# List of shipwrecks in April 1834

The list of shipwrecks in April 1834 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded or otherwise lost during April 1834.

## 1 April

List of shipwrecks: 1 April 1834 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Helens and Eleanora | United Kingdom | The ship was lost at Hook of Holland, South Holland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to "Frazerburg". |
| Magdalene | Danzig | The ship was abandoned in the English Channel off the Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Danzig to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône France. |
| Talisman | United Kingdom | The sloop struck a rock off Girdleness, Aberdeenshire and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to Sunderland, County Durham. |
| Tartar | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore on Sand Island, Alabama, United States. |

## 5 April

List of shipwrecks: 5 April 1834 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Cherub | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on Goose Island, British North America. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America. |

## 6 April

List of shipwrecks: 6 April 1834 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Diana | Sweden | The ship was lost near Thisted, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Antwerp, Belgium. |
| William Fawcett | United Kingdom | The steamship was destroyed by fire at Dublin. |

## 8 April

List of shipwrecks: 8 April 1834 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Lord Gambier | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked in Engleholm Bay, Sweden. Her crew were rescued, but three of the nine rescuers drowned. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Riga, Russia. |
| Rosetta | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Shoreham-by-Sea. |

## 9 April

List of shipwrecks: 9 April 1834 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Minerva | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Rockaway, Long Island, New York, United States. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to New York City. |
| Princeza da Beira | Portugal | The ship was destroyed by fire at Lisbon. |

## 10 April

List of shipwrecks: 10 April 1834 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Mary Anne | British North America | The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 140 nautical miles (260 km) off Newfoundland after colliding with another vessel. Her crew were rescued. |
| Shenandoah | United States | The ship was wrecked at the mouth of the Weser. One hundred and sixty-one passengers and crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bremen to Baltimore, Maryland. |

## 11 April

List of shipwrecks: 11 April 1834 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Caledonia | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Rockaway, Long Island, New York, United States. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to New York City. |

## 16 April

List of shipwrecks: 16 April 1834 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Anna Maria | Austrian Empire | The ship was wrecked on the Dry Tortugas. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Trieste to La Guaira, Venezuela. |

## 18 April

List of shipwrecks: 18 April 1834 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Prince Regent | New South Wales | The schooner was wrecked in the Bass Strait. All on board survived. She was on a voyage from Hobart to Launceston, Van Diemen's Land. |

## 24 April

List of shipwrecks: 24 April 1834 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Caledonia | British North America | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (40°N 50°W﻿ / ﻿40°N 50°W﻿ / 40; -50). Her crew were rescued. |
| Carrington | United Kingdom | The ship was sighted in the Atlantic Ocean (34°N 45°W﻿ / ﻿34°N 45°W﻿ / 34; -45) by Margaret ( United Kingdom). No further trace, presumed to have subsequently foundered with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Saint Vincent to London. |
| James | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was abandoned in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland with the loss of 254 of the 265 people on board. Survivors were rescued by Margaret ( United Kingdom). James was on a voyage from Limerick to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America. |

## 25 April

List of shipwrecks: 25 April 1834 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Robert William Harris | United Kingdom | The brig struck ice in the Atlantic Ocean (43°N 50°W﻿ / ﻿43°N 50°W﻿ / 43; -50) and sank. Her crew took to the boat and were rescued a few days later by Economy ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Newfoundland, British North America. |

## 26 April

List of shipwrecks: 26 April 1834 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ouse | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on the south coast of Gotland, Sweden. She was refloated on 3 May and taken in to a port on the island for repairs. Ouse was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk to Saint Petersburg, Russia. |
| Redpole | New South Wales | The coaster was wrecked at Newcastle with the loss of all handss. |

## 27 April

List of shipwrecks: 27 April 1834 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Fanny | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Newfoundland, British North America. Her crew were rescued. |
| Trafalgar | British North America | The ship was sunk by ice in the Gut of Canso. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick to Quebec City, Lower Canada. |
| Water Witch | United Kingdom | The steamship sprang a leak in the North Sea 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) off Ryhope, County Durham. She was taken in tow by the South Shields pilot boat and beached at Hendon, where she subsequently became a wreck. |

## 28 April

List of shipwrecks: 28 April 1834 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Glenlyon | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the coast of the Isle of Man. She was on a voyage from Campbeltown, Argyllshire to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| William Lees | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Seaham, County Durham. |

## 29 April

List of shipwrecks: 29 April 1834 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Harriet | New South Wales | The whaler, a barque, was wrecked on Cape Egmont, New Zealand. All 31 on board survived, but eleven were subsequently killed in skirmishes with the natives. |

## 30 April

List of shipwrecks: 30 April 1834 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Scarborough Castle | United Kingdom | The sbrig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Retreat ( United Kingdom). Scarborough Castle was on a voyage from Hull to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1834 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Adelaide | New South Wales | The cutter was wrecked off Bird Island. |
| Alexandre | France | The ship was wrecked near Ténedos, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. |
| Amelia | Spain | The ship was wrecked on São Miguel, Azores, Portugal before 20 April. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Puerto Rico to Cádiz. |
| Henrietta | | Bremen: The ship was lost off Texel, North Holland, Netherlands with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Bremen. |
| Jeune Emelle | France | The ship was wrecked near Varna, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Constantinople to Odessa. |
| Linnet | New South Wales | The cutter was wrecked in Broken Bay. |
| Rodney | United States | The brig sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 60 nautical miles (110 km) off Cape Clear Island, County Cork, United Kingdom after 6 April. Her crew were rescued by the brig Douglas ( United Kingdom). Rodney was on a voyage from Mobile, Alabama, to Liverpool. |
| Trimmer | United Kingdom | The ship was lost on the "Roquis" before 5 April. She was on a voyage from Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands to La Guaira, Venezuela. |
| Wanderer | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Carabowbow", near the entrance to the Bosphorus, before 12 April. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Odessa to Liverpool. |