# List of shipwrecks in April 1889

The list of shipwrecks in April 1889 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during April 1889.

## 1 April

List of shipwrecks: 1 April 1889 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Domino | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at "Ramsohoen", north of Kristiansand, Norway. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Drontheim, Norway. |
| Gulf of Mexico | United Kingdom | The steamship collided with the steamship Fulmar ( United Kingdom) in the Scheldt and was severely damaged. Gulf of Mexico was on a voyage from Dunkerque, Nord to Antwerp, Belgium. Gulf of Mexico was towed in to Antwerp. |
| John | United Kingdom | The lighter was run into by the steamship State of Georgia ( United Kingdom) and sank in the Clyde near Dumbarton. Her crew survived. |
| Springhall | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. |
| St. Audries | United Kingdom | The steamship sank at Le Sables-d'Olonne, Vendée, France. Her crew were rescued. |

## 2 April

List of shipwrecks: 2 April 1889 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Felix Anna | France | The schooner ran aground on the East Ham Sands, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. |
| Inflexible | United Kingdom | The fishing trawler was driven ashore at Godrevy, Cornwall. She floated off and sank. Her seven crew survived. |

## 4 April

List of shipwrecks: 4 April 1889 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Merton Hall | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the Suez Canal. She was on a voyage from Bombay, India to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Newcastle Packet | Norway | The schooner was wrecked on the Isle of May, Fife, United Kingdom with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Kristiansand to Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, United Kingdom. |

## 5 April

List of shipwrecks: 5 April 1889 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Douglas | United Kingdom | The steamship, a collier ran aground off Amrum, Germany. She was refloated and taken in to Hamburg, Germany. |
| Freihandel | Netherlands | The ship departed from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom for Buenos Aires, Argentina. No further trace, reported missing. |

## 6 April

List of shipwrecks: 6 April 1889 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Carrie Dingle | United Kingdom | The brigantine was run into by the steamship Noordland ( Belgium) and sank in the English Channel 7 nautical miles (13 km) south of the Royal Sovereign Lightship ( Trinity House). Her five crew were rescued by Noordland. Carrie Dingle was on a voyage from Port Madoc, Caernarfonshire to Hamburg, Germany. |
| Danmark | Denmark | The passenger ship foundered in the North Atlantic after her propeller shaft snapped. A total of 721 passengers and crew were rescued by the steamship Missouri ( United States). Abandoned and almost submerged, the wreck of Danmark was found on 8 April by the passenger steamer RMS City of Chester ( United Kingdom) at 45°55′N 37°16′W﻿ / ﻿45.917°N 37.267°W﻿ / 45.917; -37.267. |
| Percy | United Kingdom | The Mersey Flat was driven ashore and wrecked at Cemlyn, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from West Bank, Cheshire to Holyhead, Anglesey. |
| Sicily | United Kingdom | The ship put in to Madeira on fire. She was on a voyage from Paraíba, Brazil to Liverpool, Lancashire. The fire was extinguished. |

## 7 April

List of shipwrecks: 7 April 1889 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Emilie | Germany | The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (47°58′N 19°22′W﻿ / ﻿47.967°N 19.367°W﻿ / 47.967; -19.367) with the loss of three of her fourteen crew. Survivors were rescued by the steamship Holland ( United Kingdom). Emilie was on a voyage from Pensacola, Florida, United States to Brake. |
| Luigi | Italy | The barque ran aground at Gibraltar. |
| Northampton | United States | The schooner/oyster pungy (36 tons) was driven ashore in a gale 5 miles south of Cape Henry. Her Captain and 2 crewmen died, 1 survived. |
| USS Pensacola | United States Navy | The gunboat sank at Portsmouth Navy Yard, New Hampshire when a drydock was inundated. |
| Unnamed | United States | The collier foundered in Delaware Bay with the loss of five lives. |

## 8 April

List of shipwrecks: 8 April 1889 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Abeona | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the Lynn Channel. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk to the "North Light". |
| Cotopaxi | United Kingdom | The steamship was run into by the steamship Olympia ( Germany) off Punta Arenas, Chile and was beached. She was on a voyage from Montevideo, Uruguay to Valparaíso, Chile. Following temporary repairs, she resumed her voyage the next day. |
| Ethel | United Kingdom | The ship struck rocks in Donegal Bay and sprang a leak. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Donegal. She was beached at Killybegs, County Donegal. |
| Inga | Norway | The brig ran aground off the coast of Nord, France. She was refloated. |
| Unnamed | Flag unknown | The steamship ran aground on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk, United Kingdom. |

