List of shipwrecks in April 1878

The list of shipwrecks in April 1878 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during April 1878.

1 April

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|ship=Brenda

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Thurso, Caithness, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Christiania to Troon, Ayrshire, United Kingdom.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=2 April 1878 |issue=29218 |page=10 |column=E }}

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|ship=Devon

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

|desc=The schooner was abandoned off Molène, Finistère, France. She was towed in to Brest, Finistère.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=2 April 1878 |issue=11942 }}

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|ship=Ellen Williams

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

|desc=The schooner collided with a steamship off Great Cumbrae and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was towed in to Millport in a waterlogged condition.

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|ship=Frederick Snowdon

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at Callantsoog, North Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=5 April 1878 |issue=10606 }}

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|ship=Seven

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore on Skagen, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Stockholm, Sweden.

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|ship=Vermont

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the Bay of Biscay with the loss of one of her 23 crew. Survivors were rescued by the brig Patra ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Disasters at Sea |date=20 April 1878 |issue=29234 |page=10 |column=D }} Vermont was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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2 April

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|ship=British Queen

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

|desc=The fishing smack was abandoned in the English Channel. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=Eliza

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

|desc=The schooner was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Briton Ferry, Glamorgan to Le Tréport, Seine-Inférieure, France.

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|ship=Frank Emmett

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

|desc=The barque ran aground at Smyrna, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Smyrna to Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium.

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|ship=Gitto

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

|desc=The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Elliots ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Gitto was on a voyage from Oulu, Grand Duchy of Finland to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.

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|ship=May Lily

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI|civil}} Isle of Man

|desc=The dandy was wrecked on the Barrels Rocks, off the coast of County Wexford with the loss of four of her eight crew.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=3 April 1878 |issue=11943 }}

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|ship=New John

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

|desc=The smack was abandoned at sea. She was taken in to Liverpool.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=3 April 1878 |issue=16753 |page=7 }}

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5 April

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|ship=Ardanach

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

|desc=The ship ran aground in Dally Bay, Wigtownshire. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Bordeaux, Gironde, France. She was refloated on 14 April and taken in tow for Glasgow.

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|ship=Blossom

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

|desc=The schooner caught fire and sank off Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire. Her crew were rescued by the tug America ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Blossom was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Aberdeen.{{Cite news |title=Wreck off Stonehaven |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=8 April 1878 |issue=7218 }}

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|ship=Georges et Marie

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship sank at Guadeloupe. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Guadeloupe. The wreck was later dispersed by explosives.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=26 April 1878 |issue=9448 }}

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|ship=John and Winthrop

|flag={{flag|United States|1877}}

|desc=The whaler, a barque, foundered in the Pacific Ocean. Her crew were rescued on 13 April by Vitalia ({{flag|Chile}}).{{Cite news |title=Disasters at Sea |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=21 June 1878 |issue=10617 }}

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|ship=John Lettosen

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

|desc=The ship foundered {{convert|30|nmi|km}} off Sagua La Grande, Cuba with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Havana, Cuba.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Bristol Mercury |location=Bristol |date=23 April 1878 |issue=9340 }}

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6 April

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|ship=Hampton

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

|desc=The schooner collided with the steamship Gipsey ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) off the Bar Lightship (22px Trinity House) and was severely damaged. Hampton was taken in tow and beached at New Ferry, Cheshire.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=8 April 1878 |issue=29223 |page=12 |column=A }}

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|ship=Henry

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

|desc=The smack collided with the fishing trawler Swallow ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Swallow.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=8 April 1878 |issue=29223 |page=12 |column=A }}

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|ship=Liza McMillan

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Little Cronan Rock, off Ardrossan, Ayrshire. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan to Oban, Argyllshire.

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|ship=Newarp Lightship

|flag=22px Trinity House

|desc=The lightship was run into by the steamship Cædmon ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and was severely damaged at the bow. She was towed in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.

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|ship=Spartan

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The steamship ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her thirteen crew were rescued; three by a yawl and ten by the Palling Lifeboat British Workman (file:Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Spartan was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to London, United Kingdom. She floated off the next day and drove ashore at Winterton-on-Sea, Norfol, where she was wrecked.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=9 April 1878 |issue=9433 }}

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|ship=Unnamed

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug and taken in to the River Thames.

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|ship=Unnamed

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship capsized off Ouessant, Finistère, France. She was taken in tow by a steamship but subsequently foundered.

