# List of shipwrecks in September 1848

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

## 1 September

List of shipwrecks: 1 September 1848 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Arrow | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore in a typhoon at Cumsingmoon, China. Her crew were rescued. |
| Calder | United Kingdom | The brig was damaged in a typhoon off Macau, China. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to London. She was subsequently towed back to Hong Kong. |
| Charles Wirgman | United States | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked in a typhoon at Hong Kong. |
| Clio | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked in a typhoon in the "Typa" with the loss of most of her crew. She was on a voyage from Macau to Penang, Malaya. |
| Constant | United Kingdom | The barque was severely damaged in a typhoon off Hong Kong. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to Liverpool, Lancashire. She put back to Hong Kong in a leaky condition. |
| Daniel Watson | United Kingdom | The brig was damaged in a typhoon at Hong Kong. |
| Dos Hermanos | Spain | The brig was driven into by Eliza Stewart ( United Kingdom) and was damaged in a typhoon at Hong Kong. |
| Eagle | United Kingdom | The ship was driven into by Isabella Robertson ( United Kingdom) during a typhoon at Cumsingmoon. She then collided with Norfolk and Sylph ( United Kingdom) and was driven ashore. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Hong Kong, where she was condemned. |
| Eliza Stewart | United Kingdom | The ship was driven into by the barque John Laird ( United Kingdom) in a typhoon at Hong Kong. She was driven into Dos Hermanos ( Spain) and was severely damaged. |
| Helen Stewart | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked on Green Island, Hong Kong in a typhoon. |
| Hermes | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore and severely damaged in a typhoon at Hong Kong. She was refloated. |
| Hindostan | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was severely damaged in a typhoon off Macao. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to Shanghai, China. She was subsequently towed in to Hong Kong by the steamship Corsair ( United Kingdom). |
| Isabella Moore | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Matanzas, Cuba for Cork. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Isabella Robertson | United Kingdom | The receiving ship was driven into Eagle ( United Kingdom) and sank at Cumsingmoon in a typhoon with some loss of life. Five survivors were rescued the next day by USS Plymouth ( United States Navy). |
| Island Queen | United Kingdom | The schooner was damaged in a typhoon at Hong Kong. |
| Jane and Margaret | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Königsberg, Prussia for Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Baltic Sea with the loss of all hands. |
| Jane and Mary | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Pillau, Prussia for Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Juliane | Bremen | The barque was damaged in a typhoon at Hong Kong. |
| Kien Heean | Netherlands | The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and wrecked in a typhoon at Shek O, China with the loss of all but three of her crew. |
| Ling | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Peveral Point, Dorset. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Bridport, Dorset. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage. |
| Norfolk | United Kingdom | The ship was driven into by Eagle in a typhoon at Cumsingmoon and was damaged. |
| Pilote | France | The lugger was driven ashore at South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom. |
| Prince Albert | United Kingdom | The ship was severely damaged in a typhoon whilst on a voyage from China to Singapore. She arrived at Singapore on 25 September and was placed under repair. |
| Salopian | United Kingdom | The barque was driven out to sea and dismasted off Green Island in a typhoon. She was subsequently towed in to Hong Kong. |
| San F. Xavier | Portugal | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked in a typhoon at Hong Kong. |
| Sarah Crisp | United Kingdom | The ship caught fire and capsized in the South China Sea (16°30′N 114°30′E﻿ / ﻿16.500°N 114.500°E﻿ / 16.500; 114.500) with the loss of thirteen of her crew. Survivors were rescued after 24 days on the wreck by the schooner Emma Sheratt ( Swan River Colony). Sarah Crisp was on a voyage from Moulmein, Burma to Hong Kong. |
| Sharon | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Havana, Cuba for Cork. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Sir Edward | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Pentland Skerries. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to a Baltic port. |
| Sylph | United Kingdom | The ship was driven into by Isabella Robertson ( United Kingdom) and was driven ashore at Cumsingmoon in a typhoon. She was refloated the next day. |
| Traveller | United Kingdom | The smack capsized at Brixham, Devon. She was on a voyage from Plymouth to Brixham and Teignmouth. |

