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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| 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] |
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- "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.
- "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.