List of shipwrecks in April 1826
# List of shipwrecks in April 1826

The list of shipwrecks in April 1826 includes some ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during April 1826.

## 1 April

List of shipwrecks: 1 April 1826 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Rosenbaum | Hamburg | The ship was driven ashore at Memel, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Memel. |
| Union | United Kingdom | The ship was captured off "St. Andrew's", Africa. Her crew were murdered and the ship was run onto rocks and wrecked. |

## 2 April

List of shipwrecks: 2 April 1826 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Anna Elizabeth | Sweden | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Saint-Quentin-au-Bosc, Seine-Inférieure, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure. |
| Lively | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore in Bighouse Bay, where she was wrecked on 5 April. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Easdale, Argyllshire to Aberdeen. |
| Triad | United Kingdom | The ship struck a rock off Tynemouth Castle, County Durham. She subsequently came ashore at Cullercoats, County Durham and was damaged with the loss of a crew member. Triad was on a voyage from Hamburg to South Shields, County Durham. She was refloated on 8 April and taken in to North Shields in a waterlogged condition. |

## 7 April

List of shipwrecks: 7 April 1826 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Emanuel | Netherlands | The ship ran aground at Beachy Head, Sussex, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Surinam to Amsterdam, North Holland . Emanuel was refloated on 10 April and beached at Cooden, Sussex, where she was wrecked on 12 April. |
| Goodintent | United Kingdom | The ship was in collision with Janet ( United Kingdom) and sank in the North Sea with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by Yorkshireman ( United Kingdom). |
| Norval | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged in Table Bay. She was on a voyage from London to the Cape Colony and Bengal, India. Norval was refloated the next day. |
| Sylvanus | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at "Hogeness", Sweden. She was refloated in mid-July. |
| Verheldersum | Netherlands | The ship struck a rock and foundered off Warren Point, County Down, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland to Belfast, County Antrim, United Kingdom. |

## 8 April

List of shipwrecks: 8 April 1826 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Desiré | France | The ship was driven ashore and capsized at Oye-Plage, Pas-de-Calais. She was on a voyage from Cette, Hérault to Dunkerque, Nord. |

## 9 April

List of shipwrecks: 9 April 1826 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Twey Gebroeders | Netherlands | The ship was wrecked on the Norwegian coast with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Norway to Harlingen, Friesland. |

## 10 April

List of shipwrecks: 10 April 1826 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Alexander | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in Carnarvon Bay. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Helen | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground off Southport, Lancashire and was consequently beached at Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Sligo to Liverpool. |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Ambergrease Key. She was on a voyage from "Omna" to Gibraltar. |
| Union | Jersey | The brig was wrecked on the Mixon Shoal, in the Bristol Channel off Swansea, Glamorgan. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Swansea to Jersey. |

## 11 April

List of shipwrecks: 11 April 1826 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Charles Grant | British East India Company | The East Indiaman was driven ashore at Anjar, India. She was on a voyage from China to London. She was refloated and taken in to Bombay for repairs. |
| Giraffa | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Bude, Cornwall with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Cork to London |
| Squirrel | British North America | The ship sprang a leak and was beached on Prince Edward Island. She was on a voyage from Tobago to Saint John, New Brunswick. |

## 12 April

List of shipwrecks: 12 April 1826 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Belisarius | British North America | The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. |
| Courier | Netherlands | The ship was driven ashore on the south coast of Texel, North Holland. |
| Deux Amis | France | The ship ran aground at Saint-Valery-sur-Somme. She was on a voyage from Cette, Hérault to Málaga, Spain and Saint-Valery-sur-Somme. |
| Jeune Aline | France | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Camaret-sur-Mer, Finistère. She was on a voyage from Guadeloupe to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure. |
| Océan | France | The ship was driven ashore near St. Ives, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Campeche, Mexico to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure. |
| Speedwell | British North America | The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. |

## 13 April

List of shipwrecks: 13 April 1826 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Australia | New South Wales | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked 12 nautical miles (22 km) north of Newcastle. She was on a voyage from Batavia, Netherlands East Indies to Sydney |
| Mountaineer | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Aberdeen. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Aberdeen. Mountaineer was refloated the next day and taken to Aberdeen. |
| Waterville | United States | The ship was wrecked at São Miguel Island, Azores. |

## 15 April

List of shipwrecks: 15 April 1826 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Duncan Forbes | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Mazagan, Morocco. She was on a voyage from Bahia, Brazil to Gibraltar. |
| Hoop | Netherlands | The ship was driven ashore at Escalles, Pas-de-Calais, France. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Lisbon, Portugal. |
| Howard | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near the mouth of the Hunter's River, New South Wales. She was on a voyage from Singapore to Sydney, New South Wales. |
| Livonia | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Torekov, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Libava, Courland Governorate. |
| Whitby | United Kingdom | The ship caught fire in the River Thames and was severely damaged. |

