, Glamorgan.[25]
Martha  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Port Talbot. She was refloated.[25]
Scotsman  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore in the River Wear. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to Sunderland, County Durham.[12]

8 April
List of shipwrecks: 8 April 1846
ShipCountryDescription
Isabella Jersey The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Gibraltar. She was refloated the next day.[30]

9 April
List of shipwrecks: 9 April 1846
ShipCountryDescription
Alexander Robertson  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Dardanelles. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian, to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.[31]
Louisa  Prussia The ship ran aground at Helsingør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Memel to Dublin, United Kingdom. She was refloated on 11 April and resumed her voyage.[32]
Maria  United Kingdom The ship sank in the Bristol Channel off the mouth of the River Taff. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, to Penzance, Cornwall. She was refloated on 17 April and beached at Penarth, Glamorgan.[32]

10 April
List of shipwrecks: 10 April 1846
ShipCountryDescription
Chesapeake  United States The ship ran aground at the mouth of the Mississippi River.[27]
Leontine  Bremen The ship ran aground at the mouth of the Mississippi River.[27]

11 April
List of shipwrecks: 11 April 1846
ShipCountryDescription
Axel  France The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Squan Beach, Manasquan, New Jersey, United States. She was on a voyage from Cette, Hérault to New York, United States.[33]
Cicero  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Arklow Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wexford. She was refloated and put in to Dublin in a leaky condition.[34]
Domain New South Wales The cutter was wrecked on the west coast of Wilson's Promontory with the loss of all but one of her crew.[35]
Duchess of Northumberland  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Hever. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Husum, Duchy of Holstein. She was refloated and taken in to Husum.[36]
Emerald  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at the mouth of the Mississippi River. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, to Liverpool.[37]
HMS Osprey  Royal Navy The brig was wrecked 18 miles (29 km) north of the Hokianga Harbour, New Zealand. A headland was mistaken for a promontory at the entrance to the harbour, and the ship turned in to the coast, running aground.[38]
Sportsman  United Kingdom The ship was run into by the barque Dygden ( Russia) and was beached at Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Benicarló, Spain, to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[30]
Victoria  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Cape Fear River. She was on a voyage from Wilmington, North Carolina, United States, to Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was refloated and put back to Wilmington for repairs.[33]

12 April
List of shipwrecks: 12 April 1846
ShipCountryDescription
Goodwill  United Kingdom The ship put into Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex in a waterlogged condition and sank. She was on a voyage from Harwich, Essex, to Portsmouth, Hampshire.[34]
Modern Athens  United Kingdom The paddle steamer caught fire and sank in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Montrose, Forfarshire, to Edinburgh, Lothian.[1]
Rosa  Spain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Mobile River. She was on a voyage from Mobile, Alabama, United States, to Havana, Cuba.[37]
Three Brothers  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Shoreham-by-Sea. She was on a voyage from Honfleur, Calvados, France, to Shoreham-by-Sea. She was refloated and taken in to port.[34]

13 April
List of shipwrecks: 15 April 1846
ShipCountryDescription
Mastery Jersey The ship was wrecked on Sand Island. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to the Rio Nuñez.[39]
Robert Burns  United Kingdom The ship was in collision with Helen Hamilton ( United Kingdom) in the Irish Sea and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by Helen Hamilton. Robert Burns was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, to Kinsale, County Cork.[40][20] She was taken in to Cork by Jane ( United Kingdom) on 17 April.[40]

