List of shipwrecks in August 1828
The list of shipwrecks in August 1828 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during August 1828.
August 1828 | ||||||
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Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
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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 | 31 |
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References |
6 August
Ship | State | Description |
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Henrietta | United Kingdom | The ship was in collision with Israel ( United Kingdom) and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Limerick to London.[1] |
8 August
Ship | State | Description |
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Sarah | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and sank at No Man's Land, Massachusetts, United States. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America.[2] |
9 August
Ship | State | Description |
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Alexander | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the River Thames at Gravesend, Kent. She was on a voyage from Ceylon to London.[3] |
Seaflower | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Rhosilli, Glamorgan. Her crew survived.[4] |
Speculator | United Kingdom | The sloop capsized and sank off The Mumbles, Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Palmerston ( United Kingdom).[4] |
10 August
Ship | State | Description |
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Despatch | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near "Cape Roan" with the loss of over 50 lives.[5] |
12 August
Ship | State | Description |
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William and Mary | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in Oxwich Bay. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Neath, Glamorgan.[4] |
14 August
Ship | State | Description |
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Alexander | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Oye-Plage, Pas-de-Calais, France. Her crew were rescued.[6] |
Perseverance | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Buney Sand, in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued.[7] |
Unity | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex and was abandoned by her crew.[8] |
15 August
Ship | State | Description |
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Wilhelm | Norway | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Ostend, West Flanders, Netherlands.[7] |
16 August
Ship | State | Description |
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Dee | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea off Heligoland with the loss of her captain.[9][10] |
Seaflower | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked near Rhossili, Glamorgan. Her crew survived.[11] |
Speculator | United Kingdom | The sloop capsized and sank in the Bristol Channel off Mumbles Head, Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Palmerston ( United Kingdom).[11] |
19 August
Ship | State | Description |
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Letitia | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Santiago, Cape Verde Islands. All on board were rescued by Mary ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Cork to New South Wales.[12] |
Philip Dundas | New South Wales | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Port Elizabeth, Cape Colony with the loss of two of her crew.[13][14] |
20 August
Ship | State | Description |
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Huzzar | United States | Cisplatine War: The schooner brig was set afire and destroyed at Buenos Aires, Argentina, by the Brazilian Navy.[15] |
Lord Eldon | United Kingdom | Cisplatine War: The brig was set afire and destroyed at Buenos Aires, Argentina, by the Brazilian Navy.[15] |
22 August
Ship | State | Description |
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Integrity | United Kingdom | The ship was run down and sunk in the North Sea off Orfordness, Suffolk by Juliana ( Guernsey). Her crew were rescued.[10] |
23 August
Ship | State | Description |
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Rosa | United Kingdom | The ship capsized and sank in a squall in the Kattegat with the loss of four of her five crew. Her captain survived and was rescued by Flora ( Prussia). Rosa was on a voyage from Pillau, Prussia to London.[16][17] |
25 August
Ship | State | Description |
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Edgar | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) south of Lough Garlock. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Wick, Caithness.[18] |
26 August
Ship | State | Description |
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Mangrove Bay | United Kingdom | The ship was destroyed by fire at Demerara.[19] |
William and Mary | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in Oxwich Bay. Her crew were rescued.[11] |
30 August
Ship | State | Description |
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Skelton | United Kingdom | The ship struck a rock and foundered 10 nautical miles (19 km) off Antigua Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Trinidad to London.[20] |
31 August
Ship | State | Description |
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Prince Kutusoff | Russia | The ship caught fire in the King's Dock, Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom and was scuttled.[21] |
Unknown date
Ship | State | Description |
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Philip Dundas | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at the Cape of Good Hope before 28 August.[22] |
HMS Redpole | Royal Navy | The Cherokee-class brig-sloop was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Cabo Frio, Brazil by Congress ( Pirates).[23] |
References
- ^ "Ship News". The Standard. No. 397. 25 August 1828.
- ^ "Ship News". The Morning Post. No. 18018. 13 September 1828.
- ^ "Ship News". The Morning Chronicle. No. 18381. 12 August 1828.
- ^ a b c Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks" (PDF). Swansea Docks. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
- ^ "The Old World". The Hobart Town Courier. 10 January 1829.
- ^ "Ship News". The Morning Post. No. 17995. 18 August 1828.
- ^ a b "Ship News". The Morning Chronicle. No. 18387. 19 August 1828.
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". The Hull Packet and Humber Mercury. No. 2284. 26 August 1828.
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". The Hull Packet and Humber Mercury. No. 2285. 2 September 1828.
- ^ a b "Marine Intelligence". The Newcastle Courant etc. No. 8015. 30 August 1828.
- ^ a b c "Wales". Royal Cornwal Gazette, Falmouth Packet & Plymouth Journal. No. 1314. 30 August 1828.
- ^ "From Lloyd's Marine List – Nov. 18". Caledonian Mercury. No. 16731. 22 November 1828.
- ^ "Naval Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc. No. 914. 28 November 1828.
- ^ "Trade and Shipping". The Hobart Town Courier. 13 December 1828.
- ^ a b "Buenos Ayres". The Standard. No. 490. 11 December 1828.
- ^ "Ship News". Caledonian Mercury. No. 16700. 6 September 1828.
- ^ "Ship News". The Standard. No. 406. 4 September 1828.
- ^ "From Lloyd's Marine List – Sept. 2". Caledonian Mercury. No. 16700. 6 September 1828.
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". The Hull Packet and Humber Mercury. No. 2293. 28 October 1828.
- ^ "Marine Intelligence". The Newcastle Courant etc. No. 8019. 25 September 1828.
- ^ "Ship News". The Morning Post. No. 18009. 3 September 1828.
- ^ "Ship News". The Standard. No. 474. 22 November 1828.
- ^ "HMS Redpole (1808)". British Navy. Retrieved 21 December 2013.