# List of shipwrecks in June 1848

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

## 1 June

List of shipwrecks: 1 June 1848 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Argo | British North America | The ship was driven ashore near Renews, Newfoundland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint John's, Newfoundland to Saint John, New Brunswick. |
| Bessy Dryden | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Portsmouth, Hampshire to Saint John, New Brunswick. |
| Families Vels | Norway | The ship was driven ashore in the Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Christiania to Málaga, Spain. She was refloated and taken in to St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly in a severely damaged condition. |
| Jane | British North America | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cape Race, Newfoundland. She was on a voyage from Harbour Grace, Newfoundland to Richibucto, New Brunswick. |
| Jane and Margaret | United Kingdom | The brig sprang a leak and was assisted in to Sheerness, Kent. |
| Shylock | United States | The ship schooner was abandoned off Popes Harbour, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from New York to Arichat, Nova Scotia. She was taken in to "Mary Joseph Harbour" the next day in a derelict condition. |
| Sofia | Grand Duchy of Finland | The ship was driven ashore on Gotland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to Oulu. She was refloated and beached at Fröjel, Sweden, where she was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. |
| Sophia | New South Wales | The schooner was wrecked on a reef off Point Nepean. All on board survived. She was on a voyage from Hobart, Van Diemen's Land to Port Phillip, South Australia. |

## 2 June

List of shipwrecks: 2 June 1848 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Aigle | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Ostend She was refloated on 10 June and taken in to Ostend. |
| Ariel | United Kingdom | The P&O paddle steamer ran aground on the Mal di Ventro Shoal, in the Ligurian Sea off Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany. She became a wreck on 1 July. She was refloated with assistance from HMS Sidon ( Royal Navy) and taken in to Livorno in a severely damaged condition. |
| Happy Return | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Bideford, Devon. She was on a voyage from Barnstaple, Devon to Newport, Monmouthshire. |
| London Packet | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Inner Barber Sand. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Whitstable, Kent. she was refloated and put in to Ramsgate, Kent in a leaky condition. |
| Mary Elizabeth | British North America | The schooner was in collision with another vessel and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was towed in to Salem, Massachusetts, United States in a derelict condition on 4 June. |
| Transit | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Brake Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Kent. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool to Torquay, Devon. She was refloated and put in to Ramsgate. |

## 3 June

List of shipwrecks: 3 June 1848 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Aigle | Belgium | The ship struck the pier at Ostend, West Flanders and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Ostend. |
| Mary Elliot | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) from Burry Port, Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Burry Port to Holyhead, Anglesey. |

## 4 June

List of shipwrecks: 4 June 1848 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Greenock | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on the south coast of Saint Domingo. Her crew were rescued. |

## 5 June

List of shipwrecks: 5 June 1848 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Benjamin and Alexander | United Kingdom | The cutter sprang a leak off Pladda and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by HMRC Swift ( Board of Customs) before she foundered in the Firth of Forth. Benjamin and Alexander was on a voyage from Larne, County Antrim to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. |
| Deux Frères | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Long Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Caen, Calvados to London, United Kingdom. She was refloated and assisted in to Wivenhoe, Essex. |
| Samuel and William | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Whitby Rock. She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to King's Lynn, Norfolk. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |

## 7 June

List of shipwrecks: 7 June 1848 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| HDMS Havfruen | Royal Danish Navy | First Schleswig War: The frigate ran aground on a reef off the Haide Ort whilst blockading Hamburg. She was refloated with the assistance of a steamship. |

## 8 June

List of shipwrecks: 8 June 1848 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Aurora | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground off Smyrna, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Smyrna to Cork. |
| Cogniac | France | The ship ran aground on the Scroby Sands, Norfolk, United Kingdom. She was refloated. |
| Eliza Bowen | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground off Smyrna. She was on a voyage from Smyrna to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated. |
| Gordon | United Kingdom | The schooner sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea 100 nautical miles (190 km) off the Firth of Forth. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Harwood ( United Kingdom). Gordon was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire to Hamburg. |

## 9 June

List of shipwrecks: 9 June 1848 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Pilot | Cape Colony | The brig was wrecked on a reef off Île Plate, Mauritius. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Colombo, Ceylon to the Seychelles and Mauritius. |

## 10 June

List of shipwrecks: 10 June 1848 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Albion | Swan River Colony | The ship was driven ashore in Koombana Bay. She was refloated on 26 June. |
| Highlander | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Inverkeithing, Fife. She was on a voyage from Inverkeithing to Cronstadt, Russia. |
| Lee | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked on Glover's Reef, 60 nautical miles (110 km) north of Belize City, British Honduras. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Belize City. |
| Shield | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Helsingør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Triton | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Cowes, Isle of Wight. She was refloated and put in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk in a leaky condition. |
| Victory | France | The ship ran aground and was damaged on the Brigantine Shoal. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to New York, United States. She was refloated the next day. |