15 April
List of shipwrecks: 15 April 1846
ShipCountryDescription
Catherine  France The brigantine was wrecked at Port-aux-Poules, Algeria.[41] Her crew were rescued.[2]
Felix  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Nantucket Point, Massachusetts, United States. She was on a voyage from Arichat, Nova Scotia, British North America, to New York, United States. She was refloated on 20 April and completed her voyage.[37]
Généreux  France The ship was wrecked at Akkerman, Russia. She was on a voyage from Odessa to Malta and Cephalonia, United States of the Ionian Islands.[42]
Herschel  United States The barque ran aground in the Mississippi River. She was refloated and put back to New Orleans, Louisiana, for repairs.[28]
Hope  United Kingdom The ship was discovered abandoned and derelict off the Canary Islands. She was towed in to Graciosa.[43]
Jupiter  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground and capsized in the River Avon. She was on a voyage from Cork to Bristol, Gloucestershire. Jupiter was refloated the next day and towed in to Bristol.[44]
Ralph Wylam  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Stroma, Orkney Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America.[45]
Virginia  United Kingdom The brig ran aground in the Mississippi River. She was refloated and put back to New Orleans for repairs.[28]

16 April
For the possible loss of Moreland on this date, see the entry for 16 March 1846
List of shipwrecks: April 1846
ShipCountryDescription
Durham Packet  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea off Whitby, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham, to Honfleur, Calvados, France.[32]
Emblem  United Kingdom The ship sank off the South Bishop Lighthouse, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire, to Liverpool, Lancashire.[32]
Poland  United Kingdom The ship was holed by ice and sank in the Bay of Riga. Her crew were rescued.[46]

17 April
List of shipwrecks: 17 April 1846
ShipCountryDescription
Enterprise  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Breaksea Point, Glamorgan.[32] She was refloated on 22 April and taken in to Cardiff.[30]
Good Intent  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore at Wainfleet, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Boston, Lincolnshire, to Leeds or Wakefield, Yorkshire.[32]
Jane New South Wales The cutter was driven ashore and wrecked at Mount Martha.[35][47]
Maria Margaretha  Netherlands The ship was driven ashore on Ameland, Friesland. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Amsterdam, North Holland.[48]

18 April
List of shipwrecks: 18 April 1846
ShipCountryDescription
Aristocrat  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the coast of Patagonia, Argentina. Her crew were rescued.[49][50]
Elizabeth  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on Viana Island, Patagonia. Her crew were rescued.[50]
Ellen  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on Viana Island.[51]
Fox  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on Viana Island. Her crew were rescued.[50]
Good Intent  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Saltfleet, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Boston, Lincolnshire, to Wakefield, Yorkshire. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Wainfleet, Lincolnshire.[52]
Haabet  Denmark The ship was wrecked on Heligoland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Thisted to Hamburg.[26]
Hannibal  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Cabadello Rocks, off the coast of Portugal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, to Oporto, Portugal. She floated off and was wrecked on the Senhora de Pedra Rocks.[53][54]
Helen  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on Viana Island. Her crew were rescued.[50]
Honesta  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Agrigento, Sicily.[55]
Maria Soames  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Mauritius with the loss of fourteen lives.[56]
Mary Lloyd  United Kingdom The barque in collision with the brig Dromo ( United Kingdom) and foundered off Viana Island. Her crew were rescued.[50]
Neptune  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked on Viana Island.[50]
Sea Nymph  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked Ton Island, on the coast of Patagonia. Her crew were rescued.[50][57]
Seduisant  France The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from "Port Royal", Martinique to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure.[43]
Victoria Regina Guernsey The brigantine was wrecked on Viana Island. Her crew were rescued.[50]

19 April
List of shipwrecks: 19 April 1846
ShipCountryDescription
Lady Falkland British North America The barque was in collision with the schooner Martha ( Guernsey) and foundered in the English Channel 6 nautical miles (11 km) off Beachy Head, Sussex. All on board were rescued by Martha. Lady Falkland was on a voyage from New York to London, United Kingdom.[58][59]
Louisa British North America The ship was wrecked at Cabañas, Cuba.[60]
Pollis Grand Duchy of Finland The ship ran aground off "Syngarn", Sweden. She was on a voyage from St Ubes, Portugal, to Pori. She was refloated and taken in to Syngarn in a leaky condition.[28]
Wilmot  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Pernambuco, Brazil. Her crew were rescued.[61]

