The list of shipwrecks in April 1883 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during April 1883 .
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2 April
3 April
4 April
5 April
7 April
8 April
10 April
11 April
12 April
13 April
14 April
17 April
18 April
19 April
List of shipwrecks: 19 April 1883
Ship
State
Description
Magdalena Vicenta
Spain
The steamship collided with the steamship Thames ( United Kingdom ) and sank at the entrance to the port of Bilbao . Six out of eleven people on board lost their lives. Two or four of the crew of Thames were also reported lost.[ 21] [ 22]
20 April
22 April
24 April
25 April
26 April
28 April
List of shipwrecks: 28 April 1883
Ship
State
Description
Galera
United Kingdom
The barque ran aground on the Goodwin Sands , Kent and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from London to Trinidad . She was refloated with the assistance of three tugs and was towed back to London in a severely leaky condition.[ 26]
29 April
30 April
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in April 1883
Ship
State
Description
Asie
France
The steamship was wrecked on Marmara Island , Ottoman Empire .[ 1]
Baron Ardrossan
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground on the wreck of the steamship James W. Barber ( Belgium ) off Cape Fontana, Russia . Baron Ardrossan was on a voyage from Rangoon , Burma to Odessa , Russia.[ 29]
Baxian
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at Antonina , Brazil . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Antonina to Valparaíso , Chile.[ 25]
Breeze
France
The fishing vessel was wrecked on the coast of Iceland. Her crew were rescued.[ 26]
City of Merida
United States
The steamship collided with another vessel off Cape Hatteras , Virginia and was beached. She was on a voyage from the West Indies to New York .[ 30]
Consul Lund
Sweden
The schooner foundered in the North Sea before 10 April. She was on a voyage from Grimsby , Lincolnshire , United Kingdom to Norrköping .[ 30]
Eduard
Germany
The barque was destroyed by fire at sea before 5 April. Her crew were rescued by Argo (Flag unknown). Eduard was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire , United Kingdom to Punta Arenas , Chile.[ 29]
Fama
United States
The ship ran aground on the Brandywine Shoals , off the coast of New Jersey .[ 7]
Granville
United Kingdom
The barque was wrecked at "Papado", Chile. Her crew were rescued.[ 5]
Hutton Chaytor
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground off "Patagoras", Argentina and was damaged. She was refloated and towed in to San Blas Bay . She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Valparaíso , Chile.[ 29]
Italy
United Kingdom
The steamship was damaged by fire at New York.[ 7]
John Dory
United Kingdom
The smack was driven ashore and wrecked near Glenarm , County Antrim . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Belfast , County Antrim to Port Dundas , Renfrewshire .[ 25]
Lepanto
United States
The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 26 April.[ 31]
Louis Gilles
France
The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean . All on board were rescued by the brigantine Edith ( France ). Louis Gilles was on a voyage from Saint-Malo , Ille-et-Vilaine to Saint-Pierre, Saint Pierre and Miquelon .[ 8]
Marie Louise
France
The schooner foundered off Cayenne , French Guiana before 12 April. She was on a voyage from Hamburg , Germany to Cayenne.[ 15]
Regard
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground at the mouth of the Rio Grande and was beached at "Eetrite", Brazil. She was on a voyage from the Rio Grande to Falmouth, Cornwall .[ 3]
Sierra Palma
United Kingdom
The barque foundered at sea before 24 April. All on board were rescued She was on a voyage from Rangoon , Burma to Liverpool.[ 24]
Roker
France
The fishing vessel was wrecked on the coast of Iceland. Her crew were rescued.[ 26]
Roland
France
The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean . Her 21 crew were rescued by the steamship France (Flag unknown).[ 16]
St. Elmo
United Kingdom
The brigantine ran aground in the Magdalena River at Barranquilla , United States of Colombia . She was on a voyage from Barranquilla to Colon . She was refloated but consequently foundered. Her crew survived.[ 23] [ 32]
Venezuelan
United Kingdom
The steamship was driven ashore at New York. She had been refloated by 14 April.[ 33]
Vigilant
France
The fishing vessel was wrecked on the coast of Iceland. Her crew were rescued.[ 26]
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