# List of shipwrecks in April 1844

The list of shipwrecks in April 1844 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during April 1844.

## 1 April

List of shipwrecks: 1 April 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ada | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Longships, off the coast of Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire, to Penzance, Cornwall. |
| Helen | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground 8 nautical miles (15 km) east of Marsala, Sicily. She was on a voyage from London to Malta. |
| Wohlfahrt | Flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore on the south west coast of "Seelam". She was on a voyage from Haderslev, Denmark, to the Weser. She was refloated and resumed her voyage in a leaky condition. |

## 2 April

List of shipwrecks: 2 April 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alice | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the North Sea off the north Kent coast with some loss of life. |
| Baltimore | United States | The ship was driven ashore at Memel, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Memel to London, United Kingdom. |
| Elida | Norway | The ship ran aground and was damaged leaving Svelvik. She put back to Svelvik. |
| Helen | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Edisto Island, South Carolina, United States, and was abandoned by her crew. |
| Koninginn | Prussia | The ship ran aground at Memel. She was on a voyage from Memel to Bristol, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Memel. |
| Penelope | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and was damaged leaving Svelvik. She put back to Svelvil. |
| Stadt | Netherlands | The steamship was holed and sank at Vlissingen, Zeeland. She was refloated. |
| Stillman | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked off Whydah, Dahomey with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim, to Whydah. |

## 3 April

List of shipwrecks: 3 April 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Frances | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Woolcombe Sands, off the north coast of Devon. She was on a voyage from Cork to London. She was on a voyage from British Honduras to London. She had become a wreck by 4 April. |
| Queen or Queen Mary | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground off Heligoland. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Queen of Scotland | United Kingdom | The paddle steamer ran aground off Heligoland. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, to Hamburg. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Rapid | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at "Laguna". She was on a voyage from Laguna to Cobh, County Cork. |

## 4 April

List of shipwrecks: 4 April 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Marida | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on "Lappen". She was refloated. |
| Tecumseh | United States | The ship was driven ashore at Trinidad. She was refloated. |
| William Skyrme | United Kingdom | The ship was holed by her anchor and sank at Tralee, County Kerry. She was on a voyage from Tralee to Dublin. She was refloated on 6 April. |

## 5 April

List of shipwrecks: 5 April 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| James Harris | United Kingdom | The barque was sunk by ice in the Atlantic Ocean (46°19′N 49°00′W﻿ / ﻿46.317°N 49.000°W﻿ / 46.317; -49.000) with the loss of one of her thirteen crew. Survivors were rescued by L'Encarnet ( France). James Harris was on a voyage from London to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America. Also reported as 25 April. |
| Jane | United Kingdom | The brig foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (38°15′N 9°40′W﻿ / ﻿38.250°N 9.667°W﻿ / 38.250; -9.667). Her crew were rescued by the schooner Greyhound ( United Kingdom). Jane was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire, to Barcelona, Spain. |
| Senora de Conceicão | Portugal | The brigantine ran aground at Figueira da Foz. She was on a voyage from Figueira da Foz to Bahia, Brazil. |

## 6 April

List of shipwrecks: 6 April 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ann Eliza | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at the mouth of the Danube. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from an English port to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. She had been refloated by 1 May. |
| Friendship | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, to London. She was refloated and put in to Wivenhoe, Essex. |
| Hercules | United Kingdom | The paddle steamer ran aground in the River Avon. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, to Llanelly, Glamorgan. |
| Neptunus | Hamburg | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York, United States, to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands. |

## 7 April

List of shipwrecks: 7 April 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Dolphin | United States | The ship was in collision with Martha Washington ( United States) and sank at New York. She was on a voyage from New York to Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America. |
| Hilda Mathilda | Sweden | The ship was wrecked on the Skagen Reef. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom, to Stockholm. |
| Tintern | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground off Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Barbadoes. She was refloated. |

## 8 April

List of shipwrecks: 8 April 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Helen | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Sicily. She was on a voyage from London to Malta. She was later refloated. |
| Splendid | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground off Gigha. |
| Venus | Norway | The ship was driven ashore on Anholt, Denmark. She was refloated on 15 April and put in to Copenhagen, Denmark. |

## 9 April

List of shipwrecks: 9 April 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Oremus | Denmark | The ship was wrecked on "Hepeloe". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Roskilde. |
| Peace | United Kingdom | The brig was sunk by ice in the Atlantic Ocean (46°52′N 46°30′W﻿ / ﻿46.867°N 46.500°W﻿ / 46.867; -46.500). Her crew were rescued from an ice floe on 18 April by Copernicus ( Bremen). |
| Pieternella | Prussia | The ship was driven ashore at Tylstrup, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands, to Königsberg. |

