List of shipwrecks in 1850

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

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1850
Jan Feb Mar Apr
May Jun Jul Aug
Sep Oct Nov Dec
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January

4 January

List of shipwrecks: 4 January 1850
ShipCountryDescription
Edward Stanley United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The schooner foundered off Croixelles Harbour en route from Wanganui to Nelson.[1]

26 January

List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1850
ShipCountryDescription
Anna Maria  United Kingdom The ship collided with a barque and foundered in the North Sea off Southwold, Suffolk with the loss of all but one of her crew.[2]

February

5 February

List of shipwrecks: 5 February 1850
ShipCountryDescription
Mary  United Kingdom The ship foundered on the Greengrounds, in the Bristol Channel.[3]

6 February

List of shipwrecks: 6 February 1850
ShipCountryDescription
Thetis  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Cardigan with the loss of eleven of her thirteen crew. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Limerick.[4]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown February 1850
ShipCountryDescription
Margaret Unknown This ship under Captail Fales was wrecked in February on the Pacific Huahine Islands.[5]

March

19 March

List of shipwrecks: 19 March 1850
ShipCountryDescription
Eagle  United States The schooner was wrecked on a reef near Cape Colville in New Zealand's Hauraki Gulf, en route from Auckland to California.[1]

30 March

List of shipwrecks: 30 March 1850
ShipCountryDescription
RMS Royal Adelaide  Royal Navy The paddle steamer was wrecked on the Tongue Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex with the loss of about 300 lives. She was on a voyage from Cork to London.

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: unknown date 1850
ShipCountryDescription
Experiment  United Kingdom The Alderney cutter Experiment was wrecked off Bréhon tower between Guernsey and Herm Channel islands in March 1850. The captain and 8 passengers drowned, but 20 were saved by the lifeboat.[6][7]
Falcon United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The schooner was wrecked in Hawke Bay by the same storm which wrecked the Post Boy (qv).[1]
Post Boy United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The schooner was wrecked in Hawke Bay by the same storm which wrecked the Falcon (qv).[1]

April

17 April

List of shipwrecks: 17 April 1850
ShipCountryDescription
Lady Denison United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland South Australia The ship departed from Port Adelaide for Hobart, Van Diemen's Land. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all 42 people on board.

May

4 May

List of shipwrecks: 4 May 1850
ShipCountryDescription
Sulimary  United Kingdom The East Indiaman Sulimary was lost near Madras when struck by a sudden violent squall while at anchor, and was driven ashore and wrecked with the loss of over 73 lives including the captain and his wife.[8]
Guua  United Kingdom The East Indiaman Guua was lost near Madras when struck by a sudden violent squall while at anchor, and was driven ashore and wrecked without loss of life.[8]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1850
ShipCountryDescription
Eleanor United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The schooner was lost near the mouth of Queen Charlotte Sound during the first few days of May. All hands were saved.[1]

June

July

21 July

List of shipwrecks: 21 July 1850
ShipCountryDescription
Von der Tann  Reichsflotte First Schleswig War: The gunboat ran aground at Neustadt in Holstein, Duchy of Holstein whilst in an engagement with HDMS Heckla and HDMS Valkyrie (both  Royal Danish Navy). She was set afire by her crew and abandoned. Von der Tann was subsequently salvaged, repaired and returned to service.

26 July

List of shipwrecks: 26 July 1850
ShipCountryDescription
Frolic  United States American brig Frolic under Captain C.H.Foucon travelling from China to San Francisco was wrecked on a reef about 60 miles North of Fort Ross, California. There was no loss of life but total loss of the ship and valuable cargo estimated at $150,000.[9]

August

1 August

List of shipwrecks: 1 August 1850
ShipCountryDescription
William and James United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The mail cutter was wrecked near the Sugar Loaf Islands, Taranaki, with the loss of one female passenger.[1]

7 August

List of shipwrecks: 7 August 1850
ShipCountryDescription
Hope  United Kingdom The ship foundered on the Mixon Shoal, in the Bristol Channel with the loss of all three crew.[3]

September

October

18 October

List of shipwrecks: 18 October 1850
ShipCountryDescription
Kalama formerly Veroze  Hawaii This brigantine went ashore on the reef near the entrance to Honolulu harbour.[10]

November

19 November

List of shipwrecks: 19 November 1850
ShipCountryDescription
Edmond United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Canada The passenger ship, a three-masted barque, was driven ashore and wrecked at Kilkee, County Clare, United Kingdom with the loss of 98 of the 216 people on board. Edmond was on a voyage from Limerick, United Kingdom to Quebec, Canada.

21 November

List of shipwrecks: 21 November 1850
ShipCountryDescription
Queen  United Kingdom The London vessel went ashore at Godrevy, Cornwall while bound for Italy from Cardiff with tin-plate and iron. All the crew were drowned.[11][12]

December

22 December

List of shipwrecks: 22 December 1850
ShipCountryDescription
Helen Mar  United States The schooner was wrecked on rocks between the Vaughn Island and Green Island, Maine. Her crew were rescued.[13]
Susan Taylor  United States The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on Green Island, Maine.[13]
Wave  United States The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Cape Porpoise, Maine. Her crew were rescued.[13]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1850
ShipCountryDescription
Courageux  France The schooner foundered in the Bristol Channel in late November or early December with the loss of all hands.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Ingram, C. W. N., and Wheatley, P. O., (1936) Shipwrecks: New Zealand disasters 1795–1936. Dunedin, NZ: Dunedin Book Publishing Association. pp. 50–51.
  2. ↑ Bottomley, Alan Farquar. "Shipwrecks at or near Walberswick from 1848 – 1874" (PDF). Suffolk Records Society. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks" (PDF). Swansea Docks. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
  4. ↑ "CARDIGAN & DISTRICT SHIPWRECKS AND LIFEBOAT SERVICE". Glen Johnson. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  5. ↑ "Untitled". The Polynesian. Honolulu. 21 September 1850.
  6. ↑ Coysh, Victor (1985). Channel Islets. Guernsey: Guernsey Press. ISBN 0902550128.
  7. ↑ "1850".
  8. 1 2 "Loss of an Indiaman and a French gun brig". The Polynesian. Honolulu. 2 November 1850.
  9. ↑ "Acknowledgement". The Polynesian. Honolulu. 31 Aug 1850.
  10. ↑ "Unitlted". The Polynesian. Honolulu. 26 October 1850.
  11. ↑ "Portreath". The Cornish Telegraph (1). 3 January 1851. p. 2.
  12. ↑ Noall, Cyril (1968). Cornish Lights and Ship-Wrecks. Truro: D Bradford Barton.
  13. 1 2 3 "Perilous Refuge in Cape Porpoise Harbor". SoMeOldNews. 23 July 2010. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
Ship events in 1850
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