List of shipwrecks in December 1848
Ship Country Description
Agnes United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Bemar Rock , off the coast of Fife . She was on a voyage from London to Alloa , Clackmannanshire . She was refloated on 12 December
Albion United Kingdom The ship ran into Susan ( Guernsey ) and was abandoned in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk . She subsequently ran onto the Scroby Sands and sank
Argo United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Blackwater Bank , in the Irish Sea . She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to New Orleans , Louisiana , United States . She was refloated and resumed her voyage , but consequently put in to Kingstown , County Dublin before returning to Liverpool
Brothers United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand , in the North Sea off the coast of Essex . Her crew were rescued . She was on a voyage from South Shields , County Durham to London
Erbgrossherzog Friedrich Franz Wiesse Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin The ship was wrecked between Helsingør , Denmark and the Kullen Lighthouse , Sweden . She was on a voyage from Sunderland , County Durham to Ribnitz
Friends United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Cellardyke , Fife . Her crew were rescued . She was on a voyage from Perth to the Clyde
Henrietta United States The barque was wrecked on the Cow and Calf Rocks , off the coast of County Cork , United Kingdom . Her crew were rescued . She was on a voyage from Cobh , County Cork to Cardiff , Glamorgan , United Kingdom
Hiram United Kingdom The ship was holed by her anchor and sank at Memel , Prussia . She was on a voyage from Dublin to Memel . She was refloated the next day
Joseph Haydn Bremen The ship ran aground in the Geeste
Juventus United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand , in the North Sea off the coast of Essex . Her crew were rescued by HMRC Scout ( Board of Customs ) . Juventus was refloated the next day and towed in to Harwich , Essex in a derelict condition
Lahorieux France The ship struck a sunken rock and was damaged . She was on a voyage from Nantes , Loire-Inférieure to an English port . She was refloated and put in to Abrevach , Finistère
Oreste United Kingdom The ship departed from Constantinople , Ottoman Empire for a British port . No further trace , presumed foundered with the loss of all hands
Peak United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Harwich . She was on a voyage from Whitby , Yorkshire to Harwich . She was refloated
Penelope British North America The ship departed from Sydney , Nova Scotia for New York , United States . No further trace , presumed foundered with the loss of all hands
Rover British North America The schooner was abandoned and set afire in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland ( 44°56′N 50°58′W / 44.933°N 50.967°W / 44.933 ; -50.967 ) . Her crew were rescued by Centurion ( United Kingdom ) . Rover was on a voyage from Pictou , Nova Scotia to Saint John 's , Newfoundland
Speculateur France The sloop was wrecked on the Sunk Sand , in the North Sea off the coast of Essex . Her crew were rescued . She was on a voyage from Trouville-sur-Mer , Calvados to Ipswich , Suffolk , United Kingdom
Speculation United Kingdom The ship was struck the South Rock and was damaged . She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Dublin . She put in to Donaghadee , County Antrim in a leaky condition
The list of shipwrecks in December 1848 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during December 1848.