# List of shipwrecks in April 1869

The list of shipwrecks in April 1869 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during April 1869.

## 1 April

List of shipwrecks: 1 April 1869 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Cambria | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and was beached in Whiting Bay. She was refloated and taken in to Troon, Ayrshire for repairs. |
| General von Wrangel | Stettin | The brig ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Whitehaven, Cumberland, United Kingdom. She was refloated and towed in to Sheerness, Kent, United Kingdom in a waterlogged condition. |
| Irene | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Ouistreham, Calvados, France. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Caen, Calvados. |
| Isabella Swainson | United Kingdom | The schooner struck a rock at Bowmore, Islay and sank. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Riga, Russia. |
| Lady Alice Kenlis | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Carlingford, County Louth. She was on a voyage from Newry, County Antrim to Dundrum, County Dublin. |

## 2 April

List of shipwrecks: 2 April 1869 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Foam | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Pernambuco, Brazil. her crew survived. |
| Stadt Zierikzee | United Kingdom | The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Doboy, Queensland to South Shields, County Durham. |
| Unnamed | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay. |

## 3 April

List of shipwrecks: 3 April 1869 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Cardross | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Spiekeroog, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Queenstown, County Cork. She was refloated. |
| Ellen | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore on the south coast of the Moray Firth. She was on a voyage from London to Inverness. |
| Indian Empire | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and was wrecked on the Muckraputty Lumps, in the Hooghly River. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to London. |
| Suffren | France | The ship was wrecked at Nacqueville, Manche. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She was refloated on 16 April and taken in to Cherbourg, Seine-Inférieure |

## 4 April

List of shipwrecks: 4 April 1869 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Anne Jane | United Kingdom | The barque sprang a leak and was beached on a sandbank off Rhyl, Denbighshire All twelve people on board were rescued by the Point of Ayr and Rhyl Lifeboats, as was the ship's dog. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Aberdeen and New York, United States. She was refloated on 8 April and put back to Liverpool. |
| HMS Rapid | Royal Navy | The Rosario-class sloop ran aground at Malta. |

## 5 April

List of shipwrecks: 5 April 1869 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hope | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to London. she was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Limestone | United Kingdom | The sloop foundered in the North Sea off Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk to Castleford, Yorkshire. |
| Nellie Harding | United States | The ship was wrecked near Porthleven, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Her 28 crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. |
| Thornley | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Hartlepool, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool to London. She was refloated with the assistance of four tugs, including Conqueror ( United Kingdom) and resumed her voyage. |
| Violet | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground at Dundee, Forfarshire. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Dundee. |

## 6 April

List of shipwrecks: 6 April 1869 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Belinda | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on Lundy Island, Devon. |
| Satisfaction | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Anholt, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to Cardiff, Glamorgan. She was refloated on 30 April and towed in to Helsingør, Denmark. |
| Thames | United States | The steamship caught fire and sank off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. Five of her crew were reported missing, presumed lost. She was on a voyage from New York to Galveston, Texas. |

## 7 April

List of shipwrecks: 7 April 1869 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bessie North | United States | The ship was driven ashore at St. Margaret's Bay, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from New York to Antwerp, Belgium. She was refloated. |
| British Lion | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Kish Bank, in the Irish Sea. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Calcutta, India. |
| C. A. Jones | United States | The barque was wrecked in Gallop's Bay, on the east coast of Jamaica. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Kingston, Jamaica to Falmouth, Massachusetts. |
| Charlotte McDonald | United States | The brigantine was wrecked on the east coast of Jamaica. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Kingston to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. |
| Glengrant | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked at Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. Her crew were rescued by a pilot boat. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Buckie, Moray. |
| Jeanne | France | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Cape Wrath, Caithness, United Kingdom. |
| Manney | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Shakespeare Cliff, Dover, Kent. She was on a voyage from Southampton, Hampshire to Sunderland, County Durham. |
| Margaret | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Schulhoek, off the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands to Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire. She was refloated with assistance. |
| Pinus | Norway | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked 6 nautical miles (11 km) south of the South Stack Lighthouse, Anglesey, United Kingdom. Her nine crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bayonne, Basses-Pyrénées, France to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. |
| Ricardo | Flag unknown | The ship sank in the Mediterranean Sea 60 nautical miles (110 km) off Malta with the loss of all but two of her crew. Survivors were rescued by an Italian vessel. She was on a voyage from Odessa, Russia to an English port. |
| Volante | United Kingdom | The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the barque Lizzie ( Norway). Volante was on a voyage from Liverpool to "Welchpool", New Brunswick, Canada and/or Eastport, Maine, United States. |

