The list of shipwrecks in May 1848 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during May 1848.
15 May
List of shipwrecks: 15 May 1848
Ship | Country | Description |
Louisa |
United Kingdom |
The ship was in collision with Albion ( Norway) in the North Sea and was abandoned. She was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham to London. She was subsequently taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[6] |
Montefiores |
United Kingdom |
The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Ganjam, India. Her crew were rescued.[34][35] |
Queen |
United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore on Dagö, Russia. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Saint Petersburg, Russia. She was refloated but drove ashore in Polody Bay. Her crew were rescued. Subsequently refloated and taken in to "Rockshaven".[36] |
Susan |
United Kingdom |
The ship ran aground on the Barber Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk, and sank. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Colchester, Essex.[6] |
Wupper |
United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands to Hull, Yorkshire. She was refloated.[6] |
17 May
List of shipwrecks: 17 May 1848
Ship | Country | Description |
Ayrshire |
United Kingdom |
The ship ran aground on the Île d'Orleans, Province of Canada, British North America. Some of her passengers were taken off by the steamship St. George ( British North America). Ayrshire was on a voyage from Newry, County Antrim to Quebec City, Province of Canada.[27] She was refloated and taken in to Quebec City, where she arrived on 18 May.[32] |
Mathilde |
Hamburg |
The ship capsized at Ramsgate, Kent, United Kingdom and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Lisbon, Portugal.[6] |
Paragon |
United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore at Thurso, Caithness. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to an American port. She was refloated and taken in to Scrabster, Caithness.[37] |
25 May
List of shipwrecks: 25 May 1848
Ship | Country | Description |
Liberty |
United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore and sank in Clanyard Bay. She was on a voyage from East Loch Tarbert to the Water of Orr.[47] |
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in May 1848
Ship | Country | Description |
Alida Jantina |
Flag unknown |
The ship was driven ashore on the Villez Maston Rocks. She was refloated on 6 May and taken in to Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Atlantique, France.[58] |
Arachne |
Van Diemen's Land |
The whaler was wrecked off the west coast of New Holland. Her crew survived.[59] |
Declaration |
United States |
The brigantine was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was discovered derelict on 27 May by Pakenham ( United Kingdom) and was set afire.[60] |
Desdemona |
United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Jutland. She was refloated and put in to Copenhagen, Denmark, where she arrived on 11 May.[61] |
Diamante |
Belgium |
The ship was lost in the Saint Lucia Channel.[62] |
Harley |
United Kingdom |
The brig was driven ashore at English Point, British North America before 22 May.[32] |
Harold |
Hamburg |
The schooner was wrecked on the African coast before 19 May. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Sierra Leone.[18] |
Hector |
Denmark |
The brig was wrecked on the English Bank, in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Uruguay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Monte Video, Uruguay.[63] |
H. Kinney |
United States |
The steamboat was destroyed by a boiler explosion in the Tombigbee River with some loss of life. She was on a voyage from Mobile, Alabama to Vienna, Alabama.[64] |
Louisville |
United States |
The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Cienfuegos, Cuba before 31 May. She was on a voyage from Cienfuegos to Trieste. She was refloated and taken in to Cienfuegos, where she was condemned.[65] |
Mountaineer |
United States |
The three-masted schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 23 May.[53] |
Narcissus |
United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Ventspils, Russia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Ventspils.[30] |
Ulysses |
France |
The ship was driven ashore on Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from Rochefort, Charente-Maritime to Saint Andrews, New Brunswick, British North America.[3] |
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- 1 2 3 4 "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury (19784). Edinburgh. 29 May 1848.
- ↑ "Marine Intelligence". The Newcastle Courant etc (9054). Newcastle upon Tyne. 16 June 1848.
- ↑ "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury (19779). Edinburgh. 11 May 1848.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Ship News". The Times (19867). London. 19 May 1848. col F, p. 7.
- ↑ "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury (19812). Edinburgh. 4 September 1848.
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- ↑ "Naval Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury (19783). Edinburgh. 25 May 1848.
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- ↑ "Maritime Casualties". Lloyd's Weekly London Newspaper (293). London. 2 July 1848.
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