# List of shipwrecks in 1928

The list of shipwrecks in 1928 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1928.
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## January
### 1 January

List of shipwrecks: 1 January 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Jennie | United Kingdom | The coaster sprang a leak off Cobh, County Cork, Ireland and was beached. She was refloated later that day and proceeded to Cobh for examination. |
| Prima | Germany | The cargo ship ran aground the Outer Carr Rocks, Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Northumberland, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. |

### 2 January

List of shipwrecks: 2 January 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Amerique | France | The cargo ship ran aground at Pointe Camoes, Belgian Congo. She was refloated on 12 January. |

### 5 January

List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Eastern Shore | United States | The cargo ship was destroyed by fire at Baltimore, Ohio. |
| Mineola | United States | The cargo ship was driven ashore on Old Providence Island, Colombia. She was refloated on 16 January. |
| North Bend | United States | The schooner ran aground at the mouth of the Columbia River, Oregon and was a total loss. |
| Santiago | Spain | The cargo ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Aegean Sea north west of the Megalonisi Lighthouse, Greece, Her crew were rescued. |

### 6 January

List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Noble | United Kingdom | The motor schooner ran aground at Estevan, Saskatchewan, Canada and was wrecked with the loss of four crew. |

### 7 January

List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Topsy D | United States | During a voyage in the Territory of Alaska from Wrangell to Louise Cove, the 9-gross register ton, 33-foot (10 m) fishing vessel was wrecked on rocks at Point Amelius (56°12′00″N 133°54′15″W﻿ / ﻿56.20000°N 133.90417°W﻿ / 56.20000; -133.90417﻿ (Point Amelius)) during a gale. Both people on board survived. |

### 9 January

List of shipwrecks: 9 January 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Nicholas Norbert | France | The cargo ship ran aground west of Calais, Pas-de-Calais, France. She broke in two and was a total loss. Her crew were rescued. |
| Vang | Norway | The cargo ship ran aground in the Nieuwediep, the Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was refloated on 11 January. |

### 10 January

List of shipwrecks: 10 January 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Kerry Head | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground on Cullen Island, Clew Bay, County Mayo, Ireland. She was refloated on 21 January. |

### 11 January

List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Barrgrove | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground at Norfolk, Virginia, United States. She was refloated on 16 January. |
| Tosei Maru | Japan | The coaster came ashore at Shiribesi and was a total loss. |

### 12 January

List of shipwrecks: 12 January 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Rita Larsen | Germany | The cargo ship sprang a leak and foundered off the Torbjoernskjaer Lighthouse. All crew were rescued. |
| Roi Leopold | Belgium | The cargo ship was wrecked off Cape São Thomé, Brazil. |
| Waka Maru | Japan | The cargo ship ran aground at Yura, Wakayama. She was refloated on 16 January. |

### 13 January

List of shipwrecks: 13 January 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Abando | Spain | The cargo ship sprang a leak in the Fos Gulf and was beached. She was refloated on 16 January. |
| Sunny Point | United States | The 26-gross register ton, 47.2-foot (14.4 m) fishing vessel was destroyed off Peninsula Point (55°23′N 131°44′W﻿ / ﻿55.383°N 131.733°W﻿ / 55.383; -131.733﻿ (Peninsula Point)) in Southeast Alaska near Ward Cove, Territory of Alaska, by a fire that began when her gasoline engine backfired and caused an explosion. The only person aboard survived. |

### 14 January

List of shipwrecks: 14 January 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Cadore | Italy | The cargo ship sank in the Atlantic Ocean off Farilhões, Portugal. Hew crew were rescued. |

### 15 January

List of shipwrecks: 15 January 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Excelsior | United Kingdom | The Thames barge sank in the North Sea off the Nore Lightship ( United Kingdom) with the loss of two crew. |
| Hilda | United States | The ferry was sunk in a collision with barges in the Mississippi River off Norco, Louisiana. Seven passengers drowned. |

### 17 January

List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Montgomery City | United States | The cargo ship ran aground at Charleston, Virginia. She was refloated on 24 January. |

### 18 January

List of shipwrecks: 18 January 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Joffre | Portugal | The sailing ship was dismasted in the Atlantic Ocean (15°24′N 25°40′W﻿ / ﻿15.400°N 25.667°W﻿ / 15.400; -25.667). All 25 people on board were rescued by Augusta ( Italy) and she was abandoned. |

### 21 January

List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Albatros | Germany | The salvage vessel foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands. |
| Sagua la Grande | 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. |

### 24 January

List of shipwrecks: 24 January 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alto Paraná | Argentina | The cargo ship sank off Romanso Castillo. All crew survived. |
| Loch Leven | United Kingdom | The coaster ran aground at Aberffraw, Anglesey. All seven crew were rescued. |

### 25 January

List of shipwrecks: 25 January 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Teane | United Kingdom | The coaster departed Swansea, Glamorgan for Oporto, Portugal. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |

### 27 January

List of shipwrecks: 27 January 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Jennie | United Kingdom | The coaster sank in the River Mersey at Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated on 30 January and beached at Tranmere, Cheshire. |

### 28 January

List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Aransas | United States | The barge sank in a gale off Barnegat, New Jersey after losing her tow vessel. Lost with all three hands. |
| Catonsville | United States | The barge sank in a gale off Barnegat, New Jersey after losing her tow vessel. Lost with all three hands. |
| Grong | Norway | The cargo ship collided with Roumeli ( Turkey) in the Dardanelles and was beached at Dohan Aslan, Turkey. |

### 30 January

List of shipwrecks: 30 January 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Mayotte | United Kingdom | The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off Bermuda. Her crew were rescued by Canadian Pathfinder ( United Kingdom). |

### 31 January

List of shipwrecks: 31 January 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Chickasaw | United States | The Design 1022 cargo ship ran aground in Boston Harbor, Massachusetts. She was refloated on 5 February. |
| Devon City | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground at Muroran, Hokkaidō, Japan. She was refloated on 6 February. |
| Ocean Transport | United Kingdom | The cargo ship was driven ashore on Ocean Island. She was declared a total loss on 13 December. |

## February
### 1 February

List of shipwrecks: 1 February 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Edmund | United Kingdom | The Thames barge sank 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off Southend Pier, Essex. |
| Flottbek | Germany | The cargo ship ran aground at Cape Arkona, Rügen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. She was refloated on 12 February. |

### 3 February

List of shipwrecks: 3 February 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Sendeja | Spain | The cargo ship ran aground at Santander, Cantabria and was a total loss. |

### 7 February

List of shipwrecks: 7 February 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Yungay | Chile | The cargo ship was wrecked at Nassau, Bahamas. Her crew were rescued. |

### 9 February

List of shipwrecks: 9 February 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Santa Colomba | Italy | The schooner foundered in a storm off Ischia. All eight crew were rescued by Koningin Elisabeth ( Belgium). |
| Maria Teresa | Italy | The cargo ship ran aground at Scholpin, Pomerania, Germany. She was refloated on 15 February. |

### 11 February

List of shipwrecks: 11 February 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Lord Hartington | United Kingdom | The Thames barge collided with Noorderdijk ( Netherlands in the Scheldt at Kruisschans, Antwerp, Belgium and sank. Both crew were rescued. |
| Taormina | Norway | The cargo ship ran aground at Padstow, Cornwall, United Kingdom. All eighteen crew were rescued. She was refloated on 20 February. |

### 13 February

List of shipwrecks: 13 February 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Agnes Clover | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Rhos-on-Sea, Denbighshire, Wales, and was a total loss. |
| USS Mohave | United States Navy | The 122-foot (37 m), 575-displacement ton tug 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. |

### 14 February

List of shipwrecks: 14 February 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Burnside | 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 Iroise ( France). |
| Orlock Head | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground at Irvine, Ayrshire. She was later refloated and arrived at Belfast, County Antrim on 28 February for examination. |

### 15 February

List of shipwrecks: 15 February 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Chuky | 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. |
| Los Angeles | Germany | The cargo ship was severely damaged by fire whilst under construction at Hamburg. |
| Lozere | France | The whaler ran aground in Cauvreus Bay, Kerguelen Islands and was abandoned by her crew. |

### 16 February

List of shipwrecks: 16 February 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Fort de Troyon | France | The cargo ship ran aground at Hook of Holland, Netherlands. She was refloated on 23 February. |

### 17 February

List of shipwrecks: 17 February 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Arna | Czechoslovakia | The cargo ship sank in the Mediterranean Sea off Cape Gata, Spain. |
| Chuky | United States | The tanker exploded and sank in the Pacific Ocean (approximately 33°N 140°E﻿ / ﻿33°N 140°E﻿ / 33; 140). |

### 18 February

List of shipwrecks: 18 February 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Barøy | Norway | The cargo ship ran aground at Andenes, Norway. She was refloated but subsequently sank. |
| Grenna | Sweden | The cargo ship ran aground at the Tvistein Lighthouse and was wrecked with the loss of two crew. |
| Shonga | United Kingdom | The cargo ship was driven ashore at IJmuiden, Netherlands. She broke in two and was a total loss. All 41 people on board were rescued by the IJmuiden, Nieuwediep and Wijk-aan-Zee lifeboats. |
| Varand | United Kingdom | The tanker, on her maiden voyage, ran aground in Liverpool Bay and was abandoned by her crew. She was either refloated the next day, or on 20 February. |

