The list of shipwrecks in 1848 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1848 .
January [ edit ] February [ edit ] September [ edit ] October [ edit ] November [ edit ] December [ edit ] Unknown date [ edit ] List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in 1848 Ship State 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 [ edit ] ^ "Ship News". The Morning Post . No. 23370. London. 1 November 1848. p. 8. ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury . No. 19815. Edinburgh. 14 September 1848. ^ "The Steam-tug Conqueror". Glasgow Herald . No. 7147. Glasgow. 6 December 1862. ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc . No. 1969. Liverpool. 14 March 1848. ^ "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. ^ Anonymous, Shipwrecks of the Mid-Atlantic: Maryland, Delaware & Southern New Jersey (poster), Sealake Products USA, undated. ^ a b c "China and the Eastern Archipelago". Daily News . No. 857. London. 23 February 1849. ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury . Edinburgh. 8 October 1849. ^ "Shipping Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle . No. 24490 (Fourth ed.). London. 19 April 1848.
Shipwrecks 1840–49, by month
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