List of shipwrecks in March 1850

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

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1 March

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|ship=Britain

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked near Musquash, New Brunswick, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick to Trinidad.

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|ship=Esther

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

|desc=The sloop was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dunkirk, Nord, France to Rochester, Kent.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=4 March 1850 |issue=19668 }}

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|ship=Miranda

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

|desc=The ship departed from São Miguel Island, Azores for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=6 May 1850 |issue=23838 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Norfolk

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground on the Hinder Bank, in the North Sea off the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from Goole, Yorkshire to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=5 March 1850 |issue=25077 }}

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2 March

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|ship=Dart

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

|desc=The ship spang a leak and foundered in the North Sea off Sunderland, County Durham. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Whitby, Yorkshire to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=6 March 1850 |issue=23787 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Edward Marie

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

|desc=The ship departed from Liverpool, Lancashire for Batavia, Netherlands East Indies. Presumed subsequently foundered. Wreckage from the ship was discovered off Bray, County Wicklow on 4 April.

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|ship=Exquisite

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

|desc=The ship sank off Skagen, Denmark. Her crew were rescued by Egness ({{flag|Denmark}}). Exquisite was on a voyage from Sunderland to Helsingør, Denmark.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=12 March 1850 |issue=1184 }}

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|ship=Lincoln

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

|desc=The brig was struck by lightning in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|3|20|N|24|30|W}}) and was set afire. She was abandoned on 5 March. Her crew were rescued by the full-rigged ship Maria Christina ({{flag|Denmark}}). Lincoln was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to San Francisco, California.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=12 April 1850 |issue=4925 }}

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|ship=Mary Ann

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Whitton Sand and capsized with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Goole, Yorkshire to Ipswich, Suffolk.

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|ship=Melville

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

|desc=The sloop ran aground on the Gore Patch Sand. She was on a voyage from London to Hastings, Sussex. She was refloated and taken in to Margate, Kent in a sinking condition.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=4 March 1850 |issue=25076 }}

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|ship=Native

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

|desc=The brig was wrecked off Spiekeroog, Kingdom of Hanover. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham to Hamburg.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Hull Packet and East Riding Times |location=Hull |date=22 March 1850 |issue=3403 }}

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|ship=Queen of Scotland

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

|desc=The full-rigged ship ran aground on the Holme Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. She was refloated and towed in to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.

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|ship=Wave

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked near Newcastle. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=6 July 1850 |issue=23891 |page=8 }}

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3 March

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|ship=Ann

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

|desc=The schooner struck a sunken object and sank in the River Tyne at Stanhope Drops, County Durham.

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|ship=Brilliant

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore by ice at Galaţi, Ottoman Empire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=21 March 1850 |issue=25092 }}

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|ship=British Merchant

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

|desc=The full-rigged ship ran aground at South Shields, County Durham. She was refloated.

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|ship=Cadiz Packet

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore by ice at Galaţi.

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|ship=Despatch

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

|desc=The sloop ran aground on the Covesea Rocks, off the coast of Moray. She was on a voyage from Inverness to Lossiemouth, Moray. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=8 March 1850 |issue=23789 }}

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|ship=Diana

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked off the mouth of the River Spey. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to Dublin.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=7 March 1850 |issue=25079 }}

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|ship=Princess Royal

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Porthcawl, Glamorgan. She was refloated on 10 March.

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|ship=Susannah

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore by ice at Galaţi.

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4 March

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|ship=Aimable Eulalie

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

|desc=The steamship struck a rock {{convert|5|nmi|km}} off "Porthcall", capsized and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Honfleur, Calvados to Saint-Pierre-d'Oleron.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=7 March 1850 |page=8 |issue=20430 |column=E }}

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|ship=Barbara Ann

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Warkworth, Northumberland.

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|ship=Briton

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Lindisfarne, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Dundee, Forfarshire.

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|ship=Chance

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Mundesley, Norfolk.

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|ship=Dart

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

|desc=The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea off Sunderland, County Durham. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Whitby, Yorkshire to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.

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|ship=Francis

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Tralee, County Kerry.

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|ship=Royalist

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

|desc=The ship ran aground in the Isles of Scilly. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Southampton, Hampshire. She was refloated and taken in to harbour.

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|ship=Sea Lark

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Tralee.

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|ship=Two Friends

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore {{convert|5|nmi|km}} south of Bridlington, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from London to South Shields, County Durham. She was refloated and taken in to Bridlington.

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5 March

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|ship=Albion

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Lønstrup, Denmark with the loss of four of her crew. She was on a voyage from Pernambuco, Brazil to Gothenburg.

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|ship=Dwina

|flag=22px Rostock

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the Trindelen Rock and was abandoned by her crew, who were rescued by Gazelle ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Dwina was subsequently driven ashore at Särö, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Rostock.

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|ship=Electra

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on reefs in Grand Lerera Bay, Granada.

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|ship=Erin

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Teignmouth, Devon. She was refloated the next day and proceeded on her voyage.

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|ship=Gesina Jantina

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Busum, Duchy of Schleswig and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Hamburg.

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|ship=Isabella

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned off Margate, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Harwich, Essex to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was subsequently taken in to Margate in a waterlogged condition.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=8 March 1850 |issue=2174 }}

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|ship=Justus Frederick

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at the Point of Tortora, Spain and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Barcelona, Spain.

