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The list of shipwrecks in August 1848 includes
ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during August
1848 .
List of shipwrecks: 2 August 1848
Ship
State
Description
Betsey
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground and was severely damaged at
Cardiff ,
Glamorgan .
[5]
Carrara
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Cross Sand, in the
North Sea off the coast of
Norfolk . She was on a voyage from
Saint Petersburg ,
Russia to
London . She was refloated and resumed her voyage.
[1]
Hope
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at "Scotos",
Ottoman Empire . She was on a voyage from
Constantinople , Ottoman Empire to
Cork or
Falmouth, Cornwall .
[6]
Isabella
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Ballyferris Point,
County Down . She was on a voyage from the
Clyde to
Newport, Monmouthshire . She was refloated and resumed her voyage.
[7]
Margaretha
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Holm Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of
Suffolk . She was on a voyage from
Rouen ,
Seine-Inférieure , France to
Newcastle upon Tyne ,
Northumberland . She was later refloated.
[1]
[8]
St. Mary
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Blowinghard Reef. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to the Clyde.
[9]
Volusia
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked in the Barburat Islands,
British Honduras .
[10]
List of shipwrecks: 6 August 1848
Ship
State
Description
Breeze
New Zealand
The
schooner was wrecked at the mouth of the
Manawata River .
[14]
Georgina
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at
Gibraltar . She was on a voyage from
Palermo ,
Sicily to
Cork .
[15] She was later refloated and resumed her voyage.
[5]
Herald
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from
Livorno ,
Grand Duchy of Tuscany to Cork.
[15] She was later refloated and resumed her voyage.
[5]
Love
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Bognor Rock, in the
English Channel off the coast of
Sussex . She was on a voyage from
Harwich ,
Essex to
Plymouth ,
Devon . She was refloated and taken in to
Littlehampton , Sussex in a leaky condition.
[13]
Q. E. D.
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from
Naples ,
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies to
London .
[16] She was later refloated and resumed her voyage.
[5]
Septima
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from
Alexandria ,
Egypt to London.
[16] Her cargo of
flax got wet and caught fire on 11 August and she was burnt out.
[5]
[17]
St. George
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground off
Formby ,
Lancashire and capsized. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Dutton, Cheshire to
Liverpool , Lancashire.
[13] She was refloated on 16 August and taken in to Liverpool.
[18]
Victory
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on
Gotland , Sweden. She was on a voyage from
Saint Petersburg ,
Russia to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.
[5]
List of shipwrecks: 9 August 1848
Ship
State
Description
Hermann Louis
Bremen
The ship was driven ashore near
Geestemünde . She was refloated and taken in to
Bremerhaven .
[21]
Kestrel
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Casas Reef, off the coast of
Florida , United States. She was on a voyage from
New Orleans, Louisiana , United States to
Liverpool ,
Lancashire . She was refloated and taken in to
Key West, Florida in a severely damaged condition.
[22]
[3] She was consequently condemned.
[23]
Louise
United Kingdom
The
barque ran aground off
Ottendorf ,
Duchy of Schleswig . She was on a voyage from
London to
Memel ,
Prussia . She was refloated and taken in to
Hamburg .
[21]
Lynx
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground and was wrecked north of
Cuxhaven . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cuxhaven to
Liverpool ,
Lancashire .
[12]
Margaret
British North America
The ship was abandoned in the
North Sea off
Cuxhaven . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cuxhaven to
Saint John, New Brunswick .
[12]
Mercator
Norway
The ship was lost near
Carolinensiel ,
Kingdom of Hanover .
[5]
Oscar
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in the
Weser near
Sandstedt . She was on a voyage from
Brake ,
Kingdom of Hanover to
London .
[21] She was refloated on 15 August.
[20]
Zion
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on
Scharhörn . She was on a voyage from Hamburg to
Hartlepool ,
County Durham . She was refloated and taken in to Hamburg in a leaky condition.
[21]
List of shipwrecks: 10 August 1848
Ship
State
Description
Capricorn
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the
Hogsty Reef , off
Nassau, Bahamas . She was on a voyage from Jamaica to
London .
