List of shipwrecks in April 1876

The list of shipwrecks in April 1876 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during April 1876.

1 April

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|ship=Odin

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked south of Cartagena, Spain. Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Torrevieja, Spain to Rostock.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=7 April 1876 |issue=8806 }}

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|ship=Oxford

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

|desc=The ship ran aground in the Haff, off Königsberg.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=3 April 1876 |issue=28593 |page=12 |column=A }}

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|ship=Symmetry

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

|desc=The ship departed from Sombrero, Anguilla for a British port. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=10 August 1876 |issue=28704 |page=9 |column=F }}

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|ship=Sverre

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on Struttskrakken.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=3 April 1876 |issue=8802 }}

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2 April

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|ship=Agrigento

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

|desc=The steamship collided with the steamship Hylton Castle ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) off Cape Maleas, Greece and sank with the loss of 29 of the 64 people on board. Survivors were rescued by Hylton Castle.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Collision at See |date=5 April 1876 |issue=28595 |page=7 |column=C }}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Hylton Castle and the Agrigento |date=17 April 1876 |issue=28605 |page=12 |column=A }}

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|ship= James Paxton

|flag={{Flag|New Zealand}}

|desc=The 60-ton schooner went aground close to Taiaroa Head at the mouth of Otago Harbour while en route from Dunedin to Riverton and became a wreck.Ingram & Wheatley, pp. 203–204.

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3 April

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|ship=Dragoon

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Satonsea Rocks, off the coast of Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to the River Tyne. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

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|ship=Kathleen

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

|desc=The ship departed from Poole, Dorset for Goole, Yorkshire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.

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|ship=Queen Margaret

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore in the Hooghly River.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=4 April 1876 |issue=12116 }} She was refloated.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=5 April 1876 |issue=16129 |page=6 }}

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4 April

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|ship=Ceres

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the Cabadello Rock, off Porto, Portugal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Porto to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=5 April 1876 |issue=12117 }}

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|ship=Fritz Schmidt

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

|desc=The ship was towed in to Brunswick, Georgia in a sinking condition. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia to Riga, Russia.

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|ship=Gladstone

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The barque was driven ashore on The Burroo, off the Calf of Man, Isle of Man with the loss of three of her nine crew. Survivors were rescued by Port Erin fishermen. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Danzig, and/or Memel, Germany.{{Cite news |title=Port St. Mary & Port Erin |newspaper=Isle of Man Times |location=Douglas |date=8 April 1876 |issue=780 |page=5 |volume=15}} Gladstone was refloated with the assistance of a tug on 22 April and was towed in to Port Erin. She was deemed a constructive total loss.{{Cite news |title=Port St. Mary & Port Erin |newspaper=Isle of Man Times |location=Douglas |date=29 April 1876 |issue=783 |page=5 |volume=15}}

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|ship=Hannah Douglas

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

|desc=The brig was wrecked {{convert|2|nmi|km}} south of the South Stack, Anglesey. Her six crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Seville, Spain to Liverpool.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=5 April 1876 |issue=8804 }}

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|ship=Helen J. Holway

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

|desc=The schooner stranded in a snowstorm near Life Saving Station No. 21, on Long Island or Fire Island, New York with the loss of six of her seven crew. She was on a voyage from Cienfuegos, Cuba to New York City.{{cite web |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015076784373&view=1up&seq=7 |title=Annual report of the United States Life Saving Service, Year ending June 30, 1876 |publisher=University of Michigan |accessdate=21 November 2019}}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The United States |date=6 April 1876 |issue=28596 |page=5 |column=A }}

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|ship=Idabella

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

|desc=The schooner was beached in a snowstorm near Cape Cod, Massachusetts with the loss of a crew member. Also reported as being abandoned at sea, with her five crew rescued by the barque Kellus ({{flag|Norway|1844}}). Idabella was on a voyage from Newcastle, Delaware to Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=14 April 1876 |issue=8812 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Huddersfield Chronicle |location=Huddersfield |date=15 April 1876 |issue=2712 |page=2 }}

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|ship=John Boyle

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

|desc=The steamship was run into by the steamship Emma Lawson and sank in the English Channel {{convert|50|nmi|km}} south west of Start Point, Devon. Her twenty crew were rescued by Emma Lawson. John Boyle was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Gibraltar.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=collision at Sea |date=6 April 1876 |issue=28596 |page=5 |column=C }}

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|ship=Maria Angela

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

|desc=The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at Aigues-Mortes, Gard, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Palermo, Sicily to Cette, Hérault, France.

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|ship=Maria Wheeler

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Rum Cay.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=6 April 1876 |issue=12118 }}

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|ship=Ralph M. Hayward

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

|desc=The schooner collided with the steamship Revira ({{flag|Spain|civil-1785}}) and sank {{convert|35|nmi|km}} south west of the South Stack. Her crew were rescued by Revira. Ralph M. Hayward was on a voyage from Liverpool to Havana, Cuba.

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|ship=Tunstall, and
{{SS|Usworth|1869|2}}

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

|desc=The steamships collided in the Elbe and were both severely damaged.

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5 April

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|ship=Andean

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

|desc=The steamship caught fire at Liverpool, Lancashire. The fire was extinguished.

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|ship={{SS|Blair Athole|1875|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground in the River Foyle. She was on a voyage from Burry Port, Glamorgan to Londonderry.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=6 April 1876 |issue=8805 }}

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|ship=Ceres

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The schooner was wrecked near Smögen, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Nantes, Loire-Inférieure to Christiania, Norway.