## 2 September

List of shipwrecks: 2 September 1848 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| City of Sydney | New South Wales | The ship sank in a squall at Melbourne. She was on a voyage from Melbourne to Launceston, Van Diemen's Land. |
| Elizabeth Taylerson | United Kingdom | The snow ran aground on the Middle Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London. She was refloated but consequently had to be beached on the Maplin Sand. Subsequently refloated and taken in to Wivenhoe, Essex for repairs. |
| Emilie | Denmark | The ship ran aground off Sprogø. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Bandholm. |
| Havana Packet | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Matanzas, Cuba for Cork. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Lahore | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Matanzas for Cork. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Matilda | Van Diemen's Land | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on Babel Island. Her crew were rescued by John Bull ( New South Wales) She was on a voyage from Hobart to Babel Island. |
| Olinda | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Tijoca Shoals, at the mouth of the Pará River. Her crew were rescued. |
| Pedlar | New South Wales | The schooner was wrecked in the Bass Strait. She was on a voyage from Melbourn to Port Albert. |

## 3 September

List of shipwrecks: 3 September 1848 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Haabet | Denmark | The ship ran aground off Fjaltring. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Aalborg. |
| Henriette | Denmark | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Hvidborg. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to a Norwegian port. |
| HMS Hound | Royal Navy | The Alert-class brig-sloop ran aground at Havana, Cuba. |
| Itenerant | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. |
| Jules | United Kingdom | The sloop ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Kingston | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground off Naissaar, Russia. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Mary Hibbert | Bermuda | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Tigris ( United States). Mary Hibbert was on a voyage from Bermuda to Saint Stephen, New Brunswick, British North America. |
| Royal Frederick | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore at Cromer, Norfolk. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Tennent | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was refloated. |
| Victoria | United Kingdom | The sloop was wrecked on the Holms of Reeve Island, off Sanda. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Lerwick, Shetland Islands. |
| Waterwitch | Jersey | The schooner was wrecked in the Strait of Belle Isle. Her crew were rescued. |

## 4 September

List of shipwrecks: 4 September 1848 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Endeavour | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Irish Sea off Bally Gally Head, County Antrim. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Dundalk, County Louth. |
| Hermann | United States | The paddle steamer was driven ashore in Gurnard Bay. She was on a voyage from New York to Bremen. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Orlando | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore north of Whitehill Point, County Durham. She was refloated. |
| Rosebud | United Kingdom | The schooner foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Meyer ( Duchy of Schleswig). |
| Thirsk Packet | United Kingdom | The ship was run down and sunk in the North Sea off Staithes, Yorkshire by a collier. Her crew survived. |
| William Hinch | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Albion ( United Kingdom). William Hinch was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Cork. |

## 5 September

List of shipwrecks: 5 September 1848 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alert | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the Sea of Marmora near "Schardak". She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Exertion | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Trelleborg, Sweden. She was refloated and taken in to Ystad, Sweden in a waterlogged condition. |
| Handiana | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off Calcutta, India. |
| James and Jessy | United Kingdom | The smack was wrecked at St. John's Point, County Donegal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Baltimore, County Cork. |
| San Roman | Mexico | The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Hannah Sprague ( United Kingdom) San Roman was on a voyage from Laguna to Liverpool. |

## 6 September

List of shipwrecks: 6 September 1848 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Henry | New South Wales | The brig was wrecked near Georgetown, Van Diemen's Land. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Launceston, Van Diemen's Land to Adelaide, South Australia. |
| Thirsk Packet | United Kingdom | The ship collided with a collier and sank in the North Sea off Staithes, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to South Shields, County Durham. |

## 7 September

List of shipwrecks: 7 September 1848 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore at Montrose, Forfarshire. She was on a voyage from Peterhead, Aberdeenshire to Leith, Lothian. She was refloated and taken in to Montrose. |

## 8 September

List of shipwrecks: 8 September 1848 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Augusta | United Kingdom | The ship was destroyed by fire at San Antonio, Cape Verde Islands. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Coquimbo, Chile. |
| Mallard | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Boulmer Rocks, on the coast of Northumberland. She was refloated and taken in to Warkworth, Northumberland in a waterlogged condition. |

## 9 September

List of shipwrecks: 9 September 1848 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Liefdadigheid | Netherlands | The ship was wrecked near Höganäs, Sweden with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Cronstadt, Russia. |
| Planter | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Anholt Reef, in the Baltic Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Lowestoft, Suffolk. |
| Regina | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at "Stevens", Denmark. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to London. She was refloated and put in to Helsingør, Denmark in a leaky condition. |
| Young Hebe | New South Wales | The schooner ran aground in Oyster Bay. |