20 April
List of shipwrecks: 20 April 1846
ShipCountryDescription
Cecilia  United Kingdom The ship ran aground and was wrecked at Tobasco.[62]
Gem  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on São Miguel Island, Azores.[55]
Gentoo or Jentoo  United States The ship was wrecked on Cape Agulhas, Cape Colony with the loss of seven of the 24 people on board. She was on a voyage from Calcutta to Boston, Massachusetts.[63][64][65]
Loyal  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Schiermonnikoog, Groningen, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, to Hamburg.[46]
Providence  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Barnard Sand or Beacon Ridge, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Grimsby, Lincolnshire, to Ipswich, Suffolk. She was refloated and taken in to Lowestoft, Suffolk, in a waterlogged and derelict condition.[26][46][66]

21 April
List of shipwrecks: 21 April 1846
ShipCountryDescription
Hope  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at the Mumbles, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Port Talbot to Porthcawl. She was refloated the next day.[46]

22 April
List of shipwrecks: 22 April 1846
ShipCountryDescription
Rosa  Spain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at New York, United States. She was on a voyage from New York to Barcelona.[33]
Vrouw Imke  United Kingdom The ship foundered off Carolinensiel, Kingdom of Hanover. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Amsterdam, North Holland.[26]

23 April
List of shipwrecks: 23 April 1846
ShipCountryDescription
Criterion  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Elleboog Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.[46]
Harriet Rockwell  United States The barque ran aground in the River Lee. She was refloated the next day.[46]
Honest  United Kingdom The ship was severely damaged at Agrigento, Sicily. She was on a voyage from Licata, Sicily, to a British port.[67]
Mayda Van Diemen's Land The ship departed from Launceston for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[68]
Saucy Jack  United Kingdom The schooner foundered off the Mull of Kintyre, Argyllshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Islay to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[46][26]

24 April
List of shipwrecks: 24 April 1846
ShipCountryDescription
Achilles  United Kingdom The ship was destroyed by fire in the Indian Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Ariel ( United Kingdom). Achilles was on a voyage from Calcutta, India, to Liverpool, Lancashire.[69]
Heroine  United Kingdom The brigantine was wrecked in the Torres Straits with the loss of eight lives.[70]
Ingeborg Caroline  Norway The ship ran aground of the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden, to Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, Somme, France. She was refloated on 24 April and taken in to Harwich, Essex, in a leaky condition.[30]
James and Thomas  United Kingdom The barque ran aground on the English Bank, in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Uruguay.[71]
Lyra  United Kingdom The brig was sunk by ice in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. Her crew were rescued by Hero ( United Kingdom). Lyra was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, to Montreal, Province of Canada, British North America.[72]
Mandarin  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Alligator Reef. Her crew were rescued. sHe was on a voyage from Calcutta, India, to Jamaica and Liverpool, Lancashire.[60]
Spring  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Onion Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[46]
Victoria British North America The schooner was driven ashore at Cape Canso, Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, to Saint Pierre and Martinique.[29]

25 April
List of shipwrecks: 25 April 1846
ShipCountryDescription
Nancy  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) east of Almería, Spain. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, to Garrucha or Villaricos, Spain. She was refloated on 30 April and taken in to Almería.[27][73]
Thetis  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore on Long Point in Provincetown, Massachusetts, United States, where she was damaged by fire. She was later refloated and taken in to Salem, Massachusetts.[74]

26 April
List of shipwrecks: 26 April 1846
ShipCountryDescription
Africa  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked at Ascension Island.[75]
Catherine British North America The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by a French brig.[6]
Harriet  Denmark The East Indiaman, a barque, was in collision with the East Indiaman brig Seringapatam ( United Kingdom) and was abandoned in the English Channel off Beachy Head, Sussex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Saint Croix, Virgin Islands, to Copenhagen. She was beached between Brighton and Hove, Sussex, in a capsized condition on 28 April.[76][77][26][78]
Heir of Madryn  United Kingdom The ship ran aground and was severely damaged at Blyth, Northumberland.[26]
Heroine New South Wales The ship was wrecked on a reef off the Cumberland Islands with the loss of eight lives. She was on a voyage from Sydney to Port Essington.[79]
James and Elizabeth  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Buxey Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from London to Southwold, Suffolk.[23][26][80]
Maria  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Limerick to Antwerp, Belgium. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[30]
Nordstjer  Russia The ship ran aground on the Kleinen Tytlers and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Messina, Sicily, to Cronstadt. She was refloated on 28 April and arrived at Cronstadt in a leaky condition.[81]