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|ship=H. L. Routh, and
R. Webster

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

|desc=The barques collided at Portland, Maine. Both vessels were severely damaged.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=21 April 1876 |issue=8818 }}

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|ship=Iona

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Anholt, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Wick, Caithness to Königsberg, Germany. She was refloated and taken in to Fredrikshavn, Denmark.

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|ship=J. M. Lennard

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground near Maassluis, South Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Rotterdam, South Holland. She was refloated with the assistance of a number of tugs.

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|ship=Laura

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Hornbæk. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom to Stettin, Germany.

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|ship=Unnamed

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

|desc=River Dee ferryboat disaster: A ferryboat capsized in the River Dee, Aberdeenshire with the loss of 32 of the 76 people on board.

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6 April

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|ship=Eleonore

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Nidingen, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, United Kingdom to Bolderāja, Russia.

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|ship={{SS|Glengarnock|1874|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at Brennan Head, Isle of Arran.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=8 April 1876 |issue=9348 }} She was refloated on 8 April.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=12 April 1876 |issue=12125 }}

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|ship=Greina

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked in a hurricane at Petit-Trou, Trinidad. She was on a voyage from Saint Domingo to Falmouth, Cornwall.

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|ship=Harlingen

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore on Skagen, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Wismar, Germany. She subsequently became a wreck.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=14 April 1876 |issue=8812 }}

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|ship={{SS|Indus|1871|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground on the Monsecar Reef, off Malta. She was on a voyage from Suez, Egypt to Malta. She was refloated and taken in to Malta.

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|ship=Irene

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore on Skagen. She was on a voyage from Charlestown, Cornwall, United Kingdom to Copenhagen, Denmark.

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|ship=Humboldt

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

|desc=The ship sank at Pascagoula, Mississippi.

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|ship=Lochnagar

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore on Læsø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Charlestown, Cornwall to Danzig, Germany. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

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|ship=Mont Blanc

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore on Skagen. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Stettin, Germany.

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7 April

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|ship=August

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The barque was driven ashore at Gilleleje, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom to Stettin. She was refloated and towed in to Helsingør, Denmark in a severely leaky condition.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=13 April 1876 |issue=8811 }}

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|ship=Baldoran

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

|desc=The ship departed from Bluff Harbour, New Zealand for Valparaíso, Chile. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands, about twenty lives.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=13 September 1876 |issue=8942 }}

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|ship=Cambridgeshire

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

|desc=The ship was damaged by an onboard explosion at South Shields, County Durham. Two of her crew were severely wounded.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=14 April 1876 |issue=4729 }}

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|ship=Harvest Queen

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground on the Carr Rock. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Dundee, Forfarshire. She was refloated and completed her voyage in a leaky condition.{{Cite news |title=The Harvest Queen on the Carr Rock |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=10 April 1876 |issue=7085 }}

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|ship=Major Nanney

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

|desc=The smack was driven ashore and wrecked at St. Gowan 's Head, Pembrokeshire.

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|ship=Richard Moxon

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Saltfleet, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium to Goole, Yorkshire.

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|ship={{SS|Savernake||2}}

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

|desc=The steamer was damaged in a collision with {{SS|Vesuvius|1870|2}} ({{flag|Netherlands}}) {{convert|7|nmi|km}} south west of Hastings, Sussex. She rescued all 32 people from Vesuvius and then was beached at Hastings to prevent sinking. Savernake was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Plymouth, Devon. She was refloated, repaired and returned to service.{{cite web |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=chi.103308791&view=1up&seq=332 |title=American Marine Engineer July, 1914 |publisher=National Marine Engineers Beneficial Association of the United States |via=Haithi Trust |access-date=10 November 2020}}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division |date=25 July 1876 |issue=28690 |page=11 |column=E }}

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|ship={{SS|Vesuvius|1870|2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The steamer was sunk in a collision with {{SS|Savernake||2}} ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) {{convert|7|nmi|km}} south west of Hastings. All 32 people on board were rescued by Savernake and a tug.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?205948 |title=Vesuvius (+1876) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=10 November 2020}}{{Cite news |title=Collision of Steamers |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=8 April 1876 |issue=18939 }} Vesuvius was on a voyage from Odessa, Russia to Rotterdam, South Holland.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Collisions at Sea |date=8 April 1876 |issue=28598 |page=10 |column=B }}

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|ship=Unnamed

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

|desc=A fishing boat was run down by the steamship Aberdeen ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) off the coast of Portugal. Her crew were rescued by Aberdeen.{{Cite news |title=A Fishing Boat run down at Sea |newspaper=Northern Echo |location=Darlington |date=17 April 1876 |issue=1957 }}

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8 April

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|ship=Bel Emilio

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

|desc=The ship san near "Ragosaizda". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Trieste to "Tran".{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=14 April 1876 |issue=10503 }}

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|ship=Henrietta Greenleaf

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

|desc=The fishing schooner capsized and sank on passage to the Grand Banks of Newfoundland with the loss of four of her fifteen crew. Survivors abandoned ship in two dories. The Captain and four crewmen in one dory was saved after another crewman died. Five crew were reported missing.{{cite web |url=https://www.downtosea.com/1876-1900/hgrnlaf.htm |title=The Henrietta Greenleaf |publisher=downtothesea.com |access-date=2 July 2021}}

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|ship= Hunter

|flag={{Flag|New Zealand}}

|desc=The 22-ton schooner ran aground on Barrett's Reef at the entrance to Wellington Harbour during a gale and became a complete loss. All hands were saved.Ingram & Wheatley, p. 203.

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|ship=Mary

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

|desc=The wherry was run down and sunk by the steamship Llewellyn ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) off Maryport, Cumberland. Her crew were rescued. Mary was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Dumfries.