## 9 April

List of shipwrecks: 9 April 1889 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| City of Dortmund | Flag unknown | The steamship ran aground in the Belfast Lough. |

## 10 April

List of shipwrecks: 10 April 1889 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Abicore | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex and sank. |
| Libra | United Kingdom | The steamship collided with the steamship Stancliffe ( United Kingdom) and sank off the Outer Dowsing Sandbank, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew were rescued by Stancliffe. Libra was on a voyage from Granton, Lothian to London. |
| Unnamed | Sweden | The ship was driven ashore at Muros Spain. |
| Palakta | Flag unknown | The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. |

## 11 April

List of shipwrecks: 11 April 1889 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Pinelis | France | The brig was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Lys ( United Kingdom). |

## 12 April

List of shipwrecks: 12 April 1889 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Amelia | France | The fishing brig was abandoned at sea and foundered off The Lizard. The captain and twenty-one crew were landed at Plymouth by the Lysgand ( Belgium). |

## 13 April

List of shipwrecks: 13 April 1889 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Commodore Bateman | United States | The pilot boat was run into and sunk off Georges Bank, Cape Cod, Massachusetts by the steamship Suevia ( Germany) with the loss of two lives. |

## 14 April

List of shipwrecks: 14 April 1889 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Cotopaxi | United Kingdom | The steamship struck a sunken rock in the Smyth Channel and foundered (48°44′00″S 74°25′30″W﻿ / ﻿48.73333°S 74.42500°W﻿ / -48.73333; -74.42500). All on board, more than 200 people, reached shore. They were rescued the next day by the steamship Setos ( Germany). Cotopaxi was on a voyage from Montevideo, Uruguay to Valparaíso, Chile. |

## 16 April

List of shipwrecks: 16 April 1889 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Albyn | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship caught fire in the Indian Ocean. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Dundee, Forfarshire. The fire was extinguished and she continued her voyage. |

## 17 April

List of shipwrecks: 17 April 1889 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| John Shay | United States | The schooner was driven ashore and went to pieces in an attempt to beach in a gale 3 miles north of Cape Hatteras. Her Captain and all 5 crewmen died. |

## 18 April

List of shipwrecks: 18 April 1889 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Everett | United States | The steamship was sunk in a wind storm in the Mississippi River near Burlington, Iowa. Five people were killed. |

## 19 April

List of shipwrecks: 19 April 1889 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Brocklesby | United Kingdom | The brigantine ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. |
| Ocean King | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the Thames Estuary off Shoeburyness, Essex. She was refloated with the assistance of two tugs. |

## 20 April

List of shipwrecks: 20 April 1889 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| William Leavitt | United Kingdom | The barque was abandoned in the Irish Sea 10 nautical miles (19 km) south of Little Ross, Wigtownshire. Her crew were rescued by the tug Hercules ( United Kingdom), which was towing William Leavitt from Maryport, Cumberland to Greenock, Renfrewshire. |

## 21 April

List of shipwrecks: 21 April 1889 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Arago | United Kingdom | The steamship was drive ashore in the Dardanelles. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Odessa, Russia. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug. |
| Fernlands | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Spijkerplaat, in the North Sea off the coast of Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Bombay, India to Antwerp, Belgium. She was later refloated with the assistance of a steamship and resumed her voyage. |
| Lady Cathcart | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at Gourdon, Aberdeenshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Kennetpans, Clackmannanshire to Aberdeen. |

## 22 April

List of shipwrecks: 22 April 1889 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Drumsyme | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore near Campbeltown, Argyllshire. She subsequently became a wreck. |
| Emerald | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Moville, County Donegal. She was on a voyage from Garston, Lancashire to Sligo. |
| Lizzie Williams | United States | The barque was wrecked on a shoal off Tugidak Island, District of Alaska. All 96 people on board survived. They were rescued by the steamships Al-Ki and Elsie (both United States). Lizzie Williams was on a voyage from San Francisco, California to Kodiak Island, District of Alaska. |

## 23 April

List of shipwrecks: 23 April 1889 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Lady Brassey | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground off Hastings Pier, Sussex and lost both propellers. She was refloated and proceeded under sail. Subsequently towed in to Dover, Kent by the tug Lady Vita ( United Kingdom). |
| Unnamed | Flag unknown | The steamship was driven ashore near the Hela Lighthouse, Germany. |

## 24 April

List of shipwrecks: 24 April 1889 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Sylvia | Italy | The steamship caught fire at Alexandria, Egypt and was scuttled. |

