List of shipwrecks in January 1850

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

1 January

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|ship=Louisa

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

|desc=The ship ran aground and was wrecked at Donegal. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Ballyshannon, County Donegal.

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|ship=Margaretha

|flag={{flagc|Kingdom of Hanover|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked near "Hjortdall", Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Antwerp, Belgium.

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|ship=Mary Ann

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

|desc=The ship was scuttled at Fishguard, Pembrokeshire. She was refloated in mid-January.

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|ship=Phoebe

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

|desc=The brig foundered in the North Sea off Bridlington, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London.

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2 January

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|ship=Anlaby

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

|desc=The ship departed from the Charente for Liverpool, Lancashire. Presumed subsequently foundered in the Bristol Channel or Irish Sea with the loss of all hands: Two hogsheads of cognac that formed part of her cargo washed up on Walney Island, Lancashire in March 1851.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=27 February 1850 |page=8 |issue=20423 |column=E }}{{Cite news |title=Lake District |newspaper=The Preston Guardian etc |location=Preston |date=15 March 1851 |issue=2011 |edition=Third }}

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|ship=Anne

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the North Sea off St. Abb's Head, Berwickshire. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=11 February 1850 |issue=25058 }}

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|ship=Cordouan

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Sainte-Rose, Île Bourbon.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=13 April 1850 |issue=23820 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Millman

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

|desc=The whaler ran aground in the Gulf of Salonica. She was refloated with assistance from {{HMS|Research|1846|6}} ({{navy|UK}}) and taken in to Salonica, Greece.

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|ship={{HMS|Terrible|1845|6}}

|flag={{navy|UK}}

|desc=The paddle frigate ran aground at Plymouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from Portsmouth, Hampshire to Lisbon, Portugal. She was refloated and taken in to Plymouth.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Naval Intelligence |date=4 January 1850 |page=5 |issue=20377 |column=F }}

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3 January

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|ship=Alexander

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Long Nose, off the north Kent coast. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Whitstable, Kent. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=5 January 1850 |issue=23738 |page=8 }}

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|ship=East Kent

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore {{convert|2|nmi|km}} north of Bridlington, Yorkshire. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Bridlington.

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|ship=Elizabeth

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Sully Island, Glamorgan. her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Southampton, Hampshire to Newport, Monmouthshire.

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|ship=John and Mary

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at Filey Bridge, Yorkshire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

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|ship=John and Susannah

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

|desc=The sloop was driven ashore at Pakefield, Suffolk. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Lowestoft, Suffolk in a leaky condition.

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|ship=Maid of Kent

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Bridlington. She was on a voyage from Rochester, Kent to Sunderland, County Durham.{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=The Newcastle Courant etc |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=11 January 1850 |issue=9136 }}

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|ship=Mary

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

|desc=The sloop was driven ashore at North Somercotes, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from London to East Stockwith. Lincolnshire.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=7 January 1850 |issue=23739 }} She was refloated on 5 January and taken in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Hull Packet and East Riding Times |location=Hull |date=11 January 1850 |issue=3393 }}

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|ship=Premium

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at Filey Bridge. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

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|ship=Zebra

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

|desc=The ship capsized at Plymouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from Jersey, Channel Islands to Plymouth.

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4 January

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|ship=Brave

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

|desc=The brig was wrecked on the Navestone Rock, in the Farne Islands, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Inverness to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.

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|ship=
Deux Frères

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Littlehampton, Sussex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Inférieure to Portsmouth, Hampshire, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=17 January 1850 |issue=1138 }}

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|ship=Edward Stanley

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

|desc=The schooner foundered off Croixelles Harbour en route from Wanganui to Nelson.Ingram, C. W. N., and Wheatley, P. O., (1936) Shipwrecks: New Zealand disasters 1795–1936. Dunedin, NZ: Dunedin Book Publishing Association. pp. 50–51.

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|ship=European

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked near Casablanca, Morocco. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=Grog

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI|civil}} Jersey

|desc=The ship was in collision with a schooner and foundered off North Foreland, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jersey to Hartlepool, County Durham.

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|ship=Isabella

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

|desc=The brigantine was driven ashore on "Basque Island". She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to London. She was consequently condemned.

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|ship=Lady Lilford

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Équihen, Pas-de-Calais, France. She was on a voyage from Callao, Peru to Dundee, Forfarshire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=28 January 1850 |issue=19952 }}

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5 January

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|ship=Eliza

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked {{convert|2|nmi|km}} east of Porthcawl, Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Neath to Porthcawl.

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|ship=Ferdinand

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

|desc=The ship ran aground and was damaged at Appledore, Devon. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Bordeaux, Gironde. She was refloated and taken in to Appledore for repairs.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=9 January 1850 |page=7 |issue=20381 |column=E }}

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|ship=Greyhound

|flag={{flagicon|Hawaii}} Kingdom of Hawaii

|desc=The ship was wrecked near Tamaki, New Zealand. She was on a voyage from Honolulu to Auckland, New Zealand.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=6 July 1850 |issue=23891 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Hannah

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

|desc=The smack sprang a leak in the Bristol Channel off Lundy Island, Deven and was beached in Morte Bay, where she was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hayle, Cornwall to Newport, Monmouthshire.{{Cite news |title=Cornwall|newspaper=Trewman's Exeter Flying Post |location=Exeter |date=10 January 1850 |issue=4388 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=10 January 1850 |issue=19953 }}

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|ship=Helen Catharina

|flag={{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}

|desc=The ship capsized in the Baltic Sea and was subsequently driven ashore near Ventava, Courland Governorate. She was on a voyage from Riga to Porto, Portugal.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=18 January 1850 |issue=25038 }}

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|ship=Marchioness of Bute

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Belfast, County Antrim.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=11 January 1850 |issue=23743 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Regina

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

|desc=The ship struck a sunken rock and was beached on the coast of Egypt. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to a British port. She was refloated on 11 January and taken in to Alexandria.

