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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|ship=Ajax

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The whaler was lost in the Bering Strait.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=America |date=1 November 1851 |page=6 |issue=20948 |column=E-F }} Her crew survived.{{Cite news |title=United States |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=1 November 1851 |issue=1698 }}

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|ship={{HMS|Albert|1840|2}}

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} Gambia Colony and Protectorate

|desc=The paddle steamer sank in the Gambia River before 8 March.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Naval Intelligence |date=7 April 1851 |page=5 |issue=20769 |column=F }}

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|ship=Alceste

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} British North America.

|desc=The ship was lost in the Pacific Ocean. She was on a voyage from England to San Francisco, California, United States.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Shipping Intelligence |date=1 September 1851 |page=5 |issue=20895 |column=B }}

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|ship=Arienis

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=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.{{Cite news |title=Wreck of the Arienis - Twenty Lives Lost |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=24 February 1853 |issue=8907 }}

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|ship=Belle

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} British North America

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Saint Kitts with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Antigua to Saint Martin.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=21 October 1851 |issue=26476 }}

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|ship=Belvidere

|flag={{flag|United States|1848}}

|desc=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.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=24 May 1851 |page=7 |issue=20810 |column=F }}

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|ship=Bloater

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI }} British North America

|desc=The ship was lost before 10 May.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=26 May 1851 |page=7 |issue=20812 |column=E }}

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|ship=Brutus

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The brig was wrecked in the "Bay of Quentino" with the loss of all but two of her crew.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=23 April 1851 |page=8 |issue=20783 |column=E }}

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|ship={{PS|Canton|1848|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The paddle steamer ran aground in the Pearl River at Cumsingmoon, China. She was refloated and taken in to Whampoa for repairs.{{Cite news |title=China |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=30 June 1851 |issue=24197 |page=6 }}

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|ship=Conway Castle

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on a reef off Sumatra, Netherlands East Indies.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=18 February 1852 |page=7 |issue=21041 |column=C }}

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|ship=Emblem

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 16 April.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=17 April 1851 |page=8 |issue=20778 |column=E }}

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|ship=Emmy

|flag={{flag|Hamburg|admiralty}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Tampico, Mexico between 27 June and 2 July. She was consequently condemned.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=15 August 1851 |issue=26418 }}

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|ship=Eudora

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} New Zealand

|desc=The barque was driven on shore on the Gisborne coast during July or August. All hands were saved.Ingram, C. W. N., and Wheatley, P. O., (1936) Shipwrecks: New Zealand disasters 1795–1936. Dunedin, NZ: Dunedin Book Publishing Association. p. 53.

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|ship=Fawn

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship's crew mutinied, murdered her officers and scuttled her off Singapore.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=17 December 1851 |page=7 |issue=20987 |column=F }}

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|ship=Helene Frederika Govering

|flag={{flag|Sweden|1844}}

|desc=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.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=29 October 1851 |page=7 |issue=20945 |column=E }}

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|ship=Hotspur

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Great Inagua. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Domingo to an English port.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=14 May 1851 |issue=1551 }}

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|ship=Jane Shields

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The barque was wrecked on a reef south of Talcahuano, Chile before 1 December.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Shipping Intelligence |date=5 February 1852 |page=5 |issue=210 30|column=E }}

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|ship=Jeune Marie

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was lost at Carmen. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship={{SV|Jubilee||2}}

|flag={{flag|United States|1851}}

|desc= The fishing schooner was run down in Bay of St. Lawrence by schooner {{SV|Summit||2}}. Crew saved.{{cite web |url=https://www.downtosea.com/1851-1875/1851.htm |title=1851 |publisher=downtothesea.com |access-date=13 July 2021}}

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|ship=Kirkwood

|flag={{flag|United States|1848}}

|desc=The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to New York.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=2 April 1851 |page=8 |issue=20765 |column=D }}

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|ship=Lucy Ann

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} New South Wales

|desc=The cutter was destroyed at Murray Island. Her crew were murdered by the local inhabitants.

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|ship=Marie Felicité

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The schooner was wrecked at Grand-Bassam, Ivory Coast. She was on a voyage from Grand-Bassam to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=4 April 1851 |page=8 |issue=20767 |column=D }}

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|ship=Mary

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} Bermuda

|desc=The whaler, a barque, was wrecked on Lachlan Island. Her crew were murdered by the local inhabitants.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=15 November 1851 |issue=26497 }}

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|ship=Metropolis

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The barque was wrecked on "Bintang". The wreck was later towed to Singapore by the steamship Hooghly (22px India) and sold.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date= November 1851 |issue=209 }}

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|ship=Mexican

|flag={{flag|United States|1851}}

|desc=The 226-ton whaling ship was lost in the Arctic.{{cite web |url=https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-m/ |title=Alaska Shipwrecks (M) |publisher=Alaskashipwrecks |access-date=19 January 2019}}

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|ship=Montalembert

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=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]{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=19 February 1852 |issue=26568 }}

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|ship=Narval

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=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.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=21 July 1851 |issue=24214 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Pekin

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in the Columbia River at Fort Vancouver, Washington Territory and was abandoned by her crew.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=23 September 1851 |page=8 |issue=20914 |column=F }}

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|ship=Pioneer

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The brig was wrecked on the coast of New Zealand. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Australia and New Zealand.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=15 September 1851 |issue=1657 }}

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|ship=Roseland

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was destroyed by fire in the Indian Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Aden to London.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=5 May 1851 |page=8 |issue=20793 |column=E }}

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|ship=Solomon Saltus

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI }} New South Wales

|desc=The barque was lost in the Bering Strait.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=22 November 1851 |issue=26502 }}

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|ship=Sons of Commerce

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked near Aden. Her crew survived, but were murdered by the local inhabitants.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=India |date=16 August 1851 |page=5 |issue=20882 |column=D }}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=16 August 1851 |page=8 |issue=20882 |column=C }}

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|ship=Treasurer

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the south coast of Cuba.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=1 November 1851 |page=7 |issue=20948 |column=D }}

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|ship=Ulrica

|flag={{flag|Sweden|1844}}

|desc=The ship was severely damaged by fire at Charleston, South Carolina, United States.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=19 March 1851 |page=7 |issue=20753 |column=F }}

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|ship=Washington

|flag={{flag|United States|1851}}

|desc=The ship was lost at Pitt's Island (now Kruzof Island) in the Alexander Archipelago in Russian Alaska.{{cite web|url=https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-w/ |title= Alaska Shipwrecks (W) |publisher=Alaska Shipwrecks |access-date=28 December 2018}}

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