27 April
List of shipwrecks: 27 April 1846
ShipCountryDescription
Betsey and Ann  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea 13 nautical miles (24 km) off South Shields, County Durham. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields to the Firth of Forth.[23]
Helen  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned by her crew and scuttled in the North Sea off Bridlington, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Swinemünde, Prussia, to Sunderland, County Durham. The crew were charged with barratry.[82][54] They were acquitted.[83]

28 April
List of shipwrecks: 28 April 1846
ShipCountryDescription
Energy  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Memel, Prussia. She was refloated on 4 May and taken in to Memel in a waterlogged condition.[81]
Governor Halkett  United Kingdom The ship was on the coast of Patagonia, Argentina. Her crew were rescued.[84]
Mexico  United Kingdom The ship ran aground and was damaged at Hartlepool, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool to Saint Petersburg, Russia. She was refloated and put back to Hartlepool.[85]
Sleepless  United Kingdom The brig ran aground and was damaged at Sunderland, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Saint Petersburg, Russia. She was refloated and resumed her voyage, but consequently put back to Sunderland in a leaky condition.[86]
Speculanten  Norway The ship sank at South Shields, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Brevik to Anstruther, Fife, United Kingdom.[41]

30 April
List of shipwrecks: 30 April 1846
ShipCountryDescription
Ewer Landdrost Duchy of Holstein The ship was driven ashore on Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from an English port to Flensburg. She was later refloated and taken in to Frederikshavn, Denmark, for repairs.[81][33]
Nancy Packet  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Southampton, Hampshire, to Weymouth, Dorset.[2]
Rebecca British North America The schooner departed from Kempt, Nova Scotia, for Salem, Massachusetts, United States. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[87]
Ruth  United Kingdom The ship was attacked by Moorish pirates and was abandoned by her crew off the Barbary Coast. She was on a voyage from Messina, Sicily, to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[88]

Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in April 1846
ShipCountryDescription
Auguste  Belgium The ship was lost off Gore Island, Mexico, before 11 April. Her crew were rescued.[89]
Britannia  United Kingdom The Yorkshire Billyboy foundered in the English Channel off the Isle of Wight before 4 April.[10]
Britannia  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire, before 1 May.[86]
Caroline  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was refloated and assisted in to Harwich.[90]
Conelia Catherina  Belgium The ship was lost off Faro, Portugal, with the loss of all but three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Messina, Sicily, to Antwerp.[31]
Hunter  United Kingdom The schooner was presumed to have foundered with the loss of all hands whilst on a voyage from Llanelly, Glamorgan, to Limerick.[91]
Inverness British North America The sealer was lost in ice off the coast of Newfoundland before 30 April. Her crew were rescued.[92]
Jeune Corinne  France The ship capsized in the Atlantic Ocean 45 leagues (135 nautical miles (250 km) off Pernambuco, Brazil, before 2 April. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the South Seas to Bordeaux, Gironde.[93]
Mermaid  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Malabar Coast between 19 and 23 April.[94]
Pollux  Netherlands The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged in the Netherlands East Indies. She was on a voyage from Sourabaya to Banjoewangie and the Netherlands. She was refloated and put back to Sourabaya.[56]
Prancer  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Bahama Bank. She was refloated on 15 April and taken in to Nassau, Bahamas.[28]
Shannon  United Kingdom The ship was sunk by ice off Domesnes, Russia, before 11 April. Her crew were rescued.[32]
Sidney  United States The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 10 April. Her crew were rescued by Talbot ( United Kingdom).[36]
Trident  France The ship was lost in the "Bay of Carmen".[22]
Venus  United Kingdom The sloop foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk before 4 April with the loss of all hands.[95]
Wave New Zealand The ship was wrecked on the Manawatu coast. All hands were saved.[38]
Winipac  United States The barque was driven ashore at Cork, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Cork to Havana, Cuba.[96]

