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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.

6 August edit

List of shipwrecks: 6 August 1828
Ship State Description
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 edit

List of shipwrecks: 8 August 1828
Ship State Description
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 edit

List of shipwrecks: 9 August 1828
Ship State Description
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 edit

List of shipwrecks: 10 August 1828
Ship State Description
Despatch   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near "Cape Roan" with the loss of over 50 lives.[5]

12 August edit

List of shipwrecks: 12 August 1828
Ship State Description
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 edit

List of shipwrecks: 14 August 1828
Ship State Description
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 edit

List of shipwrecks: 15 August 1828
Ship State Description
Wilhelm   Norway The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Ostend, West Flanders, Netherlands.[7]

16 August edit

List of shipwrecks: 16 August 1828
Ship State Description
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 edit

List of shipwrecks: 19 August 1828
Ship State Description
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 edit

List of shipwrecks: 20 August 1828
Ship State Description
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 edit

List of shipwrecks: 22 August 1828
Ship State Description
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 edit

List of shipwrecks: 23 August 1828
Ship State Description
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 edit

List of shipwrecks: 25 August 1828
Ship State Description
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 edit

List of shipwrecks: 26 August 1828
Ship State Description
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 edit

List of shipwrecks: 30 August 1828
Ship State Description
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 edit

List of shipwrecks: 31 August 1828
Ship State Description
Prince Kutusoff   Russia The ship caught fire in the King's Dock, Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom and was scuttled.[21]

Unknown date edit

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in August 1828
Ship State Description
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 edit

  1. ^ "Ship News". The Standard. No. 397. 25 August 1828.
  2. ^ "Ship News". The Morning Post. No. 18018. 13 September 1828.
  3. ^ "Ship News". The Morning Chronicle. No. 18381. 12 August 1828.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "The Old World". The Hobart Town Courier. 10 January 1829.
  6. ^ "Ship News". The Morning Post. No. 17995. 18 August 1828.
  7. ^ a b "Ship News". The Morning Chronicle. No. 18387. 19 August 1828.
  8. ^ "Shipping Intelligence". The Hull Packet and Humber Mercury. No. 2284. 26 August 1828.
  9. ^ "Shipping Intelligence". The Hull Packet and Humber Mercury. No. 2285. 2 September 1828.
  10. ^ a b "Marine Intelligence". The Newcastle Courant etc. No. 8015. 30 August 1828.
  11. ^ a b c "Wales". Royal Cornwal Gazette, Falmouth Packet & Plymouth Journal. No. 1314. 30 August 1828.
  12. ^ "From Lloyd's Marine List – Nov. 18". Caledonian Mercury. No. 16731. 22 November 1828.
  13. ^ "Naval Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc. No. 914. 28 November 1828.
  14. ^ "Trade and Shipping". The Hobart Town Courier. 13 December 1828.
  15. ^ a b "Buenos Ayres". The Standard. No. 490. 11 December 1828.
  16. ^ "Ship News". Caledonian Mercury. No. 16700. 6 September 1828.
  17. ^ "Ship News". The Standard. No. 406. 4 September 1828.
  18. ^ "From Lloyd's Marine List – Sept. 2". Caledonian Mercury. No. 16700. 6 September 1828.
  19. ^ "Shipping Intelligence". The Hull Packet and Humber Mercury. No. 2293. 28 October 1828.
  20. ^ "Marine Intelligence". The Newcastle Courant etc. No. 8019. 25 September 1828.
  21. ^ "Ship News". The Morning Post. No. 18009. 3 September 1828.
  22. ^ "Ship News". The Standard. No. 474. 22 November 1828.
  23. ^ "HMS Redpole (1808)". British Navy. Retrieved 21 December 2013.

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