## 25 April

List of shipwrecks: 25 April 1889 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Glenpadarn | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Rangoon, Burma for the English Channel. No further trace, reported missing. |

## 27 April

List of shipwrecks: 27 April 1889 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Katie | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the Suez Canal. She was on a voyage from Bombay, India to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was refloated the next day. |
| King's Cross | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Dungeness, Kent. She was refloated with assistance from the tugs Challenger and Condor (both United Kingdom). |
| Mona | United Kingdom | The yawl was run down by a steamship and sank in the English Channel off Dungeness. Her crew were rescued. |
| Penedo | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to Copenhagen, Denmark. She was refloated and put into the River Tyne. |
| William | Guernsey | The brig capsized in the River Wear. |

## 28 April

List of shipwrecks: 28 April 1889 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Albert, Château Margeaux, and Manora | United Kingdom France United Kingdom | The fishing smack Albert was run into by the steamship Manora off the South Foreland, Kent and was damaged. Albert was subsequently assisted in to Ramsgate, Kent. Subsequently, the steamship Château Margeaux collided with Manora in the English Channel 8 nautical miles (15 km) east of the Royal Sovereign Lightship ( Trinity House). Château Margeaux was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to Antwerp, Belgium. She was taken in tow by the steamship Lyon ( France) but sank 18 nautical miles (33 km) north west of Cape Ailly, Seine-Inférieure. Her crew were rescued by a French pilot cutter. Manora was severely damaged at the bow. She was on a voyage from London to Calcutta, India. She put back to Gravesend, Kent. |
| Barnesmore, and Ville de Havre | United Kingdom France | The steamships collided in the Mediterranean Sea 10 nautical miles (19 km) east of Gibraltar. Ville de Havre sank with the loss of four lives. Barnesmore was severely damaged. |