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7 April

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|ship=Josie A. Devereaux

|flag={{flag|United States|1877}}

|desc=The brigantine caught fire and was abandoned in the Caribbean Sea. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=10 April 1878 |issue=11949 }} She was on a voyage from Pensacola, Florida to Santos, Brazil.

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|ship=Rainbow

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

|desc=The smack was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Wreck of a Smack |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=9 April 1878 |issue=7219 }}

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8 April

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

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

|desc=The steamship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|30|nmi|km}} west by south of the Isles of Scilly. Her 25 crew took to two boats; seventeen in one boat were rescued the next day by the steamship Henry S. Edwards ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}), those in the other boat landed at Crookhaven, County Cork on 10 April. Athenian was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.{{Cite news |title=Foundering of a Steamer |newspaper=Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough |location=Middlesbrough |date=11 April 1878 |issue=3076 |page=4 }}{{Cite news |title=Loss of a Steamer |newspaper=Freeman's Journal |location=Dublin |date=11 April 1878 }}{{Cite news |title=Total Loss of a Shields Steamer |newspaper=Northern Echo |location=Darlington |date=11 April 1878 |issue=2571 }}

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|ship=Consett

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground at Sunderland, County Durham. She was refloated with the assistance of two tugs.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=10 April 1878 |issue=29225 |page=12 |column=F }}

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|ship=Eric

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

|desc=The sealer, a barque, was abandoned off Boa Vista Island, Azores in a sinking condition.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=25 April 1878 |issue=9447 }}

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|ship=Ethelbert

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

|desc=The smack foundered off Borkum, Germany with the loss of all six crew.

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|ship=Leander

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

|desc=The brigantine foundered in the Irish Sea off St Bees Head, Cumberland. Her three crew were rescued by the fishing trawler Ada ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Leander was on a voyage from Bangor, Caernarfonshire to Silloth, Cumberland.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Disasters at Sea |date=9 April 1878 |issue=29224 |page=5 |column=F }} She cam ashore at thee Point of Ayre, Isle of Man the next day and was wrecked.{{Cite news |title=Ramsey and the North |newspaper=Isle of Man Times |location=Douglas |date=13 April 1878 |issue=884 |page=5 |volume=17 }}

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|ship=Miranda

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground on the Kinburn Spit. She was on a voyage from Nicolaieff, Russia to Malta.

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|ship=Royal Standard

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground in the Sulina branch of the Danube {{convert|40|nmi|km}} from its mouth.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=10 April 1878 |issue=9975 }}

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9 April

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|ship=Buoy

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Whiteabbey, County Antrim.

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

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground on the Briggs Shoal, off the coast of County Down and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Neath Abbey, Glamorgan to Belfast, County Antrim.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=10 April 1878 |issue=9434 }}{{Cite news |title=Board of Trade Enquiry at Cardiff |newspaper=Western Mail |location=Cardiff |date=30 April 1878 |issue=2801 }}

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|ship=Ida

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground in the Weser. She was on a voyage from Bremen, Germany to Port Madoc, Caernarfonshire.

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|ship=Malwa

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

|desc=The schooner was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Statesman ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Malwa was on a voyage from Port Madoc to Ramsgate, Kent.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=North Wales Chronicle |location=Bangor |date=13 April 1878 |issue=2662 }}

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|ship=Union

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Lossiemouth, Moray. She was on a voyage from Ipswich, Suffolk to Invergordon, Ross-shire.

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|ship=Wimburn

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore near Polkerris, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Doboy, Georgia, United States.

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10 April

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|ship=Adelaide

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

|desc=The schooner was run into by the steamship Johanna ({{flag|France}}) and sank at Cardiff, Glamorgan. Her four crew were rescued. Adelaide was on a voyage from Cardiff to Portsmouth, Hampshire.{{Cite news |title=A Schooner Sunk off Cardiff Low Water Pier |newspaper=Western Mail |location=Cardiff |date=11 April 1878 |issue=2786 |edition=Second }}

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|ship=Black Sea

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Kertch, Russia. She was refloated on 22 April with the assistance of five steamships.

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|ship=Frederick Alice

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

|desc=The fishing smack was driven ashore in the "Helpton Gap", Yorkshire.

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|ship=Miriam

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

|desc=The ship was discovered abandoned off Bardsey Island, Caernarfonshire. She was towed in to Holyhead, Anglesey by the tug United States ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=12 April 1878 |issue=29227 |page=11 |column=F }}

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|ship=Pioneer

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

|desc=The fishing vessel was driven ashore at Withernsea, Yorkshire. Her crew survived.

