The ship departed from Lymington, Hampshire for Brighton, Sussex. No further trace, presumed foundered in the English Channel with the loss of all hands.[7]
3 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1828
Ship
Country
Description
Active
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked off Dog Island, Clifden, County Donegal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Limerick to London.[8]
Lovir
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued.[9]
5 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1828
Ship
Country
Description
Henry
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Dragør, Norway.[10]
The ship was wrecked at Helsingør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Hull, Yorkshire.[11]
7 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1828
Ship
Country
Description
Chelsea
United States
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of four of her crew. Survivors were rescued by Agaphea (United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France.[12]
General Moore
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Tenby, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from Bridgwater, Somerset to Bury, Lancashire[13]
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Orford, Suffolk or Seaford, Sussex. Her crew were rescued.[2][18]
Centurion
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Scarborough, Yorkshire with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen, Denmark to London.[16][19]
May
United Kingdom
The coaster foundered in the North Sea off Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire with the loss of all three crew.[20] She was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk to Selby, Yorkshire.[21]
Providence
United Kingdom
The ship struck the breakwater and sank at Plymouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from Jersey, Channel Islands to Plymouth.[18] Her crew were rescued by Hayden (United Kingdom).[16]
11 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1828
Ship
Country
Description
Broughton Tower
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at St. Bees Head, Cumberland. Her crew surviveded.[22]
Vine
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at St. Bees Head with the loss of two of her crew.[22][23]
Westmorland
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at St. Bees Head. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Whitehaven, Cumberland[22][23]
12 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 January 1828
Ship
Country
Description
Betsey
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at Llanmadoc, Glamorgan and was abandoned by her crew, she was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Barnstaple, Devon.[9]
Charles
United Kingdom
The brig was wrecked off Ryhope, County Durham with the loss of all six of her crew.[24]
Larina
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked near Salcombe, Devon. She was on a voyage from London to Gibraltar.[25]
The polacca was driven ashore in Deadman's Bay with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Gallipoli, Apulia, to London, United Kingdom.[27]
The transport ship was driven ashore in Mountbatten Bay.[27]
Hussaren
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Pegwell Bay, Kent. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Cape of Good Hope to London.[16][28]
Jessie Lawson
United Kingdom
The ship was driven into Indian Trader (United Kingdom) during a gale. She then ran aground and was wrecked in Mountbatten Bay. All on board survived. Jessie was on a voyage from London to Van Diemen's Land.[16][27]
John and Robert
United Kingdom
The transport ship broke free from her moorings when Tajo (Portugal) was driven into her. She then went ashore and was wrecked in Mountbatten Bay. Her crew survived.[27]
Juno
United Kingdom
The brig was run down and sunk in the North Sea off Whitby, Yorkshire by Alert (United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[19]
Jupiter
Sweden
The barque was driven ashore in Deadman's Bay. She was on a voyage from the Mediterranean to Christiana, Norway.[27]
Lady Dundas
United Kingdom
The schooner was run into and severely damaged by (Royal Navy). She sank the next day when the two vessels were parted.[27]
Lavinia
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore in Deadman's Bay. She was refloated on 15 January.[27]
The ship was driven ashore near Bridlington, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by the Bridlington Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Blakeney, Norfolk to "Barhead".[29]
Sarah
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore at Falmouth, Cornwall. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland to Poole, Dorset.[16]
Selina
United Kingdom
The West Indiaman was wrecked on Bolt Head, Devon with the loss of all hands.[27]
Speculation
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore in Mountbatten Bay.[27]
Stephen Knight
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked in Deadman's Bay. She was on a voyage from Llanelli, Glamorgan to London.[27]
Union
United Kingdom
The ship foundered off Yealm, Devon. She was on a voyage from Fowey, Cornwall to Swansea, Glamorgan.[30]
William and Thomas
United Kingdom
The schooner sank at Mount WisePlymouth. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to HMNB Devonport.[27]
The ship departed from Newfoundland for Halifax, Nova Scotia. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[31]
Sarah
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Falmouth, Cornwall. All on board survived. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British North America to Poole, Dorset.[27]
