List of shipwrecks in June 1851

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The list of shipwrecks in June 1851 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during June 1851.

List of shipwrecks: 1 June 1851
ShipStateDescription
Neptune  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground and was damaged on the Swinebottoms, in the Baltic Sea. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[1][2] Neptune was refloated on 7 June and was towed in to Copenhagen, Denmark, where she arrived the next day.[3][4]

3 June

List of shipwrecks: 3 June 1851
ShipStateDescription
Alcmène  French Navy The Ariane-class corvette was wrecked between Hokianga and Kaipara, New Zealand, with the loss of 12 lives.[5]
Broderliefde  Netherlands The ship was driven ashore north of "Koog", North Holland. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom to Medemblik, North Holland.[6]
Friends  United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore and wrecked at Strumble Head, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued.[7][8]
Garland Grove  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the South Atlantic. Her crew were rescued by Magdelina ( Netherlands). Garland Grove was on a voyage from London to Adelaide, South Australia.[9]
Mary  United Kingdom The ship ran aground and was damaged at Whitby, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[6]
St. Vincent de Paul  Belgium The fishing boat was driven ashore and wrecked at Kingsbarns, Fife, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued.[10]
William Wilson  United Kingdom The ship foundered off Trinidad. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Aden.[11]

4 June

List of shipwrecks: 4 June 1851
ShipStateDescription
Emmaus  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore and severely damaged at Coatham, Northumberland.[6]
Mary Ann  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and was beached 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north of Whitby Yorkshire with the loss of two of her crew.[12]

5 June

List of shipwrecks: 5 June 1851
ShipStateDescription
Palestine  United States The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Valparaíso, Chile.[13]

6 June

List of shipwrecks: 6 June 1851
ShipStateDescription
Meteor United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Sierra Leone The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 25 nautical miles (46 km) west of Axim, Gold Coast. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to the west coast of Africa.[14][15]
Repealer United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Isle of Man The ship was driven ashore near Rota, Spain. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to Douglas and Liverpool. She was refloated and put back to Cádiz.[16]

8 June

List of shipwrecks: 8 June 1851
ShipStateDescription
Bodisar Trieste The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Fort Lage, Brazil. She was on a voyage from Trieste to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[11]
Charlotte  United Kingdom The ship struck the Middle Patch, in Liverpool Bay, and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Penmaenmawr, Denbighshire to Liverpool, Lancashire.[10]
Owner's Delight  United Kingdom The sailing barge sank in Rye Bay. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Southampton, Hampshire to London.[8]

9 June

List of shipwrecks: 9 June 1851
ShipStateDescription
Arabian  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore on Pelican Point, in the Gulf of Smyrna.[17][18] She was on a voyage from Constantinople, Ottoman Empire to Liverpool, Lancashire. She had been refloated by 16 June and resumed her voyage on 18 June.[19]
Atiet Rohoman India The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Khanderi with the loss of at least 89, and up to 175, lives. She was on a voyage from Jeddah, Hejaz Vilayet to Mocha, Yemen Eyalet and Calcutta.[20]
Christina  United Kingdom The schooner was destroyed by fire near Fort William, Inverness-shire. She was on a voyage from Nairn to Liverpool, Lancashire.[21][22]
John and Anne  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Boston, Lincolnshire.[23]
Mary  United Kingdom The barque was driven onto the Swash, in the Bristol Channel.[24]
Victor Marie  France The ship was driven ashore at Leffrinckoucke, Nord. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure.[25][26]

10 June

List of shipwrecks: 10 June 1851
ShipStateDescription
Anna  Kingdom of Hanover The ship was driven ashore on the north coast of Læsø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Königsberg, Prussia to London, United Kingdom. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Fredrikshavn, Denmark.[18]
Mauritius Packet France Mauritius The ship capsized in a squall in the Indian Ocean. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Mauritius to Columbo, Ceylon.[27]
Vansittart  Netherlands The ship was driven onto the North Bank, in Liverpool Bay.[24]