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|ship=Trident

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

|desc=The steamship was damaged by fire at London.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=6 March 1850 |page=8 |issue=20429 |column=C }}

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6 March

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|ship=Aln

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked {{convert|2|nmi|km}} west of Skagen, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Stettin.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=15 March 1850 |issue=1187 }}

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|ship=Chaffey

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on reefs in Whitehall Bay, Nevis. She was on a voyage from Saint Andrew, New Brunswick to Barbados and Saint Martin. She was consequently condemned.

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|ship=Fanny

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the Whitby Rock. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

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|ship=Jenny

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the Whitby Rock. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

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|ship=Maria

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The brig was driven ashore {{convert|2|nmi|km}} west of Dénia, Spain. Her crew survived

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|ship=Rose

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

|desc=The whaler ran aground at Grimsby, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Grimsby to Greenland. She was refloated on 10 March and resumed her voyage.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Hull Packet and East Riding Times |location=Hull |date=15 March 1850 |issue=3402 }}

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7 March

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|ship=Nimrod

|flag=22px Duchy of Holstein

|desc=The ship ran aground in the Elbe and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Ütersen, Duchy of Schleswig to Hull. She was refloated and taken in to Glückstadt, Duchy of Schleswig in a leaky condition.

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|ship=Waterwitch

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground on the Ware Rocks, on the north Devon coast and was severely damaged.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=11 March 1850 |page=7 |issue=20433 |column=F }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=9 March 1850 |issue=25081 |edition=Evening }}

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8 March

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|ship=Black Eyed Susan

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

|desc=The lugger was in collision with the barque Jane E. Williams ({{flag|United States|1850}}) and was severely damaged with the loss of a crew member. She put in to Plymouth, Devon.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=14 March 1850 |issue=19971 }}

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|ship=Tay

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

|desc=The schooner was in collision with {{RMS|Eagle|1846|2}} ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank at Demerara, British Guiana with the loss of three or four lives.{{Cite news |title=The West India Mail |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=22 April 1850 |issue=26019 }}

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|ship=Trois Frères

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked near Le Tréport, Seine-Inférieure. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to London, United Kingdom.

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9 March

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|ship=Amity

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on an island off the coast of Ayrshire. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Dublin. She was refloated on 16 March and taken in to Ayr.

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|ship=George

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

|desc=The sloop was wrecked on the west coast of Sutherland with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=26 March 1850 |issue=23804 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Hermann

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked on Læsø, Denmark. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=Lawrence O{{'}}Connor Doyle

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

|desc=The schooner struck a sunken rock and capsized {{convert|6|nmi|km}} off the Isle of Lewis. Outer Hebrides with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Apenrade, Denmark.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=20 March 1850 |issue=4332 }}{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=22 March 1850 |issue=4919 }} The wreck was towed in to a creek near the Isle of Glass Lighthouse on 19 March.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=23 March 1850 |issue=7991 }}

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|ship=Louise

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The schooner was holed by ice off Bolderāja, Russia and was abandoned by her crew.

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|ship=Naomi Frances

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Varberg, Sweden. her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to a Baltic port.

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|ship=Occidente

|flag=File:Flag of the Papal States (1808-1870).svg Papal States

|desc=The ship departed from Gibraltar for London, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=28 May 1850 |issue=1249 }}

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|ship=Rosanna

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

|desc=The brig was wrecked on the Manacles. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Alexandria, Egypt.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=12 March 1850 |page=7 |issue=20434 |column=F }}

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|ship=Vertumno

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore on Scharhörn. She was on a voyage from Messina, Sicily to Hamburg. She was refloated with assistance from the steamship Elbe ({{flag|Hamburg|admiralty}}) and taken in to Cuxhaven.

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|ship=Victoria

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

|desc=The brig ran aground on the English Bank, in the River Plate and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Patagonia, Argentina to Montevideo, Uruguay.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=30 May 1850 |page=8 |issue=20502 |column=E }}

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10 March

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|ship=Harvest

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

|desc=The ship was twice driven ashore in Widewall Bay, Orkney Islands. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to St. Andrews, Fife. She was refloated but drove ashore on Gromsay on 12 March. She was refloated on 16 March and put in to Stromness, Orkney Islands in a leaky condition.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=19 March 1850 |issue=1190 }}

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|ship=Josephine

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

|desc=The ship ran aground and was wrecked at Tampico, Mexico.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=22 May 1850 |issue=8042 }}

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|ship=Rosina

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked near Læsø, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure.

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11 March

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|ship=Afra

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Curaçao. She was on a voyage from La Guaira, Venezuela to Curaçao and Amsterdam, North Holland.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=23 April 1850 |issue=26026 }}

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|ship=Anna

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

|desc=The ship capsized off Cape Bona, Algeria. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cartagena to "St. Paula", Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany, Genoa, Kingdom of Sardinia and Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Glasgow Herale |location=Glasgow |date=29 March 1850 |issue=4921 }}

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|ship=Betsey

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

|desc=The ship ran aground and sank on the Nash Sands, in the Bristol Channel with the loss of all hands.

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|ship=Elizabeth

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

|desc=The smack ran aground on the Nash Sand. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Gloucester. She was refloated on 14 March and assisted in to Swansea for repairs.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=18 March 1850 |issue=25089 }}

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|ship=Maria

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

|desc=The ship ran aground off Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Montrose, Forfarshire to Memel, Prussia. She was refloated and put in to Helsingør, Denmark in a leaky condition.

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|ship=Seagull

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the coast of Cambodia. She was on a voyage from Singapore to "Kongpoot".{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=20 July 1850 |page=8 |issue=20546 |column=F }}

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12 March

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|ship=Ajax

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Anjeer, Netherlands East Indies. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Manila, Spanish East Indies to London.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=21 May 1850 |page=7 |issue=20494 |column=D }}

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|ship=Burton

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

|desc=The ship was holed by her anchor whilst on a voyage from Stettin to an English port. She consequently put in to Swinemünde, Prussia in a leaky condition.

