List of shipwrecks in 1848

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


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1848
Jan Feb Mar Apr
May Jun Jul Aug
Sep Oct Nov Dec



January

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February

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March

6 March

List of shipwrecks: 6 March 1848
Ship Country Description
Earl Gowrie  United Kingdom The brigantine was lost on the Mixon Shoal, in the Bristol Channel with the loss of all hands.[1]

17 March

List of shipwrecks: 17 March 1848
Ship Country Description
Rainbow  United States The clipper departed from New York for Valparaiso, Chile. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.

21 March

List of shipwrecks: 21 March 1848
Ship Country Description
Cleofrid  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the Sizewell Bank, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. Her nine crew were rescued by the Southwold Lifeboat.[2]

April

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May

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June

21 June

List of shipwrecks: 21 June 1848
Ship Country Description
USS Onkahye  United States Navy The schooner was wrecked on a reef off Caicos. Her crew survived.

July

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August

25 August

List of shipwrecks: 25 August 1848
Ship Country Description
Ocean Monarch  United Kingdom
File:Ocean Monarch.jpg
Queen of the Ocean, Ocean Monarch and Affonso.

The barque caught fire in the Irish Sea off Great Orme Head, Carnarvonshire and sank. All on board were rescued by Affonso ( Brazilian Navy), New World ( United States), Prince of Wales and Queen of the Ocean (both  United Kingdom). Ocean Monarch was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Boston, Massachusetts, United States.

September

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October

26 October

List of shipwrecks: 26 October 1848
Ship Country Description
Eagle  United Kingdom The smack foundered off the Cherrystone, in the Bristol Channel. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Porthcawl, Glamorgan to Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire.[1]

November

27 November

List of shipwrecks: 27 November 1848
Ship Country Description
Arietta  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked on the Mixon Sands, in the Bristol Channel off the coast of Glamorgan with the loss of one of her fifteen crew. Survivors were rescued by the paddle tug Dragon Fly ( United Kingdom).[1]

December

16 December

List of shipwrecks: 16 December 1848
Ship Country Description
Norfolk  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Pye Bank, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. Her crew were rescued.[2]

Unknown date

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References

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Ship events in 1848
Ship launches: 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849 1850 1851 1852 1853
Ship commissionings: 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849 1850 1851 1852 1853
Ship decommissionings: 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849 1850 1851 1852 1853
Shipwrecks: 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849 1850 1851 1852 1853