### 19 February

List of shipwrecks: 19 February 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alaska | United States | The 67-gross register ton motor halibut schooner was wrecked on a reef off the south end of the Territory of Alaska's Kodiak Island between Kaguyak (56°52′08″N 153°47′46″W﻿ / ﻿56.869°N 153.796°W﻿ / 56.869; -153.796﻿ (Kaguyak)) and the Geese Islands (56°45′N 153°45′W﻿ / ﻿56.750°N 153.750°W﻿ / 56.750; -153.750﻿ (Geese Islands)). Her crew of 10 survived, but she became a total loss. |
| Los Santos | Panama | The cargo ship collided with Cocle ( Panama at Panama City and sank with the loss of two crew. |
| Sterna | Denmark | The cargo ship sprang a leak in the Baltic Sea and was beached south of Pillau, Prussia, Germany. Her crew were rescued. |

### 20 February

List of shipwrecks: 20 February 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Foreland | United Kingdom | The collier ran aground on the north of Guernsey Channel Islands. She capsized and sank. |
| George W. Truitt Jr. | United States | The schooner was driven ashore at Norfolk, Virginia and was wrecked. |
| Harbour Light | 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. |
| Obligance | France | The tug capsized and sank at Rouen, Seine Maritime whilst assisting Aragaz ( France). Two of her crew were lost. |
| Norge | Norway | The passenger ship ran aground and sank at Haugesund, Norway with the loss of eleven lives. |

### 21 February

List of shipwrecks: 21 February 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| C. A. Larsen | Norway | The whale oil refining ship ran aground in the Paterson Inlet, New Zealand. She was refloated in mid-April, arriving at Port Chalmers on 13 April. |
| Rodoni | Italy | The cargo ship sprang a leak in the Mediterranean Sea off Sallum and was beached at Sidi Barrani. |

### 23 February

List of shipwrecks: 23 February 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Dunmore | United Kingdom | The cargo ship collided with Alsacien ( France) in the River Thames downstream of Gravesend, Kent with the loss of a crew member. She was beached at Mucking, Essex. Dunmore was refloated on 26 February. |
| General Church | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground at Cephalonia, Greece. She was refloated on 26 February. |
| Sao Salvador | Brazil | The cargo ship was holed and consequently beached at Assacayo. |
| Thraki | Greece | The cargo ship ran aground at Brăila, Romania. She was refloated on 27 February. |

### 24 February

List of shipwrecks: 24 February 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alcantara | Spain | The cargo ship collided with the sail training barque Tovarish ( 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). |
| Alice Williams | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on Skokholm Island, Pembrokeshire. She later broke up and was a total loss. |
| Lombardo | Italy | The cargo ship was driven ashore at Derna, Libya and was a total loss. Her crew were rescued. |
| Paris | 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. |
| Southern Queen | United Kingdom | The tanker struck an ice floe and foundered in the Antarctic Ocean off the South Orkney Islands. All crew were rescued. |
| Vincent | United Kingdom | The Thames barge collided with Alsacien ( France) in the Thames Estuary and sank with the loss of one of the three people on board. Survivors were rescued by a tug. |

### 25 February

List of shipwrecks: 25 February 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Gap | France | The cargo ship ran aground at Coverack, Cornwall, United Kingdom. She was abandoned on 27 February, and was declared a total loss on 23 March. |
| Georges Raymonde | France | The ship sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean (40°50′N 4°40′W﻿ / ﻿40.833°N 4.667°W﻿ / 40.833; -4.667) and was abandoned. Two crew were rescued by Theodore Roosevelt ( Norway). |
| Hissar | Turkey | The cargo ship was driven ashore at Buyuk Tchekmejeh. She was refloated on 27 February. |
| Kashin Maru | Japan | The cargo ship struck the wreck of Nichinan Maru ( Japan) at Kobe and sank. Her crew were rescued. |

### 26 February

List of shipwrecks: 26 February 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Shoebury | United Kingdom | The Thames barge collided with Gaslight ( United Kingdom) in the River Thames and sank. Her crew were rescued. |

### 29 February

List of shipwrecks: 29 February 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Kinko Maru | Japan | The cargo ship ran aground off Foochow, China and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued by a destroyer. |
| Lilly | United States | The 10-gross register ton motor vessel was destroyed by fire in Badger Bay (55°08′38″N 130°49′00″W﻿ / ﻿55.14389°N 130.81667°W﻿ / 55.14389; -130.81667﻿ (Badger Bay)) in Southeast Alaska. Her hull was towed to shore and beached. |
| Orsolina | Italy | The cargo ship collided with Leonardo ( Italy) in the Mediterranean Sea 30 nautical miles (56 km) off Capri and sank. Her crew were rescued. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Arques | France | The sealer sank in a gale in southern waters. Her crew survived. |
| Lozère | France | The factory ship struck rocks off the Kerguelen Islands and sank. Her crew survived. |

## March
### 2 March

List of shipwrecks: 2 March 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Anthony D. Nichols | United States | The four-masted schooner was destroyed by fire at El Cuyo, Yucatán, Mexico. |

### 4 March

List of shipwrecks: 4 March 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Commercial Pioneer | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground at Port Eads, Louisiana. She was refloated on 10 March. |

### 5 March

List of shipwrecks: 5 March 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ferndene | Latvia | 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). |
| Fumi Maru No.2 | Japan | The cargo ship sank in the Inland Sea of Japan 14 nautical miles (26 km) south east of Tokuyama, Yamaguchi. |
| McKinley | United States | The 56-gross register ton fishing vessel sank off Spanish Reef Island (55°57′N 134°07′W﻿ / ﻿55.950°N 134.117°W﻿ / 55.950; -134.117﻿ (Spanish Reef Island)) opposite Cape Decision in Southeast Alaska. Her entire crew of ten survived. |

### 7 March

List of shipwrecks: 7 March 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Lucie | Turkey | The tanker was driven ashore at Samsoun and was wrecked. |

### 9 March

List of shipwrecks: 9 March 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hermes | Sweden | The cargo ship collided with Modeni in the Mississippi downstream of New Orleans, Louisiana and sank. |
| Robert E. Lee | United States | The passenger ship ran aground at Manomet, Massachusetts. She was refloated on 1 May 1928. |

### 12 March

List of shipwrecks: 12 March 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bandai Maru | Japan | The cargo ship foundered during a typhoon. |
| Kashin Maru | Japan | The cargo ship foundered during a typhoon. |
| Kohnryu Maru | Japan | The cargo ship foundered during a typhoon. |
| Mabiri | United Kingdom | The schooner sank off Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. |
| Muroran Maru | Japan | The cargo ship foundered during a typhoon. |
| Panormos | Hellenic Navy | The Fiume-class torpedo boat ran aground off Cape Tourlos, Aegina. She broke her back and was a total loss. Her crew were rescued. |
| Yetorofu Maru | Japan | The cargo ship foundered during a typhoon. |

### 13 March

List of shipwrecks: 13 March 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Zannis Pendelis | Greece | The cargo ship ran aground at Boa Vista, Cape Verde Islands, Portugal. She was refloated on 26 April. |

### 14 March

List of shipwrecks: 14 March 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Garthavon | United Kingdom | The coaster sank at Penryn, Cornwall. She was refloated later that day. |
| Garthloch | 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 Pallas ( Finland). |
| Rockingham | United Kingdom | The sailing ship caught fire and sank in the Irish Sea off Galley Head, County Cork, Ireland. Her crew were rescued. |

### 16 March

List of shipwrecks: 16 March 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Santa Rosa | United Kingdom | The auxiliary sailing vessel was driven ashore at Penmon, Anglesey. Her crew survived. |
| Saphoschisa | Greece | The schooner collided with City of Brisbane ( United Kingdom) in the Mediterranean Sea (32°16′N 30°22′E﻿ / ﻿32.267°N 30.367°E﻿ / 32.267; 30.367) and was abandoned in a sinking condition. All five crew were rescued by City of Brisbane. |

### 17 March

List of shipwrecks: 17 March 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Harold | United Kingdom | The Thames barge was abandoned in the North Sea off Saltfleet, Lincolnshire. She came ashore and was wrecked. All three crew survived. |

### 19 March

List of shipwrecks: 19 March 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Imperator | Norway | The cargo ship ran aground at Cape San Antonio, Cuba. She was later refloated and arrived at Key West, Florida, United States on 23 March. |

### 20 March

List of shipwrecks: 20 March 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| General Byng | United Kingdom | The schooner sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean (42°08′N 61°17′W﻿ / ﻿42.133°N 61.283°W﻿ / 42.133; -61.283). She was set afire and abandoned by her crew, who were rescued by Korsholm ( Sweden). |
| Masuno Maru | Japan | The cargo ship ran aground and sank off Hirado, Nagasaki. |
| Vodice | Italy | The cargo ship sprang a leak off the coast of Portugal. She was beached in the Tagus at Lisbon. |

### 21 March

List of shipwrecks: 21 March 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| John C. Hildebrand | United States | The four-masted schooner sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean (40°25′N 72°10′W﻿ / ﻿40.417°N 72.167°W﻿ / 40.417; -72.167) and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by fishing boats. |

### 22 March

List of shipwrecks: 22 March 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Asiatic Prince | United Kingdom | The cargo ship issued an SOS in the Pacific Ocean off Hawaii, United States, which was received by City of Eastbourne ( United Kingdom). No further trace, presumed foundered. |
| Sultan | Germany | The cargo ship ran aground at Conakry, French West Africa. She was refloated on 27 March. |

### 23 March

List of shipwrecks: 23 March 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Citos | Sweden | The cargo ship ran aground on the Cabezos Shoal and sank with the loss of two of her eleven crew. |
| Mathilte | Denmark | The coaster collided with Odensholm ( Sweden) at Helsingør, Zealand and sank. |
| Montana | France | The cargo ship ran aground at Le Désirade, Guadeloupe. She was abandoned on 2 April, and was declared a total loss on 3 April. |
| Plasma | United Kingdom | The cargo ship collided with Emperor of Montreal ( Italy) in the River Clyde at Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire and was beached. She was refloated on 24 March. |