## 10 September

List of shipwrecks: 10 September 1848 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Argo | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore north of Tønning, Duchy of Holstein. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London. |
| Earl of Bathurst | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Stoneskar, Russia with the loss of three of her five crew. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Helsingør, Denmark. |
| I'll Try | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground and was wrecked on St. John's Point, in the Pentland Firth. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Stralsund. |
| Lamont | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Saaremaa, Russia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Saint Petersburg, Russia. She was later refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Martin Luther | United Kingdom | The ship struck the Black Rock and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Odessa to Falmouth, Cornwall. She was taken in to the Carrick Roads in a waterlogged condition. |
| Thor | Grand Duchy of Finland | The ship was wrecked near Morup, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Oulu. |

## 11 September

List of shipwrecks: 11 September 1848 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alert | United Kingdom | The ship was beached on the coast of County Wexford. She was on a voyage from Wexford to Gloucester. |
| John Geddie | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on Stoneskar, Russia and was wrecked. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Saint Petersburg, Russia. |
| Louisa | France | The schooner ran aground on the Foreness Rock, off the coast of Kent, United Kingdom and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque, Nord to London, United Kingdom. She was refloated on 13 September and towed in to Margate, Kent. |
| Reliance | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Inner Gabbard Sand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and put in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk in a leaky condition. |

## 12 September

List of shipwrecks: 12 September 1848 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Belle Isle | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Reef Head, in the Hooghly River with the loss of a crew member. The surviving crew and her passengers were rescued. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Calcutta, India. |
| John Wood | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked between False Point and Palmyras Point, India. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Mauritius. |
| Nautilus | United Kingdom | The ship capsized off Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America. Her crew were rescued by Commodore ( United Kingdom). Nautilus was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, United States to Windsor, Nova Scotia, British North America. |

## 13 September

List of shipwrecks: 13 September 1848 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Anna Sophia | Duchy of Holstein | The ship ran aground on a reef north east of Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Neustadt in Holstein. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Blessing | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground off Osmussaar, Russia. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Saint Petersburg. She was later refloated and put in to Cronstadt, Russia in a leaky condition. |
| Enchantress | British North America | The ship was wrecked on St. Paul's Island, Nova Scotia. Her crew were rescued. |
| Henry | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and was severely damaged at Tampico, Mexico. She was on a voyage from Genoa, Kingdom of Sardinia to Tampico. She was refloated and taken into Tampico, where she was condemned. |

## 14 September

List of shipwrecks: 14 September 1848 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Cervantes | United States | The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Hermoine ( Bremen). Cervantes was on a voyage from Genoa, Kingdom of Sardinia to Boston, Massachusetts. |
| Isadora | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Hamra, Gotland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Warkworth, Northumberland to Saint Petersburg, Russia. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Slitohamn for repairs. |
| Richard Brandt | Russia | The ship was lost in the White Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Archangelsk. |
| Rose | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Newport, Monmouthshire. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Newport. |

## 15 September

List of shipwrecks: 15 September 1848 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alice | New South Wales | The schooner was lost near Sydney. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Circular Head to Sydney. |
| Dykes | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. |
| HMS Reynard | Royal Navy | The sloop of war ran aground at Cobh, County Cork. She was refloated. |

## 16 September

List of shipwrecks: 16 September 1848 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hansine | United States | The ship was wrecked near Maceió, Brazil. She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Boston, Massachusetts. |
| Montgomery | United States | The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued on 20 September by Elijah Swift ( United States). |
| Robert Lindsay | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and made from Rodrigues, Mauritius, where she was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Moulmein, Burma to Cork. |
| Rokeby | United Kingdom | The ship departed from New York, United States for South Shields, County Durham. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. Also reported as having been on a voyage from South Shields to New York. |

## 17 September

List of shipwrecks: 17 September 1848 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| California | United States | The ship ran aground on the Pelting Rocks, in the Gulf of Finland. She was on a voyage from Vyborg, Grand Duchy of Finland to Bordeaux, Gironde, France. She was refloated and towed in to Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland in a waterlogged condition. |
| Letizia | Kingdom of the Two Sicilies | The ship sprang a leak and was consequently beached east of Almería, Spain. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Naples. She was refloated and taken in to Almería for repairs. |
| Numa | United Kingdom | The brig capsized at Sunderland, County Durham. |
| Unity | United Kingdom | The steamship was wrecked near Killala, County Mayo. Her crew were rescued. |
| Wellington | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the English Bank, in the River Plate and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Valparaíso, Chile. She floated off and was taken in to Monte Video, Uruguay. |