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9 April

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|ship=Allerston

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore {{convert|10|nmi|km}} from Domesnes, Russia and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=Sabina

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

|desc=The ship was sighted off Deal, Kent whilst on a voyage from Fowey, Cornwall for Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. A boat marked Sabrina was sighted in a waterlogged condition off Spurn Point, Yorkshire on 17 April. The ship supposed to have foundered with the loss of all hands.

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|ship=Webfoot

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in the Nieuw Diep. She was on a voyage from Java, Netherlands East Indies to Amsterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.

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10 April

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|ship=Bella Keith

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Hog Island, off Kilrush, County Clare. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States to Kilrush.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=12 April 1876 |issue=16135 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Eliezer

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Dragør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Danzig to Caernarfon, United Kingdom. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

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|ship=Gurtubay

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

|desc=The ship ran aground. She was on a voyage from Cárdenas, Cuba to Greenock, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Greenock for repairs.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=11 April 1876 |issue=28601 |page=14 |column=A }}

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|ship=John and Alice

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

|desc=The brigantine ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew were rescued by the fishing smack Daniel ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). John and Alice was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.

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|ship=Liberator

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Great Loo Choo. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Manila, Spanish East Indies to San Francisco, California

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|ship=Lodewyk

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Hoek van Holland, South Holland with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Africa to Rotterdam

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|ship=Margaret Davison

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at "Trindelm", Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Lübeck, Germany. She floated off and came ashore on Læsø.

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|ship=St. Rollox

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

|desc=The ship departed from Greenock, Renfrewshire for Belfast, County Antrim. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=15 June 1876 |issue=28656 |page=12 |column=C }}

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11 April

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|ship=Blanche

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground in the Carlingford Lough. She was on a voyage from Port Talbot, Glamorgan to Newry, County Antrim. She was refloated and completed her voyage.

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|ship=Claudine

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground at Sligo. She was on a voyage from Sligo to Liverpool, Lancashire.

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|ship=Elizabeth

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned off Buckie, Banffshire. Her five crew were rescued by the Buckie Lifeboat.

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|ship=Frederica Wilhelmina

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Helsingborg, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Danzig to Aberdeen, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=21 April 1876 |issue=7095 |page=7 }}

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|ship= Helen

|flag={{Flag|New South Wales}}

|desc=The 165-ton brigantine was wrecked near East Cape, New Zealand while en route from Newcastle, New South Wales, to Napier, New Zealand with a cargo of coal. There were no deaths.Ingram & Wheatley, p. 204.

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|ship=Mester

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

|desc=The sloop was wrecked on the Krantz Sand, in the North Sea with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Gloucester, United Kingdom to Hamburg, Germany.

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|ship=Nancy{{'}}s Pride

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

|desc=The sailing boat capsized {{convert|2|nmi|km}} off Eastbourne, Sussex with the loss of thirteen of the fifteen people on board.{{Cite news |title=Summary of This Morning's News |newspaper=Pall Mall Gazette |location=London |date=12 June 1876 |issue=3530 }}{{Cite news |title=Distressing Boat Accident. Thirteen Lives Lost |newspaper=Sheffield Independent |location=Sheffield |date=12 June 1876 |issue=6264 |page=3 |volume=60 }}

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|ship=Ondine

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The barque was abandoned in the English Channel between Start Point, Devon and Portland, Dorset, United Kingdom. She came ashore in Lyme Bay. Ondine was subsequently towed in to Exmouth, Devon in a severely leaky condition. She was on a voyage from London to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône.

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|ship=Patrioten

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked off Fanø with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Charlestown, Cornwall, United Kingdom to Esbjerg.

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|ship=Romp

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked at Lossiemouth, Moray. Her crew were rescued by the Coastguard. She was on a voyage from Nairn to Paisley, Renfrewshire.{{Cite news |title=Press Association and Central News Telegrams |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=12 April 1876 |issue=6692 |page=3 }}

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|ship=Tobina

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The schooner ran aground and sank on the Roar Bank, in the English Channel off Littlestone-on-Sea, Kent, United Kingdom with the loss of two of her seven crew. Survivors were rescued by the New Romney Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to Bahia, Brazil.{{Cite news |title=Royal National Lifeboat Institution |newspaper=Huddersfield Chronicle |location=Huddersfield |date=5 May 1876 |issue=2729 |page=3 }}

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|ship=Utility

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the Horse Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of Lancashire and was wrecked with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by the Lytham Lifeboat.

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|ship=Wyre

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked on the Horse Bank. Both crew were rescued by the Lytham Lifeboat.

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|ship=Unnamed

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=A brigantine capsized off Dungeness, Kent with the loss of two of her seven crew. Survivors were rescued by the Dungeness lifeboat.

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12 April

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|ship=Alf

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore {{convert|3|nmi|km}} north of Liepāja, Russia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Liepāja.

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|ship=Carl Wilhelm

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore and wrecked near Falkenberg. She was on a voyage from Falkenburg to an English port.

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|ship=Duncan

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at a Baltic port. She was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to Reval, Russia.

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|ship=Elizabeth

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked near Falkenburg. She was on a voyage from Falkenburg to an English port.

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|ship=Eugenie

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore and wrecked near Falkenburg. She was on a voyage from Falkenburg to an English port.

}}

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|ship=Frères et Sœurs

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The brigantine foundered in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|47|29|N|40|30|W}}).{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=2 June 1876 |issue=10510 }} Her crew were rescued by Bonte ({{flag|France}}).

}}

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|ship=Johanne

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The ship ran aground in Aalbak Bay. She was on a voyage from Memel to an English port. She was refloated and taken in to Fredrikshavn, Denmark.

