The salvage vessel foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.[21][22]
United Kingdom
The coaster departed Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States for Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[23]
The 122-foot (37 m), 575-displacement tontug struck the east side of Hardings Ledge — a submerged reef in Outer Boston Harbor off the coast of Massachusetts — and sank without loss of life in 10 to 25 feet (3.0 to 7.6 m) of water.[41]
14 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 February 1928
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 80 nautical miles (150 km) south south east of Land's End, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued by (France).[37]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground at Irvine, Ayrshire.[40] She was later refloated and arrived at Belfast, County Antrim on 28 February for examination.[42]
15 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 February 1928
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The tanker broke in two after an explosion and sank 200 miles (320 km) off Yokohama, Japan. 15 crewmen killed, including her master and three mates. 21 crewmen abandoned ship in a lifeboat and were rescued by a Japanese fishing vessel.[43][44]
Germany
The cargo ship was severely damaged by fire whilst under construction at Hamburg.[37]
France
The whaler ran aground in Cauvreus Bay, Kerguelen Islands and was abandoned by her crew.[37]
16 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 16 February 1928
Ship
Country
Description
France
The cargo ship ran aground at Hook of Holland, Netherlands.[45] She was refloated on 23 February.[46]
17 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 February 1928
Ship
Country
Description
Czechoslovakia
The cargo ship sank in the Mediterranean Sea off Cape Gata, Spain.[47]
The cargo ship ran aground at Andenes, Norway.[49] She was refloated but subsequently sank.[47]
Sweden
The cargo ship ran aground at the Tvistein Lighthouse and was wrecked with the loss of two crew.[50]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship was driven ashore at IJmuiden, Netherlands. She broke in two and was a total loss.[45] All 41 people on board were rescued by the IJmuiden, Nieuwediep and lifeboats.[51]
United Kingdom
The tanker, on her maiden voyage, ran aground in Liverpool Bay and was abandoned by her crew.[50] She was either refloated the next day,[52] or on 20 February.[53]
The cargo ship collided with (Panama at Panama City and sank with the loss of two crew.[47]
Denmark
The cargo ship sprang a leak in the Baltic Sea and was beached south of Pillau, Prussia, Germany. Her crew were rescued.[55]
20 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 February 1928
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The collier ran aground on the north of GuernseyChannel Islands. She capsized and sank.[56]
United States
The schooner was driven ashore at Norfolk, Virginia and was wrecked.[57]
United Kingdom
The tug capsized and sank in the River Thames at the entrance to Regent's Canal with the loss of all three crew.[58]
France
The tug capsized and sank at Rouen, Seine Maritime whilst assisting (France). Two of her crew were lost.[53]
Norway
The passenger ship ran aground and sank at Haugesund, Norway with the loss of eleven lives.[57]
21 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 February 1928
Ship
Country
Description
Norway
The whale oil refining ship ran aground in the Paterson Inlet, New Zealand.[56] She was refloated in mid-April, arriving at Port Chalmers on 13 April.[59]
Italy
The cargo ship sprang a leak in the Mediterranean Sea off Sallum and was beached at Sidi Barrani.[46][57]
23 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 February 1928
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship collided with (France) in the River Thames downstream of Gravesend, Kent with the loss of a crew member. She was beached at Mucking, Essex.[60][61]Dunmore was refloated on 26 February.[62]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground at Cephalonia, Greece.[46] She was refloated on 26 February.[63]
Brazil
The cargo ship was holed and consequently beached at .[64]
Thraki
Greece
The cargo ship ran aground at Brăila, Romania.[46] She was refloated on 27 February.[42]
24 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 February 1928
Ship
Country
Description
Spain
The cargo ship collided with the sail trainingbarque (Soviet Union) in the English Channel off Dungeness, Kent, United Kingdom and sank with the loss of all but one of her crew. The survivor was rescued by Moldavia (United Kingdom).[42][65]
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground on Skokholm Island, Pembrokeshire. She later broke up and was a total loss.[66]
Italy
The cargo ship was driven ashore at Derna, Libya and was a total loss. Her crew were rescued.[61]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship sprang a leak at Le Havre, Seine Maritime, France and was beached. She was refloated later that day and towed into Le Havre.[46]
United Kingdom
The tanker struck an ice floe and foundered in the Antarctic Ocean off the South Orkney Islands. All crew were rescued.[63][67]
Vincent
United Kingdom