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6 January

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|ship=Carries et Celestine

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was run ashore and wrecked at "Estardit", Spain. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=7 March 1850 |page=8 |issue=20430 |column=E }} She was on a voyage from Algiers, Algeria to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.

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|ship=Dartmouth

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

|desc=The ship was destroyed by fire at Bombay, India.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=25 February 1850 |issue=19966 }}

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|ship=Gierdina

|flag={{flag|Kingdom of Hanover|civil}}

|desc=The galiot was in collision with Charlotte ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) in the North Sea and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by Charlotte. Gierdina was on a voyage from Horsens, Denmark to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=8 January 1850 |issue=25029 |edition=Evening }}

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|ship=J. P. Whitney

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

|desc=The ship ran aground in the Delaware River and was then run into by Allegheny ({{flag|United States|1848}}). She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

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|ship={{PS|Royal Victoria|1835|2}}

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

|desc=The paddle steamer ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from London to Leith, Lothian. Royal Victoria was refloated on 8 January and resumed her voyage.

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|ship=Talisman

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked in the Cape Verde Islands with the loss of four of her crew. She was on a voyage from New York to Calcutta, India.{{Cite news |title=Latest from Americat |newspaper=Freeman's Journal and Daily Commercial Advertiser |location=Dublin |date=3 April 1850 }}

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7 January

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|ship=Prospero

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Tetney Haven, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Woodbridge, Suffolk to Wakefield, Yorkshire.

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|ship=Sultan

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Beale's Island, Maine, United States. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=5 February 1850 |issue=7951 }}

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8 January

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|ship=Alida

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Banjaard Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Zeeland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Rotterdam, South Holland.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=11 January 1850 |issue=1133 }}

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|ship=Archimedes

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Conception Bay with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to Pernambuco, Brazil.

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|ship=Cover

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Agrigento, Sicily.

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|ship=Ouse

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

|desc=The sloop was driven ashore at New Romney, Kent. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands to Newhaven, Sussex.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=10 January 1850 |issue=23742 |page=8 }} She was refloated on 10 January and taken in to Folkestone, Kent in a severely damaged condition.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=14 January 1850 |issue=25034 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Hull Packet and East Riding Times |location=Hull |date=18 January 1850 |issue=3394 }}

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9 January

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|ship=Constitution

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Southampton, New York, United States. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to New York City.

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|ship=Cove

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Agrigento, Sicily. She was consequently condemned.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=15 February 1850 |page=7 |issue=20413 |column=E-F }}

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|ship=Ferrucio

|flag=22px Kingdom of Sardinia

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Isla del Aire, Spain. She was on a voyage from Tarragona, Spain to Genoa.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=29 January 1850 |issue=23758 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Francis

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

|desc=The schooner caught fire and was scuttled at Cowes, Isle of Wight.

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|ship=Hirondelle

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI|civil}} Jersey

|desc=The ship was in collision with the steamship Talbot ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) in the Bristol Channel {{convert|5|nmi|km}} south west of Nass Point. She capsized and was abandoned. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British North America to Jersey and Bristol, Gloucestershire. Hirondelle was taken in tow by Talbot on 12 January but the tow was abandoned. She came ashore at Aberdovey, Caernarfonshire on 7 February and was wrecked.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=8 February 1850 |issue=25056 |edition=Evening }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=10 February 1850 |issue=1159 }}

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|ship=Union

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Souter Point, County Durham. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Topsham, Devon.

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10 January

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|ship=Adele

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The lugger was wrecked at Tacumshane, County Wexford, United Kingdom with the loss of four of her seven crew. She was on a voyage from Nantes, Loire-Inférieure to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=Miscellaneous |newspaper=The Leeds Mercury |location=Leeds |date=19 January 1850 |issue=6059 }}

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|ship=Paquete de Sitges

|flag={{flag|Spain|civil-1785}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Punta Mala. She was on a voyage from Barcelona to St. Jago de Cuba, Cuba. She was refloated.

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|ship=Post

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

|desc=The schooner was in collision with {{PS|Sea Nymph|1845|2}} ({{Flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank in the Victoria Channel with the loss of her captain.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=12 January 1850 |issue=23744 |page=8 }} Three survivors were rescued by Sea Nymph.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=18 January 1850 |issue=11619 }}

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11 January

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|ship=Aghios Nicholaos

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Odessa to a British port.