## 11 June

List of shipwrecks: 11 June 1848 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ailsa | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on "Whitehead Island". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Richibucto, New Brunswick. |
| David Grant | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground off Seal Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Boston to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America. |
| William | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Helsingør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Vyborg, Grand Duchy of Finland to London. She was refloated on 17 June and resumed her voyage. |

## 12 June

List of shipwrecks: 12 June 1848 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Catherine | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south of the mouth of the River Dovey. |
| Kleinkinderen | Netherlands | The fishing vessel was driven ashore and wrecked at Grutness, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom. |
| Lively | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south of the mouth of the River Dovey. |
| Martha | United Kingdom | The ship was lost near "Holland Harbour". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cork to New York, United States and Miramichi, New Brunswick, British North America. |

## 13 June

List of shipwrecks: 13 June 1848 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Ilfracombe, Devon. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Dartmouth, Devon. She was refloated. |
| John St. Barbe | United Kingdom | The ship sank on the North Bank, in Liverpool Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Porthcawl, Glamorgan to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Lancaster Rose | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Rossall, Lancashire. Her crew were rescued. |
| Larne | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the Victoria Channel. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to New Orleans, Louisiana. She was refloated the next day and beached at Liverpool. |

## 14 June

List of shipwrecks: June 1848 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alice | United Kingdom | The sloop was wrecked on the Horse Bank, in Liverpool Bay. Her crew were rescued by the Southport Lifeboat. |
| Fanny and Jane | United Kingdom | The ship sank in Oxwick Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated on 22 June and beached. |
| Liberty | United Kingdom | The sloop sank in the North Sea off Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued by the sloop William ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, to Leith, Lothian. |
| Philemon | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Maidencombe, Devon. |

## 15 June

List of shipwrecks: 15 June 1848 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ellen Jenkinson | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Egremont, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Africa. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Liverpool. |
| Gannet | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground south east of Cronstadt, Russia. She was on a voyage from Wick, Caithness to Cronstadt. She was later refloated and taken in to Cronstadt. |

## 16 June

List of shipwrecks: 16 June 1848 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| William and Henry Brown | United Kingdom | The brig sprang a leak and was beached at South Shields, County Durham. |

## 17 June

List of shipwrecks: 17 June 1848 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| John Heyes | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the Sea of Marmora at "Erseke", Ottoman Empire. She had been refloated by 26 June. |
| Sedgefield | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and sank off Saaremaa, Russia. |

## 18 June

List of shipwrecks: 18 June 1848 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Fire King | United Kingdom | The steamship struck the pier and sank at Temple Bar, London. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Gravesend, Kent to London. |
| Lady Huntley | United Kingdom | The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall to Charleston, South Carolina, United States. |
| Martha | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Woolsteners, in the English Channel. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Bedhampton, Hampshire. She was refloated and taken in to Langstone, Hampshire. |

## 19 June

List of shipwrecks: 19 June 1848 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ann Louise | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground off Kastrup, Russia. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain to Saint Petersburg, Russia. |
| Defiance | United Kingdom | The ship was set afire by some of her crew, who then abandoned her in West Bay. The remainder of her crew were rescued by the steamship Maria Burt ( United States). Defiance was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire. |

## 20 June

List of shipwrecks: 20 June 1848 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hibernia | United Kingdom | The paddle steamer ran aground off the Calf of Man, Isle of Man. She was on a voyage from New York to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated. |
| Windsor | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground off the Calf of Man. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Liverpool. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |

## 21 June

List of shipwrecks: 21 June 1848 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| John and William | United Kingdom | The smack foundered in the Bristol Channel off the coast of Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Porthcawl to Cardiff . |
| USS Onkahye | United States Navy | The schooner was wrecked on a reef off Caicos. Her crew survived. |

## 22 June

List of shipwrecks: 22 June 1848 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Abeona | South Australia | The whaler, a brig, was wrecked at New Harbour, Van Diemen's Land. Her crew were rescued. |
| Centurion | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at St. Shott's, Newfoundland, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to London. |
| Robert | United Kingdom | The schooner capsized in a squall off Ystadt, Sweden with the loss of all but one of her crew. |

