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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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1850
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 Vera Cruz, 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

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  1. ^ "Ship News". The Times. No. 20423. London. 27 February 1850. col E, p. 8.
  2. ^ a b c "Shipping Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle. No. 26276 (Evening ed.). London. 18 February 1851.
  3. ^ "Ship News". The Morning Post. No. 23832. London. 29 April 1850. p. 7.
  4. ^ a b "Ship News". The Times. No. 20624. London. 19 October 1850. col B, p. 8.
  5. ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury. No. 20046. Edinburgh. 2 December 1850.
  6. ^ "Ship News". The Morning Post. No. 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. No. 20420. London. 23 February 1850. col F, p. 7.
  9. ^ "Ship News". The Times. No. 20413. London. 15 February 1850. col E-F, p. 7.
  10. ^ Wisconsin Shipwrecks: GALLINIPPER (1832) Accessed 1 July 2021
  11. ^ a b "Ship News". The Times. No. 20651. London. 20 November 1850. col E, p. 8.
  12. ^ a b "Ship News". The Times. No. 20559. London. 5 August 1850. col B-D, p. 5.
  13. ^ "Shipping Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle. No. 26031. London. 6 May 1850.
  14. ^ "Shipping Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle. No. 26241. London. 8 January 1851.
  15. ^ "The United States". The Morning Chronicle. No. 26045. London. 22 May 1850.
  16. ^ "American Shipping". The Times. No. 20733. London. 24 February 1851. col F, p. 4.
  17. ^ "Ship News". The Times. No. 20489. London. 15 May 1850. col F, p. 7.
  18. ^ "njscuba.net "Lavallette Wreck"". Archived from the original on 2020-02-23. Retrieved 2020-03-01.
  19. ^ "Miscellaneous". The Aberdeen Journal. No. 5359. Aberdeen. 25 September 1850.
  20. ^ "Ship News". The Times. No. 20677. London. 20 December 1850. col E-F, p. 8.
  21. ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Daily News. No. 1239. London. 15 May 1850.
  22. ^ "Ship News". The Times. No. 20684. London. 28 December 1850. col C, p. 7.