}}

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|ship=Neptune

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=(untitled) |newspaper=Pall Mall Gazette |location=London |date=5 May 1876 |issue=3499 |edition=First }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=24 May 1876 |issue=8847 }} She was on a voyage from Liverpool to New York.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=6 May 1876 |issue=16156 |page=6 }}

}}

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|ship=Olto

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Dutch coast with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Riga.

}}

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|ship=Sonntag

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The barque was driven ashore on Hirsholmene, Denmark.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=13 April 1876 |issue=8811 }} She was on a voyage from Stettin to Gloucester, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark.

}}

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|ship=Vaaren

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked near Falkenburg. She was on a voyage from Falkenburg to an English port.

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|ship=William Dobson

|flag={{flagicon|Canada|1868}} Canada

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Bonqueron Reef. All on board survived.

}}

13 April

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|ship=Atlantic

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

|desc=The barque ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to Coquimbo, Chile. She was refloated with assistance and taken in to The Downs.

}}

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|ship= Egmont

|flag={{Flag|New Zealand}}

|desc=The 52-ton steamer was holed on rocks while leaving the mouth of the Patea River and foundered.Ingram & Wheatley, pp. 204–205.

}}

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|ship=Harlington

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Wismar, Germany.

}}

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|ship=Irene

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Skagen.

}}

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|ship=Jens Jorgensen

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The schooner foundered. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Ella ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Jens Jorgensen was on a voyage from Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire to Charlestown, Cornwall, United Kingdom.

}}

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|ship=Lightning

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground in the Douro and became waterlogged.

}}

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|ship=Margaret McDonald

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

|desc=The ship departed from Sunderland for Le Tréport, Seine-Inférieure, France. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Supposed Loss of a Sunderland Ship and All Hands |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=18 May 1876 |issue=7117 }}

}}

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|ship=Mount Blairy

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Skagen. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Stettin, Germany.

}}

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|ship=Ragschild

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Anholt Reef, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Bo'ness, Lothian, United Kingdom to Aarhus.

}}

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|ship=Sakuntala

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked near Husby, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Padstow, Cornwall, United Kingdom to Christiania.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=21 April 1876 |issue=10504 }}

}}

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|ship=Scandinavian

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at a Baltic port. She was on a voyage from Helsingør to Reval, Russia.

}}

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|ship={{SS|Tiger|1866|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The steamship was discovered derelict off Ameland, Friesland, Netherlands by the steamship {{SS|Falke|1866|2}} ({{flagcountry|German Empire}}). She was towed in to the Nieuwe Diep.

}}

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|ship=Four unnamed vessels

|flag=Flags unknown

|desc=The ships were driven ashore near Gothenburg, Sweden.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unnamed

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=A schooner ran aground on the Nore. She was refloated the next day.

}}

14 April

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|ship=Accord

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore south of Grimsby, Lincolnshire.

}}

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|ship=Adupard

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore near San Cataldo, Sicily, Italy. She was refloated and taken in to Brindisi.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=18 April 1876 |issue=9356 }}

}}

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|ship=Alabama

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked on the Woolpack Sands, off Burnham Overy Staithe, Norfolk with the loss of two of her four crew. Survivors were rescued by the Hunstanton Lifeboat.{{Cite news |title=General News |newspaper=Birmingham Daily Post |location=Birmingham |date=17 April 1876 |issue=5543 }}{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=17 April 1876 |issue=16139 |page=7 }} She was on a voyage from Cliffe, Kent to Hull, Yorkshire.

}}

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|ship=Alert

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Blakeney or Holkham, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from London to Gainsborough, Lincolnshire.

}}

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|ship=Amanda

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

|desc=The ship was lost off North Somercotes, Lincolnshire.

}}

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|ship=Anna Rosseta

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Holkham. She was on a voyage from London to Hull.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Arethusa

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

|desc=The ketch foundered in the North Sea off Sheringham, Norfolk with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=The Late Gales |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=18 April 1876 |issue=9356 }}

}}

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|ship=Argo

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked between North Somercotes and Saltfleet, Lincolnshire. At least one crew member survived.{{Cite news |title=Terrible Gale on the East Coast |newspaper=Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough |location=Middlesbrough |date=17 April 1876 |issue=2501 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=17 April 1876 |issue=8814 }}

}}

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|ship=Brazilian, and
D. C. Chapman

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
{{flag|United States|1867}}

|desc=The steamship Brazilian collided with the brigantine D. C. Chapman. Both vessels were severely damaged and put in to Gibraltar. Brazilian was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Genoa, Italy. D. C. Chapman was on a voyage from Gibraltar to Cádiz, Spain.

}}

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|ship=British Queen

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Holkham. She was on a voyage from Rochester, Kent to Hull.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Cygenet

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

|desc=The ship foundered off the north Norfolk coast. Wreckage washed up at Burnham Overy Staithe.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Cyllene

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore south of Grimsby.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Derby

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

|desc=The steamship was sunk by ice at Reval, Russia. She was on a voyage from Hull to Reval.{{Cite news |title=Revel, Friday |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=17 April 1876 |issue=18946 }}

}}

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|ship=Don Antonio

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore between Chapel St. Leonards and Hogsthorpe, Lincolnshire]= with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Hull.{{Cite news |title=Numerous Wrecks and Disasters on the East Coast |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=21 April 1876 |issue=10504 }}

}}

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|ship=Duchess of Kent

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

|desc=The ship was lost off North Somercotes.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Foam

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore south of Grimsby.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Henrietta

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The barque was driven ashore at "Grafwerna".

