List of shipwrecks in April 1875

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The list of shipwrecks in April 1875 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during April 1875.

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1 April

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|ship=Ceres

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship collided with Larenomm ({{Flag|Denmark}}) off the coast of Iceland and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=17 May 1875 |issue=28317 |page=14 |column=D }}

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|ship=Italia

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The steamship ran aground in the Clyde at Dumbarton. She was refloated the next day.

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|ship=Victoria

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground in the Clyde. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to the Clyde.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=2 April 1875 |issue=28279 |page=6 |column=F }}

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2 April

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|ship=Audacia

|flag={{flag|Portugal|civil}}

|desc=The barque was damaged by fire at Liverpool, Lancashire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=5 April 1875 |issue=11005 }}

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|ship=Kalamazoo

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The smack was run into by the steamship Dione ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank off the mouth of the River Tyne. Her crew were rescued by Dione. Kalamazoo was on a voyage from Lerwick, Shetland Islands to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.{{Cite news |title=A Smack Run Down |newspaper=Bradford Observer |location=Bradford |date=3 April 1875 |issue=3826 |page=8 |volume=42 }}

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3 April

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|ship=Ada Florence

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Beachy Head, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Granville, Manche, France. She was refloated and assisted in to Dover, Kent in a leaky condition.

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|ship=Ennismore

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The steamship ran ashore at Lamlash, Isle of Arran. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Dublin.

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|ship=Irrawaddy

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground in the Yangtze. She was refloated.

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|ship=Reval

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Bornholm, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Kiel to Memel.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=6 April 1875 |issue=28282 |page=6 |column=F }}

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|ship={{SS|Westoe|1872|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The steamship ran aground off Cape Sestos, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated with assistance from a tug.

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4 April

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|ship=Courier

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship ran aground in the Nieuw Diep. She was on a voyage from Fuzhou, China to Amsterdam, North Holland.

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|ship=Decca

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Blackgang Chine, Isle of Wight and was abandoned by her crew, who were reported missing. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to London. She broke up the next day.

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|ship=Fu Sing, and
Ocean

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The steamship Fusing collided with the steamship Ocean and sank in the South China Sea {{convert|120|nmi|km}} north of "Shawiesan Island" with the loss of 69 of the 125 people on board. Survivors were rescued by Ocean. Fu Sing was on a voyage from Shanghai to Tianjin, China. Ocean was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Niuzhuang to Shantou, China. She put in to Wusong, China.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Collision in the China Seas |date=26 May 1875 |issue=28325 |page=9 |column=F }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=8 April 1875 |issue=11008 }}

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|ship=Mimi

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The schooner struck the Megstone and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Leith, Lothian.

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|ship=Palma

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}

|desc=The barque was wrecked on the Galloper Sand. Her crew were rescued by the fishing boat Etoile de Maria ({{flag|France}}). Palma was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.

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5 April

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|ship=Aios Constantinos

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=The brig was wrecked at the mouth of the Rio Pongas, Sierra Leone.

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|ship=Alexander

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The steamship ran aground at "Wingoe". She was on a voyage from Malmö, Sweden to an English port. She was refloated and towed in to Copenhagen, Denmark by a steamship.

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|ship=Callirhoe

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Walney Island, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Barrow in Furness, Lancashire. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Barrow in Furness.

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|ship=Catherine Boland

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at "Boarshill", Fife and was abandoned by her crew.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=6 April 1875 |issue=11006 }}

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|ship=Minnie

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship sank at Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Grangemouth, Stirlingshire.

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|ship=Rapide

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was severely damaged by ice and was beached at New York, United States.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=7 April 1875 |issue=9033 }} She was on a voyage from New York to London.

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|ship=Velocipede

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship schooner was driven ashore at Moelfre, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to a Baltic port. She was refloated and found to be severely leaky.

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6 April

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|ship=Galera

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The steamship ran aground in the Clyde at Greenock, Renfrewshire.