[24]
[25]
Hopewell
United Kingdom
The
sloop capsized and sank in the
River Dee . She was refloated on 24 August and taken in to
Flint, Flintshire .
[26]
[27]
Polly
United Kingdom
The brig, master William Baag, was wrecked on
Hogland ,
Russia . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
North Shields ,
County Durham to
Cronstadt , Russia.
[19]
[28]
[29]
Samuel
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Nehrung, off
Pillau ,
Prussia . She was on a voyage from
London to
Königsberg , Prussia.
[20] She was refloated on 18 August and taken in to Pillau.
[30]
Tweed
United Kingdom
The
brig was driven ashore at
Stockvik , Sweden.
[5] She had been refloated and had resumed her voyage by 16 August.
[31]
List of shipwrecks: 14 August 1848
Ship
State
Description
Ann
United Kingdom
The ship foundered 7 nautical miles (13 km) off the
Bass Rock , in the
Firth of Forth . Her crew were rescued.
[39]
[40]
Progress
United Kingdom
The
smack departed from the
Clyde for
Runcorn ,
Cheshire . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.
[41]
Sea Drift
United Kingdom
The ship sank off
Rothesay ,
Isle of Bute .
[39]
Tenasserim
France
The ship was driven ashore 15 nautical miles (28 km) west of
Port Phillip ,
South Australia . She was on a voyage from
Mauritius to
Melbourne ,
New South Wales . She was refloated on 16 August and completed her voyage.
[42]
Undine
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Nash Sands, in the
Bristol Channel off the coast of
Glamorgan . She was on a voyage from
Whitehaven ,
Cumberland to
Cardiff , Glamorgan. She was refloated and taken in to
Swansea , Glamorgan, where she sank.
[43]
List of shipwrecks: 17 August 1848
Ship
State
Description
Active
Denmark
The ship ran aground off
Kingsdown, Kent . She was on a voyage from
Saint Croix to
Copenhagen .
[46]
Amethyst
United Kingdom
The
schooner collided with the
Bahamas Bank Lightship (
Trinity House ) and foundered in the
Irish Sea off
St. Bees Head ,
Cumberland . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the
Clyde to
Liverpool ,
Lancashire .
[39]
[47]
[48]
Favourite
United Kingdom
The
schooner ran aground on the Aqua Vitæe Rocks. She was on a voyage from
Liverpool, Nova Scotia ,
British North America to
Salem, Massachusetts , United States. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.
[49]
Frau Maria Antoinetta
Belgium
The
schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at
San Pier d'Arena ,
Grand Duchy of Tuscany . Her crew were rescued.
[50]
Horatio
United Kingdom
The ship foundered off
Lambay Island ,
County Dublin . Her crew were rescued.
[5]
Kandiana
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked in the
Hooghly River at
Calcutta ,
India . She was on a voyage from
Newcastle upon Tyne ,
Northumberland to Calcutta.
[51]
Scotswood
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground near the
Crosby Lightship (
Trinity House ). She was on a voyage from Liverpool to
Genoa ,
Kingdom of Sardinia . She was refloated and put back to Liverpool in a leaky condition.
[18]
Union
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at
Rock Ferry ,
Cheshire . She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Santa Martha. She was refloated and anchored in the
River Mersey .
[39]
List of shipwrecks: August 1848
Ship
State
Description
Aim
United Kingdom
The
schooner was driven ashore and severely damaged in the
Orkney Islands .
[5]
Bangor Castle
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near
Ardrossan ,
Ayrshire . Her crew were rescued.
[26]
[30]
Belle Isle
British North America
The ship capsized off
Mount Desert, Maine , United States and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from
Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia to
Boston, Massachusetts , United States.
[49] Belle Isle was subsequently towed in to
Gloucester, Massachusetts on 25 August by Z. A. (
United States ).
[24]
Glasgow
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the
Atlantic Ocean . Her crew were rescued by Fadmore (
United Kingdom ). Glasgow was on a voyage from
Liverpool ,
Lancashire to Boston, Massachusetts.
[54]
Isabella
United Kingdom
The ship struck a rock in the Sound of Laing and was damaged. She put in to
Oban ,
Argyllshire . She was on a voyage from
Newcastle upon Tyne ,
Northumberland to
Dublin .
