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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 , and
Vanguard
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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Shipwrecks 1850–59, by month
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