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The list of shipwrecks in August 1848 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during August 1848.
1 August
2 August
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 voyege from Rouen , Seine-Maritime , 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]
3 August
4 August
5 August
6 August
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]
7 August
8 August
9 August
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]
10 August
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 ship was wrecked on Hogland , Russia . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from North Shields , County Durham to Cronstadt , Russia.[ 19] [ 28]
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.[ 29]
Tweed
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore at Stockvik , Sweden.[ 5] She had been refloated and had resumed her voyage by 16 August.[ 30]
11 August
12 August
13 August
14 August
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.[ 38] [ 39]
Progress
United Kingdom
The smack departed from the Clyde for Runcorn , Cheshire . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 40]
Sea Drift
United Kingdom
The ship sank off Rothesay , Isle of Bute .[ 38]
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.[ 41]
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.[ 42]
15 August
16 August
17 August
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 .[ 45]
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 .[ 38] [ 46] [ 47]
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.[ 48]
Frau Maria Antoinetta
Belgium
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at San Pier d'Arena , Grand Duchy of Tuscany . Her crew were rescued.[ 49]
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.[ 50]
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 .[ 38]
18 August
19 August
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] [ 29]
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.[ 48] 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.[ 53]
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.[ 29]
Venus
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked between Dundrum and Newcastle, County Down . Her crew were rescued.[ 47]
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.
20 August
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 , Soain 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 .[ 51]
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 .[ 51]
21 August
22 August
List of shipwrecks: 22 August 1848
Ship
State
Description
Benjamin Green
United Kingdom
The barque was damaged in a hurricane at Saint Kitts .[ 56]
Betsey
Saint Kitts
The cutter was lost in a hurricane at Saint Kitts.[ 56]
Cedar Hill
Antigua
The sloop was driven ashore in a hurriane at Parnham, Antigua .[ 53]
Chancellor
Antigua
The sloop was sunk in a hurricane at Antigua.[ 56]
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.[ 56]
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.[ 49] [ 57]
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 .[ 58]
Maria
Antigua
The sloop was driven ashore in a hurricane at Saint Kitts.[ 56]
Mary
Tortola
The schooner foundered in a hurricane at Saint Kitts with the loss of all hands.[ 56]
Mary Frances
Antigua
The sloop was driven ashore in a hurricane at Antigua.[ 56]
Neptune
Antigua
The sloop was driven ashore in a hurricane at Parnham, Antigua.[ 53]
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.[ 56]
Only Son
Saint Kitts
The sloop-boat was driven ashore and wrecked in a hurricane at Saint Kitts with the loss of all hands.[ 56]
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.[ 56] [ 53]
Rosebud
Saint Kitts
The sloop-boat sank in a hurricane at Saint Kitts with the loss of all hands.[ 59]
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.[ 58]
Sarah Malone
Antigua
The sloop was sunk in a hurricane at Falmouth, Antigua .[ 56] [ 53]
Therese
Barbadoes
The schooner was driven ashore in a hurricane at English Harbour , Antigua. She was later refloated.[ 53]
Wave
Antigua
The sloop was driven ashore in a hurricane at Antigua.[ 56]
23 August
24 August
25 August
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 .[ 58]
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]
26 August
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 .[ 30]
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.[ 65] [ 66] [ 19] [ 30] Both vessels were later refloated and taken in to Ramsey Bay .[ 67]
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 .[ 62]
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 .[ 65] [ 68]
27 August
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.[ 30] [ 68]
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 .[ 69]
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 .[ 70]
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.[ 71]
28 August
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 .[ 72]
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 .[ 73]
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.[ 74]
Flower
United Kingdom
The yawl foundered off Mothecombe , Devon with the loss of all three crew.[ 75]
Hazard
United Kingdom
The ship departed from Matanzas , Cuba for Falmouth, Cornwall . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 76]
John and Elizabeth
United Kingdom
The schooner was wrecked on the Cefn Sidn Sand, in Carmarthen Bay , Her crew were rescued.[ 65] [ 77]
29 August
30 August
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.[ 78]
Damon
Jersey
The brigantine was wrecked on St. Peter's Island, Newfoundland , British North America . Her crew were rescued.[ 79] She was on a voyage from Gaspé , Province of Canada , British North America to Jersey.[ 80]
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 .[ 81]
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 .[ 33]
31 August
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.[ 82]
Arrow
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore in a typhoon at Cumsingmoon , China . Her crew were rescued by USS Plymouth ( United States Navy ).[ 83]
Brigand
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from British Honduras to Cork .[ 84]
Carl Johan
United Kingdom
The barque was driven ashore in a typhoon at Macau , China.[ 83]
Charles Wirgman
United States
The brig was driven ashore and wrecked in a typhoon at Hong Kong , China.[ 83]
Clio
United Kingdom
The barque was wecked in a typhoon at Macau with the loss of her captain.[ 83]
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.[ 83]
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.[ 83]
Emily
United Kingdom
The barque was driven ashore in a typhoon at Cumsingmoon.[ 83]
Enterprise
France
The whaler was driven ashore in a typhoon at Macau. She was refloated.[ 83]
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.[ 83]
Helen Stewart
United Kingdom
The barque was driven ashore in a typhoon at Green Island, Hong Kong.[ 83]
Hermes
United Kingdom
The barque was driven ashore in a typhoon at Hong Kong. She was refloated.[ 83]
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 ).[ 83]
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.[ 83]
Mayflower
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore in a typhoon at Macau.[ 83]
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.[ 60]
Raven
United Kingdom
The ship sank in a typhoon at Macau.[ 83]
Sylph
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked in a typhoon at Macau.[ 83]
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 ).[ 83]
Sylphide
Hamburg
The schooner was driven ashore in a typhoon at Macau. She was refloated.[ 83]
Unknown date
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.[ 85]
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 .[ 86]
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 .[ 48]
Leonide
France
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of three lives. Seven survivors were rescued by Restauraçao ( Brazil ),[ 54] [ 87]
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.[ 33]
Maria
France
The ship ran aground and was damaged at Angra Paquena , Africa. She was refloated and taken in to Mauritius .[ 88]
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.[ 89]
Penelope
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore in the Gironde . She was on a voyage from Bordeaux , Gironde , France to an English port.[ 48]
Rapid
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea off Gotland , Sweden before 21 August. Her crew survived. She was on a voayge 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.[ 90]
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 .[ 91]
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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^ "Ship News" . The Cornwall Chronicle . Launceston, Van Diemen's Land. 19 August 1848. p. 2.
