List of shipwrecks in November 1848

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

List of shipwrecks: 1 November 1848
ShipStateDescription
Canton  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the East Key, in the Dry Tortugas. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire.[1]
Elizabeth  United Kingdom The ship sank off Worms Head, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Pembrey, Pembrokeshire to Newport, Monmouthshire. She was refloated on 11 November and taken in to Swansea, Glamorgan.[2][3]
Ellen United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The ship was driven ashore crewless at Wellington, Nova Scotia, where she was wrecked.[4]

2 November

List of shipwrecks: 2 November 1848
ShipStateDescription
Eliza  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Ness Point, Suffolk. She was refloated and taken in to Lowestoft.[5]
Fortuna Hamburg The ship was driven ashore at Dungeness, Kent, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Porto Alegre, Brazil to Hamburg.[2][6][7] She was refloated on 10 November and take in to Rye, Sussex, United Kingdom.[8]
Funchal Portugal The ship was lost near Bay Bulls, Newfoundland, British North America. She was on a voyage from Porto to Saint John's, Newfoundland[9]
Hotspur  United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Limerick. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[10]
Isabella  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at South Shields, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Ancona, Papal States to South Shields. She was refloated the next day and taken in to South Shields.[3]
Jane  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on Stroma with the loss of three of her four crew. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Wick, Caithness.[11][12]
Jessie United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Guernsey The schooner ran aground on Neckman's Ground, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain to Kronstadt, Russia. She was refloated and resumed her voyage, but was consequently beached on Hogland on 6 November. Two of her eight crew died before they could be rescued by the schooner Caroline ( Stettin ) on 8 November.[13]
Mersey  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Heisernest, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Danzig to Belfast, County Antrim. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[11]
Warrior  United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Goodwin Sands. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Limerick. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[10]

3 November

List of shipwrecks: 3 November 1848
ShipStateDescription
Deux Petits Cousins France The ship was wrecked on the Barge, off Sables d'Olonne, Vendée.[7]
Elizabeth  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Robin Hoods Bay, Yorkshire. She had become a wreck by 16 November.[14]
George France The ship was driven ashore at Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom.[7]
Harmony  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Hartlepool.[7]
Hero  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to South Shields, County Durham.[6]
Lady Louisa Kerr  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Glenarm Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Maryport, Cumberland to Glenarm, County Antrim.[15] She was refloated on 10 November.[16]
Margaretha Kingdom of Hanover The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Juist. She was on a voyage from Steinhausersiel to Port Dundas, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom.[17]
New Speedwell  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Robin Hoods Bay, Yorkshire.[18]
Sarah and Isabella  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Sandsend, North Riding of Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Whitby to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[10]

4 November

List of shipwrecks: 4 November 1848
ShipStateDescription
Atrochia United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jersey The ship ran aground off Norden, Kingdom of Hanover. She was on a voyage from Jersey to Norden.[17] Also reported as happening at South Shields, County Durham.[19]
Emma  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Cormar Rocks. She was on a voyage from Königsberg, Prussia to London. She was refloated and put in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk in a leaky condition.[6]
John  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Saltfleet, Lincolnshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Boston, Lincolnshire to Goole, Yorkshire.[6]
Mère de la Garde France The ship was lost near Aigues-Mortes, Gard.[20]
Meta  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at North Somercotes, Lincolnshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Boston, Lincolnshire to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[18]
Nymph United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The ship was wrecked at Country Harbour, Nova Scotia and was abandoned by her crew. She subsequently floated off and drifted out to sea.[4]
Pera  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Salthouse Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of Lancashire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dundalk, County Louth to Preston, Lancashire.[6]
St. Justin France The ship was lost near Aigues-Mortes.[20]
Suffolk  United Kingdom The ship was in collision with the brig Beacon in the North Sea off the Dudgeon Lightship ( Trinity House) and was abandoned by her crew, who were rescued by Beacon. Suffolk was on a voyage from Southwold, Suffolk to Aberdeen.[7] She was subsequently taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[21]
Tennessee United States The ship ran aground off Dunkirk, Nord, France. She was on a voyage from Laguna Comarca, Mexico to Hamburg. She was refloated on 30 November and taken in to Dunkirk, where she was condemned.[22]
Thwaites  United Kingdom The ship was in collision with Shamrock ( United Kingdom) and foundered in the English Channel off Dungeness, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Hastings, Sussex.[23]
Venus  United Kingdom The ship departed from Limerick for Bristol, Gloucestershire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[24]
Williams  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and sank in the North Sea off the coast of Lincolnshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire to Goole, Yorkshire.[18][10]

