List of shipwrecks in March 1850
The list of shipwrecks in March 1850 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during March 1850 .
1 March
List of shipwrecks: 1 March 1850
Ship
State
Description
Britain
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked near Musquash, New Brunswick , British North America . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick to Trinidad .[ 1] [ 2]
Esther
United Kingdom
The sloop was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands , Kent . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque Nord , France to Rochester, Kent .[ 3]
Miranda
United Kingdom
The ship departed from São Miguel Island , Azores for London . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 4]
Norfolk
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground on the Hinder Bank, in the North Sea off the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from Goole , Yorkshire to Rotterdam , South Holland , Netherlands.[ 5]
2 March
List of shipwrecks: 2 March 1850
Ship
State
Description
Dart
United Kingdom
The ship spang a leak and foundered in the North Sea off Sunderland, County Durham . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Whitby , Yorkshire to Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland .[ 6]
Edward Marie
United Kingdom
The ship departed from Liverpool , Lancashire for Batavia , Netherlands East Indies . Presumed subsequently foundered. Wreckage from the ship was discovered off Bray, County Wicklow on 4 April.[ 7]
Exquisite
United Kingdom
The ship sank off Skagen , Denmark. Her crew were rescued by Egness ( Denmark ). Exquisite was on a voyage from Sunderland to Helsingør , Denmark.[ 8] [ 9]
Lincoln
United States
The brig was struck by lightning in the Atlantic Ocean (3°20′N 24°30′W / 3.333°N 24.500°W / 3.333; -24.500 ) and was set afire. She was abandoned on 5 March. Her crew were rescued by the full-rigged ship Maria Christina ( Denmark ). Lincoln was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to San Francisco, California .[ 10]
Mary Ann
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Whitton Sand and capsized with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Goole , Yorkshire to Ipswich , Suffolk .[ 11]
Melville
United Kingdom
The sloop ran aground on the Gore Patch Sand. She was on a voyage from London to Hastings , Sussex . She was refloated and taken in to Margate , Kent in a sinking condition.[ 11]
Native
United Kingdom
The brig was wrecked off Spiekeroog , Kingdom of Hanover . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Seaham , County Durham to Hamburg .[ 12] [ 13]
Queen of Scotland
Hamburg
The full-rigged ship ran aground on the Holme Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Lincolnshire , United Kingdom . She was refloated and towed in to Hull , Yorkshire , United Kingdom.[ 11]
Wave
New South Wales
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked near Newcastle . Her crew were rescued.[ 14]
3 March
4 March
List of shipwrecks: 4 March 1850
Ship
State
Description
Aimable Eulalie
United Kingdom
The steamship struck a rock 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) off "Porthcall", capsized and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Honfleur , Calvados to Saint-Pierre-d'Oleron .[ 18] [ 12]
Barbara Ann
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Warkworth, Northumberland .[ 17]
Briton
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Lindisfarne , Northumberland . She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Dundee , Forfarshire .[ 17]
Chance
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Mundesley , Norfolk .[ 6]
Dart
United Kingdom
The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea off Sunderland, County Durham . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Whitby , Yorkshire to Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland .[ 19]
Francis
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at Tralee , County Kerry .[ 12]
Royalist
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground in the Isles of Scilly . She was on a voyage from Alexandria , Egypt to Southampton , Hampshire . She was refloated and taken in to harbour.[ 7]
Sea Lark
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at Tralee.[ 12]
Two Friends
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) south of Bridlington , Yorkshire . She was on a voyage from London to South Shields , County Durham . She was refloated and taken in to Bridlington.[ 19]
5 March
List of shipwrecks: 5 March 1850
Ship
State
Description
Albion
Sweden
The ship was wrecked at Lønstrup , Denmark with the loss of four of her crew. She was on a voyage from Pernambuco , Brazil to Gothenburg .[ 20] [ 21]
Dwina
Rostock
The schooner ran aground on the Trindelen Rock and was abandoned by her crew, who were rescued by Gazelle ( United Kingdom ). Dwina was subsequently driven ashore at Särö , Sweden. She was on a voyage from Hull , Yorkshire , United Kingdom to Rostock.[ 22] [ 21] [ 23]
Electra
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on reefs in Grand Lerera Bay, Granada .[ 7]
Erin
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at Teignmouth , Devon . She was refloated the next day and proceeded on her voyage.[ 24]
Gesina Jantina
Netherlands
The ship was driven ashore at Busum , Duchy of Schleswig and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam , North Holland to Hamburg .[ 12]
Isabella
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned off Margate , Kent . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Harwich , Essex to Liverpool , Lancashire . She was subsequently taken in to Margate in a waterlogged condition.[ 19] [ 25]