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|ship=Resolute

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

|desc=The smack was run down and sunk {{convert|30|nmi|km}} off the Dutch coast by the steamship Jeannie ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Her five crew were rescued by Jeannie.{{Cite news |title=Local and District News |newspaper=Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough |location=Middlesbrough |date=12 April 1878 |issue=3077 |page= }}

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|ship=Theresina

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

|desc=The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked at Port Natal, Natal Colony. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Disasters at Sea |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=16 May 1878 |issue=10612 }}

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|ship=No. 56

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

|desc=The pilot cutter was holed by the propeller of the steamship Prado (Flag unknown) and sank off Nash Point, Glamorgan. The sole crewman was rescued.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Western Mail |location=Cardiff |date=12 April 1878 |issue=2787 }}

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11 April

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|ship=Ann

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked {{convert|4|nmi|km}} south of Scarborough, Yorkshire. Her crew survived.

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|ship={{SS|Childwall Hall|1876|2}}

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

|desc=File:Childwall Hall shipwreck.jpg The steamship was wrecked at Sagres, Portugal with the loss of fifteen lives. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Bombay, India.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Disasters at Sea |date=12 April 1878 |issue=29227 |page=11 |column=F }}{{cite web |url=http://clydeships.co.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=&ref=12208&vessel=CHILDWALL+HALL |title=Chilwall Hall |publisher=Caledonian Maritime Heritage Trust |accessdate=20 October 2021 }}

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|ship=Fano

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The barque was driven ashore at New Brighton, Cheshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Africa.

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|ship=Groot Hendrick

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Pittenweem, Fife, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=Jylland

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at Westkapelle, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from a Baltic port to Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=12 April 1878 |issue=9977 }}

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12 April

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|ship=Anna Camp

|flag={{flag|United States|1877}}

|desc=The ship departed from New York for Shanghai, China. She subsequently foundered with the loss of all 40 crew. Wreckage from the ship washed up on the Brazilian coast in June.{{Cite news |title=General News |newspaper=Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=5 July 1878 |issue=4846 }}

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|ship=Spartan

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Cardiff, Glamorgan. The barque Nominia ({{flag|France}}) collided with Tycoon ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}), which the collided with Spartan, damaging both vessels.{{Cite news |title=Three Vessels in Collision at Cardiff |newspaper=Western Mail |location=Cardiff |date=28 June 1878 |issue=2854 }}

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|ship=Yarm

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground at Kertch, Russia.

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13 April

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|ship=Anglo-Norman

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore at "Gotto", Japan. She was refloated and towed in to Nagasaki, Japan in a sinking condition.

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|ship=Berendina

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The schooner was abandoned in Carnarvon Bay. Her crew survived. was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Riga, Russia.

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|ship=Cygnet

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Tyrella, County Down. Her four crew were rescued by the Tyrella Lifeboat Memorial (file:Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Cygnet was on a voyage from Silloth, Cumberland to Dundalk, County Louth.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=15 April 1878 |issue=29229 |page=7 |column=E }}{{Cite news |title=Wreck of a Steamer |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=15 April 1878 |issue=19566 }}

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|ship=Tarruca

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

|desc=The barque collided with the steamship Joseph Pease ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank in the Mediterranean Sea. Her crew were rescued by Joseph Pease. Tarruca was on a voyage from Barcelona to Havana, Cuba.{{Cite news |title=Notes from Malta |newspaper=Hampshire Telegraph |location=Portsmouth |date=15 May 1878 |issue=4773 }}

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14 April

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|ship=Baron Spathspey

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at North Sunderland, Northumberland and was damaged. She was refloated.

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|ship=Drumlochty

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

|desc=The steamship struck a submerged object off Cape Cornwall, Cornwall and was holed. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Plymouth, Devon. She was taken in to Hayle, Cornwall in a sinking condition.

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|ship=Paruco

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

|desc=The barque collided with the steamship Joseph Pease ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). She capsized and sank. Her crew were rescued by Joseph Pease. Paruco was on a voyage from Barcelona to Havana, Cuba.

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|ship=Terentia

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore at Ardnacross, Argyllshire. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Demerara, British Guiana. She was refloated on 16 April and towed in to Troon, Ayrshire for repairs.

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15 April

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|ship=Capella

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore at Cromer, Norfolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Christiania to Pensacola, Florida. She was refloated and taken in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom in a leaky condition.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=16 April 1878 |issue=29230 |page=6 |column=F }}

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|ship=Mary

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the North Sea {{convert|8|nmi|km}} off Cromarty. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cromarty to Macduff, Aberdeenshire.