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|ship=Hottinguer

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

|desc=The full-rigged ship ran aground and was wrecked on the Blackwater Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to New York.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=15 January 1850 |issue=23746 |page=8 }} Hottinguer was refloated on 13 January and taken in tow for Dublin by the steamship Rose ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). She was abandoned off Arklow, County Wicklow and subsequently struck the Glassgorman Bank and was wrecked with the loss of thirteen lives. Twenty crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to New York, United States.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=19 January 1850 |page=7 |issue=20390 |column=F }}{{Cite news |title=Ireland |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=16 January 1850 |issue=7934 }}{{Cite news |title=Ireland |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=18 January 1850 |issue=7936 }}{{Cite news |title=Further Particulars of the Loss of the Packet Ship Hottingeur - Thirteen Lives Lost |newspaper=The Northern Star and National Trades' Journal |location=London |date=13 January 1850 |issue=640 }} Part of the wreck subsequently came ashore near Dublin.

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|ship=Isabel

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

|desc=The schooner foundered in the Bristol Channel. Her four crew were rescued by the barque Huddersfield ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Isabel was on a voyage from Neath, Glamorgan to Dublin.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=17 January 1850 |issue=7935 }}

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|ship=Jane

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged on Halifax Island, off the coast of Africa. She was refloated on 19 January and sailed for Saint Helena, where she arrived on 2 February.

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12 January

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|ship=Alexandrina

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Whitby, Yorkshire and ran into Gleam ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).

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|ship=Ayrshire

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

|desc=With 201 passengers on board, the brig was wrecked with the loss of one life at "Squan Beach," a term used at the time for a {{convert|7|mi|km|adj=on}} stretch of the coast of New Jersey between Manasquan Inlet and Cranberry Inlet.{{Cite web |url=https://njscuba.net/sites/site_lavallette.php |title=njscuba.net "Lavallette Wreck" |access-date=23 February 2020 |archive-date=23 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200223173713/https://njscuba.net/sites/site_lavallette.php |url-status=dead }}

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|ship=Ceritica

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

|desc=The ship capsized at Newport, Monmouthshire. She was righted on 18 January.

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|ship=Gipsy

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

|desc=The brigantine was wrecked at Cape St. George, Newfoundland, British North America. She was on a voyage from Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, British North America to London.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=7 February 1850 |issue=1155 }}

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|ship=Gleam

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Whitby and ran into Hope ({{Flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). She was severely damaged by fire, having arrived at Whitby on fire.

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|ship=Hope

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Whitby and was then run into by Gleam ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). She was severely damaged.

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|ship=Mary Stephen

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Doom Bay. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Padstow, Cornwall. She was refloated and taken in to Padstow.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=17 January 1850 |issue=19955 }}

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|ship=Perth

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Bridlington, Yorkshire. She was refloated and towed in to Bridlington by {{PS|Avenger|1848|2}} ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).

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|ship=Peruvian

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Plum Pudding Island, off the coast of Africa. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=3 April 1850 |issue=26003 }}{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=3 April 1850 |issue=23811 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Sisters

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Whitby.

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|ship=Sophia

|flag=22px Austrian Empire

|desc=The barque was driven ashore near Penarth Head, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom to Corfu Greece.

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|ship=Youghal

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore between Penzance and St. Michael's Point, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Chichester, Sussex to Youghal, County Cork.

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13 January

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|ship=Circassian

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Broadstairs, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Cádiz, Spain. She was refloated and towed back to London.

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|ship=City of Exeter

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

|desc=The schooner was in collision with a brig and foundered in the Irish Sea off the Tuskar Rock. Her crew were rescued by Ward ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). City of Exeter was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Gibraltar.

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|ship=Eliza Sanders

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

|desc=The ship was destroyed by fire off Cape Clear Island, County Donegal with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by Triconderago ({{flag|United States|1848}}. Eliza Sanders was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Patras, Greece.

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|ship=Enterprise

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Sunderland, County Durham.

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|ship=George Alexander

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

|desc=The ship ran aground in Loch Scridain. She was on a voyage from Sligo to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and beached on the Isle of Mull.

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|ship=Gustave Adolph

|flag=22px Stralsund

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Wexford, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Stralsund to Liverpool.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=17 January 1850 |page=6 |issue=20388 |column=E }}

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|ship=Hans Jacob

|flag={{flag|Prussia|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground off Romsø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom to Kiel.

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|ship=Joseph

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

|desc=The smack was wrecked on the Black Rocks, off Inchkeith. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Buckie, Moray to Aberdeen.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=18 January 1850 |issue=25038 |edition=Evening }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=21 January 1850 |issue=19956 }}

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|ship=Lydia

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Drumrow Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Waterford. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Saint Vincent, Virgin Islands. She was refloated and put in to Waterford.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=18 January 1850 |issue=2160 }}

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|ship=Samuel Hicks

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

|desc=The ship departed from the east coast of America for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=22 March 1850 |issue=7990 }}

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|ship=Sophie Charlotte

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

|desc=The ship ran aground and was damaged at Lillesand, Norway. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to London.

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|ship=Visitor

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI|civil}} Guernsey

|desc=The ship ran aground and was damaged at Torquay, Devon. she was on a voyage from Guernsey to London.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=21 January 1850 |issue=25040 }}

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14 January

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|ship=Admiral Collingwood

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

|desc=The schooner sprang a leak and was beached at Humersty, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk to Hartlepool, County Durham.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Hull Packet and East Riding Times |location=Hull |date=25 January 1850 |issue=3395 }}

}}

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|ship=Albert

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was lost off "Berie". She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône.

}}

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|ship=Emily and Louisa

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The brigantine was wrecked on the Long Sand, in Ross Bay, off the Irish coast with the loss of six of her eight crew. She was on a voyage from Galaţi, Ottoman Empire to Cork, United Kingdom.

