List of shipwrecks in April 1836
# List of shipwrecks in April 1836

The list of shipwrecks in April 1836 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during April 1836.

## 1 April

List of shipwrecks: 1 April 1836 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Friends | United Kingdom | The sloop ran aground and was holed at Arbroath, Forfarshire. She was subsequently taken in to Arbroath for repairs. |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The barque was destroyed by fire at Cobh, County Cork. |
| Shelmalire | United Kingdom | The shipran aground on Harold's Rock, off Cratloe, County Clare. She was on a voyage from Limerick to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America. |
| Tesson | Hamburg | The ship was wrecked on the Dick Sand, in the North Sea off the Oldenburg coast. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Matanzas, Cuba to Hamburg. |
| Thomas and Ann | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Petten, North Holland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued by the Petten Lifeboat. |
| Venus | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Harlingen, Friesland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Amsterdam, North Holland. |

## 2 April

List of shipwrecks: 2 April 1836 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Amity | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Bideford, Devon. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Boston, Lincolnshire. |
| Eliza | Belgium | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Ostend, West Flanders. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Portugal to Ostend. |
| Mary McGill | United Kingdom | The ship capsized and sank at the mouth of the River Shannon with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Tralee, County Kerry to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Nimrod | United Kingdom | The paddle steamer was driven ashore and severely damaged at Ayr. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Ayr. |
| Ocean | United Kingdom | The ship foundered at Padstow, Cornwall with the loss of all hands and a pilot. |
| Robert and Mary | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel off Lundy Island, Devon. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Barnstaple, Devon. |
| Union | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset. |
| Vallenia | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Memel, Prussia. |

## 3 April

List of shipwrecks: 3 April 1836 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Eliza | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium. |
| Traveller | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly. She was on a voyage from Cork to London. Traveller was refloated the next day. |
| United Brothers | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off the Calf of Man, Isle of Man. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure, France. |

## 4 April

List of shipwrecks: 4 April 1836 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Adelphi | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Perch Rock, off the coast of Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Beaumaris, Anglesey to Gloucester. She was refloated the next day and put back to Beaumaris. |
| Lisbon Packet | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands. |
| Phylarea | United Kingdom | The collier struck the Hecla Reef and foundered off Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure. France. Her crew were rescued. |
| Speculator | United Kingdom | The collier struck the Hecla Reef and foundered off Havre de Grâce. Her crew were rescued by Bienfaisante ( France). |
| Venus | Norway | The ship was wrecked on the Banjaard Sand in the North Sea off the Dutch coast. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Christiania to Caen, Calvados, France. |

## 5 April

List of shipwrecks: 5 April 1836 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Frau Anna Rebecca | Duchy of Holstein | The ship was driven ashore on the north coast of Fehmarn. |

## 7 April

List of shipwrecks: 7 April 1836 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Bassenthwaite | United Kingdom | The ship struck rocks off the Isles of Scilly and foundered with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America. |
| Elizabeth | Duchy of Holstein | The ship sank near the mouth of the Eider. |

## 8 April

List of shipwrecks: 8 April 1836 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Astrea | United Kingdom | The ship collided with Mells ( United Kingdom) and was abandoned 7 leagues (21 nautical miles (39 km)) west south west of the Tuscar Rock. Her crew were rescued by Mells. |

## 9 April

List of shipwrecks: 9 April 1836 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Henrick | Norway | The ship was wrecked at Douglas, Isle of Man. She was on a voyage from Arendal to Douglas. |
| Johannes | Russia | The ship was driven ashore at Hamburg. She was on a voyage from Riga to "Rivadeo". Johannes was later refloated and taken in to "Burgowick". |

## 10 April

List of shipwrecks: 10 April 1836 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Rashleigh | United Kingdom | The ship collided with Europa ( Hamburg) and foundered off Penzance Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Plymouth, Devon. |

## 11 April

List of shipwrecks: 11 April 1836 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Henry and Thomas | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Ravenglass, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Douglas, Isle of Man to Maryport, Cumberland. |
| Lalla Rookh | United Kingdom | The brig (built 1825 in South Shields) was wrecked near Wick, Scotland, around midnight on 11 (or 12?) April 1836. She was sailing from Newcastle-upon-Tyne to Quebec in ballast under the command of Captain Green, during a severe easterly gale, and was driven onto rocks at Elzy, a couple of miles east of Wick. |

## 12 April

List of shipwrecks: 12 April 1836 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Collingwood | United Kingdom | The collier foundered in the English Channel 35 nautical miles (65 km) south west by south of Beachy Head, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Gibraltar. |

