List of shipwrecks in April 1888
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The list of shipwrecks in April 1888 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during April 1888.
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References |
1 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Mercur | ![]() |
The barque collided with the barque Choice (![]() |
4 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Bull | ![]() |
The steamship collided with the steamship Sunrise (![]() |
5 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Portia, and Times |
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The steamships collided in the River Thames at Limehouse, Middlesex and were both severely damaged.[2] |
6 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Eskdale | ![]() |
The steamship ran aground in the River Tees. She was on a voyage from Bilbao, Spain to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire.[3] |
7 April
Ship | State | Description |
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De Svende Broders Minde | ![]() |
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 ![]() |
9 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Julius | ![]() |
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 (![]() |
11 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Alfen | ![]() |
The schooner was driven ashore at Wookhead, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom.[5] |
Greenwood | ![]() |
The steamship was run into by the tug William Grey (![]() |
Hearts of Oak | ![]() |
The Thames barge was run into by the steamship Widgeon (![]() |
Ouse Hopper No. 4, and Verlandi |
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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.[5] |
12 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Einar | ![]() |
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.[6] |
Express | ![]() |
The fishing boat was wrecked on Shapinsay, Orkney Islands with the loss of a crew member.[6] |
13 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Norma | The barque sank following a collision with the steamer Bremen, which put into Dover the following day.[7] | |
Yorouba | ![]() |
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.[8][9] |
14 April
Ship | State | Description |
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New Bedford | ![]() |
The steamship was crushed by ice and foundered off "Santos", Newfoundland Colony with the loss of 27 of her 45 crew.[10] |
Pelle | ![]() |
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 (![]() |
16 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Henry James | ![]() |
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 (![]() |
Vena | ![]() |
The steamship sank in the North Sea following a collision with another ship.[13] |
17 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Diadem | ![]() |
The schooner collided with the steamship Cyrus (![]() |
19 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Allemannia | ![]() |
The ship departed from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for Port Elizabeth, Cape Colony. No further trace,[15] reported missing.[16] |
22 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Fairholme | ![]() |
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.[17] |
23 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Paddy Murphy | ![]() |
The tug caught fire, burned to the waterline and sank in Dover Bay in Lake Erie.[18][19] |
24 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Margaret | ![]() |
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.[20] |
Mercur | ![]() |
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.[4] |
San Pablo | ![]() |
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.[21][22][23][24][25][26] |
25 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Ann Noble | ![]() |
The corvette Châteaurenault (![]() |
Osman Pasha | ![]() |
The fishing vessel collided with the fishing smack Apostle (![]() ![]() |
27 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Alert | ![]() |
The fishing vessel was run into by HMS Buzzard (![]() |
Ellengowan | ![]() |
The unmanned steamship sank at her moorings at Port Darwin, South Australia, and was abandoned. |
Julia Foard | ![]() |
The barque was wrecked in the Karluk River on Kodiak Island, District of Alaska. All seventeen people on board survived.[29] |
28 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Smyrna | ![]() |
The ship collided with the steamship Moto (![]() |
Tiverton | ![]() |
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.[28] |
29 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Royal Sailor | ![]() |
The tug collided with the barque Ariel (![]() ![]() |
Unknown date
Ship | State | Description |
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Ada | ![]() |
The smack collided with the smack Gamma (![]() |
Alice Montgomery | ![]() |
The barque foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Norfolk, Virginia to Providence, Rhode Island.[6] |
Ashington | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Hong Kong. She was later refloated.[21] |
Biene | Flag unknown | The steamship was driven ashore on Saltholmen, Denmark. She was refloated with assistance and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark.[27] |
Castle Rising | ![]() |
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.[31] |
Clara | ![]() |
The schooner foundered in the English Channel on or before 4 April. Her crew were rescued by the barque Alfred (![]() |
Continental | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Point Palmyras, India. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from New York to Calcutta, India.[21] |
Delma C. | ![]() |
The brigantine was wrecked on Barbuda.[28] |
Dispatch | ![]() |
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.[11] |
Ebor | ![]() |
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.[11] She was subsequently taken in to Cádiz for repairs.[31] |
Ethel | ![]() |
The schooner was driven ashore 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) from Londonderry.[33] |
Eugene Krohn | ![]() |
The steamship was driven ashore on Langeland, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Rostock to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.[11] |
Flora | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore on Castle Island, New York. She was on a voyage from Guantanamo, Cuba to New York. She was refloated.[33] |
Foussingo | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked in the Bahamas. She was on a voyage from Maracaibo, Venezuela to Falmouth, Cornwall.[34] |
Gauntlet | ![]() |
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.[28] |
General Gordon | ![]() |
The steamship ran aground on the west coast of Tenedos, Ottoman Empire.[31] |
German Emperor | ![]() |
The steamship collided with the steamship Newnham (![]() |
Gitana | ![]() |
The schooner was driven ashore at Fowey, Cornwall. She subsequently became a wreck.[28] |
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.[11] |
G. T. Ray | ![]() |
