List of shipwrecks in 1748
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Prior to 1752, when the Calendar Act set 1 January as the beginning of the New Year in the British Empire, Britain and its colonies observed the first day of the new year on 25 March. For those wrecks that happened in what would now be considered January, February and March 1748 under the calendar system used all over the world, bur which was considered January, February and March of "1747" on the archaic calendar, please refer to their unusual placement in the latter sections of the article List of shipwrecks in 1747.
April
1748 did not begin on 1 January![Note 1] (except in non-British nations such as Spain, Portugal, France, Poland, Italy, where 1748 began on 1 January. Under the old system abandoned by Britain more than 275 years ago, the year 1748 officially began on 25 March.
Unknown date
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Prophet Jonah |  Great Britain |
The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, before 29 April. She was on a voyage from a Norwegian port to Falmouth, Cornwall.[1] |
| Providence | Great Britain |
The ship was driven ashore near Rye, Sussex, before 15 April. She was on a voyage from Milford Haven Pembrokeshire to Sunderland, County Durham.[2] |
May
18 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Simeon and Anne | Great Britain |
The snow foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, to Barbados.[3] |
27 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bucephalus | Great Britain |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Arklow, County Wicklow, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Limington, Hampshire, to Dublin, Ireland.[4] |
Unknown date
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Duke of Cumberland | Great Britain |
The ship capsized at Boston, Lincolnshire, before 10 May.[5] |
June
26 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HMS Fowey |  Royal Navy |
The fifth rate struck a reef off the coast of Spanish Florida and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued by two British merchant ships and San Juan y Tadicos ( Spain), which she had previously captured. |
July
24 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Lagniticus |  France |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Lyme, Dorset, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde, to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Maritime.[6] |
August
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| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mary | Great Britain |
The ship was driven ashore and damaged near Brownsey, Dorset, before 9 August.[7] She had been refloated by 12 August.[8] |
September
14 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Anna Maria & Santa Feliz | Spain |
The ship was captured by a squadron under the command of Admiral Knowles and was sunk. She was on a voyage from Carthagena, Viceroyalty of Peru to Cádiz.[9] |
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| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Fortune |  Ireland |
The ship was wrecked on the Maiden Rocks, in the Irish Sea before 6 September. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to Dublin.[10] |
October
11 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Exeter | Great Britain |
The ship was driven ashore at Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany. She was on a voyage from Livorno to London.[11] |
| Russell | Great Britain |
The ship struck a submerged wreck off Cape St. Vincent, Portugal. She foundered the next day. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex, to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.[12] |
24 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Okhotsk |  Imperial Russian Navy |
The galiot was driven ashore at the mouth of the Bolshaya with the loss of most of her crew. She was on a voyage from Okhotsk to Kamchatka. Subsequently refloated, repaired and returned to service.[13] |
25 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Katharina |  Denmark or  Dutch Republic |
The ship was driven ashore dismasted and crewless at Birsay, Orkney Islands, Great Britain.[14] |
Unknown date
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Africa | Spanish Navy |
War of Jenkins' Ear, Battle of Havana: The ship was set afire and scuttled at Havana, Cuba, to prevent her being captured by the British.[15] |
| Friendship | Ireland |
The ship was driven ashore on the coast of West Flanders, Dutch Republic before 25 October. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Rotterdam, South Holland, Dutch Republic.[16] |
| Serpent's Prize | Great Britain |
The ship was lost off Red Car, Yorkshire, before 4 October. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian, to Camp Veer, Zeeland, Dutch Republic.[17] |
November
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| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Martin and Louisa | Ireland |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Zeeland, Dutch Republic before 6 December. She was on a voyage from a Norwegian port to Dublin.[18] |
| Nancy | Great Britain |
The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, before 15 November. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany.[12] |
| True Love | Great Britain |
The ship was lost on the "Dragoneer", near Copenhagen, Denmark, before 25 November. She was on a voyage from a Baltic port to London.[19] |
| Two Brothers | Ireland |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of Zeeland before 6 December. She was on a voyage from a Norwegian port to Dublin.[18] |
December
