List of shipwrecks in June 1828

The list of shipwrecks in June 1828 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during June 1828.

3 June edit

List of shipwrecks: 3 June 1828
Ship State Description
Active   United Kingdom The whaler foundered off the North Cape, Iceland with the loss of eight of her crew. Survivors were rescued by a Danish vessel.[1]

5 June edit

List of shipwrecks: 5 June 1828
Ship State Description
Alert   United Kingdom The sloop was destroyed by fire 4 leagues (12 nautical miles (22 km) east of Inchcape. Her crew were rescued by Myrtle (  United Kingdom).[2]
Dove   New South Wales The cutter was wrecked north of Port Stephens with the loss of seven lives. She was on a voyage from Sydney to Newcastle.[3]

6 June edit

List of shipwrecks: 6 June 1828
Ship State Description
Margaret   United Kingdom The sloop was wrecked at Covesea, Morayshire. Her crew were rescued.[2]
Monarch   United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Norwegian Sea with the loss of six of her ten crew. Survivors were rescued by Thompson (  United Kingdom).[4]
Pilot   United Kingdom The schooner capsized in a squall off Souter Point, Northumberland. Her crew survived. Pilot was later towed in to Sunderland, County Durham.[2]

8 June edit

List of shipwrecks: 8 June 1828
Ship State Description
Hunter   New South Wales The schooner was driven ashore on Entry Island (Kapiti Island), New Zealand during heavy weather.[5]

11 June edit

List of shipwrecks: 11 June 1828
Ship State Description
Mary Ann   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Barber Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was refloated but found to be leaking and was consequently beached at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Mary Ann was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[2]

14 June edit

List of shipwrecks: 14 June 1828
Ship State Description
Dolphin   United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Irish Sea 12 nautical miles (22 km) off Strangford, County Down. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bangor, Caernarfonshire to Belfast, County Antrim.[6]

15 June edit

List of shipwrecks: 15 June 1828
Ship State Description
Ada   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at the Cape of Good Hope.[7]
Importer   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at the Cape of Good Hope.[7]
Orange Grove   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at the Cape of Good Hope.[7][8]
Walsingham   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked the Cape of Good Hope.[7][8]

16 June edit

List of shipwrecks: 16 June 1828
Ship State Description
Betsey   United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea off Cromer, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued by Adventure (  United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Newhaven, Sussex.[9]

17 June edit

List of shipwrecks: 17 June 1828
Ship State Description
John   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Partridge Island, Nova Scotia, British North America.[10]

20 June edit

List of shipwrecks: 20 June 1828
Ship State Description
Enterprise   United Kingdom The whaler struck an iceberg and foundered in the Davis Straits. Her crew were rescued.[11][12]
Traveller   United Kingdom The ship collided in the Atlantic Ocean with Hercules (  United Kingdom and foundered with the loss of a crew member.[13]

23 June edit

List of shipwrecks: 23 June 1828
Ship State Description
Alice   United Kingdom The ship was lost near St. Andrew, New Brunswick, British North America.[14]
St. Elizabeth   United Kingdom The ship was lost in the Magdalen Islands, Lower Canada, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Chaleur Bay, Quebec City, Lower Canada to Liverpool, Lancashire.[15][16]

25 June edit

List of shipwrecks: 25 June 1828
Ship State Description
Victory   United Kingdom The brig was caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean (18°17′N 46°50′W / 18.283°N 46.833°W / 18.283; -46.833). She was abandoned by her fifteen crew the next day and was then totally destroyed. Victory was on a voyage from London to Barbados.[17][18]

29 June edit

List of shipwrecks: 29 June 1828
Ship State Description
Padang   Netherlands The ship was driven ashore at the Cape of Good Hope. She became a wreck on 1 July. Padang was on a voyage from Padang, Netherlands East Indies to Antwerp.[19][20]

30 June edit

List of shipwrecks: 30 June 1828
Ship State Description
Agnes   British North America The ship was wrecked at Canso, Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from Halifax to Fortuna Bay.[21]

Unknown date edit

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in June 1828
Ship State Description
Henry Tate   United States The ship sank in the Mississippi River at New Orleans, Louisiana.[22]
Strabo   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on Tory Island, County Donegal and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Antigua to the Clyde.[23]
Water Mole   New South Wales The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in mid-June. She was set afire to salvage ironwork.[24]

References edit

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  2. ^ a b c d "Shipping Intelligence". The Hull Packet and Humber Mercury. No. 2274. 17 June 1828.
  3. ^ "Wreck of the Dove Cutter". The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser. 13 June 1828.
  4. ^ "Shipping Intelligence". The Hull Packet and Humber Mercury. No. 2278. 15 July 1828.
  5. ^ Ingram, C. W. N., and Wheatley, P. O., (1936) Shipwrecks: New Zealand disasters 1795–1936. Dunedin, NZ: Dunedin Book Publishing Association. pp.22-23.
  6. ^ "(untitled)". The Times. No. 13627. London. 24 June 1828. col D, p. 3.
  7. ^ a b c d "Ship News". The Morning Post. No. 18018. 13 September 1828.
  8. ^ a b "East India Shipping". Caledonian Mercury. No. 16706. 20 September 1828.
  9. ^ "Shipping Intelligence". The Hull Packet and Humber Mercury. No. 2275. 24 June 1828.
  10. ^ "Ship News". The Standard. No. 368. 22 July 1828.
  11. ^ "Ship News". The Standard. No. 406. 4 September 1828.
  12. ^ "Loss of the Enterprise Whaler of Peterhead". The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser. 20 January 1829.
  13. ^ "Ship News". The Standard. No. 358. 10 July 1828.
  14. ^ "Ship News". The Morning Post. No. 17975. 25 July 1828.
  15. ^ "From Lloyd's Marine List – Aug. 26". Caledonian Mercury. No. 16697. 30 August 1828.
  16. ^ "Marine Intelligence". The Newcastle Courant etc. No. 8015. 30 August 1828.
  17. ^ "Ship News". The Standard. No. 379. 4 August 1828.
  18. ^ "Loss of the Brig Victory, by Fire". The Morning Chronicle. No. 18381. 12 August 1828.
  19. ^ "Destruction of the Tyne East Indiaman". The Leeds Mercury. No. 3294. 13 September 1828.
  20. ^ "Ship News". Caledonian Mercury. No. 16704. 15 September 1828.
  21. ^ "Naval Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc. No. 906. 3 October 1828.
  22. ^ "Naval Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc. No. 898. 8 August 1828.
  23. ^ "Naval Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc. No. 891. 20 June 1828.
  24. ^ "Domestic Intelligence". The Monitor. 21 June 1828.