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|ship=Glasgow

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The steamship ran aground in the River Tay. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Montrose, Forfarshire. She was refloated and taken in to Montrose in a leaky condition.

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|ship=Iris

|flag={{flag|Norway|1844}}

|desc=The barque was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of Puerto Rico. She was on a voyage from Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands to Matanzas, Cuba.

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|ship=Letezia

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}

|desc=The barque collided with another vessel and sank off Monaco. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=7 April 1875 |issue=8492 }}

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7 April

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|ship=Giorgios

|flag={{flag|Spain|civil-1785}}

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore near Almería. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France to Sant Lluís, Menorca.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=8 April 1875 |issue=8493 }}

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|ship=Helen Beatrice

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Wigtown. She was on a voyage from London to Wigtown.

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|ship=R. L. Alston

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Swansea, Glamorgan. She was refloated and put back to Middlesbrough.

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|ship=Shamrock

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The schooner struck the Colley Rock, near Macduff, Aberdeenshire. She was refloated and taken in to Banff, Aberdeenshire in a leaky condition.

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8 April

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|ship=Antje

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Dysart, Fife, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=Schooner Ashore at Dysart |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=9 April 1875 |issue=6773 }}

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|ship=Frankland, and an
unnamed vessel

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
Flag unknown

|desc=The steamship Frankland collided with a schooner in the River Wear. Both vessels were severely damaged. Frankland was on a voyage from the Nieuw Diep to Sunderland, County Durham.

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|ship=Haytien

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground at the Pass A L'Outre Lighthouse, Louisiana, United States. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Liverpool, Lancashire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=10 April 1875 |issue=11010 }}

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|ship=Petronella

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship ran aground in the Bali Strait. She was on a voyage from Makassar, Netherlands East Indies to a Dutch port. She was refloated and towed in to Surabaya, Netherlands East Indies.

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|ship=Statesman

|flag={{flag|Belgium}}

|desc=The barque ran aground on the Arklow Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wicklow, United Kingdom and was wrecked. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim, United Kingdom to New York, United States.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=9 April 1875 |issue=11009 }}

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|ship={{HMS|Tamar|1863|6}}

|flag={{navy|UK}}

|desc=The troopship ran aground at Kingstown, County Dublin. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.{{Cite news |title=Kingstown Intelligence |newspaper=Freeman's Journal |location=Dublin |date=8 April 1875 }}

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9 April

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|ship=Gomer

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The schooner struck the Swilly Rocks, in the Menai Strait and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Caernarfon to Belfast, County Antrim.{{Cite news |title=Loss of a Welsh Schooner |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=12 April 1875 |issue=8496 }}

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|ship=Lina

|flag={{flag|Sweden|1844}}

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of, Norfolk, United Kingdom was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Mount Stewart ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Lina was on a voyage from Kristiansand, Norway to Bordeaux, Gironde, France. She was discovered off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk the next day and taken in to Lowestoft, Suffolk, United Kingdom in a waterlogged condition.

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10 April

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|ship=Camiguin

|flag={{flag|Spain|civil-1785}}

|desc=The steamship ran aground and was abandoned in the Spanish East Indies. She was severely damaged.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=4 May 1875 |issue=11030 }}

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|ship=Chiara

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The barque was damaged by fire at Penarth, Glamorgan.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=14 April 1875 |issue=8498 }}

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11 April

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|ship=Elaine

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The steamship was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk.{{Cite news |title=Summary |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=12 April 1875 |issue=8496 }} Her crew were rescued by the steamship {{SS|Tanfield|1865|2}} ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Elaine was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Dunkerque, Nord, France.

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|ship=Reinhard

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship collided with the steamship Don Juan ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank off Cartagena, Spain. Her crew were rescued. Reinhard was on a voyage from an Italian port to Saint Petersburg, Russia. She was towed in to Cartagena in a waterlogged condition and placed under repair.

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12 April

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|ship=Belfont

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Bahia, Brazil. She was refloated and assisted in to Ramsgate, Kent in a leaky condition.