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|ship=Harlequin

|flag={{flag|Belgium}}

|desc=The ship ran aground off Point de Pierre, Haita. She was on a voyage from Gonaïves, Haiti to Antwerp. She was refloated on 19 March and resumed her voyage.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=4 May 1850 |page=3 |issue=20480 |column=F }}

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|ship=Isabella

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on a reef off Wangeroog, Kingdom of Hanover. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Hamburg.

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|ship=Mary Stuart

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

|desc=The ship ran aground near the "Rock of Tulchs", Ottoman Empire. She was refloated on 14 March and resumed her voyage.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=14 April 1850 |issue=1208 }}

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|ship=Waters

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Woolsteners, in the Solent. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Langstone, Hampshire.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=13 March 1850 |issue=7982 |page=1 }}{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=14 March 1850 |issue=23794 |page=8 }} She was refloated on 14 March and taken in to Langstone.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=15 March 1850 |page=8 |issue=20437 |column=E }}

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13 March

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|ship=Covenant

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at "Princetown". She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to New York, United States.

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|ship=Humber

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Husby Klit, Denmark with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=The Newcastle Courant etc |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=5 April 1850 |issue=9148 }}

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|ship=Jane

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked on Marshall's Island, off Isle au Haut, Maine, United States with the loss of four lives. She was on a voyage from Weymouth, Nova Scotia, British North America to Boston, Massachusetts, United States.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=13 May 1850 |issue=1237 }}

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|ship=John Botcherley

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

|desc=The ship ran aground in the River Wear. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

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14 March

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|ship=Anna Elizabeth

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Dungeness, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to the Clyde and Surinam. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

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|ship=Argo

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Fire Island, New York. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France to New York City.

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|ship=Edward

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

|desc=The sloop ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. Her crew were rescued by a coble. She was on a voyage from Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire to South Shields, Count Durham.

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|ship=Halcyon

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore at Point Lessiur, near Gonaïves, Haiti.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=17 April 1850 |issue=1215 }}

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|ship=James W. Andrews

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Nantucket Shoal, off the coast of Massachusetts. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Boston, Massachusetts. She was refloated and completed her voyage.

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|ship=John and Henry

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Charlestown, Cornwall.{{Cite news |title=Norfolk Circuit - Ipswich, August 3. |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=3 August 1852 |issue=1935 }}

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|ship=Thomas

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Sunderland, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Colchester, Essex. She was refloated and resumed her voyage, but consequently put in to Hartlepool, County Durham in a leaky condition.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=16 March 1850 |page=6 |issue=20438 |column=F }}

}}

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15 March

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|ship=Cleddy

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

|desc=The sloop was abandoned off the Tuskar Rock. She was towed in to Watchet, Somerset on 16 March by a Bristol pilot boat.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=19 March 1850 |issue=23798 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Edward

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

|desc=The sloop ran aground and was wrecked at South Shields, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland to South Shields.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=16 March 1850 |issue=7985 }}

}}

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|ship=Esther Ann

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Olinda Reef, off the coast of Brazil. She was on a voyage from Maranhão, Brazil to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and put back to Maranhão.

}}

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|ship=Morning Star

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Arnold's Point, near Little Harbour, Nova Scotia, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Wilmington, Delaware, United States. She had become a wreck by 3 April.

}}

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|ship=Trio

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

|desc=The smack was in collision with Fame ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank in the Bristol Channel off Ilfracombe, Devon. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=22 March 1850 |issue=23801 |page=8 }}

}}

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16 March

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|ship=Branch

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore near Glettkau. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Kirkcaldy, Fife to Danzig.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=23 March 1850 }} She was consequently condemned.

}}

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|ship=British King

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Shoe Bank, in the North Sea off the coast of Forfarshire. She was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to Brazil. She was refloated and put back to Dundee.

}}

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|ship=Lord Douglas

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Poole, Dorset and was damaged. She was refloated and put back to Poole in a leaky condition.

}}

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|ship=Lycurgue

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The steamship ran aground at Nagara Point, in the Dardanelles. She was refloated with assistance from {{ship|Ottoman frigate|Mecidiye|1846|2}} ({{navy|Ottoman Empire|1844}}).{{Cite news |title=Turkey |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=11 April 1850 |issue=26010 }}

}}

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|ship=Naiad

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at St. Ann's Head, Pembrokeshrie. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. She was refloated and taken in to Milford Haven.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=19 March 1850 |page=7 |issue=20440 |column=F }}

}}

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|ship=Union

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

|desc=The ship was in collision with Fides ({{flag|France}}) and was abandoned in the English Channel {{convert|22|nmi|km}} off Barfleur, Manche, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jersey to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany.

}}

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|ship=William and Jane

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Denmark. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Stettin. She was refloated and taken in to Helsingør, Denmark in a leaky condition.

}}

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17 March

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|ship=Belhaven

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore and wrecked on Bali, Netherlands East Indies.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=15 June 1850 |issue=1266 }}

}}

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|ship=Charlotta Lætitia

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked on Mayaguana, Bahamas. She was on a voyage from Cap-Haïtien, Haiti to Hamburg.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=15 May 1850 |issue=23846 |page=7 }}{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=17 May 1850 |issue=4935 }}

}}

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|ship=Johan Range

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship was discovered derelict in the Dogger Bank. She was towed in to the Helvoet Canal.