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|ship=Henriette

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on the Swedish coast. She was refloated and towed in to Helsingør, Denmark.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ino

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore south of Grimsby.

}}

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|ship=Ixia

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to the Charente. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth in a leaky condition.

}}

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|ship=John and Jane

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

|desc=The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Hull.

}}

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|ship=Konig Ernest August

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The brig was driven ashore south of Grimsby. She was on a voyage from Swinemünde to Grimsby.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Laura

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Hornbæk, Denmark.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Leonides

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore south of Grimsby.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Liverpool

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Friskney, Lincolnshire.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Marne

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The brig was driven ashore south of Grimsby.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Martin

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Helsingborg. She was later refloated and taken in to Helsingør.

}}

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|ship=Mary M. Francis

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

|desc=The brig was wrecked on the Dudgeon Sandbank, in the North Sea with the loss of four of her nine crew. Survivors were rescued by the full-rigged ship Carrie Clark ({{flag|United States|1867}}). Mary M. Francis was on a voyage from Portland, Maine to Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Meaborn

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore south of Grimsby.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=21 April 1876 |issue=4730 }}

}}

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|ship=Miss Nightingale

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

|desc=The brigantine foundered off Kilnsea, Yorkshire with the loss of all seven crew. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex.{{Cite news |title=Loss of Three Vessels and All Hands |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=21 April 1876 |issue=10504 }}{{Cite news |title=Local and District News |newspaper=Hampshire Telegraph |location=Portsmouth |date=22 April 1876 |issue=4558 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Naomi

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Mumby, Lincolnshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Norwich, Norfolk to Sunderland, County Durham.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Onward

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore south of Grimsby.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Robert Adamson

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Chapel St. Leonards. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Sunderland.{{Cite news |title=The Late Gale |newspaper=Pall Mall Gazette |location=London |date=17 April 1876 |issue=3482 |edition=Second }}

}}

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|ship=Rothbury

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

|desc=The brig was driven onto a sandbank off Wainfleet, Lincolnshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Smyrna, Ottoman Empire to Hull.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Solon

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Saltfleet. At least five crew survived.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Surprise

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Friskney.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Thorney Close

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

|desc=The brig ran aground at Mumby. Her seven crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Whitstable, Kent to Sunderland.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Tweed

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

|desc=The schooner foundered in the North Sea {{convert|5|nmi|km}} south of the Dudgeon Lightship (22px Trinity House). Her crew were rescued by the smack Milton ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Tweed was on a voyage from Sunderland to London.{{Cite news |title=Scarbro' |newspaper=York Herald |location=York |date=17 April 1876 |issue=5987 |page=6 }}

}}

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|ship=Victory

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked on the Stoney Binks, in the North Sea off the mouth of the Humber, with the loss of all 26 people on board. She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to San Francisco, California, United States.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=19 April 1876 |issue=12131 }}

}}

15 April

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|ship=Anna Cerena

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The fishing boat was run down and sunk in the North Sea by the brig Adrian ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) with the loss of six of her seven crew. The survivor was rescued the pilot cutter No. 1 ({{flag|Netherlands}}.

}}

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|ship=Clementina

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground near Almería, Spain. She was on a voyage from Oran, Algeria to Gibraltar. She was refloated with the assistance of a Spanish revenue cruiser and taken in to Málaga by the cruiser. One of Clementina{{'}}s crew was shot and killed by the Spanish when slow to carry out an order to go below. The vessel was seized by the Spanish. A minor diplomatic incident was caused when the British Consul was refused access to the British sailors at a trial.{{Cite news |title=(untitled) |newspaper=Manchester Times |location=Manchester |date=13 May 1876 |issue=961 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Charitas

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The barque was abandoned off Adra, Spain. She foundered off Málaga, Spain with the loss of six crew of the steamship Maria Louise ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}), which had taken her in tow. Charitas was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=Foundering of a Barque. Six Lives Lost |newspaper=Huddersfield Chronicle |location=Huddersfield |date=19 April 1876 |issue=2715 |page=3 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Dunsany|1876|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship heeled over and sank {{convert|8|nmi|km}} off the mouth of the Humber with the loss of four of her twelve crew. She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to London.{{Cite news |title=Foundering of the Screw-Steamer Dunsany, of Newcastle. Four lives lost |newspaper=Northern Echo |location=Darlington |date=17 April 1876 |issue=1957 }}

}}

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|ship=Elizabeth

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Schiermonnikoog, Friesland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Leer, Germany.{{Cite news |title=Loss of a Vessel from Shields |newspaper=Northern Echo |location=Darlington |date=17 April 1876 |issue=1957 }}

}}

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|ship=Eliza Caroline

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

|desc=The brig sprang a leak and was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Danzig, Germany.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=17 April 1876 |issue=12129 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Nuphar

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground on the Sheringham Shoal, in the North Sea of the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Genoa, Italy. She was refloated and taken in to The Downs in a leaky condition.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Perseus

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Grimsby, Lincolnshire.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Tamaulipas

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

|desc=The steamship sprang a leak and was beached at Kingstown, County Dublin, where she sank. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Dublin.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Victory

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at the mouth of the Humber with the loss of all 25 crew. She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to San Francisco, California, United States.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unnamed

|flag={{Navy|Russian Empire}}

|desc=A corvette foundered off Piraeus, Greece.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Foundering of a Russian Corvette |date=17 April 1876 |issue=28605 |page=5 |column=D }}

}}

16 April

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|ship=Kate and Elizabeth

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Blakeney, Norfolk.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Kwang Tung