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|ship=San Domingo

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground at Hoek van Holland, South Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Pomaron, Portugal to Rotterdam, South Holland. She was refloated with the assistance of three tugs and resumed her voyage.

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|ship=Unnamed

|flag={{navy|Ottoman Empire|1844}}

|desc=The man-of-war was driven ashore and wrecked on Cerigotto, Greece with the loss of four of her 180 crew. She was on a voyage from Crete to a port in Epirus, Greece.{{Cite news |title=Wreck of a Turkish War Vessel |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=16 April 1878 |issue=`9567 }}

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16 April

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|ship={{SS|Arbutus|1875|2}}

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

|desc=The passenger ship ran aground and sank at the Mull of Kintyre, Argyllshire. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to the Clyde.

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|ship=Boadicea

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore in the Niewe Diep. She was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to Bruges, West Flanders, Belgium.

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|ship=Duke

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Chandipore, India and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage From "Chandbally" to Cochin, India. She was refloated on 27 April.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool|date=2 September 1878 |issue=9558 }}

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|ship=Luxor

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

|desc=The steamship put in to Lisbon, Portugal on fire. She was on a voyage from Cartagena, Spain to Dover, Kent.

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|ship=Rügenwalde

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore on Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Leer to Riga, Russia.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=17 April 1878 |issue=29231 |page=13 |column=F }}

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17 April

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|ship={{SS|Mic Mac|1868|2}}

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

|desc=The steam sealer was crushed by ice and sank {{convert|8|nmi|km}} north north east of the Horse Islands, Newfoundland Colony. Her crew survived.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Casualties |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=22 April 1878 |issue=11959 }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/sunderland095.html |title=SHIPBUILDERS - PAGE 32 |publisher=Searle |accessdate=10 November 2021 }}

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|ship=Nova Zembla

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

|desc=The steam sealer was wrecked at Lerwick, Shetland Islands. Her crew, more than 38 people, were rescued.{{Cite news |title=(untitled) |newspaper=Freeman's Journal |location=Dublin |date=18 April 1878 }}{{Cite news |title=The Seal Fishing at Greenland |newspaper=Dundee Cour |location=Dundee |date=22 April 1878 |issue=7720 }} She was later refloated and departed for Dundee, Forfarshire on 5 May under tow of the tug Kingfisher ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).

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|ship=Seaton

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground in the Danube {{convert|12|nmi|km}} north of Sulina, United Principalities.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=19 April 1878 |issue=29233 |page=9 |column=D }}

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18 April

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|ship={{SS|Albert Edward|1862|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore {{convert|2|nmi|km}} east of Folkestone, Kent. Her crew and all 125 passengers were landed. She was on a voyage from Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France to Folkestone. She was refloated.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Wreck Commissioner's Court, May 3. |date=6 May 1878 |issue=29247 |page=11 |column=E }}

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|ship=Dunmore

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

|desc=The steamship struck rocks and foundered {{convert|4|nmi|km}} south west of Ouessant, Finistère, France. Thirteen of her 25 crew were rescued, twelve were reported missing. Dunmore was on a voyage from Nicholaieff, Russia to London.

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|ship=Flavio

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore at Dundalk, County Louth, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Dundalk. She was refloated with the assistance of the tug Dundalk ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).

}}

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|ship=Maerke To

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Fredrikshavn, Denmark. She was refloated and taken in to Fredrikshavn in a leaky condition.

}}

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|ship=Maggie

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at the south point of Öland, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Königsberg, Germany to Anstruther, Fife.

}}

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|ship=Paul

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Fredrikshavn. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=19 April 1878 |issue=29233 |page=9 |column=D }}

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|ship=Pleiades

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

|desc=The ketch was driven ashore at Yarmouth, Isle of Wight.

}}

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|ship=Riga

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The barque was driven ashore at Fredrikshavn. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

}}

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|ship=Sisters

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Fredrikshavn. She was refloated with assistance.

}}

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|ship=Sorromostro

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

|desc=The steamship struck rocks off the Île de Sein, Finistère, France. She put in to Brest, Finistère in a sinking condition.

}}

19 April

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|ship=Alfred

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground in the Dardanelles. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

}}

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|ship=Anna

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore on Sanda Island, Argyllshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom to Miramichi, New Brunswick, Canada. She was refloated the next day with the assistance of two tugs and towed into the Clyde for repairs.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Casualties |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=20 April 1878 |issue=11958 }}

}}

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|ship=Anna

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Cresswell, Northumberland, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Holmestrand to Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom.

