The list of shipwrecks in February 1851 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during February 1851 .
1 February
List of shipwrecks: 1 February 1851
Ship
State
Description
Catarina
Ottoman Empire
The ship was wrecked near Cape St. Angelo. She was on a voyage from Galaţi to Cork or Falmouth, Cornwall , United Kingdom .[1]
Delphine
France
The ship was wrecked near Penmarc'h , Finistère . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Douarnenez , Finistère to Bordeaux , Gironde .[2]
Honor
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Ballyferris Point, County Down . She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Saint Domingo . She was refloated and taken in to Millisle .[3]
Peter Hattrick
United Kingdom
The full-rigged ship was in collision with Quebec ( United Kingdom ) in the English Channel off Hastings , Sussex , United Kingdom and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Apalachicola, Florida to Antwerp , Belgium. She was towed in to Portsmouth , Hampshire , United Kingdom by the tug Echo ( United Kingdom ) and was drydocked for repairs.[4]
Sandford
United Kingdom
The brigantine ran aground on the Dutchman's Bank, in the Irish Sea . She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Messina , Sicily . She was later refloated.[5] [6]
2 February
3 February
4 February
List of shipwrecks: 4 February 1851
Ship
State
Description
Absorus
Russia
The ship was driven ashore between Messina and the Punta del Faro , Sicily . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Levant to an English port.[15]
Blanche
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at Liverpool , Lancashire . She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick , British North America to Liverpool.[3] She was refloated the next day and taken into Liverpool in a severely damaged condition.[9]
Bonne Elise
France
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked between Messina and the Punta del Faro , Sicily . She was on a voyage from Smyrna , Ottoman Empire to Marseille , Bouches-du-Rhône .[11]
Brothers
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at Laxey , Isle of Man .[16]
Elizabeth
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground and was severely damaged at Lowestoft , Suffolk . She was refloated.[17]
Ellen
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at "Real", Ireland and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Tralee , County Kerry to Newhaven, Sussex . She was refloated and taken in to Kilrush , County Clare .[18]
Henri Marie
France
The schooner was driven ashore on the Isle of Arran , United Kingdom . She was refloated and taken in to Ardrossan , Ayrshire , United Kingdom for repairs.[18]
Laurel
United Kingdom
The brig was in collision with the paddle steamer Thistle United Kingdom and sank off the Pladda Lighthouse , Ayrshire with the loss of all fourteen crew. She was on a voyage from Demerara , British Guiana to Glasgow , Renfrewshire .[19] [4]
Le Juif Errant
France
The ship departed from Calcutta , India for Réunion . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[20]
Margary
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground on the Goodwin Sands , Kent . She was on a voyage from Seaham , County Durham to Bilboa , Spain. She was refloated and resumed her voyage, having refused assistance from the Ramsgate Lifeboat.[10]
Patagonia
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on Bond's Reef, off the coast of New Caledonia . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sydney , New South Wales to Manila , Spanish East Indies .[21]
5 February
List of shipwrecks: February 1851
Ship
State
Description
Alacrity
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Breaksea Point , Glamorgan . She was on a voyage from London to Gloucester .[14]
Charlotte and Mary
United Kingdom
The sloop was driven ashore at the Landguard Fort , Felixtowe , Suffolk .[17]
Cinisca
Kingdom of Sardinia
The polacca was wrecked on the Punta Brava Rocks, on the coast of Uruguay. She was on a voyage from Genoa to Buenos Aires , Argentina.[22]
Eleanora , andVanguard
United Kingdom
The schooner Eleanora and the paddle steamer Vanguard collided off the Corsewall Lighthouse , Wigtownshire . Eleanora sank with the loss of three of her six crew. Survivors were rescued by Vanguard , which was on a voyage from Glasgow , Renfrewshire to Dublin . She put back to Greenock , Renfrewshire.[19] [14] [17]
Frederick and Alfred
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Bridlington , Yorkshire . She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to London .[14]
Grace
United Kingdom
The ship was in collision with a schooner and sank in the North Sea off Trimingham , Norfolk .[14] Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne.[23]
Maria Terpsithea
Greece
