List of shipwrecks in April 1823
# List of shipwrecks in April 1823

The list of shipwrecks in April 1823 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during April 1823.

## 1 April

List of shipwrecks: 1 April 1823 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked south of "Burral Island". She was on a voyage from Sicily to Belfast, County Antrim. |
| HNLMS Zeepaard | Netherlands Navy | The corvette was wrecked in Algoa Bay or Saldanha Bay, Africa, with the loss of at least seven of her 180 crew. Tiger ( United Kingdom) rescued 156 survivors. |

## 2 April

List of shipwrecks: 2 April 1823 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Agatha | France | The ship was driven ashore near Sahurs, Seine-Inférieure. |
| Barbara | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Troon, Ayrshire. She was on a voyage from Troon to Dumfries. Barbara was refloated in late April. |
| George | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Southport, Lancashire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Youghal, County Cork, to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Kinloch | United Kingdom | The ship was in collision with a brig off Lamlash, Isle of Arran and foundered. Her crew were rescued by Vine ( United Kingdom). |
| Lively | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Peel, Isle of Man. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from an Irish port to Preston, Lancashire. |
| Phillippa | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at the Birling Gap, Sussex. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, to London. Philippa broke up the next day. |
| Vriendschap | Netherlands | The ship was wrecked on the west coast of Bermuda. |
| William and James | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Ayr. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire, to Waterford. |

## 3 April

List of shipwrecks: 3 April 1823 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| HMS Cockburn | Royal Navy | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked in Simon's Bay, Cape Colony. Her crew survived. |
| Marie Josephine | France | The ship was driven ashore near Bardouville, Seine-Inférieure. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde, to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure. |

## 4 April

List of shipwrecks: 4 April 1823 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Andate | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in the Farne Islands, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Montrose, Forfarshire, to South Shields, County Durham. |
| Benjamin | France | The ship was driven ashore near Bardouville, Seine-Inférieure. She was on a voyage from Marennes, Charente-Maritime to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure. |
| Chumco | Spain | The ship was destroyed by fire at Vera Cruz, Mexico. |
| Hunter | United Kingdom | The ship struck the Chevrier Bank and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, to Bordeaux, Gironde, France. Hunter subsequently came ashore near Royan, Charente-Maritime, France. She was later refloated and taken in to Bordeaux. |
| Nary Ann | British North America | The schooner was wrecked on Brier Island, Nova Scotia. Her crew were rescued. |
| William and Mary | United Kingdom | The ship struck a sunken wreck in the North Sea off Aldeburgh, Suffolk, and foundered. Her crew were rescued by Jane. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, to Margate, Kent. |

## 5 April

List of shipwrecks: 5 April 1823 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Clarence | United Kingdom | The ship was lost near Thisted, Denmark. her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen, Denmark, to London. |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in St Bride's Bay. |

## 7 April

List of shipwrecks: 7 April 1823 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Ulysses | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the coast of County Kerry. |
| Zephyr | United States | The schooner was driven ashore near Cape Cod, Massachusetts. |

## 8 April

List of shipwrecks: 8 April 1823 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Commerce | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the Savannah River. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia, United States, to Greenock, Renfrewshire. |
| Courier | United Kingdom | The ship capsized at Liverpool, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to Liverpool. Courier was later refloated and beached. |
| Dolphin | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, to Dieppe. |
| Faith | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the Savannah River. She was on a voyage from Savannah to Jamaica. |
| Maria | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to London. |

## 9 April

List of shipwrecks: 9 April 1823 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Margaret | United Kingdom | The ship was destroyed by fire in the North Sea off Hamburg. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to London. |
| St. Etienne | France | The ship was lost off Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue, Manche. She was on a voyage from Weymouth, Dorset, United Kingdom, to Rouen, Seine Maritime. |
| Suspicious | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Ilfracombe, Devon. |

## 11 April

List of shipwrecks: 11 April 1823 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Warre | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Memel, Prussia. |

## 12 April

List of shipwrecks: 12 April 1823 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Bicton | United Kingdom | The ship was in collision with USS Constitution ( United States Navy) in the Mediterranean Sea and sank with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Livorno. Grand Duchy of Tuscany to Plymouth, Devon. |
| Dromo | United States | The ship ran aground and capsized in the River Liffey. She was on a voyage from New York to Dublin, United Kingdom. |
| Graciosa | Spain | The schooner was lost on the "New Shoal". Her crew were rescued by Ana ( Netherlands). She was on a voyage from Cadiz to Truxillo. |
| Warre | United Kingdom | The ship was lost at Memel, Prussia. |

## 14 April

List of shipwrecks: 14 April 1823 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Pomona | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Solon ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from London to Pará, Brazil. |

## 15 April

List of shipwrecks: 15 April 1823 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| New Hope | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Memel, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Scarborough, Yorkshire, to Memel. New Hope was later refloated. She arrived at Memel on 9 May. |

