The list of shipwrecks in April 1829 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during April 1829.

3 April

List of shipwrecks: 3 April 1829
Ship State Description
Myrtle  United Kingdom The ship was lost on Ragged Island, Bahamas. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bermuda to Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America.[1]

4 April

List of shipwrecks: 4 April 1829
Ship State Description
Hope  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Fisherman's Flat, off Calcutta, India. Her crew were rescued.[2]

9 April

List of shipwrecks: 9 April 1829
Ship State Description
Glasgow  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off Hartlepool, County Durham.[3] She was refloated on 21 April and taken in to Hartlepool in a severely damaged condition.[4]
Grabe  United Kingdom The ship foundered off Bangor, Caernarfonshire. She was on a voyage from Bangor to Ipswich, Suffolk.[3]
Hawk  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea off Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland with the loss of two lives.[4]

10 April

List of shipwrecks: 10 April 1829
Ship State Description
Jessie  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked off "Grassholm Island, Jutland. She was on a voyage from Funen, Denmark to London.[5]

11 April

List of shipwrecks: 11 April 1829
Ship State Description
Betsey  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk.[3]

12 April

List of shipwrecks: 12 April 1829
Ship State Description
Henry & Harriet  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Sumburgh, Shetland Islands with the loss of four of her crew.[4]

15 April

List of shipwrecks: 15 April 1829
Ship State Description
Ayr  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Witsand Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Penzance, Cornwall.[6]
Letitia Tennant  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly. She was on a voyage from Limerick to London.[7]

19 April

List of shipwrecks: 19 April 1829
Ship State Description
Neptune  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at the mouth of the Nun River, Nigeria. Her crew were rescued.[8]

20 April

List of shipwrecks: 20 April 1829
Ship State Description
Harper  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Southport, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Westport, County Mayo to Southport.[9]
Potton  United Kingdom The ship foundered off Flores Island, Azores. All on board survived. She was on a voyage from Sierra Leone to London.[10][11]

21 April

List of shipwrecks: 21 April 1829
Ship State Description
Achilles  United Kingdom The ship struck a rock. She was towed into Loch Tarbert in a sinking state.[12]

23 April

List of shipwrecks: 23 April 1829
Ship State Description
Echo  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and capsized at Bolderāja, Russia.[13]
Marwood  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Bolderāja.[13]
Providentia Denmark Duchy of Holstein The ship foundered in the North Sea off the Haisborough Sands. She was on a voyage from Kiel to London, United Kingdom.[14]
Thomas Hodgson  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Bolderāja.[13]

24 April

List of shipwrecks: 24 April 1829
Ship State Description
James  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Corton Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to London.[14][15]
John and Mary  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Eastbourne, Sussex. She was later refloated.[14][16]
Jolly Sailor  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Eastbourne.[14]
Sir George Osborne  United Kingdom The whaler ran aground in the Seychelles. She broke up after her crew had abandoned her. Her cargo of 1,000 barrels of whale oil was retrieved.[17]

27 April

List of shipwrecks: 27 April 1829
Ship State Description
Bee  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Sunderland, County Durham.[18]
George & Henry  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Sunderland.[18]
Hope  United Kingdom The brig foundered in the Bristol Channel off Hartland Point, Devon with the loss of six of her seven crew.[19]
Perdaves  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Rosecastle".[5]

28 April

List of shipwrecks: 28 April 1829
Ship State Description
Baring  United Kingdom The ship departed from South Shields, County Durham for Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. No further trace, presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.[20]
Diamond  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the coast of County Limerick with the loss of two lives.[21]
Esther  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Robin Hoods Bay, Yorkshire where she was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[18]
Fame  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Holyhead, Anglesey. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Palermo, Sicily to Liverpool, Lancashire.[22]
Felicia  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Holyhead. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to "Zelling".[10]
Fowler  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore near Whitby, Yorkshire.[15]
Friends  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore near Whitby.[15]
Harlequin  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Holyhead. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Pernambuco, Brazil to Liverpool.[22]
Hope  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel off Hartland Point, Devon with the loss of all bar her captain. She was on a voyage from London to Bridgwater, Somerset.[23]
Hope  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on South Georgia.[24]
Iona or Jona  United Kingdom The ship struck the Kettlebottom Sand, in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth and foundered. Her crew were rescued.[10][15]
John  United Kingdom The ship struck the Barber Sand, in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth and foundered. Her crew were rescued.[10][15]
Matilda  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Padstow, Cornwall with the loss of three lives. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex.[11][18]
Portsoy  United Kingdom The sloop was wrecked at Portsoy, Aberdeenshire. She was on a voyage from Macduff, Aberdeenshire to London.[25]
Superb  United Kingdom The ship was lost on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex with the loss of two of her five crew. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to London.[23][25] Survivors, and crew members from the smack Paul Pry ( United Kingdom), which had gone to her assistance and were stranded on the wreck when their boat was smashed, were rescued by Lively ( United Kingdom).[26]

29 April

List of shipwrecks: 29 April 1829
Ship State Description
Alexander  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Bangor, Caernarfonshire.[18]
HMS Barham  Royal Navy The third rate ship of the line ran aground off Bonaire and was severely damaged. She was refloated the next day having thrown 37 cannon overboard.[27]
Betsey  United Kingdom The schooner foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all six crew.[28]
Better Luck Still  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France. She was on a voyage from London to Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex.[23]
Brothers  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Head Sand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Inverness to London.[18]
Buboa  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Fishguard, Pembrokeshire.[18]
Fanny  United Kingdom The sloop was wrecked off North Somercotes, Lincolnshire with the loss of all seven people on board.[18]
Kate  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Mockbeggar, Cheshire.[18]
Margaret  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near North Sunderland, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Rosehearty, Aberdeenshire to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[23][29]
New Albion  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Scarborough, Yorkshire with the loss of three lives.[11][18]
Phœnix  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France. She was on a voyage from London to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France.[18]
Sarah and Eliza  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Appledore, Devon. She was on a voyage from Gloucester to Sunderland, County Durham.[18]
Star  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at North Somercotes. Her crew were rescued.[30]

30 April

List of shipwrecks: 30 April 1829
Ship State Description
Henry  United Kingdom The ship foundered off Saint Tudwal's Islands, Caernarfonshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[23]
Perseverance  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent with the loss of four of her nine crew. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Dublin.[11][29]
Temple  United Kingdom The ship was lost in the "Camoynas".[31]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in April 1829
Ship State Description
Cambria  United Kingdom The collier foundered in the English Channel off Portland, Dorset in early April with some loss of life.[32]
Chieftain  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Herne Bay, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Saint Vincent.[22]
Isabella  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked whilst on a voyage from Alnmouth to London in early April.[3]

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