}}

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|ship=Eliza

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near the mouth of the Este. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Hamburg.

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|ship=Guy Mannering

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Liverpool, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to New York, United States.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=15 January 1850 |issue=25035 }} She was refloated and taken in to Liverpool in a severely damaged condition.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=16 January 1850 |issue=1137 }}

}}

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|ship=Gwenddolen

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

|desc=The ship foundered {{convert|15|nmi|km}} north east by east of the South Bishop Lighthouse, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Barrow in Furness, Lancashire to Newport, Monmouthshire.

}}

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|ship=Johannes

|flag={{flag|Kingdom of Hanover|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore by ice at Norden and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Norden to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.

}}

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|ship=Jose Maria

|flag={{flag|Spain|civil-1785}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked near Cette, Hérault, France. She was on a voyage from Cullera to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.

}}

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|ship=Marie Therese

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Arles, Bouches-du-Rhône. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Marseille.

}}

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|ship=Nouvelle Abeille

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

|desc=The ship was lost off "Berie". She was on a voyage from Cartagena, Spain to Marseille.

}}

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|ship=Pearl

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

|desc=The ship capsized at South Shields, County Durham. She was righted on 16 January.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Planet

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

|desc=The ship ran aground and was damaged at Cardiff. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Panama City.

}}

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|ship=Rigby

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Balbriggan, County Dublin. She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Newry, County Antrim.

}}

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|ship=Unica Hija

|flag={{flag|Spain|civil-1785}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at "Wittenbergen". She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Hamburg. She was later refloated and beached near Twielenfleth, Kingdom of Hanover.

}}

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|ship=Vine

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Whitby, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Marstrand, Sweden to London.

}}

15 January

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|ship=Amaranthe

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her six crew survived. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen, Denmark to London.{{cite book |title=The Salvagers |first=Hervey |last=Benham |authorlink=Hervey Benham |page=182 |publisher=Essex County Newspapers Ltd |location=Colchester |year=1980 |isbn=00-950944-2-3}}

}}

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|ship=Ayrshire

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Manasquan, New Jersey, United States with the loss of one life. She was on a voyage from Newry, County Antrim to Charleston, South Carolina, United States.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=6 February 1850 |issue=1154 }}

}}

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|ship=Cambria

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Brest to Pont l'Abbé, Finistère, France.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=25 January 1850 |page=6 |issue=20395 |column=E }}

}}

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|ship=Ebenezer

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

|desc=The ship sank at the Mumbles, Glamorgan.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Edourd

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The sloop was abandoned off Ouessant, Finistère. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=24 January 1850 |issue=7941 }}

}}

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|ship=Happy Couple

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

|desc=The ship was holed by an anchor and sank at the Mumbles.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Intrinsic

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Gingerbread Grounds. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.

}}

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|ship=Joannes

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at Pwllheli, Caernarfonshire, United Kingdom She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Malta. She was refloated and taken in to Pwllheli.

}}

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|ship=Margaret

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Saltholm, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Pillau, Prussia to London. She was refloated and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark, where she arrived on 5 February.

}}

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|ship=Mercury

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

|desc=The schooner sank off Gellibrand Point. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=15 May 1850 |page=7 |issue=20489 |column=F }}

}}

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|ship=Ocean Queen

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at the Landguard Fort, Harwich, Essex. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France to South Shields, County Durham She was refloated the next day and taken in to Harwich.

}}

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|ship=Pendennis

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground at Bridlington, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by Carte's rocket apparatus.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Pepa

|flag={{flag|Spain|civil-1785}}

|desc=The schooner was wrecked at Esposende, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Valencia to Santander.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Therese Louise

|flag={{flag|Belgium}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked near Saint-Tropez, Var, France.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=30 January 1850 |issue=25048 }}

}}

16 January

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|ship=Catharina Charlotte

|flag={{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}

|desc=The brig foundered {{convert|6|nmi|km}} south west of the Skellings Lighthouse, County Kerry, United Kingdom. Her eleven crew took to two boats; five of them landed on the coast of County Kerry; The other six were rescued by the schooner Blairs ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Catharina Charlotte was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom to Barcelona, Spain.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Jean and Grace

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

|desc=The ship ran aground near the South Rock Lighthouse, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. She was refloated and put in to Portaferry, County Antrim.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=23 January 1850 |issue=23753 |page=8 }}

}}

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|ship=Marvel

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore in Saint Tudwal's Islands, Pemborkeshire.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=17 January 1850 |issue=23748 |page=8 }}

}}

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|ship=Tycho Wing

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

|desc=The brig was wrecked on the Clews Rocks, off the coast of Cornwall with the loss of three of her seven crew. She was on a voyage from Galați, Ottoman Empire to London.{{Cite news |title=Coroner's Inquests |newspaper=The Royal Cornwall Gazette, Falmouth Packet, and General Advertiser |location=Truro |date=18 January 1850 |issue=2430 |page=8 }}

}}

17 January

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|ship=Providence

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France to London. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Margate in a severely damaged condition.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=21 January 1850 |issue=23751 |page=8 }}

}}

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|ship=Rosalie

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from "Bongil" to Cette, Hérault.