[5]
Jessie
United Kingdom
The ship struck a sunken rock in the Sound of Kerrara. She put in to Oban. She was on a voyage from
Castlehill ,
County Mayo to
Chester, Cheshire .
[5]
Myrmidon
United Kingdom
The
steamship ran aground at
St. Margaret's Hope ,
Orkney Islands . She was refloated.
[30]
Venus
United Kingdom
The
schooner was driven ashore and wrecked between
Dundrum and
Newcastle, County Down . Her crew were rescued.
[48]
124 fishing boats
Netherlands , and
United Kingdom
Moray Firth fishing disaster : A total of 124
fishing boats foundered in the
Moray Firth with the loss of 100 lives.
List of shipwrecks: 20 August 1848
Ship
State
Description
Active
United Kingdom
The
schooner was driven ashore at Bear's Head Point,
Devon . She was refloated.
[5]
Alexander
British North America
The ship was wrecked near "Marie-Joseph". She was on a voyage from
Sydney, Nova Scotia to
Halifax, Nova Scotia .
[3]
Argus
Jersey
The ship collided with Susan (
United States ) in the
Atlantic Ocean . She was abandoned the next day and her crew were rescued by Susan . Argus was on a voyage from
Cádiz , Spain to
Gaspé ,
Province of Canada ,
British North America .
[9]
Brothers
British North America
The ship was wrecked at "Marie-Joseph". She was on a voyage from "Manadieu" to
Halifax, Nova Scotia .
[3]
Elizabeth
United Kingdom
The
sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Battery Point, Devon.
[5]
George
United Kingdom
The
sloop was driven ashore at
Milford Haven ,
Pembrokeshire .
[52]
Gleaner
United Kingdom
The
sloop was driven ashore and damaged at Battery Point. She was refloated.
[5]
Hope
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and sank at Milford Haven. She was on a voyage from Milford Haven to
Irvine, Ayrshire .
[52]
List of shipwrecks: 22 August 1848
Ship
State
Description
Benjamin Green
United Kingdom
The
barque was damaged in a
hurricane at
Saint Kitts .
[57]
Betsey
Saint Kitts
The
cutter was lost in a hurricane at Saint Kitts.
[57]
Cedar Hill
Antigua
The
sloop was driven ashore in a hurricane at
Parnham, Antigua .
[54]
Chancellor
Antigua
The
sloop was sunk in a hurricane at Antigua.
[57]
Defence
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at "Penrhynder",
Caernarfonshire . Her crew were rescued.
[5]
Eliza
United Kingdom
The
sloop was driven out to sea from Antigua in a hurricane. No further trace of the ship or her seve crew.
[57]
Euphane
United Kingdom
The
brig was driven ashore and wrecked at
Scheveningen ,
South Holland , Netherlands with the loss of two of her five crew. She was on a voyage from
Sunderland, County Durham to
Rotterdam , South Holland.
[50]
[58]
Falconer
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the North Sea 40 nautical miles (74 km) off
Cromer ,
Norfolk . Her crew were rescued by Victoria (
United Kingdom ). Falconer was on a voyage from Sunderland to
London .
[59]
Maria
Antigua
The
sloop was driven ashore in a hurricane at Saint Kitts.
[57]
Mary
Tortola
The
schooner foundered in a hurricane at Saint Kitts with the loss of all hands.
[57]
Mary Frances
Antigua
The
sloop was driven ashore in a hurricane at Antigua.
[57]
Neptune
Antigua
The
sloop was driven ashore in a hurricane at Parnham, Antigua.
[54]
New Recovery
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near
Egmond aan Zee ,
North Holland , Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Antwerp , Belgium to
Leith ,
Lothian .
[19]
Ocean Bride
Antigua
The
sloop was wrecked in a hurricane at Antigua.
[57]
Only Son
Saint Kitts
The sloop-boat was driven ashore and wrecked in a hurricane at Saint Kitts with the loss of all hands.
[57]
Paquet de Charleston
France
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Green Quay,
Saint Thomas ,
Virgin Islands . She was on a voyage from
Bordeaux ,
Gironde to
Martinique and Saint Thomas.