Justus Frederick
Kingdom of Hanover
The schooner was driven ashore at the Point of Tortora, Spain and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland , United Kingdom to Barcelona , Spain.[ 26] [ 27] [ 28]
Trident
United Kingdom
The steamship was damaged by fire at London .[ 19]
6 March
7 March
8 March
9 March
List of shipwrecks: 9 March 1850
Ship
State
Description
Amity
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on an island off the coast of Ayrshire . She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Dublin . She was refloated on 16 March and taken in to Ayr.[ 22] [ 34]
George
United Kingdom
The sloop was wrecked on the west coast of Sutherland with the loss of all hands.[ 35]
Hermann
Prussia
The schooner was wrecked on Læsø , Denmark. Her crew were rescued.[ 22]
Lawrence O' Connor Doyle
United Kingdom
The schooner struck a sunken rock and capsized 6 nautical miles (11 km) off the Isle of Lewis . Outer Hebrides with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Apenrade , Denmark.[ 22] [ 36] [ 23] The wreck was towed in to a creek near the Isle of Glass Lighthouse on 19 March.[ 37]
Louise
Flag unknown
The schooner was holed by ice off Bolderāja , Russia and was abandoned by her crew.[ 22] [ 38]
Naomi Frances
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Varberg , Sweden. her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to a Baltic port.[ 22] [ 38]
Occidente
Papal States
The ship departed from Gibraltar for London , United Kingdom . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 39]
Rosanna
United Kingdom
The brig was wrecked on the Manacles . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Alexandria , Egypt .[ 12] [ 8]
Vertumno
Hamburg
The brig was driven ashore on Scharhörn . She was on a voyage from Messina , Sicily to Hamburg. She was refloated with assistance from the steamship Elbe ( Hamburg ) and taken in to Cuxhaven .[ 20] [ 21]
Victoria
United Kingdom
The brig ran aground on the English Bank, in the River Plate and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Patagonia , Argentina to Montevideo , Uruguay.[ 40]
10 March
11 March
List of shipwrecks: 11 March 1850
Ship
State
Description
Afra
Netherlands
The ship was wrecked at Curaçao . She was on a voyage from La Guaira , Venezuela to Curaçao and Amsterdam , North Holland .[ 43]
Anna
Spain
The ship capsized off Cape Bona, Algeria . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cartagena to "St. Paula", Livorno , Grand Duchy of Tuscany , Genoa , Kingdom of Sardinia and Marseille , Bouches-du-Rhône , France.[ 44]
Betsey
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground and sank on the Nash Sands, in the Bristol Channel with the loss of all hands.[ 45]
Elizabeth
United Kingdom
The smack ran aground on the Nash Sand. She was on a voyage from Swansea , Glamorgan to Gloucester . She was refloated on 14 March and assisted in to Swansea for repairs.[ 45] [ 21] [ 46]
Maria
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground off Skagen , Denmark. She was on a voyage from Montrose, Forfarshire to Memel , Prussia . She was refloated and put in to Helsingør , Denmark in a leaky condition.[ 22]
Seagull
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the coast of Cambodia. She was on a voyage from Singapore to "Kongpoot".[ 47]
12 March
List of shipwrecks: 12 March 1850
Ship
State
Description
Ajax
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at Anjeer , Netherlands East Indies . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Manila , Spanish East Indies to London .[ 48]
Burton
United Kingdom
The ship was holed by her anchor whilst on a voyage from Stettin to an English port. She consequently put in to Swinemünde , Prussia in a leaky condition.[ 22]
Harlequin
Belgium
The ship ran aground off Point de Pierre, Haita. She was on a voyage from Gonaïves , Haiti to Antwerp . She was refloated on 19 March and resumed her voyage.[ 49]
Isabella
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on a reef off Wangeroog , Kingdom of Hanover . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Hamburg .[ 22]
Mary Stuart
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground near the "Rock of Tulchs", Ottoman Empire . She was refloated on 14 March and resumed her voyage.[ 50]
Waters
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Woolsteners, in the Solent . She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Langstone, Hampshire .[ 51] [ 52] She was refloated on 14 March and taken in to Langstone.[ 29]
13 March
List of shipwrecks: 13 March 1850
Ship
State
Description
Covenant
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at "Princetown". She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick , British North America to New York , United States.[ 27]
Humber
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Husby Klit , Denmark with the loss of all hands.[ 35] [ 53] [ 28]
Jane
United Kingdom
The schooner was wrecked on Marshall's Island, off Isle au Haut, Maine , United States with the loss of four lives. She was on a voyage from Weymouth, Nova Scotia , British North America to Boston, Massachusetts , United States.[ 54]
John Botcherley
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground in the River Wear . She was on a voyage from South Shields , County Durham to London . She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 20]
14 March
List of shipwrecks: 14 March 1850
Ship
State
Description