### 24 March

List of shipwrecks: 24 March 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Echo | Norway | The cargo ship ran aground in Strathlethan Bay, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom and was abandoned by her crew. |

### 25 March

List of shipwrecks: 25 March 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ortlinde | Germany | The cargo ship caught fire off Skagen, Denmark and was abandoned. She was towed into Gothenburg, Sweden on 28 March and was declared likely to be a constructive total loss. |

### 26 March

List of shipwrecks: 26 March 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Commercial | Germany | The cargo ship collided with Fritz Schoop ( Germany) in the North Sea 10 nautical miles (19 km) east of Norderney, Schleswig-Holstein and sank. Her crew were rescued. |

### 27 March

List of shipwrecks: 27 March 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Merimbula | United Kingdom | The passenger ship ran aground at Point Perpendicular, New South Wales, Australia. All on board were rescued. She was a total loss. |
| Wm. T. Roberts | United States | The cargo ship sank at Buffalo, New York whilst under repair. |

### 28 March

List of shipwrecks: 28 March 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bruxelles | Belgium | The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River at San Nicolás, Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was refloated on 31 March. |
| Steelmaker | United States | The cargo ship ran aground on Mitchell Reef, Ellice Islands and was wrecked. |
| Toyo Maru No.1 | Japan | The cargo ship ran aground at Tsushima, Nagasaki and sank. |

### 29 March

List of shipwrecks: 29 March 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Franzischa | Sweden | The schooner ran aground at Sandhammeren and was wrecked. |

### 31 March

List of shipwrecks: 31 March 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Marseillais 9 | France | The tug was wrecked on the Shab Aly Reef, in the Red Sea off the coast of Egypt. |

## April
### 1 April

List of shipwrecks: 1 April 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Guide | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked at Three Rock Cove, Newfoundland. Her crew survived. |

### 2 April

List of shipwrecks: 2 April 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Caracoli | France | The cargo ship caught fire at Port au Prince, Haiti and was beached. |
| Kaupanger | Norway | The cargo ship collided with Kong Sverre ( Norway) at Haugesund, Norway and sank. Her crew were rescued. |

### 4 April

List of shipwrecks: 4 April 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Pollux | Germany | The cargo ship collided with Fluor Spar in the Weser and was beached. |

### 5 April

List of shipwrecks: 5 April 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Calicut | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground at Mombasa, Kenya and was abandoned by her crew. |

### 9 April

List of shipwrecks: 9 April 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ellaston | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground off Watch Hill, Rhode Island, United States. She was refloated on 11 April. |
| Fath el Rahman | Egypt | The sailing ship was destroyed by fire at Beirut, French Lebanon. |

### 10 April

List of shipwrecks: 10 April 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Jersbek | Germany | The cargo ship ran aground at Kinlochleven, Argyll. She was refloated on 20 April. |
| Melpomene | France | The tanker ran aground at Sète, Hérault. She was refloated on 19 April. |
| M. T. Greene | United States | The coaster was destroyed by fire at Bridgeburn, Ontario, Canada. |
| Murao | Portugal | The coaster ran aground at Oporto. Her crew were rescued by breeches buoy. |

### 12 April

List of shipwrecks: 12 April 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bonny | 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. |
| Polzella | United Kingdom | The cargo ship collided with Whitby Abbey ( 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. |
| Stjernvik | Sweden | The cargo ship collided with British Ambassador ( United Kingdom) in the North Sea off the Firth of Forth and sank. Her crew were rescued by British Ambassador. |
| Guiding Star | 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). |

### 16 April

List of shipwrecks: 16 April 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Rubens | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Dry Shingle Reef, off the Isle of Pines, Cuba. She was refloated on 23 April and found to be extensively damaged. |

### 17 April

List of shipwrecks: 17 April 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Gladiator | Germany | The tug collided with Lalandia ( Denmark) in the Baltic Sea off Gedser, Denmark and sank with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by Seeteufel ( Germany). |
| Keansburg | United States | The paddle steamer was destroyed by fire at New York. |

### 21 April

List of shipwrecks: 21 April 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Inverampton | United Kingdom | The tanker ran aground at Maracaibo, Venezuela and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. |
| Ville de Djibouti | France | The cargo ship was driven ashore at Mananjary, Madagascar in a typhoon and was wrecked. All crew were rescued. |

### 22 April

List of shipwrecks: 22 April 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Toyo Maru No.3 | Japan | The coaster foundered off Kinkwazan Island with the loss of all hands. |

### 23 April

List of shipwrecks: 23 April 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Comte de Flandre | Belgium | The cargo ship ran aground on the Monaci Shoal, off Caprera, Italy. She was refloated but then sank with the loss of two crew. |

### 24 April

List of shipwrecks: 24 April 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Norwich City | United Kingdom | The cargo ship struck the Second Narrows Bridge, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and lost her funnel and masts. |

### 25 April

List of shipwrecks: 25 April 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Emperor of Montreal | Italy | The cargo ship ran aground at Cape Negro, Nova Scotia, Canada. She was refloated on 28 April. |
| Meta | Denmark | The schooner collided with the trawler St. Joachim (flag unknown) in the English Channel off Boulogne, France and sank. |

### 26 April

List of shipwrecks: 26 April 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Overbrook | United States | The tanker caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Florida (28°55′N 79°20′W﻿ / ﻿28.917°N 79.333°W﻿ / 28.917; -79.333). Her crew were taken off by Fred W. Weller ( United States) before an explosion occurred. Overbrook was taken in tow by a tug but sank 100 nautical miles (190 km) off Charleston, South Carolina. |
| William Booth | United States | The schooner collided with Helen Barnet Gring ( United States) in the Atlantic Ocean off Chatham, Massachusetts and sank. |

### 28 April

List of shipwrecks: 28 April 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Nordland | 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. |
| South Shore | 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. |

### 30 April

List of shipwrecks: 30 April 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Mildred II | United States | The 43-gross register ton fishing vessel's gasoline engine backfired, igniting a fire that destroyed her near Turn Point Light (56°59′05″N 132°58′50″W﻿ / ﻿56.98472°N 132.98056°W﻿ / 56.98472; -132.98056﻿ (Turn Point Light)) in Southeast Alaska. Her crew of six survived. |

## May
### 2 May

List of shipwrecks: 2 May 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Upminster | United Kingdom | The cargo ship collided with Lanrick ( United Kingdom) in the North Sea off the mouth of the Humber and sank. All 23 crew were rescued by Lanrick. |

### 3 May

List of shipwrecks: 3 May 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Overton | United Kingdom | The cargo ship collided with Ethelwolf ( United Kingdom) in the River Thames and was beached at Silvertown, London. |
| Unkai Maru No.10 | Japan | The cargo ship came ashore at Shimoda and was wrecked. |

### 4 May

List of shipwrecks: 4 May 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ioannis Falafos | Greece | The cargo ship collided with RFA Bacchus ( Royal Navy) in the English Channel 20 nautical miles (37 km) south of St. Alban's Head, Dorset (50°08′N 2°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 Manchester Commerce ( 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. |

### 7 May

List of shipwrecks: 7 May 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Navesink | United States | The dredger collided with Swinburne ( United Kingdom) and sank at Stapleton, New York with some loss of life. |
| Iniziativa | Italy | The cargo ship ran aground at Appolonia, Sicily. |

### 9 May

List of shipwrecks: 9 May 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Costantis Pateras | Greece | The cargo ship struck a submerged object off São Thomé, Brazil. She was consequently beached and was declared a constructive total loss. |

### 10 May

List of shipwrecks: 10 May 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Willy | Netherlands | The cargo ship collided with Salawati ( Netherlands) at IJmuiden, North Holland and was beached. |

### 15 May

List of shipwrecks: 15 May 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Troja | Germany | The cargo ship ran aground at Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic. She was refloated on 29 May. |

### 17 May

List of shipwrecks: 17 May 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Point Reyes | United States | The cargo ship ran aground at Cartagena, Colombia. She was refloated on 22 May. |

### 18 May

List of shipwrecks: 18 May 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| John Ericcson | United States | The cargo ship collided with A. F. Harvey ( United States) in Lake Huron and was beached at Detour, Michigan. |
| Saint Laurent | France | The sailing vessel ran aground at La Coubre, Charente-Maritime and was wrecked. |

### 19 May

List of shipwrecks: 19 May 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Arthur H. Zwicker | United Kingdom | The four-masted schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off the Bahamas. Her crew were rescued. |
| Mohawk | United States | The passenger ship collided with Jefferson ( United States) off Sandy Hook, New Jersey and was beached at Highlands. Her passengers were transferred to Seminole ( United States). She was refloated on 22 May. |

### 21 May

List of shipwrecks: 21 May 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Clearwater | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground in the Saint Lawrence River at Point des Monts, Quebec, Canada. Following gale damage on 25 May, her crew were taken off by Lord Strathcona ( United Kingdom). She was refloated on 24 July. |

### 23 May

List of shipwrecks: 23 May 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Kupeha Maru | Japan | The cargo ship ran aground on the north of Okinoerabu Island, Ryukyu Islands. Salvage efforts were abandoned on 17 June. |
| Star of Falkland | 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 Akun Head (54°17′35″N 165°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. |

### 24 May

List of shipwrecks: 24 May 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Delvecchio | Brazil | The dredger was hit by Itajuba ( Brazil) at Pernambuco and sank. |