[10]
Phoenix
Saint Kitts
The
sloop foundered in a hurricane off Saint Kitts with the loss of three of her crew.
[57]
[54]
Rosebud
Saint Kitts
The sloop-boat sank in a
hurricane at
Saint Kitts with the loss of all hands.
[60]
Sally
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the
North Sea 40 nautical miles (74 km) off Cromer. Her crew were rescued by Victoria (
United Kingdom ). Sally was on a voyage form
South Shields ,
County Durham to London.
[59]
Sarah Malone
Antigua
The
sloop was sunk in a hurricane at
Falmouth, Antigua .
[57]
[54]
Therese
Barbadoes
The
schooner was driven ashore in a hurricane at
English Harbour , Antigua. She was later refloated.
[54]
Wave
Antigua
The
sloop was driven ashore in a hurricane at Antigua.
[57]
List of shipwrecks: 25 August 1848
Ship
State
Description
Ocean Monarch
United States
Queen of the Ocean ,
Ocean Monarch and
Affonso .
The
barque caught fire in the
Irish Sea off
Great Orme Head ,
Carnarvonshire ,
United Kingdom and sank with the loss of 178 of the 398 people on board. Survivors were rescued by
Affonso (
Imperial 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 , United Kingdom to
Boston, Massachusetts .
Orienten
Grand Duchy of Finland
The ship ran agrount on the
Goodwin Sands ,
Kent , United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from
Cádiz , Spain to
Helsinki .
[59]
Teutonia
Kingdom of Hanover
The ship was run ashore and wrecked at
Porthcurno ,
Cornwall , United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Dornumersiel to
Newport, Monmouthshire , United Kingdom.
[19]
List of shipwrecks: 26 August 1848
Ship
State
Description
Commerce
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and sank at Ballyquinton Point,
County Down . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the
Clyde to
Saltney ,
Cheshire .
[31]
Jane and Agnes , andPrince of Wales
United Kingdom
The
smack Jane and Agnes was in collision with the
steamship Prince of Wales in the
Irish Sea with the loss of seven lives on Prince of Wales . Both vessels were consequently beached at
Point of Ayre ,
Isle of Man , where Jane and Agnes was wrecked. Jane and Agnes was on a voyage from
Liverpool ,
Lancashire to
Westport, County Mayo . Prince of Wales was on a voyage from
Belfast ,
County Antrim to
Fleetwood , Lancashire.
[66]
[67]
[19]
[31] Both vessels were later refloated and taken in to
Ramsey Bay .
[68]
Prince Albert
United Kingdom
The
flat was abandoned off
Skerries, County Dublin . She was on a voyage from
Liverpool ,
Lancashire to
Dublin .
[19]
San Juan
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at
Rhosneigr ,
Anglesey ,
United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from
Ribadeo to Liverpool.
[19] She was refloated on 2 September and taken in to
Holyhead , Anglesey.
[9]
Waterwitch
Jersey
The ship ran aground and was wrecked off Green Island,
Newfoundland ,
British North America . She was on a voyage from
Blanc-Sablon ,
Province of Canada , British North America to
Zakynthos ,
Greece .
[63]
William Penn
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Barlogue Bay,
County Cork . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Saint John, New Brunswick , British North America to the
Clyde .
[66]
[69]
List of shipwrecks: 27 August 1848
Ship
State
Description
Ann
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Owers Sandbank, in the
English Channel off the coast of
Sussex . She was on a voyage from
South Shields ,
County Durham to
Southampton ,
Hampshire . She was refloated and resumed her voyage.
[28]
Cosmopolitan
United Kingdom
The ship was in collision with St. Lawrence (
United Kingdom ) and was abandoned in the
Irish Sea 30 nautical miles (56 km) west of
Holyhead ,
Anglesey with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from
Liverpool ,
Lancashire to Africa. Cosmopolitan was taken in to
Kingstown, County Dublin in a derelict condition.
[31]
[69]
Policy
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on
Scroby Sands ,
Norfolk . She was on a voyage from
Hull ,
Yorkshire to
Constantinople ,
Ottoman Empire . She was refloated.
