List of shipwrecks in 1850

The list of shipwrecks in 1850 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1850.

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January
Further information: List of shipwrecks in January 1850

February
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March
Further information: List of shipwrecks in March 1850

April
Further information: List of shipwrecks in April 1850

May
Further information: List of shipwrecks in May 1850

June
Further information: List of shipwrecks in June 1850

July
Further information: List of shipwrecks in July 1850

August
Further information: List of shipwrecks in August 1850

September
Further information: List of shipwrecks in September 1850

October
Further information: List of shipwrecks in October 1850

November
Further information: List of shipwrecks in November 1850

December
Further information: List of shipwrecks in December 1850

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ShipCountryDescription
Adonis  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore between Bonny and Calabar, Africa. She was consequently condemned.[1]
Albert Braser South Australia The schooner was blown out to sea from Port Phillip. No further trace, presumed foundered.[2]
Arabella  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked in the River Plate.[3]
Ariadne  United Kingdom The ship was lost before 9 October.[4]
Brothers Van Diemen's Land The ship caught fire whilst on a voyage from Launceston to Alta California. The fire burned for 14 days. before it was extinguished. She put back to Launceston, where she arrived on 7 June.[5]
Caledonia  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Saint Domingo.[6]
Courageux  France The schooner foundered in the Bristol Channel in late November or early December with the loss of all hands.[7]
Dumfries  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on a reef off Batavia, Netherlands East Indies. She was on a voyage from Bombay, India to China. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[8]
Enterprise New South Wales The schooner was wrecked near Warnambool.[2]
Francis  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire between 21 January and 4 February.[9]
Gazelle  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Tampico, Mexico. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Tampico.[10]
Isabella  United Kingdom The ship was destroyed by fire at Penang, Malaya before 31 August. She was on a voyage from Singapore to Penang.[4][10]
Jeanne d'Arc  France The ship was wrecked on the coast of Africa.[11]
Jenny  France The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Vera Cruz, Mexico.[12]
Julia Flag unknown The barque foundered in the Pacific Ocean with the loss of all on board, more than 250 people. She was on a voyage from San Francisco, California, United States to Panama.[13]
Manuela  United Kingdom The barque was abandoned in the Strait of Magellan. Her crew were rescued by Taboga ( United States).[11]
North Carolina  United States The ship was wrecked on the coast of Puerto Rico. Her crew survived, but were imprisoned at Mayagüez. They were released when USS Albany ( United States Navy) threatened to bombard the town with her cannons.[14]
Octavia  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked at "Port St. Maita". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Valparaíso, Chile to a port in Panama.[15]
Olympe  France The ship was destroyed by fire at San Francisco, Alta California.[16]
Orion Unknown The barque was lost in the vicinity of "Squan," a term used at the time for the coast of New Jersey near Manasquan and sometimes for the 7-mile (11 km) stretch of coast between Manasquan Inlet and Cranberry Inlet or for the entire coast of New Jersey between Sea Girt and Barnegat Inlet.[17]
Pfundstuck  Norway The barque sprang a leak and foundered with the loss of at least five lives. A message in a bottle was discovered off Finistère by some French fishermen stating that she had foundered.[18]
Proteus  Prussia The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean between 30 April and 18 December. She was on a voyage from Holzenburg to New York, United States[19]
Queen New Zealand The schooner was driven ashore and severely damaged in Poverty Bay.[2]
Sandersons  United Kingdom The ship was lost in the Pacific Ocean. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from "Realijo" to Punto Arenas, Chile.[20]
William Hyde  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Hokianga, New Zealand between 25 September and 19 December. She was on a voyage from London to Adelaide, South Australia.[21]
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References
  1. "Ship News". The Times (20423). London. 27 February 1850. col E, p. 8.
  2. "Shipping Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle (26276) (Evening ed.). London. 18 February 1851.
  3. "Ship News". The Morning Post (23832). London. 29 April 1850. p. 7.
  4. "Ship News". The Times (20624). London. 19 October 1850. col B, p. 8.
  5. "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury (20046). Edinburgh. 2 December 1850.
  6. "Ship News". The Morning Post (23789). London. 8 March 1850.
  7. Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks" (PDF). Swansea Docks. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
  8. "Ship News". The Times (20420). London. 23 February 1850. p. 7.
  9. "Ship News". The Times (20413). London. 15 February 1850. col E-F, p. 7.
  10. "Ship News". The Times (20651). London. 20 November 1850. col E, p. 8.
  11. "Ship News". The Times (20559). London. 5 August 1850. col B-D, p. 5.
  12. "Shipping Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle (26031). London. 6 May 1850.
  13. "Shipping Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle (26241). London. 8 January 1851.
  14. "The United States". The Morning Chronicle (26045). London. 22 May 1850.
  15. "American Shipping". The Times (20733). London. 24 February 1851. col F, p. 4.
  16. "Ship News". The Times (20489). London. 15 May 1850. col F, p. 7.
  17. njscuba.net "Lavallette Wreck"
  18. "Miscellaneous". The Aberdeen Journal (5359). Aberdeen. 25 September 1850.
  19. "Ship News". The Times (20677). London. 20 December 1850. col E-F, p. 8.
  20. "Shipping Intelligence". Daily News (1239). London. 15 May 1850.
  21. "Ship News". The Times (20684). London. 28 December 1850. col C, p. 7.
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