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 tugEcho (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[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 February 1851
Ship
Country
Description
Ellen
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Bale, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Tralee, County Kerry to London. She was refloated on 16 February and taken into Kilrush, County Clare.[7][8]
Hope
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground on the East Barrow Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Palma de Mallorca, Spain. She was refloated on 4 February with assistance from five smacks and taken in to Wivenhoe, Essex in a leaky condition.[9][10]
3 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 February 1851
Ship
Country
Description
Absorus
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked between Messina and the Punta del Faro, Sicily. She was on a voyage from the Black Sea to an English port.[11]
Agenoria
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Wexford. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Wexford.[12] She had become a wreck by 6 February.[13]
Amelia
France
The ship ran aground and was wrecked "on the Have". She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Honfleur, Calvados and Cherbourg, Seine-Inférieure.[14]
Eleanor
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[10]
4 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 February 1851
Ship
Country
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]
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]
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
Country
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]
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, and
United Kingdom
The schoonerEleanora and the paddle steamerVanguard 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]
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 schoonerCambria (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]
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[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 February 1851
Ship
Country
Description
Eleanora
United Kingdom
The schooner was in collision with (United Kingdom) and sank off the Corsewall Lighthouse, Wigtownshire with the loss of three of her six crew. Survivors were rescued by Vanguard.[30]
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
Country
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
Country
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 brigStokesley (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[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 February 1851
Ship
Country
Description
Sisters
Isle of Man
The sloop struck the quayside and capsized at Liverpool, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Douglas.[23] She was refloated on 14 February and beached at Birkenhead, Cheshire.[44]
St. Claire
United Kingdom
The ship was destroyed by fire in the Indian Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Bombay, India.[45]
St. Julien
France
The ship ran aground at Fromentine, Vendée and was consequently beached. She was on a voyage from Nantes, Loire-Inférieure to Newport, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom.[31]
Tagus
Portugal
The ship was driven ashore in . She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Lisbon.[23] She was refloated.[46]
11 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 February 1851
Ship
Country
Description
Eagle
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Indian Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to "Bueno Ventura". She was refloated and put back to Liverpool.[12][46]
The ship ran aground at Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Genoa, Kingdom of Sardinia.[48]
12 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 February 1851
Ship
Country
Description
John Bromham
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked south of the mouth of the Benin River. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to the Cameroons and Benin City, Africa. The wreck was burnt on 14 February.[49]
13 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 February 1851
Ship
Country
Description
Remembrance
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Sheringham, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[44]
Rosalie
Belgium
The ship was driven ashore at "Anstruweer". She was on a voyage from Antwerp to St. Ubes, Portugal.[8]
14 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 February 1851
Ship
Country
Description
Earl of Selkirk
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground at Liverpool, Lancashire.[50] She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Whitehaven, Cumberland.[44]
Maria Joaquina
Portugal
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Figueira da Foz. She was on a voyage from Figueira da Foz to Bahia, Brazil.[51]
15 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 February 1851
Ship
Country
Description
China
France
The ship was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by Jeune Vincente (France) before she sank. China was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure.[52]
Ganges
United Kingdom
The ship was destroyed by fire at Penang, British Malaya. She was on a voyage from Penang to Madras, India.[53]
Margretha
Netherlands
The galiot was driven ashore between Newry and Warrenpoint, County Antrim, United Kingdom. She was refloated on 17 February and towed in to Warrenpoint.[7][54]
Rose
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wicklow. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Algiers, Algeria.[55]
16 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 16 February 1851
Ship
Country
Description
Despatch
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in . She was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France to Londonderry. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Londonderry.[8]
Ringdove
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked north of Filey, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued.[42]
Watson
United Kingdom
The sloop was driven ashore 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) north of Filey. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[42]
17 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 February 1851
Ship
Country
Description
City of Worcester
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground in the River Severn downstream of Framilode, Gloucestershire.[42]
Commerce
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Saltfleet, Lincolnshire.[7]
Dolon
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Barker Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Warkworth, Northumberland to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[56]
18 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 18 February 1851
Ship
Country
Description
Constantine
United Kingdom
The smack was wrecked on The Needles, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Saundersfoot, Pembrokeshire to Portsmouth, Hampshire.[57]
Mary
United Kingdom
The sloop ran aground and capsized in the "River Bebble", Lancashire. Her crew were rescued.[34]
Medora
Jersey
The smack capsized and was severely damaged at Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire.[7]
Swallow
United Kingdom
The smack struck a rock off Lindisfarne, Northumberland and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Montrose, Forfarshire to London. She put in to Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland in a leaky condition.[11]
19 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 February 1851
Ship
Country
Description
Admiral Collingwood
United Kingdom
The ship struck the pier and sank at Scarborough, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to London.[57]
Laura Ann
United Kingdom
The sloop was driven ashore near Southport, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Caernarfon to Lancaster, Lancashire.[7]
The ship ran aground on the Holm Sand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Pernambuco, Brazil. She was refloated and put back to Hull in a leaky condition.[11][58]
20 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 February 1851
Ship
Country
Description
Laura Dorothea
France
The ship was wrecked at the entrance to the Gulf of St. Tropez with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône.[59]
22 February[]
List of shipwrecks: February 1851
Ship
Country
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 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 (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]
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 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
Country
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]
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[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 February 1851
Ship
Country
Description
Anne
United Kingdom
The barque was wrecked on a reef in the Strait of Malacca. She was on a voyage from Singapore to China.[73]
Mars
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Foy Rocks, off Kay Biscoyne. She was on a voyage from Cardenas, Cuba to Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America.[74]
Oriente
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Dover, Kent to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom. She was refloated and put back to Dover in a leaky condition.[75]
Voyager
United Kingdom
The ship was damaged by fire at Newport, Monmouthshire.[71]
26 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 February 1851
Ship
Country
Description
Ann
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on Bintang Point, Malaya. She was on a voyage from Singapore to China.[22] She was refloated in late May and towed in to Singapore.[76]
Liberty
United Kingdom
The schooner was wrecked 8 nautical miles (15 km) east of Calais, France with the loss of all hands.[77]
Victoria
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground in the River Shannon. She was on a voyage from Odessa to Limerick.[61]
Voyager
United Kingdom
The ship was damaged by fire at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire.[78]
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Austrian Empire
The brig was in collision with the brig Uredan (Austrian Empire ) and foundered off Kinsale, County Cork, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by Uredan.[61][79]
27 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 February 1851
Ship
Country
Description
Fanny
United Kingdom
The ship was stranded by falling water levels in the Danube and capsized near Galaţi, Ottoman Empire.[80][37]
Jane Archibald
United Kingdom
The ship was stranded by falling water levels in the Danube and capsized near Galaţi. She was refloated on 3 March.[81][37]
Phœnix
United Kingdom
The sloop ran aground on the Mussel Rocks, in the Bristol Channel and was damaged. She was refloated and towed in to Bristol, Gloucestershire by the steamship Neath Abbey (United Kingdom).[82]
Ulrica
Sweden
The barque was severely damaged by fire at Charleston, South Carolina, United States. She subsequently capsized and was declared a total loss.[83]
28 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 February 1851
Ship
Country
Description
Dorothy Ann
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Dantzic.[84]
Rebecca and Eliza
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground in the Grimsby Channel, Isles of Scilly. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Jersey, Channel Islands. She was refloated.[85]
Unknown date[]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in February 1851
Ship
Country
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 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]
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]