## 8 April

List of shipwrecks: 8 April 1869 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Anne Whyte | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Colleville, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was on a voyage from Caen, Calvados to Swansea, Glamorgan. |
| Diedrich | Bremen | The ship was wrecked near Cap Gris Nez, Pas-de-Calais, France. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde, France to Bremen. |
| Dorset | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Kenfig, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Port Talbot, Glamorgan to Bridgwater, Somerset. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Porthcawl, Glamorgan. |
| General Grant | United States | The steamship was destroyed by fire at New Orleans, Louisiana. |
| Richibucto | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on "Fettern". She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Larvik, Norway. |
| West | Stettin | The ship was destroyed by fire near Swatow, China. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to Yokohama, Japan. |
| Unnamed | United States | The ship was wrecked on Inagua, Bahamas. There were nineteen survivors. She was on a voyage from Newport, Rhode Island to New Orleans, Louisiana. |

## 9 April

List of shipwrecks: 9 April 1869 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Aura | United Kingdom | The steamship was wrecked on The Manacles, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Waterford. |
| Lena | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Capo Blanco, Trinidad. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States to Trinidad. She was refloated and taken in to Trinidad. |
| Marmion | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Inagua, Bahamas. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to New Orleans, Louisiana. |
| Parker | United Kingdom | The ship was destroyed by fire at Demerara, British Guiana. She was on a voyage from Demerara to Liverpool, Lancashire. |

## 10 April

List of shipwrecks: 10 April 1869 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Clyde | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at the Shakespeare Cliff, Dover, Kent. She was refloated on 12 April and taken in tow for London. |
| Heroine | United Kingdom | The brigantine was driven ashore at Littleferry, Sutherland. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Littleferry. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Littleferry in a leaky condition. |
| J. P. Whitney | United States | The ship foundered in the Indian Ocean. Her crew took to three boats. Two boats, with 21 crew on board were lost. Survivors in the third boat reached the "Six Islands" in twelve days, from where they were rescued some ten weeks later by the brig Ibis ( United Kingdom). |
| Hypatia | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Alexandria, Egypt. She was refloated with assistance. |

## 11 April

List of shipwrecks: 11 April 1869 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Isabella | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Lisbon, Portugal. She was refloated and taken in to Lisbon, where she was repaired. |

## 12 April

List of shipwrecks: 12 April 1869 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Helen Hardy | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and was wrecked off Koppalin, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Pillau, Prussia. |
| Queen of Sheba | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked on a reef in Green's Bay, Tobago. |
| William Gunther | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at St. Margaret's Bay, Kent. She was on a voyage from Callao, Peru to Dunkerque. Nord, France. |

## 15 April

List of shipwrecks: 15 April 1869 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Elfrida | Newfoundland Colony | The sealer, a brigantine, was wrecked at Mosquito Point with the loss of seven of her crew. |
| Fanny | United Kingdom | The polacca was wrecked on the North Tail Sand, off the north Devon coast. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bideford, Devon to Swansea, Glamorgan. |
| Lively | United Kingdom | The schooner struck a sunken wreck off Saltfleet, Lincolnshire and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France. |
| Result | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. She was on a voyage from Iceland to Galway. She had become a wreck by 20 April. |
| Susannah | United Kingdom | The smack was wrecked at Great Orme Head, Caernarfonshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bangor, Caernarfonshire to Liverpool, Lancashire. |

## 16 April

List of shipwrecks: 16 April 1869 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Queen | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground off Dunkerque, Nord, France. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Dunkerque. She was refloated and taken in to Dunkerque in a leaky condition. |
| Yo Semite | United States | The ship ran aground off Egremont, Lancashire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from San Francisco, California to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated with assistance from the tug Enterprise ( United Kingdom). |

## 17 April

List of shipwrecks: 17 April 1869 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ann | United Kingdom | The Yorkshire Billyboy was wrecked on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Humber to London. |
| Edel | Denmark | The ship departed from Skive for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| J. B. S. | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Black Rock. She was on a voyage from Matanzas, Cuba to Falmouth, Cornwall. She was refloated. |
| Margaret | Newfoundland Colony | The brig sprang a leak and foundered in the Bristol Channel 12 nautical miles (22 km) off Lundy Island, Devon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Penarth, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Monte Video, Uruguay. |
| Marina | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Goodwick, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Glandore, County Cork. |
| Pacific | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Tønsberg, Norway. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Dantzic. |
| Thyra | Denmark | The barque was abandoned in the Bay of Biscay. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Gibraltar. |

