List of shipwrecks in 1850
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Further information: List of shipwrecks in January 1850
February
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March
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April
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May
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June
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July
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August
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September
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October
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November
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December
Further information: List of shipwrecks in December 1850
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| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 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 Warrnambool.[2] |
| Francis | United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore at Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire between 21 January and 4 February.[9] |
| Gallinipper |  United States |
The 95-foot (29 m) trading schooner ran aground at Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service.[10] |
| 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.[11] |
| 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][11] |
| Jeanne d'Arc |  France |
The ship was wrecked on the coast of Africa.[12] |
| Jenny |  France |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Veracruz, Mexico.[13] |
| 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.[14] |
| Manuela | United Kingdom |
The barque was abandoned in the Strait of Magellan. Her crew were rescued by Taboga ( United States).[12] |
| 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.[15] |
| 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.[16] |
| Olympe | France |
The ship was destroyed by fire at San Francisco, Alta California.[17] |
| 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.[18] |
| 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.[19] |
| 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[20] |
| 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.[21] |
| 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.[22] |
References
- ↑ "Ship News". The Times. No. 20423. London. 27 February 1850. col E, p. 8.
- 1 2 3 "Shipping Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle. No. 26276 (Evening ed.). London. 18 February 1851.
- ↑ "Ship News". The Morning Post. No. 23832. London. 29 April 1850. p. 7.
- 1 2 "Ship News". The Times. No. 20624. London. 19 October 1850. col B, p. 8.
- ↑ "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury. No. 20046. Edinburgh. 2 December 1850.
- ↑ "Ship News". The Morning Post. No. 23789. London. 8 March 1850.
- ↑ Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks" (PDF). Swansea Docks. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
- ↑ "Ship News". The Times. No. 20420. London. 23 February 1850. col F, p. 7.
- ↑ "Ship News". The Times. No. 20413. London. 15 February 1850. col E-F, p. 7.
- ↑ Wisconsin Shipwrecks: GALLINIPPER (1832) Accessed 1 July 2021
- 1 2 "Ship News". The Times. No. 20651. London. 20 November 1850. col E, p. 8.
- 1 2 "Ship News". The Times. No. 20559. London. 5 August 1850. col B-D, p. 5.
- ↑ "Shipping Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle. No. 26031. London. 6 May 1850.
- ↑ "Shipping Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle. No. 26241. London. 8 January 1851.
- ↑ "The United States". The Morning Chronicle. No. 26045. London. 22 May 1850.
- ↑ "American Shipping". The Times. No. 20733. London. 24 February 1851. col F, p. 4.
- ↑ "Ship News". The Times. No. 20489. London. 15 May 1850. col F, p. 7.
- ↑ "njscuba.net "Lavallette Wreck"". Archived from the original on 2020-02-23. Retrieved 2020-03-01.
- ↑ "Miscellaneous". The Aberdeen Journal. No. 5359. Aberdeen. 25 September 1850.
- ↑ "Ship News". The Times. No. 20677. London. 20 December 1850. col E-F, p. 8.
- ↑ "Shipping Intelligence". Daily News. No. 1239. London. 15 May 1850.
- ↑ "Ship News". The Times. No. 20684. London. 28 December 1850. col C, p. 7.
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