List of shipwrecks in July 1851

The list of shipwrecks in July 1851 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during July 1851.

1 July

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|ship=John Peel

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the English Bank, in the River Plate. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to California, United States.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=12 September 1851 |page=7 |issue=20905 |column=A }}

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|ship=Mary Mitchell

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

|desc=The 354-ton whaling ship was stove in by ice and lost in the Bering Sea {{convert|30|nmi}} northwest of King Island.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-m/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (M)]

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2 July

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|ship=Hirondelle

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was in collision with another vessel and sank in the River Thames. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to London, United Kingdom. She was refloated and completed her journey.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=4 July 1851 |issue=1595 }}

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|ship=Maria

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked at Cape Terawhiti, New Zealand with the loss of 29 of the 31 people on board. She was on a voyage from Port Victoria to Wellington.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=14 November 1851 |issue=5091 }}{{Cite news |title=Australian and South American Mails |newspaper=The Newcastle Courant etc |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=14 November 1851 |issue=9232 }}{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=15 November 1851 |issue=24315 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Phenomene

|flag={{flag|Belgium}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked in the Hooghly River. She was on a voyage from Akyab, Burma to Calcutta, India.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=20 August 1851 |issue=24240 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Rhine

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

|desc=The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Hornsea, Yorkshire, where she subsequently became a wreck. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk to Bordeaux, Gironde, France.{{Cite news |title=Hornsea |newspaper=The Hull Packet and East Riding Times |location=Hull |date=11 July 1851 |issue=3471 }}

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|ship=St. Helen

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on a reef and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Gonaïves, Haiti to Saint Domingo and Queenstown, County Cork. She was refloated and taken in to Nassau, Bahamas in a leaky condition.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=21 July 1851 |issue=5058 }}

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3 July

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|ship=Defiance

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off South Stack, Anglesey with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Caernarfon to Holyhead, Anglesey.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=9 July 1851 |issue=8396 }}

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4 July

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|ship=Novelty

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked on Duke of Clarence Island with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Sydney, New South Wales to San Francisco, California, United States.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Shipping Intelligence |date=19 November 1851 |page=5 |issue=20963 |column=F }}

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|ship=Peruvian

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the San Jose Rocks, off Montevideo, Uruguay. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Lima, Peru.

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5 July

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|ship=Auguste

|flag={{flagc|France}}

|desc=The ship capsized at the mouth of the Gironde. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from an English port to Bordeaux, Gironde.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=9 July 1851 |issue=24205 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Olivier von Noord

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship ran aground at the mouth of the Yangtze. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Shanghai, China.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=20 September 1851 |issue=26448 }}

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|ship=Union

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

|desc=The steamship was wrecked at on St. Quinlan's Reef, in the Pacific Ocean. All on board were rescued by the steamship Northerner ({{flag|United States|1851}}). Union was on a voyage from San Francisco to Panama.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=America |date=1 September 1851 |page=5 |issue=20895 |column=A-B }}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=America |date=2 September 1851 |page=8 |issue=20896 |column=B }}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=23 September 1851 |page=8 |issue=20914 |column=F }}

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6 July

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|ship=Hudson

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on a reef off Gorgona, Grand Duchy of Tuscany. She was on a voyage from Panama City, Republic of Colombia to Gorgona.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=18 October 1851 |issue=1686 }}

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7 July

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|ship=Gallinipper

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

|desc=File:Schooner Gallinipper sonar image of wreck.PNG image of the wreck of Gallinipper, 12 June 2022.]]During a voyage from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to Bay de Noque, Michigan, to pick up a cargo of lumber and carrying a crew of seven and two passengers, the {{convert|95|ft|m|adj=on}} two-masted schooner capsized in Lake Michigan {{convert|8|to|10|nmi}} off the coast of Wisconsin between Manitowoc and Sheboygan during a rain squall. She righted herself, but then capsized again, and her crew and passengers abandoned ship and were rescued by the schooner Cleopatra ({{flag|United States|1851}}). Waterlogged, she became mostly submerged, but did not sink. The schooner Crook ({{flag|United States|1851}}) sighted her on 9 July and reported her to be nearly underwater, and the schooner Convoy ({{flag|United States|1851}}) later made an unsuccessful attempt to take her under tow {{convert|10|nmi}} from Manitowoc, but gave up and abandoned her {{convert|10|nmi}} southeast by east of Manitowoc. Her wreck was discovered in 1994 in {{convert|210|ft}} of water.[https://www.wisconsinshipwrecks.org/Vessel/Details/230?region=MidLakeMichigan Wisconsin Shipwrecks: GALLINIPPER (1832) Accessed 1 July 2021]

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|ship=Peru

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore and caught fire at Valparaíso, Chile.