Anna Elizabeth
Netherlands
The ship was driven ashore at Dungeness , Kent , United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from Amsterdam , North Holland to the Clyde and Surinam. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 45]
Argo
United States
The ship was driven ashore on Fire Island , New York . She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce , Seine-Inférieure , France to New York City .[ 27]
Edward
United Kingdom
The sloop ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham . Her crew were rescued by a coble . She was on a voyage from Port Glasgow , Renfrewshire to South Shields , Count Durham.[ 23]
Halcyon
United States
The barque was driven ashore at Point Lessiur, near Gonaïves , Haiti.[ 55]
James W. Andrews
United States
The ship ran aground on the Nantucket Shoal, off the coast of Massachusetts . She was on a voyage from London , United Kingdom to Boston, Massachusetts . She was refloated and completed her voyage.[ 27]
John and Henry
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Charlestown, Cornwall .[ 56]
Thomas
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at Sunderland, County Durham . She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Colchester , Essex . She was refloated and resumed her voyage, but consequently put in to Hartlepool , County Durham in a leaky condition.[ 20]
15 March
List of shipwrecks: 15 March 1850
Ship
State
Description
Cleddy
United Kingdom
The sloop was abandoned off the Tuskar Rock . She was towed in to Watchet , Somerset on 16 March by a Bristol pilot boat .[ 22] [ 34]
Edward
United Kingdom
The sloop ran aground and was wrecked at South Shields , County Durham . She was on a voyage from Berwick upon Tweed , Northumberland to South Shields.[ 45]
Esther Ann
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Olinda Reef, off the coast of Brazil . She was on a voyage from Maranhão , Brazil to Liverpool , Lancashire . She was refloated and put back to Maranhão.[ 41]
Morning Star
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Arnold's Point, near Little Harbour, Nova Scotia , British North America . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff , Glamorgan to Wilmington, Delaware , United States. She had become a wreck by 3 April.[ 26] [ 57]
Trio
United Kingdom
The smack was in collision with Fame ( United Kingdom ) and sank in the Bristol Channel off Ilfracombe , Devon . Her crew were rescued.[ 58] [ 59]
16 March
List of shipwrecks: 16 March 1850
Ship
State
Description
Branch
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore near Glettkau . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Kirkcaldy , Fife to Dantzic .[ 60] She was consequently condemned.[ 61]
British King
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Shoe Bank, in the North Sea off the coast of Forfarshire . She was on a voyage from Dundee , Forfarshire to Brazil . She was refloated and put back to Dundee.[ 22]
Lord Douglas
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at Poole, Dorset and was damaged. She was refloated and put back to Poole in a leaky condition.[ 22]
Lycurgue
France
The steamship ran aground at Nagara Point, in the Dardanelles . She was refloated with assistance from Mecidiye ( Ottoman Navy ).[ 62] [ 63]
Naiad
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at St. Ann's Head , Pembrokeshrie . She was on a voyage from Dublin to Milford Haven , Pembrokeshire. She was refloated and taken in to Milford Haven.[ 22]
Union
Jersey
The ship was in collision with Fides ( France ) and was abandoned in the English Channel 22 nautical miles (41 km) off Barfleur , Manche , France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jersey to Livorno , Grand Duchy of Tuscany .[ 22]
William and Jane
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Denmark. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Stettin . She was refloated and taken in to Helsingør , Denmark in a leaky condition.[ 44]
17 March
18 March
List of shipwrecks: 18 March 1850
Ship
State
Description
Dandie Dinmont
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore on Bornholm , Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Memel , Prussia .[ 67] [ 28]
Esperance
Guernsey
The ship was wrecked on the Small Rabbit, in the Channel Islands with some loss of life. There were fourteen survivors. She was on a voyage from Guernsey to Alderney , Channel Islands.[ 15]
James
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground and was wrecked north of Bornholm. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Pillau , Prussia.[ 67] She was later refloated and taken in to Rønne , where she was repaired.[ 68]
Neptune
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the Mediterranean Sea . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Barcelona , Spain.[ 27]
Pilot
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Inner Gabbard Sand. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Marseille , Bouches-du-Rhône , France. She put in to Portsmouth , Hampshire in a leaky condition.[ 58]
Urania
Stettin
The ship ran aground on the Trindel Grounds, in the Baltic Sea . She floated off the next day but consequently sank. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough , Yorkshire , United Kingdom to Stettin.[ 28]
19 March
List of shipwrecks: 19 March 1850
Ship
State
Description
Eagle
United States
The schooner was wrecked on a reef near Cape Colville in New Zealand's Hauraki Gulf . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Auckland to San Francisco , Alta California .[ 69] [ 70]