5 November

List of shipwrecks: 5 November 1848
ShipStateDescription
Aimwell  United Kingdom The sloop foundered in the North Sea off Weybourne, Norfolk wtth the loss of all hands.[18][10]
Alert  United Kingdom The schooner was lost near Goeree, Zeeland, Netherlands with the loss of a crew member.[25]
Brisloff  Russia The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Dardanelles. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Odesa.[9][26]
Chèrie France The ship was in collision with Emma ( United Kingdom) off the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure. She put in to Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais in a sinking condition.[17]
Clio  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Worthing, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to a Mediterranean port. She was refloated.[27]
Elizabeth United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Van Diemen's Land The brig was wrecked 2 or 3 nautical miles (3.7 or 5.6 km) from Cape Schanck, New South Wales. All on board survived. She was on a voyage from Geelong, South Australia to Launceston.[28]
Evangelistra France The ship was wrecked 22 nautical miles (41 km) east of Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany.[5][29]
Henry  United Kingdom The sloop was wrecked on the Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Amlwch, Anglesey.[6][30][7]
Katherine Jackson United States The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Manasquan, New Jersey.[29]
Margaretha Duchy of Holstein The ship ran aground on the Noyel Sand and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Tønning to Hull, Yorkshire. She was refloated and taken in to Cuxhaven.[17]
Orion  United Kingdom The ship was sighted in the Øresund whilst on a voyage from Königsberg, Prussia to a British port. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[31]
Périclés France The steamship was driven ashore and sank at Civitavecchia, Papal States. All on board were rescued by Ténaré ( French Navy).[32][33][34]
Peru  United Kingdom The ship struck the Salthouse Bank, in the Irish Sea. She was subsequently driven ashore near Southport, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Dundalk, County Louth to Preston, Lancashire.[30][7]
Sexton  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Middle Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to London. She was refloated with the assistance of four smacks and taken in to Wivenhoe, Essex in a leaky condition.[27]
Sterling  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Grand Manan, New Brunswick, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Saint John, New Brunswick.[22]
Vesta  United Kingdom The kuff was lost near Goeree. Her crew survived.[25]

6 November

List of shipwrecks: 6 November 1848
ShipStateDescription
Adelaide  United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore and wrecked on the Hurst Spit. She was on a voyage from Swanage, Dorset to Southampton, Hampshire.[11]
Cape Packet  United Kingdom The ship was destroyed by fire at Penang, Malaya.[35]
Flora  United Kingdom The ship ran aground of the Havre de Grina Rocks, 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) south east of Foula, Shetland Islands. She floated off but capsized and was abandoned.[36]
Georges France The ship was driven ashore at Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom. She was refloated on 10 November and towed in to Hartlepool for repairs.[20]
Jessie United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Guernsey The ship foundered in the Gulf of Finland with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Guernsey to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[37]
Libertas Prussia The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the North Sea (52°12′N 2°19′E / 52.200°N 2.317°E / 52.200; 2.317). Her crew were rescued by Swendborg ( Denmark). Libertas was on a voyage from Southampton to Memel.[16]
Podi Trieste The ship was driven ashore near the mouht of the Semani and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Trieste to Cork or Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom.[22][1]
Porcépie France The ship was driven ashore at Dunkirk, Nord with the loss of one life. She was on a voyage from Haiti to Hamburg.[38] She had become a wreck by 9 November.[17]
Robert Sweden The schooner was abandoned whilst on a voyage from "Harback" to Stockholm.[39] Wreck floated to Storby grunden, Eckerö, Åland. Wreck, cargo and rigging was auctioned 8.2.1850 at Eckerö.[40]
Senator United States The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. She was refloated in a waterlogged condition.[21]
Thomas Ainsworth  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Blokzijl, Overijssel, Netherlands.[36]
Uranus Denmark The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Memel, Prussia. Her crew were rescued.[32] She was on a voyage from Aarhus to Memel.[34]