}}

18 January

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|ship=Amanda

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Lichfield Flats, off Demerara, British Guiana. She was refloated on 4 February and taken in to Demerara.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=5 March 1850 |issue=1178 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Dow D. Roop

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on reefs south of Saint Croix, Virgin Islands. She was on a voyage from Antigua to Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Dussan

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

|desc=The brig ran aground off Blackwater, County Wexford. She floated off and was abandoned. She was on a voyage from Sligo to Troon, Ayrshire. She was taken in to Campbeltown, Argyllshire on 21 January.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=23 January 1850 |issue=25042 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=28 January 1850 |issue=19958 }}

}}

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|ship=Principe Alberto

|flag={{flag|Spain|civil-1785}}

|desc=The ship ran aground off Holyhead, Anglesey, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Havana, Cuba. She was refloated.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=24 January 1850 |issue=19557 }}

}}

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|ship=Sarah

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

|desc=The ship was run ashore and wrecked in Constantine Bay, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Messina, Sicily to London.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Thomas Crisp

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Morte Rocks, off the coast of Cornwall with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by the steamship Cornwall ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Thomas Crisp was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Barbados.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=22 January 1850 |issue=25041 |page=7 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Utility

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Bahama Bank, in the Irish Sea and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Runcorn, Cheshire.

}}

19 January

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|ship=Albion

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Blyth, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=The Newcastle Courant etc |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=25 January 1850 |issue=9138 }} She was refloated on 22 January and taken in to Blyth.{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=The Newcastle Courant etc |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=1 February 1850 |issue=9139 }}

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Eliza

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

|desc=The ship was in collision with Fortune ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and foundered in the Irish Sea off the Baker's Bank Lightship (22px Trinity House). Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Dublin.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Immagonda Sarah Clarina

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The full-rigged ship was in collision with New Foresr ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) in the English Channel off St. Alban's Head, Dorset and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Batavia, Netherlands East Indies to Amsterdam, North Holland. She was towed in to Portsmouth, Hampshire for repairs.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=23 January 1850 |issue=1143 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Jane Allison

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore in the Herring Gut. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Boston, Massachusetts, United States.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Jane and Grace

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the North Rock, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Saltcoats, Ayrshire to Dublin. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Maria

|flag={{flag|Norway|1844}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked near Christiansand. She was on a voyage from Bergen to Tromsø.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=13 February 1850 |page=8 |issue=20411 |column=E }}

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Mary Ann

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

|desc=The ship was destroyed by fire. Her crew were rescued by Commerce ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to Carbonear, Newfoundland, British North America.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Norfolk

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

|desc=The ship struck a rock and sank in Blenneck Sound. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Sligo.

}}

20 January

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|ship=Ann

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

|desc=The smack was wrecked in Rackham Bay, Devon. Her crew were rescued.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Betsey

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Souter Point, County Durham. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Cato

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

|desc=The ship sank off Stranton, County Durham. Her crew survived.{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence - Continued |newspaper=The Newcastle Courant etc |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=4 January 1850 |issue=9135 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Geister Adolph

|flag={{flag|Prussia|civil}}

|desc=The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at "Ballyhire", Ireland. Her eleven crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Königsberg to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=Awful Casualties at Sea, - Great Loss of Life |newspaper=Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper |location=London |date=27 January 1850 |issue=375 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Good Intent

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in Saint Tudwal's Islands, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=6 February 1850 |page=8 |issue=20405 |column=D }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Henry

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and sank east of Aberavon, Glamorgan.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=22 January 1850 |issue=23752 |page=5 }} She was refloated on 27 January and taken in to Port Talbot, Glamorgan.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Intrepid

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

|desc=The Barking smack was wrecked on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex with the loss of all hands. Her captain was rescued by the smack Mary ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}), but died before he could be taken ashore.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Gravesend, Jan. 21. |date=23 January 1850 |page=5 |issue=20393 |column=E }}{{Cite news |title=Loss of a Barking Smack |newspaper=Essex Standard |location=Colchester |date=25 January 1850 |issue=997 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=L. Z.

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. All 75 people on board were rescued by Manetta ({{flag|United States|1848}}). L. Z. was on a voyage from New York, United States to Liverpool.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=19 February 1850 |issue=7963 }}

}}

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|ship=Manetta

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Long Bar, off the west coast of Bermuda. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bath, Maine to Havana, Cuba.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=22 February 1850 |issue=4911 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Old England

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in Abergele Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Antwerp, Belgium. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Pauline Houghton

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Wedge Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Kent and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Mauritius to London.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=22 January 1850 |page=7 |issue=20392 |column=F }}{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=21 January 1850 |issue=7938 |page=1 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Petronella

|flag={{flag|Spain|civil-1785}}

|desc=The barque was wrecked on Cape San Antonio, Cuba.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=4 April 1850 |page=7 |issue=20454 |column=C }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Willamet

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Anegada Reef. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=6 March 1850 |page=8 |issue=20429 |column=C }}

}}

21 January

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|ship=Active

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at the Mumbles, Glamorgan.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Annabella

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Stag Rocks, off the coast of County Cork and was severely damaged. She was refloated.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Economist

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

|desc=The ship capsized in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Elsinore (flag unknown). She was on a voyage from Norfolk, Virginia, United States to Demerara, British Guiana.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=19 February 1850 |issue=23774 |page=8 }}{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=22 February 1850 |issue=11629 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Jemima

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Derbyhaven, Isle of Man. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to South Shields, County Durham. She was refloated and taken in to Castletown, Isle of Man.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Marie Ann

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The lugger struck the Manacles and sank with the loss of three of her six crew. She was on a voyage from Morlaix, Finistère to Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=Falmouth, Monday |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=23 January 1850 |issue=7940 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Nancy

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Cross Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was refloated and assisted in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Union

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Ness Point, Suffolk.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Vrouw Maartje

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Scharendijke, Zeeland. She was on a voyage from Bilbao, Spain to Rotterdam, South Holland. She was refloated on 29 January and taken in to Brouwershaven, Zeeland.