Exporter
United Kingdom
The ship was in collision with Moselle ( United Kingdom ) and was then wrecked at Cantay Head, Caithness . She was on a voyage from Leith , Lothian to Saint John, New Brunswick .[ 15] [ 67] [ 71]
Harmonie
Bremen
The ship ran aground on the Corton Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk , United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from Bremen to London , United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Lowestoft , Suffolk.[ 71]
James
United Kingdom
The brig ran aground on the Hvideodde Reef, in the Baltic Sea . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Pillau , Prussia .[ 28]
James and Ann
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Ogmore River .[ 2]
Mary Ann
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Whitby Rock. She was on a voyage from Seaham , County Durham to London. She was refloated and taken in to Whitby , Yorkshire in a leaky condition.[ 58]
Musica
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked near Cape Bon , Beylik of Tunis . She was on a voyage from London to Constantinople , Ottoman Empire .[ 72]
Renard
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground on the Whitby Rock. She was refloated with the assistance of a coble and a steamboat and taken in to Whitby.[ 15] [ 73]
20 March
List of shipwrecks: 20 March 1850
Ship
State
Description
Cenna
Flag unknown
The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar . She was on a voyage from Livorno , Grand Duchy of Tuscany to Barcelona , Spain. She was refloated on 23 March and taken in to Gibraltar in a leaky condition.[ 27]
Clarence
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Castle Gordon Reef, off Port Maria , Jamaica. Her crew were rescued.[ 74] [ 43] She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to New Orleans, Louisiana , United States.[ 75]
Era , or Eva
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the North Sea 14 nautical miles (26 km) off the Tynemouth Lighthouse . She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Rotterdam , South Holland , Netherlands.[ 58] [ 76]
Grand Duquesne
France
The full-rigged ship was wrecked in Cádiz Bay, Cuba . All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Matanzas , Cuba to Havre de Grâce , Seine-Inférieure .[ 77]
Grand Mère
France
The ship ran aground on the Sunk Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex , United Kingdom . She was refloated but consequently sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool , County Durham , United Kingdom to L'Orient , Morbihan .[ 58] [ 59] Also reported as 1 March.[ 78]
Janet Muir
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Stone Key, off the coast of Cuba . She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Havana , Cuba.[ 79]
Lillias
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the High Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Lincolnshire . She was on a voyage from Berwick upon Tweed , Northumberland to Hull , Yorkshire . She was refloated on 29 March and taken in to Hull.[ 67]
Manuela
Chile
The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Strait of Magellan . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Arica to Cork , United Kingdom.[ 80] [ 81]
Sir James Kent
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked 8 leagues east of St. Jago de Cuba , Cuba. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from the Rio de la Hacha to Saint Petersburg , Russia .[ 82]
Sophie Elizabeth
Hamburg
The ship was driven ashore near Cuxhaven . She was on a voyage from La Guaira , Venezuela to Hamburg . She was refloated the next day and towed in to Altona .[ 44]
21 March
List of shipwrecks: 21 March 1850
Ship
State
Description
Amphitrite
Bremen
The ship was wrecked on the Wittsand. She was on a voyage from Antwerp , Belgium to Hamburg .[ 44]
Bella Rosa
Malta
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Bône , Algeria .[ 83]
Christian and Johannes
Kingdom of Hanover
The ship departed from Leer for London , United Kingdom . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 84]
Isabella
United Kingdom
The brig was wrecked on Baltrum , Kingdom of Hanover . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stockton on Tees , County Durham to Hamburg.[ 67] [ 28]
Liberty
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground off Scharhörn and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Seaham , County Durham to Hamburg.[ 44]
Neb
Isle of Man
The smack struck a sunken rock in the Sound of Mull and sank. She was on a voyage from Montrose, Forfarshire to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 85]
Romulus
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground off Scharhörn and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stockton-on-Tees , County Durham to Hamburg.[ 44]
22 March
23 March
List of shipwrecks: 23 March 1850
Ship
State
Description
Ancholm
United Kingdom
The sloop was driven ashore at Hemsby , Norfolk . She was on a voyage from Boston, Lincolnshire to Maldon, Essex . She floated off and was taken in to Great Yarmouth , Norfolk in a derelict condition.[ 87] [ 35]
Annette
Sweden
The brig foundered off North Ronaldsay , Orkney Islands , United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from Maruim , Brazil to Copenhagen , Denmark.[ 88]
Dasher
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground and was wrecked off Bideford , Devon with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Hayle , Cornwall to Llanelly , Glamorgan .[ 67] [ 87]
Jupiter
United Kingdom