## 18 September

List of shipwrecks: 18 September 1848 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Camilla | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground off Rønne, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Dartmouth, Devon. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Lady Echo | British North America | The schooner was wrecked on Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia. Her crew were rescued. |
| Peel's One, and Valeria | United Kingdom British North America | The ships were in collision and Valeria sank. Her crew were rescued by Peel's One, which subsequently came ashore at Cape North, Nova Scotia, British North America with the loss of fourteen lives. Peel's One was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire or Liverpool, Lancashire to Richibucto, New Brunswick, British North America. Valeria was on a voyage from a port in Newfoundland to Pictou, Nova Scotia. |
| Three Brothers | United Kingdom | The ship caught fire in Carnarvon Bay and was scuttled. She was on a voyage from Caernarfon to Gloucester. |

## 19 September

List of shipwrecks: 19 September 1848 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Britannia | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Kentish Knock. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. She was abandoned the next day. |
| Sapphire | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore in the Scheldt at Lillo, Antwerp, Belgium. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated. |
| Sylvia | United Kingdom | The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 60 nautical miles (110 km) off Cape Ann, Massachusetts, United States. Her crew were rescued. |

## 20 September

List of shipwrecks: 20 September 1848 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Industry | New South Wales | The cutter was wrecked on Locklan's Island. |
| Margaret | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Rock Angus, in Strangford Lough. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Belfast, County Antrim. |
| Mary Ann | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel off Lundy Island, Devon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Cardiff, Glamorgan. |

## 21 September

List of shipwrecks: 21 September 1848 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Albion | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Liverpool, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Stettin. |
| Eleanor Elise | Bremen | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Long Branch, New Jersey, United States. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia, United States to the River Plate. |
| Honora | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground off the coast of Gotland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Bristol, Gloucestershire. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage. |
| Industry | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Laxey, Isle of Man. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Douglas, Isle of Man to Workington, Cumberland. |
| Jane and Dorothy | United Kingdom | The ship was in collision with a sloop and was consequently beached. She was refloated and assisted in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. |
| William Bayley | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Half Ebb Rock, off Harwich, Essex. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Malta. She was refloated. |
| William Kennedy | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Gaspé, Province of Canada, British North America. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Gaspé. She was refloated and taken in to Gaspé for repairs. |

## 22 September

List of shipwrecks: 22 September 1848 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Adolphine | Wismar | The brig ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. She was refloated but then ran aground and capsized on the Halliday Flats. Her crew were rescued. |
| Captain Ross | United Kingdom | The barque was destroyed by fire at Port Maria, Jamaica. |
| Corinth | Netherlands | The ship ran aground on the Pampus, in the North Sea off the coast of Zeeland. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Hellevoetsluis, Zeeland. She was refloated on 24 September. |
| Don | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on North Cape, Prince Edward Island, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Miramichi, New Brunswick, British North America. |
| Francis | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on a sunken wreck at Cronstadt, Russia. She was refloated on 24 September and taken in to Cronstadt. |
| New England | United States | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Kitty ( United Kingdom). New England was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Boston, Massachusetts. |
| Nimrod | Hamburg | The ship ran aground on the Newarp Sand, in the North Sea. She was refloated and put in to Harwich, Essex in a leaky condition. |

## 23 September

List of shipwrecks: 23 September 1848 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ann | United Kingdom | The schooner was in collision with Hampton (flag unknown) off Anticosti Island, Nova Scotia, British North America and was abandoned. Her crew abandoned ship and were rescued by Hampton. Her 104 passengers were rescued the next day by Princess Royal ( United Kingdom). Ann was on a voyage from Limerick to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America. |
| Favourite | France | The ship struck rocks at Blyth, Northumberland. United Kingdom and was wrecked. |
| Florence | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Cape Rosier, Maine, United States. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Southampton, Hampshire to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America. |
| Horatio | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in Griffin Cove. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Quebec City. |
| Midge | New South Wales | The schooner ran aground in Oyster Bay. |
| Spalpeen | British North America | The ship was wrecked on Cape Rosier. Her crew were rescued. |

