List of shipwrecks in 1748
The List of shipwrecks in 1748 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1748.
April
1748 did not begin on 1 January![Note 1]
Unknown date
May
18 May
27 May
Unknown date
June
26 June
List of shipwrecks: 26 June 1748
Ship | Country | Description |
HMS Fowey |
Royal Navy |
The fifth rate struck a reef off the coast of Spanish Florida and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued by two British merchant ships and San Juan y Tadicos ( Spain), which she had previously captured. |
July
24 July
August
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1748
Ship | Country | Description |
Mary |
Great Britain |
The ship was driven ashore and damaged near Brownsey, Dorset before 9 August.[7] She had been refloated by 12 August.[8] |
September
14 September
Unknown date
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Ship | Country | Description |
Fortune |
Ireland |
The ship was wrecked on the Maiden Rocks, in the Irish Sea before 6 September. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to Dublin.[10] |
October
11 October
25 October
Unknown date
November
Unknown date
December
1 December
8 December
14 December
List of shipwrecks: 14 December 1748
Ship | Country | Description |
Mercury |
Great Britain |
The ship foundered off the "Groyne". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Venice.[22] |
17 December
26 December
Unknown date
January
5 January
14 January
16 January
17 January
List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1748
Ship | Country | Description |
John |
Ireland |
The ship was driven ashore on the South bull, Dublin. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to Dublin.[29] |
John & Francis |
Ireland |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the South Bull, Dublin. She was on a voyage from Dublin to La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, France.[29] |
St John Baptist |
Ireland |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the South Bull, Dublin. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Cádiz.[29] |
Tyger |
Ireland |
The ship was driven ashore on the South Bull, Dublin. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Dublin.[29] |
Union |
Ireland |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the South Bull, Dublin. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany.[29] |
27 January
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1748
Ship | Country | Description |
HMS Anson |
Royal Navy |
The fourth rate ship of the line was driven ashore at Portsmouth, Hampshire before 13 January.[30] She was later refloated and returned to service. |
Arent & Elizabeth |
Dutch Republic |
The ship was driven ashore near Rye, East Sussex, Great Britain before 17 January. She was on a voyage from Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany to a Dutch port.[23] |
Cumberland |
Great Britain |
The ship was driven ashore near Carmarthen before 13 January with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Virginia, British America to London.[30] |
Greenock |
Great Britain |
The ship foundered in the North Sea off Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Virginia to Leith, Lothian.[27] |
Happy Return |
Great Britain |
The ship foundered in the English Channel off Beachy Head, East Sussex before 20 January. Her crew were rescued by a Dutch vessel. She was on a voyage from London to Vannes, Morbihan, France.[22] |
Mary |
Great Britain |
The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Waterford, Ireland before 17 January. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Swansey, Glamorgan to London.[23] |
Marygold |
Great Britain |
The ship was driven ashore on Texel, North Holland, Dutch Republic before 3 February. She was on a voyage from London to Rotterdam, South Holland, Dutch Republic.[28] |
Neptune |
Great Britain |
The ship was lost on the Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay before 24 January with the loss of all on board, over 100 lives. She was on a voyage from Chester, Cheshire to Dublin, Ireland.[27] |
Page |
Great Britain |
The sloop was wrecked on the Dutch coast before 31 January. She was on a voyage from London to Rotterdam.[9] |
Providence |
France |
The ship was lost off Dover, Kent, Great Britain before 13 January. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque, Nord to Bordeaux, Gironde.[30] |
Rose |
Great Britain |
The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off the Welsh coast before 20 January. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Jamaica.[22] |
Santa Domingo |
Spain |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Bigbury Bay, Devon, Great Britain before 10 January. She was on a voyage from Bilbao to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Maritime, France.[31] |
Success |
Great Britain |
The ship was wrecked on St. John's Point, County Donegal, Ireland before 13 January. Only one passenger survived. She was on a voyage from Plimouth, Devon to Dublin, Ireland.[30] |
Thetis |
Great Britain |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Padstow, Cornwall with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain to an English port.[9] |
Ufro Rebeccah |
Hamburg |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Folkestone, Kent before 20 January. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Lisbon, Portugal.[22] |
HMS Wolf |
Royal Navy |
The sloop of war was lost near Belfast, County Down, Ireland before 13 January with the loss of 58 of her crew.[30] |
February
1 February
22 February
Unknown date
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Ship | Country | Description |
Concord |
Great Britain |
The transport ship was driven ashore on the French coast before 17 February. She was later refloated and taken in to Havre de Grâce, Seine Maritime.[34] |
Friendship |
Great Britain |
