List of shipwrecks in December 1828
The list of shipwrecks in December 1828 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during December 1828.
1 December
List of shipwrecks: 1 December 1828
Ship
State
Description
Aim
United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk . She subsequently came ashore at Pakefield , Suffolk . Her crew were rescued. Aim was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham , to London .[ 1] [ 2]
Alpha
United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cromer , Norfolk . She was on a voyage from London to Spalding , Lincolnshire .[ 3]
Ann
United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth , Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham , to London.[ 3]
Anne Maria
United Kingdom The collier was driven wrecked at Deal, Kent .[ 2] [ 4]
Arundel
United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at North Somercotes , Lincolnshire .[ 5]
Busick
United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Kettleness Point , Yorkshire .[ 2]
Carolina
United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Scarborough.[ 3]
Crisis
United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Waxholme , Yorkshire .[ 3]
Doris
United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Hartlepool , County Durham.[ 2]
Fortune
United Kingdom The collier was driven ashore at Hartlepool.[ 2]
Garland
United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Whittaker Spit, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex . Her crew were rescued.[ 3]
Granicus
United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Seaham , County Durham .[ 2]
Harvey
United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Wells-next-the-Sea , Norfolk.[ 1]
Henry
United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Kettleness Point. Her crew were rescued.[ 3]
Herring
United Kingdom The sloop was in collision with another vessel and was consequently beached at Great Yarmouth , Norfolk.[ 5]
Hull Packet
United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Bridlington , Yorkshire .[ 3]
Hunter
United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Calais , France with the loss of all but three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Memel , Prussia to Swansea , Glamorgan .[ 3]
Johnson
United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Kettleness Point. Her crew were rescued.[ 3]
Marie Hortense
France
The ship was driven ashore at Wells-next-the-Sea.[ 1]
Mary
United Kingdom The barque was wrecked on the Bondicar Rocks, Northumberland with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Miramichi, New Brunswick , British North America to Leith , Lothian .[ 6] [ 2]
Mary
United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth. She was on a voyage from London to South Shields , County Durham .[ 3] rocket apparatus .[ 1]
Mary and Ann
United Kingdom The smack foundered in the North Sea off Mundesley , Norfolk. Four of her crew survived.[ 1]
Mary and Isabella
United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Sea Palling , Norfolk.[ 1]
Miriam and Jane
United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Firth of Forth . She was later refloated and taken into South Shields leaking severely.[ 7]
North Star
United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Barnet Sands, in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.[ 6]
Paragon
United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Whitby. Her crew were rescued by the Whitby Lifeboat.[ 3] [ 2]
Pilot
United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Seaham.[ 2]
Prior
United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore near Waxholme. Her crew were rescued.[ 2] [ 8]
Prospect
United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Scarborough.[ 3]
Samuel Cursins
United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Bridlington.[ 3]
Sarah
United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Norwegian Sea . She subsequently came ashore at Hammerfest , Norway and was wrecked.[ 9] [ 10]
Sophia
United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Nyland, Sweden . Her crew were rescued.[ 11]
Symmetry
United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Scarborough.[ 3]
Triton
United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Beadnell , Northumberland , with the loss of seven of the eight people on board. She was on a voyage from Libau , Prussia to Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland.[ 3]
Two Brothers
United Kingdom The collier was wrecked at Sunderland.[ 4]
Union
United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Abram Wyke , Yorkshire . Her crew were rescued.[ 3]
Union
United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Robin Hoods Bay , Yorkshire . Her crew were rescued.[ 3]
Unity
United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Newton-by-the-Sea , Northumberland with the loss of all but one of her crew.[ 12]
Waterhouse
United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Happisburgh , Norfolk.[ 1] [ 3]
Wellington
United Kingdom The collier was driven ashore at Hartlepool.[ 2]
William and Sarah
United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Waxholme with the loss of three of the five people on board. Survivors were rescued by rocket apparatus .[ 3] [ 8]
2 December
List of shipwrecks: 2 December 1828
Ship
State
Description
Ariadne