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|ship=Border Chieftain

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore {{convert|2|nmi|km}} west of Dover, Kent. She was on a voyage from Colombo, Ceylon to London.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=13 April 1875 |issue=11012 }} She was refloated on 23 April and taken in to Dover.

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|ship=Guardian

|flag={{flag|United States|1867}}

|desc=The full-rigged ship was driven ashore on Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia to Cronstadt, Russia. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

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|ship=Jane

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Southampton, Hampshire. She floated off but consequently foundered. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Enterprise ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).{{Cite news |title=Yarmouth |newspaper=Ipswich Journal |location=Ipswich |date=17 April 1875 |issue=7312 }}

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|ship=Nancy

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Duncansby Head, Caithness.

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|ship=Pomerania

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The brig was run down and sunk off Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands by the steamship West Riding ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Her crew were rescued. Pomerania was on a voyage from Porto, Portugal to Bremen.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Collision at Sea |date=14 April 1875 |issue=28289 |page=5 |column=C }}

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|ship=Richard and Elizabeth

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ketch was driven ashore and wrecked at Happisburgh, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=13 April 1875 |issue=8497 }}

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|ship=Sylphide

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Sheringham, Norfolk.

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13 April

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|ship=Florence

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Long Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wexford. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada.

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|ship=John Elder

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The steamship was severely damaged by fire at Birkenhead, Cheshire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Manchester Times |location=Manchester |date=17 April 1875 |issue=905 }}

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14 April

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|ship=Antoinette

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship ran aground and was wrecked in the Nunez River.

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|ship=Denia

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The steamship ran aground at Malmö, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Malmö. She was refloated and taken in to Malmö.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=20 April 1875 |issue=8503 }}

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|ship=Esberne Snare

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The hulk was destroyed by fire and sank at Jiujiang, China.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=10 June 1875 |issue=28338 |page=12 |column=A }}

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|ship=Stuart Hahneman

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship capsized and sank in the Indian Ocean with the loss of 37 of her 46 crew. Survivors took to a lifeboat; they were rescued on 27 April by the barque Blandina I ({{flag|Austria-Hungary|civil}}). Stuart Hahneman was on a voyage from Bombay, India to Liverpool, Lancashire.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Lost at Sea |date=27 July 1875 |issue=28378 |page=10 |column=C }}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=28 July 1875 |issue=28380 |page=11 |column=D }}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Loss of the Stuart Hahneman |date=3 August 1875 |issue=28384 |page=12 |column=A }}

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|ship=Victor

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI|civil}} Gibraltar

|desc=The brig ran aground and was wrecked at the mouth of the Scarcies River.

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15 April

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|ship={{HMS|Tamar|1863|6}}

|flag={{navy|UK}}

|desc=The troopship ran aground at Gillingham, Kent.{{Cite news |title=(untitled) |newspaper=Southampton Herald |location=Southampton |date=1 May 1875 |issue=3013 |page=8 |volume=53 }} She was refloated with assistance.{{Cite news |title=(untitled) |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=17 April 1875 |issue=6780 }}

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17 April

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|ship=Catharina

|flag={{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}

|desc=The ship was holed by ice and sank at Memel, Germany. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=20 April 1875 |issue=28294 |page=12 |column=C }}

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|ship=Ernest

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The schooner was run down and sunk off Lundy Island by the steamship Meteor ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) with the loss of all hands. Ernest was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Bristol, Gloucestershire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Manchester Times |location=Manchester |date=24 April 1875 |issue=906 }}

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|ship=Maria Elizabeth

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The schooner was abandoned off the coast of County Wicklow in a sinking condition. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=Rival, and
Rose

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
{{flag|France}}

|desc=The schooners collided in the North Sea off Hartlepool, County Durham and were abandoned by their crews, who were rescued by the schooner Arab ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Rival was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Dartmouth, Devon. Rose was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Quimper, Finistère.