The Thames barge collided with (France) in the Thames Estuary and sank with the loss of one of the three people on board. Survivors were rescued by a tug.[68]
25 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 February 1928
Ship
Country
Description
France
The cargo ship ran aground at Coverack, Cornwall, United Kingdom.[63] She was abandoned on 27 February,[62] and was declared a total loss on 23 March.[69]
The cargo ship, built in 1880, was crushed by ice and sank 9 nautical miles (17 km) off Messaragotsem (Mērsrags), Latvia. Her crew of 13 were rescued by icebreaker Krišjānis Valdemārs (Latvia).[74][76]
The cargo ship ran aground at Boa Vista, Cape Verde Islands, Portugal. She was refloated on 26 April.[84]
14 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 March 1928
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The coaster sank at Penryn, Cornwall.[85] She was refloated later that day.[86]
United Kingdom
The coaster sprang a leak and foundered in the Irish Sea 17 nautical miles (31 km) north north west of Strumble Head, Pembrokeshire. All six crew were rescued by (Finland).[86][87]
Rockingham
United Kingdom
The sailing ship caught fire and sank in the Irish Sea off Galley Head, County Cork, Ireland. Her crew were rescued.[85]
16 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 16 March 1928
Ship
Country
Description
Santa Rosa
United Kingdom
The auxiliary sailing vessel was driven ashore at Penmon, Anglesey. Her crew survived.[66]
The cargo ship issued an SOS in the Pacific Ocean off Hawaii, United States, which was received by (United Kingdom). No further trace, presumed foundered.[95]
Germany
The cargo ship ran aground at Conakry, French West Africa.[69] She was refloated on 27 March.[96]
23 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 March 1928
Ship
Country
Description
Sweden
The cargo ship ran aground on the and sank with the loss of two of her eleven crew.[97][98]
Denmark
The coaster collided with (Sweden) at Helsingør, Zealand and sank.[92]
France
The cargo ship ran aground at , Guadeloupe.[69] She was abandoned on 2 April,[99] and was declared a total loss on 3 April.[100]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship collided with (Italy) in the River Clyde at Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire and was beached.[92] She was refloated on 24 March.[91]
The cargo ship caught fire off Skagen, Denmark and was abandoned.[91] She was towed into Gothenburg, Sweden on 28 March and was declared likely to be a constructive total loss.[101]
26 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 March 1928
Ship
Country
Description
Germany
The cargo ship collided with (Germany) in the North Sea 10 nautical miles (19 km) east of Norderney, Schleswig-Holstein and sank. Her crew were rescued.[102]
27 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 March 1928
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The passenger ship ran aground at Point Perpendicular, New South Wales, Australia. All on board were rescued.[103] She was a total loss.[101]
United States
The cargo ship sank at Buffalo, New York whilst under repair.[101]
The coaster was destroyed by fire at , Canada.[110]
Portugal
The coaster ran aground at Oporto. Her crew were rescued by breeches buoy.[113]
12 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 April 1928
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The Elder Dempster 5,173 grt cargo ship ran aground and was wrecked 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) East of Cape Palmas, Liberia and was declared a total loss. She was en route from London to Douala.[115][116][117]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship collided with (United Kingdom in the North Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) off Spurn Head, Yorkshire and sank. All 35 crew were rescued by Whitby Abbey.[118]
Sweden
The cargo ship collided with (United Kingdom) in the North Sea off the Firth of Forth and sank.[115] Her crew were rescued by British Ambassador.[119]
United Kingdom
The schooner foundered in the Irish Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) off Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued by the fishing boat George and Albert (United Kingdom).[120]
16 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 16 April 1928
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground on the Dry Shingle Reef, off the Isle of Pines, Cuba.[121] She was refloated on 23 April and found to be extensively damaged.[122]
17 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 April 1928
Ship
Country
Description
Germany
The tug collided with (Denmark) in the Baltic Sea off Gedser, Denmark and sank with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by (Germany).[123]
United States
The paddle steamer was destroyed by fire at New York.[120]
21 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 April 1928
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The tanker ran aground at Maracaibo, Venezuela and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[124]
France
The cargo ship was driven ashore at Mananjary, Madagascar in a typhoon and was wrecked. All crew were rescued.[125]
The schooner collided with the trawler St. Joachim (flag unknown) in the English Channel off Boulogne, France and sank.[127]
26 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 April 1928