United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Folkestone , Kent .[ 3]
Brothers
United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Deal, Kent . She was on a voyage from Whitby , Yorkshire to Rye, Sussex .[ 1]
Dido
United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Bootle Bay . She was on a voyage from Newfoundland , British North America to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 6]
Erie
British North America
The ship was wrecked on the Marnevagan Shoal. She was on a voyage from Quebec City , Lower Canada , to London , United Kingdom .[ 13]
Hunter
United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Calais , France with the loss of five of her eight crew. She was on a voyage from Memel , Prussia to Swansea , Glamorgan .[ 1]
Thames
United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Goree Island with the loss of five lives.[ 14]
Twee Gebroeders
Netherlands The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on "Goree Island". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Surinam to Rotterdam , South Holland .[ 14]
Union
United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Youghal , County Cork . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Youghal to Penryn, Cornwall .[ 15]
3 December
List of shipwrecks: 3 December 1828
Ship
State
Description
Calypso
Sweden
The ship was wrecked on the south coast of Bornholm , Denmark. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to Saint-Brieuc , Côtes-du-Nord , France.[ 16]
Emanuel
United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and sunk at Inverkeithing , Fife .[ 17]
Jane
United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Whitehaven , Cumberland . She was on a voyage from Lancaster, Lancashire , to Glasgow , Renfrewshire .[ 1]
John
United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Harrington, Cumberland . She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Carlisle , Cumberland.[ 1]
Minerva
Hamburg
The ship was wrecked on the Vogel Sand, in the North Sea .[ 18]
Octavia
United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Harrington. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Whitehaven.[ 1]
Riga
Russia The ship was driven ashore at Lista , Norway. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Riga to London , United Kingdom .[ 19]
Syrragus
Russia The ship was driven ashore at Lista. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Riga to London.[ 19]
Tyler
United States
The ship was wrecked on Nantucket Island with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg , Russian Empire , to Providence, Rhode Island .[ 20]
4 December
5 December
6 December
List of shipwrecks: 6 December 1828
Ship
State
Description
Albion
United Kingdom The ship was lost in Ballimore Bay with the loss of four lives. She was on a voyage from Cork to Lisbon , Portugal.[ 25] [ 26]
Aurora
United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Maryport , Cumberland . She was on a voyage from Beaumaris , Anglesey , to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 27]
Forrest
United States
The ship was wrecked on Little Cumbrae , Ayrshire , United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina , to Greenock , Renfrewshire , United Kingdom.[ 25]
Joseph and Dorothy
United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the coast of County Cork with the loss of all hands.[ 28]
Lycurgus
United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Lista , Denmark. She was on a voyage from Riga , Russia to London .[ 16]
Providentia
Portugal
The schooner was lost on the Red Strand, in the Atlantic Ocean off Clonakilty , County Cork , United Kingdom .[ 25]
Union
United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked in Tralee Bay .[ 29]
7 December
List of shipwrecks: 7 December 1828
Ship
State
Description
Cambrian
United Kingdom The ship was lost on Priestholm , Anglesey . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire , to Aberdyfi , Merionethshire .[ 30]
Clwyd
United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Waterford .[ 25]
Corsair
United Kingdom The schooner foundered in the North Sea off Aberdeen with the loss of a crew member.[ 17]
Corsair
United Kingdom The ship was lost near Beaumaris , Anglesey . She was on a voyage from the Firth of Forth to Aberdyfi.[ 23]
Earl of Royden
United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at Derbyhaven , Isle of Man . She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Dundalk , County Louth .[ 30]
Eliza and Mary
United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Beaumaris. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Gibraltar .[ 25]
Enterprise
United Kingdom The schooner foundered off Creden Head , County Waterford with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Newport , Monmouthshire to Waterford .[ 30]
Garland
United Kingdom The schooner was lost with all hands at the entrance to the Seaforth Loch .[ 31]
Hawke
United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore at Peterhead , Aberdeenshire . Her crew survived.[ 17]
James
United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in "Bay Castle" and sank. She was on a voyage from Limerick to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 25]
Mary
United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Warkworth , Northumberland with the loss of two of her crew.[ 12]
Veronica