The ship was in collision with a schooner and was beached in the River Thames downstream of Gravesend, Kent . She was on a voyage from London to Constantinople , Ottoman Empire . She was refloated and towed back to London.[ 44]
Mina
United Kingdom
The flat sank in the River Mersey . Her crew were rescued.[ 89]
Nell
United Kingdom
The smack was driven ashore on the Goodwick Sands, Pembrokeshire . She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Aberystwyth , Cardiganshire . She was refloated on 28 March.[ 26]
Return
British North America
The schooner was wrecked at Mariel, Cuba . She was on a voyage from Havana , Cuba to Mariel.[ 79] [ 75]
Volant
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool , Lancashire . She was on a voyage from Saint Andrews , Fife to Liverpool. She was refloated and taken in to Liverpool.[ 61]
24 March
List of shipwrecks: 24 March 1850
Ship
State
Description
Abraham
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Saltfleet , Lincolnshire . She was on a voyage from Wisbech , Cambridgeshire to Goole , Yorkshire .[ 87]
Bellona
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Longscar Rocks, on the coast of County Durham . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth , Stirlingshire to Stettin .[ 61]
Friends
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex . She was on a voyage from London to Leith , Lothian . She was refloated and put in to Harwich , Essex in a leaky condition.[ 61]
Highlandman
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Peterhead , Aberdeenshire . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Port Gordon , Moray .[ 61]
Margaretta
United Kingdom
The ship was beached on the Goodwick Sands, Pembrokeshire .[ 87]
Tigress
United Kingdom
The brig foundered in the Swin, off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued by Henry and Mary ( United Kingdom ).[ 90] [ 91]
25 March
26 March
27 March
28 March
29 March
List of shipwrecks: 29 March 1850
Ship
State
Description
Alert
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Beaumaris , Anglesey . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 67] [ 98]
Alice and Ann
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Beaumaris.[ 99]
Anne
United Kingdom
The ship collided with a lighter and sank at Dublin . She was on a voyage from Dublin to Liverpool.[ 100] [ 101] She was refloated on 1 April.[ 26]
Anne and Mary
United Kingdom
The sloop was driven ashore at Beaumaris. She was refloated on 11 April.[ 102] [ 103]
Barbara
United Kingdom
The sloop was driven ashore and damaged at Beaumaris.[ 67] [ 102]
Betsy
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and sank at Clee Ness, Lincolnshire . she was refloated and taken in to Grimsby , Lincolnshire.[ 99]
Betty and Peggy
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Beaumaris.[ 67] [ 99]
Brothers
United Kingdom
The smack was driven ashore and damaged near Penmon , Anglesey with the loss of three lives. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Caernarfon .[ 67] [ 98]
Burrell
United Kingdom
The barque was driven ashore near Ardglass , County Down .[ 104] She was refloated on 3 April.[ 105]
Cato
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in Ballytrent Bay. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque , Nord to Liverpool.[ 102]
Coromandel
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Beaumaris. She was on a voyage from Freetown , Sierra Leone to Liverpool.[ 67]
Don Quixote
United Kingdom
The ship struck a sunken rock off St. David's Head , Pembrokeshire and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Marseille , Bouches-du-Rhône , France to Liverpool. She put in to Holyhead , Anglesey in a leaky condition.[ 92]
Edouard Marie
France
The ship departed from Liverpool for Batavia , Netherlands East Indies . She subsequently foundered in the Irish Sea .[ 106]
Emmet
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Beaumaris. She was on a voyage from Irwin to Hartlepool , County Durham .[ 102] She was refloated on 3 April.[ 27]
Enterprise
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Beaumaris.[ 102] She was refloated on 11 April.[ 103]
Finish
United Kingdom
The schooner was wrecked on the Collie Rock, off the coast of Aberdeenshire . Her three crew were rescued by the Macduff pilot boat .[ 107] [ 108]
George and Mary
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at Cantick Head , Orkney Islands . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 88] [ 109] [ 41]
Guest
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Beaumaris. She was on a voyage from North Carolina , United States to Liverpool.[ 67]
John
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Beaumaris.[ 102] [ 27] She was on a voyage from North Carolina , United States to Liverpool.[ 101]
John and Mary
United Kingdom
The schooner was wrecked at Charlestown, Cornwall .[ 100] [ 62]
John and William
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Beaumaris. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport to Liverpool.[ 67] [ 98]
Mars
United Kingdom
The schooner sank off Dunaff Head, County Londonderry . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ballycastle , County Antrim to Londonderry .[ 27] [ 93]
Mary
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Beaumaris. Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Chester, Cheshire to Caernarfon.[ 67] [ 110]
Mary
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore at Queenstown, County Cork . She was on a voyage from Queenstown to Llanelly , Glamorgan . She was refloated on 31 March.[ 111]