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18 April

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|ship=Louise Bahlrus

|flag={{flag|United States|1867}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Málaga, Spain. She was on a voyage from Málaga to Williamsburg, Virginia.Original record may state Williamsburgh, North Carolina but this location is far inland and the correct location should probably be Williamsburg, Virginia. She was refloated with assistance.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=20 April 1875 |issue=8503 }}

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|ship=Storsilden

|flag={{flag|Norway|1844}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Lister. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Haugesund.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=21 April 1875 |issue=28295 |page=5 |column=E }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=21 April 1875 |issue=9045 }}

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|ship=William Woodbury

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was run into by the steamship Benledi ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) in the Iloilo Strait and was beached. She was repaired and resumed her voyage.

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19 April

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|ship=Cora Linn

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship capsized in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of for of her crew. Survivors were rescued on 22 April by an American barque and 23 April by the brig Ara ({{flag|Norway|1844}}). Cora Linn was on a voyage from Doboy, Georgia, United States to Troon, Ayrshire.{{Cite news |title=The Wreck of the Cora Linn |newspaper=BElfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=15 May 1875 |issue=18658 }}

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|ship=Einigkeit

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Thisted.

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|ship=Jupiter T.

|flag={{flag|Austria-Hungary|civil}}

|desc=The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Point Padrone, Cape Colony. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Singapore, Straits Settlements to New York, United States.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=7 June 1875 |issue=8544 }}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=High Court of Justice, June 24. Chancery Divisio |date=25 June 1879 |issue=29603 |page=5 |column=F }}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company v. Huth |date=1 December 1880 |issue=30053 |page=4 |column=A }}

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|ship=Moldetz

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship ran aground off Esbjerg, Denmark.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=21 April 1875 |issue=8504 }}

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|ship=Said

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The steamship ran aground and was severely damaged at Öckerö, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to Gothenburg, Sweden.

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|ship=Scotland

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The steamship sprang a leak and sank at Liverpool, Lancashire.

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|ship=Success

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at Cape Arkona, Germany with some loss of life. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Swinemünde, Germany. She was refloated and towed in to Swinemünde in a leaky condition.

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20 April

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|ship=Durley

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Kertch, Russia.

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|ship=Great Western

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The steamship struck rocks at Crookhaven, County Cork. She was on a voyage from New York to Crookhaven. She was refloated.

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|ship=Rose Brae

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The barque struck an iceberg and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Thor ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Rose Brae was on a voyage from Galveston, Texas, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=4 May 1875 |issue=9056 }}

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|ship=Scotland

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship struck the quayside and sank at Liverpool. She was on a voyage from San Francisco, California, United States to Liverpool.{{Cite news |title=Singular Accident to a Vessel |newspaper=Bradford Observer |location=Bradford |date=21 April 1875 |issue=3841 |page=3 |volume=42 }}

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21 April

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|ship=Thames

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Dunbar, Lothian to Blyth, Northumberland.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=22 April 1875 |issue=11020 }}

}}

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|ship=Venskabet

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Larvik, Norway to Miramichi, New Brunswick, Canada. She was refloated and resumed her voyage, but put in to Cowes, Isle of Wight.

}}

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|ship={{SS|Ventura|1865|2}}

|flag={{flag|United States|1867}}

|desc=The steamship was wrecked at Point Sur, California. Her passengers were rescued. She was on a voyage from San Francisco, California to a port in South Carolina.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=6 May 1875 |issue=8517 }}

}}

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22 April

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|ship=Caroline

|flag={{flag|Belgium}}

|desc=The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|37|16|N|58|27|W}}) with the loss of six of her thirteen crew. Five survivors were rescued. The remaining two were rescued the next day by Ada ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}), but one of them subsequently died. Caroline was on a voyage from Doboy, Georgia, United States to Troon, Ayrshire, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=10 May 1875 |issue=11035 }}

}}

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|ship=Ich Dien

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The brigantine was driven ashore at Bahia, Brazil.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=24 April 1875 |issue=11022 }}

}}

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|ship=Marcus

|flag=22px Courland Governorate

|desc=The ship was driven ashore north of Vindava.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=27 April 1875 |issue=28300 |page=10 |column=F }}

}}

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|ship=Maria

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The schooner ran aground at Dragør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Griefswald to Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom. She was refloated and towed in to Copenhagen, Denmark.