## 18 April

List of shipwrecks: 18 April 1869 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Abo | Grand Duchy of Finland | The ship departed from Rangoon, Burma for the English Channel. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The schooner foundered off Dunstanburgh, Northumberland with the loss of three of her five crew. Survivors were rescued by a tug. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Dundee, Forfarshire. |

## 19 April

List of shipwrecks: 19 April 1869 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Atlanta | India | The barque foundered 10 nautical miles (19 km) south by west of Khanderi with the loss of at least seventeen of the 62 people on board. There were at least 33 survivors - nineteen people were rescued by Pattimar ( India) and fourteen reached shore in the longboat. Atalanta was on a voyage from Bombay to Bushire, Persia. |
| Beeston Castle | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Burma. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Bombay, India to Rangoon, Burma. |
| Isabel | United Kingdom | The schooner ran ashore at Brean, Somerset. She was on a voyage from Arklow, County Wicklow to Cardiff, Glamorgan. She was refloated and towed in to Penarth, Glamorgan. |
| Nelly | United Kingdom | The sloop foundered in the Irish Sea with the loss of six of the seven people on board. She was on a voyage from Ayr to Belfast, County Antrim. |
| United Kingdom | United Kingdom | The steamship departed from New York for a British port. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all on board. |

## 20 April

List of shipwrecks: 20 April 1869 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Agamemnon | United Kingdom | The brig was driven at Rhoscolyn, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Trinidad to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated on 4 May and taken in to Holyhead, Anglesey |
| General Lee | United Kingdom | The steamship struck the Douro Rock, Lisbon, Portugal. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Lisbon. She sank the next day. |
| Imperial | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Murr Ledges, in the Gulf of St. Lawrence with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Mobile, Alabama, United States to Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. |

## 21 April

List of shipwrecks: 21 April 1869 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Atlanta | United Kingdom | The ship foundered at Bombay, India with the loss of 31 lives. |

## 22 April

List of shipwrecks: 22 April 1869 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hurricane | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and sank at Melbourne, Victoria. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Melbourne. |
| Imperial | Unknown | During a voyage from Mobile, Alabama, to St. John, New Brunswick, Canada, the full-rigged ship ran aground on St. Mary Ledge — a reef off Grand Manan, New Brunswick — during a storm, broke up, and sank at 44°28.9′N 066°49.9′W﻿ / ﻿44.4817°N 66.8317°W﻿ / 44.4817; -66.8317﻿ (Imperial) with the loss of her entire crew of 22. |

## 23 April

List of shipwrecks: 23 April 1869 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Omar Pacha | United Kingdom | The ship was destroyed by fire. All on board were rescued by the barque Anita Tagliaria ( Italy), the brig Maria Rosa ( Spain) and the barque Queen of the North ( United Kingdom). Omar Pacha was on a voyage from Brisbane, Queensland to London. |
| Ortensia | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Muckilangbeg Bank, off Tralee, County Kerry. She was on a voyage from Venice, Italy to Tralee. She was refloated and taken in to Tralee in a leaky condition. |

## 24 April

List of shipwrecks: 24 April 1869 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hilitia | Canada | The ship was wrecked near Mount Desert, Maine, United States. |
| Theron J. Dale | United States | The schooner was lost at Baracoa, Cuba. Crew saved. |
| Uselda | United States | The steamship struck a snag and was wrecked in the Missouri River with the loss of 50 lives. |

## 26 April

List of shipwrecks: 26 April 1869 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Isabel | United Kingdom | The ship collided with Dakotah (Flag unknown) and sank at Cardiff, Glamorgan. |

## 27 April

List of shipwrecks: 27 April 1869 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Norge | Norway | The ship was wrecked 15 nautical miles (28 km) from Hammerfest. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Hammerfest. |