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The tanker caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Florida (28°55′N79°20′W / 28.917°N 79.333°W / 28.917; -79.333).[129] Her crew were taken off by (United States) before an explosion occurred.[130]Overbrook was taken in tow by a tug but sank 100 nautical miles (190 km) off Charleston, South Carolina.[128]
United States
The schooner collided with (United States) in the Atlantic Ocean off Chatham, Massachusetts and sank.[130]
28 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 April 1928
Ship
Country
Description
Germany
The cargo ship sank at the Albert Dock, London when part of her cargo of steel bars was dropped whilst being unloaded and penetrated the bottom of her hull.[131]
United States
The cargo ship was driven ashore south of Atlantic City, New Jersey with the loss of three of her crew. Survivors were rescued by a United States Coast Guard vessel.[131]
The cargo ship came ashore at Shimoda and was wrecked.[133]
4 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 May 1928
Ship
Country
Description
Greece
The cargo ship collided with RFA Bacchus (Royal Fleet Auxiliary) in the English Channel 20 nautical miles (37 km) south of St. Alban's Head, Dorset (50°08′N2°05′W / 50.133°N 2.083°W / 50.133; -2.083) and sank with the loss of ten of her 22 crew. Survivors were rescued by RFA Bacchus, which was later abandoned by her crew and the survivors, who were rescued by (United Kingdom). RFA Bacchus was later reboarded when it was realised that she would remain afloat despite her severe damage and brought the survivors of Ioannis Falafos into Portland Harbour, towed stern first by an Admiralty tug.[134][135][136]
7 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 May 1928
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The dredger collided with (United Kingdom) and sank at Stapleton, New York with some loss of life.[137]
The passenger ship collided with (United States) off Sandy Hook, New Jersey and was beached at Highlands.[145] Her passengers were transferred to (United States).[146] She was refloated on 22 May.[147]
21 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 May 1928
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground in the Saint Lawrence River at Point des Monts, Quebec, Canada.[147] Following gale damage on 25 May, her crew were taken off by (United Kingdom).[148] She was refloated on 24 July.[149]
The cargo ship ran aground on the north of Okinoerabu Island, Ryukyu Islands.[150] Salvage efforts were abandoned on 17 June.[151]
United States
During a voyage from San Francisco, California, to Naknek, Territory of Alaska, with 288 cannery workers, a crew of 48, and a cargo of 1,776 tons of coal, livestock, and merchandise on board, the 2,330.13-gross register ton, 276.8-foot (84.4 m) ship was wrecked in fog in Unimak Pass at (54°17′35″N165°37′35″W / 54.29306°N 165.62639°W / 54.29306; -165.62639 (Akun Head)) on Akun Island in the Fox Islands in the eastern Aleutian Islands. All on board were rescued before she broke up in the surf.[19][152][153]
24 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 May 1928
Ship
Country
Description
Brazil
The dredger was hit by (Brazil) at Pernambuco and sank.[150]
The cargo ship ran aground in the Yangtze 55 nautical miles (102 km) upstream of Wuhu, China.[154] She was refloated on 17 June.[155]
Norway
The cargo ship collided with (France) in the Bay of Biscay off Brest, Finistère, France. She was towed into port by (United Kingdom) and beached at the harbour entrance.[154]
30 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 30 May 1928
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground on the Dry Rocks, off the coast of Florida, United States. She was refloated and taken in tow by a United States Navy tug, but sank in the early hours of 31 May.[156]
The cargo liner collided with (China) off Tsingtao, China and sank.
Unknown date[]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1928
Ship
Country
Description
Leo Tolstoy
Soviet Union
The passenger ship caught fire at Kiev and was abandoned by her crew without raising the alarm. Nineteen passengers were killed. Twenty-four people were arrested, including the entire crew.[157]
June[]
1 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 1 June 1928
Ship
Country
Description
Chile
The cargo ship was driven ashore in a gale at Valparaiso, Chile, and became a total loss.[158]
The cargo ship was driven ashore at Valparaiso, Chile, in a gale and broke up.[158]
4 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 June 1928
Ship
Country
Description
Italy
The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River, Argentina.[163] She was refloated on 13 June but was then involved in a collision with (United Kingdom) and was beached.[164]
5 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 June 1928
Ship
Country
Description
France
The cargo ship capsized at Le Havre, Seine Maritime.[163]
6 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 June 1928
Ship
Country
Description
Alice Laws
United Kingdom
The Thames barge collided with (United Kingdom) in the River Thames and sank .[165]
The passenger ship ran aground off Isle Royale, Lake Superior and sank. All 47 people on board survived.