}}

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|ship=Neptunus

|flag={{flag|Norway|1855}}

|desc=The barque foundered in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|80|nmi|km}} off Cape St. Vincent, Portugal. Her twelve crew were rescued by the brig James and Elizabeth ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Neptunus was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Barcelona, Spain.

}}

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|ship=Rose

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the Kinderbalje. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Jersey and Dublin. She was refloated and assisted in to Cuxhaven.

}}

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18 March

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|ship=Dandie Dinmont

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore on Bornholm, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Memel, Prussia.

}}

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|ship=Esperance

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Small Rabbit, in the Channel Islands with some loss of life. There were fourteen survivors. She was on a voyage from Guernsey to Alderney, Channel Islands.

}}

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|ship=James

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

|desc=The ship ran aground and was wrecked north of Bornholm. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Pillau, Prussia. She was later refloated and taken in to Rønne, where she was repaired.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=2 September 1850 |issue=26131 }}

}}

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|ship=Neptune

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Mediterranean Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Barcelona, Spain.

}}

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|ship=Pilot

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Inner Gabbard Sand. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. She put in to Portsmouth, Hampshire in a leaky condition.

}}

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|ship=Urania

|flag=22px Stettin

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Trindel Grounds, in the Baltic Sea. She floated off the next day but consequently sank. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Stettin.

}}

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19 March

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|ship=Eagle

|flag={{flagcountry|United States}}

|desc=The schooner was wrecked on a reef near Cape Colville in New Zealand's Hauraki Gulf. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Auckland to San Francisco, Alta California.Ingram, C. W. N., and Wheatley, P. O., (1936) Shipwrecks: New Zealand disasters 1795–1936. Dunedin, NZ: Dunedin Book Publishing Association. pp. 50–51.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=20 July 1850 |issue=8093 }}

}}

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|ship=Exporter

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

|desc=The ship was in collision with Moselle ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and was then wrecked at Cantay Head, Caithness. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Saint John, New Brunswick.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=21 March 1850 |page=7 |issue=20442 |column=F }}{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=20 March 1850 |issue=7988 }}

}}

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|ship=Harmonie

|flag={{flag|Bremen}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Corton Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Bremen to London, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Lowestoft, Suffolk.

}}

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|ship=James

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

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Hvideodde Reef, in the Baltic Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Pillau, Prussia.

}}

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|ship=James and Ann

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Ogmore River.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=21 March 1850 |issue=23800 |page=7 }}

}}

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|ship=Mary Ann

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Whitby Rock. She was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham to London. She was refloated and taken in to Whitby, Yorkshire in a leaky condition.

}}

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|ship=Musica

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked near Cape Bon, Beylik of Tunis. She was on a voyage from London to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=16 April 1850 |issue=1214 }}

}}

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|ship=Renard

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the Whitby Rock. She was refloated with the assistance of a coble and a steamboat and taken in to Whitby.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Newcastle Courant etc |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=22 March 1850 |issue=9146 }}

}}

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20 March

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|ship=Cenna

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany to Barcelona, Spain. She was refloated on 23 March and taken in to Gibraltar in a leaky condition.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Clarence

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Castle Gordon Reef, off Port Maria, Jamaica. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=West India and Mexican Mails |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=22 April 1850 |issue=1219 }} She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Era, or Eva

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the North Sea {{convert|14|nmi|km}} off the Tynemouth Lighthouse. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=23 March 1850 |page=7 |issue=20444 |column=F }}{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=22 March 1850 |issue=7990 }}

}}

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|ship=Grand Duquesne

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The full-rigged ship was wrecked in Cádiz Bay, Cuba. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Matanzas, Cuba to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=29 April 1850 |issue=26025 }}

}}

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|ship=Grand Mère

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Sunk Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. She was refloated but consequently sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom to L'Orient, Morbihan. Also reported as 1 March.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=21 March 1850 |issue=7989 }}

}}

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|ship=Janet Muir

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Stone Key, off the coast of Cuba. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Havana, Cuba.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=23 April 1850 |page=8 |issue=20470 |column=E }}

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|ship=Lillias

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the High Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland to Hull, Yorkshire. She was refloated on 29 March and taken in to Hull.

}}

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|ship=Manuela

|flag={{flag|Chile}}

|desc=The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Strait of Magellan. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Arica to Cork, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=28 June 1850 |issue=4947 }}

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|ship=Sir James Kent

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked 8 leagues east of St. Jago de Cuba, Cuba. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from the Rio de la Hacha to Saint Petersburg, Russia.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=4 May 1850 |issue=1230 }}

}}

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|ship=Sophie Elizabeth

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Cuxhaven. She was on a voyage from La Guaira, Venezuela to Hamburg. She was refloated the next day and towed in to Altona.

}}

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21 March

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|ship=Amphitrite

|flag={{flag|Bremen}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Wittsand. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Hamburg.

}}

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|ship=Bella Rosa

|flag={{flag|Malta|1814}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Bône, Algeria.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Christian and Johannes

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

|desc=The ship departed from Leer for London, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=15 May 1850 |page=7 |issue=20489 |column=F }}

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|ship=Isabella

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

|desc=The brig was wrecked on Baltrum, Kingdom of Hanover. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stockton on Tees, County Durham to Hamburg.

}}

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|ship=Liberty

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

|desc=The ship ran aground off Scharhörn and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham to Hamburg.