The brig was wrecked on the Arklow Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wicklow , United Kingdom with the loss of nine of her seventeen crew. One survivor was rescued by the schooner Cambria ( United Kingdom ), the other seven by the brig Delight ( United Kingdom ). Maria Terpsithea was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire , United Kingdom to Alexandria , Egypt .[23] [24] [25]
Midge
United Kingdom
The schooner was wrecked in Mogador Bay, Morocco.[26] [27]
Plover
United Kingdom
The paddle steamer suffered a boiler explosion at Glasgow , Renfrewshire with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Glasgow to Bowling, Dunbartonshire .[28]
Witch
United Kingdom
The sloop was discovered derelict in the Irish Sea off Ulverston , Lancashire. She was beached at Aldingham , Lancashire.[23]
Worcester
United Kingdom
The ship departed from Calcutta , India for the Cape of Good Hope and London . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[29]
6 February
7 February
List of shipwrecks: 7 February 1851
Ship
State
Description
Bee
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Zouteland sandbank, at the mouth of the Scheldt . She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Dunkerque , Nord , France. She was refloated and taken in to Vlissingen , Zeeland , Netherlands.[32]
Betsy
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Brake Sand, in the North Sea . She was on a voyage from Limerick to London . She was refloated and put in to Ramsgate , Kent in a leaky condition.[23]
Shamrock
United Kingdom
The schooner struck the Blackwater Bank, in the Irish Sea . She was subsequently driven ashore and wrecked 16 nautical miles (30 km) north of Wexford . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Lisbon , Portugal.[23] [33]
Yorkshire
United States
The ship lost her rudder and sprang a leak in the Irish Sea . She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to New York . She attempted to put back to Liverpool, but was consequently towed in to Holyhead , Anglesey , where she ran aground on 20 February.[34] [35]
8 February
List of shipwrecks: 8 February 1851
Ship
State
Description
Agatha
Sweden
The brig was in collision with a schooner and was damaged. She subsequently ran aground off "Peil Harbour", Walney Island , Lancashire , United Kingdom . Agatha was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Buenos Aires , Argentina. She was refloated and put in to Fleetwood , Lancashire.[13] [36]
Amazon
United States
The schooner was severely damaged by fire at St. Thomas , Virgin Islands . She was consequently condemned.[37]
James Shepherd
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on a reef off Cape Agulhas , Cape Colony . All on board were rescued.[38]
Rosalind
United Kingdom
The ship caught fire and was abandoned in the Indian Ocean . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Suez , Egypt .[39]
William
United Kingdom
The sailing barge capsized in the River Severn between Sharpness , Gloucestershire and the mouth of the River Wye with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Gloucester to Chepstow , Monmouthshire .[36]
9 February
List of shipwrecks: 9 February 1851
Ship
State
Description
Antonio
Spain
The brig ran aground on Collin's Patch, in the Florida Reef . She was on a voyage from Havana , Cuba to Hamburg . She was refloated and taken in to Key West, Florida , United States.[40]
Eliza
France
The barque exploded and sank at Rio de Janeiro , Brazil with the loss of ten lives. There were over 200 survivors. She was on a voyage from France to California , United States.[41]
Frederick
United Kingdom
The ship sprang a leak and sank off Happisburgh , Norfolk . Her crew were rescued by the brig Stokesley ( United Kingdom ). Frederick was on a voyage from Hartlepool , County Durham to London .[12] [32]
Frederick
Sweden
The ship was wrecked on Ameland , Friesland , Netherlands.[42] Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Majorca , Spain.[7]
Phœnix
Belgium
The ship ran aground on the Anchovis Berg Bank. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire , United Kingdom to Antwerp .[13] She was refloated on 11 February and taken in to Antwerp.[43]
10 February
11 February
12 February
13 February
14 February
15 February
16 February
17 February
18 February
19 February
20 February
22 February
List of shipwrecks: February 1851
Ship
State
Description
Albert
United States
The schooner was wrecked at Young's Cove, Nova Scotia , British North America with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Cornwallis, Maine to Saint John, New Brunswick , British North America.[60]
Celina
United Kingdom
The ship struck the Begueneau Rocks and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Plymouth , Devon to Nantes , Loire-Inférieure , France. She put in to Le Pouliguen , Loire-Inférieure, where she ran aground.[61]
Humility
