# List of shipwrecks in April 1888

The list of shipwrecks in April 1888 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during April 1888.

## 1 April

List of shipwrecks: 1 April 1888 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Mercur | Germany | The barque collided with the barque Choice ( United Kingdom) and sank in the Bristol Channel off Nash Point, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued bhy Choice. Mercur was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom to the River Plate. |

## 4 April

List of shipwrecks: 4 April 1888 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bull | United Kingdom | The steamship collided with the steamship Sunrise ( United Kingdom) in the River Carron and was severely damaged. She put in to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire. |

## 5 April

List of shipwrecks: 5 April 1888 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Portia, and Times | Germany United Kingdom | The steamships collided in the River Thames at Limehouse, Middlesex and were both severely damaged. |

## 6 April

List of shipwrecks: 6 April 1888 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Eskdale | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the River Tees. She was on a voyage from Bilbao, Spain to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire. |

## 7 April

List of shipwrecks: 7 April 1888 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| De Svende Broders Minde | Norway | The schooner was discovered in a capsized condition 29 nautical miles (54 km) off Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom. She was towed in to Peterhead by Rapid and the tug Pride of Scotland (both United Kingdom). |

## 9 April

List of shipwrecks: 9 April 1888 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Julius | United Kingdom | The barque foundered in the Bay of Biscay. Her nine crew took to the boats; they were rescued the next day by the barque Otago ( United Kingdom). |

## 11 April

List of shipwrecks: 11 April 1888 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alfen | Norway | The schooner was driven ashore at Wookhead, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom. |
| Greenwood | United Kingdom | The steamship was run into by the tug William Grey ( United Kingdom) at Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham and was severely damaged. |
| Hearts of Oak | United Kingdom | The Thames barge was run into by the steamship Widgeon ( United Kingdom) and sank at Woolwich, Kent. |
| Ouse Hopper No. 4, and Verlandi | United Kingdom Sweden | The steamship Verlandi ran into the hopper barge Ouse Hopper No. 4 in the River Tees. Both vessels were severely damaged. Verlandi was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Gothenburg. She put back to Middlesbrough. |

## 12 April

List of shipwrecks: 12 April 1888 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Einar | Norway | The barque was driven ashore and broke her back at Crail, Fife, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Christiania to Bo'ness, Lothian, United Kingdom. |
| Express | United Kingdom | The fishing boat was wrecked on Shapinsay, Orkney Islands with the loss of a crew member. |

## 13 April

List of shipwrecks: 13 April 1888 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Norma | | The barque sank following a collision with the steamer Bremen, which put into Dover the following day. |
| Yorouba | France | The ship struck a rock and sank 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) west of Guernsey, Channel Islands and 7 nautical miles (13 km) from Les Hanois Lighthouse. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Guernsey to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure. |

## 14 April

List of shipwrecks: 14 April 1888 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| New Bedford | United States | The steamship was crushed by ice and foundered off "Santos", Newfoundland Colony with the loss of 27 of her 45 crew. |
| Pelle | Sweden | The barque sprang a leak and foundered in the Mediterranean Sea 80 nautical miles (150 km) east of Europa Point, Gibraltar. Her crew were rescued by the steamship River Avon ( United Kingdom). |

## 16 April

List of shipwrecks: 16 April 1888 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Henry James | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked on a reef 35 nautical miles (65 km) off Palmyra Island. All on board reached the island, from where they were rescued on 29 May by the steamship Arizona ( United Kingdom). Henry James was on a voyage from Newcastle, New South Wales to San Francisco, California, United States. |
| Vena | Belgium | The steamship sank in the North Sea following a collision with another ship. |

## 17 April

List of shipwrecks: 17 April 1888 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Diadem | United Kingdom | The schooner collided with the steamship Cyrus ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Tyne. Her crew were rescued. Diadem was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to the River Tyne. |

## 19 April

List of shipwrecks: 19 April 1888 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Allemannia | Germany | The ship departed from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for Port Elizabeth, Cape Colony. No further trace, reported missing. |

## 22 April

List of shipwrecks: 22 April 1888 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Fairholme | United Kingdom | The barque was destroyed by fire 60 nautical miles (110 km) south of Cape Agulhas, Cape Colony. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to New York, United States. |