## 16 April

List of shipwrecks: 16 April 1826 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Messenger | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Rattray Head, Aberdeenshire. She was on a voyage from Cromarty to Inverkeithing, Fife. |

## 17 April

List of shipwrecks: 17 April 1826 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Carolina | Bremen | The ship ran aground on the Tegeler Plate, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Bayonne, Basses-Pyrénées, France to Bremen. Carolina was later refloated and taken in to Fedderwarden, Duchy of Oldenburg. |
| Joker | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked on a reef off Seaton, Cornwall. |

## 18 April

List of shipwrecks: 18 April 1826 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Jean | United Kingdom | The whaler was sunk by ice off the west coast of Greenland (70°20′N 10°00′W﻿ / ﻿70.333°N 10.000°W﻿ / 70.333; -10.000). Forty-seven of her 51 crew survived. |

## 19 April

List of shipwrecks: 19 April 1826 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Harpooner | Bremen | The whaler was lost off Greenland with the loss of all hands. |
| Jane | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in Calf Sound and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Strangford, County Antrim to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Lively | United Kingdom | The whaler was lost off Greenland with the loss of all hands. |
| Shipley | United Kingdom | The transport ship was wrecked at Kitridge Head, Barbados. All 147 people on board were rescued. |

## 22 April

List of shipwrecks: 22 April 1826 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Ernestine | Stettin | The ship was driven ashore at Thisted, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Bordeaux, Gironde, France. |
| Venus | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the Bay of Adra, Spain. |

## 23 April

List of shipwrecks: 23 April 1826 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Pereverance | United Kingdom | The ship was run into at Monte Video, Uruguay by a warship and was damaged beyond repair. |
| Tipton Hall | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Peniscola, Spain. |
| Union | United Kingdom | The ship's crew were murdered and the vessel run ashore and burnt at St. Andrew's, Africa. |

## 24 April

List of shipwrecks: 24 April 1826 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Alfred | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Newfoundland, British North America for Pernambuco, Brazil. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |

## 26 April

List of shipwrecks: 26 April 1826 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Antrim | United Kingdom | The ship was holed by an anchor and sank near Garmoyle, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Belfast, County Antrim. |
| Veloce | Grand Duchy of Tuscany | The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Mediterranean Sea. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Livorno to Malta. |

## 27 April

List of shipwrecks: 27 April 1826 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Helena | Netherlands | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. |
| Traveller | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Halifax, Nova Scotia. |

## 28 April

List of shipwrecks: 28 April 1826 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Gesina Gerdina | Norway | The ship was driven ashore near Dunkerque, Nord, France. She was on a voyage from Mandahl to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure. |

## 30 April

List of shipwrecks: 30 April 1826 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| James Hunter | United States | The ship was wrecked in the Magdalen Islands, Nova Scotia, British North America with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America. |
| Model | France | The ship was wrecked on the Morasoca Rock, off Marajó, Brazil. She was on a voyage from Pará, Brazil to Martinique. |
| Skipsey | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Isaac Hicks ( United States). Skipsey was on a voyage from London to Miramichi, New Brunswick, British North America. |
| Symmetry | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Skagen, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to Youghal, County Cork. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in April 1826 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Amoricain | France | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Senegal. |
| Emma | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and was beached at Oporto, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Oporto. |
| Errinerung | Stettin | The ship was lost on Ertholmene, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Stettin to London, United Kingdom. |
| Freundschaft | Flag unknown | The ship was wrecked near Gibraltar. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Matanzas, Cuba to Gibraltar. |
| George & Wilhelm | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off the coast of Cornwall between 10 and 17 April. She was on a voyage from Cork to Riga, Russia. |
| Inca | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Camotal Bank. She was on a voyage from Guatemala City to Lima, Peru. Inca was refloated three days later with assistance from Diligente ( French Navy) and USS United States ( United States Navy). |
| Mars | New South Wales | The cutter was wrecked near Port Stephens. |
| Narrow Escape | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in a cove near Tintagel, Cornwall when a heavy ground sea suddenly rose. Her crew survived. |
| Scipio | Flag unknown | The schooner was lost at Tangier, Morocco. |
| Stanmore | United Kingdom | The ship was destroyed by fire at Bengal, India before 5 April. |
| Sylvanus | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Hogeness, Sweden. |
| Tamibestotten | Norway | The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Dordrecht, South Holland, Netherlands to Bergen. |