7 November

List of shipwrecks: 7 November 1848
ShipStateDescription
Altona  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Saaremaa, Russia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[41]
Catherine, and
Fancy
 United Kingdom
Stettin
Fancy was in collision with the schooner Catherine and was abandoned in the Baltic Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) north of Stettin with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by Catherine, which was subsequently run ashore near Cammin, Rostock. Catherine was on a voyage from Scotland to Stettin.[42][43]
Dorothea  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Memel, Prussia with the loss of a crew member.[44] She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Memel.[34]
Frau Margaretha Kingdom of Hanover The ship was driven ashore on Düne, Heligoland. Her crew were rescued.[2]
Niessina Denmark The ship struck rocks off Osmussaar, Russia and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Helsingør.[45]
Oak  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore on the Frische Nehrung, Prussia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dysart, Aberdeenshire to Pillau, Prussia.[34] Oak was refloated on 12 November and taken in to Pillau in a leaky condition.[46]
Petrel  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Middle Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to London. She was refloated and taken in to Wivenhoe, Essex.[38]

8 November

List of shipwrecks: 8 November 1848 sort=
ShipStateDescription
Allen Potter United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The ship departed from Baltimore, Maryland, United States for Liverpool, Lancashire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[47]

9 November

List of shipwrecks: 9 November 1848
ShipStateDescription
Atrochia United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jersey The ship ran aground on the Muscle Scarf, in the River Tyne.[36]
Catherine Elizabeth  United Kingdom The ship was lost near Noordwijk, North Holland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Groningen, Netherlands to London.[32][48]
Hope  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Wivenhoe, Essex. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Wivenhoe.[49][16]
Onward  United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned off São Miguel Island, Azores. She was on a voyage from Dartmouth, Devon to São Miguel Island. She was subsequently taken in.[50]
Parrsboro'  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Kilroot, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Ayr.[16]
Queen of the Isles United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Guernsey The ship capsized and was severely damaged at Guernsey.[2]
Speculator  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and sank off Penzance, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Cork.[2]

10 November

List of shipwrecks: 10 November 1848
ShipStateDescription
Express United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Gibraltar The ship was driven ashore between Adra and Roquetas de Mar, Spain. She was on a voyage from Gibraltar to Malta.[45]
Hastellina  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at South Shields, County Durham. Shew as on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to South Shields. She was refloated.[8]
Jean Jacques Belgium The ship capsized off Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes. Her crew were rescued.[46]
Reviresco Hamburg The ship was driven ashore in the Elbe downstream of Cuxhaven. She was on a voyage from Cuxhaven to Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, United Kingdom. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.[32][42]

11 November

List of shipwrecks: 11 November 1848
ShipStateDescription
Rattler  United Kingdom The ship was run aground on the Mutchel Scap, off the coast of County Durham.[20]
Zenobia  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Helsingør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Danzig. She was refloated on 14 November and resumed her voyage.[51]

10 November

List of shipwrecks: 10 November 1848
ShipStateDescription
Nautilus United States The full-rigged ship was wrecked at "Blanc Sablon", Labrador, British North America.[52]

12 November

List of shipwrecks: 12 November 1848
ShipStateDescription
Caroline  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and sank in the English Channel off Axmouth, Devon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cowes, Isle of Wight to Bridport, Dorset.[32]
Maria Kingdom of Hanover The ewer was driven ashore on Scharhörn. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Copenhagen, Denmark. She was refloated and taken in to Cuxhaven.[53][54]