### 29 May

List of shipwrecks: 29 May 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Kyoto Maru | Japan | The cargo ship ran aground in the Yangtze 55 nautical miles (102 km) upstream of Wuhu, China. She was refloated on 17 June. |
| Tejo | Norway | The cargo ship collided with Malgache ( France) in the Bay of Biscay off Brest, Finistère, France. She was towed into port by Ferrum ( United Kingdom) and beached at the harbour entrance. |

### 30 May

List of shipwrecks: 30 May 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Grainton | 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. |
| Kenkon Maru No.12 | Japan | The cargo liner collided with Hwachan ( China) off Qingdao, China and sank. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1928 :
| Ship | State | 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. |

## June
### 1 June

List of shipwrecks: 1 June 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bet Chala | Chile | The cargo ship was driven ashore in a gale at Valparaiso, Chile, and became a total loss. |
| Kershaw | United States | Carrying general cargo, the 2,741-gross register ton cargo ship was rammed by the passenger ship President Garfield ( United States) in Vineyard Sound off the coast of Massachusetts eight nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi) east of Martha's Vineyard and sank with the loss of seven crew members in up to 85 feet (26 m) of water 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km; 1.7 mi) east of East Chop Light at 41°28.9′N 070°31.9′W﻿ / ﻿41.4817°N 70.5317°W﻿ / 41.4817; -70.5317﻿ (Kershaw). President Garfield rescued her 30 survivors. |
| Linao | Chile | The cargo ship was driven ashore at Valparaiso, Chile, in a gale and broke up. |

### 4 June

List of shipwrecks: 4 June 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Tirreno | Italy | The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River, Argentina. She was refloated on 13 June but was then involved in a collision with Royston Grange ( United Kingdom) and was beached. |

### 5 June

List of shipwrecks: 5 June 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hoedic | France | The cargo ship capsized at Le Havre, Seine Maritime. |

### 6 June

List of shipwrecks: 6 June 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alice Laws | United Kingdom | The Thames barge collided with Matiana ( United Kingdom) in the River Thames and sank . |

### 8 June

List of shipwrecks: 8 June 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| America | United States | Wreck of America, ca. 2008.The passenger ship ran aground off Isle Royale, Lake Superior and sank. All 47 people on board survived. |
| Marlwood | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground off Ulkogrunni, Finland. She was refloated and beached at Ijoroytta. |
| Syria | Egypt | The cargo liner sank in the Mediterranean Sea 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) off Cape Drepano. All on board were rescued. |
| Thyra | Denmark | The cargo ship ran aground at Gravelines, Nord, France. She was refloated on 13 June. |

### 9 June

List of shipwrecks: 9 June 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Madcap | United Kingdom | The schooner sprang a leak in the Bristol Channel off Lundy Island, Devon and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by Eastleigh ( United Kingdom). She was refloated later that day. |

### 12 June

List of shipwrecks: 12 June 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Argentina | Denmark | The cargo ship ran aground at Punta Indio, Argentina. She was refloated on 16 June. |

### 14 June

List of shipwrecks: 14 June 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ryuun Maru | Japan | The cargo ship caught fire and was beached at Sasebo, Nagasaki. |
| Tiberton | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground at Bahía Blanca, Argentina. She was refloated on 17 June. |

### 15 June

List of shipwrecks: 15 June 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Augusta | United Kingdom | The tug was in collision with Woodcote ( United Kingdom) in the River Thames and was beached at Millwall. She was refloated on 17 June. |

### 17 June

List of shipwrecks: 17 June 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Diamant | Belgium | The cargo ship collided with Bellis ( Sweden) in the Scheldt and was beached. She was then hit by Adour ( Belgium and sank. She was refloated on 19 June. |

### 18 June

List of shipwrecks: 18 June 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Brayside | United Kingdom | The cargo ship foundered in the Bristol Channel off St. Ives, Cornwall. Her crew survived. |

### 20 June

List of shipwrecks: 20 June 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Antonie | Estonia | The cargo ship capsized and sank in the Baltic Sea off Ristna Point. Her crew were rescued. |
| Henry Ford | United States | The schooner sank at Rocky Harbour, Newfoundland. Her crew survived. |

### 21 June

List of shipwrecks: 21 June 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Pelican | United States | The 20-gross register ton 47.3-foot (14.4 m) fishing vessel was wrecked at the mouth of the Kaliakh River (60°05′40″N 142°48′30″W﻿ / ﻿60.09444°N 142.80833°W﻿ / 60.09444; -142.80833﻿ (Kaliakh River)) on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska. Her crew of three survived. |

### 22 June

List of shipwrecks: 22 June 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Attualita | Italy | The cargo ship collided with San Quirino ( United Kingdom) in the Paraná River at Buenos Aires, Argentina and sank. She was refloated on 29 June. |
| Pelican | United Kingdom | The coaster ran aground on The Gable, Minehead, Somerset and was wrecked. All five crew were rescued by the Minehead Lifeboat. |

### 23 June

List of shipwrecks: 23 June 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Centaurus | Italy | The tanker caught fire at Piraeus, Greece. She was scuttled in order to extinguish the fire. |
| Cynthiana | United Kingdom | The cargo ship was driven ashore at Capemala, Spain and was a total loss. Her crew were rescued by Myrtle ( United States). She broke in two on 11 August. |
| Plas Dinam | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground at Freshwater Point, Newfoundland and was a total loss. |

### 29 June

List of shipwrecks: 29 June 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Grecian | United States | The cargo ship collided with Evangeline ( United States) in the Atlantic Ocean off Manomet, Massachusetts and was beached at Manomet. |

## July
### 1 July

List of shipwrecks: 1 July 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Acme | United Kingdom | The coaster capsized and sank in the Irish Sea after her cargo shifted. All seven crew were rescued by Rimfakse ( Norway). |
| Blue Sea | United States | The 38-gross register ton, 55.8-foot (17.0 m) fishing vessel was wrecked at Karluk, Territory of Alaska. All three people on board survived. |

### 2 July

List of shipwrecks: 2 July 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| HMS Dauntless | Royal Navy | The Danae-class cruiser 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. She was refloated on 11 July. |

### 6 July

List of shipwrecks: 6 July 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Angamos | Chilean Navy | The fleet collier was driven ashore at Punta Morguillas and sank with the loss of 287 of the 291 people on board. |
| Cocle | Panama | The cargo ship struck a rock at the mouth of the Pedregal River and sank. |

### 7 July

List of shipwrecks: 7 July 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Carmarthenshire | 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. |
| Shunyo Maru | Japan | The cargo ship ran aground at Fukuhama and sank. |

### 10 July

List of shipwrecks: 10 July 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Rahman | United Kingdom | The cargo ship capsized and sank at Chumporu, Siam. |

### 11 July

List of shipwrecks: 11 July 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Blue Sea | United States | The motorboat became a total loss at St. Michael, Territory of Alaska. |
| La Frileuse | France | The schooner collided with Nerissa ( United Kingdom) in the Atlantic Ocean (46°00′N 55°38′W﻿ / ﻿46.000°N 55.633°W﻿ / 46.000; -55.633). Her crew were taken off by Nerissa and she was set afire. |

### 12 July

List of shipwrecks: 12 July 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Oshogbo | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground 20 nautical miles (37 km) east of Lagos, Nigeria and was wrecked. |

### 13 July

List of shipwrecks: 13 July 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Magda | Sweden | The cargo ship ran aground on the San Ignacio Rocks, Uruguay. She was abandoned as a total loss on 17 July, and broke in two on 20 July. |

### 14 July

List of shipwrecks: 14 July 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Augsburg | Germany | The cargo ship collided with Marigola ( Italy) in the English Channel 7 nautical miles (13 km) south west of Dover, Kent, United Kingdom. She was beached at Dover. Augsburg departed Dover under tow on 5 August, bound for Bremen for repairs. |
| Moghreb Acsa | 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. |

### 17 July

List of shipwrecks: 17 July 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hertha | Danzig | The tug collided with Johannes Westfhal ( Danzig) at Danzig and sank. |
| Malachite | United Kingdom | The cargo ship capsized at Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. |

### 19 July

List of shipwrecks: 19 July 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Benevolence | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Point Rich, Labrador, Canada and was a total loss. |
| Lucie | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore outside Killough Harbour, Northern Ireland and became a total loss. No hands lost. |
| Serafin Ballasteros | Spain | The cargo ship was in collision with Else ( France) in the Atlantic OCean off the coast of Portugal and sank. Her crew were rescued by Else. |

### 20 July

List of shipwrecks: 20 July 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Thea | Denmark | The schooner sank in the Baltic Sea (54°21′08″N 12°14′05″E﻿ / ﻿54.35222°N 12.23472°E﻿ / 54.35222; 12.23472). |
| USCGC CG-113 | United States Coast Guard | 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 (the Coast Guard lists the date of the collision as 25 July 1928 which conflicts with the news source). |

### 21 July

List of shipwrecks: 21 July 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| New Orleans | United States | The cargo ship was destroyed by fire at Slidell, Louisiana. |
| Baychimo | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground off Pole Island in Camden Bay on the north coast of the Territory of Alaska. She was refloated the next day. |

