List of shipwrecks in 1848

The list of shipwrecks in 1848 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1848.

March

6 March

• 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

• 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

• 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

• USS Onkahye ( United States Navy): The schooner was wrecked on a reef off Caicos. Her crew survived.

August

25 August

Queen of the Ocean, Ocean Monarch and Affonso.

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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]

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