}}

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|ship=Champion

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

|desc=The brig was wrecked on the North Cheek Reef, in Robin Hood's Bay. Her crew were rescued by the Coastguard.

}}

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|ship=Dispatch

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground on the Whitby Rock. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London. She was refloated the next day.

}}

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|ship=Eagle

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

|desc=The brigantine was driven ashore at the South Foreland, Kent. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Saint Petersburg, Russia. She was refloated with the assistance of the tug Granville ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and taken in to Dover, Kent.

}}

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|ship=Florida

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Dunbeath, Caithness. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Königsberg, Germany to Campbeltown, Argyllshire.

}}

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|ship=Frederick Wilhelm Jebens

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Middelgrund. She was on a voyage from Memel to London, United Kingdom. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

}}

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|ship=Hector

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground. She was refloated but ran aground again.

}}

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|ship=Kirksteed

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at Falsterbo, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Stettin, Germany to an English port. She was refloated.

}}

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|ship=Luchina Orlandini

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

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Melora Banks, off Livorno, and sank. Her crew were rescued.

}}

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|ship=Margretha

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The galiot was run into by the steamship Sestao ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank in the River Tyne at Pelaw, County Durham. Her crew were rescued.

}}

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|ship=Marjory

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

|desc=The smack was run down by the hopper barge No. 8 ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank in the Clyde. Both crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Greenock |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=20 April 1878 |issue=11958 }}

}}

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|ship=Salisbury

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground on the Whitby Rock. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Hull, Yorkshire. She was refloated the next day and put back to the River Tyne.

}}

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|ship=Scotia

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

|desc=The brig foundered off Malpica de Bergantiños, Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Huelva, Spain to Swansea, Glamorgan.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=26 April 1878 |issue=9989 }}

}}

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|ship={{SS|William Connal|1862|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground on the Long Rock, off Ballywalter, County Down. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to a French port. She had been abandoned by 25 April. She had been refloated by 18 May and taken in to Donaghadee, County Down by 18 May.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=20 May 1878 |issue=16793 |page=7 }}

}}

20 April

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|ship=Anna

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Cresswell, Northumberland, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Holmestrand to Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Eliza

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at Souter Point, Northumberland. Her nine crew were rescued by the Whitburn Lifeboat.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Florence

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Calcutta, India. She was on a voyage from Madras to Calcutta.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Gem

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Gourdon, Kincardineshire with the loss of two of her five crew. Survivors were rescued by a coble. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Wick, Caithness.{{Cite news |title=Three Schooners Wrecked |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=22 April 1878 |issue=7230 }}

}}

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|ship=Leon Raymundo

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the Boar's Head Rocks, {{convert|5|nmi|km}} east of Lossiemouth, Moray and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Rochester, Kent to Buckie, Moray. She was refloated on 29 April and taken in to Lossiemouth.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=23 April 1878 |issue=29236 |page=9 |column=A }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=23 April 1878 |issue=7231 }}

}}

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|ship=Margaret

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on "Skilsholm Island" and sank. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Briton Ferry, Glamorgan to Belfast, County Antrim.

}}

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|ship=Sir Robert Peel

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore and wrecked on Sanday, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom. She was refloated on 3 May and towed in to Kirkwall in a leaky condition.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=7 May 1878 |issue=9457 }}

}}

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|ship=William and Jane

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

|desc=The ship struck a sunken wreck off Saltfleet, Lincolnshire and was damaged. She put in to King's Lynn, Norfolk in a leaky condition.

}}

21 April

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|ship=American

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The barque ran aground on the Blackwater Bank, in the Irish Sea. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to New York. She was refloated and put back to Liverpool.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disaster |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=22 April 1878 |issue=19572 }}

}}

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|ship=Otter

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

|desc=The barque sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean. She was discovered {{convert|50|nmi|km}} off The Lizard, Cornwall by steamship James Gray and towed in to Falmouth, Cornwall, where she arrived in a sinking condition on 23 April.{{Cite news |title=Disasters at Sea |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=25 April 1878 |issue=10609 }}

}}

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|ship=Warrior Queen

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

|desc=The ship capsized at Ystad, Sweden and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Memel, Germany.