### 24 July

List of shipwrecks: 24 July 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Active | United States | The 14-gross register ton, 40.6-foot (12.4 m) fishing vessel was beached in a sinking condition after she struck a pile off Narrow Point (55°47′N 132°28′W﻿ / ﻿55.783°N 132.467°W﻿ / 55.783; -132.467﻿ (Narrow Point)) on the coast of Prince of Wales Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. She became a total loss. |
| Arola Mendi | Spain | The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River at La Plata, Argentina. She was refloated on 26 July, but ran aground again. |
| Monte Cervantes | Germany | 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 icebreaker Krassin ( 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 | State | Description |
| Anna C | Italy | The cargo ship ran aground at Punta Indio, Argentina. She was refloated on 5 August. |
| Cub No. 2 | United States | The 13-gross register ton barge'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. |

### 27 July

List of shipwrecks: 27 July 1928 :
| Ship | State | 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. |

### 28 July

List of shipwrecks: 28 July 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| William S. Grattan | United States | While fighting a fire aboard the drifting oil barge James F. Cahill at Buffalo, New York, the fireboat was engulfed by an explosion and fire aboard the empty oil tanker B. 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 | State | Description |
| Yalou | France | The cargo ship collided with Bedecrag ( United Kingdom) in the Scheldt at Nieuwe Sluis and was beached. She was refloated on 2 August. She was refloated on 5 August. |

### 31 July

List of shipwrecks: 31 July 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Rose Castle | United Kingdom | The cargo ship collided with Montrose in the Saint Lawrence River, Quebec, Canada and was beached. She was refloated on 3 August. |

## August
### 2 August

List of shipwrecks: 2 August 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alcyon | Greece | The cargo ship ran aground at Råneå, Norbotten County, Sweden. She was refloated but found to be leaking and was beached. |

### 3 August

List of shipwrecks: 3 August 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Pepita | Peru | The cargo ship sprang a leak off Zorritos and was beached. |

### 4 August

List of shipwrecks: 4 August 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Rowena | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground in the Groals Islands, Newfoundland and was a total loss. |

### 6 August

List of shipwrecks: 6 August 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| F14 | Italian Royal Navy | The F-class submarine sank in the Adriatic Sea off Pola, Italy, with the loss of 31 lives after colliding with the destroyer Giuseppe Missori ( Italian Royal Navy) while surfacing during an exercise. F-14 was refloated on 7 August and scrapped. |
| La Blanca | United States | The cargo ship exploded and sank at Tacoma, Washington. Her crew survived. |
| Huronic | United Kingdom | The passenger ship ran aground on Isle Royale, Michigan. She was refloated on 19 August. |

### 7 August

List of shipwrecks: 7 August 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| F I P No. 24 | United States | With no one on board, the 6-ton scow was wrecked at Kingmsill Shore (56°50′00″N 134°25′10″W﻿ / ﻿56.83333°N 134.41944°W﻿ / 56.83333; -134.41944﻿ (Kingmsill Shore)) in Southeast Alaska. |

### 8 August

List of shipwrecks: 8 August 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Olympos | Germany | The cargo ship ran aground at Philios Point, Zonguldak, Turkey. She was refloated on 15 August. |
| Osmandijk | Turkey | The coaster capsized at Moudania, Greece. Her crew survived. |
| Sinmac | United Kingdom | The tug was destroyed by fire at Point aux Trembles, Quebec, Canada. Her crew survived. |

### 9 August

List of shipwrecks: 9 August 1928 :
| Ship | State | 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 engine backfired 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. |

### 10 August

List of shipwrecks: 10 August 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Chofuku Maru | Japan | The cargo ship ran aground at Kinkazan. She was refloated on 24 August. |

### 11 August

List of shipwrecks: 11 August 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Athena | United Kingdom | The schooner was in collision with Manchester Civilian ( United Kingdom) in the Atlantic Ocean (46°56′N 6°09′W﻿ / ﻿46.933°N 6.150°W﻿ / 46.933; -6.150) and sank. Her crew were rescued by Manchester Civilian. |
| Joun Maru | Japan | The cargo ship struck the Ariadne Rocks at the mouth of the Yangtze, China and sank. |
| Tategami Maru | Japan | The cargo ship struck a submerged object at Shimonoseki and was beached. She was refloated on 13 August. |

### 12 August

List of shipwrecks: 12 August 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Munamar | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground off Gorda Cay, Abaco, Bahamas. She was refloated on 18 August. |

### 13 August

List of shipwrecks: 13 August 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Chatauqua | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore on Silver Bank, Turks Islands and was wrecked. |
| Hatsuharu | Imperial Japanese Navy | The decommissioned destroyer was sunk as a target by aircraft from the aircraft carriers Akagi and Hōshō (both Imperial Japanese Navy). |
| John L. Martino | 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 Mayaro ( United Kingdom). |
| Mifune Maru | Japan | The cargo ship ran aground at Notorosaki. She was refloated on 14 August. |
| W. H. Sawyer | United States | The cargo ship sank in Lake Huron. |

### 15 August

List of shipwrecks: 15 August 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Martin | United Kingdom | The Thames barge collided with Roschal ( Soviet Union) in the Thames Estuary off Cliffe, Kent and sank. Her crew were rescued by an Admiralty river boat. She was refloated on 16 August. |

### 16 August

List of shipwrecks: 16 August 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Koan Maru | Japan | The cargo ship foundered off Esan, Hokkaidō (41°47′N 141°39′E﻿ / ﻿41.783°N 141.650°E﻿ / 41.783; 141.650). |

### 19 August

List of shipwrecks: 19 August 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Gustav Schindler | Germany | The cargo ship ran aground at Bonny, Nigeria. Declared a total loss, she was refloated on 25 August and it was discovered that she had broken her back. |
| Maweema | United States | The 453-ton cod schooner was wrecked in heavy fog on Tolstoi Point (56°35′40″N 169°28′00″W﻿ / ﻿56.59444°N 169.46667°W﻿ / 56.59444; -169.46667﻿ (Tolstoi Point)) on St. George Island in the Bering Sea. Her crew of 31 abandoned ship in her boats and survived. |
| Queen's County | Norway | The cargo ship ran aground on St. Mary's Island, Labrador, Canada. She was abandoned the next day. Queens County was declared a total loss on 13 September. |

### 20 August

List of shipwrecks: 20 August 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Braga | Germany | The cargo ship ran aground on Romsdal Island, Norway. She was refloated on 24 August. |

### 22 August

List of shipwrecks: 22 August 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Großherzogin Elisabeth | Germany | The sail training ship caught fire at Hamburg and was severely damaged. |
| Purley Oaks | United Kingdom | The cargo ship caught fire at Buenos Aires, Argentina and was beached. |
| Sesnon #8 | United States | With no one aboard, the 19-ton barge was wrecked at Teller, Territory of Alaska. |

### 23 August

List of shipwrecks: 23 August 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Cumberland Coast | United Kingdom | The cargo ship caught fire in the Irish Sea and was beached at Ramsey, Isle of Man. She was refloated on 27 August. |
| Helène Louys | France | The schooner came ashore at Mahanoro, Madagascar and was wrecked. |
| Heworth | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground off Hailuoto, Finland. She was refloated on 26 August. |

### 24 August

List of shipwrecks: 24 August 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Liberal | Portugal | The cargo ship struck a submerged object at Lourenço Marques, Mozambique and was beached. |
| Sui Tai | United Kingdom | The cargo ship caught fire at Hong Kong and was a total loss. |

### 25 August

List of shipwrecks: 25 August 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Daphne | 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. |

### 27 August

List of shipwrecks: 27 August 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| E. Rose | 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). She was refloated on 11 September. |
| Kendy | United Kingdom | The sailing ship foundered in the Bristol channel off Porthcawl, Glamorgan. All five crew were rescued by the Mumbles Lifeboat. |
| Kommandøren | Norway | The passenger ship ran aground at Opdalseldet, Norway. All 350 passengers were taken off. |

### 28 August

List of shipwrecks: 28 August 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Volunteer | United States | The tug collided with Chester W. Chapin ( United States) at New York and sank. |

### 29 August

List of shipwrecks: 29 August 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Aliquippa | United States | The towing steamer capsized and sank at Aliquippa, Pennsylvania. Three crewmen drowned. |

### 31 August

List of shipwrecks: 31 August 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Josey | Denmark | The cargo ship caught fire at Cabimas, Venezuela. She was a constructive total loss. |

## September
### 1 September

List of shipwrecks: 1 September 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Castlemoor | United Kingdom | The cargo ship caught fire in the Pacific Ocean. She arrived at Albany, Western Australia on 8 September and was beached. She was refloated on 17 September. |
| SS Floridian | United States | The cargo ship collided with Admiral Fiske ( United States) in the Pacific Ocean off Seattle, Washington south of the Umatilla lightship and sank. Her crew were rescued by Admiral Fiske. |

### 5 September

List of shipwrecks: 5 September 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Wenchow | United Kingdom | The cargo ship came ashore at Tungchow, China. She was refloated on 12 September. |

### 6 September

List of shipwrecks: 6 September 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Llanquihue | Chile | The ship sank in the English Narrows. All on board were rescued by Valparaiso ( Chile). |

### 7 September

List of shipwrecks: 7 September 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| India | United Kingdom | The cargo ship was destroyed by fire at Little Current, Ontario, Canada. |
| Nevesinje | Yugoslavia | The cargo ship ran aground at Parda Point, Chile. Salvage efforts were abandoned on 18 September. |

### 8 September

List of shipwrecks: 8 September 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Maule | Chile | The cargo ship was wrecked at Columbine Point. Her crew were rescued. |
| Perseverance | United States | During a voyage in the waters of the south-central Territory 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. |

### 10 September

List of shipwrecks: 10 September 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Albert | United Kingdom | The tug foundered in Howe Sound. |
| Königin Luise | Germany | The ferry collided with Cornwood ( United Kingdom) at Altona, Hamburg and was beached. Several passengers suffered injuries. |

