List of shipwrecks in 1850

The list of shipwrecks in 1850 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1850.

January

Anna Maria ( United Kingdom): 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]

Mary ( United Kingdom): The ship foundered on the Greengrounds, in the Bristol Channel.^[2]

Thetis ( United Kingdom): 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]

RMS Royal Adelaide ( United Kingdom): 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.

Lady Denison ( 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.

Mary ( United Kingdom): The pilot boat was wrecked at The Mumbles, Glamorgan. Her crew survived.^[2]

Orion ( United Kingdom): 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.

Von der Tann ( 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 Royal Danish Navy). She was set afire by her crew and abandoned. Von der Tann was subsequently salvaged, repaired and returned to service.

Hope ( United Kingdom): The ship foundered on the Mixon Shoal, in the Bristol Channel with the loss of all three crew.^[2]

USS Yorktown ( United States Navy): The sloop-of-war was wrecked on a reef off Maio Island, Cape Verde, Portugal. Her crew survived.

Edmond ( 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.

Helen Mar ( United States): The schooner was wrecked on rocks between the Vaughn Islands and Green Islands. Her crew were rescued.^[4]
Susan Taylor ( United States): The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on Green Island.^[4]
Wave ( United States): The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Cape Porpoise, Maine. Her crew were rescued.^[4]

Courageux ( France): The schooner foundered in the Bristol Channel in late November or early December with the loss of all hands.^[2]

↑ Bottomley, Alan Farquar. "Shipwrecks at or near Walberswick from 1848 - 1874". Suffolk Records Society. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks". Swansea Docks. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
↑ "CARDIGAN & DISTRICT SHIPWRECKS AND LIFEBOAT SERVICE". Glen Johnson. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Perilous Refuge in Cape Porpoise Harbor". SoMeOldNews. 23 July 2010. Retrieved 17 January 2015.