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

2 April

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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List of shipwrecks: 8 April 1828
Ship State Description
Paramaribo  Netherlands The ship was wrecked on the Oster Bank.[3]

15 April

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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  1. ^ a b "Naval Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc. No. 881. 11 April 1828.
  2. ^ a b "From Lloyd's List – April 25". Caledonian Mercury. No. 16644. 28 April 1828.
  3. ^ a b c d "Ship News". The Morning Chronicle. No. 18279. 15 April 1828.
  4. ^ "Ship News". The Morning Chronicle. No. 18275. 10 April 1828.
  5. ^ a b "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. ^ a b "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.

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