United Kingdom The brig was lost in Dingle Bay . All eighteen people on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Charleston, South Carolina , United States.[ 22] [ 30] [ 32]
Vigilant
United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Galley Head , County Cork .[ 33]
Willwood
United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in the River Tay with the loss of all hands.[ 29]
8 December
9 December
11 December
12 December
13 December
14 December
15 December
16 December
17 December
18 December
19 December
List of shipwrecks: 19 December 1828
Ship
State
Description
Ann
United Kingdom The ship was beached on Götaland , Sweden, where she became a wreck. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Riga , Russia to Grangemouth , Stirlingshire .[ 47]
Betsys
United Kingdom The sloop sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea off Lindisfarne , Northumberland . Her three crew survived. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Eyemouth , Berwickshire .[ 46]
James
United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and was beached near Portrane , County Dublin .[ 31]
Trimley
United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Barber Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk and sank.[ 46]
William
United Kingdom The West Indiaman , a brig , was driven ashore and wrecked near Boulogne , Pas-de-Calais , France with the loss of all hands.[ 48]
Unity
United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands , in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Quebec City , Lower Canada , British North America to Hull , Yorkshire .[ 10]
20 December
22 December
23 December
24 December
25 December
26 December
27 December
List of shipwrecks: 27 December 1828
Ship
State
Description
Albion
United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Barber Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk She was consequently beached at Caister-on-Sea . Albion was refloated the next day and taken in to Great Yarmouth .[ 54]
Ambler
United Kingdom The ship struck the pier at São Miguel , Azores , Portugal and was wrecked.[ 58]
Delta
United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Sand Hale, Lincolnshire . Se was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg , Russia to London .[ 11]
Guernsey
United Kingdom The ship struck a rock and foundered in Pann's Bay, Jersey .[ 37]
Hermenia
United States
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (34°40′N 63°39′W / 34.667°N 63.650°W / 34.667; -63.650 Sarah and Caroline (United Kingdom Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , to Rio Grande do Sul , Brazil .[ 59]
Jonah
United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Yell , Shetland Islands . She was on a voyage from Onega, Russia , to London .[ 60]
Josiah
United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Lerwick , Shetland Islands.[ 20]
28 December
29 December
List of shipwrecks: 29 December 1828
Ship
State
Description
Harrow
United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off Hartlepool , County Durham .[ 10]
Mary
United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Seaton House Rocks, in the North Sea off Boulmer , Northumberland .[ 62]
Sarah
United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at the Brough of Birsey , Aberdeenshire . She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire , to Aberdeen .[ 60]
Thetis
United Kingdom The smack ran aground on the Bondicar Rocks, in the North Sea off the coast of Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Hull , Yorkshire to Aberdeen .[ 62]
York Merchant
United Kingdom The ship departed from Gothenburg , Sweden for Hull. Presumed subsequently foundered in the North Sea as a mast from her washed up at Aberdeen .[ 63]
30 December
31 December
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in December 1828
Ship
State
Description
Amity
United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in the Saint Lawrence River , British North America before 16 December. She was on a voyage from Quebec City , Lower Canada , British North America to London .[ 66]
Ann and Eliza
United Kingdom The ship was lost near Broughton, Flintshire . She was on a voyage from Skibbereen , County Cork , to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 30]
Charles
United Kingdom The ship ran aground off Beaumaris , Anglesey . She was on a voyage from Dublin to London.[ 27]
Edward
United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Irish Sea . She was on a voyage from Whitehaven , Cumberland , to Dublin . Edward came ashore at Southerness , Dumfriesshire , and was wrecked.[ 27]
Elegant
United Kingdom The brig foundered off "Wingo", Sweden.[ 62]
Hope
United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in the Saint Lawrence River before 11 December.[ 66]
Montmorency
United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in the Saint Lawrence River before 16 December. She was on a voyage from Quebec City to Bristol , Gloucestershire .[ 66]
Sarah
United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in Glenluce Bay . She was on a voyage from Maryport , Cumberland , to Belfast , County Antrim .[ 67]
Victoria
flag unknown
The ship was lost on the coast of the Grand Duchy of Finland . She was on a voyage from Bordeaux , Gironde , France to Helsingfors , Finland.[ 16]
Volga
flag unknown
The ship foundered in the North Sea off Tönning , Duchy of Holstein .[ 10]
References