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground off , Finland. She was refloated and beached at .[166]
Egypt
The cargo liner sank in the Mediterranean Sea 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) off . All on board were rescued.[167]
Denmark
The cargo ship ran aground at Gravelines, Nord, France.[166] She was refloated on 13 June.[168]
9 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 June 1928
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The schooner sprang a leak in the Bristol Channel off Lundy Island, Devon and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by (United Kingdom).[169] She was refloated later that day.[170]
12 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 June 1928
Ship
Country
Description
Argentina
Denmark
The cargo ship ran aground at , Argentina.[168] She was refloated on 16 June.[171]
The cargo ship ran aground at Bahía Blanca, Argentina.[164] She was refloated on 17 June.[172]
15 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 June 1928
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The tug was in collision with (United Kingdom) in the River Thames and was beached at Millwall.[173] She was refloated on 17 June.[171]
17 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 June 1928
Ship
Country
Description
Belgium
The cargo ship collided with (Sweden) in the Scheldt and was beached. She was then hit by (Belgium and sank.[171][172] She was refloated on 19 June.[155]
18 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 18 June 1928
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship foundered in the Bristol Channel off St. Ives, Cornwall. Her crew survived.[155]
20 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 June 1928
Ship
Country
Description
Estonia
The cargo ship capsized and sank in the Baltic Sea off . Her crew were rescued.[174]
The Danae-classcruiser ran aground on the Thrum Cap Shoal, 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) off Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada and was abandoned by most of her 462 crew, the officers remaining on board.[184][185] She was refloated on 11 July.[186]
The fleet collier was driven ashore at and sank with the loss of 287 of the 291 people on board.[187]
Panama
The cargo ship struck a rock at the mouth of the Pedregal River and sank.[188]
7 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 July 1928
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo liner caught fire in the River Thames and was beached at Erith, Kent. Her eleven passengers were taken off. Carmarthenshire was refloated on 8 July and towed to the King George V Dock, London for repairs.[189]
The ship ran aground 20 nautical miles (37 km) east of Lagos, Nigeria and was wrecked.[194]
13 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 July 1928
Ship
Country
Description
Sweden
The cargo ship ran aground on the San Ignacio Rocks, Uruguay.[194] She was abandoned as a total loss on 17 July,[195] and broke in two on 20 July.[196]
14 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 July 1928
Ship
Country
Description
Germany
The cargo ship collided with (Italy) in the English Channel 7 nautical miles (13 km) south west of Dover, Kent, United Kingdom. She was beached at Dover.[191]Augsburg departed Dover under tow on 5 August, bound for Bremen for repairs.[197]
France
The cargo ship ran aground at Honfleur, Calvados and was abandoned by her crew. She subsequently broke in two and was a total loss.[191]
17 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 July 1928
Ship
Country
Description
Danzig
The tug collided with (Danzig) at Danzig and sank.[195]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship capsized at Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.[195]
19 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 July 1928
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore at , Labrador, Canada and was a total loss.[198]
Spain
The cargo ship was in collision with (France) in the off the coast of Portugal and sank. Her crew were rescued by Else.[196]
The cutter was sunk in a collision with the passenger steamship SS Culberson in heavy fog off Cape May; two of her seven crewman were killed[200] (the Coast Guard lists the date of the collision as 25 July 1928 which conflicts with the news source).[201]
21 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 July 1928
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The cargo ship was destroyed by fire at Slidell, Louisiana.[199]
The ocean liner struck an object while transiting pack ice in the Arctic Ocean and began to take on water. Her passengers were put ashore at Spitsbergen. The icebreakerKrassin (Soviet Union) responded to her distress call and rendered assistance. Repairs were completed on 29 July.
26 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 July 1928
Ship
Country
Description
Italy
The cargo ship ran aground at , Argentina.[204] She was refloated on 5 August.[205]
Cub No. 2
United States
The 13-gross register tonbarge's anchor line parted during a storm while she was anchored with no cargo aboard in the harbor at St. Michael, Territory of Alaska. She washed ashore nearby and quickly broke up.[206]
27 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 July 1928
Ship
Country
Description
Sesnon #2
United States
While anchored off Nome, Territory of Alaska, with no cargo or crew aboard, the 19-ton barge broke her moorings during a gale, was driven ashore, and was broken apart by waves.[19]
28 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 July 1928
Ship
Country
Description
William S. Grattan
United States
While fighting a fire aboard the drifting oil bargeJames F. Cahill at Buffalo, New York, the fireboat was engulfed by an explosion and fire aboard the empty oil tankerB. B. McColl after James F. Cahill collided with B. B. McColl. William S. Grattan's boilers then exploded after her crew abandoned ship. One crewman was killed and seven injured aboard William S. Grattan. She eventually was rebuilt and returned to service as Edward M. Cotter.