Mercury
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Beaumaris. She was on a voyage from Cardiff , Glamorgan to Liverpool.[ 67] [ 27] She was refloated on 11 April.[ 103]
Naiad
United Kingdom
The yacht was driven ashore and damaged at Beaumaris.[ 67]
Nancy
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and damaged on the coast of County Kerry . She was refloated on 31 March.[ 88]
Otto
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in Ballytrett Bay, County Wexford . She was on a voyage from Dunkerque to Liverpool.[ 62] [ 101]
Peggy
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore near Cloghy , County Down with some loss of life. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Aberdeen .[ 104] [ 27]
Robert and Mary
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Beaumaris. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Liverpool.[ 67] [ 27]
Ruby
United Kingdom
The smack was driven ashore and wrecked on Sandycove Island , County Cork with the loss of all hands.[ 99] [ 93]
Sally
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Lossiemouth , Inverness-shire .[ 99]
Signette
United Kingdom
The brig was sunk by ice in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all on board. She was on a voyage from Alloa , Clackmannanshire to Quebec City , Province of Canada , British North America .[ 112]
St. Jean
France
The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Beaumaris.[ 67]
Vestal
United States
The ship ran aground on the Brigantine Shoals. She was on a voyage from Oporto , Portugal to New York . She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 57]
Victoria
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Beaumaris.[ 102] She was refloated on 3 April.[ 27]
William
United Kingdom
The flat was driven ashore and damaged at Beaumaris.[ 67] [ 101]
Wilton
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Beaumaris.[ 67] She was refloated on 3 April and sailed for Liverpool.[ 27]
30 March
List of shipwrecks: 30 March 1850
Ship
State
Description
Alexandrina
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Hartlepool , County Durham .[ 99] [ 113]
Amity
United Kingdom
The collier was driven ashore on the coast of County Durham.[ 113]
Amsterdam
United Kingdom
The ship departed from Aarhus , Denmark for Portrush , County Antrim . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 114]
Ann
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground in the River Tees and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Fowey , Cornwall to Middleton, Hartlepool , County Durham.[ 84]
Ariadne
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Tynemouth , Northumberland .[ 102] Her crew were rescued.[ 53]
Atlas
United Kingdom
The brig was wrecked at Sunderland. Her crew were rescued.[ 100] [ 102] [ 113] [ 115]
Balmoral
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground and was damaged in the Solent . She was on a voyage from Guernsey , Channel Islands to London . She was refloated and put in to Portsmouth , Hampshire in a leaky condition.[ 26]
Bee
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore and severely damaged at Sunderland.[ 99] [ 113] [ 115]
Branson
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Hartlepool.[ 99] [ 113]
Calthus
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Douglas, Isle of Man . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Chester, Cheshire to Thurso , Caithness .[ 99] [ 116]
Camille
France
The ship foundered with the loss of two of her seven crew. She was on a voyage from Bayonne , Basses-Pyrénées to Bristol , Gloucestershire , United Kingdom .[ 106] [ 7]
Caroline
Jamaica
The sloop ran aground at Port Morant with the loss of seven lives. She was on a voyage from Port Morant to Kingston .[ 117]
Catherine
United States
The ship foundered off the coast of Sutherland , United Kingdom. All hands presumed lost.[ 118]
Cleadon
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore at Sunderland.[ 102] [ 113]
Cleopatra
Hamburg
The ship ran aground on the Half-ebb Rock, off Harwich , Essex , United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Messina , Sicily to Hamburg.[ 62]
Countess of Morley
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Hartlepool.[ 99]
Cruizer
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Hartlepool.[ 100] She was refloated on 15 April and taken in to Hartlepool.[ 119]
Daubur
Stettin
The ship was driven ashore at Hartlepool.[ 99] [ 113]
Earl of Arran
United Kingdom
The smack was driven ashore and wrecked in Church Bay, County Antrim . Her crew were rescued.[ 120]
Earl of Kingston
United Kingdom
The smack was driven ashore in Lough Swilly .[ 27] She was refloated in mid-April.[ 88]
Emma
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore and wrecked on South Ronaldsay , Orkney Islands with the loss of all ten crew. She was on a voyage from Dundee , Forfarshire to Montreal , Province of Canada , British North America .[ 121] [ 118]
Empress
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Sundeland.[ 108]
Frances
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Hartlepool , County Durham.[ 99] Her crew were rescued.[ 53]
Frau Annie
Duchy of Schleswig
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Warkworth, Northumberland with the loss of a crew member.[ 100]
George
France
The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Warkworth. Her crew were rescued.[ 100]
Georgina
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Annagassan , County Louth . Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Glasgow , Refrewshire to Oporto , Portugal.[ 122] [ 93] Georgina was refloated in mid-April.[ 88]