1 December
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth |  British America |
The ship departed from the Virginia Capes for Madeira, Portugal. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands.[20] |
8 December
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Dolly | Great Britain |
The snow was driven ashore and wrecked at Welch Hook, Pembrokeshire, with the loss of all hands.[21][22] |
14 December
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Great Britain |
The ship foundered off the "Groyne". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Venice.[23] |
17 December
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Fame | Ireland |
The ship was lost near Killybegs, County Donegal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York, British America, to Dublin.[24] |
26 December
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Young Elizabeth | British America |
The ship was driven ashore at Portland, Dorset, Great Britain. Her crew were rescued.[25] |
31 December
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HMS Wolf | Royal Navy |
The Wolf-class sloop was wrecked in Dundrum Bay with the loss of all 110 crew. |
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| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Basnet | Great Britain |
The ship was lost off Sandwich, Kent before 20 December. She was on a voyage from London to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.[26] |
| Elizabeth | Great Britain |
The ship was driven ashore near Ramsgate, Kent, before 20 December. She was on a voyage from London to La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, France.[26] |
| Griffin | Great Britain |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Caernarfon before 13 December. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Virginia, British America, to Whitehaven, Cumberland.[21] |
| Industry | Great Britain |
The ship was driven ashore near Sandwich before 20 December. She was on a voyage from Virginia to London.[26] |
| John & James | Great Britain |
The ship was driven ashore near Sandwich before 20 December. She was on a voyage from London to Marseille.[26] |
| Margaret and Anne | Great Britain |
The ship was driven ashore and damaged near Sandwich before 20 December. She was on a voyage from London to Marseille. Margaret and Anne was later refloated.[26] |
| Pretty Betsey | Great Britain |
The ship was driven ashore near Ramsgate before 20 December. She was on a voyage from London to the Strait of Gibraltar. Pretty Betsey was later refloated and taken in to Ramsgate.[26] |
| Stephen & Sarah | Great Britain |
The ship was driven ashore near Ramsgate before 20 December. She was later refloated and taken in to Ramsgate.[26][27] |
| St. George | Great Britain |
The ship was lost near Folkston, Kent, before 20 December. She was on a voyage from London to the Strait of Gibraltar.[26] |
| Stobb's Galley | Great Britain |
The ship was lost off Sandwich before 20 March. She was on a voyage from London to Marseille.[26] |
| Supply | Great Britain |
The ship was driven ashore near Ramsgate before 20 December. She was later refloated and taken in to Ramsgate.[26][27] |
January
5 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Provident | Great Britain |
The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Holyhead, Anglesey, with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Maryland, British America, to Whitehaven, Cumberland.[28] |
14 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bridge Town | Great Britain |
The ship foundered in the English Channel off Dieppe, Seine-Maritime, France. She was on a voyage from London to Bordeaux, Gironde, France.[29] |
16 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hope | Dutch Republic |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Portland, Dorset, Great Britain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from British America to Amsterdam, North Holland.[28] |
17 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| John | Ireland |
The ship was driven ashore on the South bull, Dublin. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain, to Dublin.[30] |
| John & Francis | Ireland |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the South Bull, Dublin. She was on a voyage from Dublin to La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, France.[30] |
| St John Baptist | Ireland |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the South Bull, Dublin. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Cádiz.[30] |
| Tyger | Ireland |
The ship was driven ashore on the South Bull, Dublin. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal, to Dublin.[30] |
| Union | Ireland |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the South Bull, Dublin. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany.[30] |
27 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Laura |  Great Britain |
The convict ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Walmer Castle, Kent, with the loss of up to 99 lives. She was on a voyage from London to Maryland, British America.[9] |
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| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HMS Anson | Royal Navy |
The fourth rate ship of the line was driven ashore at Portsmouth, Hampshire, before 13 January.[31] She was later refloated and returned to service. |
| Arent & Elizabeth | Dutch Republic |
The ship was driven ashore near Rye, Sussex, Great Britain, before 17 January. She was on a voyage from Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany, to a Dutch port.[24] |
| Cumberland | Great Britain |