The transport ship was driven ashore on the French coast before 7 February. She was on a voyage from The Downs to an Irish port.[35] |
Friendship |
Great Britain |
The ship was driven ashore at Caen, Calvados, France before 7 February. She was on a voyage from London to South Carolina, British America.[35] |
Hope |
Ireland |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the North Bull, Dublin before 21 February. She was on a voyage from Dublin to the West Indies.[32] |
Humble |
Great Britain |
The ship was driven ashore on the French coast before 14 February. She was on a voyage from Sandwich, Kent to the Straits of Gibraltar.[36] |
Jonge Prinses Carolina |
Dutch Republic |
The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, Great Britain before 7 February with the loss of all hands.[35] |
Lavante |
Dutch Republic |
The galley was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Curaçao.[35] |
Mary |
Great Britain |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of Lincolnshire before 7 February. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to London.[35] |
Nostra Señora de la Paz |
Great Britain |
The ship was lost at Bilbao before 27 February. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam to Bilbao.[33] |
Prince of Wales |
Great Britain |
The transport ship was driven ashore on the French coast before 7 February. She was on a voyage from The Downs to an Irish port.[35] She was later refloated and taken in to Portsmouth, Hampshire.[36] |
Rachel |
Great Britain |
The ship was driven ashore at Bayonne, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France before 17 February. She was on a voyage from London to Bayonne.[34] |
Robert and Mary |
Great Britain |
The transport ship was driven ashore on the French coast before 7 February. She was on a voyage from The Downs to an Irish port.[35] |
Seaflower |
Jersey |
The ship sank in the Bordeaux River before 27 February. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux to Jersey.[33] |
March
Unknown date
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Ship | Country | Description |
Betsey |
Great Britain |
The ship foundered before 7 June. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Boston.[38] |
Blendon |
Great Britain |
The ship foundered in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland before 1 November. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Newfoundland, British America.[13] |
Boss |
Great Britain |
The ship was captured and sunk by a French Man-of-war before 16 August. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, lancashire to New York, British America.[39] |
Cessation |
Great Britain |
The ship foundered before 30 December. She was on a voyage from New England, British America to Barbadoes.[24] |
Charming Sally |
Ireland |
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 24 leagues (72 nautical miles (133 km) off the Virginia Capes, British America before 3 June. Her crew were rescued by Spencer ( Great Britain). Charming Sally was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Newry, County Down.[40] |
Dragon |
Great Britain |
The ship foundered in Saint Ann's Bay, Jamaica before 25 November. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[18] |
Elizabeth |
Great Britain |
The brig foundered before 28 June. She was on a voyage from Antigua to Montserrat.[41] |
Expedition |
Great Britain |
The ship, sailing under a flag of truce, foundered before 19 April. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to La Vera Cruz, Captaincy General of Cuba.[42] |
Happy Success |
Great Britain |
The ship was lost off Port Antonio, Jamaica before 25 October. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[43] |
Industry |
Great Britain |
The ship was lost at Port Morant, Jamaica before 17 January. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, British America to Jamaica.[23] |
Leostoffe |
Great Britain |
The ship was lost at Bermuda before 17 March. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Bermuda.[44] |
Matthew |
Great Britain |
The ship was lost on the coast of British America before 19 April. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Virginia, British America.[42] |
Montserrat Packet |
Great Britain |
The ship was lost at Calabar, Africa before 14 March.[37] |
Nelly |
Great Britain |
The ship was wrecked on a reef off Hispaniola before 4 October. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Jamaica.[16] |
President |
Great Britain |
The ship sank in the James River, Virginia, British America before 8 July.[45] |
Rachel |
British America |
The ship was lost at Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany before 24 February. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland to Livorno.[46] |
Rae |
Great Britain |
The ship was lost on the coast of America before 3 May. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Virginia.[47] |
Regina |
Dutch Republic |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Málaga, Spain before 24 May. She was on a voyage from Cette, Hérault, France to a Dutch port.[48] |
HMS Serpent |
Royal Navy |
The sloop of war was wrecked off Barbadoes before 22 November with the loss of seven of her crew.[49] |
Tryal |
Ireland |
The ship ran aground off Antigua before 26 August. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Barbadoes.[50] |
Victoria |
flag unknown |
The ship was lost off Gallipoly, Ottoman Empire before 27 February. She was on a voyage from "Tripany" to Venice.[33] |
Willoughby |
Great Britain |
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean before 21 June. Her crew were rescued by George ( Great Britain). Willoughby was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool, Lancashire.[51] |
Notes
- ^ Until 1752, the year began on Lady Day (25 March) Thus 24 March 1747 was followed by 25 March 1748. 31 December 1748 was followed by 1 January 1748.
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