}}

22 January

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|ship=Elizabeth

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Charleston, South Carolina, United States. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Charleston.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=5 February 1850 |issue=2165 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Friendship

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Spiddal, County Galway.

}}

23 January

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|ship=Duncan Dunbar

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Lord Seaton

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Loggerhead Reef, off the Dry Tortugas. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was later refloated and taken in to Key West, Florida, United States, where sher arrived on 8 February.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=5 March 1850 |issue=2173 }}

}}

24 January

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|ship=Mill Bay

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at South Foreland, Kent. She was on a voyage from São Miguel Island, Azores to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

}}

25 January

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|ship=Etoile

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was lost at Port Louis, Guadeloupe.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=5 February 1850 |issue=23763 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Gipsy

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

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London. She was refloated.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Golden Grove

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

|desc=The ship was in collision with the brig Norham Castle ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) {{convert|15|nmi|km}} north of Cromer, Norfolk and was abandoned by her crew, who were rescued by Norham Castle. Golden Grove was reboarded the next day and taken in to by Norham Castle, which transferred the tow to the smack Active off Great Yarmouth. She was towed in to Lowestoft, Suffolk in a waterlogged condition.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Margaret

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore by ice on Saltholm, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Pillau, Prussia to London.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Matilda

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

|desc=The schooner caught fire and was scuttled at Newport, Monmouthshire. She was refloated on 27 January.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Minerva

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Scroby Sands, Norfolk. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Old Harry

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the Barber Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to Rochester, Kent. She was refloated and taken in to Wells-next-the-Sea.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Rose

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk.

}}

26 January

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|ship=Amizade

|flag={{flag|Portugal|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked south of Figueira da Foz. She was on a voyage from São Miguel Island, Azores to Figueira da Foz.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=19 February 1850 |page=6 |issue=20416 |column=F }}

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|ship=Anna Maria

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

|desc=The brig collided with the barque Ben Nevis ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and foundered in the North Sea off Southwold, Suffolk with the loss of all but one of her crew. Anna Maria was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London. Two crew of Ben Nevis were drowned.{{cite web |url=http://walberswick.onesuffolk.net/assets/WLHG/ShipsShipwrecks1782-1845.pdf |title=Shipwrecks at or near Walberswick from 1848 – 1874 |first=Alan Farquar |last=Bottomley |publisher=Suffolk Records Society |accessdate=25 December 2014}}

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|ship=Argent

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

|desc=The ship ran aground in Strangford Lough.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=28 January 1850 |issue=25046 |edition=Evening }}

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|ship=Betsey

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked Between Burnham Overy Staithe and Brancaster, Norfolk.

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|ship=Emma and Minna

|flag={{flag|Prussia|civil}}

|desc=The ship was run aground and sank off Anholt. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, United Kingdom to Griefswald.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=12 March 1850 |page=7 |issue=20434 |column=F }}

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|ship=Matthews

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore in the River Nene at Wisbech, Cambridgeshire. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Wisbech.>

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|ship=Minerva

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

|desc=The ship was holed by an anchor and sank at Figueira da Foz.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=16 February 1850 |issue=25063 }}

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|ship=Palmyra

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

|desc=The East Indiaman was wrecked at Le Touquet, Pas-de-Calais, France. All 21 people on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Canton, China to London.{{Cite news |title=Shipwreck of an East Indiaman |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=29 January 1850 |issue=7945 }}

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|ship=Sabine

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on a reef off Upolu, Samoa. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sydney to Alta California.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=19 August 1850 |issue=26119 }}{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=20 August 1850 |issue=23929 }}

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|ship=Violet

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in the River Nene at Wisbech.

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|ship=Wabourne

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

|desc=The sloop was driven ashore at Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. She was refloated on 29 January.

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|ship=Why-Not

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Tenerife, Canary Islands. She was refloated and anchored off the North Foreland.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=31 January 1850 |issue=19959 }}

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27 January

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|ship=Ohio

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated and taken in to Harwich, Essex.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=28 January 1850 |issue=7944 }}

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|ship=Stagshaw

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at Sandgate, Kent and was abandoned. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Havana, Cuba. She was refloated the next day but sank whilst making for Folkestone, Kent.

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|ship=Vladimer

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship departed from La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime for New York, United States. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=16 May 1850 |page=7 |issue=20490 |column=F }}

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28 January

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|ship=Abeona

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was refloated.

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|ship=Agnes

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Car Rock. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. She was refloated and taken in to Arbroath, Forfarshire in a severely leaky condition.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=4 February 1850 |issue=7950 }}

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|ship=Economy

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

|desc=The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Irish Sea off Holyhead, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire to Chester, Cheshire.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=31 January 1850 |page=8 |issue=20400 |column=A }}

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|ship=Emulous

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

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London. She was refloated and taken in to Wivenhoe, Essex.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=29 January 1850 |issue=7945 }}

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|ship=Endymion

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked on the Newcombe Sand. Her crew were rescued by the Pakefield Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.

