List of shipwrecks in May 1850

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

1 May

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|ship=Champlain

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Bahama Banks. She was on a voyage from New York to New Orleans, Louisiana.

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|ship=Commerce

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

|desc=The steamship collided with the steamship Dispatch ({{flag|United States|1848}}) and sank in Lake Erie with the loss of 38 lives. She was on a voyage from Montreal to Port Stanley, Province of Canada{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Awful Loss of Life on Lake Erie |date=28 May 1850 |page=8 |issue=20500 |column=C }}

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|ship=Fanny

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Helsingør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Helsingør. She was refloated.

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|ship=Hetty Clifton

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

|desc=The ship was in collision with {{HMS|Simoom|1849|6}} ({{navy|UK}}) and foundered in the Irish Sea off Calf of Man, Isle of Man. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=4 May 1850 |page=3 |issue=20480 |column=F }}

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|ship=William Packet

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Helsingør. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Helsingør. She was refloated.

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2 May

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|ship=Mary Ann

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the English Channel {{convert|14|nmi|km}} south west of The Needles, Isle of Wight. Her crew were rescued by Bordeaux ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). She was on a voyage from Teignmouth, Devon to London.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=4 May 1850 |issue=8027 }}{{Cite news |title=Teignmouth |newspaper=Trewman's Exeter Flying Post |location=Exeter |date=9 May 1850 |issue=4405 }}

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|ship=Neptune

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in the Saint Lawrence River. All on board were rescued. She broke up the next day.

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3 May

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|ship=Alida

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship ran aground and was wrecked off Texel, North Holland. She was on a voyage from Christiansand, Norway to Harlingen, Friesland.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=10 May 1850 |issue=26035 }}

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|ship=Franciscus

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The barque was wrecked at "La Plaza de Castillos". She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Buenos Aires, Argentina.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=5 August 1850 |page=5 |issue=20559 |column=B-D }}

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|ship=Lady Rowley

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Faial Island, Azores with the loss of all but her captain.

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|ship=Paul Pry

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Faial Island with the loss of all but two of her crew.

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|ship=Rocket

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

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

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4 May

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|ship=Betsey Millar

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Sillycars Rocks, off the coast of Northumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham to Arbroath, Forfarshire.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=7 May 1850 |issue=23839 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Clara

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked at Sydney.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=19 August 1850 |issue=26119 }}

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|ship=David

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked at Sydney.

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|ship=Endeavour

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Saltfleet, Lincolnshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Goole, Yorkshire to Wisbech, Cambridgeshire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=6 May 1850 |issue=26031 }}

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|ship=Guua

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

|desc=The East Indiaman was lost near Madras, India when struck by a sudden violent squall while at anchor, and was driven ashore and wrecked without loss of life.

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|ship=Mazeppa

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

|desc=The ship sank in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to New York, United States.

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|ship=Star

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

|desc=The sloop sprang a leak and foundered {{convert|20|nmi|km}} off Saint Vincent with the loss of three of the twelve people on board. She was on a voyage from Saint Vincent to Barbados.{{Cite news |title=Shipwreck and Loss of Life |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=4 June 1850 |issue=8053 |page=1 }}

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|ship=Sulimary

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

|desc=The East Indiaman Sulimary was lost near Madras when struck by a sudden violent squall while at anchor, and was driven ashore and wrecked with the loss of over 73 lives including the captain and his wife.{{cite news |title=Loss of an Indiaman and a French gun brig|newspaper=The Polynesian |location=Honolulu |date=2 November 1850 | url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82015408/1850-11-02/ed-1/seq-2}}

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5 May

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|ship=Acorn

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

|desc=The ship was sunk by ice in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|30|nmi|km}} off Saint John's, Newfoundland, British North America. Her crew were rescued by the schooner, Blessing ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).

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|ship=Conservator

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

|desc=The ship was sunk by ice in the Atlantic Ocean off the Bird Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Montreal, Province of Canada, British North America.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=10 June 1850 |issue=1261 }}

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|ship=Havana Packet

|flag={{flag|Belgium}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Pickle Reef, off the coast of Florida, United States. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Antwerp.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=7 June 1850 |issue=23866 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Ostensible

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

|desc=The ship was sunk by ice in the Atlantic Ocean. All on board were rescued by Duke ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Ostensible was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire 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 }}

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6 May

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|ship=Aurora

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked {{convert|8|nmi|km}} south of Porto, Portugal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Seville and Cádiz.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=17 May 1850 |issue=4935 }}

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|ship=Highland Lad

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at the entrance to the Gulf of Smyrna. She was on a voyage from London to Smyrna, Ottoman Empire.

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|ship=Horatio

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

|desc=The brig foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape St. Mary's, Portugal. Her crew were rescued by Charles William ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Horatio was on a voyage from Salonica, Greece to Belfast, County Antrim.{{Cite news |title=Peninsular News |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=25 May 1850 |issue=1248 }}

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|ship=Invincible

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in the Currituck Inlet. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Baltimore, Maryland, United States. She was refloated on 15 May but was driven ashore again. She was refloated on 5 June and taken in to Norfolk, Virginia, United States.