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8 July

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|ship=Æneas

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

|desc=The ship ran aground in the Hooghly River. She was on a voyage from Mauritius to Calcutta, India.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=28 August 1851 |issue=24247 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Arab

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

|desc=The ship was damaged in a gale at Valparaíso, Chile.

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|ship=Caspar

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

|desc=The ship was damaged in a gale at Valparaíso.

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|ship=Donna Carmelita

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Valparaíso.

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|ship=Dove

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

|desc=The ship ran aground off Inch, Slate Islands. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Dundalk, County Louth. She was refloated and taken in to Oban, Argyllshire for repairs.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=4 August 1851 |issue=20107 }}

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|ship=England

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

|desc=The ship was severely damaged in a gale at Valparaíso.

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|ship=Katharine Shearer

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

|desc=The ship was damaged in a gale at Valparaíso.

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|ship=Larch

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore in a gale at Valparaíso.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=25 October 1851 |issue=24297 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Lively

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the south coast of Saint Croix, Virgin Islands. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Havana, Cuba.

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|ship=Novion

|flag={{flag|Chile}}

|desc=The brig was driven ashore and severely damaged at Valparaíso.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=25 September 1851 |issue=24271 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Prospece

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

|desc=The ship was damaged in a gale at Valparaíso.{

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|ship=Rival

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

|desc=The ship struck the Tartarnga Rock and was consequently beached at Pernambuco, Brazil, where she was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Ascension Island to Pernambuco.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=13 August 1851 |issue=8426 }}

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9 July

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|ship=Caroline Dodd

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

|desc=The ship ran aground whilst on a voyage from Totnes to Dartmouth, Devon. She was refloated.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=12 July 1851 |issue=24207 |page=8 }}

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10 July

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|ship=Aramata

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

|desc=The New London ship was lost on Brooke Bank near Big Diomede in the Bering Strait.Bockstoce, John. (1986, 1995). Whales, Ice, and Men: The History of Whaling in the Western Arctic. University of Washington Press, Seattle and London, p. 183. Her crew survived.{{Cite news |title=United States |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=1 November 1851 |issue=1698 }}

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|ship=Astolf

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Thyborøn, Denmark with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by Carte's rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom to Gothenburg.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=22 July 1851 |issue=1610 }}{{Cite news |title=Local and General News |newspaper=The Hull Packet and East Riding Times |location=Hull |date=1 August 1851 |issue=3474 }}

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|ship=Brilliante

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

|desc=The brig departed from Hong Kong for Canton, China.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=17 November 1851 |issue=1712 }} Subsequently captured by Mandarin pirates and sunk off "Linting". Her crew were murdered.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=24 November 1851 |issue=26504 }}

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11 July

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|ship=Edward

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at Barmouth, Merionethshire. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=15 July 1851 |issue=8401 }}

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|ship=Isabella Dick

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea {{convert|30|nmi|km}} off Agrigento, Sicily. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Licata, Sicily to Liverpool, Lancashire.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=26 July 1851 |issue=8411 }}

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|ship=Margaretha

|flag=22px Danzig

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near "Wangsaa", Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Danzig to London, United Kingdom. She had become a wreck by 18 July.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=19 July 1851 |issue=24213 }}{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=26 July 1851 |issue=24219 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Marthiena Oswey

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

|desc=The ship ran aground in the Magdalen Islands, Nova Scotia She was refloated.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=5 August 1851 |issue=1622 }}

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|ship=Science

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

|desc=The brig was wrecked on Castle Island, Bermuda. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Rio Hacha to Hamburg.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=America|date=22 September 1851 |page=5 |issue=20913 |column=A-C }}