[17]
St. Vincent
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Grenville Bay,
Grenada .
[70]
Victoria
United Kingdom
The
schooner was run ashore and wrecked on
Sanday ,
Orkney Islands . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to the
Shetland Islands .
[71]
Zaida
United Kingdom
The ship was departed from
Matanzas ,
Cuba for
Cowes ,
Isle of Wight . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.
[72]
List of shipwrecks: 28 August 1848
Ship
State
Description
Agnes and Mary
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the
Hoburg Shoal , in the
Baltic Sea . She was on a voyage from
Hartlepool ,
County Durham to
Cronstadt ,
Russia .
[73]
Bridget
United Kingdom
The ship sprang a leak and foundered off
Islay ,
Inner Hebrides . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Liverpool ,
Lancashire to
Restigouche ,
New Brunswick ,
British North America .
[74]
Ellen
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground off
Rønne , Denmark. She was on a voyage from
Newhaven, Sussex to
Memel ,
Prussia . She was refloated and taken in to Rønne.
[75]
Flower
United Kingdom
The
yawl foundered off
Mothecombe ,
Devon with the loss of all three crew.
[76]
Hazard
United Kingdom
The ship departed from
Matanzas ,
Cuba for
Falmouth, Cornwall . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.
[77]
John and Elizabeth
United Kingdom
The
schooner was wrecked on the Cefn Sidn Sand, in
Carmarthen Bay , Her crew were rescued.
[66]
[78]
List of shipwrecks: 30 August 1848
Ship
State
Description
Acadia
United Kingdom
The ship departed from
Bristol ,
Gloucestershire for a port in
British North America . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.
[79]
Damon
Jersey
The
brigantine was wrecked on St. Peter's Island,
Newfoundland ,
British North America . Her crew were rescued.
[80] She was on a voyage from
Gaspé ,
Province of Canada , British North America to Jersey.
[81]
HMS Hound
Royal Navy
The
Alert -class
brig-sloop ran aground on the south coast of
Grand Cayman ,
Cayman Islands . She was refloated and put in to
Havana ,
Captaincy General of Cuba , where she arrived on 3 September.
[82]
Janet
United Kingdom
The
smack foundered off the
Isle of Arran with the loss of all hands.
[9]
Peru
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at
L'Ardoise ,
Nova Scotia , British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Sunderland, County Durham to
Wallace, Nova Scotia .
[83]
Zeo Zelie
France
The ship was in collision with another vessel and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Barfleur ,
Manche to
Swansea ,
Glamorgan ,
United Kingdom .
[34]
List of shipwrecks: 31 August 1848
Ship
State
Description
Acadia
United Kingdom
The ship departed from
Bristol ,
Gloucestershire to
Quebec City ,
Province of Canada ,
British North America . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.
[84]
Arrow
United Kingdom
The
brig was driven ashore in a
typhoon at
Cumsingmoon ,
China . Her crew were rescued by
USS Plymouth (
United States Navy ).
[85]
Brigand
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the
Atlantic Ocean . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
British Honduras to
Cork .
[86]
Carl Johan
United Kingdom
The
barque was driven ashore in a typhoon at
Macau , China.
[85]
Charles Wirgman
United States
The
brig was driven ashore and wrecked in a typhoon at
Hong Kong .
[85]
Clio
United Kingdom
The
barque was wrecked in a typhoon at Macau with the loss of her captain.
[85]
Eagle
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in a typhoon at Cumsingmoon. She was later refloated and taken in to Cumsingmoon, where she was condemned.
[85]
Eclipse
United Kingdom
The
whaler was driven ashore at
Fraserburgh ,
Aberdeenshire . She was refloated.
[9]
Eliza Stewart
United Kingdom
The
full-rigged ship was driven into by John Laird (
United Kingdom ) in a typhoon at Hong Kong. She was consequently driven into the
brig Dos Hermanos (
Spain ) and was severely damaged.
[85]
Emily
United Kingdom
The
barque was driven ashore in a typhoon at Cumsingmoon.
[85]
Enterprise
France
The
whaler was driven ashore in a typhoon at Macau. She was refloated.