## 23 April

List of shipwrecks: 23 April 1888 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Paddy Murphy | United States | The tug caught fire, burned to the waterline and sank in Dover Bay in Lake Erie. |

## 24 April

List of shipwrecks: 24 April 1888 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Margaret | United Kingdom | The schooner, bound for Penzance, Cornwall from Rotterdam with a cargo of straw, sank shortly after a collision with the steamship Risca in the North Sea. |
| Mercur | Norway | The barque was wrecked on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by a French fishing boat. |
| San Pablo | United Kingdom | The steamship was attacked by Chinese pirates. She was set afire and driven ashore at "Turnabout", in the Formosa Channel. Her crew were rescued. She was a total loss. |

## 25 April

List of shipwrecks: 25 April 1888 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ann Noble | United Kingdom | The corvette Châteaurenault ( French Navy) collided with the schooner Elizabeth at Leith, Lothian. The fishing boat Ann Noble was crushed between Elizabeth and the quayside and sank. |
| Osman Pasha | United Kingdom | The fishing vessel collided with the fishing smack Apostle ( United Kingdom) and sank in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the fishing smack Granville ( United Kingdom). |

## 27 April

List of shipwrecks: 27 April 1888 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alert | United Kingdom | The fishing vessel was run into by HMS Buzzard ( Royal Navy) and sank at Sheerness, Kent. Her crew were rescued by HMS Buzzard. |
| Ellengowan | United Kingdom | The unmanned steamship sank at her moorings at Port Darwin, South Australia, and was abandoned. |
| Julia Foard | United States | The barque was wrecked in the Karluk River on Kodiak Island, District of Alaska. All seventeen people on board survived. |

## 28 April

List of shipwrecks: 28 April 1888 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Smyrna | United Kingdom | The ship collided with the steamship Moto ( United Kingdom) and sank in the English Channel 16 nautical miles (30 km) south east of Anvil Point, Dorset with the loss of twelve of her 30 crew. Survivors were rescued by Moto. Smyrna was on a voyage from London to Sydney, New South Wales. |
| Tiverton | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the East Manse Rock. She was on a voyage from Brunswick, Georgia, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and take in to Liverpool in a severely leaky condition. |