29 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 July 1928
Ship
Country
Description
France
The cargo ship collided with (United Kingdom) in the Scheldt at Nieuwe Sluis and was beached.[207] She was refloated on 2 August.[208] She was refloated on 5 August.[197]
31 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 31 July 1928
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship collided with Montrose in the Saint Lawrence River, Quebec, Canada and was beached.[209] She was refloated on 3 August.[210]
August[]
2 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 August 1928
Ship
Country
Description
Greece
The cargo ship ran aground at Råneå, , Sweden. She was refloated but found to be leaking and was beached.[208]
3 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 August 1928
Ship
Country
Description
Peru
The cargo ship sprang a leak off Zorritos and was beached.[197]
The submarine sank in the Adriatic Sea off Pola, Italy, after colliding with the destroyer (Italian Royal Navy) while surfacing during an exercise. F-14 was refloated on 7 August and scrapped.[211]
United States
The cargo ship exploded and sank at Tacoma, Washington. Her crew survived.[212]
Huronic
United Kingdom
The passenger ship ran aground on Isle Royale, Michigan.[213] She was refloated on 19 August.[214]
The cargo ship ran aground at Philios Point, Zonguldak, Turkey.[212] She was refloated on 15 August.[216]
Turkey
The coaster capsized at Moudania, Greece. Her crew survived.[212]
United Kingdom
The tug was destroyed by fire at , Quebec, Canada. Her crew survived.[205]
9 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 August 1928
Ship
Country
Description
Sandy
United States
While smuggling a cargo of illegal liquor in kegs, the 8-gross register ton, 38.7-foot (11.8 m) fishing vessel was destroyed at Auke Bay in Juneau, Territory of Alaska, by a fire that began when her gasoline enginebackfired while it was being started. Her two-man crew was arrested by customs and Prohibition agents, who also confiscated six 10-US-gallon (38-litre; 8.3-imperial-gallon) kegs of liquor that survived the fire.[19]
The cargo ship struck a submerged object at Shimonoseki and was beached.[219] She was refloated on 13 August.[217]
12 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 August 1928
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground off Gorda Cay, Abaco, Bahamas.[217] She was refloated on 18 August.[220]
13 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 August 1928
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore on Silver Bank, Turks Islands and was wrecked.[220]
United States
The schooner was dismasted and sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean 27 nautical miles (50 km) south of the Barnegat Peninsula. Her crew were rescued by (United Kingdom).[221]
The Thames barge collided with (Soviet Union) in the Thames Estuary off Cliffe, Kent and sank. Her crew were rescued by an Admiralty river boat.[216][223] She was refloated on 16 August.[181]
The cargo ship ran aground at Bonny, Nigeria.[220] Declared a total loss,[225] she was refloated on 25 August and it was discovered that she had broken her back.[226]
The cargo ship ran aground on St. Mary's Island, Labrador, Canada.[220] She was abandoned the next day.[224]Queens County was declared a total loss on 13 September.[227]
The cargo ship caught fire at Hong Kong and was a total loss.[231]
25 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 August 1928
Ship
Country
Description
France
The cargo ship collided with Passat (Germany) in the English Channel 20 nautical miles (37 km) south west of Dungeness, Kent, United Kingdom and sank. All 22 people on board were rescued by Passat.[232]
27 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 August 1928
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The coaster struck the wreck of the trawler Spider (United Kingdom) in the North Sea off Lowestoft, Suffolk and sank. All seven crew were rescued by Agnes Cross ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[226] She was refloated on 11 September.[233]
Kendy
United Kingdom
The sailing ship foundered in the Bristol channel off Porthcawl, Glamorgan. All five crew were rescued by the Mumbles Lifeboat.[226][230]
The passenger ship ran aground at , Norway. All 350 passengers were taken off.[230]
28 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 August 1928
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The tug collided with (United States) at New York and sank.[218]
29 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 August 1928
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The towing steamer capsized and sank at Aliquippa, Pennsylvania. Three crewmen drowned.[234]
31 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 31 August 1928
Ship
Country
Description
Denmark
The cargo ship caught fire at Cabimas, Venezuela.[235] She was a constructive total loss.[236]
September[]
1 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 1 September 1928
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship caught fire in the Pacific Ocean.[237] She arrived at Albany, Western Australia on 8 September and was beached.[238] She was refloated on 17 September.[239]
The cargo ship collided with (United States) in the Pacific Ocean off Seattle, Washington south of the Umatilla lightship and sank. Her crew were rescued by Admiral Fiske.[240][241]
5 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 September 1928
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship came ashore at Tungchow, China.[238] She was refloated on 12 September.[227]
6 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 September 1928
Ship
Country
Description
Chile
The ship sank in the English Narrows. All on board were rescued by (Chile).[242]
7 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 September 1928
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship was destroyed by fire at Little Current, Ontario, Canada.[238]
Yugoslavia
The cargo ship ran aground at Parda Point, Chile.[243] Salvage efforts were abandoned on 18 September.[244]
8 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 September 1928
Ship
Country
Description
Chile
The cargo ship was wrecked at . Her crew were rescued.[245]
Perseverance
United States
During a voyage in the waters of the south-centralTerritory of Alaska from Cordova to Middleton Island with a cargo of 1+1⁄2 tons of clothing, personal effects, and food, the 18-gross register ton 33-foot (10.1 m) motor vessel was destroyed by fire during a gale off Montague Island. Her crew of three reached shore in a dory and survived.[175]