## 29 April

List of shipwrecks: 29 April 1889 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Anna B. Cannon | United States | The schooner was wrecked on Milk Island. Her crew were rescued. |
| Moss Rose | United Kingdom | The cutter ran aground on the Brake Sand, off the Kent coast. |
| No. 2 | France | The dredger suffered a boiler explosion and sank at Calais with the loss of three of the nine people on board. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in April 1889 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Afghan | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Tam Kan, China. She was on a voyage from Kobe, Japan to Hong Kong. She was refloated and completed her voyage in a leaky condition. She was placed under repair. |
| Alpha | Norway | The steamship ran aground on the Malo Reef, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from a Baltic port to Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom. She was refloated with assistance. |
| Amigo | Germany | The steamship ran aground on the Apo Shoal. She was refloated. |
| Ashdell | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore on the coast of Puerto Rico. |
| Atalanta | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Gibraltar. She was later refloated. |
| Bona Fides | Norway | The ship was wrecked at "Eastern Fields". She was on a voyage from Newcastle, New South Wales to Java, Netherlands East Indies. |
| Catina E | Austria-Hungary | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Le Robert, Martinique. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Le Robert to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. |
| Caurenze | Flag unknown | The ship ran aground at Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Christiania, Norway to Liverpool. |
| Colleen Bawn, and Dunvegan Castle | United Kingdom | The steamship Dunvegan Castle collided with the steamship Colleen Bawn and sank at Liverpool. Her crew were rescued. Dunvegan Castle was on a voyage from Workington, Cumberland to Liverpool. Colleen Bawn was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Drogheda, County Louth. |
| Concord | Germany | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Monte Christi, Dominican Republic. |
| Concordia | Netherlands | The brig was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Antares ( United States). |
| Connecticut | United States | The coaster, a steamship, was driven ashore on the coast of Rhode Island. |
| Danube | United Kingdom | The steamship collided with the steamship Alliance ( United States) and sank 12 nautical miles (22 km) south of Portland, Oregon, United States. |
| David W. Hunt | United States | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 24 April. |
| Devonia | United Kingdom | The steamship was run into by the steamship Robert Brown ( United Kingdom) and sank at Taganrog, Russia. |
| Edward Williams | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Ardrossan, Ayrshire. She was refloated on 24 April. |
| Elk | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the Danube 35 nautical miles (65 km) from its mouth. |
| Gem | United Kingdom | The schooner collided with the steamship Gregory ( United Kingdom) and sank at Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France. Her crew were rescued. |
| Gulf of Aden | United Kingdom | The ship caught fire at Coquimbo, Chile. The fire was extinguished. |
| Helena | Germany | The barque was driven ashore on the Tybee Knowl, Georgia, United States. |
| H. Printzenberg | Germany | The barque foundered at sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Singapore, Straits Settlements to Hong Kong. |
| Irene | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Dungeness, Kent. She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to Plymouth, Devon. She was refloated and towed in to Dover, Kent in a leaky condition. |
| Jane Amwyl | United Kingdom | The schooner collided with the steamship Plymothian ( United Kingdom) and sank. Her crew were rescued. |
| Jane and Ann | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off the east Kent coast. |
| Kate C. Maguire | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore at Swansea, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada to Swansea. She was refloated with assistance and taken in to Swansea. |
| Kepler | Germany | The steamship collided with the tug Itzehoe ( Germany) and ran aground on the Schwarz Tonnensand. Kepler was on a voyage from Hamburg to Port Pirie, South Australia. |
| Lady Margaret | United Kingdom | The steamship collided with the steamship Waverley ( United Kingdom) at Weston-super-Mare, Somerset and was severely damaged. |
| Laurence | Norway | The brig ran aground at Waterloo, Lancashire. |
| Lilydale | United Kingdom | The steamship was sunk by ice in the Baltic Sea 15 nautical miles (28 km) off the north point of Öland, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. |
| Lizzie Carr | United States | The schooner collided with a floating wreck and sprang a leak. She put in to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. |
| Margaret | United Kingdom | The schooner was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued. |
| Maripesa | United States | The steamship put in to Auckland, New Zealand on fire. |
| Metropolitan | Flag unknown | The ship was beached on "Pikers Island". She was on a voyage from New York, United States to London, United Kingdom. |
| Moulton | United States | The schooner was abandoned at sea. Some of her crew were rescued by the steamship Claribel (Flag unknown). Moulton was on a voyage from the Black River, Jamaica to Chester, Pennsylvania. |
| Munib | India | The flat sank at Kulpee. |
| Northern Belle | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Brisbane, Queensland. |
| Odd | Norway | The barque was wrecked at Viseu, Brazil. Her crew were rescued. |
| Œnone | Guernsey | The ship struck a rock at Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Guernsey to Saint-Malo. |
| Old Kensington | United States | The ship caught fire and was beached at San Pedro, California. |
| Olympia | Chile | The steamship collided with the steamship Cotopaxi ( Chile) in the Strait of Magellan and was beached. Her passengers were taken off. |
| Oranmore | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at the mouth of the Rappahannock River. She was on a voyage from Liverpoolto Baltimore, Maryland, United States. She was refloated. |
| Pedro Turall | Spain | The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked at Caminha, Portugal. |
| Philothea | Germany | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Tangier, Morocco. |
| Pioneer | Germany | The steamship was driven ashore at Rügenwalde. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Königsberg. |
| Richard P. Buck | United States | The ship caught fire at Bermuda and was scuttled. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia to San Francisco, California. |
| Robert Ingham | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Zincirbozan, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Taganrog to Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy. |
| Schamyl | Norway | The barque ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk, United Kingdom and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Arendal to Truro, Cornwall, United Kingdom. |
| Sjaelland | Denmark | The steamship was driven ashore at Falsterbo, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Nörrkoping, Sweden. She was refloated with the assistance of a steamship and taken in to Copenhagen. |
| Soskommeren | Norway | The barque ran aground at Pará, Brazil and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Pará. She was refloated. |
| Tavistock | United Kingdom | The sloop foundered off Dawlish, Devon. Her crew survived. |
| Tewkesbury | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked in the Caroline Islands. Her crew survived. |
| Westergate | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Breaksea Point, Glamorgan. She was refloated on 26 April and taken in to Cardiff, Glamorgan. |
| William Duthie | United Kingdom | The ship was destroyed by fire at Chittagong, India. |
| William Jones | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground at Kingstown, County Dublin. She was on a voyage from London to Newry, County Antrim. She was refloated and beached. |
| Wolseley | Norway | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, United States. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Portland, Maine, United States. |
| Woodlands | United Kingdom | The steamship caught fire at Huelva, Spain. The fire was extinguished. |
| Zarifa | United States | The ship was wrecked on the Moselle Shoals. She was on a voyage from New York to Vera Cruz, Mexico. |
| Zeemeuw | Netherlands | The brig ran aground. She was on a voyage from Burntisland, Fife, United Kingdom to Kastrup, Denmark. She was refloated with assistance. |
| Unnamed | United States | The lighter caught fire at Savannah, Georgia. |