List of shipwrecks in April 1828
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| 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
| 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
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Liberty | United Kingdom |
The ship was abandoned off the coast of Iceland without loss of life.[2] |
5 April
| 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
| 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
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Paramaribo |  Netherlands |
The ship was wrecked on the Oster Bank.[3] |
15 April
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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] |