### 12 September

List of shipwrecks: 12 September 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bessie Wilson | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Pass Island, Newfoundland and was a total loss. |
| Shreveport | United States | 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 Aldecoa ( Spain). The severely damaged vessel arrived at Charleston, South Carolina on 14 September. |
| Vigilant | United States Virgin Islands | The schooner sank in a hurricane at Christiansted. |

### 13 September

List of shipwrecks: 13 September 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Claus Rickmers | Germany | The cargo ship collided with Clara Camus ( Italy) at Glückstadt, Schleswig-Holstein and was beached. |

### 14 September

List of shipwrecks: 14 September 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Anny | Sweden | The schooner ran aground at Norrskär [sv] and was wrecked. |
| A. V. Crawford | United Kingdom | The tug was driven ashore and wrecked at Southampton, Ontario, Canada. |

### 15 September

List of shipwrecks: 15 September 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Manasoo | Canada | []Carrying a crew of 19, two passengers, 115 cows, a bull, and two automobiles on a voyage from Manitowaning, Ontario, Canada, to Owen Sound, Ontario, the cargo liner rolled over and sank in three to five minutes off Griffith Island in Georgian Bay during a storm with the immediate loss of 13 crew and both passengers. Six crewmen floated on a raft for 60 hours, during which one died of exposure, before the five survvivors were rescued by the Canadian Pacific Railway steamer Manitoba ( Canada) on 17 September. Manasoo′s wreck was discovered in 2018 in 210 feet (64 m) of water 0.5 miles (0.8 km) off Griffith Island at 44°51′03.59″N 080°52′07.96″W﻿ / ﻿44.8509972°N 80.8688778°W﻿ / 44.8509972; -80.8688778. |
| Varild | Norway | The cargo ship came ashore at Siglunes, Iceland. Her crew were rescued. |

### 17 September

List of shipwrecks: 17 September 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Oliva | United Kingdom | The tanker ran aground at Bennan Head, Arran. Salvage efforts were abandoned on 18 September. |

### 18 September

List of shipwrecks: 18 September 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Manasoo | United Kingdom | The cargo ship foundered in Georgian Bay with the loss of fifteen lives. |

### 19 September

List of shipwrecks: 19 September 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Lygnern | Sweden | The cargo ship ran aground at Fremantle, Western Australia. Salvage efforts were abandoned on 20 September. She was declared a total loss on 1 October. |
| Rosinco | United States | The motor yacht was wrecked in Lake Michigan off Kenosha, Wisconsin. |

### 20 September

List of shipwrecks: 20 September 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Eolo | Argentina | The cargo ship collided with Olympier ( Belgium) in the Paraná River at Buenos Aires and sank. |
| Tista | Norway | The cargo ship ran aground on Holmengrå, Norway and was a total loss. Her crew were rescued. |

### 21 September

List of shipwrecks: 21 September 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Stimson | United States | The four-masted schooner came ashore at Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands and was wrecked. |
| Willbabco | United States | The cargo ship sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean (31°05′N 74°32′W﻿ / ﻿31.083°N 74.533°W﻿ / 31.083; -74.533) and was abandoned. She was subsequently taken in tow by Hoxbar ( United States) and taken to Baltimore, Maryland. |

### 22 September

List of shipwrecks: 22 September 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Washtenaw | United States | The cargo ship capsized at Los Angeles, California. |

### 23 September

List of shipwrecks: 23 September 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| L.S. 212 | France | The barque came ashore off the La Coubre Lighthouse, Charente-Maritime and was wrecked. |

### 25 September

List of shipwrecks: 25 September 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Maria Pitango | Germany | The cargo ship developed a leaky boiler in the Atlantic Ocean. She was towed by Comanchee ( 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. |

### 26 September

List of shipwrecks: 26 September 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ikaross | United States | The 22-gross register ton motor vessel was destroyed on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska between Cordova and a cannery on the Eyak River (60°30′N 145°40′W﻿ / ﻿60.500°N 145.667°W﻿ / 60.500; -145.667﻿ (Eyak River)) by a fire that began when her gasoline engine backfired. Her crew of three survived. |
| Taiyo Maru | Japan | The cargo ship ran aground on the west coast of Sakhalin, Soviet Union. She was refloated on 21 October but found to be severely damaged. Taiyo Maru was taken to Hakodate. She was driven ashore again 29 October. |

### 27 September

List of shipwrecks: 27 September 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alba | Chile | The passenger ship came ashore at Cape San Antonio, Argentina and was wrecked. All on board were rescued. |

### 28 September

List of shipwrecks: 28 September 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ida C | United States | The 8-gross register ton motor 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. |

### 29 September

List of shipwrecks: 29 September 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Brackley | United Kingdom | The sailing ship was wrecked at Glendore, County Cork, Ireland. Her crew were rescued. |

### 30 September

List of shipwrecks: 30 September 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Yser | Belgium | The cargo ship caught fire in the North Sea off the Wandelaar Lightship ( Belgium). She was anchored at Ramekens, Netherlands and was burnt out. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| USCGC CG-188 | United States Coast Guard | The cutter was destroyed by a hurricane. |

## October
### 1 October

List of shipwrecks: 1 October 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Axpe Mendi | Spain | The cargo ship ran aground on the Hartwell Reef, Boa Vista, Cape Verde Islands, Portugal and was a total loss. |
| Flower o' Portsoy | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground in Bull's Cove, Clonakilty, County Cork, Ireland and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. |

### 3 October

List of shipwrecks: 3 October 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ondine | Marine Nationale | The Ariane-class submarine collided with the cargo ship Ekaterina Goulandris ( Greece) off Vigo, Galicia, Spain, and sank in the Atlantic Ocean at 42°00′N 009°06′W﻿ / ﻿42.000°N 9.100°W﻿ / 42.000; -9.100﻿ (Ondine) with the loss of all 43 crew. |
| Priscilla | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground in the River Ribble at Preston, Lancashire. She was refloated on 11 October. |

### 4 October

List of shipwrecks: 4 October 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| USS Elcano | United States Navy | The Elcano class Gunboat was sunk as a target, probably in the Shanghai, China area. |

### 5 October

List of shipwrecks: 5 October 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Beau Bassin | United Kingdom | The cargo ship caught fire at Port Louis, Mauritius and was declared a total loss. She was refloated on 5 November. |
| M. J. Bartelme | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground in Sturgeon Bay. She was abandoned at a total loss on 10 October due to severe hogging. |
| Thistleben | United Kingdom | The cargo ship collided with Hanley ( United States) and sank. |

### 6 October

List of shipwrecks: 6 October 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| City of Lancaster | United Kingdom | The cargo ship collided with San Gerardo in the Thames Estuary off the Nore and was beached on the West Oaze Bank. She was refloated on 10 October. |

### 8 October

List of shipwrecks: 8 October 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hai An | China | The cargo ship sank at Taipingwan. |

### 9 October

List of shipwrecks: 9 October 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| John Llewellyn | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked on Square Island, Labrador, Canada. Her crew were rescued. |
| USS Villalobos | United States Navy | The gunboat was sunk as a destroyer gunnery target off the coast of China. |

### 10 October

List of shipwrecks: 10 October 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Charbomine | Belgium | The cargo ship collided with Ostara ( Germany) in the Kaiser Wilhelm Canal, Germany and sank. |

### 14 October

List of shipwrecks: 14 October 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| David C. Reid | United States | The tanker issued an SOS in the Atlantic Ocean off the Azores, Portugal (26°36′N 45°28′W﻿ / ﻿26.600°N 45.467°W﻿ / 26.600; -45.467). No further trace, believed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Iskria | Poland | The auxiliary schooner collided with Grey County ( Norway) in the English Channel. She was taken in tow by Lady Duncannon ( United Kingdom) and beached at Dover, Kent, United Kingdom. |

### 15 October

List of shipwrecks: 15 October 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hsin Shutung | China | The cargo ship collided with Hsin Shih ( China) in the Yangtze 40 nautical miles (74 km) downstream of Hankow. |
| Ruperra | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground on Maio, Cape Verde Islands, Portugal. She was refloated on 26 October. |

### 16 October

List of shipwrecks: 16 October 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hsin Kong | China | The cargo ship collided with Yunhsing ( China) in the Taku Deephole and sank. |

### 17 October

List of shipwrecks: 17 October 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Seldovia | United States | The 144-ton, 57-foot (17 m) fishing scow sank at Barren Island (54°44′45″N 131°20′30″W﻿ / ﻿54.74583°N 131.34167°W﻿ / 54.74583; -131.34167﻿ (Barren Island)) in Southeast Alaska. |

### 18 October

List of shipwrecks: 18 October 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Balder | Finland | The schooner was wrecked at Lagskar with the loss of four crew. |
| Excelsior | United Kingdom | The Thames barge was severely damaged by fire at Faversham, Kent. |
| Parks Foster | United States | The cargo ship came ashore at Alpena, Michigan. She was refloated on 31 October. |
| Yser | France | The cargo ship came ashore at Belle Isle, Newfoundland and was wrecked. |

### 19 October

List of shipwrecks: 19 October 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alice Verzone | United States | The four-masted schooner was driven ashore at Ocean Bight, Bahamas and was wrecked. Her crew survived. |
| Professor B Jitkov | Soviet Union | Abandoned in pack ice off Dikson Island, Arctic Ocean. |