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|ship=Zenobia

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Seal Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Cork. She was consequently condemned.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=19 August 1851 |page=7 |issue=20884 |column=F }}

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12 July

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|ship=Alert

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

|desc=The schooner departed from Amlwch, Anglesey for the River Tyne. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=The Newcastle Courant etc |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=12 September 1851 |issue=9223 }}

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|ship= Houqua

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked about two miles east of Cape Alevina in the northern Sea of Okhotsk during a fog. The entire crew and some of the cargo were saved by the ship Canton ({{flag|United States|1851}}) a few weeks later.Whalemen's Shipping List and Merchants' Transcript (Vol. IX, No. 44, Dec. 30, 1851, p. 174, New Bedford).{{cite book |last=Starbuck |first=Alexander |title=History of the American Whale Fishery from Its Earliest Inception to the year 1876 |year=1878 |publisher=Castle |isbn=1-55521-537-8 }}

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|ship=Irt

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

|desc=The ship struck the quayside and was beached at Whitehaven, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Antigua to Whitehaven.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=17 July 1851 |issue=24211 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Isabella

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea {{convert|50|nmi|km}} off Agrigento, Sicily. Her crew were rescued by Francis Yates ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=10 September 1851 |page=7 |issue=20903 |column=D-E }}

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|ship=London Packet

|flag={{flag|Bremen}}

|desc=The ship ran aground in the Gambia River at Cacheo, Gambia Colony and Protectorate. Her crew were rescued She was plundered and wrecked by the local inhabitants.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=27 September 1851 |page=8 |issue=20918 |column=F }}

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13 July

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|ship=Joseph Anderson

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

|desc=The brigantine struck the Culver Sands and foundered in the Bristol Channel off Steep Holm with the loss of five of her seven crew. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Plymouth, Devon.{{cite web |url=http://www.swanseadocks.co.uk/Gower%20wrecks%20Rons%20write-up%20site.pdf |title=A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks |first=Ron |last=Tovey |publisher=Swansea Docks |accessdate=17 December 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222065415/http://www.swanseadocks.co.uk/Gower%20wrecks%20Rons%20write-up%20site.pdf |archivedate=22 December 2014 }}{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=18 July 1851 |issue=24212 |page=8 }}{{Cite news |title=Wreck of a Devonport Vessel, and Loss of Life |newspaper=The Royal Cornwall Gazette, Falmouth Packet, and General Advertiser |location=Truro |date=18 July 1851 |issue=2508 |page=5 }}{{Cite news |title=From Our Correspondents |newspaper=The Bristol Mercury |location=Bristol |date=26 July 1851 |issue=3201 }}

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|ship=Lord Nelson

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

|desc=The sloop struck the pier and sank at Whitehaven, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Harrington, Cumberland.

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|ship=Prosperous

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

|desc=The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the North Sea off Cromer, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued by Matthew ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Prosperous was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Hull Packet and East Riding Times |location=Hull |date=18 July 1851 |issue=9215 }}

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|ship=Sarine

|flag={{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}

|desc=The barque ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from London to Hartlepool, County Durhm and the Baltic. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk in a leaky condition.

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|ship=Witch

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

|desc=The steamship was wrecked on the Tuskar Rock. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Cork.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=22 July 1851 |issue=24215 }}

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14 July

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|ship=Arabella

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

|desc=The New Bedford ship struck ice during a thick fog and sank in the Bering Strait. Her crew were rescued by the ship Washington ({{flag|United States|1851}}).Arabella, of New Bedford, July 14, 1851, Nicholson Whaling Collection.

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|ship=Fame

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar Point, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Poole, Dorset to King's Lynn, Norfolk. She was refloated on 16 July and taken in to King's Lynn.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=21 July 1851 |issue=24214 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Geertruida Lammegiena

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Harwich, Essex, United Kingdom to Hamburg.

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|ship=Industry

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Walney Island, Lancashire.

