List of shipwrecks in 1850

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

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January

Further information: List of shipwrecks in January 1850

February

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March

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April

Further information: List of shipwrecks in April 1850

May

Further information: List of shipwrecks in May 1850

June

Further information: List of shipwrecks in June 1850

July

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August

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September

Further information: List of shipwrecks in September 1850

October

Further information: List of shipwrecks in October 1850

November

Further information: List of shipwrecks in November 1850

December

Further information: List of shipwrecks in December 1850

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1850

Ship	State	Description
Adonis	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore between Bonny and Calabar, Africa. She was consequently condemned.[1]
Albert Braser	South Australia	The schooner was blown out to sea from Port Phillip. No further trace, presumed foundered.[2]
Arabella	United Kingdom	The barque was wrecked in the River Plate.[3]
Ariadne	United Kingdom	The ship was lost before 9 October.[4]
Brothers	Van Diemen's Land	The ship caught fire whilst on a voyage from Launceston to Alta California. The fire burned for 14 days. before it was extinguished. She put back to Launceston, where she arrived on 7 June.[5]
Caledonia	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on Saint Domingo.[6]
Courageux	France	The schooner foundered in the Bristol Channel in late November or early December with the loss of all hands.[7]
Dumfries	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground on a reef off Batavia, Netherlands East Indies. She was on a voyage from Bombay, India to China. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[8]
Enterprise	New South Wales	The schooner was wrecked near Warrnambool.[2]
Francis	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire between 21 January and 4 February.[9]
Gallinipper	United States	The 95-foot (29 m) trading schooner ran aground at Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service.[10]
Gazelle	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Tampico, Mexico. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Tampico.[11]
Isabella	United Kingdom	The ship was destroyed by fire at Penang, Malaya before 31 August. She was on a voyage from Singapore to Penang.[4][11]
Jeanne d'Arc	France	The ship was wrecked on the coast of Africa.[12]
Jenny	France	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Veracruz, Mexico.[13]
Julia	Flag unknown	The barque foundered in the Pacific Ocean with the loss of all on board, more than 250 people. She was on a voyage from San Francisco, California, United States to Panama.[14]
Manuela	United Kingdom	The barque was abandoned in the Strait of Magellan. Her crew were rescued by Taboga ( United States).[12]
North Carolina	United States	The ship was wrecked on the coast of Puerto Rico. Her crew survived, but were imprisoned at Mayagüez. They were released when USS Albany ( United States Navy) threatened to bombard the town with her cannons.[15]
Octavia	United Kingdom	The barque was wrecked at "Port St. Maita". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Valparaíso, Chile to a port in Panama.[16]
Olympe	France	The ship was destroyed by fire at San Francisco, Alta California.[17]
Orion	Unknown	The barque was lost in the vicinity of "Squan," a term used at the time for the coast of New Jersey near Manasquan and sometimes for the 7-mile (11 km) stretch of coast between Manasquan Inlet and Cranberry Inlet or for the entire coast of New Jersey between Sea Girt and Barnegat Inlet.[18]
Pfundstuck	Norway	The barque sprang a leak and foundered with the loss of at least five lives. A message in a bottle was discovered off Finistère by some French fishermen stating that she had foundered.[19]
Proteus	Prussia	The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean between 30 April and 18 December. She was on a voyage from Holzenburg to New York, United States[20]
Queen	New Zealand	The schooner was driven ashore and severely damaged in Poverty Bay.[2]
Sandersons	United Kingdom	The ship was lost in the Pacific Ocean. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from "Realijo" to Punto Arenas, Chile.[21]
William Hyde	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked near Hokianga, New Zealand between 25 September and 19 December. She was on a voyage from London to Adelaide, South Australia.[22]