# List of shipwrecks in December 1828

The list of shipwrecks in December 1828 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during December 1828.

## 1 December

List of shipwrecks: 1 December 1828 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Aim | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She subsequently came ashore at Pakefield, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. Aim was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, to London. |
| Alpha | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cromer, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from London to Spalding, Lincolnshire. |
| Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, to London. |
| Anne Maria | United Kingdom | The collier was driven wrecked at Deal, Kent. |
| Arundel | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at North Somercotes, Lincolnshire. |
| Busick | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Kettleness Point, Yorkshire. |
| Carolina | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Scarborough. |
| Crisis | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Waxholme, Yorkshire. |
| Doris | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Hartlepool, County Durham. |
| Fortune | United Kingdom | The collier was driven ashore at Hartlepool. |
| Garland | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Whittaker Spit, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued. |
| Granicus | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Seaham, County Durham. |
| Harvey | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. |
| Henry | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Kettleness Point. Her crew were rescued. |
| Herring | United Kingdom | The sloop was in collision with another vessel and was consequently beached at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. |
| Hull Packet | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Bridlington, Yorkshire. |
| Hunter | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Calais, France with the loss of all but three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to Swansea, Glamorgan. |
| Johnson | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Kettleness Point. Her crew were rescued. |
| Marie Hortense | France | The ship was driven ashore at Wells-next-the-Sea. |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked on the Bondicar Rocks, Northumberland with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Miramichi, New Brunswick, British North America to Leith, Lothian. |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth. She was on a voyage from London to South Shields, County Durham. Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus. |
| Mary and Ann | United Kingdom | The smack foundered in the North Sea off Mundesley, Norfolk. Four of her crew survived. |
| Mary and Isabella | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Sea Palling, Norfolk. |
| Miriam and Jane | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the Firth of Forth. She was later refloated and taken into South Shields leaking severely. |
| North Star | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Barnet Sands, in the North Sea with the loss of all hands. |
| Paragon | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Whitby. Her crew were rescued by the Whitby Lifeboat. |
| Pilot | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Seaham. |
| Prior | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore near Waxholme. Her crew were rescued. |
| Prospect | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Scarborough. |
| Samuel Cursins | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Bridlington. |
| Sarah | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Norwegian Sea. She subsequently came ashore at Hammerfest, Norway and was wrecked. Her seven crew survived. |
| Sophia | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Nyland, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. |
| Symmetry | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Scarborough. |
| Triton | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Beadnell, Northumberland, with the loss of seven of the eight people on board. She was on a voyage from Libau, Prussia to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. |
| Two Brothers | United Kingdom | The collier was wrecked at Sunderland. |
| Union | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Abram Wyke, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. |
| Union | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Robin Hoods Bay, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. |
| Unity | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Newton-by-the-Sea, Northumberland with the loss of all but one of her crew. |
| Waterhouse | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Happisburgh, Norfolk. |
| Wellington | United Kingdom | The collier was driven ashore at Hartlepool. |
| William and Sarah | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Waxholme with the loss of three of the five people on board. Survivors were rescued by rocket apparatus. |

## 2 December

List of shipwrecks: 2 December 1828 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ariadne | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Folkestone, Kent. |
| Brothers | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Deal, Kent. She was on a voyage from Whitby, Yorkshire to Rye, Sussex. |
| Dido | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Bootle Bay. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British North America to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Erie | British North America | The ship was wrecked on the Marnevagan Shoal. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, to London, United Kingdom. |
| Hunter | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Calais, France with the loss of five of her eight crew. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to Swansea, Glamorgan. |
| Thames | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Goree Island with the loss of five lives. |
| Twee Gebroeders | Netherlands | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on "Goree Island". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Surinam to Rotterdam, South Holland. |
| Union | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Youghal, County Cork. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Youghal to Penryn, Cornwall. |

## 3 December

List of shipwrecks: 3 December 1828 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Calypso | Sweden | The ship was wrecked on the south coast of Bornholm, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to Saint-Brieuc, Côtes-du-Nord, France. |
| Emanuel | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and sunk at Inverkeithing, Fife. |
| Jane | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Whitehaven, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Lancaster, Lancashire, to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. |
| John | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Harrington, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Carlisle, Cumberland. |
| Minerva | Hamburg | The ship was wrecked on the Vogel Sand, in the North Sea. |
| Octavia | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Harrington. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Whitehaven. |
| Riga | Russia | The ship was driven ashore at Lista, Norway. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Riga to London, United Kingdom. |
| Syrragus | Russia | The ship was driven ashore at Lista. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Riga to London. |
| Tyler | United States | The ship was wrecked on Nantucket Island with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire, to Providence, Rhode Island. |

## 4 December

List of shipwrecks: 4 December 1828 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Doris | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Skagen, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Danzig, Prussia, to London. |
| Hannah | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off the Isle of Mull. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Wick, Caithness, to Coleraine, County Antrim. |