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|ship=Enterprise

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at North Somercotes, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Spalding, Lincolnshire.

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|ship=Fidelite

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked near "Flora".

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|ship=Isabella

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

|desc=The ship ran aground and damaged on the West Barrows Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from London to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated.

}}

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|ship=Johanna

|flag=File:Flag of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (1816).svg Kingdom of the Two Sicilies

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire. She was reported to be on a voyage from Naples to Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=26 February 1850 |page=8 |issue=20422 |column=E }} She broke up on 8 February.

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|ship=Laurentine

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

|desc=The ship ran aground and was damaged at Weymouth, Dorset. She was on a voyage from São Miguel Island, Azores to Weymouth. She was refloated and taken in to Weymouth.

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|ship=Margaret

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

|desc=The sloop sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Humber. She was on a voyage from Grimsby, Lincolnshire to Bradford, Yorkshire. She was towed in to Hull by the tug Lioness ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Hull Packet and East Riding Times |location=Hull |date=1 February 1850 |issue=3396 }}

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|ship=Margery

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Ross Sands, in the North Sea south of Lindisfarne, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued by a lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Dundee, Forfarshire.

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|ship=Maria

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

|desc=The brig sprang a leak and was beached at Cairnryan, Wigtownshire. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to Runcorn, Cheshire.

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|ship=Mary Pauline

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked near "Stora". She was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Inférieure to Philippeville, Algeria.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=26 February 1850 |issue=25071 }}

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|ship=Odile

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais. She was on a voyage from Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany to Dunkirk, Nord.

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|ship=Omega

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Buxey Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from London to Southwold, Suffolk. She was refloated and taken in to Wivenhoe.

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|ship=Premier

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated and taken in to Harwick.

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|ship=Snap

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI|civil}} Isle of Man

|desc=The smack was run into and sunk by a sloop at Ramsey. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Castletown, Isle of Man.

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29 January

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|ship=Agger Canal

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore by ice at Thisted, Denmark and was damaged. She was on a voyage from London to Thisted. She was refloated on 1 February.

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|ship=Confucius

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at King's Lynn, Norfolk.

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|ship=Emma and Minna

|flag={{flag|Prussia|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on a reef east of Anholt, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, United Kingdom to Griefswald.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=12 March 1850 |issue=1184 }}

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|ship=Helene

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at King's Lynn.

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|ship=John and Catherine

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

|desc=The ship ran aground and was damaged on the North Bank, in the Bristol Channel. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Liverpool, Lancashire.

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|ship=Navy

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at King's Lynn.

}}

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|ship=Nutcut

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked on Île Bourbon with the loss of all but three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Mauritius to Table Bay.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=22 April 1850 |issue=19982 }}{{Cite news |title=Cape of Good Hope |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=26 April 1850 |issue=8020 }}

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|ship=Packet

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked in the Santa Cruz River. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Patagonia, Argentina.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=24 August 1850 |page=7 |issue=20576 |column=F }}

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|ship=Rhode Island

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

|desc=The steamship broke in two and sank in the Gulf of Mexico with the loss of 50 of the 80 people on board. Ten survivors took to the long boat; they were rescued two days later by the schooner Mary Anne ({{flag|United States|1848}}). The other twenty survivors took to the jolly boat.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=13 March 1850 |issue=1749 }}

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|ship=Robert and Betsey

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at King's Lynn.

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|ship=Speculation

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at King's Lynn.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Susan

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

|desc=The ship ran aground off "Cape Cabedillo", Brazil. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Pernambuco and Paraíba, Brazil.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=15 March 1850 |page=8 |issue=20437 |column=E }} She had been refloated by 16 February and taken in to Pernambuco for repairs.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=1 April 1850 |page=7 |issue=20451 |column=E }}

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30 January

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|ship=Arrow

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Portsmouth, Hampshire. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Portsmouth. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Portsmouth in a leaky condition.

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|ship=Brothers

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned off Howth, County Dublin. She was on a voyage from Killough, County Louth to Dublin. She was later reboarded and taken in to Dublin.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=7 February 1850 |issue=25055 }}

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|ship=London

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

|desc=The schooner was discovered abandoned off Neufeld, Duchy of Schleswig and taken in to that port.

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|ship=Sarah

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

|desc=The sloop was driven ashore at Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk with the loss of three lives. She was on a voyage from Gainsborough, Lincolnshire to Wells-next-the-Sea. She was refloated.

