List of shipwrecks in April 1828
# 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.

## 2 April

List of shipwrecks: 2 April 1828 :

| Ship | Country | 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. |

## 3 April

List of shipwrecks: 3 April 1828 :

| Ship | Country | 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. |

## 4 April

List of shipwrecks: 4 April 1828 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Liberty | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned off the coast of Iceland without loss of life. |

## 5 April

List of shipwrecks: 5 April 1828 :

| Ship | Country | 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. |

## 6 April

List of shipwrecks: 6 April 1828 :

| Ship | Country | 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. |

## 8 April

List of shipwrecks: 8 April 1828 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Paramaribo | Netherlands | The ship was wrecked on the Oster Bank. |

## 15 April

List of shipwrecks: 15 April 1828 :

| Ship | Country | 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. |

## 16 April

List of shipwrecks: 16 April 1828 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| HMS Acorn | Royal Navy | The sloop-of-war foundered. She was on a voyage from Bermuda to Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America. |
| HMS Contest | Royal Navy | The brig foundered. She was on a voyage from Bermuda to Halifax. |

## 18 April

List of shipwrecks: 18 April 1828 :

| Ship | Country | 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. |

## 20 April

List of shipwrecks: 20 April 1828 :

| Ship | Country | 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. |

## 21 April

List of shipwrecks: 21 April 1828 :

| Ship | Country | 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. |
| 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). Centurion took off others. |

## 24 April

List of shipwrecks: 24 April 1828 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Betsey | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in Conception Bay. |
| Robert & Mary | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Filey, Yorkshire. |

## 26 April

List of shipwrecks: 26 April 1828 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Henry | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Cuba. She was on a voyage from Barcelona, Spain, to Havana, Cuba. |

## 27 April

List of shipwrecks: 27 April 1828 :

| Ship | Country | 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. |

## 29 April

List of shipwrecks: 29 April 1828 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Superb | United Kingdom | The ship was sunk by ice in Cape Cod Bay with the loss of all but five of her crew. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, to Quebec, British North America. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in April 1828 :

| Ship | Country | 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. |
| 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. |
| Victory | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon, to Jersey, Channel Islands. All on board were rescued. |