Good Intent
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Tynemouth.[ 102]
Grace
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore and wrecked in Ardmore Bay with the loss of nine of her eleven crew. She was on a voyage from Alexandria , Egypt to Queenstown, County Cork .[ 99] [ 120]
Heloise
France
The brig sank at Sunderland.[ 113] She was on a voyage from Rouen , Seine-Inférieure to Sunderland.[ 115]
Henry
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Hartlepool.[ 99]
Hibernia
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore at Dungarvon , County Waterford. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Youghal , County Cork .[ 99] [ 123]
James
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore at Tynemouth.[ 102] [ 28]
Jane
United Kingdom
The schooner was wrecked on the Muck Rocks, off the coast of Moray . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Portgordon , Moray.[ 26] [ 107] [ 111]
John Souchay
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground and was damaged at Mauritius during a hurricane .[ 124]
Kate
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore at Ballinacourty , County Waterford . She was on a voyage from Cádiz , Spain to Dublin .[ 26] [ 99] [ 123]
Laurel
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in the Bay of Luce . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Stralsund .[ 102] She was refloated on 14 April and towed in to Ardrossan , Ayrshire .[ 41]
Liberty and Property
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Hartlepool.[ 100]
Little Henry
United Kingdom
The ship was in collision with the barque Isis ( United Kingdom ). She was then driven ashore at Hartlepool.[ 100]
Luna
Kingdom of Hanover
The galiot was driven ashore at Tynemouth. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to South Shields , County Durham .[ 102] [ 113]
Martin
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore and severely damaged at Sunderland.[ 108]
Mary
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore at Queenstown, County Cork .[ 93]
Mary Anne
United Kingdom
The collier was driven ashore at Tynemouth.[ 102] [ 113] Her crew were rescued by a lifeboat .[ 28] She was on a voyage from South Shields to London.[ 53] Mary Ann was refloated in mid-April.[ 125]
Merchant
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Hartlepool.[ 100]
Minnett
Sweden
The brig was driven ashore at Tynemouth.[ 102] Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Trieste .[ 113] Minnet was refloated on 10 June and taken in to North Shields , County Durham.[ 126]
Mona
United Kingdom
The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked in Chapelrossan Bay. Her crew were rescued.[ 102] [ 62]
Nancy
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Hartlepool.[ 99]
New Darlington
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on the coast of County Durham. She was refloated.[ 113]
Nelson
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the North Sea off Banff, Aberdeenshire with the loss of one life. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Aberdeen .[ 107]
Pegasus
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on the coast of County Durham.[ 113]
Preston
United Kingdom
The schooner was wrecked on the Cannon Rock, in the Irish Sea with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Dundalk , County Louth to Llanelly , Glamorgan .[ 104]
RMS Royal Adelaide
United Kingdom
The paddle steamer was wrecked on the Tongue Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Kent with the loss of about 300 lives. She was on a voyage from Cork to London .
Salus
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore at Sunderland.[ 99] [ 115]
Sarah Ellen
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Sunderland.[ 108]
Sun
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on Hoy , Orkney Islands with the loss of five of her eight crew.[ 118]
Supply
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Sunderland.[ 108]
Sylphiden
Norway
The schooner foundered in the Pentland Firth with the loss of all hands. She subsequently came ashore on South Ronaldsay , Orkney Islands in a capsized condition.[ 127] [ 128] [ 118]
Tar
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven out to sea from Sunderland. She returned to port on 5 April in a damaged condition.[ 108]
Theodore
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore at Tynemouth. Her crew survived.[ 102] [ 113]
Theresa Jane
United Kingdom
The barque was wrecked on the Mew Rocks, in the Belfast Lough with the loss of eight of her sixteen crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Maranhão , Brazil .[ 104] [ 120] [ 83] [ 129]
Thomas
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Blyth, Northumberland .[ 99] Her crew were rescued.[ 28]
Vigilant
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Tynemouth.[ 102] [ 113] Her crew were rescued.[ 53]
Violet
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Hartlepool.[ 99] She was refloated in mid-April.[ 125]
William
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven against the quayside and severely damaged at Stromness , Orkney Islands.[ 127]
William and Ann
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Hartlepool.[ 100] She was refloated in mid-April.[ 125]
31 March
List of shipwrecks: 31 March 1850
Ship
State
Description
Argo
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore at Sunderland, County Durham .[ 99] [ 113]
