List of shipwrecks in June 1850
The list of shipwrecks in June 1850 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during June 1850.
| June 1850 | ||||||
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 |
| 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 |
| 29 | 30 | Unknown date | ||||
6 June
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown name |  |
A vessel was lost off Kapiti Island during a storm, with the loss of two lives.[1] |
7 June
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Franklin | .svg.png){kind=small} |
The American whaler Franklin, under Captain Cooper, went ashore approx 70 miles North of Pernambuco on its way home from the Pacific.[2] |
10 June
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| L'Agile |  |
The French Republican brig L'Agile of 14 guns, was suddenly overtaken by a heavy squall off Martinique and capsized and went down with the loss of all but 2 of its 60 crew.[3] |
17 June
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| G. P. Griffith | |
 G. P. Griffith. The paddle steamer burned and sank on Lake Erie. Between 241 and 289 people died, the third-greatest loss of life in a shipping disaster on the Great Lakes. |
21 June
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mary |  |
The pilot boat was wrecked at The Mumbles, Glamorgan. Her crew survived.[4] |
Unknown date
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Agnes Hay | |
The schooner was wrecked during a gale at the end of June. All hands were saved. The same gale was also responsible for the loss of Carbon (qv).[1] |
| Carbon | |
The schooner was wrecked north of Castlepoint in the Wairarapa during a gale at the end of June, with the loss of all crew. She was en route from Wellington to Napier. The same gale was also responsible for the loss of Agnes Hay (qv).[1] |
| Orion | |
The paddle steamer foundered in the Irish Sea off Portpatrick, Wigtownshire with the loss of 50 lives. She was on voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. |
References
- 1 2 3 Ingram, C. W. N., and Wheatley, P. O., (1936) Shipwrecks: New Zealand disasters 1795–1936. Dunedin, NZ: Dunedin Book Publishing Association. pp. 50–51.
- ↑ "From Pernambuco". The Polynesian. Honolulu. 12 October 1850.
- ↑ "Loss of an Indiaman and a French gun brig". The Polynesian. Honolulu. 2 November 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 events in 1850 | |||||||||||
| Ship launches: | 1845 | 1846 | 1847 | 1848 | 1849 | 1850 | 1851 | 1852 | 1853 | 1854 | 1855 |
| Ship commissionings: | 1845 | 1846 | 1847 | 1848 | 1849 | 1850 | 1851 | 1852 | 1853 | 1854 | 1855 |
| Ship decommissionings: | 1845 | 1846 | 1847 | 1848 | 1849 | 1850 | 1851 | 1852 | 1853 | 1854 | 1855 |
| Shipwrecks: | 1845 | 1846 | 1847 | 1848 | 1849 | 1850 | 1851 | 1852 | 1853 | 1854 | 1855 |
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