# List of shipwrecks in April 1831

The list of shipwrecks in April 1831 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during April 1831.

## 1 April

List of shipwrecks: 1 April 1831 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Dumfries | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Loggerhead Shoals, off the coast of Florida, United States. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. |

## 2 April

List of shipwrecks: 2 April 1831 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Rapid | United Kingdom | The paddle steamer was destroyed by fire at Kirkcaldy, Fife. |

## 8 April

List of shipwrecks: 8 April 1831 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Maria | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and sank in the River Tyne. |
| Neutraliten | Sweden | The ship was in collision with another vessel and sank in the English Channel off Beachy Head, Sussex, United Kingdom with the loss of six of her twelve crew. |
| Robert Fudge | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Alvarado, Veracruz, Mexico with the loss of two lives.. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall to Alvarado. |

## 10 April

List of shipwrecks: 10 April 1831 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Helen | United States | The ship was wrecked at Ocracoke, North Carolina. She was on a voyage from Eastport, California to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America. |

## 12 April

List of shipwrecks: 12 April 1831 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| John | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Cádiz, Spain. |
| Pomerania | France | The ship ran aground at "Quellebourg". |

## 13 April

List of shipwrecks: 13 April 1831 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| HMS Pylades | Royal Navy | The sloop-of-war ran aground and capsized at Roona Point, County Mayo. |

## 14 April

List of shipwrecks: 14 April 1831 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Liberty | United Kingdom | The ship struck a sunken rock and foundered whilst on a voyage from Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire to Bristol, Gloucestershire. Her crew were rescued. |

## 15 April

List of shipwrecks: 15 April 1831 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Therese | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Hamburg. |

## 18 April

List of shipwrecks: 18 April 1831 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Romulus | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked 70 nautical miles (130 km) east of Halifax, Nova Scotia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Halifax. |

## 19 April

List of shipwrecks: 19 April 1831 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Brailsford | United Kingdom | The ship struck on Langley Island as Brailsford was sailing from Plymouth to Quebec. Her crew abandoned her on 24 April after securing her sails and rigging. However, a gale sprang up and afterwards the wreck had disappeared; it was believed that she had sunk. |

## 21 April

List of shipwrecks: 21 April 1831 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Castro Primeiro | Portugal | The ship was wrecked at Oporto. |
| Swallow | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth to Hull, Yorkshire. Swallow was refloated on 9 May and taken in to Great Yarmouth for repairs. |

## 22 April

List of shipwrecks: 22 April 1831 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Carlisle | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Sunderland, County Durham. Her crew were rescued. She was refloated on 26 April. |
| Dauntless | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk, and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to a Dutch port. |

## 25 April

List of shipwrecks: 25 April 1831 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bee | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on Scroby Sands and was abandoned by her crew. |
| Lord Nelson | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on Scroby Sands and sank. Her crew were rescued. |

## 30 April

List of shipwrecks: 30 April 1831 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Coquette | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked at Terceira, Azores, Portugal. |
| Juno | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the English Stones, in the River Severn and was consequently beached at Slimeroad Bay. She was on a voyage from Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany to Gloucester. She was taken in to Gloucester on 11 May for repairs. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1831 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Caribbean | New South Wales | The cutter was wrecked off Port Stephens. Her crew were rescued. |
| Jonge Arie | Netherlands | The ship capsized in the Tagus with the loss of three of her crew. |
| Mirables | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at "Skenoer", Sweden before 26 April. She was on a voyage from Pillau, Prussia to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. |
| Rockingham | United Kingdom | The ship sank at Garden Island, Swan River Colony. |
| Rover | New South Wales | The cutter foundered whilst on a voyage from Sydney to Newcastle. |
| Waterloo | British North America | The steamboat was sunk by ice in the St. Lawrence River. All on board survived. She was on a voyage between Montreal and Quebec City, Lower Canada. |