## 16 April

List of shipwrecks: 16 April 1823 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Apollo | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Green Point, Cape of Good Hope with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Bengal and Madras, India, to London. |
| Venus | United Kingdom | The ship was in collision with Union ( United Kingdom) in the North Sea off Mundesley, Norfolk, and sank with the loss of two of her five crew. Union rescued the survivors. |

## 17 April

List of shipwrecks: 17 April 1823 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Biene | Prussia | The ship was driven ashore north of "Toreko". She was on a voyage from Stettin to London, United Kingdom. |
| Hastings | United Kingdom | The brig was destroyed by fire off Padang, Netherlands East Indies. |
| Janet | United Kingdom | The ship was run down and sunk in the North Sea by Charles ( United Kingdom) with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Perth to London. |
| Martha | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Memel, Prussia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, to Memel. |

## 19 April

List of shipwrecks: 19 April 1823 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Ant | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Mort Point, Devon. She was on a voyage from Youghal, County Cork, to Cardiff, Glamorgan. |
| Mary & Kitty | United Kingdom | The sloop was run down and sunk by Tiger ( United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued. |
| Scipio | United Kingdom | The ship was lost near Cherbourg, Seine-Inférieure. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Virginia, United States. |

## 20 April

List of shipwrecks: 20 April 1823 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Gambler | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Heaps Sand, in the North Sea off Wivenhoe, Essex. |

## 22 April

List of shipwrecks: 22 April 1823 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Maria Francisca | Netherlands | The ship was wrecked on the Hinder Sandbank, in the North Sea off the coast of South Holland. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom, to Rotterdam, South Holland. |

## 23 April

List of shipwrecks: 23 April 1823 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Anthony Sterry | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Shivering Sand, in the North Sea off Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from the South Seas to London. |
| Berentina Maria | Prussia | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Memel. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stavanger, Norway, to Memel. |
| Fame | United Kingdom | The whaler was destroyed by fire in Deer Sound, Orkney Islands. Her crew survived. |
| Smart | United Kingdom | The schooner was sunk by ice 10 nautical miles (19 km) off Domesnes, Norway. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Riga, Russia. |

## 24 April

List of shipwrecks: 24 April 1823 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Lively | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Deal, Kent. Her crew were rescued. |

## 25 April

List of shipwrecks: 25 April 1823 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Vriendschap | Netherlands | The ship ran aground off Domesnes, Norway, and was wrecked. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland, to Riga, Russian Empire. |

## 26 April

List of shipwrecks: 26 April 1823 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Avon | United Kingdom | The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 3 leagues (9 nautical miles (17 km)) off Padstow, Cornwall. Her four crew were rescued by Richmond ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Neath, Glamorgan, to Dartmouth, Devon. |
| Berentina Maria | Norway | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Memel, Prussia. |
| Eliza | United Kingdom | The yacht was driven ashore and wrecked at Mizen Head, County Cork. Her crew were rescued. |
| Hero | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Cartmel, Cumberland. |

## 27 April

List of shipwrecks: 27 April 1823 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Betsey | Jersey | The ship was lost at St. Mary's, Gambia. |
| Cossack | United States | The schooner was wrecked on the west coast of New Zealand. The ship had called in at the Hokianga Harbour for provisions, but embarked at low tide when the ship was barely able to navigate the channel and unable to cope with an incoming tide. The ship hit a sandbar and went ashore stern first. The crew were all saved with the help of local Hokianga Māori. Some referenced place the wreck in Sumatra rather than New Zealand. |

## 29 April

List of shipwrecks: 29 April 1823 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Fremling | Hamburg | The ship was wrecked on Scharhörn. She was on a voyage from Cette, Hérault, France, to Hamburg. |
| Isabella | United Kingdom | The sloop collided with Mary ( United Kingdom) in the River Mersey at Liverpool, Lancashire, and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newry, County Down, to Liverpool. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in April 1823 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Churruca | Spain | The ship was destroyed by fire at Morro Castle, Cuba, in early April. She was on a voyage from Cádiz to Vera Cruz, Mexico. |
| Courier | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground near Antwerp, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to Antwerp. |
| Courier du Fort Dauphin | France | The ship foundered off Madagascar. |
| Dromo | United States | The ship ran aground in the River Liffey at Dublin, United Kingdom, and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from New York to Dublin. |
| Elizabeth Joanna | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Port Isaac before 21 April. She was on a voyage from Batavia, Netherlands East Indies, to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. |
| Elizabeth & Jane | United States | The ship was severely damaged on a reef off the Fox Islands, Maine, on or before 12 April. She was later taken in to Harpswell, Maine, by Merritt ( United States). |
| George IV | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Constantinople, Ottoman Empire, for Syra, Greece. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Mediterranean Sea with the loss of all hands. |
| Jane | United States | The ship was wrecked near Barcelona, Spain, in early April with the loss of all but three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Gibraltar to Barcelona. |
| Kekke | Norway | The ship was lost near the Faroe Islands. She was on a voyage from Drontheim to Barcelona, Spain. |
| Palermo | France | The ship foundered in the Bay of Biscay of the mouth of the Gironde. |
| Scipio | United Kingdom | The ship was lost near Cherbourg, Seine-Inférieure, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Virginia, United States. |