13 November

List of shipwrecks: 13 November 1848
ShipStateDescription
Burgundy United States The ship was wrecked on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. Of her 300 passengers, 99 were rescued and landed at Harwich, Essex; 68 of them by the smack Tryal ( United Kingdom) Other survivors were rescued by Nais ( United Kingdom). HMRC Diamond ( Board of Customs) also rescued survivors. Other vessels rescued survivors and landed them along the coast of East Anglia.[49][55][44][56]
Caledonia  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Irish Sea. She was on a voyage from Maryport, Cumberland to an Irish port. She was taken in to Maryport the next day in a derelict condition.[32]
Ianthe  United Kingdom The ship departed from Alexandria, Egypt for Falmouth, Cornwall. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[57]
Lætitia and Catharina Hamburg The ship was driven ashore near "Bosch". She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Rostock. She was refloated and put in to Cuxhaven for repairs.[53]
Richards  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Zuide Haaks sandbank, in the North Sea off the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands. She was refloated and taken in the Nieuw Diep.[34]

14 November

List of shipwrecks: 14 November 1848
ShipStateDescription
Atlantic Bremen The barque was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent with the loss of four lives. The lugger Prince of Wales ( United Kingdom) was amongst the vessels that rescued the survivors. Atlantic was on a voyage from Bremen to New York, United States.[49][55][20]
Aurora  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and damaged near "Ekholm", Russia. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated.[41]
Eliza United States The ship was wrecked at Swinemünde, Prussia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina to Swinemünde.[5]
Ellen United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jersey The ship was driven ashore and capsized at Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France. She was severely damaged.[14]
Emma Greifswald The ship was driven ashore on Rügen, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Greifswald.[9]
George  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham and caught fire when her cargo of quicklime got wet. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Arbroath, Forfarshire.[32][58] The wreck was towed in to South Shields, County Durham on 26 November.[59]
Harriet United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New South Wales The ship departed from Geelong for Hobart, Van Diemen's Land. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[60]
Jenny  United Kingdom The flat sank near the Red Stones, in Liverpool Bay.[32]
Jessie  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Smith's Rocks, in the Irish Sea off Ballycotton, County Antrim. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Limerick to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[14][46]
Njord Sweden The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Dierhagen, Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to Lübeck.[45]
Soundraporvy  Greece The ship ran aground off Lepanto. She was on a voyage from Vostizza to Patras.[61][62] She had been refloated by 22 November, resuming her voyage on that day.[63]

15 November

List of shipwrecks: 15 November 1848
ShipStateDescription
Agnes Kingdom of Hanover The ship was wrecked on Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to Leer.[64]
Anna Elizabeth  United Kingdom The ship ran aground off Neuwerk. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham.[5]
Emily United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The ship was driven ashore and abandoned at Saint John, New Brunswick. She was on a voyage from Saint John to Boston, Massachusetts, United States.[4]
Friendship  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Helsingør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Dundee, Forfarshire. She had been refloated by 18 November and had resumed her voyage.[45]
Klintholm Flag unknown The jacht was driven ashore on the Grosser Broden Sand in a capsized condition with the loss of all hands.[37]
Royal William United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Van Diemen's Land The cutter was wrecked at "Wabb's Harbour". Her crew survived.[65]
Swallow  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on the Fahludd Reef, in the Baltic Sea. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Liverpool, Lancashire.[4]
Veloz  Brazil The brig caught fire and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Columbus ( United Kingdom). Veloz was on a voyage from Maranhão to Porto, Portugal.[41]

16 November

List of shipwrecks: 16 November 1848
ShipStateDescription
Brown  United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex.[66][64]
Eiche Flag unknown The ship was driven ashore at Stettin. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, United Kingdom to Stettin.[5]
Emilie Stettin The ship was driven ashore at Stettin. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Stettin.[5][64]
Fortuneteller  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Stettin. She was on a voyage from Neath, Glamorgan to Stettin.[5]
Koninginn von Schweden Sweden The ship ran aground at Swinemünde, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, United Kingdom to Swinemünde. She was later refloated.[45]
Nathalie Norway The ship was driven ashore at Stettin. She was on a voyage from Bergen to Stettin.[5][29][45]
Stolpemünde Prussia The ship was driven ashore at Stettin. She was on a voyage from Bergen to Stettin.[5]