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

|desc=The passenger-cargo steamship went ashore on Ockseu Island, China, in the Taiwan Straits, in thick fog. Her passengers and crew were rescued and she later became a wreck. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to Foochow.{{cite news |title=Casualties &c - Foreign |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000861/18760603/088/0012 |access-date=19 January 2025 |work=Lloyd's List |issue=19379 |date=3 June 1876 |location=London |page=12|via=British Newspaper Archive}}{{cite news |title=Official Report - Loss of the Kwang Tung (s) |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001702/18760920/057/0006 |access-date=19 January 2025 |work=Shipping and Mercantile Gazette |issue=12198 |date=20 September 1876 |location=London |page=6|via=British Newspaper Archive}}

}}

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|ship=Mary

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore at Holyhead, Anglesey. She was refloated with the assistance of the tug United States ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and towed in to the River Mersey.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Monaco

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground at Korsør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Norrköping, Sweden to Korsør.

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|ship=Peru

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Runton, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to the River Tyne.{{Cite news |title=Terrible Gale on the East Coast |newspaper=Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough |location=Middlesbrough |date=17 April 1876 |issue=2501 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unnamed

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=A ship sank in the Hilbre Islands, Cheshire, United Kingdom with the loss of all hands.

}}

17 April

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|ship=Dictator

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

|desc=The steamboat collided with a railway bridge and sank in the Mississippi River at Hannibal, Missouri with the loss of nine lives.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The United States |date=18 April 1876 |issue=28606 |page=3 |column=A }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Mary Godell

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

|desc=The full-rigged ship collided with the schooner Elizabeth ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and was beached at Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Milo

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

|desc=The tug caught fire at Cardiff, Glamorgan and was scuttled.

}}

18 April

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|ship=Agnes and Mary

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

|desc=The sloop foundered off Inchcolm, Fife with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Local and General |newspaper=Leeds Mercury |location=Leeds |date=19 April 1876 |issue=11864 }}

}}

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|ship=Humboldt

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Dona Francisca, Brazil. She was refloated and towed in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.{{cite book |title=The Salvagers |first=Hervey |last=Benham |author-link=Hervey Benham |page=194 |publisher=Essex County Newspapers Ltd |location=Colchester |year=1980 |isbn=00-950944-2-3}}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=(untitled) |date=19 April 1876 |issue=28607 |page=5 |column=E }}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Maritime Disasters |date=20 April 1876 |issue=28608 |page=7 |column=D }}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Probate, Divorce, and Admiralty Division |date=4 May 1877 |issue=28933 |page=11 |column=E }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Illinois

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

|desc=The 409-ton whaler, a barque, sank in the Bering Sea south of the Bering Strait 15 minutes after colliding with the vessel Marengo ({{flag|United States|1867}}).{{cite web |url=https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-i/ |publisher=alaskashipwreck.com |title=Alaska Shipwrecks (I) |accessdate=10 July 2021}}

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Minerva

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground at Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Sunderland. She was refloated.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=20 April 1876 |issue=28608 |page=12 |column=B }}

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|ship=Sperne

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Brake Sand. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Trieste. She was refloated and taken in to The Downs.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=19 April 1876 |issue=28607 |page=11 |column=B }}

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Water Lily

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Showder. She was on a voyage from Blackpool to Southport, Lancashire. She was refloated the next day and completed her voyage.{{Cite news |title=Local News |newspaper=Preston Chronicle |location=Preston |date=22 April 1876 |issue=3298 }}

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Wear

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

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk and was abandoned by her crew.

}}

19 April

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|ship=Persian

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground at Isola, Malta. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Tunstall

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground and was damaged at Sunderland, County Durham.

}}

21 April

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|ship=Hoppit

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

|desc=The ship collided with the steamship Corine ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank in the River Avon.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=21 April 1876 |issue=8818 }}

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|ship=Judith

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Fraserburgh.

}}

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|ship=Stadt

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground near Skudesnes. She was refloated and taken in to Bergen.

}}

22 April

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|ship=Cameronian

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

|desc=The ship struck a sunken wreck and was beached on North Swin Island, in the Belfast Lough. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Belfast, County Antrim.

}}

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|ship={{SS|Dunraven||2}}

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground on the Shaab Mahmoud Reef, in the Red Sea and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Aden, Aden Colony to Liverpool.{{cite web |url=http://www.tynebuiltships.co.uk/D-Ships/dunraven1873.html |title=Dunraven |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=31 July 2021}}

}}

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|ship=Elizabeth

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

|desc=The steamship was run into by T. N. Foster ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank in the River Thames near Gravesend, Kent.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=24 April 1876 |issue=9361 }}

}}

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|ship=Rob Roy

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground on Saltholmen, Denmark.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=29 April 1876 |issue=7102 }}

}}

23 April

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|ship=Alonzo

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground in the Amur River. She was on a voyage from Nicolaieff, Russia to Antwerp, Belgium. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Beta

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at "Port Alfred", Madeira. She was on a voyage from London to Madeira. She was refloated and found to be severely damaged.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Flying Spray

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

|desc=The tug sprang a leak and was beached in Loch Ryan.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=25 April 1876 |issue=12136 }} She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Liverpool, Lancashire.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Vesta

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

|desc=The schooner was run down and sunk off Whitby, Yorkshire by the steamship Fifeshire ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Her crew were rescued by Fifeshire. Vesta was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Lowestoft, Suffolk.

}}

24 April

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|ship=Swansea Packet

|flag=22px Tasmania

|desc=The ship was abandoned off the coast of Tasmania. Her crew were rescued by Malcolm Langworthy ({{Flag|New South Wales}}). Swansea Packet was on a voyage from Hobart to Launceston.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=7 July 1876 |issue=10515 }}

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25 April

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|ship=Maria Refina

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the barque Dirigo ({{Flag|United States|1867}}). Maria Refina was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom to Danzig, Germany.

