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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.

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1 March

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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

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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

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List of shipwrecks: 3 March 1850
Ship State Description
Ann   United Kingdom The schooner struck a sunken object and sank in the River Tyne at Stanhope Drops, County Durham.[11]
Brilliant   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore by ice at Galaţi, Ottoman Empire.[15][1]
British Merchant   United Kingdom The full-rigged ship ran aground at South Shields, County Durham. She was refloated.[11]
Cadiz Packet   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore by ice at Galaţi.[15][1]
Despatch   United Kingdom The sloop ran aground on the Covesea Rocks, off the coast of Moray. She was on a voyage from Inverness to Lossiemouth, Moray. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[16][17]
Diana   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked off the mouth of the River Spey. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to Dublin.[16]
Princess Royal   United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Porthcawl, Glamorgan. She was refloated on 10 March.[12]
Susannah   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore by ice at Galaţi.[15][1]

4 March

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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

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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

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List of shipwrecks: 6 March 1850
Ship State Description
Aln   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) west of Skagen, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Stettin.[29][30]
Chaffey   British North America The ship ran aground on reefs in Whitehall Bay, Nevis. She was on a voyage from Saint Andrew, New Brunswick to Barbadoes and Saint Martin. She was consequently condemned.[7]
Fanny   United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Whitby Rock. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[31]
Jenny   United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Whitby Rock. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[17]
Maria   France The brig was driven ashore 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) west of Dénia, Spain. Her crew survived[20]
Rose   United Kingdom The whaler ran aground at Grimsby, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Grimsby to Greenland. She was refloated on 10 March and resumed her voyage.[31]

7 March

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List of shipwrecks: 7 March 1850
Ship State Description
Nimrod   Duchy of Holstein The ship ran aground in the Elbe and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Ütersen, Duchy of Schleswig to Hull. She was refloated and taken in to Glückstadt, Duchy of Schleswig in a leaky condition.[12]
Waterwitch   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Ware Rocks, on the north Devon coast and was severely damaged.[24][32]

8 March

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List of shipwrecks: 8 March 1850
Ship State Description
Black Eyed Susan   United Kingdom The lugger was in collision with the barque Jane E. Williams (  United States) and was severely damaged with the loss of a crew member. She put in to Plymouth, Devon.[9]
Tay   United Kingdom The schooner was in collision with Eagle (  United Kingdom) and sank at Demerara, British Guiana with the loss of three or four lives.[33]
Trois Frères   France The ship was wrecked near Le Tréport, Seine-Inférieure. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to London, United Kingdom.[24]

9 March

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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

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List of shipwrecks: 10 March 1850
Ship State Description
Harvest   United Kingdom The ship was twice driven ashore in Widewall Bay, Orkney Islands. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to St. Andrews, Fife. She was refloated but drove ashore on Gromsay on 12 March. She was refloated on 16 March and put in to Stromness, Orkney Islands in a leaky condition.[22][38]
Josephine   United Kingdom The ship ran aground and was wrecked at Tampico, Mexico.[41][42]
Rosina   France The ship was wrecked near Læsø, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure.[22]

11 March

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Ship State Description
Belhaven   United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and wrecked on Bali, Netherlands East Indies.[64]
Charlotta Lætitia   Sweden The barque was wrecked on Mayaguana, Bahamas. She was on a voyage from Cap-Haïtien, Haiti to Hamburg.[65][66]
Johan Range   Netherlands The ship was discovered derelict in the Dogger Bank. She was towed in to the Helvoet Canal.[22][38]
Neptunus   Norway The barque foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 80 nautical miles (150 km) off Cape St. Vincent, Portugal. Her twelve crew were rescued by the brig James and Elizabeth (  United Kingdom). Neptunus was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Barcelona, Spain.[28]
Rose   Jersey The schooner ran aground on the Kinderbalje. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Jersey and Dublin. She was refloated and assisted in to Cuxhaven.[60]

18 March

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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

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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

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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

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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

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List of shipwrecks: 22 March 1850
Ship State Description
Coaster   United Kingdom The ship was in collision with Maxwell (  United Kingdom) and was abandoned off the Farne Islands, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued by Maxwell. Coaster was on a voyage from Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She sank on 25 March.[85][28]
Tite   United States The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Vera Cruz, Mexico.[86]

23 March

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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

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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

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List of shipwrecks: 25 March 1850
Ship State Description
Howard   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and broke her back at Southport, Lancashire with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by the Southport Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Mobile, Alabama, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire.[87][89]
Imperial   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Krusker Reef and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Port Gordon, Inverness-shire to Liverpool.[67][92][85]

26 March

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List of shipwrecks: 26 March 1850
Ship State Description
Caroline   South Australia The ship was driven ashore at Honolulu, Sandwich Islands with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from South Australia to a port in Alta California.[80]
Janet   United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak in the Irish Sea. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Girvan, Ayrshire. She was towed in to Loch Ryan in a waterlogged condition by Ayrshire Lass.[93]

27 March

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List of shipwrecks: 27 March 1850
Ship State Description
Madura   Netherlands The ship was abandoned in the Indian Ocean. All 35 people on board were rescued by Blanch (  United Kingdom) and Columbus (  United States). Madura was on a voyage from Batavia, Netherlands East Indies to Rotterdam, South Holland.[94][95]
Phoenix   New South Wales The steamship was wrecked whilst on a voyage from Grafton to Sydney.[96]

28 March

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List of shipwrecks: 29 March 1850
Ship State Description
Robert and James   United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Barber Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[97][28]

29 March

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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

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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

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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, or
James 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]

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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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