11 June

List of shipwrecks: 11 June 1851
ShipStateDescription
Anna  Kingdom of Hanover The ship ran aground off Læsø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Königsberg, Prussia to London, United Kingdom. She was refloated and put in to Frederikshavn, Denmark in a leaky condition.[17]
Atiet Rohoman India The ship was wrecked at Kennery with the loss of nearly 200 lives. She was on a voyage from Mecca, Ottoman Arabia to Bombay.[28]
Charlotte  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was wrecked about 30 miles south of Bombay, India as she was sailing from Calcutta to Bombay. The ship and cargo were lost, and two men lost their lives in attempting to reach shore.
Jessie Maria  United Kingdom The ship was severely damaged by fire at Dublin.[21]
Joseph Cripps United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The schooner was wrecked by a severe gale at Māhia Peninsula, Hawke's Bay. All hands were saved.[29]
Maria Josephine United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The cutter had her rudder destroyed during a gale in Wellington Harbour and was driven on shore.[30]
Plymouth  United Kingdom The packet boat, a sloop, sprang a leak and foundered off Land's End, Cornwall with the loss of all 24 people on board. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Liverpool, Lancashire.[21][31][3]
Rover  United Kingdom The brig ran aground at Waterford. She was on a voyage from Malta to Queenstown, County Cork. She was refloated but consequently had to be beached.[21][32]
Star of the East  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in Buydikheri Bay. She was on a voyage from Odesa to Falmouth, Cornwall or Queenstown. She was refloated and put in to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.[33]

12 June

List of shipwrecks: 12 June 1851
ShipStateDescription
Ann English  United Kingdom The ship was lost off "Kulien", Denmark in a squall.[17]
Moultan  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at New Calabar, Africa.[34]

13 June

List of shipwrecks: 13 June 1851
ShipStateDescription
Taff  United Kingdom The barque, which had capsized on 11 June, was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. All 70 people on board were rescued by Lesmahagow ( United Kingdom). Taff was on her maiden voyage, from Cardiff, Glamorgan to New York, United States.[35][36][37][38]

14 June

List of shipwrecks: 14 June 1851
ShipStateDescription
Taft  United Kingdom The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (46°51′N 35°31′W / 46.850°N 35.517°W / 46.850; -35.517). All on board were rescued by Lesmahagow ( United Kingdom). Taft was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to New York.[39]

16 June

List of shipwrecks: 16 June 1851
ShipStateDescription
Coquette  United Kingdom The ship ran aground near Smyrna, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Smyrna to Bristol, Gloucestershire. She was later refloated.[19]
Providence  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore at Snettisham, Norfolk.[40][18]

17 June

List of shipwrecks: 17 June 1851
ShipStateDescription
Charlotte United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The brig was wrecked off Portrush, County Antrim. Her crew were rescued.[17] She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick to Coleraine, County Antrim.[41]
Emma  United Kingdom The smack ran aground and sank at Dublin. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Dublin.[17][40]
G. E. Routh Kingdom of the Two Sicilies The ship ran aground at Wexford, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Naples to Wexford.[18]
Gordon  United Kingdom The ship capsized or foundered in the North Sea off Texel, North Holland, Netherlands.[42]
Robert and Henry  United Kingdom The ship was run aground on the Filsand. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Kronstadt, Russian Empire. She was later refloated and completed her voyage, arriving at Kronstadt on 23 June.[43]

18 June

List of shipwrecks: 18 June 1851
ShipStateDescription
Britannia  United Kingdom The ship sank in the Boston Deeps, off the coast of Lincolnshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Wisbech, Cambridgeshire.[17]
Defiance  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea 100 nautical miles (190 km) off the coast of Jutland with the loss of a crew membe. She was on a voyage from Stettin to London.[44]
Lancashire Witch  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Blackwater Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wexford. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Puerto Rico. She was refloated and put in to Belfast, County Antrim in a leaky condition.[17]

19 June

List of shipwrecks: 19 June 1851
ShipStateDescription
Ajax  France The 474-ton whaling ship struck rocks in the Bering Sea south of Saint Lawrence Island and became a total loss.[45]
Ellen  United States The ship ran aground on the Romer Shoal. She was on a voyage from Porto, Portugal to New York, United States. She was refloated on 21 June and towed in to New York, arriving on 23 June.[46]
Margaret  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at the Holm Head, Suffolk. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[18]

20 June

List of shipwrecks: 20 June 1851
ShipStateDescription
Mary Stuart  United States The brig was wrecked at the entrance to San Francisco Bay. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from San Francisco, California to Mazatlán, Cuba.[47]

