List of shipwrecks in 1851

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The list of shipwrecks in 1851 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1851.

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Ship State Description
Ajax  France The whaler was lost in the Bering Strait.[1] Her crew survived.[2]
Albert United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Gambia Colony and Protectorate The paddle steamer sank in the Gambia River before 8 March.[3]
Alceste United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America. The ship was lost in the Pacific Ocean. She was on a voyage from England to San Francisco, California, United States.[4]
Arienis  United Kingdom The East Indiaman was wrecked in the "Eugans Islands" with the loss of 20 of her 44 crew. She was on a voyage from London to Bombay, India and China.[5]
Belle United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The ship was wrecked at Saint Kitts with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Antigua to Saint Martin.[6]
Belvidere  United States The ship was wrecked on Santa María Island, Chile. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from San Francisco to Lima, Peru.[7]
Bloater United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The ship was lost before 10 May.[8]
Brutus  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked in the "Bay of Quentino" with the loss of all but two of her crew.[9]
Canton  United Kingdom The paddle steamer ran aground in the Pearl River at Cumsingmoon, China. She was refloated and taken in to Whampoa for repairs.[10]
Conway Castle  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on a reef off Sumatra, Netherlands East Indies.[11]
Emblem  United Kingdom The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 16 April.[12]
Emmy  Hamburg The ship was driven ashore at Tampico, Mexico between 27 June and 2 July. She was consequently condemned.[13]
Eudora United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The barque was driven on shore on the Gisborne coast during July or August. All hands were saved.[14]
Fawn  United Kingdom The ship's crew mutinied, murdered her officers and scuttled her off Singapore.[15]
Helene Frederika Govering  Sweden The ship capsized in the Baltic Sea between 16 August and 14 October with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Haparanda to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America.[16]
Hotspur  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Great Inagua. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Domingo to an English port.[17]
Jane Shields  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked on a reef south of Talcahuano, Chile before 1 December.[18]
Jeune Marie  France The ship was lost at Carmen. Her crew were rescued.[19]
Jubilee  United States The fishing schooner was run down in Bay of St. Lawrence by schooner Summit. Crew saved.[20]
Kirkwood  United States The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to New York.[21]
Lucy Ann United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New South Wales The cutter was destroyed at Murray Island. Her crew were murdered by the local inhabitants.[22]
Marie Felicité  France The schooner was wrecked at Grand-Bassam, Ivory Coast. She was on a voyage from Grand-Bassam to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure.[23]
Mary United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Bermuda The whaler, a barque, was wrecked on Lachlan Island. Her crew were murdered by the local inhabitants.[22]
Metropolis  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked on "Bintang". The wreck was later towed to Singapore by the steamship Hooghly ( India) and sold.[24]
Mexican  United States The 226-ton whaling ship was lost in the Arctic.[25]
Montalembert  France The ship was wrecked on "Panani Island", Spanish East Indies between 5 June and 9 December. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from San Francisco to Manila, Spanish East Indies and Calcutta, India][26]
Narval  France The whaler was wrecked on the coast of Korea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce to the South Seas.[27]
Pekin  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Columbia River at Fort Vancouver, Washington Territory and was abandoned by her crew.[28]
Pioneer  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the coast of New Zealand. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Australia and New Zealand.[29]
Roseland  United Kingdom The ship was destroyed by fire in the Indian Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Aden to London.[30]
Solomon Saltus United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New South Wales The barque was lost in the Bering Strait.[31]
Sons of Commerce  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Aden. Her crew survived, but were murdered by the local inhabitants.[32][33]
Treasurer  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the south coast of Cuba.[34]
Ulrica  Sweden The ship was severely damaged by fire at Charleston, South Carolina, United States.[19]
Washington  United States The ship was lost at Pitt's Island (now Kruzof Island) in the Alexander Archipelago in Russian Alaska.[35]

References

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  2. ^ "United States". Daily News. No. 1698. London. 1 November 1851.
  3. ^ "Naval Intelligence". The Times. No. 20769. London. 7 April 1851. col F, p. 5.
  4. ^ "Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 20895. London. 1 September 1851. col B, p. 5.
  5. ^ "Wreck of the Arienis - Twenty Lives Lost". The Standard. No. 8907. London. 24 February 1853.
  6. ^ "Shipping Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle. No. 26476. London. 21 October 1851.
  7. ^ "Ship News". The Times. No. 20810. London. 24 May 1851. col F, p. 7.
  8. ^ "Ship News". The Times. No. 20812. London. 26 May 1851. col E, p. 7.
  9. ^ "Ship News". The Times. No. 20783. London. 23 April 1851. col E, p. 8.
  10. ^ "China". The Morning Post. No. 24197. London. 30 June 1851. p. 6.
  11. ^ "Ship News". The Times. No. 21041. London. 18 February 1852. col C, p. 7.
  12. ^ "Ship News". The Times. No. 20778. London. 17 April 1851. col E, p. 8.
  13. ^ "Shipping Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle. No. 26418. London. 15 August 1851.
  14. ^ Ingram, C. W. N., and Wheatley, P. O., (1936) Shipwrecks: New Zealand disasters 1795–1936. Dunedin, NZ: Dunedin Book Publishing Association. p. 53.
  15. ^ "Ship News". The Times. No. 20987. London. 17 December 1851. col F, p. 7.
  16. ^ "Ship News". The Times. No. 20945. London. 29 October 1851. col E, p. 7.
  17. ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Daily News. No. 1551. London. 14 May 1851.
  18. ^ "Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 210 30. London. 5 February 1852. col E, p. 5.
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  21. ^ "Ship News". The Times. No. 20765. London. 2 April 1851. col D, p. 8.
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  23. ^ "Ship News". The Times. No. 20767. London. 4 April 1851. col D, p. 8.
  24. ^ "Ship News". The Times. No. 209. London. November 1851.
  25. ^ "Alaska Shipwrecks (M)". Alaskashipwrecks. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
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  27. ^ "Ship News". The Morning Post. No. 24214. London. 21 July 1851. p. 8.
  28. ^ "Ship News". The Times. No. 20914. London. 23 September 1851. col F, p. 8.
  29. ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Daily News. No. 1657. London. 15 September 1851.
  30. ^ "Ship News". The Times. No. 20793. London. 5 May 1851. col E, p. 8.
  31. ^ "Shipping Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle. No. 26502. London. 22 November 1851.
  32. ^ "India". The Times. No. 20882. London. 16 August 1851. col D, p. 5.
  33. ^ "Ship News". The Times. No. 20882. London. 16 August 1851. col C, p. 8.
  34. ^ "Ship News". The Times. No. 20948. London. 1 November 1851. col D, p. 7.
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