}}

26 April

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|ship=Fenny

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The schooner collided with the steamship Lindisfarne ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank. Her crew were rescued by Lindisfarne. Fenny was on a voyage from Charlestown, Cornwall, United Kingdom to Stralsund.

}}

27 April

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|ship=Berndian

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on the east coast of "Fecelave". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from "Veile" to Malmö, Sweden.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ellen Owen

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on The Smalls, off the coast of Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued by the yacht Trinity ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Ellen Owen was on a voyage from Workington, Cumberland to Swansea, Glamorgan.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=2 May 1876 |issue=8827 }}

}}

28 April

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|ship=Bavington

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

|desc=The steam wherry was wrecked on the North Steel Rocks, off Boulmer, Northumberland. Her four crew were rescued by the Boulmer Lifeboat Robin Hood (file:Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Bavington was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Dundee, Forfarshire.{{Cite news |title=Local and District News |newspaper=Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough |location=Middlesbrough |date=1 May 1876 |issue=2511 |page=3 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Dauntless

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked on the Hen and Chicken Rocks, in the Firth of Forth. Her crew were rescued by the tug Blue Bonnet ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Dauntless was on a voyage from Clackmannan to a French port.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Duncan Dunbar

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at St Andrews, Fife. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Burghead, Moray. She was refloated and taken in to St Andrews, where she sank.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Casualties |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=4 May 1876 |issue=7106 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Gustav

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

|desc=The brig ran aground on a reef off Hven. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Skutskär. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Helsingør, Denmark.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=5 May 1876 |issue=10506 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ouessant

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The steamship foundered off Landéda, Finistère with the loss of 21 of the 23 people on board. She was on a voyage from Ouessant to Le Conquet.{{Cite news |title=Foundering of a Steamer - Great Loss of Life |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=29 April 1876 |issue=18957 }}{{cite news |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/doc/wrecks/l_f_1_v_1876_.jpg |title=Brest, 29 Avril |trans-title=Brest, 29 April |language=French |newspaper=Le Figaro |date=1 May 1876 |issue=122 |page=2 }}

}}

29 April

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|ship=Brothers

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

|desc=The smack foundered off the Isle of May, Fife with the loss of four lives.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Cambridge

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by Erl King. Cambridge was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Quebec City, Canada.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=23 May 1876 |issue=9386 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=24 May 1876 |issue=9387 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=City of Lucknow

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at New York, United States. She was on a voyage from New York to Bristol, Gloucestershire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=1 May 1876 |issue=12141 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Elizabeth

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

|desc=The Thames barge collided with the schooner Emma ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank in the River Thames at East Greenwich, Kent.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Hector

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground at Copenhagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Copenhagen.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Herclades

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the coast of Patagonia, Argentina. Her crew survived, according to a message in a bottle That washed up in the Bay of Luce in late October or early November 1877.{{Cite news |title=Wigtown |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=3 November 1877 |issue=11814 }}

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Northumberland

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

|desc=The brig was wrecked at Yabucoa, Puerto Rico.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Veribert

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near "Skaggenaes", Sweden. She was on a voyage from Oscarshamn to Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom.

}}

30 April

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|ship=Charles

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by the brig Isabel ({{flagicon|UKGBI|civil}} Guernsey).{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=2 May 1876 |issue=16152 |page=7 }} Charles was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Dunkerque, Nord, France.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Elizabeth Anderson

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the Beamer Rock, in the Firth of Forth. She was on a voyage from Charlestown, Cornwall to Aberdeen.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Furst Borwin III

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The schooner sprang a leak and was abandoned {{convert|8|nmi|km}} south of Skomer Island, Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by Criterion ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Furst Borwin III was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Cork, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=3 May 1876 |issue=9369 }}

}}

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|ship=Happy Return

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent.{{Cite news |title=(untitled) |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=2 May 1876 |issue=18959 }}{{Cite news |title=(untitled) |newspaper=Freeman's Journal |location=Dublin |date=2 May 1876 }}{{Cite news |title=Total Loss of a Falmouth Vessel |newspaper=Royal Cornwall Gazette |location=Truro |date=6 May 1876 |issue=3797 |page=4 }} Her crew were rescued by the tug Milton ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Jean Amelie

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The barque was driven ashore and wrecked in the Zealous Inlet, Chile. She was being escorted to Punta Arenas, Chile by the corvette {{ship|Chilean corvette|Magallanes|1873|2}} ({{navy|Chile}}). She was refloated on 2 May with assistance from Magallanes but consequently sank.{{Cite news |title=Siezure of a French barque by a Chilean Cruizer |newspaper=Pall Mall Gazette |location=London |date=26 July 1876 |issue=3568 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Leander

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground on The Shingles, off the Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Southampton, Hampshire to Portmadoc, Caernarfonshire. She was refloated.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Luisa

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at "Portorclava", Cuba. Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=21 July 1876 |issue=10517 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Minerva

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

|desc=The steamship put in to Belle Île, Morbihan, France on fire. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde, France to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Padeswood

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

|desc=The schooner collided with Ellen Jones ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank off Skomer Island, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the River Duddon to Swansea, Glamorgan.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ruby

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground on The Shingles. She was on a voyage from Cowes, Isle of Wight to Portmadoc. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unnamed

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

|desc=A smack ran aground on The Shingles. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