The ship was driven ashore near Carmarthen before 13 January with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Virginia, British America, to London.[31] |
| Greenock | Great Britain |
The ship foundered in the North Sea off Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Virginia to Leith, Lothian.[28] |
| Happy Return | Great Britain |
The ship foundered in the English Channel off Beachy Head, Sussex, before 20 January. Her crew were rescued by a Dutch vessel. She was on a voyage from London to Vannes, Morbihan, France.[23] |
| Mary | Great Britain |
The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Waterford, Ireland before 17 January. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Swansey, Glamorgan, to London.[24] |
| Marygold | Great Britain |
The ship was driven ashore on Texel, North Holland, Dutch Republic before 3 February. She was on a voyage from London to Rotterdam, South Holland, Dutch Republic.[29] |
| Neptune | Great Britain |
The ship was lost on the Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay before 24 January with the loss of all on board, over 100 lives. She was on a voyage from Chester, Cheshire, to Dublin, Ireland.[28] |
| Page | Great Britain |
The sloop was wrecked on the Dutch coast before 31 January. She was on a voyage from London to Rotterdam.[9] |
| Providence | France |
The ship was lost off Dover, Kent, Great Britain, before 13 January. She was on a voyage from Dunkirk, Nord to Bordeaux, Gironde.[31] |
| Rose | Great Britain |
The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off the Welsh coast before 20 January. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Jamaica.[23] |
| Santa Domingo | Spain |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Bigbury Bay, Devon, Great Britain, before 10 January. She was on a voyage from Bilbao to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Maritime, France.[32] |
| Success | Great Britain |
The ship was wrecked on St. John's Point, County Donegal, Ireland, before 13 January. Only one passenger survived. She was on a voyage from Plimouth, Devon, to Dublin, Ireland.[31] |
| Thetis | Great Britain |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Padstow, Cornwall, with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain, to an English port.[9] |
| Ufro Rebeccah |  Hamburg |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Folkestone, Kent, before 20 January. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Lisbon, Portugal.[23] |
| HMS Wolf | Royal Navy |
The sloop of war was lost near Belfast, County Down, Ireland, before 13 January with the loss of 58 of her crew.[31] |
February
1 February
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Heureuse Paix | France |
The ship was lost neat Otterton, Devon, Great Britain, with the loss of 40 of her 48 crew. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde, to Île-Royale.[33] |
22 February
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Halsy and Suttle | Great Britain |
The ship was destroyed by fire at the North Dock, Liverpool, Lancashire.[34] |
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| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Concord | Great Britain |
The transport ship was driven ashore on the French coast before 17 February. She was later refloated and taken in to Havre de Grâce, Seine Maritime.[35] |
| Friendship | Great Britain |
The transport ship was driven ashore on the French coast before 7 February. She was on a voyage from The Downs to an Irish port.[36] |
| Friendship | Great Britain |
The ship was driven ashore at Caen, Calvados, France, before 7 February. She was on a voyage from London to South Carolina, British America.[36] |
| Hope | Ireland |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the North Bull, Dublin before 21 February. She was on a voyage from Dublin to the West Indies.[33] |
| Humble | Great Britain |
The ship was driven ashore on the French coast before 14 February. She was on a voyage from Sandwich, Kent, to the Straits of Gibraltar.[37] |
| Jonge Prinses Carolina | Dutch Republic |
The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, Great Britain, before 7 February with the loss of all hands.[36] |
| Lavante | Dutch Republic |
The galley was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland, to Curaçao.[36] |
| Mary | Great Britain |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of Lincolnshire before 7 February. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to London.[36] |
| Nostra Señora de la Paz | Great Britain |
The ship was lost at Bilbao before 27 February. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam to Bilbao.[34] |
| Prince of Wales | Great Britain |
The transport ship was driven ashore on the French coast before 7 February. She was on a voyage from The Downs to an Irish port.[36] She was later refloated and taken in to Portsmouth, Hampshire.[37] |
| Rachel | Great Britain |
The ship was driven ashore at Bayonne, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France before 17 February. She was on a voyage from London to Bayonne.[35] |
| Robert and Mary | Great Britain |
The transport ship was driven ashore on the French coast before 7 February. She was on a voyage from The Downs to an Irish port.[36] |
| Seaflower | Jersey |
The ship sank in the Bordeaux River before 27 February. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux to Jersey.[34] |
March
Unknown date
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| St. George | Great Britain |
The snow was lost at Newhaven, Sussex, before 14 March. She was on a voyage from London to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.[38] |