}}

22 April

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|ship=Abrune

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground {{Convert|3|nmi|km}} off Ameland, Friesland, Netherlands and was severely damaged. Her crew were rescued on 24 April by two Dutch tugs, one of which was the Zuyder Zee. She was on a voyage from Danzig, Germany to London.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Wreck Commissioner's Court, June 5 |date=6 June 1878 |issue=29274 |page=11 |column=D }}{{Cite news |title=Suspension of a Captain's Certificate |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=6 June 1878 |issue=16808 | page=5 }}

}}

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|ship=India

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

|desc=The full-rigged ship ran aground at Cardiff, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Hong Kong. She was subsequently run into by the barque Fortunata Camilla ({{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}). India was refloated and taken in to Penarth, Glamorgan for repairs.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=23 April 1878 |issue=29236 |page=9 |column=A }}

}}

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|ship=Mizpah

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

|desc=The ship collided with the steamship Kong Magnus ({{flag|Norway|1844}}) and sank in the English Channel. Her crew were rescued.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Scindia

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

|desc=The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean {{coord|45|20|N|35|17|W}}). Her 23 crew were rescued by the barque Tjomo ({{Flag|Norway|1844}}). Scindia was on a voyage from New York, United States to London.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=4 May 1878 |issue=29246 |page=8 |column=E }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=4 May 1878 |issue=11970 }}

}}

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|ship=Snowdoun

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore {{convert|1|nmi|km}} east of Leith, Lothian. Her passengers were taken off. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Leith. Snowdoun was refloated with the assistance of two tugs and taken in to Leith in a severely leaky condition.

}}

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|ship=Tagus

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Port Errol, Aberdeenshire. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Helmsdale, Sutherland.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=William and Ann

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and sank at Scarborough, Yorkshire. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=23 April 1878 |issue=9986 }}

}}

23 April

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|ship=Achilles

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at Burr Point, County Down. She was on a voyage from Warrenpoint, County Antrim to Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Alrune

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore on Ameland, Friesland, Netherlands and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Danzig, Germany to London.{{Cite news |title=Wreck of a British Steamer |newspaper=York Herald |location=York |date=27 April 1878 |issue=6618 |page=5 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Belle Justine

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked in the Hooghly River at Berhampore, India. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Berghampore to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|City of Dublin|1873|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at Peniche, Portugal. Her 26 crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Gibraltar.{{Cite news |title=Wreck of a Coal Laden Steamer from Cardiff |newspaper=Western Mail |location=Cardiff |date=18 May 1878 |issue=2817 |edition=Second}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Elise

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground at "Holmetunge", Denmark.

}}

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|ship=Frau Peter

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}})

|desc=The schooner collided with the steamship {{SS|Albion|1860|2}} ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank at Christiania, Norway. Her crew were rescued by Albion. Frau Peter was on a voyage from Burntisland, Fife, United Kingdom to Wilhelmshafen.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Jean d{{'}}Arc

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by the Palling Lifeboat Workman (file:Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Jean d{{'}}Arc was on a voyage from Christiania to Trouville-sur-Mer, Calvados. She was refloated with assistance from the tug Victoria ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk in a waterlogged condition.

}}

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|ship=Queen of the West

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

|desc=The trow foundered in the Kingroad, off Portishead, Somerset. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Bristol, Gloucestershire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Casualty |newspaper=Bristol Mercury |location=Bristol |date=25 April 1878 |issue=9342 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=25 April 1878 |issue=9988 }}

}}

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|ship=Ricardo

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

|desc=The ship ran aground in the River Tweed. She was on a voyage from Rosario, Argentina to Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland, United Kingdom.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=25 April 1878 |issue=29238 |page=7 |column=F }} She was refloated on 27 April.

}}

24 April

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|ship=Alpha, or
Hansen

|flag={{flag|Norway|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 a fishing smack. She was on a voyage from Sandefjord to London, United Kingdom.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Constantia

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore on Vlieland, Friesland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Christiania to Harlingen, Friesland.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Curlew

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

|desc=The barque ran aground in the Gironde. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States to Bordeaux, Gironde, France.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Queen of the West

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel off Portishead, Somerset.

}}

25 April

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|ship=Broughton

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

|desc=The barque ran aground on the Arklow Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wicklow. Her fifteen crew were rescued by the Arklow Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Buenos Aires, Argentina.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=26 April 1878 |issue=29239 |page=7 |column=F }}{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=26 April 1878 |issue=16773 |page=7 }}{{Cite news |title=Royal National Lifeboat Institution |newspaper=Huddersfield Chronicle |location=Huddersfield |date=3 May 1878 |issue=3351 |page=4 }}

}}

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|ship={{HMS|Fervent|1856|6}}

|flag={{navy|UK}}

|desc=The {{Sclass|Albacore|gunboat|||1855}} ran aground in the Bristol Channel off the coast of Somerset. She was refloated on 28 April and taken in to Bristol, Gloucestershire.{{Cite news |title=Gunboat Ashore |newspaper=Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough |location=Middlesbrough |date=25 April 1878 |issue=3087 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unnamed

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

|desc=The barque ran aground in the Salisbury Bank, in the River Dee.