17 November

List of shipwrecks: 17 November 1848
ShipStateDescription
Drovgden Norway The galiot was in collision with the brig Circassian ( United Kingdom) and sank off Copenhagen, Denmark. Her crew were rescued.[45][43]
Einigkeit Prussia The ship foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Swinemünde.[67]
Helen  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Culpee, India. Her crew were rescued.[68]
Uruguay Prussia The ship was taken in to Stolp in a derelict condition. She was on a voyage from Memel to a Scottish port.[45]

18 November

List of shipwrecks: 18 November 1848
ShipStateDescription
Le Jeune Vincent France The lugger was driven ashore and wrecked near "Rhanashark". He crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Cork, United Kingdom.[69]
Little Queen  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Passage West, County Cork. Her crew were rescued.[69]
Lord Lynedoch  United Kingdom The ship was lost between Seskar and the Nervo Islands, Russia. Her crew were rescued.[22][70]
Magdalena Prussia The ship departed from Eckernförde for a port on the east coast of England. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[71]
Mary Ann  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Helsingør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Leith, Lothian. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[67]
William  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Fanchon (flag unknown). William was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Liverpool, Lancashire.[9]
William Davison  United Kingdom The sloop was driven onto the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. She was on a voyage from Stockton-on-Tees to South Shields. She was refloated and towed in to South Shields.[64]

19 November

List of shipwrecks: 10 November 1848
ShipStateDescription
Anglo-American  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore on Lovells Island, Massachusetts, United States. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Nova Scotia, British North America to Boston, Massachusetts.[72]
Betsey  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Isigny-sur-Mer, Calvados, France with the loss of all hands.[61]
Clara United States The ship was driven ashore at Truro, Massachusetts with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to Portsmouth, New Hampshire.[72]
Exile United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The brig was driven ashore on Great Brewster Island, Massachusetts. She was on a voyage from Yarmouth, Nova Scotia to New York, United States.[72]
Le Josephine France The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Bordeaux, Gironde.[5][64]
Swannen Denmark The ship foundered off Borkum, Kingdom of Hanover. Her crew were rescued by Johanne Gesine ( Bremen). Swannen was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Assens.[59]

20 November

List of shipwrecks: 20 November 1848
ShipStateDescription
Active Kingdom of Hanover The ship struck a sunken wreck and sank off the Domesnes Reef, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to the Meuse (Dutch: Maas).[73]
Agnes  United Kingdom The sloop foundered off the Isle of May. Her three crew survived. She was on a voyage from Newburgh, Fife to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[9][45]
Auricula  United Kingdom The ship departed from St. Jago de Cuba, Cuba for Swansea, Glamorgan. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[74]
Ekanaa  Russia The ship was holed by ice and became waterlogged at Kronstadt.[62][39]
Elizabeth  United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Kettle Bottom, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was refloated in a leaky condition and taken in to Great Yarmouth.[64]
Friends  United Kingdom The ship was run into by Prince Coburg ( United Kingdom) and sank off Herne Bay, Kent. She was on a voyage from Christchurch, Hampshire to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire. She was refloated on 22 November and taken in to Whitstable, Kent.[5][51][75]
Good Intent  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Ness Point, Suffolk. She was refloated and taken in to Lowestoft.[76]
Jane and Ann  United Kingdom The ship was run down by a brig and sank in the North Sea off Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk with the loss of two of her crew. Survivors were rescued by Norfolk ( United Kingdom). Jane and Ann was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Lowestoft.[37]
Klein Marie Prussia The ship struck a sunken wreck and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina, United States to Königsberg. She put in to Egersund, Norway in a leaky condition.[9]
Magnet  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Hellevoetsluis, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Hellevoetsluis to London.[77]
Mantura  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground at Port Talbot, Glamorgan.[51]
Olive  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked at Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Wilmot, Nova Scotia, British North America to Boston, Massachusetts.[72]
St. James United States The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Kilmore, County Wexford, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[51][9]
Union United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The ship was driven ashore between North Rustico and Brackley, Prince Edward Island. She was on a voyage from North Rustico to Trois-Rivières, Province of Canada.[72]
Wave  United Kingdom The ship was holed by ice 40 wersts (23.04 nautical miles (42.67 km)) off Krasnya Gorka, Russia and became waterlogged. Her crew were rescued.[39][50]
William Henry United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The ship was wrecked at Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States with the loss of five lives. She was on a voyage from Prince Edward Island to Boston, Massachusetts.[72]
William Watson  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Redcar, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from London to Hartlepool, County Durham. She was refloated and towed in to Hartlepool.[5]

