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Wrecking of HMS Apollo

When
April 1804
Where
Cape Mondego, Portugal
Part of
Wreck of HMS Apollo convoy off Portugal

HMS Apollo ran aground near Cape Mondego, causing heavy loss of life among the convoy.

Apollo ran aground nine miles south of Cape Mondego. The Naval Chronicle noted bodies floating ashore and wreck covering the beach for ten miles. The exact number of dead in merchant vessels remains unknown. The grounding occurred in the morning; the legacy record dates it to 2 April 1804, but no supplied passage states that specific day, so the date is given only to the month.

Sources

  1. HMS Apollo (1799) Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-16

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