}}

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|ship=Neb

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

|desc=The smack struck a sunken rock in the Sound of Mull and sank. She was on a voyage from Montrose, Forfarshire to Liverpool, Lancashire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=1 April 1850 |issue=19976 }}

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|ship=Romulus

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

|desc=The ship ran aground off Scharhörn and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham to Hamburg.

}}

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22 March

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|ship=Coaster

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

|desc=The ship was in collision with Maxwell ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and was abandoned off the Farne Islands, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued by Maxwell. Coaster was on a voyage from Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She sank on 25 March.

}}

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|ship=Tite

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Veracruz, Mexico.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=14 May 1850 |issue=26038 }}

}}

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23 March

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|ship=Ancholm

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

|desc=The sloop was driven ashore at Hemsby, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Boston, Lincolnshire to Maldon, Essex. She floated off and was taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk in a derelict condition.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Annette

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

|desc=The brig foundered off North Ronaldsay, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Maruim, Brazil to Copenhagen, Denmark.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=16 April 1850 |issue=26014 }}

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|ship=Dasher

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

|desc=The ship ran aground and was wrecked off Bideford, Devon with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Hayle, Cornwall to Llanelly, Glamorgan.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Jupiter

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

|desc=The ship was in collision with a schooner and was beached in the River Thames downstream of Gravesend, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated and towed back to London.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Mina

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

|desc=The flat sank in the River Mersey. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=26 March 1850 |issue=2179 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Nell

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

|desc=The smack was driven ashore on the Goodwick Sands, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire. She was refloated on 28 March.

}}

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|ship=Return

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked at Mariel, Cuba. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Mariel.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=23 April 1850 |issue=2187 }}

}}

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|ship=Volant

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Saint Andrews, Fife to Liverpool. She was refloated and taken in to Liverpool.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=28 March 1850 |issue=19975 }}

}}

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24 March

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|ship=Abraham

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Saltfleet, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Wisbech, Cambridgeshire to Goole, Yorkshire.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Bellona

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Longscar Rocks, on the coast of County Durham. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire to Stettin.

}}

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|ship=Friends

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

|desc=The ship 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. She was refloated and put in to Harwich, Essex in a leaky condition.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Highlandman

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Port Gordon, Moray.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Margaretta

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

|desc=The ship was beached on the Goodwick Sands, Pembrokeshire.

}}

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|ship=Tigress

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

|desc=The brig foundered in the Swin, off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued by Henry and Mary ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).{{cite book |title=The Salvagers |first=Hervey |last=Benham |author-link=Hervey Benham |page=182 |publisher=Essex County Newspapers Ltd |location=Colchester |year=1980 |isbn=00-950944-2-3}}{{Cite news |title=Harwich |newspaper=Essex Standard |location=London |date=29 March 1850 |issue=1006 }}

}}

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25 March

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|ship=Howard

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and broke her back at Southport, Lancashire with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by the Southport Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Mobile, Alabama, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=25 March 1850 |issue=7992 }}

}}

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|ship=Imperial

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Krusker Reef and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Port Gordon, Inverness-shire to Liverpool.

}}

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26 March

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|ship={{ship||Caroline|1825 ship|2}}

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} South Australia

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Honolulu, Sandwich Islands with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from South Australia to a port in Alta California.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=25 June 1850 |issue=23881 |page=8 }}

}}

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|ship=Janet

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

|desc=The ship sprang a leak in the Irish Sea. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Girvan, Ayrshire. She was towed in to Loch Ryan in a waterlogged condition by {{SS|Ayrshire Lass|1848|2}}.

}}

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27 March

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|ship=Madura

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Indian Ocean. All 35 people on board were rescued by Blanch ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and Columbus ({{flag|United States|1851}}). Madura was on a voyage from Batavia, Netherlands East Indies to Rotterdam, South Holland.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=4 July 1850 |page=7 |issue=20532 |column=C }}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=17 July 1850 |page=7 |issue=20543 |column=C }}

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|ship=Phoenix

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

|desc=The steamship was wrecked whilst on a voyage from Grafton to Sydney.{{Cite news |title=Town and Country Talk |newspaper=The Examiner |location=London |date=3 August 1850 |issue=2218 }}

}}

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28 March

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|ship=Robert and James

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

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Barber Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=1 April 1850 |issue=23809 }}

}}

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29 March

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|ship=Alert

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Beaumaris, Anglesey. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Liverpool, Lancashire.

}}

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|ship=Alice and Ann

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

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

}}

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|ship=Anne

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

|desc=The ship collided with a lighter and sank at Dublin. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Liverpool. She was refloated on 1 April.

}}

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|ship=Anne and Mary

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

|desc=The sloop was driven ashore at Beaumaris. She was refloated on 11 April.

}}

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|ship=Barbara

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

|desc=The sloop was driven ashore and damaged at Beaumaris.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=1 April 1850 |issue=7998 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Betsy

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and sank at Clee Ness, Lincolnshire. she was refloated and taken in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Betty and Peggy

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

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

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Brothers

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

|desc=The smack was driven ashore and damaged near Penmon, Anglesey with the loss of three lives. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Caernarfon.{{Cite news |title=Effect of the Storm at Beaumaris |newspaper=The North Wales Chronicle |location=Bangor |date=2 April 1850 |issue=1193 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Burrell

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore near Ardglass, County Down. She was refloated on 3 April.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=6 April 1850 |issue=1206 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Cato

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in Ballytrent Bay. She was on a voyage from Dunkirk, Nord to Liverpool.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Coromandel

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Beaumaris. She was on a voyage from Freetown, Sierra Leone to Liverpool.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Don Quixote

