April

April 1867 — Vesta, schooner, lost off Hatteras Inlet
April 1867 — G.W. Carpenter, schooner, lost off Creeds Hill
April 1, 1871 — William Muir, brig, lost off Currituck Beach
April 1, 1876 — Henry G. Fay, schooner, lost off Caffeys Inlet
April 1, 1942 — Rio Blanco, freighter, torpedoed and sunk by U-160; 31 killed
April 2, 1820 — Horatio, ship, lost off Diamond Shoals; 8 killed
April 2, 1942 — Liebre, tanker, shelled by U-123; 9 killed
April 3, 1915 — Prinz Maurits, steamer, lost off Cape Hatteras; 49 killed
April 3, 1915 — The Josephine, schooner, lost off Kill Devil Hills; 3 killed
April 3, 1915 — Loring C. Ballard, schooner, lost off Gull Shoal
April 3, 1942 — Otho, freighter, torpedoed and sunk by U-754; 31 killed
April 4, 1881 — A.B. Goodman, schooner, lost off Diamond Shoals; 1 killed
April 4, 1942 — Ensis, tanker, damaged by gunfire from U-572
April 4, 1942 — Byron D. Benson, tanker, torpedoed and sunk by U-552; 10 killed
April 5, 1856 — Mary Varney, bark, lost off Hatteras; 1 killed
April 5, 1898 — S. Warren Hall, schooner, lost off Portsmouth
April 6, 1920 — Powel, steamer, lost off Hatteras
April 9, 1900 — William H. Kenzal, schooner, lost off Cape Hatteras
April 6, 1869 — Thames, steamer, lost off Cape Hatteras
April 6, 1920 — Powel, steamer, foundered off Hatteras
April 6, 1942 — Bidwell, tanker, torpedoed by U-160; 1 killed
April 7, 1889 — John S. Wood, schooner, lost off Wash Woods
April 7, 1889 — Parrott, schooner, lost in Albemarle Sound; 2 killed
April 7, 1889 — Hattie Lollis, schooner, lost off Nags Head
April 7, 1942 — British Splendour , tanker, torpedoed and sunk by U-552; 12 killed
April 7, 1942 — Lancing, whaling factory/tanker, torpedoed and sunk by U-552; 1 killed
April 7, 1942 — Kollskegg, tanker, torpedoed and sun by U-754; 4 killed
April 8, 1861 — Black Squall, brig, lost off Ocracoke
April 8, 1899 — J.C. McNaughton, schooner, lost off Oregon Inlet
April 9, 1877 — Iona, schooner, lost off Chicamacomico
April 9, 1942 — Atlas, tanker, torpedoed and sunk by U-552; 2 killed
April 9, 1942 — Malchace, freighter, torpedoed and sunk by U-160; 1 killed
April 9, 1942 — San Delfino, tanker, torpedoed and sunk by U-203; 28 killed
April 10, 1877 — Benjamin W. Robinson, schooner, lost off Chicamacomico
April 10, 1910 — Thomas G. Smith, schooner, lost off Core Bank
April 10, 1942 — Tamaulipas, tanker, torpedoed and sunk by U-552; 2 killed
April 11, 1889 — Wolseley, bark, lost off Big Kinnakeet
April 11, 1905 — Blanche Hopkins, schooner, lost off Gull Shoal
April 11, 1942 — Harry F. Sinclair, tanker, torpedoed by U-203; 10 killed
April 11, 1942 — Ulysses, freighter, torpedoed and sunk by U-160
April 12, 1882 — Minnie, schooner, lost off Cape Fear
April 12, 1942 — Stanvac Melboure, tanker, torpedoed by U-203; 3 killed
April 13, 1877 — Hattie L. Fuller, schooner, lost off Oregon Inlet
April 14, 1867 — Jonas Sparks, schooner, lost off Beaufort Bar
April 14, 1895 — Addie Henry, schooner, lost off Ocracoke
April 14, 1921 — Louise Howard, schooner, ran aground Ft. Macon
April 14, 1942 — Empire Thrush, freighter, torpedoed and sunk by U-203
April 14, 1942 — U-85, submarine, depth-charged, shelled and sunk by USS Roper; 45 killed
April 14, 1945 — Belgian Airman, torpedoed and sunk by U-879; 1 killed
April 15, 1853 — Augustus Moore, schooner, lost off Kitty Hawk
April 16, 1887 — George S. Marts, schooner, lost off Hatteras; 2 killed
April 16, 1942 — Aloca Guide, shelled and sunk by U-123; 6 killed
April 16, 1942 — Desert Light, freighter, torpedoed and sunk by U-572; 1 killed
April 17, 1889 — N. Boynton, barge, lost off Poyners Hill
April 17, 1889 — John Shay, schooner, lost off Cape Hatteras; 6 killed
April 18, 1908 — Orient, schooner, lost off Cape Lookout
April 18, 1942 — Axtell J. Byles, tanker, torpedoed by U-136;
April 19, 1942 — Empire Dryden, freighter, torpedoed and sunk by U-572
April 19, 1942 — Steel Maker, freighter, torpedoed and sunk by U-654; 2 killed
April 19, 1942 — Harpagon, freighter, torpedoed and sunk by U-109; 41 killed
April 19, 1864 — Southfield, U.S. Navy gunboat, lost off Plymouth
April 20, 1942 — Chenango, freighter, torpedoed and sunk by U-84; 31 killed
April 20, 1942 — Agra, freighter, torpedoed and sunk by U-654, 6 killed
April 21, 1942 — Bris, freighter, torpedoed and sun by U-201; 5 killed
April 25, 1882 — Mercy T. Trundy, schooner, lost off Cape Fear
April 26, 1903 — J.F. Becker, schooner, lost off Oregon Inlet
April 27, 1863 — Golden Liner, blockade runner, lost off Cape Fear River
April 27, 1898 — Milton, schooner, lost off Bodie Island
April 27, 1898 — George L. Fessenden, schooner, lost of Chicamacomico; 4 killed
April 28, 1907 — Oriente, shooner, lost of Poyners Hill
April 29, 1925 — Irma, schooner, ran aground Kill Devil Hills
April 29, 1942 — Ashkhabad, tanker, torpedoed and sunk by U-402