Benjamin and Sarah , orJames and Sarah
United Kingdom
The Yorkshire Billyboy was driven ashore at Sunderland. She was on a voyage from London to Sunderland.[ 113]
Bravo
United Kingdom
The brig sprang a leak. She was run ashore and wrecked near Bamburgh Castle , Northumberland . All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to London .[ 99] [ 83]
Burrell
United Kingdom
The barque was driven ashore in Coney Island Bay, County Down . She was on a voyage from Lancaster, Lancashire to Quebec City , Province of Canada , British North America .[ 93]
Don Quixote
United Kingdom
The ship struck a sunken rock off St. David's Head , Pembrokeshire . She was on a voyage from Marseille , Bouches-du-Rhône , France to Liverpool , Lancashire . She put in to Holyhead , Anglesey in a leaky condition.[ 67]
Eliza
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Gillar Point, Pembrokeshire . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Llanelly , Glamorgan to San Francisco , Alta California .[ 100] [ 116] She was refloated in mid-April and taken in to Tenby , Pembrokeshire for repairs.[ 130]
Emma
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at South Shields , County Durham .[ 99]
Esther
France
The brig sank at Sunderland.[ 113]
Falconer
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at South Shields.[ 99]
Lance
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north of Drogheda , County Louth . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Liverpool.[ 26] [ 111] [ 131] [ 93] Lance was refloated on 14 April and taken in to Drogheda for repairs.[ 41]
Laurel
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at South Shields.[ 99]
Louise
France
The ship sank at Sunderland.[ 99]
Maid of Galloway
United Kingdom
The paddle steamer suffered a boiler explosion . She was consequently driven ashore and wrecked at Balbriggan , County Louth . She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Dublin.[ 100] [ 26] [ 132]
Maize
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore and severely damaged at South Shields.[ 99] [ 113]
Metcalfe
United Kingdom
The Yorkshire Billyboy was driven ashore at Sunderland. She was on a voyage from London to Sunderland.[ 113]
Midge
United Kingdom
The schooner was damaged by fire at Whitstable , Kent .[ 99]
Sally
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at South Shields. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to South Shields.[ 102] [ 113]
Sarah Ann
United Kingdom
The barque ran aground on the North Bull, in the Irish Sea . She was on a voyage from Liverpool to the United States.[ 133] [ 111]
Shipwright
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at South Shields.[ 99]
Spalding
United Kingdom
The Yorkshire Billyboy was driven ashore at Sunderland. She was on a voyage from London to Sunderland.[ 113]
Stanton
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at South Shields.[ 99]
Union
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore at South Shields. She was refloated on 12 April and taken in to South Shields.[ 134] [ 108]
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: unknown date 1850
Ship
State
Description
Anne
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground and sank on the Middle Ground, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham . She had been refloated by 16 March.[ 22]
Carolina Amalia
Flag unknown
The ship struck the Mill Rock, in the Pacific Ocean off the west coast of America and sank between 17 and 31 March.[ 135]
Commerce
United Kingdom
The brig foundered in the Mediterranean Sea off Malta . Her crew survived.[ 21]
Commerce
United Kingdom
The flat sank in the Flint Channel. She was refloated on 14 March and beached at Chester, Cheshire .[ 136]
Eliza
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on Bird Island, County Down . She was on a voyage from Glasgow , Renfrewshire to Neath , Glamorgan .[ 45]
Experiment
Guernsey
The cutter was wrecked off the Bréhon Tower, between Guernsey and Herm , Channel Islands . The captain and eight passengers drowned, but 20 people were saved by the lifeboat.[ 137] [ 138] She was on a voyage from Guernsey to Alderney , Channel Islands.[ 71]
Falcon
New Zealand
The schooner was wrecked in Hawke Bay .[ 69]
Handelslust
Kingdom of Hanover
The ship was driven ashore on Borkum before 19 March. She was on a voyage from Emden to London.[ 139]
Maese Packet
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Aberdeenshire before 1 April. Crew presumed drowned.[ 107]
Margaret
United States
The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 2 March. She was on a voyage from the Bay of Honduras to New York .[ 15]
Mary Stewart
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near the Rock of Tulcha, Ottoman Empire . She was refloated on 12 March.[ 106]
Montreal
United Kingdom
The ship was lost off the Shetland Islands before 19 March.[ 44]
Post Boy
New Zealand
The schooner was wrecked in Hawke Bay.[ 69]
Sylph
United Kingdom
The schooner was wrecked at Truxillo before 9 March.[ 140]
True Blue
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Ve Skerries , Shetland Islands in late March.[ 127]
Tuscany
United States
The fishing schooner probably sank in a gale on the Georges Bank on the 23rd, last seen a few hours before the storm hit. Lost with all 8 crew.[ 141] [ 142] [ 143]
William Peile
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the English Bank, in the River Plate before 29 March. She was later refloated with assistance from HMS Harpy ( Royal Navy ).[ 144]
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