## 5 December

List of shipwrecks: 5 December 1828 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Newcastle | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Whitby, Yorkshire. Her crew survived. |
| Thames | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the coast of South Holland, Netherlands. |

## 6 December

List of shipwrecks: 6 December 1828 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Albion | United Kingdom | The ship was lost in Ballimore Bay with the loss of four lives. She was on a voyage from Cork to Lisbon, Portugal. |
| Aurora | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Maryport, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Beaumaris, Anglesey, to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Forrest | United States | The ship was wrecked on Little Cumbrae, Ayrshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina, to Greenock, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom. |
| Joseph and Dorothy | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the coast of County Cork with the loss of all hands. |
| Lycurgus | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Lista, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to London. |
| Providentia | Portugal | The schooner was lost on the Red Strand, in the Atlantic Ocean off Clonakilty, County Cork, United Kingdom. |
| Union | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked in Tralee Bay. |

## 7 December

List of shipwrecks: 7 December 1828 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Cambrian | United Kingdom | The ship was lost on Priestholm, Anglesey. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Aberdyfi, Merionethshire. |
| Clwyd | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Waterford. |
| Corsair | United Kingdom | The schooner foundered in the North Sea off Aberdeen with the loss of a crew member. |
| Corsair | United Kingdom | The ship was lost near Beaumaris, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from the Firth of Forth to Aberdyfi. |
| Earl of Royden | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at Derbyhaven, Isle of Man. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Dundalk, County Louth. |
| Eliza and Mary | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Beaumaris. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Gibraltar. |
| Enterprise | United Kingdom | The schooner foundered off Creden Head, County Waterford with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Waterford. |
| Garland | United Kingdom | The schooner was lost with all hands at the entrance to the Seaforth Loch. |
| Hawke | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore at Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. Her crew survived. |
| James | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in "Bay Castle" and sank. She was on a voyage from Limerick to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Warkworth, Northumberland with the loss of two of her crew. |
| Veronica | United Kingdom | The brig was lost in Dingle Bay. All eighteen people on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Charleston, South Carolina, United States. |
| Vigilant | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Galley Head, County Cork. |
| Willwood | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in the River Tay with the loss of all hands. |

## 8 December

List of shipwrecks: 8 December 1828 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Graf von Essen | Prussia | The ship was lost on the Middle Ground, in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. |
| HMS Jasper | Royal Navy | The Cherokee-class brig-sloop was wrecked in the Ionian Sea off Santa Maura. |
| Robert Gardon | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on the Isle of Harris, Outer Hebrides with the loss of all hands. |

## 9 December

List of shipwrecks: 9 December 1828 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Jeune Henri | France | The ship was lost at the mouth of the Garonne with the loss of most of her crew. |
| Pilgrim | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Sicily. She was on a voyage from Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany to Palermo, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. |

## 11 December

List of shipwrecks: 11 December 1828 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Factor | United Kingdom | The smack was wrecked on the Isle of Whithorn, Cumberland with the loss of all hands. |

## 12 December

List of shipwrecks: 12 December 1828 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Dolphin | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea 15 nautical miles (28 km) south of Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by Bee ( United Kingdom). |
| Frederick | France | The ship was wrecked near "Camares". She was on a voyage from Marans, Charente-Maritime to an English port. |
| Phœnix | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Praa Sand, Cornwall with the loss of fifteen lives. She was on a voyage from London to the South Seas. |

## 13 December

List of shipwrecks: 13 December 1828 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Samuel Whitbread | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to London. |

## 14 December

List of shipwrecks: 14 December 1828 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Margaret | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to London. Margaret came ashore at the Burrow of Ballyteague, County Wexford on 23 December and was wrecked. |

## 15 December

List of shipwrecks: 15 December 1828 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| James | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Rush, County Dublin. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. |
| Sir Thomas Cochrane | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Cape St. Francis, Newfoundland, British North America. She was on a voyage from Brigus, Newfoundland to Liverpool, Lancashire. |

## 16 December

List of shipwrecks: 16 December 1828 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Helen | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at the mouth of the River Shannon. |
| James | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and was wrecked at Portrane, County Dublin. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Greenock, Renfrewshire. |

## 17 December

List of shipwrecks: 17 December 1828 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Asp | United Kingdom | The whaler was wrecked on the Mudge Rocks, Madagascar. Her crew were rescued. |
| North Briton | New South Wales | The sloop was wrecked on this date. |

## 18 December

List of shipwrecks: 18 December 1828 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Camilla | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Lymington, Hampshire. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, to Dartmouth, Devon. |
| Jane | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Lymington. She was on a voyage from London to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Union | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Lymington. She was on a voyage from Newhaven, Sussex, to Liverpool. |

## 19 December

List of shipwrecks: 19 December 1828 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was beached on Götaland, Sweden, where she became a wreck. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Grangemouth, Stirlingshire. |
| Betsys | United Kingdom | The sloop sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea off Lindisfarne, Northumberland. Her three crew survived. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Eyemouth, Berwickshire. |
| James | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and was beached near Portrane, County Dublin. |
| Trimley | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Barber Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk and sank. |
| William | United Kingdom | The West Indiaman, a brig, was driven ashore and wrecked near Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France with the loss of all hands. |
| Unity | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to Hull, Yorkshire. |