The tanker exploded and caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean off the Frying Pan Shoals, North Carolina and was abandoned. All 29 crew were rescued by (Spain).[227][246] The severely damaged vessel arrived at Charleston, South Carolina on 14 September.[247]
The cargo ship came ashore at , Iceland. Her crew were rescued.[247]
17 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 September 1928
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo liner foundered in Lake Huron with the loss of seventeen lives. Five people were rescued by (United Kingdom).[249]
United Kingdom
The tanker ran aground at Bennan Head, Arran.[250] Salvage efforts were abandoned on 18 September.[249]
18 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 18 September 1928
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship foundered in Georgian Bay with the loss of fifteen lives.[248]
19 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 September 1928
Ship
Country
Description
Sweden
The cargo ship ran aground at Fremantle, Western Australia.[251] Salvage efforts were abandoned on 20 September.[252] She was declared a total loss on 1 October.[253]
The cargo ship developed a leaky boiler in the Atlantic Ocean. She was towed by (United Kingdom) for 1,000 nautical miles (1,900 km) towards the Azores, Portugal but sprang a leak when within reach of a port. Comanchee assisted pumping operations for a week, but she eventually foundered. All crew were rescued and landed at Horta.[257]
The cargo ship ran aground on the west coast of Sakhalin, Soviet Union.[259] She was refloated on 21 October but found to be severely damaged. Taiyo Maru was taken to Hakodate.[260] She was driven ashore again 29 October.[261]
27 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 September 1928
Ship
Country
Description
Alba
Chile
The passenger ship came ashore at Cape San Antonio, Argentina and was wrecked. All on board were rescued.[262]
28 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 September 1928
Ship
Country
Description
Ida C
United States
The 8-gross register tonmotor vessel was destroyed about 500 yards (460 m) east of Duke Island in the Gravina Islands of the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska by a fire that started in her cabin when she ran aground and heeled sharply, causing a 20-US-gallon (76 l; 17 imp gal) can of gasoline to spill. Both people on board survived.[258]
29 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 September 1928
Ship
Country
Description
Brackley
United Kingdom
The sailing ship was wrecked at , County Cork, Ireland. Her crew were rescued.[263]
30 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 30 September 1928
Ship
Country
Description
Belgium
The cargo ship caught fire in the North Sea off the (Belgium). She was anchored at , Netherlands and was burnt out.[263]
The auxiliary schooner collided with (Norway) in the English Channel. She was taken in tow by (United Kingdom) and beached at Dover, Kent, United Kingdom.[278]
The cargo ship ran aground on , Norway.[281] She was refloated on 25 October.[288]
22 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 22 October 1928
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The coaster collided with (United Kingdom) at Cobh, County Cork, Ireland and sank. Her crew were rescued.[289]
Anna Helen
United States
During a voyage from Hoonah to Haines, Territory of Alaska, with a cargo of 1,000 pounds (450 kg) of dental equipment, the 12-gross register tonmotor vessel was destroyed at the junction of Icy Strait and Lynn Canal in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska about 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) outside the entrance to Funter Bay by a fire that began when her gasoline enginebackfired and triggered a gasoline explosion. Her crew of two abandoned ship in a dory and was rescued by the motor vessel Gloria (United States). Anna Helen was deemed a total loss.[54]
Georgina
Portugal
The sailing vessel was wrecked at Rabat, Morocco.[287]
Pulled up on the beach for the winter at Golovin, Territory of Alaska, when a storm struck, the 14-gross register ton, 42-foot (13 m) fishing vessel was crushed by ice and then broken up by waves.[9]
November[]
1 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 1 November 1928
Ship
Country
Description
Italy
The cargo ship ran aground at Istanbul, Turkey.[284] She was refloated on 4 November.[294]
2 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 November 1928
Ship
Country
Description
Gazelle
Netherlands
The auxiliary sailing vessel ran aground at Allinge-Sandvig, Bornholm, Denmark. Her crew were rescued.[295]
The cargo ship sprang a leak in the North Sea and was abandoned in a sinking condition. Her crew were rescued by the trawler Sabina (United Kingdom).[294]
4 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 November 1928
Ship
Country
Description
Norway
The cargo ship foundered north of Kopervik, Norway. Thirteen crew were rescued by Star (Soviet Union).[297][298]
5 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 November 1928
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The cargo ship departed Seattle, Washington for Kobe, Japan. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Pacific Ocean with the loss of all hands.[299][300]
United Kingdom
The cargo liner ran aground on Saint-Pierre, Saint Pierre and Miquelon. Her passengers and some of the crew were taken off.[272] She broke in two on 7 November and was a total loss.[297]
6 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 November 1928
Ship
Country
Description
Germany
The cargo ship collided with another vessel off Gedser, Sjælland, Denmark and was beached.[301]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship caught fire at Palamós, Catalonia, Spain.[302] She was completely gutted and sank, but was refloated on 13 November.[303][304]
United Kingdom
The coaster struck a submerged wreck in the Thames Estuary and subsequently foundered. All ten crew were rescued by the Margate Lifeboat.[302]
The cargo ship came ashore 12 nautical miles (22 km) east of Tangier, Tangier International Zone. Her crew were taken off by (flag unknown).[297] She was refloated on 23 December.[305]
The passenger ship ran aground on Tai Island, north of . She was attacked by pirates the next day. Hsin Chi was looted and burnt. (Royal Navy) captured two junks and some fishing vessels, along with some of the pirates and loot. They were handed over to Chinese authorities.[306][307]
12 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 November 1928
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground at Port-au-Prince, Haiti.[308] She was refloated on 27 December.[309]
The passenger ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean approximately 200 nautical miles (370 km) off the Hampton Roads, Virginia, United States with the loss of between 110 and 127 lives.