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "From Lloyd's Marine List – Dec. 5". Caledonian Mercury . No. 16738. 8 December 1828. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Marine Intelligence". The Newcastle Courant etc . No. 8029. 6 December 1828. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t "Ship News". Caledonian Mercury . No. 16737. 6 December 1828. ^ a b "From Lloyd's Marine List – Dec". Caledonian Mercury . No. 16737. 6 December 1828. ^ a b "The Late Gales". The Hull Packet and Humber Mercury . No. 2299. 9 December 1828. ^ a b c "Ship News". The Morning Chronicle . No. 18478. 5 December 1828. ^ "Marine Intelligence". The Newcastle Courant etc . No. 8030. 13 December 1828. ^ a b "Ship News". Caledonian Mercury . No. 16738. 8 December 1828. ^ a b "Ship News". The Standard . No. 506. 31 December 1828. ^ a b c d e "Shipping Intelligence". The Hull Packet and Humber Mercury . No. 2303. 6 January 1829. ^ a b "Marine Intelligence". The Hull Packet and Humber Mercury . No. 2302. 30 December 1828. ^ a b "Ship News". The Aberdeen Journal . No. 4222. 10 December 1828. ^ a b c "Ship News". The Standard . No. 500. 23 December 1828. ^ a b c "Shipping Intelligence". The Hull Packet and Humber Mercury . No. 2300. 16 December 1828. ^ "Ship News". The Standard . No. 486. 6 December 1828. ^ a b c d "Ship News". The Morning Chronicle . No. 18511. 13 January 1829. ^ a b c "Aberdeen Shipping". The Aberdeen Journal . No. 4222. 10 December 1828. ^ "Shipping Intelligence". The Hull Packet and Humber Mercury . No. 2301. 23 December 1828. ^ a b "Ship News". The Standard . No. 504. 27 December 1828. ^ a b "Ship News". The Standard . No. 513. 7 January 1829. ^ "From Lloyd's Marine List – December 26". Caledonian Mercury . No. 16747. 29 December 1828. ^ a b c "From Lloyd's Marine List – Dec. 16". Caledonian Mercury . No. 16743. 20 December 1828. ^ a b "Ship News". The Standard . No. 489. 10 December 1828. ^ "Ship News". The Standard . No. 487. 8 December 1828. ^ a b c d e f "Ship News". The Standard . No. 490. 11 December 1828. ^ "From Lloyd's List – Nov.[sic] 12". Caledonian Mercury . No. 16741. 15 December 1828. ^ a b c "Naval Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc . No. 916. 12 December 1828. ^ "(untitled)". The Manchester Times . No. 12. 2 January 1829. ^ a b "Ship News". The Times . No. 13778. London. 17 December 1828. col E, p. 3. ^ a b c d e f "Naval Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc . No. 917. 19 December 1828. ^ a b "From Lloyd's Marine List – Dec. 23". Caledonian Mercury . No. 16746. 27 December 1828. ^ "Loss of the Veronica of Belfast". The Standard . No. 497. 19 December 1828. ^ "Ship News". The Standard . No. 492. 13 December 1828. ^ thisismast.org Royal Navy Loss List Complete Database p. 64. ^ "Ship News". Caledonian Mercury . No. 16746. 27 December 1828. ^ "Ship News". The Standard . No. 498. 20 December 1828. ^ a b "Ship News". The Standard . No. 508. 1 January 1829. ^ "Melancholy Shipwreck". The Belfast News-Letter . No. 9550. 16 December 1828. ^ "untitled)". The Standard . No. 506. 31 December 1828. ^ a b c "Ship News". The Standard . No. 499. 22 December 1828. ^ "Naval Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc . No. 920. 9 January 1829. ^ "Naval Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc . No. 926. 30 January 1829. ^ "Shipwrecks". The Belfast News-Letter . No. 9556. 6 January 1829. ^ "Ship News". The Standard . No. 626. 19 May 1829. ^ "Shipping Intelligence". The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser . 24 December 1828. ^ a b c d e "Marine Intelligence". The Newcastle Courant etc . No. 8032. 27 December 1828. ^ "Ship News". The Morning Chronicle . No. 18542. 18 February 1829. ^ "Melancholy Shipwreck of a British West Indiaman". The Standard . No. 502. 25 December 1828. ^ "Leith Shipping". Caledonian Mercury . No. 16751. 8 January 1829. ^ "Ship News". The Standard . No. 503. 26 December 1828. ^ "Ship News". The Times . No. 13987. London. 8 August 1829. col E, p. 1. ^ "Ship News". The Morning Chronicle . No. 18509. 10 January 1829. ^ "Loss of the Sheffield Steamer". The Times . No. 13795. London. 6 January 1829. col D, p. 3. ^ a b "Ship News". The Times . No. 13789. London. 30 December 1828. col E, p. 4. ^ "The Wreck of the Leeds Packet from New York". The Times . No. 13787. London. 27 December 1828. col F, p. 2. ^ "Ship News". The Standard . No. 518. 13 January 1829. ^ "Ship News". Caledonian Mercury . No. 16748. 1 January 1829. ^ a b "Ship News". The Morning Post . No. 18131. 23 January 1829. ^ "Naval Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc . No. 925. 23 January 1829. ^ a b "From Lloyd's List – Jan. 9". Caledonian Mercury . No. 16753. 12 January 1829. ^ "Shipping Intelligence". The Hull Packet and Humber Mercury . No. 2307. 3 February 1829. ^ a b c "Marine Intelligence". The Newcastle Courant etc . No. 8033. 3 January 1829. ^ "Aberdeen Shipping". The Aberdeen Journal . No. 4236. 18 January 1829. ^ a b "Ship News". The Times . No. 13796. London. 7 January 1828. col C, p. 3. ^ "Ship News". Caledonian Mercury . No. 16751. 8 January 1829. ^ a b c "Ship News". The Times . No. 13813. London. 27 January 1828. col D, p. 3. ^ "Ship News". The Belfast News-Letter . No. 9548. 9 December 1828.
Shipwrecks 1820–29, by month
1820 1821 1822 1823 1824 1825 1826 1827 1828 1829
Information related to List of shipwrecks in December 1828