## 23 June

List of shipwrecks: 23 June 1848 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Gipsy | United Kingdom | The steamship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 80 nautical miles (150 km) west of the Isles of Scilly. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Bahia, Brazil. |
| Home | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and was damaged at Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America. She was on a voyage from Saint John to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and taken in to Saint John in a waterlogged condition. |
| Isabella and Jane | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on South Uist, Outer Hebrides. Her crew were rescued. she wa on a voyage from Liverpool to Boulmer, Northumberland. |
| John Craig | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Shippagan, New Brunswick with the loss of six of her crew. She was on a voyage from Shippagan to London. |
| Royal Sovereign | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 35 nautical miles (65 km) off The Stags Rocks, County Cork. Her seventeen crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to "Ronneskea", on the Saint Lawrence River, in British North America. |

## 24 June

List of shipwrecks: 24 June 1848 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Mercury | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground off Hiddensee, Prussia. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Mars | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel off Hartland Point, Devon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Portreath, Cornwall to Port Talbot, Glamorgan. |
| Pekin | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Kamouraska, Province of Canada, British North America. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Donegal to Quebec City, Province of Canada. She was refloated on 1 July and taken in to Quebec City. |

## 25 June

List of shipwrecks: 25 June 1848 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Anne | Royal Yacht Squadron | The yacht was wrecked at The Needles, Isle of Wight. |
| Caroline | Denmark | The ship ran aground on the Lappe Grund. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Copenhagen. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Crusader | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Figueira da Foz, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Saint John's, Newfoundland to Figueira da Foz. She was refloated. |
| Martha | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground off Texel, North Holland, Netherlands with the loss of four of her crew. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Cronstadt, Russia. |

## 26 June

List of shipwrecks: June 1848 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Andes | United Kingdom | The brig foundered in the North Sea 50 nautical miles (93 km) off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by Polly ( Hamburg). Andes was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Turku, Grand Duchy of Finland. |
| William Parsons | New South Wales | The ship sank in the Yarra River. |

## 27 June

List of shipwrecks: 27 June 1848 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was lost at the mouth of the Eider. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Delve, Duchy of Schleswig. |
| Maria Ramiette | France | The ship was wrecked on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to Brest, Finistère. |
| Olina | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Nantes, Loire-Inférieure, France to South Shields, County Durham. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |

## 28 June

List of shipwrecks: 28 June 1848 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Eduviges | Spain | The brig was wrecked on Great Heneagua. She was on a voyage from Santander, Spain to Havana, Cuba. |
| Friendship | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Little Milford, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from Milford Haven to Drogheda, County Louth. |
| Grace | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and was wrecked near Covelong, India. |
| Henderina | Netherlands | The galiot was wrecked on Bornholm, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. |

## 29 June

List of shipwrecks: 29 June 1848 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Dolphin | United Kingdom | The schooner foundered in the Bristol Channel off Clevedon, Somerset. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Gloucester. |
| Finn MacCoull | United Kingdom | The paddle steamer was wrecked on the Tuskar Rock. All on board survived. She was on a voyage from London to Youghal, County Cork. |
| Fortitude | United Kingdom | The ship capsized during a squall at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and was subsequently damaged by fire. |

## 30 June

List of shipwrecks: 30 June 1848 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Janets and Ann | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak. She put in to St. David's, Fife, where she sank. |
| Vampire | Gibraltar | The yacht was driven ashore and wrecked in Gibraltar Bay. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in June 1848 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Albatros | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Plymouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Plymouth. |
| Anna Maria | Denmark | The ship was abandoned off Gotland, Sweden before 26 June. She was towed in to Katthammarsvik Sweden by Emma Everoth ( Sweden). |
| Aurora | Guernsey | The schooner ran aground on The Brambles, in the Solent. She was on a voyage from Guernsey to Southampton, Hampshire. |
| Belinda | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground off Dagö, Russia before 6 June. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Cronstadt, Russia. She was later refloated and taken in to Cronstadt. |
| Brutus | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Yapton, Antigua. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Antigua. She was later refloated, and arrived at her destination on 20 June. |
| Cornelis | Netherlands | The ship foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Genoa, Kingdom of Sardinia. |
| Courrier du Havre | France | The lugger sank at "Pierre Rouge" before 5 April. |
| E. G. Pierre | United States | The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 17 June. She was on a voyage from New York to Gibraltar. |
| Eliza and Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked off the Manicougan Shoals before 16 June. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Quebec City to Kilrush, County Clare. |
| Ottawa | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the Dardanelles before 9 June. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Shaw-in-Shaw | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned off the Coromandel Coast, India before 25 June. She was on a voyage from Akyab, Burma to Madras, India. |
| Victoria | United Kingdom | The ship was lost near the mouth of the Rio Grande before 20 June. Her crew were rescued. |
| William | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Sharpness, Gloucestershire. She was on a voyage from London to Gloucester. She was refloated on 23 June and completed her voyage. |