## 24 September

List of shipwrecks: 24 September 1848 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Agnes | United Kingdom | The Humber Keel was driven ashore and wrecked near Scarborough, Yorkshire with the loss of all three crew. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Hull, Yorkshire. |
| Amelia | United Kingdom | The ship struck sunken wreck off Dimlington, Yorkshire and consequently sank 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) off Bridlington. Her crew were rescued by the Bridlington Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Chatham and Faversham, Kent. |
| Betty | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Cork Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Port Madoc, Caernarfonshire to Woodbridge, Suffolk. |
| Johnson | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Sheringham Shoal, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was refloated but consequently sank. Her crew survived. |
| Margaret Scott | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Dunbeath, Caithness. |
| Peggy | United Kingdom | The smack ran aground on the Salthouse Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of Lancashire and was abandoned. She was on a voyage from Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire to Cemaes, Anglesey. |
| Sally | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. |
| Speculator | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near "Lorraine", Nova Scotia, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Exeter, Devon to Restigouche, New Brunswick, British North America. |
| Villa Nova | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North sEa off the coast of Norfolk and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to Bristol, Gloucestershire. |

## 25 September

List of shipwrecks: 25 September 1848 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Achilles | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. |
| Jacmel Packet | Haiti | The ship was wrecked on Bird Rock, off the Attwood Cay. She was on a voyage from Jacmel to Hamburg. |
| Jupiter | Dantsic | The ship was driven ashore at Hela, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Dantsic to Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom. She was refloated on 9 October and put back to Dantsic. |
| Ocean Bride | United Kingdom | The ship capsized in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of five of her eleven crew. Five survivors were rescued on 30 September by the barque USS Electra ( United States Navy). Ocean Bride was on a voyage from Laguna, British Honduras to London. |
| Regina | United Kingdom | The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by John Dunlop ( United Kingdom). Regina was on a voyage from Antigua to London. |
| Robert and Helen | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the Belfast Lough. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Belfast, County Antrim. She was refloated and taken in to Belfast. |
| Sara and Maria | Netherlands | The ship ran aground on the Owers Sandbank, in the English Channel off the coast of Sussex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Batavia, Netherlands East Indies. She was refloated with the assistance of a pilot boat form Selsey and taken in to Portsmouth, Hampshire, United Kingdom. |
| William Pitt | United Kingdom | The smack was in collision with John Cornell ( United Kingdom) and was presumed to have foundered in the English Channel off the coast of Sussex with the loss of all hands. |

## 26 September

List of shipwrecks: 26 September 1848 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Britannia | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Abertay Sands, off Dundee, Forfarshire and was damaged. She was refloated in a leaky condition. |
| Enterprise | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Arendal, Norway. She was on a voyage from Dantzic to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Ganges | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Edwin ( Belgium). Ganges was on a voyage from British Honduras to London. |
| Sarah | United Kingdom | The ship was discovered in a sinking condition off the Point of Ayr, Cheshire. She was taken in to Rhyl, Denbighshire. |
| Tigress | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked near the mouth of the Onkaparinga River with the loss of two lives. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Adelaide, South Australia. |

## 27 September

List of shipwrecks: 27 September 1848 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Eline Catherine | United Kingdom/. | The ship ran aground at North Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Dram to North Shields. She was refloated and towed in to South Shields in a leaky condition. |
| Emu Packet | New South Wales | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Emu Bay. |
| Free | United Kingdom | The brig was in collision with the schooner Flora ( United Kingdom) and was consequently beached at Ferryden by Montrose, Forfarshire. She was refloated. |
| Harriet | British North America | The ship was driven ashore near "Abrea". She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Havana, Cuba. |
| Isabella | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at South Foreland, Kent. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Dover, Kent. She was refloated and taken in The Downs. |
| Loyan | United States | The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued on 2 October by Fama Habanera ( Spain). |
| Trial | New South Wales | The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked in Emu Bay. |

## 28 September

List of shipwrecks: 28 September 1848 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Atlantic | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near "Querpoon", British North America the loss of one life. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America. |
| Carmalita | United States | The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (37°12′N 52°43′E﻿ / ﻿37.200°N 52.717°E﻿ / 37.200; 52.717). Twelve people were rescued by the barque Castrus ( United Kingdom). Carmalita was on a voyage from Faial Island, Azores to Boston, Massachusetts. |
| Diamond | British North America | The barque was in collision with Arab ( United Kingdom) and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia. Her crew were rescued by Arab. Diamond was on a voyage from Demerara, British Honduras to Liverpool, Nova Scotia. |
| Emmeline | British North America | The ship was wrecked at Cape Race, Newfoundland. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Jockey | United Kingdom | The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Two of her eight crew were rescued by the brig Activo ( Netherlands), one was lost when their boat collided with Activo. The schooner then foundered with the loss of two of her crew, the three survivors took to a boat. Only one survived to be rescued on 4 October by the schooner Annie ( United Kingdom). Jockey was on a voyage from Constantinople, Ottoman Empire to Leith, Lothian. |
| Justitia | Cape Colony | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked in Waterloo Bay. Her crew were rescued. |
| Merchant | United States | The full-rigged ship was in collision with Marquis of Bute ( United Kingdom) and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Marquis of Bute. |