## 13 April

List of shipwrecks: 13 April 1836 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Catherine | Hamburg | The ship capsized in the North Sea off Cromer, Norfolk, United Kingdom with the loss of four of the six people on board. The survivors were rescued the next day by Lucie ( United Kingdom). Catherine was on a voyage from Hamburg to London, United Kingdom. |
| Mercurius | Bremen | The ship was wrecked at Thisted, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Bremen to a Baltic port. |
| Northumberland | United Kingdom | The ship struck the Ness of Guise, off John o' Groats, Caithness and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Hamburg. |

## 14 April

List of shipwrecks: 14 April 1836 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Hope | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Maryport, Cumberland. |

## 15 April

List of shipwrecks: 15 April 1836 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Enterprise | United Kingdom | The ship was lost in the River Severn. She was on a voyage from Sydney, New South Wales to Bridgwater, Somerset. |
| James | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cape Florida, Florida Territory. She was on a voyage from Mobile, Alabama, United States to Cowes, Isle of Wight. |

## 17 April

List of shipwrecks: 17 April 1836 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Spring | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore crewless at Whitby, Yorkshire. She was refloated on 23 April and taken in to Whitby. |

## 18 April

List of shipwrecks: 18 April 1836 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Britannia | United Kingdom | The ship caught fire and sank in the English Channel off Exmouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Exeter, Devon. The wreck was later refloated. |
| Johanna | Belgium | The ship sank at Gotland, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Saint Petersburg, Russia. |

## 19 April

List of shipwrecks: 19 April 1836 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Resolucao | Brazil | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of Pará. She was on a voyage from Maranhão to Pará. |

## 22 April

List of shipwrecks: 22 April 1836 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Guernsey Lily | Guernsey | The ship ran aground, capsized and was severely damaged at Jersey, Channel Islands. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Jersey. |
| Vrow Elizabeth | Dantzig | The ship was wrecked by ice off "Point Perrispoe", Russia. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Dantzig and Narva, Russia. |
| William Huskisson | United Kingdom | The paddle steamer ran aground on the North Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Liverpool, Lancashire. |

## 25 April

List of shipwrecks: 25 April 1836 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Katherine | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the West Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Wilmington, Delaware, United States. |

## 27 April

List of shipwrecks: 27 April 1836 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Bonny Lass | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Sanday, Inner Hebrides. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Tarbert, Argyllshire. She was refloated on 26 May and taken in to Campbeltown, Argyllshire. |

## 28 April

List of shipwrecks: 28 April 1836 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Penketh | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off the mouth of the River Dee. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Caernarvon to Liverpool, Lancashire. |

## 29 April

List of shipwrecks: 29 April 1836 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Ann Eliza | Antigua | The drogher was wrecked in the Bird Island Channel. |
| Charles Guillaume | France | The ship ran aground on the Belfast Rock, Antigua. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Guadeloupe. |
| St. Anthonie | Netherlands | The ship was driven ashore at Virga, Russia. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to a Baltic port. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in April 1836 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Arethusa | United Kingdom | The schooner was run down and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off the Tuskar Rock by Molo ( United Kingdom) on or before 4 April. Her crew were rescued by Molo. |
| Arzac | France | The ship was wrecked at "Lachaume" on or before 3 April. She was on a voyage from New York to La Rochelle, Charente Maritime. |
| Caledonia | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Laguna. She was on a voyage from Laguna to Cowes, Isle of Wight. |
| Catharina Elizabeth | Heligoland | The ship was lost near the mouth of the Eider. |
| Cora Nelly | France | The ship was driven ashore on the Île d'Aix, Charente-Maritime. She was on a voyage from India to Bordeaux, Gironde. |
| Henry and Thomas | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Ravenglass, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Douglas, Isle of Man to Maryport, Cumberland. Henry and Thomas was refloated on 23 April and taken in to Maryport. |
| Hetty | New South Wales | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Port Phillip. |
| James Laurie | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off the Abaco Islands between 1 and 7 April. She was on a voyage from Nassau, Bahamas to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Jeanies | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Portrush, County Antrim with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Ballysadare, County Sligo to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. |
| Johana Carolina | Netherlands | The ship was driven ashore at Camaret-sur-Mer, Finistère, Freance. |
| Lalla Roohk | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at "Elgy". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America. |
| Lord Rodney | New South Wales | The brig was wrecked at Wangaroa Harbour, New Zealand. Her crew were rescued. |
| Mayflower | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Loch Indaal before 6 April. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Ballyshannon, County Donegal. |
| Ottawa | British North America | The ship was wrecked on Anticosti Island, Lower Canada. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Montreal, Lower Canada to London, United Kingdom. |
| Success | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the English Channel 25 nautical miles (46 km) south west of Beachy Head, Sussex, She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall to London. |
| Thomas | United States | The brig was abandoned off Dielette, Manche, France before 6 April. |