21 June

List of shipwrecks: 21 June 1851
ShipStateDescription
Ann Eliza  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked off Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic. She was on a voyage from Puerto Plata to Cabaret, Haiti.[48][49]
Munte  Netherlands The koff sank in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Stettin to King's Lynn, Norfolk, United Kingdom.[19]
Royal Mint  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Howard ( Hamburg). Royal Mint was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America.[50]

22 June

List of shipwrecks: 22 June 1851
ShipStateDescription
Jenny Lind United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The brig was wrecked on Grand Turk. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, United States to St. Jago de Cuba, Cuba.[39]
Triumph  United States The ship was driven ashore at Humacao, Puerto Rico. She was later refloated and taken in to Kingston, Jamaica for repairs.[51]

23 June

List of shipwrecks: 23 June 1851
ShipStateDescription
Pet  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and was beached between Amherst and Green Island, Burma. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated on 28 June with assistance from HMS Proserpine ( Royal Navy) and towed in to Moulmein, Burma.[52]
Princess Victoria  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked between "False Salines" and "Point Atalia". . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Pará, Brazil.[53]

24 June

List of shipwrecks: 24 June 1851
ShipStateDescription
Ecuador  Chile The steamship was wrecked at Coquimbo. She was on a voyage from Coquimbo to Copiapó.[47]

25 June

List of shipwrecks: 25 June 1851
ShipStateDescription
Experience United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Barbados The ship was wrecked on Brown's Shoal, south of Nevis. She was on a voyage from Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands to Barbados.[54]
Kedron  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked off Trinidad. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Trinidad.[50]
Keldy Castle  United Kingdom The ship was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew took to the boats. They were rescued by Colonel Maule ( United Kingdom) on 30 June. Keldy Castle was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Montevideo, Uruguay.[51][55]
Pride  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near "Lerwig", Jutland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Riga, Russia.[56]
Randolph  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was wrecked on Amber Island with the loss of 25 lives. She was on a voyage from Lyttelton, New Zealand to London.
Thetis  United Kingdom The schooner was run down and sunk by the steamship Columbia ( United Kingdom) in the Irish Sea off Holyhead, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Yarmouth.[57][58] Thetis was refloated on 28 June and taken in to Holyhead.[19]

26 June

List of shipwrecks: 26 June 1851
ShipStateDescription
Jean D'Arc  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Corton Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[59]

27 June

List of shipwrecks: 27 June 1851
ShipStateDescription
Charlotte United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The brig was damaged at Lyttelton Harbour / Whakaraupō.[30] Also reported as John and Charlotte.[60]
John United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The brig was damaged at Lyttelton Harbour / Whakaraupō.[30] Also reported as John and Charlotte.[60]
Margaret United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The schooner sank at Lyttelton Harbour / Whakaraupō.[60]
Pauline United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The schooner was damaged at Lyttelton Harbour / Whakaraupō.[30] Also reported to be a brigantine driven ashore between 10 and 12 June.[61]
Salopian United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The schooner was damaged at Lyttelton Harbour / Whakaraupō.[30]
Torrington United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The brig was driven on shore and wrecked during a severe gale at Lyttelton Harbour / Whakaraupō.[30][62] Her crew were rescued.[60]
William and John United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The cutter was wrecked at Lyttelton Harbour / Whakaraupō.[60]

28 June

List of shipwrecks: 28 June 1851
ShipStateDescription
Commerce  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to South Shields.[19]

29 June

List of shipwrecks: 29 June 1851
ShipStateDescription
Cecrops  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the "Roman River", British Honduras.[13]
Henry Campbell  United States The ship was driven ashore at Bridgehampton, New York. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to New York City.[63]
James Orr  United Kingdom The ship ran aground and sank at Wilmington, North Carolina, United States. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Wilmington.[36]
Jane  United Kingdom The brig was run down and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by Lafayette ( United States). Her crew were rescued by Lafayette. Jane was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada to a European port.[64]
Jane  United Kingdom The ship ran asround on the Woolseners, in the English Channel off the coast of Hampshire.[19]
Wanskapen  Russia The brig foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 3 leagues (9 nautical miles (17 km)) off Cabo Mondego, Portugal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Alexandria to Egypt.[65][66]

30 June

Unknown date

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