21 November

List of shipwrecks: 21 November 1848
ShipStateDescription
Agnes  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Cape Condor, Spain. She was on a voyage from London to Cádiz, Spain and the River Plate.[39][78]
Amalia  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked east of the mouth of the Narva River.[79]
Ann and Jane  United Kingdom The schooner was run down by a brig and sunk in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her four crew were rescued by Norfolk ( United Kingdom).[80]
Euphrosine France The ship was driven ashore at Roscoff, Finistère. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Senegal.[64] She was later refloated and taken in to Roscoff for repairs.[45]
Gem  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked in Galway Bay with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Limerick to Liverpool, Lancashire.[61][81][82]
George  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore near Redcar, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Sandwich, Kent to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[83]
Hamburgh  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore near Redcar. She was on a voyage from London to Middlesbrough. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[83]
Harbinger  United Kingdom The ship was beached at Gothenburg, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Danzig to Leith, Lothian.[39]
Hebe  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore near Redcar. She was on a voyage from London to Middlesbrough. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[83]
Pallas Netherlands The ship was driven ashore near Équihen, Pas-de-Calais, France. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States to Rotterdam, South Holland.[45]
Phya  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked off Hiiumaa, Russia. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London.[72]
Samuel  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Redcar. She was on a voyage from London to Middlesbrough.[83]
Semiramis  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Saltcoats, Ayrshire. She was on a voyage from London to the Clyde.[5][84]
St. Nicholas  Russia The ship was driven ashore on Naissaar. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Reval.[70]
Union  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea off Blyth, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued by Dispatch ( United Kingdom). Union was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Blyth.[83]
Wilberforce  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Eider at "Eitzenloch". She was on a voyage from London to Hamburg. She was later refloated and resumed her voyage.[67]
Wyandotte United States The steamboat was wrecked in the Mississippi River upstream of Vicksburg, Mississippi.[85]

22 November

List of shipwrecks: 22 November 1848
ShipStateDescription
Bird  United Kingdom The brig was driven onto the Boulmer Rocks, off the coast of Northumberland.[77] She was refloated on 1 December and taken in to Warkworth, Northumberland in a severely damaged condition.[86]
Christian Packet Norway The ship was driven ashore on the south west coast of Læsø, Denmark.[87]
Gondolier  United Kingdom The steamboat was in collision with the steamboat Josiah Lawrence and sank in the Mississippi River 50 nautical miles (93 km) downstream of St. Louis, Missouri.[85]
Imogene  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and sanke on "Wolff Island", Russia. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London.[50]
John French  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Donegal. She was refloated.[9]
Lincoln  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Donegal. She was refloated.[9]
Nostra Signora della Guardi Kingdom of Sardinia The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Toulon, Var, France. Her crew were rescued.[62]
Retep and Kinederf Stettin The schooner was in collision with an English brig and sank in the Dragoer Rinne. Her crew were rescued.[88][79]