### 20 October

List of shipwrecks: 20 October 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Northern King | United States | The 11-gross register ton motor vessel was destroyed at a wharf in Shearwater Bay (57°20′N 152°55′W﻿ / ﻿57.333°N 152.917°W﻿ / 57.333; -152.917﻿ (Shearwater Bay)) on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska by an explosion caused by gasoline in her engine room and a subsequent fire. The only person aboard survived. |
| St. Brandan | United Kingdom | The coaster ran aground on the Cairns of Coll, Argyll and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued by the trawler City of York ( United Kingdom). |
| Silva Rios | Portugal | The sailing vessel was lost off Newfoundland. |

### 21 October

List of shipwrecks: 21 October 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| William Balls | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground on Vatneholmen, Norway. She was refloated on 25 October. |

### 22 October

List of shipwrecks: 22 October 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alison | United Kingdom | The coaster collided with Zillah ( United Kingdom) at Cobh, County Cork, Ireland and sank. Her crew were rescued. |
| 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 ton motor 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 engine backfired 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. |
| Georgina | Portugal | The sailing vessel was wrecked at Rabat, Morocco. |

### 24 October

List of shipwrecks: 24 October 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Adolph Woermann | Germany | The ocean liner ran aground at Cape Spartivento, Sardinia, Italy. She was refloated on 26 October. |
| Cairntorr | United Kingdom | The cargo ship came ashore in Coacoacho Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada (50°08′N 60°15′W﻿ / ﻿50.133°N 60.250°W﻿ / 50.133; -60.250) and was abandoned by her crew. She broke in two on 26 October and was a total loss. |

### 27 October

List of shipwrecks: 27 October 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Laberge | United Kingdom | The cargo ship was wrecked at Muddy Shag, Fogo, Newfoundland. |

### 31 October

List of shipwrecks: 31 October 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Numidia | France | The mail ship sank at Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône. She was refloated on 17 November. |
| Twins | United States | 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. |

## November
### 1 November

List of shipwrecks: 1 November 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Umbria | Italy | The cargo ship ran aground at Istanbul, Turkey. She was refloated on 4 November. |

### 2 November

List of shipwrecks: 2 November 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Gazelle | Netherlands | The auxiliary sailing vessel ran aground at Allinge-Sandvig, Bornholm, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. |
| Michigan | United States | The cargo ship ran aground on the Pasig Reef (approximately 12°N 125°E﻿ / ﻿12°N 125°E﻿ / 12; 125). She was abandoned on 9 November. |

### 3 November

List of shipwrecks: 3 November 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Havlyst | Norway | 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). |

### 4 November

List of shipwrecks: 4 November 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ingunn | Norway | The cargo ship foundered north of Kopervik, Norway. Thirteen crew were rescued by Star ( Soviet Union). |

### 5 November

List of shipwrecks: 5 November 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Gilda Scuderi | 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. |
| Skipper | United Kingdom | The cargo liner ran aground on Saint-Pierre, Saint Pierre and Miquelon. Her passengers and some of the crew were taken off. She broke in two on 7 November and was a total loss. |

### 6 November

List of shipwrecks: 6 November 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Pallas | Germany | The cargo ship collided with another vessel off Gedser, Sjælland, Denmark and was beached. |
| Rowanburn | United Kingdom | The cargo ship caught fire at Palamós, Catalonia, Spain. She was completely gutted and sank, but was refloated on 13 November. |
| Solway Firth | United Kingdom | The coaster struck a submerged wreck in the Thames Estuary and subsequently foundered. All ten crew were rescued by the Margate Lifeboat. |

### 7 November

List of shipwrecks: 7 November 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Erno | United Kingdom | The tug sank at Avonmouth, Somerset. |
| Ioannis | Greece | The cargo ship came ashore 12 nautical miles (22 km) east of Tangier, Tangier International Zone. Her crew were taken off by Em. Z Svitzer (flag unknown). She was refloated on 23 December. |

### 10 November

List of shipwrecks: 10 November 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hsin Chi | China | The passenger ship ran aground on Tai Island, north of San-tuao. She was attacked by pirates the next day. Hsin Chi was looted and burnt. HMS Serapis ( Royal Navy) captured two junks and some fishing vessels, along with some of the pirates and loot. They were handed over to Chinese authorities. |

### 12 November

List of shipwrecks: 12 November 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ortega | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground at Port-au-Prince, Haiti. She was refloated on 27 December. |
| Vestris | United Kingdom | Vestris 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 | State | Description |
| Alice | Latvia | The cargo ship collided with Smyrna ( Germany) in the English Channel off Dungeness, Kent and sank. All crew were rescued by Smyrna. |
| Imperial | United States | The 30-gross register ton fishing 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. |
| Mary Stanford | Royal National Lifeboat Institution | The lifeboat capsized and sank at Rye Harbour, Sussex whilst going to the rescue of Alice ( Latvia) with the loss of all seventeen crew. |
| Nagasaki Maru No.1 | Japan | The cargo ship collided with Shinsei Maru No.1 ( Japan) off the west coast of Sakhalin, Soviet Union and sank. Only three crew survived. |

### 16 November

List of shipwrecks: 16 November 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ethel Everard | United Kingdom | The Thames barge was driven ashore at Birchington, Kent. All four crew were rescued by the Margate Lifeboat. |
| Kentish Coast | United Kingdom | The coaster was driven ashore in Jennycliffe Bay, Plymouth Sound in a gale after putting back (Plymouth for Teignmouth). All fourteen crew were rescued by breeches buoy and lifeboat. She was refloated on 26 November and sold for scrap. |
| Mary Ann | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Dulas, Anglesey with the loss of five of her six crew. |
| Mary Barrow | United Kingdom | The three-masted schooner foundered in the English Channel off North Foreland, Kent. All six crew were rescued by the Ramsgate Lifeboat. |
| Saga | Finland | The schooner came ashore at Dragør, Denmark. She was refloated on 20 November. |

### 17 November

List of shipwrecks: 17 November 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Eltham | United Kingdom | The coaster ran aground at Chapel Porth, Cornwall. She broke in two the next day and was a total loss. |
| Grönland | Germany | The cargo ship sank in the Great Belt off Korsør, Denmark. |
| Maiwara | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground on the Wassanga Reef, New Hanover Island, New Guinea. She was refloated on 22 November. |

### 18 November

List of shipwrecks: 18 November 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Camilla May Page | United States | Carrying a cargo of coal, the 176-foot (54 m), 688-gross register ton four-masted schooner was wrecked at the entrance to Portsmouth Harbor off Jaffrey Point, New Castle, New Hampshire, during a gale. |
| Malmö | Sweden | The cargo ship came ashore on Ameland, the Netherlands, with the loss of a crew member. The majority of the survivors abandoned ship. She was declared a total loss. |

### 19 November

List of shipwrecks: 19 November 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bessa | Norway | The cargo ship ran aground at Oporto, Portugal. She was refloated on 29 November. |

### 21 November

List of shipwrecks: 21 November 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| USS Pampanga | United States Navy | The gunboat was scuttled off the coast of China by USS Asheville and USS Sacramento (both United States Navy). |

### 22 November

List of shipwrecks: 22 November 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Herrenwyk | Germany | The cargo ship sank in the Atlantic Ocean (54°28′N 23°53′W﻿ / ﻿54.467°N 23.883°W﻿ / 54.467; -23.883). Thirteen crew were rescued by Estonia ( Denmark). |

### 23 November

List of shipwrecks: 23 November 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alpha | United Kingdom | The cargo ship was driven ashore 25 nautical miles (46 km) north of Esmeraldas, Ecuador and was wrecked. |
| Hagfors | Sweden | The cargo ship came ashore at Borkum, Germany. Her crew were rescued. Salvage efforts were abandoned on 24 November. |
| Käte Grammerstorf | Germany | The cargo ship foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Flora ( Denmark). |
| Virginia | Greece | The cargo ship collided with another vessel off Leixões, Portugal and sank. |

### 24 November

List of shipwrecks: 24 November 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Cariboo | 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 Buffalo and Windsor Castle (both United Kingdom). |
| Heinrich Podeus | Germany | The cargo ship came ashore at Noordwijk, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. |
| 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 St. Philip Island (55°39′N 133°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. There were no deaths. |

### 25 November

List of shipwrecks: 25 November 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Cesaré | France | The cargo ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea off Cape Caxine, Algeria with the loss of fifteen of her eighteen crew. |
| Chislehurst | United Kingdom | The cargo ship was beached on Goodwick Sands, Pembrokeshire. |
| Christian Michelsen | 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. |
| Emile Delmas | 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. |
| Høydal | Norway | Norwegian auxiliary cargo schooner was wrecked at Texel, the Netherlands in a storm. The crew was saved by a German ship. |
| Pommern | Germany | The barque was totally dismasted in the English Channel. Her 79 crew were taken off by Heros ( Germany). Assistance offered by Lancastria ( United Kingdom) but was refused. Pommern was towed into Saint-Malo, Finistère, France, where she arrived on 30 November. |

### 26 November

List of shipwrecks: 26 November 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Barbara | Italy | The cargo ship foundered in the Gulf of Gascony. Fifteen crew were rescued by the trawler La Coubre ( France). |
| IJmuiden Lifeboat | Netherlands | The lifeboat capsized with the loss of a crew member whilst going to the assistance of Salento ( Italy). |
| Ellen | Denmark | The schooner was driven ashore 20 nautical miles (37 km) north of Bayonne, Basses-Pyrénées, France. Her crew were rescued. |
| Salento | Italy | The cargo ship was driven ashore at Zandvoort, Netherlands and sank with the loss of all hands. |