15 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 November 1928
Ship
Country
Description
Alice
Latvia
The cargo ship collided with (Germany) in the English Channel off Dungeness, Kent and sank. All crew were rescued by Smyrna.[310]
Imperial
United States
The 30-gross register tonfishing vessel departed Juneau, Territory of Alaska, with a crew of six aboard and was never heard from again. She presumably sank in a storm in the Gulf of Alaska.[258]
The cargo ship collided with (Japan) off the west coast of Sakhalin, Soviet Union and sank. Only three crew survived.[293][311]
16 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 16 November 1928
Ship
Country
Description
Ethel Everard
United Kingdom
The Thames barge was driven ashore at Birchington, Kent. All four crew were rescued by the Margate Lifeboat.[312]
United Kingdom
The coaster ran aground at Jennycliffe Bay, Plymouth Sound. All fourteen crew were rescued by breeches buoy and lifeboat.[313][314] She was refloated on 26 November and sold for scrap.[315]
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore at Dulas, Anglesey with the loss of five of her six crew.[316]
United Kingdom
The three-masted schooner foundered in the English Channel off North Foreland, Kent. All six crew were rescued by the Ramsgate Lifeboat.[312]
Finland
The schooner came ashore at Dragør, Denmark.[312] She was refloated on 20 November.[317]
17 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 November 1928
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The coaster ran aground at , Cornwall. She broke in two the next day and was a total loss.[318]
Germany
The cargo ship sank in the Great Belt off Korsør, Denmark.[293]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground on the Wassanga Reef, New Hanover Island, New Guinea. She was refloated on 22 November.[315]
18 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 18 November 1928
Ship
Country
Description
Camilla May Page
United States
Carrying a cargo of coal, the 176-foot (54 m), 688-gross register ton four-mastedschooner was wrecked at the entrance to Portsmouth Harbor off , New Castle, New Hampshire, during a gale.[319]
Sweden
The cargo ship came ashore on Ameland, the Netherlands, with the loss of a crew member. The majority of the survivors abandoned ship.[293] She was declared a total loss.[320]
19 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 November 1928
Ship
Country
Description
Norway
The cargo ship ran aground at Oporto, Portugal.[321] She was refloated on 29 November.[322]
The cargo ship was driven ashore 25 nautical miles (46 km) north of Esmeraldas, Ecuador and was wrecked.[320]
Sweden
The cargo ship came ashore at Borkum, Germany. Her crew were rescued.[324] Salvage efforts were abandoned on 24 November.[315]
Germany
The cargo ship foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by (Denmark).[325]
Greece
The cargo ship collided with another vessel off Leixões, Portugal and sank.[320][324]
24 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 November 1928
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The Elder Dempster 7,275 grt cargo ship struck a submerged rock 40 nautical miles (74 km) south west of East London, South Africa and sank. She was en route from Beira to New York City. Her crew were rescued by and (both United Kingdom).[326][327]
Germany
The cargo ship came ashore at Noordwijk, Netherlands.[320] Her crew were rescued.[315]
Prince of Wales
United States
Carrying one passenger, a crew of six, and a cargo of 15 tons of general merchandise and mail, the 98-gross register ton, 58.5-foot (17.8 m) motor vessel ran aground on a rock at (55°39′N133°25′W / 55.650°N 133.417°W / 55.650; -133.417 (St. Philip Island)) in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. A rising tide refloated and flooded her, making in impossible to start her engine. She was sailed to Heceta Island and tied up there, but sank in 240 feet (73.2 m) water before assistance could arrive. No lives were lost.[175]
25 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 November 1928
Ship
Country
Description
France
The cargo ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea off Cape Caxine, Algeria with the loss of fifteen of her eighteen crew.[16][328]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship was beached on , Pembrokeshire.[320]
Norway
The cargo ship was driven ashore north of Hook of Holland, Netherlands with the loss of three crew. All but two crew abandoned ship.[315]
France
The cargo ship was abandoned in Liverpool Bay and drifted ashore at Formby, Lancashire. Twenty three of her 24 crew were rescued by the New Brighton Lifeboat.[320]
The barque was totally dismasted in the English Channel. Her 79 crew were taken off by (Germany). Assistance offered by Lancastria (United Kingdom) but was refused.[315][320]Pommern was towed into Saint-Malo, Finistère, France, where she arrived on 30 November.
