List of shipwrecks in 1848
The list of shipwrecks in 1848 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1848.
1848 | |||
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Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr |
May | Jun | Jul | Aug |
Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
January
March
6 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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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
Ship | Country | Description |
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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
Ship | Country | Description |
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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] |
June
21 June
Ship | Country | Description |
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USS Onkahye | United States Navy | The schooner was wrecked on a reef off Caicos. Her crew survived. |
July
20 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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David Paddock | United States | The ship, full and bound home, struck a sunken rock while attempting to enter the Sea of Okhotsk via La Pérouse Strait. All hands were saved by the ship Globe ( United States) while a portion of the cargo were salvaged by several vessels, including the ships Caravan ( United States) and Samuel Robertson ( United States).[3] |
August
25 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Ocean Monarch | United Kingdom | 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. |
October
26 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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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
Ship | Country | Description |
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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
Ship | Country | Description |
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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] |
References
- 1 2 3 Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks" (PDF). Swansea Docks. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
- 1 2 Bottomley, Alan Farquar. "Shipwrecks at or near Walberswick from 1848 - 1874" (PDF). Suffolk Records Society. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
- ↑ The Friend (Vol. VI, No. 11, Nov. 1, 1848, p. 87, Honolulu).
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 |
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