## 20 December

List of shipwrecks: 20 December 1828 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Sarah | United States | The sloop was wrecked on Birsay, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. |

## 22 December

List of shipwrecks: 22 December 1828 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Active | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Haltholms. She was on a voyage from Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, to Bristol, Gloucestershire. |
| Frederick | Netherlands | The ship departed from Batavia, Netherlands East Indies for Antwerp. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| John | United Kingdom | The ship was beached on the Isle of Harris. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to Galway. |

## 23 December

List of shipwrecks: 23 December 1828 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Sheffield | United Kingdom | The steamship was wrecked on the Scull-Martin Rocks, in the Irish Sea off Ballywalter, County Antrim. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Dublin. |

## 24 December

List of shipwrecks: 24 December 1828 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Corsair | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Aberdeen. |
| Leeds | United States | The ship ran aground and sank in the River Thames at Wapping, London, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from New York to London |

## 25 December

List of shipwrecks: 25 December 1828 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Louisa | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at "Wedgin". She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Londonderry. |

## 26 December

List of shipwrecks: 26 December 1828 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Marigold | United Kingdom | The brig foundered in Luce Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Maryport, Cumberland, to Belfast, County Antrim. |

## 27 December

List of shipwrecks: 27 December 1828 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Albion | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Barber Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk She was consequently beached at Caister-on-Sea. Albion was refloated the next day and taken in to Great Yarmouth. |
| Ambler | United Kingdom | The ship struck the pier at São Miguel, Azores, Portugal and was wrecked. |
| Delta | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Sand Hale, Lincolnshire. Se was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London. |
| Guernsey | United Kingdom | The ship struck a rock and foundered in Pann's Bay, Jersey. |
| Hermenia | United States | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (34°40′N 63°39′W﻿ / ﻿34.667°N 63.650°W﻿ / 34.667; -63.650). Her crew were rescued by Sarah and Caroline ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. |
| Jonah | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Yell, Shetland Islands. She was on a voyage from Onega, Russia, to London. |
| Josiah | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Lerwick, Shetland Islands. |

## 28 December

List of shipwrecks: 28 December 1828 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| HMS Kangaroo | Royal Navy | The ship was wrecked on the Hogsty Reef, Bahamas. |

## 29 December

List of shipwrecks: 29 December 1828 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Harrow | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off Hartlepool, County Durham. |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Seaton House Rocks, in the North Sea off Boulmer, Northumberland. |
| Sarah | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at the Brough of Birsey, Aberdeenshire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Aberdeen. |
| Thetis | United Kingdom | The smack ran aground on the Bondicar Rocks, in the North Sea off the coast of Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Aberdeen. |
| York Merchant | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Gothenburg, Sweden for Hull. Presumed subsequently foundered in the North Sea as a mast from her washed up at Aberdeen. |

## 30 December

List of shipwrecks: 30 December 1828 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Elbing | Elbing | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Pillau. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Danzig. |
| Sarah | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Bowmore Rock, in the North Sea off North Sunderland, County Durham. |
| Thetis | United Kingdom | The smack was wrecked on the Bondicar Rocks, in the North Sea off Warkworth, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Aberdeen. |

## 31 December

List of shipwrecks: 31 December 1828 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Friendship | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea off the mouth of the River Tees. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, to King's Lynn, Norfolk. |
| Lord Nelson | United Kingdom | The schooner foundered in the Irish Sea off Douglas, Isle of Man with the loss of all six crew. She was on a voyage from Dumfries to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Urania | Sweden | The ship was driven ashore and sank at "Cartellazzo". She was on a voyage from Bergen, Norway to Venice, Austrian Empire. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in December 1828 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Amity | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in the Saint Lawrence River, British North America before 16 December. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to London. |
| Ann and Eliza | United Kingdom | The ship was lost near Broughton, Flintshire. She was on a voyage from Skibbereen, County Cork, to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Charles | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground off Beaumaris, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Dublin to London. |
| Edward | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Irish Sea. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland, to Dublin. Edward came ashore at Southerness, Dumfriesshire, and was wrecked. |
| Elegant | United Kingdom | The brig foundered off "Wingo", Sweden. |
| Hope | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in the Saint Lawrence River before 11 December. |
| Montmorency | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in the Saint Lawrence River before 16 December. She was on a voyage from Quebec City to Bristol, Gloucestershire. |
| Sarah | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in Glenluce Bay. She was on a voyage from Maryport, Cumberland, to Belfast, County Antrim. |
| Victoria | flag unknown | The ship was lost on the coast of the Grand Duchy of Finland. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde, France to Helsingfors, Finland. |
| Volga | flag unknown | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Tönning, Duchy of Holstein. |