List of shipwrecks in 1848

The list of shipwrecks in 1848 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1848.

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January

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February

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March

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April

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May

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June

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July

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August

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September

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October

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November

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December

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in 1848

Ship	Country	Description
Arachne	Van Diemen's Land	The whaler was driven ashore and wrecked in Trial Bay, New South Wales. [1]
USS Austin	United States Navy	The sloop-of-war was beached at Pensacola Navy Yard, Florida. She was subsequently dismantled.
Caupolician	Chile	The ship was wrecked in the Gambier Islands. She was on a voyage from Valparaíso to the Gambier Islands and Tahiti. [2]
Conqueror	United Kingdom	The paddle tug caught fire and was scuttled in Loch Kyles. Subsequently refloated, rebuilt and returned to service. [3]
Fair Play	United States	The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by United States (  United States). Fair Play was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Barbadoes. [4]
Jemmapes	French Navy	The 100-gun ship of the line was driven ashore at Civitavecchia in the Papal States in October or November. [5]
Jewess	United States	The 200-foot (61.0 m) sidewheel paddle steamer burned while she was moored at Baltimore, Maryland, when a fire spread to her from another ship. She was repaired and returned to service. [6]
Kelpie	United Kingdom	The barque departed from Hong Kong for Shanghai, China in September or earlier. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [7]
Mischief	United Kingdom	The schooner departed from Hong Kong for Shanghai in September or earlier. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [7]
Nelson	United Kingdom	The ship departed from Manila, Spanish East Indies for a port in New Zealand. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [8]
Rainbow	United States	The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from New York to Peru. [7]
Sam Slick	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore in the Gambia River. She was refloated but was consequently condemned. [9]

References

1. "Ship News". The Morning Post. No. 23370. London. 1 November 1848. p. 8.
2. "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury. No. 19815. Edinburgh. 14 September 1848.
3. "The Steam-tug Conqueror". Glasgow Herald. No. 7147. Glasgow. 6 December 1862.
4. "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc. No. 1969. Liverpool. 14 March 1848.
5. "The State of the Continent". The Times. No. 20041. London. 8 December 1848. col A, p. 6. She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service.
6. Anonymous, Shipwrecks of the Mid-Atlantic: Maryland, Delaware & Southern New Jersey (poster), Sealake Products USA, undated.
7. "China and the Eastern Archipelago". Daily News. No. 857. London. 23 February 1849.
8. "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury. Edinburgh. 8 October 1849.
9. "Shipping Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle. No. 24490 (Fourth ed.). London. 19 April 1848.

Ship events in 1848
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