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|ship=Sardine

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Demeany Reef. She was refloated and taken in to Dundalk, County Louth in a leaky condition.{{Cite news |title=The Morning Chronicle |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=4 February 1850 |issue=25052 }}

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31 January

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|ship=Abbotsford

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

|desc=The ship put in to Penang, Malaya with her cargo of coal on fire. She ran aground and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from London to Singapore. She was consequently condemned.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=23 March 1850 |page=7 |issue=20444 |column=F }}

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|ship=Devonshire

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore between Broadstairs and North Foreland, Kent, United Kingdom. Her passengers were landed. She was on a voyage from London to New York.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=1 February 1850 |issue=25050 }}{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=1 February 1850 |issue=7948 |page=5 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Hull Packet and East Riding Times |location=Hull |date=8 February 1850 |issue=3397 }} Devonshire was refloated on 1 February and taken in to Margate, Kent.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=2 February 1850 |issue=25051 |edition=Evening }}

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|ship=Fairfax

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in Ballyteague Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sierra Leone to Liverpool, Lancashire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=4 February 1850 |issue=1152 }}

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|ship=Horatio

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Kilmore, County Wexford. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Wexford.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=7 February 1850 |issue=19961 }}

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|ship=Seraphim

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

|desc=The brig was wrecked on the Greek coast.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=27 February 1850 |issue=23781 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Three Brothers

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

|desc=The schooner sank off the Dudgeon Sandbank, in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Whitby ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Three Brothers was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.{{Cite news |title=Yarmouth. Feb 4 |newspaper=The Bury and Norwich Post, and Suffolk Herald |location=Bury St Edmunds |date=13 February 1850 |issue=3529 }}

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|ship=Wilhamet

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked off Tortola. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France to New Orleans, Louisiana.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=West Indian and Mexican Mails |date=22 April 1850 |page=5 |issue=20469 |column=A-D }}

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|ship=Anna Lucy

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the coast of France.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=4 January 1850 |issue=1127 }}

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|ship=Blossom

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk before 16 January. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Aberdeen.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=21 March 1850 |issue=19973 }}

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|ship=Buche

|flag={{flag|Belgium}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on "Schiro Island" in late January. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.

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|ship=Diana

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Schouwen, Zeeland. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. She was refloated and taken in to Zeirikzee, Zeeland in a severely leaky condition.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=4 January 1850 |page=7 |issue=20377 |column=B }}

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|ship=Dorothy

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

|desc=The brig foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Nord, France before 4 January.

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|ship=Drongon

|flag=22px India

|desc=The ship was wrecked in Venloos Bay before 15 January. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Calcutta to Bombay.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=22 February 1850 |issue=23777 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Emile

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Gonneville, Manche before 22 January. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Cherbourg, Seine-Inférieure.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=25 January 1850 |issue=25044 }}

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|ship=Ermeta

|flag=22px Trieste

|desc=The ship wrecked at Ragusa, Sicily. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Trieste to London.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=12 February 1850 |issue=25059 |edition=Evening }} She was refloated on 17 July.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=25 July 1850 |issue=1300 }}

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|ship=Estrelle

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar between 13 and 15 January.

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|ship=Henri

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was lost off Ouessant, Finistère.

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|ship=Jane

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

|desc=The ship foundered off Zuydcoote, Nord. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Constantinople.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=4 January 1850 |issue=25026 }}

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|ship=Lady Rowley

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar between 13 and 15 January. She had been refloated by 27 January.

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|ship=London

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the North Sea.

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|ship=Lydford

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Sugar Bank, off the coast of British Guiana and was abandoned by her crew.

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|ship=Mary Bridge

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in the Dry Tortugas before 20 January. She was on a voyage from Gibraltar to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. She was refloated and taken in to Key West, Florida, United States.

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|ship=Mary Welch

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Fano, Papal States before 30 January. She was later refloated and put in to Ancona, where she arrived on 8 February.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=20 February 1850 |page=7 |issue=20417 |column=B }}

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|ship=Nancy

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was lost at the mouth of the Somme.

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|ship=Norma

|flag={{flag|Spain|civil-1785}}

|desc=The brig was abandoned in the Mediterranean Sea before 18 January.

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|ship=Nouvelle Abeille

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was lost at the mouth of the Rhône before 29 January.

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|ship=Panajta

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked in the Black Sea before 2 January.

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|ship=Planet

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

|desc=The brig was wrecked on the coast of France.

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|ship=Prince of Brazil

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk before 17 January.

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|ship=Rosalie

|flag={{flag|Belgium}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the coast of Spain before 25 January.

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|ship=Rose

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked near Bône, Algeria before 22 January. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Gibraltar to Genoa, Kingdom of Sardinia.

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|ship=Samuel

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

|desc=The schooner foundered on or before 18 January. Her crew took to a boat and were rescued by New Hampshire ({{flag|United States|1848}}). Samuel was on a voyage from Porthcawl, Glamorgan to Cork.

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|ship=San Nicolo

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=Captain Baziotis's ship was wrecked in the Black Sea before 2 January.

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|ship=San Nicolo

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=Captain Cazionjani's ship was wrecked in the Black Sea before 2 January.

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|ship=San Nicolo

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=Captain Cotelli's ship was wrecked in the Black Sea before 2 January.

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|ship=Saphiro

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked in the Black Sea before 2 January.

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|ship=St. Malo

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Cette, Hérault before 22 January. She was abandoned by her crew, who were rescued. She was on a voyage from Constantinople to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône.

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|ship=Trois Frères Unis

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Fort Penthivière, Saint-Pierre-Quiberon, Morbihan before 22 January. She was on a voyage from Nantes, Loire-Inférieure to Lorient, Morbihan.

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|ship=Union

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near "Torocks", Denmark between 13 and 19 January. She was on a voyage from Helsingør, Denmark to Dunkirk, Nord, France.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=4 February 1850 |issue=25052 }}

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|ship=Vigilant

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar between 13 and 15 January. She had been refloated by 27 January.

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|ship=Waldemar

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the North Sea before 22 January. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne.

}}

References

1850-01

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