## 29 April

List of shipwrecks: 29 April 1888 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Royal Sailor | United Kingdom | The tug collided with the barque Ariel ( Norway) and sank in the Bristol Channel off Ilfracombe, Devon. Her crew were rescued by the tug Britannia ( United Kingdom). |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in April 1888 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ada | United Kingdom | The smack collided with the smack Gamma ( United Kingdom) and sank in the North Sea with the loss of a crew member. |
| Alice Montgomery | United States | The barque foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Norfolk, Virginia to Providence, Rhode Island. |
| Ashington | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Hong Kong. She was later refloated. |
| Biene | Flag unknown | The steamship was driven ashore on Saltholmen, Denmark. She was refloated with assistance and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark. |
| Castle Rising | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Falsterbo Reef, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Huelva, Spain to Stettin, Germany. She was refloated and towed in to Copenhagen. |
| Clara | United Kingdom | The schooner foundered in the English Channel on or before 4 April. Her crew were rescued by the barque Alfred ( France). |
| Continental | United States | The ship was driven ashore at Point Palmyras, India. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from New York to Calcutta, India. |
| Delma C. | United Kingdom | The brigantine was wrecked on Barbuda. |
| Dispatch | United Kingdom | The ketch ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to King's Lynn, Norfolk. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk in a leaky condition. |
| Ebor | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the Guadalquivir and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Seville, Spain to Cherbourg, Manche, France. She was refloated and put back to Seville. She was subsequently taken in to Cádiz for repairs. |
| Ethel | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) from Londonderry. |
| Eugene Krohn | Germany | The steamship was driven ashore on Langeland, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Rostock to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. |
| Flora | United States | The ship was driven ashore on Castle Island, New York. She was on a voyage from Guantanamo, Cuba to New York. She was refloated. |
| Foussingo | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in the Bahamas. She was on a voyage from Maracaibo, Venezuela to Falmouth, Cornwall. |
| Gauntlet | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Platters Rocks, off the coast of Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Penmon, Anglesey to London. She was refloated and taken in to Holyhead, Anglesey in a leaky condition. |
| General Gordon | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the west coast of Tenedos, Ottoman Empire. |
| German Emperor | United Kingdom | The steamship collided with the steamship Newnham ( United Kingdom) in the River Thames at Northfleet, Kent and was severely damaged. She was beached at Tilburyness, Essex. |
| Gitana | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Fowey, Cornwall. She subsequently became a wreck. |
| Glenburn | Flag unknown | The ship caught fire at New YorkNew York. She was on a voyage from Calcutta to New York. She was beached on the Jersey Flats. |
| G. T. Ray | Netherlands | The schooner ran aground at Gilleleje, Denmark. She was on a voyage from an English port to Helsingborg, Sweden. |
| Guiding Star | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven onto the Duggeno Rocks, off Kilkee, County Clare and was wrecked. Her five crew were rescued. |
| Hercules | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at "Banco Chico", Argentina. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Buenos Aires, Argentina. |
| Hugh Fortescue | Norway | The barque was driven ashore in the Rio Grande do Norte. |
| Ida | Flag unknown | The ship ran aground in the Flint Channel. She was on a voyage from Libava, Courland Governorate to Dunkerque, Nord, France. |
| Ingeborg | Denmark | The schooner was wrecked on the coast of Iceland. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen to Iceland. |
| Kalahdin | Flag unknown | The ship ran aground on the Nantucket Shoals, off the coast of Massachusetts, United States. She was refloated and found to be severely leaky. |
| Kennett | United Kingdom | The steamship struck a rock and was wrecked at "Gando", Canary Islands. All on board were rescued. |
| Kwangchi | China | The steamship collided with another steamship at Shanghai and was beached. |
| Lord Clyde | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore on the Swedish coast. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Varberg, Sweden. She was refloated. |
| Loyal | Norway | The barque ran aground on the Cochinos Reef, in Cádiz Bay and capsized. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Java, Netherlands East Indies to Cádiz, Spain. |
| Marco | Italy | The barque was wrecked at Suediah, Ottoman Empire. |
| Miaca | Denmark | The steamship was wrecked on the coast of Iceland. Her crew survived. |
| Nora Werner | Norway | The ship was driven ashore near Arendal. She was on a voyage from Burntisland, Fife, United Kingdom to Christiania. |
| Norman | United Kingdom | The steamship was wrecked on the Horn Reef, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Saint-Raphaël, Var, France to Stettin. |
| North Erin | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at "Doanaslaw", Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Sevastopol, Russia to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. |
| Noviglas | Austria-Hungary | The barque was wrecked at Suediah. |
| O. B. Suhr | Denmark | The steamship ran aground on Stubben. She was refloated. |
| President Harbitz | Norway | The schooner was driven ashore at Lisbon, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Lisbon. She was refloated and taken in to Lisbon in a leaky condition. |
| Rønne | Denmark | The steamship ran aground at "Holmetunge" and sprang a leak. |
| Rossend Castle | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Brăila, Romania. She was on a voyage from Galaţi, Romania to Rotterdam. |
| Runo | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Kertch, Russia. |
| Scandinavia | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Dénia, Spain. |
| Skyro | Flag unknown | The steamship was driven ashore on Læsø, Denmark. She was refloated with assistance and taken in to Copenhagen. |
| Thetford | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore on Scharhörn, Germany. She was later refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Uganda | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Malmö, Sweden. She was refloated and take in to Helsingør, Denmark in a leaky condition. |
| Valeria | Germany | The steamship ran aground at "Refnas", Denmark. She was on a voyage from Flensburg to Hamburg. |
| W. C. Warner | United States | The ship was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Barbados to Boston, Massachusetts. |
| William | Germany | The barque was driven ashore on Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Bordeaux, Gironde, France. |
| Yarn | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the Danube 27 nautical miles (50 km) from its mouth. |
| Unnamed | Flag unknown | The schooner was driven ashore near Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom. |
| Eight unnamed vessels | France | Two fishing boats sank off Reykjavík, Iceland and six were driven ashore there with the loss of fifteen of their 58 crew members. |