The schooner ran aground at Gilleleje, Denmark. She was on a voyage from an English port to Helsingborg, Sweden.[31] |
Guiding Star | ![]() |
The schooner was driven onto the Duggeno Rocks, off Kilkee, County Clare and was wrecked. Her five crew were rescued.[35] |
Hercules | ![]() |
The steamship was driven ashore at "Banco Chico", Argentina. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Buenos Aires, Argentina.[2] |
Hugh Fortescue | ![]() |
The barque was driven ashore in the Rio Grande do Norte.[5] |
Ida | Flag unknown | The ship ran aground in the Flint Channel. She was on a voyage from Libava, Courland Governorate to Dunkerque, Nord, France.[3] |
Ingeborg | ![]() |
The schooner was wrecked on the coast of Iceland. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen to Iceland.[36] |
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.[21] |
Kennett | ![]() |
The steamship struck a rock and was wrecked at "Gando", Canary Islands. All on board were rescued.[33] |
Kwangchi | ![]() |
The steamship collided with another steamship at Shanghai and was beached.[28] |
Lord Clyde | ![]() |
The schooner was driven ashore on the Swedish coast. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Varberg, Sweden. She was refloated.[2] |
Loyal | ![]() |
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.[34] |
Marco | ![]() |
The barque was wrecked at Suediah, Ottoman Empire.[33] |
Miaca | ![]() |
The steamship was wrecked on the coast of Iceland. Her crew survived.[36] |
Nora Werner | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore near Arendal. She was on a voyage from Burntisland, Fife, United Kingdom to Christiania.[21] |
Norman | ![]() |
The steamship was wrecked on the Horn Reef, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Saint-Raphaël, Var, France to Stettin.[28] |
North Erin | ![]() |
The steamship ran aground at "Doanaslaw", Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Sevastopol, Russia to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.[31] |
Noviglas | ![]() |
The barque was wrecked at Suediah.[33] |
O. B. Suhr | ![]() |
The steamship ran aground on Stubben. She was refloated.[2] |
President Harbitz | ![]() |
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.[3] |
Rønne | ![]() |
The steamship ran aground at "Holmetunge" and sprang a leak.[2] |
Rossend Castle | ![]() |
The steamship was driven ashore at Brăila, Romania. She was on a voyage from Galaţi, Romania to Rotterdam.[3] |
Runo | ![]() |
The ship ran aground at Kertch, Russia.[21] |
Scandinavia | ![]() |
The steamship was driven ashore at Dénia, Spain.[33] |
Skyro | Flag unknown | The steamship was driven ashore on Læsø, Denmark. She was refloated with assistance and taken in to Copenhagen.[27] |
Thetford | ![]() |
The steamship was driven ashore on Scharhörn, Germany. She was later refloated and resumed her voyage.[21] |
Uganda | ![]() |
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.[5] |
Valeria | ![]() |
The steamship ran aground at "Refnas", Denmark. She was on a voyage from Flensburg to Hamburg.[33] |
W. C. Warner | ![]() |
The ship was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Barbados to Boston, Massachusetts.[3] |
William | ![]() |
The barque was driven ashore on Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Bordeaux, Gironde, France.[33] |
Yarn | ![]() |
The steamship ran aground in the Danube 27 nautical miles (50 km) from its mouth.[2] |
Unnamed | Flag unknown | The schooner was driven ashore near Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom.[5] |
Eight unnamed vessels | ![]() |
Two fishing boats sank off Reykjavík, Iceland and six were driven ashore there with the loss of fifteen of their 58 crew members.[37] |
References
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- ^ a b c d e f g "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 32353. London. 6 April 1888. col D, p. 12.
- ^ a b c d e f "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 32355. London. 9 April 1888. col E, p. 7.
- ^ a b c "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 32372. London. 28 April 1888. col D, p. 12.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 32358. London. 12 April 1888. col E, p. 12.
- ^ a b c "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 32360. London. 14 April 1888. col C, p. 6.
- ^ "Mercantile Marine". The Cornishman. No. 511. 19 April 1888. p. 7.
- ^ "Yorouba [+1888] document". wrecksite.eu.
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- ^ "Disasters At Sea". The Times. No. 32379. London. 7 May 1888. col F, p. 8.
- ^ a b c d e "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 32361. London. 16 April 1888. col F, p. 7.
- ^ "Disasters At Sea". The Times. No. 32418. London. 21 June 1888. col E, p. 5.
- ^ "Belgian Merchant P-Z" (PDF). Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 1 December 2010.[permanent dead link]
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- ^ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 32466. London. 16 August 1888. col F, p. 5.
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- ^ "Disasters At Sea". The Times. No. 32386. London. 15 May 1888. col D, p. 8.
- ^ "Annual Report of the Operations of the United States Life-Saving Service for year ending June 30, 1889". U.S. Government printing office via Googlebooks. 22 April 1891. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
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- ^ "Action for Damages by a Collision". The Cornishman. No. 519. 14 June 1888. p. 6.
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- ^ "The United States". The Times. No. 32396. London. 26 May 1888. col B, p. 7.
- ^ "The San Pablo Stranded.; At Turnabout Island Off The Coast Of China". The New York Times. 22 April 1888.
- ^ Stern, Simon Adler (1888), Jottings of Travel in China and Japan, Porter & Coates, pp. 177–179, quotes "Chinese Pirates", Philadelphia Evening Telegraph, 24 May 1888
- ^ A Fight With Pirates: Details of the Loss of the Steamer San Pablo in Chinese Waters, St. John's, NF: Evening Telegram, 2 June 1888
- ^ a b c "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 32370. London. 26 April 1888. col F, p. 11.
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- ^ a b "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 32350. London. 3 April 1888. col C, p. 9.
- ^ "Disasters At Sea". The Times. No. 32368. London. 24 April 1888. col C, p. 10.
- ^ a b "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 32389. London. 18 May 1888. col E, p. 11.
- ^ "Disasters At Sea". The Times. No. 32392. London. 22 May 1888. col D, p. 6.
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|desc=The fishing tug caught fire, burned and sank in Platte River Bay in Lake Michigan.[1][2]
- ^ "Annual Report of the Operations of the United States Life-Saving Service for year ending June 30, 1889". U.S. Government printing office via Googlebooks. 22 April 1891. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
- ^ "John Cowan (+1889)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
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