List of shipwrecks in September 1850

The list of shipwrecks in September 1850 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during September 1850.

September 1850
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29 30 Unknown date

6 September

List of shipwrecks: 6 September 1850
ShipCountryDescription
USS Yorktown  United States Navy The sloop-of-war was wrecked on a reef off Maio Island, Cape Verde, Portugal. Her crew survived.

15 September

List of shipwrecks: 15 September 1850
ShipCountryDescription
Polka  United Kingdom On a run from Saint Malo to Jersey Channel Islands as a replacement ship, the paddle steamer sprang a leak and began to sink near the Minquiers S of Jersey. All passengers and crew took to the lifeboats and were rescued.[1][2]

17 September

List of shipwrecks: 17 September 1850
ShipCountryDescription
Superb  United Kingdom Running from Saint Malo to Jersey Channel islands with 60 passengers, including survivors from Polka ( United Kingdom) on approaching the Minquiers reef, they went to inspect where Polka had sunk, whereupon they themselves struck a rock, which caused panic and 20 people lost their lives, the rest being saved.[3][4]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date September 1850
ShipCountryDescription
Queen United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The schooner was wrecked in Poverty Bay. All hands were saved. [5]

References

  1. ↑ "Philip John Ouless (British, 1817–1885)". Bonhams.com. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  2. ↑ "Polka [+1850]". Wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  3. ↑ "Philip John Ouless (British, 1817–1885)". Bonhams.com.
  4. ↑ YvesDufiel (2008), Dictionnaire des naufrages dans la Manche
  5. ↑ Ingram, C. W. N., and Wheatley, P. O., (1936) Shipwrecks: New Zealand disasters 1795–1936. Dunedin, NZ: Dunedin Book Publishing Association. pp. 50–51.
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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