List of shipwrecks in 1748
The List of shipwrecks in 1748 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1748.
Early 1748 (N.S.)
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
May
18 May
27 May
Unknown date
June
26 June
List of shipwrecks: 26 June 1748
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
August
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1748
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
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1748
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
24 October
List of shipwrecks: 24 October 1748
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
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1748
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
Unknown date
December
1 December
8 December
14 December
List of shipwrecks: 14 December 1748
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
26 December
31 December
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1748
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
14 January
16 January
17 January
List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1748
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
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1748
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 Dunkerque , 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
22 February
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1748
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
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1748
Ship
State
Description
Betsey
Great Britain
The ship foundered before 7 June. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Boston.[ 39]
Blendon
Great Britain
The ship foundered in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland before 1 November. She was on a voyage from Lisbon , Portugal, to Newfoundland , British America .[ 14]
Boss
Great Britain
The ship was captured and sunk by a French Man-of-war before 16 August. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire , to New York , British America .[ 40]
Cessation
Great Britain
The ship foundered before 30 December. She was on a voyage from New England , British America , to Barbadoes .[ 25]
Charming Sally
Ireland
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 24 leagues (72 nautical miles (133 km) off the Virginia Capes , British America, before 3 June. Her crew were rescued by Spencer ( Great Britain ). Charming Sally was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , to Newry , County Down .[ 41]
Dragon
Great Britain
The ship foundered in Saint Ann's Bay, Jamaica , before 25 November. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[ 19]
Elizabeth
Great Britain
The brig foundered before 28 June. She was on a voyage from Antigua to Montserrat .[ 42]
Expedition
Great Britain
The ship, sailing under a flag of truce , foundered before 19 April. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to La Vera Cruz , Captaincy General of Cuba .[ 43]
Happy Success
Great Britain
The ship was lost off Port Antonio , Jamaica, before 25 October. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[ 44]
Industry
Great Britain
The ship was lost at Port Morant , Jamaica, before 17 January. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts , British America, to Jamaica.[ 24]
Leostoffe
Great Britain
The ship was lost at Bermuda before 17 March. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Bermuda.[ 45]
Matthew
Great Britain
The ship was lost on the coast of British America before 19 April. She was on a voyage from Lisbon , Portugal, to Virginia , British America.[ 43]
Montserrat Packet
Great Britain
The ship was lost at Calabar , Africa, before 14 March.[ 38]
Nelly
Great Britain
The ship was wrecked on a reef off Hispaniola before 4 October. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Jamaica.[ 17]
President
Great Britain
The ship sank in the James River , Virginia , British America, before 8 July.[ 46]
Rachel
British America
The ship was lost at Livorno , Grand Duchy of Tuscany , before 24 February. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland to Livorno.[ 47]
Rae
Great Britain
The ship was lost on the coast of America before 3 May. She was on a voyage from Glasgow , Renfrewshire , to Virginia.[ 48]
Regina
Dutch Republic
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Málaga , Spain, before 24 May. She was on a voyage from Cette , Hérault , France, to a Dutch port.[ 49]
HMS Serpent
Royal Navy
The sloop of war was wrecked off Barbadoes before 22 November with the loss of seven of her crew.[ 50]
Tryal
Ireland
The ship ran aground off Antigua before 26 August. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Barbadoes .[ 51]
Victoria
flag unknown
The ship was lost off Gallipoly , Ottoman Empire , before 27 February. She was on a voyage from "Tripany" to Venice .[ 34]
Willoughby
Great Britain
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean before 21 June. Her crew were rescued by George ( Great Britain ). Willoughby was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 52]
Notes
^ Until 1752, the year began on Lady Day (25 March) Thus 24 March 1747 was followed by 25 March 1748. 31 December 1748 was followed by 1 January 1748.
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