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

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February

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March

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April

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May

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June

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July

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August

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September

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October

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November

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December

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Ship	State	Description
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]
Jubilee	United States	The fishing schooner was run down in Bay of St. Lawrence by schooner Summit. Crew saved.[20]
Kirkwood	United States	The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to New York.[21]
Lucy Ann	New South Wales	The cutter was destroyed at Murray Island. Her crew were murdered by the local inhabitants.[22]
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.[23]
Mary	Bermuda	The whaler, a barque, was wrecked on Lachlan Island. Her crew were murdered by the local inhabitants.[22]
Metropolis	United Kingdom	The barque was wrecked on "Bintang". The wreck was later towed to Singapore by the steamship Hooghly ( India) and sold.[24]
Mexican	United States	The 226-ton whaling ship was lost in the Arctic.[25]
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][26]
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.[27]
Pekin	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore in the Columbia River at Fort Vancouver, Washington Territory and was abandoned by her crew.[28]
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.[29]
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.[30]
Solomon Saltus	New South Wales	The barque was lost in the Bering Strait.[31]
Sons of Commerce	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked near Aden. Her crew survived, but were murdered by the local inhabitants.[32][33]
Treasurer	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on the south coast of Cuba.[34]
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.[35]