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

|desc=The ship struck a sunken rock off St. David's Head, Pembrokeshire and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France to Liverpool. She put in to Holyhead, Anglesey in a leaky condition.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=30 March 1850 |issue=7997 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Edouard Marie

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship departed from Liverpool for Batavia, Netherlands East Indies. She subsequently foundered in the Irish Sea.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=9 April 1850 |page=8 |issue=20458 |column=E }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Emmet

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Beaumaris. She was on a voyage from Irwin to Hartlepool, County Durham. She was refloated on 3 April.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Enterprise

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Beaumaris. She was refloated on 11 April.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Finish

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked on the Collie Rock, off the coast of Aberdeenshire. Her three crew were rescued by the Macduff pilot boat.{{Cite news |title=The Weather - The Hurricane of Saturday |newspaper=The Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=3 April 1850 |issue=5334 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=George and Mary

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Cantick Head, Orkney Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Liverpool, Lancashire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=18 April 1850 |issue=19981 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=19 April 1850 |issue=2186 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Guest

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Beaumaris. She was on a voyage from North Carolina, United States to Liverpool.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=John

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Beaumaris. She was on a voyage from North Carolina, United States to Liverpool.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=John and Mary

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked at Charlestown, Cornwall.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=3 April 1850 |page=8 |issue=20453 |column=F }}{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=2 April 1850 |issue=23810 |page=8 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=John and William

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Beaumaris. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport to Liverpool.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Mars

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

|desc=The schooner sank off Dunaff Head, County Londonderry. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ballycastle, County Antrim to Londonderry.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Mary

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Beaumaris. Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Chester, Cheshire to Caernarfon.{{Cite news |title=The Recent Storm - Numerous Shipwrecks |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=4 April 1850 |issue=1204 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Mary

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Queenstown, County Cork. She was on a voyage from Queenstown to Llanelly, Glamorgan. She was refloated on 31 March.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=3 April 1850 |issue=8000 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Mercury

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Beaumaris. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Liverpool. She was refloated on 11 April.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=12 April 1850 |issue=8008 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Naiad

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

|desc=The yacht was driven ashore and damaged at Beaumaris.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Nancy

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and damaged on the coast of County Kerry. She was refloated on 31 March.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Otto

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in Ballytrett Bay, County Wexford. She was on a voyage from Dunkirk to Liverpool.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=5 April 1850 |issue=4923 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Peggy

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore near Cloghy, County Down with some loss of life. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Aberdeen.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Robert and Mary

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Beaumaris. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Liverpool.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=1 April 1850 |page=7 |issue=20451 |column=E }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ruby

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

|desc=The smack was driven ashore and wrecked on Sandycove Island, County Cork with the loss of all hands.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Sally

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Lossiemouth, Inverness-shire.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Signette

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

|desc=The brig was sunk by ice in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all on board. She was on a voyage from Alloa, Clackmannanshire to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Shipwrecks in the Ice |date=17 June 1850 |page=8 |issue=20517 |column=C }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=St. Jean

|flag={{flag|France}}

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

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Vestal

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Brigantine Shoals. She was on a voyage from Porto, Portugal to New York. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=30 April 1850 |issue=8023 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Victoria

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Beaumaris. She was refloated on 3 April.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=William

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

|desc=The flat was driven ashore and damaged at Beaumaris.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Wilton

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Beaumaris. She was refloated on 3 April and sailed for Liverpool.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

30 March

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Alexandrina

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Hartlepool, County Durham.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Amity

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

|desc=The collier was driven ashore on the coast of County Durham.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Amsterdam

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

|desc=The ship departed from Aarhus, Denmark for Portrush, County Antrim. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=24 June 1850 |issue=20000 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ann

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

|desc=The ship ran aground in the River Tees and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Fowey, Cornwall to Middleton, Hartlepool, County Durham.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ariadne

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Tynemouth, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Atlas

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

|desc=The brig was wrecked at Sunderland. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=12 April 1850 |issue=2184 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Balmoral

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

|desc=The ship ran aground and was damaged in the Solent. She was on a voyage from Guernsey, Channel Islands to London. She was refloated and put in to Portsmouth, Hampshire in a leaky condition.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=4 April 1850 |page=7 |issue=20454 |column=C }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Bee

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and severely damaged at Sunderland.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Branson

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Hartlepool.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Calthus

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Douglas, Isle of Man. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Chester, Cheshire to Thurso, Caithness.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Camille

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship foundered with the loss of two of her seven crew. She was on a voyage from Bayonne, Basses-Pyrénées to Bristol, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=8 April 1850 |issue=26007 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Caroline

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} Jamaica

|desc=The sloop ran aground at Port Morant with the loss of seven lives. She was on a voyage from Port Morant to Kingston.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=West India and Pacific Mails |date=4 May 1850 |page=5 |issue=20480 |column=E-F }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Catherine

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

|desc=The ship foundered off the coast of Sutherland, United Kingdom. All hands presumed lost.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Cleadon

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at Sunderland.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Cleopatra

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Half-ebb Rock, off Harwich, Essex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Messina, Sicily to Hamburg.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Countess of Morley

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Hartlepool.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Cruizer

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Hartlepool. She was refloated on 15 April and taken in to Hartlepool.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=17 April 1850 |issue=26015 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Daubur

|flag=22px Stettin

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Hartlepool.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Earl of Arran

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

|desc=The smack was driven ashore and wrecked in Church Bay, County Antrim. Her crew were rescued.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Earl of Kingston

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

|desc=The smack was driven ashore in Lough Swilly.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=4 April 1850 |issue=26004 }} She was refloated in mid-April.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Emma