## 29 September

List of shipwrecks: 29 September 1848 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Buen Mozo | Spain | The ship struck the Diamante Rock and was holed. She was on a voyage from Cádiz to the Canary Islands. She was taken in to Cádiz in a sinking condition. |
| Caroline | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Seven Stones Reef with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Barcelona, Spain. |
| Clarinda | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Brancaster, Norfolk. She was refloated on 10 October. |
| Eleanor | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground and 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 Hartlepool, County Durham to London. |
| Fortuna | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Bornholm, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Königsberg, Prussia to London. |
| Jane | United Kingdom | The brig was in collision with the brig Dolphin ( United Kingdom) and sank south east of Harwich, Essex. Her crew were rescued by Dolphin. Jane was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London. |
| Mervid | United Kingdom | The ship was damaged at North Shields, County Durham by the explosion of gas in her cargo of coal. A crew member was seriously injured. |
| Prince Albert | United Kingdom | The steamship was in collision with the steamship Queen ( United Kingdom) in the River Mersey and was consequently beached on the Cheshire bank and broke her back. |

## 30 September

List of shipwrecks: 30 September 1848 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Caroline | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked on the Seven Stones Reef with the loss of six of her seven crew. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Tarragona, Spain. |
| Catherine | Flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore on Bornholm, Denmark. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Königsberg, Prussia to London, United Kingdom. |
| John Bolton | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned off Cape Race, Newfoundland, British North America. Her crew were rescued. |
| Junge Marianne | Denmark | The ship sank in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Twende Familien ( Stettin). Junge Marianne was on a voyage from Horsens to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. |
| Lord Douglas | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Bridlingdon, East Riding of Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Stettin to London. She was refloated on 3 October. |
| Louis Desirée | France | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Mumby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure. |
| Michelet | Dantzic | The ship ran aground and was damaged at Dantzic. She was on a voyage from Dantzic to Grimsby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. She was refloated and put back to Dantzic for repairs. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in September 1848 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Annechina Lucia | Prussia | The ship capsized in the North Sea before 30 September. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rügenwalde to King's Lynn, Norfolk, United Kent. |
| Argus | United Kingdom | The ship capsized and sank in the North Sea 10 nautical miles (19 km) north of Flamborough Head, Yorkshire with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Sunderland, County Durham. |
| Bull | Sweden | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Nathan Hale ( United States). Bull was on a voyage from New York, United States to Gothenburg. |
| Collcastle | New South Wales | The ship was wrecked in the Fiji Islands with the loss of three of her crew. |
| Eleanore | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Welle, Kingdom of Hanover for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Elvira | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 30 September. Her crew were rescued by Hebe ( United Kingdom). |
| Febo | Kingdom of the Two Sicilies | The ship was wrecked at Naples between 11 and 14 September. |
| Golden Eagle | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore whilst on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Nassau, Bahamas. She was refloated and taken in to Key West, Florida, United States, where she arrived on 3 September. |
| Mahoning | United States | The 119-foot (36 m) brigantine went ashore in Lake Ontario at Oswego, New York. She was refloated and returned to service. |
| Mary Stewart | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Nervo Reef, in the Gulf of Finland. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Londonderry. She was refloated and put in the Helsingør, Denmark, where she arrived on 22 September. |
| Matigheidsgenootschap | Netherlands | The ship departed from Newport, Rhode Island, United States for Amsterdam, North Holland after 20 September. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Mathilde | Prussia | The ship departed from Wolgast for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Oscar | Belgium | The ship was driven ashore at Camaret-sur-Mer, Finistère, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde, France to Ghent, East Flanders. |
| Pomona | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near "Seetil Bahar", Ottoman Empire before 14 September. She was refloated. |
| Rapid | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Yorkshire before 28 September. |
| Sovereign | United Kingdom | The schooner was abandoned in the North Sea off the coast of Northumberland before 28 September. |
| Superior | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Castrup, Denmark before 1 October. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to and English port. She was refloated on 2 October and taken in to Copenhagen. |
| William Bright | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 1 October. |