23 November

List of shipwrecks: 23 November 1848
ShipStateDescription
Antoine France The ship was wrecked at Cette, Hérault.[62]
Diadem  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Kronstadt, Russia.[1]
Elodie et Antoine France The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Cette, Hérault to Brest, Finistère.[41]
Helena  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Roker Rocks, off the coast of Northumberland. She was on a voyage from London to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire.[45]
Janet Kinnear  United Kingdom The brig sank in the Gulf of Finland off "Dolgenoss", Russia. Her crew were rescued. She was refloated in 1849 and taken in to Saint Petersburg, where she was repaired.[70][89]
Rapid  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Prøvestenen, Copenhagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from London to Rostock. She was later refloated and taken in to Copenhagen.[67]
Sophia United States The schooner departed from New York for Newfoundland, British North America. She was subsequently run down and sunk with the loss of all but one of her crew.[90]
St. Cuthbert  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and sank at Ballyferris Point, County Down. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Westport, County Mayo.[9]

24 November

List of shipwrecks: 24 November 1848
ShipStateDescription
Annie McNabb United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The ship was driven ashore at Gouldsboro, Maine, United States. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to Digby Nova Scotia.[90] She had been refloated by 2 December.[91]
Charlotte Carl France The ship was driven ashore at Kronstadt, Russia. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Kronstadt. She was refloated and taken in to Kronstadt.[92]
Diana  United Kingdom The ship ran aground off Gotland, Sweden, She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Plymouth, Devon. She was refloated in late December and taken in to Ronehamn for repairs.[93]
Sarah  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and damaged near Donegal.[94]
Sea Witch  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked in Pontifex Bay, Guernsey, Channel Islands with the loss of eight of her eleven crew.[95] She was on a voyage from Sierra Leone to London.[96]
Snap  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and damaged on The Rosses, County Donegal. She was on a voyage from Donegal to the Clyde.[9]
William and Eliza  United Kingdom The ship was in collision with Auckland ( United Kingdom) in the Bristol Channel. She was subsequently driven ashore and wrecked on Skokholm, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Liverpool, Lancashire.[9][41][39]

25 November

List of shipwrecks: 25 November 1848
ShipStateDescription
Ann and Mary  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Bay of Luce.[97]
Caroline  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and damaged on Stroma, Orkney Islands. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Montrose, Forfarshire. She was refloated and consequently put in to Aberdeen in a leaky condition.[98]
Christian August Norway The ship ran aground at Egersund. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Portugal to Stavanger.[99]
Forest Monarch  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on "Inneskenagh", near Dublin with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Greenock, Renfrewshire.[100][45]
Hero  United Kingdom The schooner departed from Puerto Rico for Saint John's, Newfoundland, British North America. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[101]
Nova Scotia United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The ship ran aground off Seal Island, Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from Yarmouth, Nova Scotia to Liverpool, Nova Scotia. She was refloated and put back to Yarmouth but ran aground and was wrecked.[72]
Rambler  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked 10 nautical miles (19 km) south of Wexford. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Smyrna, Ottoman Empire to Liverpool, Lancashire.[100][45][102]

26 November

List of shipwrecks: 26 November 1848
ShipStateDescription
Emma  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and damaged on the North Counch. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Sunderland, County Durham.[9]
Emma France The brig was wrecked on the Bare Bush Key. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Savanilla, Republic of New Granada to Havre de Grâce, Seine Maritime.[103]
Manligheten Sweden The ship was driven ashore and capsized near "Quilleback". She had been refloated by 30 November.[72]
Mary Dugdale  United Kingdom The ship departed from Cuba for Swansea, Glamorgan. Presumed subsequently foundered off the Bahamas with the loss of all hands.[31]
Oxenbjerg Denmark The sloop ran aground on the Hattero Reef. She was on a voyage from Nyborg to London, United Kingdom.[94]
Santa Spilliotizza Malta The ship was wrecked at Tunis, Beylik of Tunis. She was on a voyage from Malta to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom.[73]
HMS Scout  Royal Navy The Scout-class ship-sloop struck a rock and sank in the Min River, China. Her crew were rescued.[104][35] She was later refloated.[105]
Stenboeken Flag unknown The ship was beached at "Lyakhil". She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to "Saltkallan".[72]

