# List of shipwrecks in April 1820

The list of shipwrecks in April 1820 includes ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during April 1820.

## 1 April

List of shipwrecks: 1 April 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Echo | United Kingdom | The whaler was wrecked on the Cato Reef, in the Coral Sea. Her crew were rescued. |

## 2 April

List of shipwrecks: 2 April 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Horatio | United States | The full-rigged ship was lost on the Diamond Shoals, off the coast of North Carolina with the loss of eight lives. |
| Ocean | United States | The ship foundered with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Portugal, to Alexandria, Virginia. |
| Rose | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Madeira to London. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Margate. |

## 6 April

List of shipwrecks: 6 April 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bellona | Jamaica | The schooner was wrecked on the Mariguana Reef, Jamaica. All on board were rescued by Merlin ( United Kingdom). |
| Dash | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Brighton, Sussex. |

## 7 April

List of shipwrecks: 7 April 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Rock | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Shoals of Grado, in the Adriatic Sea. She was on a voyage from Saint Domingo to Trieste. Rock was refloated on 13 April and taken in to Trieste. |

## 8 April

List of shipwrecks: 8 April 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Equator | Portugal | The ship was beached at Lisbon. She was on a voyage from Barcelona, Spain, to Lisbon. |

## 10 April

List of shipwrecks: 10 April 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Carl Johan | Sweden | The ship foundered off Kalmar. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom, to Kalmar. |
| Friendship | United Kingdom | The ship was destroyed by fire at Mauritius. Superior was later refloated and resumed her voyage. |

## 11 April

List of shipwrecks: 11 April 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hope | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on St. Philip's Key, off Cape St. Antonio. Cuba. She was on a voyage from Cuba to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Telegraph | United States | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Gravesend, Long Island, New York. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, to New York City. |

## 15 April

List of shipwrecks: 15 April 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hibernia | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Maldonado, Uruguay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire, to Buenos Aires, Argentina. |

## 21 April

List of shipwrecks: 21 April 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Echo | United Kingdom | The whaler was wrecked on Cato's Shoal, in the Pacific Ocean. Her crew survived. |

## 25 April

List of shipwrecks: 25 April 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Neptune | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Sizewell Bank, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She floated off and consequently foundered. Her crew were rescued. Neptune was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, to London. |
| Peggy | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Whitehaven, Cumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Killough, County Down, to Whitehaven. |

## 26 April

List of shipwrecks: 26 April 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| New Society | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Irish Sea off the Isle of Man. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland, to Dublin. |

## 28 April

List of shipwrecks: 28 April 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Flirt | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean between Padstow and St. Ives, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, to Portsmouth, Hampshire. |

## 30 April

List of shipwrecks: 30 April 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Staffa | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Gibraltar to Alicante, Spain. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in April 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on South Uist, Outer Hebrides. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America, to Aberdeen. |
| Betsey | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked on the coast of Newfoundland, British North America. |
| Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked on the coast of Newfoundland. |
| Fortitude | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in British waters. |
| Four Brothers | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked on the coast of Newfoundland. |
| Hatt | United Kingdom | The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (48°08′N 22°28′W﻿ / ﻿48.133°N 22.467°W﻿ / 48.133; -22.467) before 14 April.. Her crew were rescued by Hercules ( United Kingdom. Hatt was on a voyage from Torquay, Devon, to Newfoundland, British North America. |
| Havre de Grâce | France | The ship struck a sandbank at the mouth of the Amazon in late April. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Oporto, Portugal, to Pará, Brazil. |
| Principe de Beira | Portugal | The schooner was attacked by an insurgent privateer and left in distress. Her crew were rescued by Peter and John ( United Kingdom). Principe de Beira was on a voyage from São Miguel Island, Azores, to Figueira da Foz. |
| Quatre Sœurs | France | The ship was wrecked at La Tremblade, Seine-Inférieure, with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom, to Bordeaux, Gironde. |
| Sophia | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked on the coast of Newfoundland. |
| Star | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked on the coast of Newfoundland. |
| St. George | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Bermuda. |