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