### 27 November

List of shipwrecks: 27 November 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Harris | Denmark | The schooner was reported mastless, abandoned and derelict in the North Sea (51°30′N 2°46′E﻿ / ﻿51.500°N 2.767°E﻿ / 51.500; 2.767). She came ashore at Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium the next day and was a total loss. |

### 28 November

List of shipwrecks: 28 November 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Charles M. Struven | United States | The schooner was destroyed by fire at New York. |

### 30 November

List of shipwrecks: 30 November 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Cedella | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Little Bras d'Or, Nova Scotia, Canada and was a total loss. |
| Chief Maquilla | United Kingdom | The cargo ship developed a severe list in the Pacific Ocean off the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, United States. She was abandoned on 1 December. Her crew were rescued by Yogen Maru ( Japan). |
| Euzkadi | Philippines | The steam cargo 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). |
| Misaki Maru No.3 | Japan | The cargo ship ran aground off Maoka. She was refloated on 29 August 1932. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date November 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Brunvoll | United States | The 42-gross register ton, 56.2-foot (17.1 m) halibut-fishing schooner 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. |

## December
### 1 December

List of shipwrecks: 1 December 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Sundemar | Sweden | The cargo ship ran aground at Gravelines, Nord, France. She was refloated on 11 December. |
| Truth | United States | During a voyage in the Territory of Alaska from Metlakatla to Dall Island, the 15-gross register ton 45.8-foot (14.0 m) fishing vessel broke free of her moorings during a storm while at anchor with no one aboard and sank without loss of life in Nichols Passage (55°05′N 131°42′W﻿ / ﻿55.083°N 131.700°W﻿ / 55.083; -131.700﻿ (Nichols Passage)) in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. |

### 2 December

List of shipwrecks: 2 December 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Whitebelle | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Beaver Harbour, New Brunswick, Canada and was wrecked. |

### 4 December

List of shipwrecks: 4 December 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hokuto Maru | Japan | The cargo ship sank off Hakodate. |
| Ronturn | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River, Argentina. She was refloated on 7 December. |

### 5 December

List of shipwrecks: 5 December 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| British Courage | United Kingdom | The tanker caught fire in the Mediterranean Sea (approximately 34°N 24°E﻿ / ﻿34°N 24°E﻿ / 34; 24) and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by Uarda ( Germany). She was reboarded on 7 December, arriving at Bombah Bay on 9 December and Alexandria, Egypt on 14 December. |

### 7 December

List of shipwrecks: 7 December 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Blenda | Sweden | The cargo ship foundered in the Kattegat off the Anholt Lightship ( Denmark) with the loss of four of her eleven crew. |
| Quintero | Chile | The cargo ship collided with America ( Chile) and sank. |

### 8 December

List of shipwrecks: 8 December 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Antonietta | Italy | The cargo ship ran aground at Point Leona, Spain. She sank the next day. |

### 10 December

List of shipwrecks: 10 December 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Aplandet | Norway | The cargo ship foundered in the Baltic Sea. Her crew were rescued by N. C. Monberg ( Denmark). |
| Celtic | United Kingdom | Celtic 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. |
| Raisdale | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground on a reef (approximately 7°S 115°E﻿ / ﻿7°S 115°E﻿ / -7; 115). She was refloated on 17 December and towed to Sourabaya, Netherlands East Indies. |

### 11 December

List of shipwrecks: 11 December 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Haarfagre | Norway | The cargo ship came ashore at Craster, Northumberland, United Kingdom. Eleven of her thirteen crew were taken off. |
| Morinda | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground at Dedele Point, New Guinea. She was refloated on 28 December. |
| Persuda | Canada | The steam barge was wrecked in a storm going ashore in the Naikoon Provincial Park, Haida Gwaii archipelago, British Columbia, Canada. |
| Thursonian | 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. |
| Zawosan Maru | Japan | The cargo ship ran aground at Nemuro, Hokkaidō. She was refloated on 17 December. |

### 12 December

List of shipwrecks: 12 December 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Matilda | United Kingdom | The schooner collided with the trawler Joseph Button at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire and sank with the loss of three of her four crew. |
| Thirso | Guernsey | The cargo ship struck wreckage off La Corbière, Jersey and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued and she was towed into a Jersey port. |

### 13 December

List of shipwrecks: 13 December 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Diver Jack | United Kingdom | The schooner came ashore on Horse Chops Island, Labrador, Canada. Her crew were rescued. |
| Edward B. Winslow | United States | The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (40°27′N 71°50′W﻿ / ﻿40.450°N 71.833°W﻿ / 40.450; -71.833). Her crew were rescued by Cerro Ebano ( United States). |
| Mallina | Australia | The cargo ship ran aground in the Brisbane River near the Victoria Bridge in Brisbane, Australia. The vessel was refloated and returned to service. |

### 14 December

List of shipwrecks: 14 December 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| København | Denmark | The barque departed Buenos Aires, Argentina in December bound for Australia but never arrived. |

### 15 December

List of shipwrecks: 15 December 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Casper | United States | The Design 1022 cargo ship ran aground at Utö, Finland (59°41′N 21°34′E﻿ / ﻿59.683°N 21.567°E﻿ / 59.683; 21.567) and was abandoned by her crew. She caught fire on 24 December and was a total loss. |
| Maryland | United States | The 29-gross register ton motor vessel was wrecked on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska 5.5 nautical miles (10.2 km; 6.3 mi) east of Ocean Cape (59°32′30″N 139°51′30″W﻿ / ﻿59.54167°N 139.85833°W﻿ / 59.54167; -139.85833﻿ (Ocean Cape)). Her crew survived. |

### 16 December

List of shipwrecks: 16 December 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Delfina | Spain | The cargo shipo struck a rock 7 nautical miles (13 km) off The Skerries, Northern Ireland and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by Huntsman ( United Kingdom). Delfina sank the next day. |

### 17 December

List of shipwrecks: 17 December 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hedstrommen | Sweden | The cargo ship collided with Heimdal ( Germany) at Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany and sank. She was refloated on 23 December. |

### 18 December

List of shipwrecks: 18 December 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Lagoa | Portugal | The cargo ship ran aground north of Villa de Condo. She broke in two on 29 December and sank. |

### 20 December

List of shipwrecks: 20 December 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Fortunato | Italy | The brigantine was abandoned in the Mediterranean Sea (41°42′N 6°09′E﻿ / ﻿41.700°N 6.150°E﻿ / 41.700; 6.150) with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by Charterhague ( United Kingdom). She was discovered 80 nautical miles (150 km) south of Porquerolles, Var, France by a Swedish ship and towed to Hyères. |

### 21 December

List of shipwrecks: 21 December 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| West Totant | United States | The Design 1013 cargo ship ran aground in Ballyholme Bay, Northern Ireland. She was refloated on 28 December. |

### 22 December

List of shipwrecks: 22 December 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Comrade | United States | The 9-gross register ton motor vessel was driven ashore on Lung Island (56°30′45″N 130°04′15″W﻿ / ﻿56.51250°N 130.07083°W﻿ / 56.51250; -130.07083﻿ (Lung Island)) at the south end of Duncan Canal in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. The force of her grounding tipped a lantern on board, which resulted in an explosion and fire that destroyed her. Her crew of two survived. |
| Gertrude Parsons | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Tennycape, Nova Scotia, Canada and was wrecked. |
| Resolute | United Kingdom | The tug ran aground in Liverpool Bay and was beached at Hoylake, Cheshire. All four crew survived. |

### 23 December

List of shipwrecks: 23 December 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Mabel Gale | United States | The four-masted schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Lobos Island, Canary Islands, Spain. Her crew were rescued. |
| Rudolf | Germany | The cargo ship ran aground at Husum, Schleswig-Holstein. She was refloated on 27 December. |

### 24 December

List of shipwrecks: 24 December 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Wandle | United Kingdom | The coaster collided with Baltara ( United Kingdom) in the River Thames at Wapping, London and was beached. |

### 25 December

List of shipwrecks: 25 December 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hock Seng | United Kingdom | The cargo ship, from Surabaya for Singapore in tow of tug Kraus, went aground on Karimoen island, Java and became a total loss; the tug was lost on 28 December in salvage attempts. |

### 27 December

List of shipwrecks: 27 December 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Mevania | United States | The tanker was driven ashore at Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico. She was refloated on 25 January 1929. |
| USCGC Poinsettia | United States Coast Guard | The cutter was destroyed by a fire and explosion. |
| Tokwa Maru | Japan | The cargo ship was driven ashore on Rishiri Island and was wrecked. |

### 28 December

List of shipwrecks: 28 December 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Kraus | Netherlands | The tug, from Surabaya for Singapore, lost her propeller whilst attempting salvage of her tow, cargo ship Hock Seng, which had grounded on 25 December; she also went ashore on Karimoen island, Java and was lost. |

### 29 December

List of shipwrecks: 29 December 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bonne Tante | France | The schooner foundered in the English Channel. Her crew were rescued. |

### 30 December

List of shipwrecks: 30 December 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hereford | United Kingdom | The Thames barge collided with Grutto ( Netherlands) in the River Thames and sank. She was refloated on 31 December. |
| Paul Lecat | France | The ocean liner was destroyed by fire at Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône. |

### 31 December

List of shipwrecks: 31 December 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Harald | Germany | The cargo ship collided with Batavier I ( Netherlands) off Brunsbüttelkoog, Schleswig-Holstein and sank. |
| Hontestroom | Netherlands | The cargo ship collided with Birtley ( United Kingdom) in the River Thames at Crayford, Kent and was beached. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1928 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Capt. Worden | United States | The 12-gross register ton vessel dragged her anchor and was wrecked on the beach at Dillingham, Territory of Alaska, sometime after 15 November. |