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List of shipwrecks in 1850

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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[]

26 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1850
Ship Country Description
Anna Maria Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 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.[1]

February[]

5 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 5 February 1850
Ship Country Description
Mary Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland The ship foundered on the Greengrounds, in the Bristol Channel.[2]

6 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 6 February 1850
Ship Country Description
Thetis Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 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.[3]

March[]

30 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 30 March 1850
Ship Country Description
RMS Royal Adelaide Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 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.

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List of shipwrecks: unknown date 1850
Ship Country Description
Experiment Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 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.[4][5]

April[]

17 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 17 April 1850
Ship Country Description
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 wiith the loss of all 42 people on board.

May[]

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June[]

17 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 17 June 1850
Ship Country Description
G. P. Griffith Flag of the United States United States
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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[]

List of shipwrecks: 21 June 1850
Ship Country Description
Mary Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland The pilot boat was wrecked at The Mumbles, Glamorgan. Her crew survived.[2]

Unknown date[]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1850
Ship Country Description
Orion Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 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.

July[]

21 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 21 July 1850
Ship Country Description
Von der Tann Naval Jack of the German Confederation 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 Naval Ensign of Denmark Royal Danish Navy). She was set afire by her crew and abandoned. Von der Tann was subsequently salvaged, repaired and returned to service.

August[]

7 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 7 August 1850
Ship Country Description
Hope Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland The ship foundered on the Mixon Shoal, in the Bristol Channel with the loss of all three crew.[2]

September[]

6 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 6 September 1850
Ship Country Description
USS Yorktown US flag 30 stars 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
Ship Country Description
Polka Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 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.[6][7]

17 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 17 September 1850
Ship Country Description
Superb Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Running from Saint Malo to Jersey Channel islands with 60 passengers, including survivors from the Polka (Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) on approaching the Minquiers reef, they went to inspect where the PSS Polks had sunk, whereupon they themselves struck a rock, which caused panic and 20 people lost their lives, the rest being saved.[8][9]

November[]

19 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 19 November 1850
Ship Country Description
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
Ship Country Description
Queen Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland The London vessel went ashore at Godrevy, Cornwall while bound for Italy from Cardiff with tin-plate and iron. All the crew were drowned.[10][11]

December[]

22 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 22 December 1850
Ship Country Description
Helen Mar US flag 30 stars United States The schooner was wrecked on rocks between the Vaughn Islands and Green Islands. Her crew were rescued.[12]
Susan Taylor US flag 30 stars United States The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on Green Island.[12]
Wave US flag 30 stars United States The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Cape Porpoise, Maine. Her crew were rescued.[12]

Unknown date[]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1850
Ship Country Description
Courageux Flag of France France The schooner foundered in the Bristol Channel in late November or early December with the loss of all hands.[2]

References[]

  1. ↑ Bottomley, Alan Farquar. "Shipwrecks at or near Walberswick from 1848 - 1874". Suffolk Records Society. http://walberswick.onesuffolk.net/assets/WLHG/ShipsShipwrecks1782-1845.pdf. Retrieved 25 December 2014. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks". Swansea Docks. http://www.swanseadocks.co.uk/Gower%20wrecks%20Rons%20write-up%20site.pdf. Retrieved 17 December 2014. 
  3. ↑ "CARDIGAN & DISTRICT SHIPWRECKS AND LIFEBOAT SERVICE". Glen Johnson. http://www.glen-johnson.co.uk/cardigan-district-shipwrecks-and-lifeboat-service/. Retrieved 1 February 2015. 
  4. ↑ Coysh, Victor (1985). Channel Islets. Guernsey: Guernsey Press. ISBN 0902550128. 
  5. ↑ cite web |url=http://www.rnli.org.gg/lifeboat-timeline/lifeboat-timeline-1803-1899/ |title=1850
  6. ↑ cite web |url=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/10693/lot/79/ |name=Philip John Ouless (British, 1817-1885) |publisher bonhams.com |accessdate=27 Aug 2015
  7. ↑ cite web |url=title=Polka [+1850 |publisher=wrecksite.eu |accessdate=27 Aug 2015
  8. ↑ cite web |url=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/10693/lot/79/ |title=Philip John Ouless (British, 1817-1885) |publisher bonhams.com
  9. ↑ cite |title=Dictionnaire des naufrages dans la Manche |published=2008 |author=YvesDufiel
  10. ↑ "Portreath". The Cornish Telegraph. 3 January 1851. p. 2. 
  11. ↑ Noall, Cyril (1968). Cornish Lights and Ship-Wrecks. Truro: D Bradford Barton. 
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 "Perilous Refuge in Cape Porpoise Harbor". SoMeOldNews. 23 July 2010. http://www.someoldnews.com/?p=1047. Retrieved 17 January 2015. 


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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