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|ship=Lady Mary Ann

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

|desc=The sloop sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea off Cromer, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued by Grasshopper ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Lady Mary Ann was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Lowestoft, Suffolk.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=17 July 1851 |issue=8403 }}

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15 July

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|ship=America 2nd

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

|desc=This New Bedford whaler, under Captain Seabury, started making water after striking a small cake of ice and sunk in the Anadir Sea (North Bering Sea). The captain and crew took to the boats and were picked up by the whaler Minerva Smyth and the barque Harvest (both {{flag|United States|1851}}). The wreck was sold at auction to Captain Childs of Minerva Smyth for $50.{{cite news |title=Arrival of the First Whaler|newspaper=The Polynesian |location=Honolulu |date=6 September 1851 | url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82015408/1851-09-06/ed-1/seq-2}}America 2nd, of New Bedford, July 14, 1851, Old Dartmouth Historical Society #417D.

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|ship=Esther Ann

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Hartwell Reef, off Boa Vista, Cape Verde Islands. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Trieste to Pernambuco, Brazil.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=12 August 1851 |issue=8425 }}

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|ship=Henry Thompson

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

|desc=The 315-ton whaling ship was lost in ice the Bering Strait near the Diomede Islands.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=America |date=1 November 1851 |page=6 |issue=20948 |column=E-F }}[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-h/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (H)] Her crew survived.{{Cite news |title=United States |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=1 November 1851 |issue=1698 }}

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16 July

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|ship=John and Mary

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

|desc=The sloop was driven ashore on the coast of Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from London to Sunderland, County Durham. She was refloated and taken in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire in a leaky condition.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=18 July 1851 |issue=26395 }}

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|ship=Union

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Capelle Plaat. She was on a voyage from an English port to Antwerp.

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17 July

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|ship=Janet

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

|desc=The brig spang a leak and sank in the North Sea off Holderness, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by the pilot boat № 9 ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Janet was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk to Seaham, County Durham.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=19 July 1851 |issue=8405 }}{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=The Newcastle Courant etc |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=25 July 1851 |issue=9216 }}

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|ship=Mary

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

|desc=The brig struck a rock and sank off Barbados with the loss of three of her six crew. The survivors took to a boat, but two of them died on 24 July. The remaining survivor was rescued on 30 July. Mary was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America to Barbados.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=15 September 1851 |issue=11826 }}

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19 July

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|ship=Demetrias

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar. She was refloated with assistance from {{HMS|Janus|1844|6}} ({{navy|UK}}).{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=6 August 1851 |issue=24228 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Sarah

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

|desc=The ship struck a sunken rock in the Pentland Firth and was damaged. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Hamburg. She put in to Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland in a leaky condition.

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20 July

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|ship=Caroline

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

|desc=The ship foundered off Longhope, Orkney Islands during a squall. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=23 July 1851 |issue=26399 }}

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|ship=Emilie

|flag=22px Rostock

|desc=The ship ran aground on a reef off Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Rostock to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=1 August 1851 |issue=24224 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Harriet Scott

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Appledore, Devon. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Appledore.

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|ship=Otilla

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Alligator Reef. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated on 23 July and taken in to Key West, Florida, United States.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=26 August 1851 |issue=2322 }}

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21 July

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|ship={{PS|Pacha|1843|2}}

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

|desc=The paddle steamer collided with {{PS|Erin|1846|2}} ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} and sank off Singapore with the loss of sixteen lives. Survivors were rescued by Erin. Pacha was on a voyage from Hong Kong to Calcutta, India.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Loss of the Pasha Steam Ship |date=19 September 1851 |page=2 |issue=20911 |column=E }}

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|ship=Prophete

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The full-rigged ship was wrecked on the Cardagos Shoal. Her 27 crew were rescued on 11 September by the full-rigged ship Isabella ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Prophete was on a voyage from Mauritius to Ceylon.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=17 November 1851 |issue=1712 }}{{Cite news |title=(untitled) |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=24 November 1851 |issue=5094 }}

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|ship=Rachel

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

|desc=The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at the mouth of the River Tay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from North Sunderland, County Durham to Dundee, Forfarshire.