^ "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury . No. 19812. Edinburgh. 7 September 1848.
^ a b c d e f "Ship News". The Times . No. 19962. London. 7 September 1848. col F, p. 6. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help )
^ "Shipping Intelligence" . The Port Phillip Patrion and Morning Advertiser . Port Phillip. 15 August 1848. p. 2.
^ "The "Tenasserim" " . Geelong Advertiser . Geelong. 17 August 1848. p. 2.
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^ a b c d "Ship News". The Standard . No. 7493. London. 19 August 1848.
^ "Ship News". Glasgow Herald . No. 4754. Glasgow. 21 August 1848.
^ "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury . No. 19825. Edinburgh. 19 October 1848.
^ "Ship News". The Times . No. 20051. London. 20 December 1848. col C, p. 7. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help )
^ "Ship News". The Standard . No. 7489. London. 15 August 1848.
^ "Marine Intelligence". The Newcastle Courant etc . No. 9063. Newcastle upon Tyne. 18 August 1848.
^ "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonia Mercury . No. 19821. Edinburgh. 5 October 1848.
^ "Ship News". The Standard . No. 7492. London. 18 August 1848.
^ "Glasgow - Loss of the Amethyst". The Standard . No. 7496. London. 23 August 1848. p. 1.
^ a b c "Ship News". The Belfast News-Letter . No. 11487. Belfast. 25 August 1848.
^ a b c d e "Ship News". The Standard . No. 7517. London. 17 September 1848.
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^ "Shipping Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle . No. 24655. London. 28 October 1848.
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^ "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury . No. 19812. Edinburgh. 4 September 1848.
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^ "Scotland". Glasgow Herald . No. 4758. Glasgow. 4 September 1848.
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "West India Mail". Daily News . No. 727. London. 25 September 1848.
^ "Marine Intelligence". The Newcastle Courant etc . No. 9066. Newcastle upon Tyne. 8 September 1848.
^ a b c "Ship News". The Standard . No. 7498. London. 25 August 1848.
^ "West Indian and Mexican Mails". The Times . No. 19977. London. 25 September 1848. col D-F, p. 3. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help )
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^ "Ship News". Liverpool Mercury etc . No. 2034 (Second ed.). Liverpool. 27 October 1848.
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^ "Shipping Intelligence". The Aberdeen Journal . No. 5253. Aberdeen. 13 September 1848.
^ "Ship News". Liverpool Mercury etc . No. 2024 (Third ed.). Liverpool. 22 September 1848.
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^ "Shipping Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle . No. 24608. London. 4 September 1848.
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^ "Ship News". The Morning Post . No. 23349. London. 7 October 1848. p. 8.
^ "Shipping Intelligence". The Aberdeen Journal . No. 5254. Aberdeen. 20 September 1848.
^ "Ship News". The Morning Post . No. 23423. London. 3 January 1849.
^ "Ship News". The Morning Post . No. 23327. London. 12 September 1848.
^ "Ship News". The Standard . No. 7505. London. 2 September 1848.
^ "Ship News". The Morning Post . No. 23325. London. 9 September 1848.
^ "Plymouth, Devonport, &c". Trewman's Exeter Flying Post . No. 4316. Exeter. 31 August 1848.
^ "Shipping Intelligence". The Aberdeen Journal . No. 5267. Aberdeen. 20 December 1848.
^ "Ship News". The Standard . No. 7503. London. 31 August 1848.
^ "Ship News". The Times . No. 20112. London. 1 March 1849. col E, p. 7. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help )
^ "Ship News". The Morning Post . No. 23346. London. 4 October 1848.
^ "Shipping Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle . No. 24652. London. 25 October 1848.
^ "Ship News". The Morning Post . No. 23340. London. 27 September 1848.
^ "Marine Intelligence". The Newcastle Courant etc . No. 9081. Newcastle upon Tyne. 22 December 1848.
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r "The Typhoon in the China Seas". The Times . No. 20025. London. 20 November 1848. col A-B, p. 6. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help )
^ "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury . No. 19828. Edinburgh. 30 October 1848.
^ "Shipping Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle . No. 24616. London. 13 September 1848.
^ "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury . No. 19835. Edinburgh. 27 November 1848.
^ "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury . No. 19820. Edinburgh. 2 October 1848.
^ "Ship News". The Morning Post . No. 23338. London. 25 September 1848. p. 8.
^ "Ship News". The Times . No. 20041. London. 8 December 1848. col F, p. 7. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help )
^ "Ship News". The Standard . No. 7514. London. 13 September 1848.
^ "Ship News". The Morning Post . No. 23355. London. 14 October 1848.
Shipwrecks 1840–49, by month
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