List of shipwrecks in April 1828
The list of shipwrecks in April 1828 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during April 1828.
April 1828 | ||||||
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Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 |
28 | 29 | 30 | Unknown date | |||
References |
2 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Margaret and Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The ship was destroyed by fire off the coast of County Antrim. Her crew were rescued by Town of Drogheda ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Drogheda, County Louth.[1] |
3 April
Ship | State | Description |
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British Oak | United Kingdom | The ketch was wrecked on The Skerries, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Antrim. Her four crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Dublin.[1] |
4 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Liberty | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned off the coast of Iceland without loss of life.[2] |
5 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Friendship | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Nieupoort, West Flanders, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, to Dunkerque, Nord, France.[3] |
6 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Roger and Barbara | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Aberthaw, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[4] |
8 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Paramaribo | Netherlands | The ship was wrecked on the Oster Bank.[3] |
15 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Fides | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Stornoway, Ayrshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, to Miramichi, New Brunswick, British North America.[2] |
16 April
Ship | State | Description |
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HMS Acorn | Royal Navy | The sloop-of-war foundered. She was on a voyage from Bermuda to Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America.[5][6][7] |
HMS Contest | Royal Navy | The brig foundered. She was on a voyage from Bermuda to Halifax.[7] |
18 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Woodlark | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on a reef in the Torres Straits with the loss of six of the 24 people on board. She was on a voyage from Van Diemen's Land to the Cape of Good Hope.[8][9] |
20 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Gertrude | United States | The ship was wrecked on the coast of New Jersey. She was on a voyage from Puerto Cabello, Gran Colombia, to New York City.[10] |
21 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Catherine Maria | flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore at Dragør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Libava, Courland Governorate to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands.[11] |
Superb | United Kingdom | The schooner collided with an iceberg and sprang a leak. She was abandoned two days later and some of her crew were rescued by Catherine and Hannah ( United Kingdom).[12] Centurion took off others. |
24 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Betsey | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in Conception Bay.[13] |
Robert & Mary | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Filey, Yorkshire.[14] |
26 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Henry | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Cuba. She was on a voyage from Barcelona, Spain, to Havana, Cuba.[15][16] |
27 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Nancy | United Kingdom | The sloop was wrecked near Roanhead, Cumberland. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland, to Ulverston, Lancashire.[17] |
29 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Superb | United Kingdom | The ship was sunk by ice in Cape Cod Bay with the loss of all but five of her crew.[18] She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, to Quebec, British North America.[5] |
Unknown date
Ship | State | Description |
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Commerce | United Kingdom | The ship was lost on The Collins with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to London.[3] |
Fairfield | United Kingdom | The ship lost her rudder and was driven ashore in the Saltee Islands, County Donegal, where she was wrecked. She was on a voyage from St. John's, Newfoundland, British North America, to Liverpool, Lancashire.[3] |
Victory | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon, to Jersey, Channel Islands. All on board were rescued.[19] |
References
- ^ a b "Naval Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc. No. 881. 11 April 1828.
- ^ a b "From Lloyd's List – April 25". Caledonian Mercury. No. 16644. 28 April 1828.
- ^ a b c d "Ship News". The Morning Chronicle. No. 18279. 15 April 1828.
- ^ "Ship News". The Morning Chronicle. No. 18275. 10 April 1828.
- ^ a b "Ship News". The Standard. No. 339. 18 June 1828.
- ^ "Apprehended Loss of H.M.S. Acorn". The Standard. No. 343. 23 June 1828.
- ^ a b "Naval Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury. No. 16693. 21 August 1828.
- ^ "Ship News". The Standard. No. 480. 29 November 1828.
- ^ "More Shipwrecks". The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser. 23 June 1828.
- ^ "Ship News". The Morning Chronicle. No. 18329. 12 June 1828.
- ^ "Ship News". The Times. No. 13586. London. 7 May 1828. col D, p. 3.
- ^ "Ship News". Caledonian Mercury. No. 16682. 26 July 1828.
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". The Hull Packet and Humber Mercury. No. 2285. 2 September 1828.
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". The Hull Packet and Humber Mercury. No. 2267. 29 April 1828.
- ^ "Ship News". The Standard. No. 347. 27 June 1828.
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". The Hull Packet and Humber Mercury. No. 2276. 1 July 1828.
- ^ "Ship News". The Lancaster Gazette and General Advertiser, for Lancashire, Westmorland &c. No. 1403. 3 May 1828.
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". The Hull Packet and Humber Mercury. No. 2274. 17 June 1828.
- ^ "Ship News". The Morning Chronicle. No. 18298. 7 May 1828.