}}

26 April

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|ship=Bolivia

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

|desc=The ship ran aground in the Tagus. She was on a voyage from the British Cameroons to Falmouth, Cornwall. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=29 April 1878 |issue=9991 }}

}}

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|ship=Montague

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground at Wexford. The Wexford Lifeboat took off eighteen passengers.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Neos Alexandros

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

|desc=The brig was wrecked on Marmara Island, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Galaţi, United Principalities to Trieste.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=29 April 1878 |issue=29241 |page=10 |column=F }}

}}

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|ship=Ville de Camillos

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

|desc=The barque sprang a leak and foundered {{convert|10|nmi|km}} south west of Cornwall, United Kingdom. Her thirteen crew survived. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Barcelona.

}}

27 April

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

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at Boston, Massachusetts, United States. She was on a voyage from Boston to Queenstown, County Cork and Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Cuba

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at Dungeness, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to New York, United States. She was refloated the next day with the assistance of two tugs and taken in to Gravesend, Kent in a leaky condition.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=30 April 1878 |issue=29242 |page=7 |column=F }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground at New York. She was on a voyage from New York to Antwerp, Belgium. She was refloated on 29 April and resumed her voyage.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Koning der Nederlanden|1872|2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore in the Nieuwe Diep. She was on a voyage from Batavia, Netherlands East Indies to the Nieuw Diep.

}}

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|ship=Mangrove

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

|desc=The steamship collided with the steamship Rosa Mary ({{flagcountry|German Empire}}) and sank in the Mediterranean Sea {{convert|25|nmi|km}} off Cape Bon, Beylik of Tunis. All on board were rescued. Mangrove was on a voyage from Liverpool to Bombay, India.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Probate, Divorce, And Admiralty Division |date=30 July 1878 |issue=29320 |page=4 |column=A }}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Victoria|1878|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground at Newhaven, Sussex. Her 200 passengers were taken off by the steamship {{SS|Brighton|1878|2}}. Victoria was on a voyage from Newhaven to Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Casualties |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=30 April 1878 |issue=11966 }}

}}

28 April

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|ship=Prima

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground at Trollhättan. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Trollhättan.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=No. 4

|flag={{flag|Belgium}}

|desc=The pilot schooner was run down and sunk off the Isle of Wight, United Kingdom by the steamship Aurora ({{flag|Norway|1844}}). Her crew were rescued.

}}

29 April

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|ship=Alrune

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Harlingen, Friesland.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Bengal

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

|desc=The ship aas driven ashore at Amagansett, New York, United States. She was on a voyage from a Mediterranean port to Boston, Massachusetts and New York City. She was refloated.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=1 May 1878 |issue=29243 |page=9 |column=C }}

}}

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|ship=Buona Madre

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore near Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Inverness to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=30 April 1878 |issue=29242 |page=7 |column=F }}

}}

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|ship=Caledonia

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

|desc=The sloop sprang a leak and foundered {{convert|4|nmi|km}} off Larne, County Antrim. Her three crew took to a boat; they were rescued by the steamship Topaz ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Caledonia was on a voyage from Ballachulish, Inverness-shire to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.

}}

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|ship=Fury

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

|desc=The tug was driven ashore at Tynemouth, Northumberland. She was refloated.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Johns

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

|desc=The steam wherry struck the Well Rocks and sank at Seaham, County Durham, United Kingdom. All four people on board were rescued by a pilot boat.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=30 April 1878 |issue=9992 }}{{Cite news |title=Seaham |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=3 May 1878 |issue=10610 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Modoc

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked on the Isla de Lobos, Uruguay. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom to Buenos Aires, Argentina.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=4 May 1878 |issue=29246 |page=8 |column=F }}

}}

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|ship={{HMS|Monarch|1868|6}}

|flag={{navy|UK}}

|desc=The battleship ran aground off Sheerness, Kent whilst avoiding a collision with a schooner. She was refloated.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Naval and Military Intelligence |date=1 May 1878 |issue=29243 |page=8 |column=D-E }}

}}

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|ship=Prospero

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

|desc=The brigantine ran aground in the Solent. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Rye, Sussex.