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Cork Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk . She was on a voyage from London to Hull , Yorkshire . She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[62]
John
United Kingdom
The schooner collided with HMS Resistance ( Royal Navy ) and sank off The Lizard , Cornwall . Two crew were rescued by HMS Resistance . John was on a voyage from Caernarfon to London .[63]
Sarah
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Helwelk Sands with the loss of all hands.[52]
Selina
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at "Beguenean", France. She was on a voyage from Plymouth , Devon to Nantes , Loire-Inférieure . She was refloated and taken in to "Doulinguen", France in a leaky condition.[59]
23 February
List of shipwrecks: 23 February 1851
Ship
State
Description
Albion
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Fined Point, County Sligo . She was on a voyage from Cardiff , Glamorgan to Sligo .[63] [64]
Corkscrew
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground on the Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay . She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Dunkerque , Nord , France.[11] She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[65]
Groja
United Kingdom
The ship sprang a leak and was dismasted in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of two of her 26 crew. Survivors were rescued by Cygnet ( United Kingdom ). Groja was on a voyage from Bristol , Gloucestershire to Valparaíso , Chile.[66]
Matchless
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at Whitby , Yorkshire .[52] She was refloated the next day.[67]
Mazagran
France
The ship was wrecked on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex , United Kingdom . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland , United Kingdom to Port-Vendres , Pyrénées-Orientales .[68]
Taag
Netherlands
The hooker was in collision with a brig and sank in the English Channel . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Vlaardingen , South Holland to Lisbon , Portugal.[26]
24 February
List of shipwrecks: 24 February 1851
Ship
State
Description
Dunkerquois
France
The ship was driven ashore at New Romney , Kent , United Kingdom , She was on a voyage from Dunkerque , Nord to Constantinople , Ottoman Empire .[67]
Etoile des Mers
France
The brig was driven ashore at "St. Harem", Ottoman Syria .[69]
Ivanhoe
United States
The ship was driven onto the Round Shoal, off Nantucket, Massachusetts and was wrecked.[70] [53]
Nixon
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground and was damaged on the Sheringham Shoals, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk . She was on a voyage from Seaham , County Durham to London . She was refloated and taken in to Blakeney, Norfolk .[71] [72]
25 February
26 February
27 February
28 February
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in February 1851
Ship
State
Description
Alexandra
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Reval , Russia before 5 February. She was refloated on 10 September.[86]
Ann Wood
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Harrington, Cumberland . She was refloated on 1 March and towed in to Maryport , Cumberland .[26] [87]
Antigua
United Kingdom
The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 8 February.[11]
Brutus
United Kingdom
The brig was lost in the Bahía de San Quintín before 20 February with the loss of all but two of her crew.[88]
Dunkerquois
France
The ship was driven ashore at New Romney , Kent , United Kingdom . She was refloated on 28 February and taken in to Dover , Kent.[59]
Jane
United Kingdom
The schooner foundered before 5 February. She was on a voyage from Truxillo , Mexico to Belize City , British Honduras .[15]
Jupiter
France
The ship was wrecked at the mouth of the Rio Grande de São Pedro before 26 February.[89]
Laurel
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel off Penarth , Glamorgan with the loss of all hands in early February.[90]
Lord George Bentinck
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the coast of Glamorgan in early February.[90]
Minerva
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore and wrecked near Charleston, South Carolina , United States before 21 February. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Jamaica to the Clyde .[84]
Nova Olinda
Portugal
The brigantine was lost off Lisbon before 11 February. Her crew were rescued by "HNLMS Ardgoeno " ( Royal Netherlands Navy ).[63] [59] [64]
Prince of Wales
British North America
The ship was wrecked in Fortune Bay before 13 February.[52]
San Michele
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
The brig was driven ashore at "Cape Gamarth".[57]
Veeran
United Kingdom
The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 27 February. She was towed in to Glandore , County Cork on that date.[79]
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