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

6 August

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 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

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

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 (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Guernsey). Her crew were rescued.[10]

23 August

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

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

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

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

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

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 Template:Sclass- was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Cabo Frio, Brazil by Congress ( Pirates).[23]

References

  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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