The ship foundered in the Irish Sea. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Greenock, Renfrewshire.[33]
Mountaineer
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Carlingford, County Louth. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Liverpool, Lancashire.[21]
Reaper
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Aldeburgh, Suffolk with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Pillau, Prussia to London.[25]
Sarah Ann
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked off Portland, Dorset. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Jamaica.[12][34]
St. Lawrence
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 300 nautical miles (560 km) west of the Shetland Islands with the ultimate loss of six of her nine crew.[35]
17 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1828
Ship
Country
Description
Atlantic
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and sank at North Shields, County Durham.[36]
Hopewell
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Kilnsea, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from London to Hull, Yorkshire.[21]
John and Grace
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Liverpool, Lancashire.[23]
Leda
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Bridlington, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued.[37]
Thames
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Filey, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Maldon, Essex to Scarborough, Yorkshire.[19]
18 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 18 January 1828
Ship
Country
Description
Malvina
United Kingdom
The ship sank at South Shields, County Durham.[21]
The ship was lost on the Banyard Bank, in the North Sea off the coast of West Flanders.[37]
Three Friends
United Kingdom
The ship was lost in the River Shannon with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Terceira, Azores, Portugal.[30][38]
19 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 January 1828
Ship
Country
Description
Elizabeth
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the coast of County Donegal with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Letterkenny, County Donegal to Liverpool, Lancashire.[30]
The ship was driven ashore at Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[41]Doris was refloated in early February and taken in to Boulogne.[12]
23 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1828
Ship
Country
Description
Betsey
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at Whitehaven, Cumberland and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Whitehaven.[30]
24 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 January 1828
Ship
Country
Description
Mars
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was refloated and beached at Broadstairs, Kent.[37]
25 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 January 1828
Ship
Country
Description
Duchess of Gloucester
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on Tobago. She was on a voyage from Puerto Rico to Trinidad.[42]
The steamship was wrecked near Fort William, Scotland, Inverness-shire with the loss of two lives. She was on a voyage from Inverness to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[44]
27 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 January 1828
Ship
Country
Description
Buckers
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked off Antigua. She was on a voyage from St. Thomas, Virgin Islands to Antigua.[42]
The ship was wrecked at Bamburgh, Northumberland.[46]
30 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 30 January 1828
Ship
Country
Description
Lawrence
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the Irish Sea with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Greenock, Renfrewshire.[34]
The frigate was in collision with HMS Isis off Gramvousa, Crete and the run aground, Her crew were taken off and she was subsequently wrecked.
Unknown date[]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in January 1828
Ship
Country
Description
David Cannon
United States
The ship was driven ashore at Barmouth, Caernarfonshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[47]
Express
United Kingdom
The ship sank in the River Moy at Ballina, County Mayo.[48]
Friendship
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Blackpool, Lancashire. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Liverpool.[48]
Jane
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked in the Bay of Fundy before 28 January. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Jamaica.[49][50]
The ship foundered in the English Channel off Fowey, Cornwall, United Kingdom in late January.[30]
Maria
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Portsmouth, Hampshire.[16]
Minerva
United Kingdom
The ship struck the Kish Bank, in the Irish Sea and foundered. She was on a voyage from Caernarfon to Dublin.[16]
Ocean
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Kinsale, County Cork.[16]
Pelican
United Kingdom
The ship sank in King's Dock, Liverpool in early January.[47]
Prosperity
United Kingdom
The ship was blown out to sea from São Miguel, Azores, Portugal. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands.[50]
Thomas Bouche
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Marden Rocks, Larne Lough. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Mobile, Alabama, United States.[22] She sank on 31 January.[12]
Vesta
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked near Hamburg before 19 January.[30]
Woodman
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked north of the Gut of Canso.[50]
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