}}

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|ship=Von Laffert Lehsen

|flag={{flag|Sweden|1844}}

|desc=The ship foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Haufruen ({{flag|Norway|1844}}). Von Laffert Lehsen was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Stockholm.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=30 April 1875 |issue=28303 |page=12 |column=C }}

}}

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23 April

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|ship=Burgermeister van Settan

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The ship ran aground at Pillau. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Königsberg.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=24 April 1875 |issue=8507 }} She was refloated and taken in to Königsberg for repairs.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=28 April 1875 |issue=8510 }}

}}

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|ship=Charles Bodman,
Exporter, and
John Kyle

|flag={{flag|United States|1867}}

|desc=The steamboat John Kyle caught fire at New Orleans, Louisiana The fire spread to Charles Bodman and Exporter with the loss of about 50 lives. John Kyle sank, the other boats were severely damaged.{{Cite news |title=Terribl Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Morning Post |location=London |date=5 May 1875 |issue=32089 |page=3}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Joseph Straker|1863|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore on Norderney, Germany. Her crew were rescued by the Norderney Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Hamburg, Germany.{{Cite web |url=http://www.tynebuiltships.co.uk/J-Ships/josephstraker1863.html |title=Joseph Straker |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=24 April 2020 }}

}}

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|ship=Limerick Lass

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The steamship was damaged by fire at Bremen, Germany.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=26 April 1875 |issue=28299 |page=8 |column=E }}

}}

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24 April

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|ship=Alabama

|flag={{flag|United States|1867}}

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Bay of Bengal. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Moulmein, Burma to Calcutta, India.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=6 May 1875 |issue=28308 |page=12 |column=C }}

}}

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|ship=Ocean

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The barque ran aground at the White Cliffs, in the Dardanelles. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug.

}}

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|ship=Prospero

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The barque was driven ashore at Hela. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom to Danzig.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=27 April 1875 |issue=11024 }}

}}

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25 April

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|ship=Ada

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The schooner went ashore entering Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, arriving from Genoa.{{cite news |title=Casualties &c. |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000197/18750429/215/0008 |access-date=8 March 2025 |work=Daily Post |issue=6175 |date=29 April 1875 |location=Liverpool |page=8 |via=British Newspaper Archive}}{{cite news |title=The Crisis in Brazil |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000183/18750603/035/0005 |access-date=8 March 2025 |work=The Standard |issue=15866 |date=3 June 1875 |location=London |page=5|via=British Newspaper Archive}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Familie Trouw

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The galiot was wrecked on Anholt, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from an English port to Danzig, Germany.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=27 April 1875 |issue=28300 |page=10 |column=F }}

}}

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26 April

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|ship=Crystalline

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The barque ran aground at Dunkerque, Nord, France. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Dunkerque. Also reported as Chrystaline running aground in the Castletown River, being refloated on 3 May and towed in to Dundalk, County Louth.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Marie Leonie

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Cross Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Nereide

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Anholt, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage frm Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Stockholm, Sweden. She was refloated and taken in to Helsingør, Denmark in a leaky condition.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Saxonia

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground at Grimsby, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Grimsby to the West Indies. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.

}}

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27 April

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|ship=Albatross

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground at Dumfries. She was on a voyage from London to Dumfries. She was refloated.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Diadem, and
Ville de Cadiz

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
{{Flag|France}}

|desc=The steamship Ville de Cadiz collided with the steamship Diadem and sank in the Mediterranean Sea. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Oran, Algeria. Diadem was severely damaged and was left with a severe leak. She was on a voyage from Bombay, India to Liverpool, Lancashire.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=29 April 1875 |issue=28302 |page=12 |column=B }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ernestine