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore and wrecked on South Ronaldsay, Orkney Islands with the loss of all ten crew. She was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to Montreal, Province of Canada, British North America.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=9 April 1850 |issue=26008 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=17 April 1850 |issue=5336 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Empress

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Sundeland.{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=The Newcastle Courant etc |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=12 April 1850 |issue=9149 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Frances

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Hartlepool, County Durham. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Hull Packet and East Riding Times |location=Hull |date=5 April 1850 |issue=3405 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Frau Annie

|flag={{flagicon|Denmark}} Duchy of Schleswig

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Warkworth, Northumberland with the loss of a crew member.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=George

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Warkworth. Her crew were rescued.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Georgina

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Annagassan, County Louth. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Refrewshire to Porto, Portugal.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=3 April 1850 |issue=26003 }} Georgina was refloated in mid-April.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Good Intent

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Tynemouth.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Grace

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore and wrecked in Ardmore Bay with the loss of nine of her eleven crew. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Queenstown, County Cork.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=2 April 1850 |issue=26002 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipwreks |newspaper=Freeman's Journal and DaIly Commercial Advertiser |location=Dublin |date=3 April 1850 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Heloise

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The brig sank at Sunderland. She was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Inférieure to Sunderland.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Henry

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Hartlepool.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Hibernia

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Dungarvon, County Waterford. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Youghal, County Cork.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=James

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Tynemouth.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Jane

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked on the Muck Rocks, off the coast of Moray. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Portgordon, Moray.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=John Souchay

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

|desc=The ship ran aground and was damaged at Mauritius during a hurricane.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=22 May 1850 |page=7 |issue=20495 |column=F }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Kate

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at Ballinacourty, County Waterford. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to Dublin.{{Cite news |title=Tremendous Gale |newspaper=Freeman's Journal and Daily Commercial Advertiser |location=Dublin |date=5 April 1850 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Laurel

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in the Bay of Luce. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Stralsund. She was refloated on 14 April and towed in to Ardrossan, Ayrshire.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Liberty and Property

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

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

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Little Henry

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

|desc=The ship was in collision with the barque Isis ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). She was then driven ashore at Hartlepool.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Luna

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

|desc=The galiot was driven ashore at Tynemouth. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to South Shields, County Durham.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Martin

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore and severely damaged at Sunderland.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Mary

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Queenstown, County Cork.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=5 April 1850 |issue=11640 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Mary Anne

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

|desc=The collier was driven ashore at Tynemouth. Her crew were rescued by a lifeboat. She was on a voyage from South Shields to London. Mary Ann was refloated in mid-April.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=15 April 1850 |issue=8010 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Merchant

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

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

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Minnett

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at Tynemouth. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Trieste. Minnet was refloated on 10 June and taken in to North Shields, County Durham.{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=The Newcastle Courant etc |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=14 June 1850 |issue=9158 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Mona

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

|desc=The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked in Chapelrossan Bay. Her crew were rescued.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Nancy

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Hartlepool.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=New Darlington

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on the coast of County Durham. She was refloated.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Nelson

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the North Sea off Banff, Aberdeenshire with the loss of one life. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Aberdeen.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Pegasus

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on the coast of County Durham.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Preston

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked on the Cannon Rock, in the Irish Sea with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Dundalk, County Louth to Llanelly, Glamorgan.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{RMS|Royal Adelaide|1838|6}}

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

|desc=The paddle steamer was wrecked on the Tongue Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Kent with the loss of about 300 lives. She was on a voyage from Cork to London.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Salus

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at Sunderland.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Sarah Ellen

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

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

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Sun

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Hoy, Orkney Islands with the loss of five of her eight crew.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Supply

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

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

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Sylphiden

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

|desc=The schooner foundered in the Pentland Firth with the loss of all hands. She subsequently came ashore on South Ronaldsay, Orkney Islands in a capsized condition.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=11 April 1850 |issue=19979 }}{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=15 April 1850 |issue=4926 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Tar

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

|desc=The schooner was driven out to sea from Sunderland. She returned to port on 5 April in a damaged condition.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Theodore

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Tynemouth. Her crew survived.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Theresa Jane

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked on the Mew Rocks, in the Belfast Lough with the loss of eight of her sixteen crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Maranhão, Brazil.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Late Gales in Ireland |date=4 April 1850 |page=5 |issue=20454 |column=E }}{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=3 April 1850 |issue=23811 |page=8 }}{{Cite news |title=Provincial Intelligence |newspaper=Trewman's Exeter Flying Post |location=Exeter |date=11 April 1850 |issue=4401 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Thomas

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Blyth, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Vigilant

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Tynemouth.{{Cite news |title=Wrecks on the Coast - Immense Damage to Shipping |newspaper=The Newcastle Courant etc |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=5 April 1850 |issue=9148 }} Her crew were rescued.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Violet

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Hartlepool. She was refloated in mid-April.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=William

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

|desc=The schooner was driven against the quayside and severely damaged at Stromness, Orkney Islands.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=William and Ann

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Hartlepool. She was refloated in mid-April.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

31 March

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Argo

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at Sunderland, County Durham.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Benjamin and Sarah, or
James and Sarah

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

|desc=The Yorkshire Billyboy was driven ashore at Sunderland. She was on a voyage from London to Sunderland.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Bravo

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

|desc=The brig sprang a leak. She was run ashore and wrecked near Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Burrell

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore in Coney Island Bay, County Down. She was on a voyage from Lancaster, Lancashire to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America.