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22 July

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|ship=Jane

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

|desc=The barque was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Governor Briggs ({{flag|United States|1851}}). Jane was on a voyage from New York, United States to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=19 August 1851 |issue=2320 }}

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|ship=Suwarrow

|flag=22px Stralsund

|desc=The brig was wrecked at Sulina, Ottoman Empire. Her seven crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Aberdour, Fife, United Kingdom to Galaţi, Ottoman Empire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=15 August 1851 |issue=1631 }}

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|ship=Woodman

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

|desc=The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Hammerfest, Norway.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=1 August 1851 |issue=5061 }}

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23 July

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|ship=Maria

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Karori with the loss of 29 lives. She was on a voyage from Port Victoria to Wellington.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=15 November 1851 |issue=26497 }}

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24 July

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|ship=Alston

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Scroby Sands, Norfolk and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=26 July 1851 |issue=26402 }}

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|ship=Jaeger

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

|desc=The ship caught fire and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Europa ({{flag|Netherlands}}) and Pylade ({{flag|Sweden|1844}}). Jaeger was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Calcutta, India.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=20 August 1851 |page=7 |issue=20885 |column=D }}{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=22 August 1851 |issue=11816 }}

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|ship=Maria

|flag=22px Stettin

|desc=The ship sprang a leak and sank in the Baltic Sea off Rügenwalde, Prussia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Memel, Prussia.

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|ship=Molly Bawn

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Coquimbo, Chile.

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25 July

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|ship=Emanuel

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Reval, Russia. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to Reval.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=4 August 1851 |issue=8418 }}

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|ship=Garonne

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The paquebot was wrecked in the Strait of Magellan. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to San Francisco, California, United States.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=11 October 1851 |issue=26467 }}

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|ship=General Rivera

|flag={{flag|Chile}}

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at Valparaíso.

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|ship={{ship||Maria|1836 ship|2}}

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

|desc=The 480-ton barque was wrecked near Cape Terawhiti, New Zealand, with the loss of 29 lives (all but two of those on board). She was on a voyage from Lyttelton, New Zealand to Wellington, New Zealand.Ingram, C. W. N., and Wheatley, P. O., (1936) Shipwrecks: New Zealand disasters 1795–1936. Dunedin, NZ: Dunedin Book Publishing Association. pp. 53–54.

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|ship=Nimrod

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in Table Bay. She was later refloated and taken in to Bombay, India.{{Cite news |title=Latest News |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=11 September 1851 |issue=20118 }}{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=12 September 1851 |issue=2327 }}

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|ship=Swift

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

|desc=The smack ran aground in the Sound of Skye off Scalpay, Outer Hebrides. She was consequently beached at Kyleakin, where she capsized and sank. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Anstruther, Fife.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=6 August 1851 |page=8 |issue=20873 |column=E }}{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=31 July 1851 |issue=8415 }}

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26 July

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|ship=Alliance

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Cape Romain, South Carolina, United States. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Charleston, South Carolina.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=12 August 1851 |page=7 |issue=20878 |column=F }} She was refloated on 28 July and towed in to Charleston in a leaky condition.

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|ship=Randolph

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

|desc=The East Indiaman was wrecked on a reef in the Indian Ocean with the loss of 22-32 lives. There were over 270 survivors. She was on a voyage from London to Mauritius and Calcutta, India.{{Cite news |title=Wreck of the Randolph East India Trader |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=24 September 1851 |issue=26451 }}

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27 July

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|ship=Hoppet

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

|desc=The ship ran aground near Portsmouth, Hampshire. She was refloated the next day.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=30 July 1851 |page=7 |issue=20867 |column=F }}

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28 July

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|ship=Ann Grant

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked in the Folly River, Nova Scotia, British North America.{{Cite news |title=Maritime Casualties |newspaper=Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper |location=London |date=7 September 1851 |issue=459 }}

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|ship=Clandia

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Saint Petersburg, Russia. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.{{Cite news |title=Bristol Ship News |newspaper=The Bristol Mercury |location=Bristol |date=16 August 1851 |issue=3204 }}

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|ship=Elizabeth Brown

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked on the Bunnes Reef, in the Torres Strait. Her crew survived.{{Cite news |title=The Overland Mail |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=31 October 1851 |issue=26484 }}

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|ship=Enterprise

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Ragged Islands, Newfoundland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Shelburne, Nova Scotia to New York, United States.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=29 August 1851 |page=7 |issue=20893 |column=E }}