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Lough Swilly. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Quebec City, Canada.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Floral Star

|flag={{flag|South Australia|1870}}

|desc=The ship ran aground at Yankakilla. She was declared a total loss.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=28 April 1875 |issue=11025 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=25 May 1875 |issue=8534 }}

}}

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|ship=Islander

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The brig collided with the brig Ryno ({{flag|Norway|1844}}) and sank off the Eddystone Lighthouse, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued by Ryno. Islander was on a voyage from Llanelly, Glamorgan to Portsmouth, Hampshire.{{Cite news |title=Press Association and Central News Telegrams |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=28 April 1875 |issue=6642 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Mary Ann Scott

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground in the River Nith. She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Dumfries.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Remembrance

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The brig was driven ashore near Varberg, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Wismar, Germany.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=12 May 1875 |issue=15847 |page=6 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Sarah Ann

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was abandoned {{convert|15|nmi|km}} north of the Calf of Man, Isle of Man. Her crew were rescued by a tug.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Strathnaver

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship departed from Sydney, New South Wales for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=28 October 1875 |issue=28458 |page=12 |column=A }}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=4 November 1875 |issue=28464 |page=6 |column=F }}

}}

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28 April

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|ship=Diadem

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground off "China Buckeer". She was on a voyage from Kurrachee, India to Rangoon, Burma. She was refloated on 4 May and taken in to Rangoon.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=5 May 1875 |issue=9057 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Lavarellini Fratelli

|flag={{flagcountry|British India|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Eastern Sand, off Rangoon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Singapore, Straits Settlements to Rangoon.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Remus

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The steamship struck a sunken rock off Cape Bon, Algeria. She was on a voyage from Odessa, Russia to Antwerp, Belgium. She put in to Malta in a leaky condition.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Quorn

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground off "China Buckeer". She was refloated on 4 May and taken in to Rangoon.

}}

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29 April

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|ship=Edward Eccles

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The steamship ran aground at Harssens, Groningen, Netherlands. She was refloated and taken in to Texel, North Holland, Netherlands.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=29 April 1875 |issue=8511 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ida

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The steamship ran aground at Rosetta, Egypt. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=30 April 1875 |issue=9053 }} She was refloated in May and towed in to Alexandria, Egypt in a leaky condition.

}}

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30 April

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|ship=Dragoon

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The steamship ran aground at "Strubben", Denmark. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen, Denmark to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=1 May 1875 |issue=28305 |page=8 |column=F }} She was refloated on 3 May and put back to Copenhagen.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Sarinio

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the Banco Chico, in the River Plate. Her crew were rescued.

}}

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Unknown date

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|ship=Anglesey

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground in the Hooghly River. She was refloated 36 hours later and taken in to Calcutta.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=17 April 1875 |issue=15826 |page=7 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Asp|1837|6}}

|flag={{navy|UK}}

|desc=The paddle steamer sank in the River Medway.{{Cite news |title=Miscellaneous |newspaper=Reynolds's Newspaper |location=London |date=4 April 1875 |issue=1286 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Beagle|1872|6}}

|flag={{navy|UK}}

|desc=The {{sclass|Beagle|schooner}} ran aground on a reef in the Spanish East Indies. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Spain |date=1 May 1875 |issue=28305 |page=7 |column=D }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Cornwallis

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Pitcairn Island. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from San Francisco, California, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Elisor

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The schooner was abandoned in the North Sea {{convert|120|nmi|km}} off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire, United Kingdom on or before 6 April.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=9 April 1875 |issue=8494 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Eros

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on "Chinchona Islet". She was on a voyage from Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands to Matanzas, Cuba.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Eva

|flag={{flag|Spain|civil-1785}}

|desc=The brigantine was destroyed by fire near Rosario, Argentina.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=27 April 1875 |issue=8509 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Figli Apap

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship was wrecked at "Krways", Russia. Her crew were rescued.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Firdar

|flag={{flag|Norway|1844}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at wrecked at Leba, Germany. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Portugal to Danzig, Germany.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Giovanni B.