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  18. "Shipping Intelligence". The Aberdeen Journal (5126). Aberdeen. 8 April 1846.
  19. "Ship News". The Standard (6756). London. 6 April 1846.
  20. "Shipping Intelligence". The Hull Packet and East Riding Times (3196). Hull. 24 April 1846.
  21. "Wreck of the Schooner Heroine". The Australian. Sydney. 19 November 1845. p. 2.
  22. "Ship News". The Times (19213). London. 17 April 1846. col C, p. 7.
  23. "Ship News". The Times (19224). London. 30 April 1846. col E, p. 8.
  24. "Ship News". The Times (19259). London. 10 June 1846. col E, p. 8.
  25. "Ship News". The Standard (6749). London. 9 April 1846.
  26. "Shipping Intelligence". The Hull Packet and East Riding Times (3197). Hull. 1 May 1846.
  27. "Ship News". The Times (19236). London. 14 May 1846. col B, p. 8.
  28. "Ship News". The Times (19238). London. 16 May 1846. col F, p. 7.
  29. "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury (19577). Edinburgh. 4 June 1846.
  30. "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury (19567). Edinburgh. 30 April 1846.
  31. "Ship News". The Standard (6781). London. 5 May 1846.
  32. "Ship News". The Times (19216). London. 21 April 1846. col E, p. 8.
  33. "Weekly Summary of Maritime Casualties". Lloyd's Weekly London Newspaper (182). London. 17 May 1846.
  34. "Ship News". The Times (19211). London. 15 April 1846. col A, p. 7.
  35. "Shipping Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle (23971). London. 26 August 1846.
  36. "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury (19564). Edinburgh. 20 April 1846.
  37. "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury (19572). Edinburgh. 18 May 1846.
  38. Ingram, C. W. N., and Wheatley, P. O., (1936) Shipwrecks: New Zealand disasters 1795–1936. Dunedin, NZ: Dunedin Book Publishing Association. pp. 43-44.
  39. "Ship News". The Standard (6812). London. 10 June 1846.
  40. "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury (19565). Edinburgh. 23 April 1846.
  41. "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury (19569). Edinburgh. 7 May 1846.
  42. "Ship News". The Times (19241). London. 20 May 1846. col E, p. 8.
  43. "Ship News". The Times (19247). London. 27 May 1846. col E, p. 8.
  44. "Serious Accident to the Steam Packet Jupiter of Cork". The Standard (6766). London. 17 April 1846.
  45. "Ship News". The Standard (6768). London. 20 April 1846.
  46. "Ship News". The Times (19222). London. 28 April 1846. col E, p. 8.
  47. "Shipping Intelligence". The Port Phillip Patriot and Morning Advertiser. Port Phillip. 17 April 1845. p. 2.
  48. "Weekly Summary of Maritime Casualties". Lloyd's Weekly London Newspaper (179). London. 26 April 1846.
  49. "Further Disasters on the Patagonian Coast". The Times (19295). London. 22 July 1846. col D, p. 8.
  50. "The Coast of Patagonia". The Times (19303). London. 31 July 1846. col B, p. 5.
  51. "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury (19584). Edinburgh. 29 June 1846.
  52. "Ship News". The Standard (6770). London. 21 April 1846.
  53. "Ship News". The Standard (6776). London. 29 April 1846.
  54. "Marine Intelligence". The Newcastle Courant etc (8943). Newcastle upon Tyne. 1 May 1846.
  55. "Ship News". The Times (19232). London. 9 May 1846. col E, p. 8.
  56. "Weekly Summary of Maritime Casualties". Lloyd's Weekly London Newspaper (193). London. 2 August 1846.
  57. "Ship News". The Times (19314). London. 13 August 1846. col F, p. 7.