## 10 April

List of shipwrecks: 10 April 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ane Margrethe | Denmark | The ship ran aground on the Vedsteen. She was on a voyage from Stubbekøbing to an English port. She was refloated and put in to Fredrikshavn. |
| Pilot | United Kingdom | The ship was destroyed by fire at the mouth of the River Ythan. |
| Portia | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near "Thornby", Denmark. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, to Memel, Prussia. She was refloated but consequently sank. |

## 11 April

List of shipwrecks: 11 April 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Fancy | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Doom Bar. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire, to Brixham, Devon. She was refloated. |
| King William | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Flotta, Orkney Islands, and sank. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Stettin. She was refloated on 15 April and beached at Stromness to be repaired. |
| Rapid | United Kingdom | The ship sank at Hubberstone Pill, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. |
| Rosebud | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Swine Bottoms. She was on a voyage from Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, to a Baltic port. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Helsingør, Denmark, for repairs. |

## 12 April

List of shipwrecks: 12 April 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore by ice at Pillau, Prussia. She was refloated. |
| Lord Nelson | United Kingdom | The ship sank in the Irish Sea 10 nautical miles (19 km) off St Bees Head, Cumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland, to the Duddon Estuary. |
| Northumberland | New South Wales | The cutter was wrecked at the mouth of the Manning River. Her crew were rescued. |

## 13 April

List of shipwrecks: 14 April 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Lord Dalmeny | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore by ice at Pillau, Kingdom of Prussia. She was refloated on 16 April. |
| Providence | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Grimsby, Lincolnshire. |
| Venus | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore by ice at Pillau. She was refloated the next day. |

## 14 April

List of shipwrecks: 14 April 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Corinna | Portugal | The sloop struck a floating log whilst on a voyage from Faial Island to Flores Island, Azores. She consequently sank on arrival. Her crew were rescued. |
| Jane | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and capsized in the Humber at Brough, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Goole to Hessle Cliff. |
| Nautilus | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Anegada Reef. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Lucia to London. |
| Zephyr | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Heligoland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Messina, Sicily, to Hamburg. She was refloated on 20 April. |

## 15 April

List of shipwrecks: 15 April 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Prince Albert | United Kingdom | The ship was damaged by ice and abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Trafalgar ( United Kingdom). Prince Albert was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America, to Liverpool, Lancashire. |

## 16 April

List of shipwrecks: 16 April 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Eleonore | Jersey | The brig ran aground on No Man's Land, in the Solent. |
| Johann Wilhelm | Sweden | The ship ran aground off Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Guernsey, Channel Islands. She was refloated and put back to Gothenburg. |
| London | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Pillau, Prussia. She was on a voyage from London to Pillau. |
| Spraycombe | United Kingdom | The ship struck rocks in the Bristol Channel and foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bridgwater, Somerset, to Swansea, Glamorgan. |

## 17 April

List of shipwrecks: 17 April 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| British King | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Sweden. She was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire, to Riga, Russia. |

## 18 April

List of shipwrecks: 18 April 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Clio | Denmark | The ship ran aground off Skagen. She was on a voyage from "Greenae" to London, United Kingdom. She was refloated on 20 April. |
| Columbine | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Saugor Sand, India. Her crew were rescued. |

## 19 April

List of shipwrecks: 19 April 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| George Welsford | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Weymouth, Dorset, to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America. |
| Pilot | United Kingdom | The ship was destroyed by fire at the mouth of the River Ythan. |

## 20 April

List of shipwrecks: 20 April 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| George Palmer | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore by ice at Memel, Prussia. She was refloated. |
| Madona di Montenegro di Niesi | Kingdom of Sardinia | The ship was wrecked on the north coast of Menorca, Spain, with the loss of seven of her twelve crew. She was on a voyage from Genoa to Algiers, Algeria. |
| New Volunteer | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) west of Málaga, Spain. She was on a voyage from Málaga to Cádiz. |

## 22 April

List of shipwrecks: 22 April 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Erin | New Zealand | The schooner was wrecked 20 miles (32 km) east of Cape Palliser, New Zealand, when it struck a rock. All hands were saved. |
| George Palmer | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Memel, Prussia. She was refloated. |
| Kincardineshire | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Bornholm, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to Riga, Russia. She was later refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Pallas | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and damaged on Flotta, Orkney Islands. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to America. She was refloated. |
| Sir William Cumming | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Flotta. She was on a voyage from Nairn to Liverpool, Lancashire. |