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|ship=Marion

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Troubridge Shoals. All on board, more than 350 people, were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=28 November 1851 |issue=2349 }} She was on a voyage from London to Adelaide, South Australia.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=28 November 1851 |issue=26508 }}

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29 July

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|ship=Choice

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

|desc=The ship sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean. She was abandoned on 5 August. Four of her thirteen crew reached Cayenne, French Guiana in the jollyboat. The other nine crew took to the longboat.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=25 September 1851 |issue=26452 }} They were rescued on 17 August by {{ship|French corvette|Tartare|1836|2}} ({{navy|France}}).{{Cite news |title=The West India Mails |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=26 September 1851 |issue=5077 }}

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|ship=London

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

|desc=The ship was run into and sank in Robin Hoods Bay by Midas ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Her crew survived.{{Cite news |title=Whitby |newspaper=The Hull Packet and East Riding Times |location=Hull |date=2 August 1851 |issue=4112 |page=6 }}

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|ship=Marion

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Troubridge Shoals. She was on a voyage from London to Adelaide, South Australia.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=28 November 1851 |page=7 |issue=20971 |column=F }}

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30 July

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|ship=Fanny

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Table Bay.

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|ship=Gottland

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

|desc=The steamship caught fire at Kalmar and was scuttled.. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to Ystad. Gottland was later refloated and taken in to Stockholm for repairs.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=13 August 1851 |issue=26416 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=15 August 1851 |issue=26418 }}

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|ship=Michael

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

|desc=The brig ran aground on the English Bank, in the River Plate. She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Montevideo, Uruguay. She was refloated.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=11 September 1851 |issue=26440 }}

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|ship=Washington

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at Sandy Point, Maine. She was on a voyage from Bremen to New York. She was refloated the next day and taken in to New York.

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31 July

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|ship=Arthur

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship ran agronnd on the Bec d'Ambés, Gironde and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Guadeloupe to Bordeaux, Gironde.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=5 August 1851 |issue=8419 }}

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|ship=Jane

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

|desc=The ship struck the Platters, off the coast of Anglesey and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=John Hawkes

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was discovered the next day by British Empire. Temporary repairs were made and five crew were put aboard with the intention of taking her to an English port.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=18 August 1851 |issue=26420 }} She arrived at Liverpool, Lancashire on 20 August.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=21 August 1851 |issue=26422 }}

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|ship=America Vespuzzi

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Tenedos, Ottoman Empire before 11 July. She was on a voyage from the Danube to a British port. She was refloated.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=30 July 1851 |issue=26405 }}

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|ship=Astrea

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The galiot struck a sunken rock and sank off Brest, Finistère, France. She was on a voyage from "Port Lanney" to London, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=21 July 1851 |issue=1609 }}

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|ship=Cheviot

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in the Dardanelles before 11 July. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.

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|ship=Cosmopolite

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The Havre whaleship went ashore in the Bering Strait. On July 15 one of her boats found the ship China ({{flag|United States|1851}}), of New Bedford, which rescued her 40-man crew. After saving 700 barrels of her cargo of whale and sperm oil, the wreck was set afire.Whalemen's Shipping List and Merchants' Transcript, November 25, 1851, Vol. IX, No. 39, p. 154.

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|ship=Isabella

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

|desc=The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|60|nmi|km}} west of Vigo, Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Seville, Spain.{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=The Newcastle Courant etc |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=11 July 1851 |issue=9214 }}

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|ship=May 20

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

|desc=The brig foundered in the Atlantic Ocean before 5 July.

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|ship=Pekin

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

|desc=The ship ran aground in the Columbia River at Fort Vancouver, Columbia District and was abandoned by her crew.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=23 September 1851 |issue=1664 }}

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|ship=Petite Marie

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of Mexico before 10 July. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Tampico, Mexico.

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|ship=Victoria

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on a reef off Port Refuge, in the Cocos Islands. She was on a voyage from Batavia, Netherlands East Indies to Port Phillip, South Australia. She was refloated, resuming her voyage on 28 July.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=9 February 1852 |issue=24388 |page=8 }}

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