26 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 November 1928
Ship
Country
Description
Italy
The cargo ship foundered in the Gulf of Gascony. Fifteen crew were rescued by the trawler La Coubre (France).[328]
IJmuiden Lifeboat
Netherlands
The lifeboat capsized with the loss of a crew member whilst going to the assistance of (Italy).[329]
Denmark
The schooner was driven ashore 20 nautical miles (37 km) north of Bayonne, Basses-Pyrénées, France. Her crew were rescued.[325]
Italy
The cargo ship was driven ashore at Zandvoort, Netherlands and sank with the loss of all hands.[329]
The cargo ship developed a severe list in the Pacific Ocean off the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, United States.[330][331] She was abandoned on 1 December. Her crew were rescued by (Japan).[332]
Philippines
The steamcargo ship foundered in a typhoon off Manila, the Philippines, with the loss of seven lives. She later was salvaged and returned to service as Southern Trader (Philippines).[333][334]
The cargo ship ran aground off Maoka. She was refloated on 29 August 1932.[335]
Unknown date[]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date November 1928
Ship
Country
Description
Brunvoll
United States
The 42-gross register ton, 56.2-foot (17.1 m) halibut-fishingschooner was last seen on 15 November. She subsequently disappeared in a severe storm somewhere northwest of Middleton Island off the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska with the loss of her entire crew of seven men.[183]
December[]
1 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 1 December 1928
Ship
Country
Description
Sweden
The cargo ship ran aground at Gravelines, Nord, France.[330] She was refloated on 11 December.[336]
The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River, Argentina.[337] She was refloated on 7 December.[338]
5 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 December 1928
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The tanker caught fire in the Mediterranean Sea (approximately 34°N24°E / 34°N 24°E / 34; 24) and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by (Germany).[339][340] She was reboarded on 7 December,[341] arriving at Bombah Bay on 9 December and Alexandria, Egypt on 14 December.[342][343]
7 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 December 1928
Ship
Country
Description
Sweden
The cargo ship foundered in the Kattegat off the (Denmark) with the loss of four of her eleven crew.[338]
Chile
The cargo ship collided with America (Chile) and sank.[341]
8 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 December 1928
Ship
Country
Description
Italy
The cargo ship ran aground at Point Leona, Spain.[344] She sank the next day.[336]
10 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 December 1928
Ship
Country
Description
Norway
The cargo ship foundered in the Baltic Sea. Her crew were rescued by (Denmark).[342]
The ocean liner ran aground on the Cow and Calf Rocks, off Cobh, County Cork, Ireland. All on board were rescued. She was abandoned as a total loss. Celtic was scrapped in 1933.
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground on a reef (approximately 7°S115°E / 7°S 115°E / -7; 115).[342] She was refloated on 17 December and towed to Sourabaya, Netherlands East Indies.[345]
11 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 December 1928
Ship
Country
Description
Norway
The cargo ship came ashore at Craster, Northumberland, United Kingdom. Eleven of her thirteen crew were taken off.[346]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground at Dedele Point, New Guinea.[336] She was refloated on 28 December.[347]
United Kingdom
The schooner was abandoned in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. All five crew were rescued by the Cromer Lifeboat. She came ashore at Mundesley and sank.[348]
The cargo shipo struck a rock 7 nautical miles (13 km) off The Skerries, Northern Ireland and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by (United Kingdom). Delfina sank the next day.[351][353]
17 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 December 1928
Ship
Country
Description
Sweden
The cargo ship collided with (Germany) at Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany and sank.[345] She was refloated on 23 December.[305]
18 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 18 December 1928
Ship
Country
Description
Portugal
The cargo ship ran aground north of Villa de Condo.[354] She broke in two on 29 December and sank.[355]
20 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 December 1928
Ship
Country
Description
Italy
The brigantine was abandoned in the Mediterranean Sea (41°42′N6°09′E / 41.700°N 6.150°E / 41.700; 6.150) with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by (United Kingdom).[356] She was discovered 80 nautical miles (150 km) south of Porquerolles, Var, France by a Swedish ship and towed to Hyères.[305]
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