27 November

List of shipwrecks: 27 November 1848
ShipStateDescription
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).[106]
Diana  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on a reef off Gotland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Plymouth, Devon.[107] She was refloated on 21 December and taken in to Ronehamn for repairs.[108]
Henry Dubignon  United Kingdom The ship was wrecken near Nassau, Bahamas. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire.[109]
Indus United States The ship was driven ashore 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) north of Smith's Island, North Carolina. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Baltimore, Maryland.[110]
Phoenix  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at the mouth of the Rio Grande. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to the Rio Grande.[111]
Princess  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 Sunderland, County Durham to London. She was refloated on 29 November and resumed her voyage.[61][86]
Prosperity  United Kingdom The sloop ran aground and was severely damaged at Drogheda, County Louth. She was on a voyage from Dundalk to Drogheda.[41]
Unternehmung Hamburg The ship was driven ashore west of Dunbar, Lothian, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Leith, Lothian. She was refloated and taken in to Dunbar in a severely damaged condition.[41][26]

28 November

List of shipwrecks: 28 November 1848
ShipStateDescription
Arrietta  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Mixon Sands, in the Bristol Channel. She was on a voyage from Cuba to Swansea, Glamorgan.[26]
Baltic United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Guernsey The ship ran aground and sank at Littlehampton, Sussex. she was on a voyage from Littlehampton to London.[61]
Brothers  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and damaged at Bideford, Devon. She was refloated on 3 December and taken in to Bideford.[112]
Colossus United States The ship ran aground and capsized in the River Tyne. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to New York.[41] She was refloated the next day and beached.[61]
De Kalb United Kingdom The steamboat was run into by the steamboat Cutter ( United States) and capsized in the Cumberland River.[85]
Harmonie  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Kungsbaka Fjord. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Stettin.[72][113]
Isabella  United Kingdom The sloop sank at Dundee, Forfarshire with the loss of her captain.[98]
John and Richard  United Kingdom The brig caught fire at Hartlepool, County Durham and was scuttled.[39]
Margaret and Elizabeth  United Kingdom The sloop was destroyed by fire at Broughty Ferry, Forfarshire.[39]
Silva  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Wester Nill, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Hamburg. She was refloated and taken in to Hamburg.[114]

29 November

List of shipwrecks: 29 November 1848
ShipStateDescription
Alford  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Northumberland and was abandoned by her crew. She was refloated and taken in to Blyth, Northumberland.[86]
Cheviot  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. She was on a voyage from Bangor to Alnmouth, Northumberland.[39][98]
Clydesdale  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore at Seamill, Ayrshire. She was on a voyage from Puerto Rico to Greenock, Renfrewshire. She was refloated on 11 December and taken in to Ardrossan, Ayrshire in a severely damaged condition.[115][62][39]
Enigheten Sweden The ship sank in Onoala Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Torrevieja, Spain to Karlskrona.[115]
Euphemia  United Kingdom The ship struck a sunken rock and sank off Lindisfarne, Northumberland with the loss of her captain from her four crew. She was on a voyage from Dunkirk, Nord, France to Grangemouth, Stirlingshire. She was refloated on 8 December and taken in to Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland in a severely damaged condition.[87][39][86]
Lafayette Sweden The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Seaford, Sussex, United Kingdom with the loss of two of her seven crew. Survivors were rescued by the Coast Guard. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Portugal to Uddevalla.[61][116]
Sarah Elizabeth  United Kingdom The ship was severely damaged by fire at Plymouth, Devon.[39]
Sunflower  United Kingdom The ship departed from Paraíba, Brazil for Liverpool, Lancashire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[74]
Wensleydale  United Kingdom The schooner ran into Abeona ( United Kingdom) and sank off Happisburgh, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued.[86]

30 November

Unknown date

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