[85]
Fancy
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on The Shingles, off the
Isle of Wight . She was on a voyage from London to
Dublin . She was refloated.
[9]
Genoveva
Portugal
The
brig was driven ashore in a typhoon at Macau.
[85]
Helen Stewart
United Kingdom
The
barque was driven ashore in a typhoon at Green Island, Hong Kong.
[85]
Hermes
United Kingdom
The
barque was driven ashore in a typhoon at Hong Kong. She was refloated.
[85]
Isabella Robertson
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and sank in a typhoon at Cumsingmoon. Five survivors were rescued by
USS Plymouth (
United States Navy ).
[85]
Kein Heem
Netherlands
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in a typhoon at
Shek O , Hong Kong with the loss of all but three of her crew.
[85]
Mayflower
United Kingdom
The
schooner was driven ashore in a typhoon at Macau.
[85]
Morgiana
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Burbo Bank, in
Liverpool Bay . She was on a voyage from
Liverpool ,
Lancashire to
South Shields ,
County Durham . She was refloated and resumed her voyage.
[61]
Raven
United Kingdom
The ship sank in a typhoon at Macau.
[85]
Sylph
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked in a typhoon at Macau.
[85]
Sylph
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in a typhoon at Cumsingmoon. She was later refloated and taken in to Cumsingmoon. She was later towed to Hong Kong by the
steamship Corsair (
United Kingdom ).
[85]
Sylphide
Hamburg
The
schooner was driven ashore in a typhoon at Macau. She was refloated.
[85]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in August 1848
Ship
State
Description
Augusta
Denmark
The
jacht was lost off
Skagen before 4 August.
[19]
Ellergill
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on
Hogland ,
Russia . She was on a voyage from
Hull ,
Yorkshire to
Cronstadt , Russia. She was refloated and completed her voyage, arriving at Cronstadt on 30 August.
[87]
Inez
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at the mouth of the
Benito River , Africa in mid-August. She was on a voyage from the Benito River to
Liverpool ,
Lancashire .
[88]
James
Stralsund
The ship was abandoned in the
Baltic Sea . She was on a voyage from Stralsund to
Riga , Russia.
[19]
Justitia
United States
The ship was wrecked in the
Currituck Inlet before 26 August. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Rio de Janeiro ,
Brazil to
Baltimore, Maryland .
[49]
Leonide
France
The ship foundered in the
Atlantic Ocean with the loss of three lives. Seven survivors were rescued by Restauraçao (
Brazil ),
[55]
[89]
Lord Bruce
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at
Cape Spartel , Morocco. She was on a voyage from
Cardiff ,
Glamorgan to
Genoa ,
Kingdom of Sardinia . She was refloated and completed her voyage, arriving on 26 August.
[34]
Maria
France
The ship ran aground and was damaged at
Angra Paquena , Africa. She was refloated and taken in to
Mauritius .
[90]
Marshall
United States
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean before 3 August.
[5]
Oscar
United Kingdom
The ship departed from
Wells-next-the-Sea ,
Norfolk for
Drontheim , Norway. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.
[91]
Penelope
United Kingdom
The
brig was driven ashore in the
Gironde . She was on a voyage from
Bordeaux ,
Gironde , France to an English port.
[49]
Rapid
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the
Baltic Sea off
Gotland , Sweden before 21 August. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to
Cronstadt , Russia.
[19]
Singleton
United Kingdom
The
schooner departed from
Swansea , Glamorgan for Liverpool. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.
[92]
Studley
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near
Karlskrona , Sweden before 18 August. She was on a voyage from Riga to an English port. she was refloated and put in to
Helsingør , Denmark.
[17]
Washington
Hamburg
The
barque was wrecked on
Crooked Island, Bahamas before 1 September. She was on a voyage from
Jacmel , Haiti to
Bremen .
[93]
Western Rover
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at
Peterhead ,
Aberdeenshire . Her crew were rescued.
[26]
William Crow
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at
South Foreland ,
Kent . She was on a voyage from Liverpool to
Newcastle upon Tyne ,
Northumberland . She was refloated and resumed her voyage.
[26]
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Shipwrecks 1840–49, by month
1840 1841 1842 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849