## 23 April

List of shipwrecks: 24 April 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Concurrent | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near "Packerort" with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Messina, Sicily, to Reval, Russia. |
| Isabella | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Cape Palos, Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany, to Plymouth, Devon. |

## 24 April

List of shipwrecks: 24 April 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bandicoot | Van Diemen's Land | The schooner was driven ashore between The Heads and George Town. She was refloated on 27 April and taken into Launceston. |
| Julius | Sweden | The ship was in collision with a sloop and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from "Jernavik" to Malmö. |
| Marshall | United Kingdom | The ship was lost off the west coast of Jutland near "Laurvig". She was on a voyage from London to Königsberg, Prussia. |
| Patriot | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at "Tannager", Norway. She was on a voyage from Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, to a Baltic port. She was refloated and taken in to Tannager. |
| Star | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Dunnet Head, Caithness. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Dingwall, Ross-shire. |
| St. John | British North America | The ship was driven ashore in the Dardanelles near Koum Kali, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. She was consequently condemned. |

## 25 April

List of shipwrecks: 25 April 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Amor | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Thisted, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to a Baltic port. |
| Frederikke | Denmark | The ship ran aground on a reef off Læsø and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom, to Copenhagen. |
| John Woodall | United Kingdom | The ship caught fire and was scuttled in the River Thames at Tilbury Fort, Essex. She was on a voyage from London to Calcutta, India. She was refloated on 28 April and taken in to London. |
| Marshall | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Thisted. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Königsberg, Prussia. |
| Portia | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Hjørring, Denmark. |
| Triton | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the Eider. She was on a voyage from London to Friedrichstadt, Duchy of Schleswig. |

## 26 April

List of shipwrecks: 26 April 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Kangaroo | New South Wales | The steamship ran aground in the Parramatta River. She was on a voyage from Parramatta to Sydney. |
| Louisa | United Kingdom | The sloop sprang a leak and sank in the English Channel. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon, to Southampton, Hampshire. |
| Princess | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Antigua. She was on a voyage from the Rio Grande to London. |

## 27 April

List of shipwrecks: 27 April 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Aviso | Spain | The ship ran aground at Puerta Mala. She was refloated the next day. |
| Forth | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Manila, Spanish East Indies, for Falmouth, Cornwall. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Heart of Oak | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Clee Ness, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, to Scarborough, Yorkshire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Jane Martell | Jersey | The ship was lost near Arichat, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Jersey to Arichat. |
| Jessie Ritchie | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Jardine Reefs. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Havana, Cuba. |
| Patriot | United Kingdom | The ship struck a rock and was damaged at Stavanger, Norway. She was on a voyage from Fraserburg, Aberdeenshire, to a Baltic port. She put in to Stavanger. |
| Teazer | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Jardine Reefs. She was on a voyage from Trinidad to Boston, Massachusetts. |
| Waterman No.10 | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground and sank at Hastings, Sussex. She was refloated on 29 April. |

## 28 April

List of shipwrecks: 28 April 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Lavinia | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Padstow, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall, to Newport, Monmouthshire. She was refloated. |

## 29 April

List of shipwrecks: 29 April 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Jane and Margaret | United Kingdom | The ship struck the Batten Reef, off the coast of Devon. She was on a voyage from Bangor to Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex. She was refloated. |
| Logan | United States | The ship was sighted whilst on a voyage from Manila, Spanish East Indies, to Boston, Massachusetts. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands; probably during a typhoon between 1 and 3 May. |
| Morning Star | British North America | The ship was wrecked near Chéticamp, Nova Scotia. Her crew were rescued. |
| Prince of Wales | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in Stangate Creek. She was on a voyage from Surinam to London. |

## 30 April

List of shipwrecks: 30 April 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Amelia | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at St. Bernardino Point with the loss of six lives. She was on a voyage from Sydney, New South Wales, to Manila, Spanish East Indies. |
| Thomas Lambert | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Wexford. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire, to Wexford. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in April 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ashantee | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked at Assinie, Ivory Coast. Her crew were rescued. |
| Bridget Timmens | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America, to an English port. She was subsequently towed in to Salem, Massachusetts, United States, in a waterlogged condition. |
| Gladiator | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Sandy Hook, New Jersey, United States. She was on a voyage from London to New York, United States. She was refloated, and arrived at New York on 19 April. |
| Jane Walker | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 13 April. |
| Margaretta | United Kingdom | The sloop sank at Cardigan. |