List of shipwrecks in 1851

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

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January
Further information: List of shipwrecks in January 1851

February
Further information: List of shipwrecks in February 1851

March
Further information: List of shipwrecks in March 1851

April
Further information: List of shipwrecks in April 1851

May
Further information: List of shipwrecks in May 1851

June
Further information: List of shipwrecks in June 1851

July
Further information: List of shipwrecks in July 1851

August
Further information: List of shipwrecks in August 1851

September
Further information: List of shipwrecks in September 1851

October
Further information: List of shipwrecks in October 1851

November
Further information: List of shipwrecks in November 1851

December
Further information: List of shipwrecks in December 1851

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1851
ShipCountryDescription
Ajax  France The whaler was lost in the Bering Strait.[1] Her crew survived.[2]
Albert Gambia Colony and Protectorate The paddle steamer sank in the Gambia River before 8 March.[3]
Alceste 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 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 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 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]
Kirkwood  United States The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to New York.[20]
Lucy Ann New South Wales The cutter was destroyed at Murray Island. Her crew were murdered by the local inhabitants.[21]
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.[22]
Mary Bermuda The whaler, a barque, was wrecked on Lachlan Island. Her crew were murdered by the local inhabitants.[21]
Metropolis  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked on "Bintang". The wreck was later towed to Singapore by the steamship Hooghly ( India) and sold.[23]
Mexican  United States The 226-ton whaling ship was lost in the Arctic.[24]
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][25]
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.[26]
Pekin  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Columbia River at Fort Vancouver, Washington Territory and was abandoned by her crew.[27]
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.[28]
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.[29]
Solomon Saltus New South Wales The barque was lost in the Bering Strait.[30]
Sons of Commerce  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Aden. Her crew survived, but were murdered by the local inhabitants.[31][32]
Treasurer  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the south coast of Cuba.[33]
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.[34]

References
  1. "America". The Times (20948). London. 1 November 1851. col E-F, p. 6.
  2. "United States". Daily News (1698). London. 1 November 1851.
  3. "Naval Intelligence". The Times (20769). London. 7 April 1851. col F, p. 5.
  4. "Shipping Intelligence". The Times (20895). London. 1 September 1851. col B, p. 5.
  5. "Wreck of the Arienis - Twenty Lives Lost". The Standard (8907). London. 24 February 1853.
  6. "Shipping Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle (26476). London. 21 October 1851.
  7. "Ship News". The Times (20810). London. 24 May 1851. col F, p. 7.
  8. "Ship News". The Times (20812). London. 26 May 1851. col E, p. 7.
  9. "Ship News". The Times (20783). London. 23 April 1851. col E, p. 8.
  10. "China". The Morning Post (24197). London. 30 June 1851. p. 6.
  11. "Ship News". The Times (21041). London. 18 February 1852. col C, p. 7.
  12. "Ship News". The Times (20778). London. 17 April 1851. col E, p. 8.
  13. "Shipping Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle (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 (20987). London. 17 December 1851. col F, p. 7.
  16. "Ship News". The Times (20945). London. 29 October 1851. col E, p. 7.
  17. "Shipping Intelligence". Daily News (1551). London. 14 May 1851.
  18. "Shipping Intelligence". The Times (210 30). London. 5 February 1852. col E, p. 5.
  19. "Ship News". The Times (20753). London. 19 March 1851. col F, p. 7.
  20. "Ship News". The Times (20765). London. 2 April 1851. col D, p. 8.
  21. "Shipping Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle (26497). London. 15 November 1851.
  22. "Ship News". The Times (20767). London. 4 April 1851. col D, p. 8.
  23. "Ship News". The Times (209). London. November 1851.
  24. "Alaska Shipwrecks (M)". Alaskashipwrecks. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  25. "Shipping Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle (26568). London. 19 February 1852.
  26. "Ship News". The Morning Post (24214). London. 21 July 1851. p. 8.
  27. "Ship News". The Times (20914). London. 23 September 1851. col F, p. 8.
  28. "Shipping Intelligence". Daily News (1657). London. 15 September 1851.
  29. "Ship News". The Times (20793). London. 5 May 1851. col E, p. 8.
  30. "Shipping Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle (26502). London. 22 November 1851.
  31. "India". The Times (20882). London. 16 August 1851. col D, p. 5.
  32. "Ship News". The Times (20882). London. 16 August 1851. col C, p. 8.
  33. "Ship News". The Times (20948). London. 1 November 1851. col D, p. 7.
  34. "Alaska Shipwrecks (W)". Alaska Shipwrecks. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
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