## 28 April

List of shipwrecks: 28 April 1869 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bolingbroke | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in the Hooghly River. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to London. |
| Friends | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Lindisfarne, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Perth. |
| Glan Mor | United Kingdom | The barque was holed by ice and sank off Grosse-Île, Quebec Canada. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Llanelly, Glamorgan to Quebec City, Canada. She was condemned. |
| John Bellamy | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned off the coast of Burma. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Calcutta to London. |
| Pilot | United Kingdom | The steam lighter was driven ashore near Cushendall, County Antrim. Her crew were rescued. |
| Sussex | United Kingdom | The ship put in to Savannah, Georgia, United States on fire. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Liverpool, Lancashire. She resumed her voyage on 14 May. |

## 29 April

List of shipwrecks: 29 April 1869 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Belle Creole | United States | The schooner foundered at sea. Her crew were rescued by Walter Smith ( United States). Belle Creole was on a voyage from Callao, Peru to Cowes, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. |
| Emerald | United Kingdom | The smack was abandoned off the coast of County Cork. She was on a voyage from Blackwater, County Wexford to Cork. |
| Seal | Belgium | The steamship collided with a barge and ran aground in the River Thames. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to London, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to London. |

## 30 April

List of shipwrecks: 30 April 1869 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Lady Flora | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from London to Hull, Yorkshire. |
| Lily Green | United Kingdom | The schooner struck the Victoria Rock, on the coast of Anglesey. She was on a voyage from "Llanhairn" to Runcorn, Cheshire. She was refloated and taken in to Cemlyn, Anglesey. |
| Panope | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Hellevoetsluis, Zeeland, Netherlands and sprang a leak. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Dordrecht, South Holland, Netherlands. |
| Richmond | United Kingdom | The ferryboat collided with the ferryboat Woodside ( United Kingdom) in the River Mersey. All on board were rescued. She was towed to Birkenhead, Cheshire by the tug Lioness ( United Kingdom) and sank there. |
| St. George | United Kingdom | The smack ran aground on the Chicken Rocks, off the Calf of Man, Isle of Man and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Killough, County Down to Liverpool, Lancashire. St. George was taken in to Kingstown, County Dublin in a derelict condition on 4 May by the fishing trawler Undine ( United Kingdom). |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in April 1869 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| America | United States | The steamship was destroyed by fire at San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua before 17 April. She was on a voyage from Panama City, United States of Colombia to San Francisco, California. |
| August M. Gott | United States | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 10 April. |
| Boanerges | United Kingdom | The ship collided with the steamship Moravian ( United Kingdom) and was abandoned before 27 April. Her 28 crew were rescued by Moravian. Boanerges was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Quebec City, Canada. |
| Bretagne | France | The brigantine collided with the full-rigged ship Explorer( United Kingdom) and sank in the Atlantic Ocean before 28 April with the loss of five of her crew. Survivors were rescued by Explorer. Bretagne was on a voyage from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Bordeaux, Gironde. |
| Charles Poole | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Inagua, Bahamas before 6 April. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Havana, Cuba. |
| Eleazer | Norway | The steamship was destroyed by fire off the coast of Greenland. |
| Fleetwing | Norway | The ship collided with Emma ( United Kingdom) and sank at Nantes, Loire-Inférieure, France with the loss of thirteen of her crew. |
| G. A. Thompson | United States | The steamboat struck a submerged object, caught fire and sank in the Arkansas River 40 nautical miles (74 km) downstream of Little Rock, Arkansas with the loss of seventeen lives. Survivors were rescued by Caldwell ( United States). |
| Germania | United States | The ship was wrecked on Inagua, Bahamas. She was on a voyage from New York to Vera Cruz, Mexico. |
| Johanna | New Zealand | The schooner departed Timaru for Auckland in early April, and was not seen again. |
| John B. Russell | New Zealand | The 56-ton schooner departed Lyttelton Harbour for Auckland in early April, and was not seen again. |
| Martha | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Guadeloupe before 17 April. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Guadeloupe. |
| Principality | United Kingdom | The brig was run down and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by Dolores ( Spain). Her crew were rescued by Dolores. She came ashore in the Bahamas in a capsized condition on 27 April. |
| Sarah Sands | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked on the Kalpein Reef, in the Laccadive Islands before 25 April. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Bombay. |
| Sculdo | Flag unknown | The ship was lost off the coast of Greenland. |
| Simmonds | Canada | The ship was wrecked on "Buena Vist Island", in the Saint Lawrence River. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Quebec City. |
| Sperwer | Netherlands | The cutter was wrecked on the Wednesday Spit, in the Prince of Wales Islands. Her eight crew were murdered by the local inhabitants. |
| Teresa P. | Austria-Hungary | The brig was wrecked on the south coast of the Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. |