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}

|desc=The brig collided with Kong Carl ({{Flag|Norway|1844}}) and sank. Her crew were rescued.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Gustavo

|flag={{flag|Argentina|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground near San Pedro, Buenos Aires. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Buenos Aires. She had been refloated by 12 April and taken in to Buenos Aires.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=31 May 1875 |issue=8538 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Hagarstown

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The full-rigged ship caught fire at New Orleans, Louisiana, United States and was scuttled.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=23 April 1875 |issue=11021 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Halfdan

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The ship was abandoned at sea before 10 April. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Port of Spain, Trinidad to Stettin.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Helmi

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The brig ran aground at Lagos, Lagos Colony and was severely damaged. She was consequently condemned.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=13 May 1875 |issue=8523 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Jane Wheaton

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground at Saint Lucia. She was refloated and towed in to Castries in a leaky condition.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=1 May 1875 |issue=28305 |page=8 |column=F }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=J. C. Call

|flag={{flag|United States|1867}}

|desc= The fishing schooner left Gloucester, Massachusetts for the Georges Bank and vanished on her maiden voyage. Some sources cites she was lost in February. Lost with all 12 crew.{{cite web |url=https://gloucester-ma.gov/DocumentCenter/View/404/LOST-AT-SEAAPR?bidId= |title=Lost at sea |publisher=gloucester-ma.gov |access-date=26 May 2021 |archive-date=6 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506124722/https://gloucester-ma.gov/DocumentCenter/View/404/LOST-AT-SEAAPR?bidId= |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?214849 |title=J. C. Call (+1869) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=26 May 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://www.downtosea.com/1851-1875/jccall.htm |title=The J. C. Call |publisher=downtosea.com |access-date=26 May 2021}}

}}

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|ship=La Fontaine

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at Port-au-Prince, Haiti.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=6 April 1875 |issue=8491 }} She was on a voyage from Port-au-Prince to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure. She was refloated and put back to Port-au-Prince for repairs, being severely leaky.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=4 May 1875 |issue=8515 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Maria Douglas

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship foundered in a hurricane at "FiH".

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Morning Light

|flag={{flag|United States|1867}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked near Matanzas, Cuba before 7 April. She was on a voyage from New York to Matanzas.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Myrtle

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The barque was wrecked on the coast of Patagonia, Argentina on or before 2 April. All on board were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Miscellaneous |newspaper=Belfast New-Letter |location=Belfast |date=7 April 1875 |issue=18355 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{PS|Payta|1864|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The paddle steamer ran aground at "Santa" and was beached.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Penelope

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground at Maassluis, South Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland to a Mediterranean port. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Polykarp

|flag={{flag|Norway|1844}}

|desc=The barque was driven ashore at Scituate, Massachusetts, United States. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Boston, Massachusetts.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Rankeillor

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The schooner was wrecked in the Black Sea.{{Cite news |title=Burntisland Schooner Wrecked in the Black Sea |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=27 April 1875 |issue=6788 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Rosa Lavarello

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked at "Dolgoi", Russia. Her crew were rescued.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Somerset

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground at and was wrecked "Trichendore" on or before 24 April. She was on a voyage from Cochin to Tuticorin, India.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=27 April 1875 |issue=28300 |page=10 |column=F }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|State of Virginia|1873|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The steamship ran aground near Mocha, Aden Colony. She was on a voyage from London to Shanghai, China. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=20 April 1875 |issue=11018 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Uhla

|flag={{flag|Sweden|1844}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Selskgrundet. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Stockholm. She was refloated and taken in to "Hirhamra".{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=19 April 1875 |issue=8502 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Viking

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground off Bombay, India. She was on a voyage from London to Hong Kong. She was refloated two days later and resumed her voyage.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Waterloo

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship collided with a dredge boat and ran aground at the Pass A L'Outre Lighthouse, Louisiana, United States. She was on a voyage from New Orleans to Liverpool. She was consequently condemned.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=8 May 1875 |issue=11034 }}

}}

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