  58. "Shipwreck in the Channel". The Times (19216). London. 21 April 1846. col F, p. 7.
  59. "A Vessel Run Down Off Beachy Head". The Morning Post (22582). London. 20 April 1846. p. 7.
  60. "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury (19576). Edinburgh. 1 June 1846.
  61. "Ship News". The Times (19260). London. 11 June 1846. col D-E, p. 8.
  62. "Ship News". The Standard (6813). London. 11 June 1846.
  63. "Ship News". The Morning Post (22645). London. 2 July 1846.
  64. "Wreck of an American Ship". Trewman's Exeter Flying Post (4202). Exeter. 9 July 1846.
  65. "Ship News". The Belfast News-Letter (11273). Belfast. 10 July 1846.
  66. "Shipping Intelligence". Daily News (84). London. 28 April 1846.
  67. "Shipping Intelligence". Daily News (94). London. 9 May 1846.
  68. "Miscellaneous Shipping". Colonial Times. Hobart. 5 March 1847. p. 2.
  69. "Ship News". The Morning Post (22664). London. 24 July 1846. p. 8.
  70. "Ship News". The Times (19394). London. 13 November 1846. col E, p. 7.
  71. "Ship News". The Times (19276). London. 30 June 1846. col E-F, p. 8.
  72. "Ship News". The Standard (6817). London. 16 June 1846. p. 5.
  73. "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury (19571). Edinburgh. 14 May 1846.
  74. "Ship News". The Times (19244). London. 24 May 1846. col E, p. 8.
  75. "Ship News". The Standard (6825). London. 25 June 1846.
  76. "Ship News". The Standard (6777). London. 30 April 1846.
  77. "Shipping Intelligence". Daily News (87). London. 1 May 1846.
  78. "A Danish Indiaman Run Down". The Bristol Mercury (2928). Bristol. 2 May 1846.
  79. "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury (19600). Edinburgh. 24 August 1846.
  80. "Southwold". The Ipswich Journal (5585). Ipswich. 2 May 1846.
  81. "Ship News". The Times (19234). London. 12 May 1846. col C, p. 8.
  82. "Extraordinary Charge". The Times (19237). London. 15 May 1846. col F, p. 5.
  83. "Northern Circuit". The Times (19303). London. 31 July 1846. col E-F, p. 7.
  84. "Shipping Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle (24004). London. 2 October 1846.
  85. "Shipping Intelligence". The Hull Packet and East Riding Times (3198). Hull. 8 May 1846.
  86. "Marine Intelligence". The Newcastle Courant etc (8944). Newcastle upon Tyne. 8 May 1846.
  87. "Ship News". The Times (19501). London. 19 March 1847. col D-E, p. 8.
  88. "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury (19574). Edinburgh. 24 May 1846.
  89. "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury (19582). Edinburgh. 22 June 1846.
  90. Benham, Hervey (1980). The Salvagers. Colchester: Essex County Newspapers Ltd. p. 179. ISBN 00 950944 2 3.
  91. "(untitled)". The North Wales Chronicle (1019). Bangor. 5 May 1846.
  92. "Ship News". The Standard (6803). London. 30 May 1846.
  93. "Ship News". The Times (19250). London. 2 June 1846. col E, p. 9.
  94. "Shipping Intelligence". The Aberdeen Journal (5204). Aberdeen. 6 October 1847.
  95. "Shipping Intelligence". Daily News (66). London. 7 April 1846.
  96. "Ship News". Glasgow Herald (4507). Glasgow. 10 April 1846.
Ship events in 1846
Ship launches: 1841 1842 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849 1850 1851
Ship commissionings: 1841 1842 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849 1850 1851
Ship decommissionings: 1841 1842 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849 1850 1851
Shipwrecks: 1841 1842 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849 1850 1851

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