}}

Unknown date

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Aboyne

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground at Saltholm, Denmark before 24 April. She was refloated with assistance from the steamship Svitzer ({{flag|Denmark}}) and towed in to Copenhagen, Denmark.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=25 April 1876 |issue=16146 |page=6 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ægidia and Pauline

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Gulf of Mexico. Her crew were rescued by Challenge ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=29 April 1876 |issue=28615 |page=12 |column=C }}{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=28 April 1876 |issue=16149 |page=6 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ann Wingate

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked on the Irish coast. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=General News |newspaper=Birmingham Daily Post |location=Birmingham |date=10 April 1876 |issue=5537 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=A. Porter

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked near White Island after 4 April with the loss of seventeen of her eighteen crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Boston, Massachusetts, United States.{{Cite news |title=Total Wreck of the A. Porter |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=22 April 1876 |issue=7096 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Auguste

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Norway to Miramichi, New Brunswick, Canada.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Belle

|flag={{flagicon|Newfoundland}} Newfoundland Colony

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Petty Harbour. She was on a voyage from Saint John's to Lisbon, Portugal. She was refloated and put back to Saint John's.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=20 April 1876 |issue=16142 |page=7 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=C. H. Foster

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore before 22 April. She was on a voyage from New York to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She was refloated and put in to New Bedford, Massachusetts.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=25 April 1876 |issue=28612 |page=13 |column=F }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Citomooi

|flag={{flag|Belgium}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on or before 10 April. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands to Riga, Russia.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=City of Bangor

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Gigha, Inner Hebrides. She was refloated and towed in to Belfast, County Antrim for repairs.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Commodore

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk with the loss of all three crew.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Congo

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated on 25 April and taken in to Constantinople in a severely leaky condition.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=27 April 1876 |issue=28614 |page=11 |column=D }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Cygnet

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

|desc=The ship was lost on the Brice Girdle, off Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk with the loss of all hands.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Dobra Nazeda

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

|desc=The barque was abandoned in a sinking condition before 5 April. Her crew were rescued by the barque Maresca ({{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}). Dobra Nazeda was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom to Odessa, Russia.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=7 April 1876 |issue=28597 |page=12 |column=A-B }}{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=7 April 1876 |issue=16131 |page=7 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Eclipse|1867|6}}

|flag={{navy|United Kingdom}}

|desc=The {{sclass|Eclipse|sloop}} ran aground at Antigua.{{Cite news |title=General News |newspaper=Birmingham Daily Post |location=Birmingham |date=24 April 1876 |issue=5550 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Elegante Julie

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The sloop was driven ashore near Pauillac, Gironde before 15 April. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=22 April 1876 |issue=16144 |page=6 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Elizabeth

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Dunfanaghy, County Donegal.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Casualties |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=25 April 1876 |issue=7098 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Emma L. Oulton

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

|desc=The barque foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of six of the fifteen people on board. Survivors were rescued by a Norwegian ship. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to Ardrossan, Ayrshire.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Erick

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Copenhagen. She was refloated on 10 April and towed in to Copenhagen.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Haabet

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The schooner was run down and sunk off the Danish coast by the steamship Rügenwalde ({{flagcountry|German Empire}}). Her crew were rescued by Rügenwalde.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Henry Halway

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked on the coast of Long Island, New York.{{Cite news |title=Another Wreck - Six Lives Lost |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=7 April 1876 |issue=18938 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=H. G. Fay

|flag={{flagicon|Canada|1868}} Canada

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, United States. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to New York City, United States.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Jowad

|flag={{flag|Persia|1855}}

|desc=The steamship was wrecked in the Arabian Sea with the loss of about 500 lives. There were three survivors. She was on a voyage from "Shehr" to Bushire.{{Cite news |title=Foreign |newspaper=Yorkshire Herald |location=York |date=13 April 1876 |issue=5984 |page=4 }}{{Cite news |title=500 Pilgrims Lost at Sea |newspaper=Yorkshire Herald |location=York |date=13 April 1876 |issue=5984 |page=5 }}

}}

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|ship=Kearsarge

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

|desc=The fishing schooner was lost on the Grand Banks of Newfoundland with the loss of all eleven crew.{{cite web |url=https://www.downtosea.com/1876-1900/kearsarg.htm |title=The Kearsarge |publisher=downtothesea.com |access-date=2 July 2021}}

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Margaret

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

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Trindelgrund. She was refloated and taken in to Gothenburg, Sweden in a derelict condition.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Mattie B. Russel

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore at Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts. She was later refloated.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Myrtleford

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Kangaroo Island, South Australia before 18 April. She was on a voyage from Adelaide, South Australia to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=28 April 1876 |issue=7101 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Namaqua|1873|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship was wrecked {{convert|200|nmi|km}} north of Cape Town, Cape Colony. All on board were rescued.{{Cite news |title=General News |newspaper=Birmingham Daily News |location=Birmingham |date=1 May 1876 |issue=5555 }} She was on a voyage from Cape Town to Hondeklip, Cape Colony.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Orfeo

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyuage from Pascagoula, Puerto Rico to Liverpool, Lancashire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Casualties |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=4 May 1876 |issue=7106 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Roska

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Copenhagen. She was on a voyage from Liepāja, Russia to Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium. She was refloated and towed in to Kastrup, Denmark.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unnamed

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=A ship was wrecked near San Sebastián, Spain. Four crew were rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Spain |date=19 April 1876 |issue=28607 |page=5 |column=C }}

}}

References

=Bibliography=

Ingram, C. W. N., and Wheatley, P. O., (1936) Shipwrecks: New Zealand disasters 1795–1936. Dunedin, NZ: Dunedin Book Publishing Association.

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Category:Maritime incidents in April 1876