}}

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|ship=Scotland

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

|desc=The brig ran aground at Dragør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from a Scottish port to Stockholm, Sweden.

}}

30 April

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|ship=Francesco Starace

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked on Balabac Island, Spanish East Indies. She was on a voyage from Cebu, Spanish East Indies to the English Channel.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=1 May 1878 |issue=16777 }}

}}

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|ship=Alsace-Lorraine

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The steamship foundered off The Saints, on the French coast. Her twenty crew survived. She was on a voyage from Bilbao, Spain to Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Casualties |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=24 April 1878 |issue=11961 }}

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|ship=Blanch

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

|desc=The brig was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Sea Bird (flag unknown). Blanch was on a voyage from Pascagoula, Mississippi, United States to Saint Kitts.

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|ship=Conflict, and
Daring

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

|desc=The fishing smacks collided off the Dutch coast and both foundered. Their crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Hull |newspaper=York Herald |location=York |date=29 April 1878 |issue=6619 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Dairymaid

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

|desc=The smack foundered in the North Sea before 8 April. Her crew were rescued by a Belgian fishing boat.{{Cite news |title=Great Yarmouth |newspaper=Bury and Norwich Post |location=Bury St. Edmunds |date=9 April 1878 |issue=4998 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Ecliptic

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

|desc=The sealer was crushed by ice and sunk before 20 April.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=29 May 1878 |issue=9476 }}

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|ship=Electric Flash

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked at Salinas, Brazil. Her six crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Pará, Brazil.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Disasters at Sea |date=29 April 1878 |issue=29241 |page=10 |column=C }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Casualties |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=29 April 1878 |issue=11965 }}{{Cite news |title=Disasters at Sea |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=3 May 1878 |issue=10610 }}

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|ship=Ernest

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

|desc=The smack was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Fowey, Cornwall to Hull, Yorkshire. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug and the Spurn Lifeboat.

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|ship=Francesco Starace

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked on Balabac Island, Malaya. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=Frau Peta

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The schooner collided with the steamship {{SS|Albion|1861|2}} ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank. Her crew were rescued by Albion. Frau Peta was on a voyage from Burntisland, Fife, United Kingdom to Wilhelmshaven.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=25 April 1878 |issue=10609 }}

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|ship=Freedom

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

|desc=The schooner was abandoned off the mouth of the Humber. Her five crew were rescued by the Spurn Lifeboat.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=11 April 1878 |issue=9435 }}

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|ship=Hallamshire

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on the Arabian coast. She was refloated and continued her voyage to Bombay, India, where she arrived on 11 April.

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|ship=Haining

|flag={{flagcountry|Qing dynasty|1862}}

|desc=The ship was lost in the South China Sea before 17 April.

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|ship=Hutton

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

|desc=The ship ran aground in the Red Sea. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Bombay. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

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|ship=Jemima

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

|desc=The sealer was crushed by ice and sunk before 20 April.

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|ship=John Nilson

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

|desc=The sealer was crushed by ice and sunk before 20 April.

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|ship=Julia Wood

|flag={{flag|United States|1877}}

|desc=The schooner was wrecked near Liverpool, Nova Scotia, Canada. Her crew were rescued.{{cite web |url=https://www.downtosea.com/1876-1900/1878.htm |title=1878 |publisher=downtothesea.com |access-date=1 July 2021}}

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|ship=Kedron

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

|desc=The schooner was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Sea Bird.

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|ship=Marie Anne

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the barque Margaret Edward ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Marie Anne was on a voyage from Africa to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône.

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|ship=Mexicaine

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The barque was wrecked at Greytown, Nicaragua. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=Orlando

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

|desc=The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 22 April.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=24 April 1878 |issue=29237 |page=9 |column=A }}

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|ship=Sainte Marie

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Charpentiers Rocks with the loss of six of her seven crew, her captain alone surviving. She was on a voyage from Nantes, Loire-Inférieure to Iceland.{{Cite news |title=Disasters at Sea |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=19 April 1878 |issue=10608 }}

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|ship=Sophia

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

|desc=The sealer was crushed by ice and sunk before 20 April.

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|ship=Sorromostro

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on The Saints. She was on a voyage from Bilbao to Cardiff.{{Cite news |title=Board of Trade Enquiry at Cardiff |newspaper=Western Mail |location=Cardiff |date=1 July 1878 |issue=2856 }}

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References

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Category:Maritime incidents in April 1878