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|ship=Don Quixote

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

|desc=The ship struck a sunken rock off St. David's Head, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France to Liverpool, Lancashire. She put in to Holyhead, Anglesey in a leaky condition.

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|ship=Eliza

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Gillar Point, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Llanelly, Glamorgan to San Francisco, Alta California.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=5 April 1850 |issue=2182 }} She was refloated in mid-April and taken in to Tenby, Pembrokeshire for repairs.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=15 April 1850 |issue=26013 }}

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|ship=Emma

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at South Shields, County Durham.

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|ship=Esther

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The brig sank at Sunderland.

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|ship=Falconer

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at South Shields.

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|ship=Lance

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked {{convert|2|nmi|km}} north of Drogheda, County Louth. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Liverpool.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=4 April 1850 |issue=23812 }} Lance was refloated on 14 April and taken in to Drogheda for repairs.

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|ship=Laurel

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at South Shields.

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|ship=Louise

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship sank at Sunderland.

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|ship={{PS|Maid of Galloway|1836|2}}

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

|desc=The paddle steamer suffered a boiler explosion. She was consequently driven ashore and wrecked at Balbriggan, County Louth. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Dublin.{{cite web |url=http://clydeships.co.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=&ref=1983&vessel=MAID+OF+GALLOWAY |title=Maid of Galloway |publisher=Caledonian Maritime Heritage Trust |accessdate=18 November 2018}}

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|ship=Maize

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore and severely damaged at South Shields.

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|ship=Metcalfe

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

|desc=The Yorkshire Billyboy was driven ashore at Sunderland. She was on a voyage from London to Sunderland.

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|ship=Midge

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

|desc=The schooner was damaged by fire at Whitstable, Kent.

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|ship=Sally

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at South Shields. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to South Shields.

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|ship=Sarah Ann

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

|desc=The barque ran aground on the North Bull, in the Irish Sea. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to the United States.{{Cite news |title=Ireland |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=3 April 1850 |issue=8000 |page=1 }}

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|ship=Shipwright

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at South Shields.

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|ship=Spalding

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

|desc=The Yorkshire Billyboy was driven ashore at Sunderland. She was on a voyage from London to Sunderland.

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|ship=Stanton

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at South Shields.

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|ship=Union

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at South Shields. She was refloated on 12 April and taken in to South Shields.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=2 April 1850 |issue=7999 }}

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|ship=Anne

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

|desc=The ship ran aground and sank on the Middle Ground, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. She had been refloated by 16 March.

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|ship=Carolina Amalia

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship struck the Mill Rock, in the Pacific Ocean off the west coast of America and sank between 17 and 31 March.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=23 May 1850 |issue=23853 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Commerce

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

|desc=The brig foundered in the Mediterranean Sea off Malta. Her crew survived.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=18 March 1850 |issue=19972 }}

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|ship=Commerce

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

|desc=The flat sank in the Flint Channel. She was refloated on 14 March and beached at Chester, Cheshire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=22 March 1850 |issue=2178 }}

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|ship=Eliza

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Bird Island, County Down. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Neath, Glamorgan.

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|ship=Experiment

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

|desc=The cutter was wrecked off the Bréhon Tower, between Guernsey and Herm, Channel Islands. The captain and eight passengers drowned, but 20 people were saved by the lifeboat.{{cite book|last=Coysh|first=Victor|title=Channel Islets|year=1985|publisher=Guernsey Press|location=Guernsey|isbn=0902550128}}{{cite web |url=http://www.rnli.org.gg/lifeboat-timeline/lifeboat-timeline-1803-1899/ |title=Lifeboat timeline 1803-99 |publisher=Royal National Lifeboat Institution |accessdate=16 November 2018}} She was on a voyage from Guernsey to Alderney, Channel Islands.

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|ship=Falcon

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked in Hawke Bay.

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|ship=Handelslust

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Borkum before 19 March. She was on a voyage from Emden to London.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=25 March 1850 |issue=1195 }}

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|ship=Maese Packet

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Aberdeenshire before 1 April. Crew presumed drowned.

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|ship=Margaret

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

|desc=The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 2 March. She was on a voyage from the Bay of Honduras to New York.

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|ship=Mary Stewart

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near the Rock of Tulcha, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated on 12 March.

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|ship=Montreal

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

|desc=The ship was lost off the Shetland Islands before 19 March.

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|ship=Post Boy

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked in Hawke Bay.

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|ship=Sylph

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked at Truxillo before 9 March.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=13 May 1850 |issue=8034 |page=8 }}

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|ship=True Blue

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Ve Skerries, Shetland Islands in late March.

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|ship={{SV|Tuscany|| 2}}

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

|desc= The fishing schooner probably sank in a gale on the Georges Bank on the 23rd, last seen a few hours before the storm hit. Lost with all 8 crew.{{cite web |url=https://gloucester-ma.gov/DocumentCenter/View/404/LOST-AT-SEAAPR?bidId= |title=Lost at sea |publisher=gloucester-ma.gov |access-date=26 May 2021 |archive-date=6 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506124722/https://gloucester-ma.gov/DocumentCenter/View/404/LOST-AT-SEAAPR?bidId= |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?214694 |title=Tuscany (+1850) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=26 May 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://www.downtosea.com/1800-1850/tuscany.htm |title=The Tuscany |publisher=downtosea.com |access-date=26 May 2021}}

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|ship=William Peile

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the English Bank, in the River Plate before 29 March. She was later refloated with assistance from {{HMS|Harpy|1845|6}} ({{navy|UK}}).{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=8 June 1850 |issue=8057 }}

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