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

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in 1848

Ship	State	Description
Arachne	Van Diemen's Land	The whaler was driven ashore and wrecked in Trial Bay, New South Wales.
USS Austin	United States Navy	The sloop-of-war was beached at Pensacola Navy Yard, Florida. She was subsequently dismantled.
Caupolician	Chile	The ship was wrecked in the Gambier Islands. She was on a voyage from Valparaíso to the Gambier Islands and Tahiti.
Conqueror	United Kingdom	The paddle tug caught fire and was scuttled in Loch Kyles. Subsequently refloated, rebuilt and returned to service.
Fair Play	United States	The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by United States ( United States). Fair Play was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Barbadoes.
Jemmapes	French Navy	The 100-gun ship of the line was driven ashore at Civitavecchia in the Papal States in October or November.
Jewess	United States	The 200-foot (61.0 m) sidewheel paddle steamer burned while she was moored at Baltimore, Maryland, when a fire spread to her from another ship. She was repaired and returned to service.
Kelpie	United Kingdom	The barque departed from Hong Kong for Shanghai, China in September or earlier. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.
Mischief	United Kingdom	The schooner departed from Hong Kong for Shanghai in September or earlier. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.
Nelson	United Kingdom	The ship departed from Manila, Spanish East Indies for a port in New Zealand. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.
Rainbow	United States	The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from New York to Peru.
Sam Slick	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore in the Gambia River. She was refloated but was consequently condemned.

References

1. "Ship News". The Morning Post. No. 23370. London. 1 November 1848. p. 8.
2. "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury. No. 19815. Edinburgh. 14 September 1848.
3. "The Steam-tug Conqueror". Glasgow Herald. No. 7147. Glasgow. 6 December 1862.
4. "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc. No. 1969. Liverpool. 14 March 1848.
5. "The State of the Continent". The Times. No. 20041. London. 8 December 1848. col A, p. 6. She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service.
6. Anonymous, Shipwrecks of the Mid-Atlantic: Maryland, Delaware & Southern New Jersey (poster), Sealake Products USA, undated.
7. ^ "China and the Eastern Archipelago". Daily News. No. 857. London. 23 February 1849.
8. "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury. Edinburgh. 8 October 1849.
9. "Shipping Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle. No. 24490 (Fourth ed.). London. 19 April 1848.

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