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
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

List of shipwrecks: 2 April 1828

Ship	State	Description
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

List of shipwrecks: 3 April 1828

Ship	State	Description
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

List of shipwrecks: 4 April 1828

Ship	State	Description
Liberty	United Kingdom	The ship was abandoned off the coast of Iceland without loss of life. [2]

5 April

List of shipwrecks: 5 April 1828

Ship	State	Description
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

List of shipwrecks: 6 April 1828

Ship	State	Description
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

List of shipwrecks: 8 April 1828

Ship	State	Description
Paramaribo	Netherlands	The ship was wrecked on the Oster Bank. [3]

15 April

List of shipwrecks: 15 April 1828

Ship	State	Description
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

List of shipwrecks: 16 April 1828

Ship	State	Description
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

List of shipwrecks: 18 April 1828

Ship	State	Description
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

List of shipwrecks: 20 April 1828

Ship	State	Description
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

List of shipwrecks: 21 April 1828

Ship	State	Description
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

List of shipwrecks: 24 April 1828

Ship	State	Description
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

List of shipwrecks: 26 April 1828

Ship	State	Description
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

List of shipwrecks: 27 April 1828

Ship	State	Description
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

List of shipwrecks: 29 April 1828

Ship	State	Description
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

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in April 1828

Ship	State	Description
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

1. "Naval Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc. No. 881. 11 April 1828.
2. "From Lloyd's List – April 25". Caledonian Mercury. No. 16644. 28 April 1828.
3. "Ship News". The Morning Chronicle. No. 18279. 15 April 1828.
4. "Ship News". The Morning Chronicle. No. 18275. 10 April 1828.
5. "Ship News". The Standard. No. 339. 18 June 1828.
6. "Apprehended Loss of H.M.S. Acorn". The Standard. No. 343. 23 June 1828.
7. "Naval Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury. No. 16693. 21 August 1828.
8. "Ship News". The Standard. No. 480. 29 November 1828.
9. "More Shipwrecks". The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser. 23 June 1828.
10. "Ship News". The Morning Chronicle. No. 18329. 12 June 1828.
11. "Ship News". The Times. No. 13586. London. 7 May 1828. col D, p. 3.
12. "Ship News". Caledonian Mercury. No. 16682. 26 July 1828.
13. "Shipping Intelligence". The Hull Packet and Humber Mercury. No. 2285. 2 September 1828.
14. "Shipping Intelligence". The Hull Packet and Humber Mercury. No. 2267. 29 April 1828.
15. "Ship News". The Standard. No. 347. 27 June 1828.
16. "Shipping Intelligence". The Hull Packet and Humber Mercury. No. 2276. 1 July 1828.
17. "Ship News". The Lancaster Gazette and General Advertiser, for Lancashire, Westmorland &c. No. 1403. 3 May 1828.
18. "Shipping Intelligence". The Hull Packet and Humber Mercury. No. 2274. 17 June 1828.
19. "Ship News". The Morning Chronicle. No. 18298. 7 May 1828.