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|ship=Jules

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was lost near Port-Vendres, Pyrénées-Orientales.

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|ship=Prosper

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship ran aground and capsized at the mouth of the Loire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dunkirk, Nord to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure.

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|ship=Rosina

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

|desc=The ship foundered off Cape St. Vincent. Portugal. Her crew were rescued by Leander ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Rosina was on a voyage from Cartagena, Spain to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=27 June 1850 |issue=20001 }}

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|ship=Why Not?

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Thames ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Why Not? was on a voyage from the Canary Islands to Belfast, County Antrim.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=11 May 1850 |issue=23843 |page=8 }}

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|ship=William

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Peverel Ledge, in the English Channel off the coast of Dorset. She was refloated on 10 May and taken in to Swanage, Dorset in a severely damaged condition.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=11 May 1850 |issue=26036 }}

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7 May

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|ship=Adventure

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

|desc=The brig was wrecked off Harwich, Essex. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London.{{Cite news |title=Wreck |newspaper=The Essex Standard, and General Advertiser for the Eastern Counties |location=Colchester |date=17 May 1850 |issue=1013 }}

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|ship=Bure

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Corton Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from London to Warkworth, Northumberland. Bure was refloated and taken in to Lowestoft, Suffolk. NC100550/>

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|ship=Earl of Durham

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|government}}

|desc=The troopship was driven ashore at Brook, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from London to Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Portsmouth, Hampshire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=10 May 1850 |issue=1235 }}

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|ship=Isabella and Margaret

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

|desc=The ship ran aground in the Great Belt. She was on a voyage from Odense, Denmark to an English port. She was refloated and put in to Kleven Havn, Ommel, Denmark for repairs.

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|ship=Johns

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Bridlington, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Boulogne-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais, France to Sunderland, County Durham.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=15 May 1850 |page=7 |issue=20489 |column=F }} She was refloated on 10 May but sank whilst being taken in to Bridlington.

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|ship=London

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=The Newcastle Courant etc |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=10 May 1850 |issue=9153 }}

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|ship=Mariana

|flag={{flag|Bremen}}

|desc=The ship ran aground at Bremerhaven.

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|ship=Mary

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore 2 leagues ({{convert|6|nmi|km}} east of Adra, Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Smyrna, Ottoman Empire.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=22 May 1850 |issue=8042 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=23 May 1850 |issue=1246 }}{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=27 May 1850 |issue=4938 }} She subsequently floated off and was discovered at sea on 15 May by {{HMS|Janus|1844|6}} ({{navy|UK}}).

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|ship=Teniers

|flag={{flag|Belgium}}

|desc=The schooner was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=9 May 1850 |issue=1234 }}

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|ship=Worcester

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

|desc=The ship struck the quayside at Hull, Yorkshire and forced her anchor through her bow. She was consequently beached. She was on a voyage from Bombay, India to Hull.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Hull Packet and East Riding Times |location=Hull |date=10 May 1850 |issue=3410 }}

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8 May

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|ship=Earl of Durham

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Brook, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from London to Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was refloated and taken in to Cowes, Isle of Wight.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=9 May 1850 |issue=8031 }}

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|ship=Eleonora

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

|desc=The schooner struck a rock and sank off Cap-Santé, Province of Canada. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=28 May 1850 |issue=23857 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Empress

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

|desc=The ship struck a rock off Perth, Swan River Colony and was damaged. She put back to Perth for repairs.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=27 August 1850 |page=8 |issue=20578 |column=E }}

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|ship=Gleaner

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in the Hudson River.

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|ship=Jane Lockhart

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea off Alboran Island, Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Adra, Spain to New York.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=4 June 1850 |issue=23863 |page=8 }}

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|ship=William and Henry

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Exeter, Devon.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Hull Packet and East Riding Times |location=Hull |date=17 May 1850 |issue=3411 }}

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9 May

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|ship=Ellen

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked on Anglesey. Her five crew were rescued by the lifeboat № 6 ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).{{Cite news |title=Preservation of Life from Shipwreck |newspaper=North Wales Chronicle |location=Bangor |date=11 September 1851 |issue=1268 }}

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|ship=Latona

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Peterhead to Sunderland, County Durham.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=13 May 1850 |issue=8034 |page=8 }}

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10 May

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|ship=Ann

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

|desc=The barque was sunk by ice {{convert|15|nmi|km}} north east of the Magdalen Islands, Nova Scotia, British North America. Her crew were rescued by William ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).

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|ship=Harvest

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Cape Negro, Nova Scotia, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=5 June 1850 |issue=26056 }}

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|ship=Hibernia

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

|desc=The ship was sunk by ice in the Green Bank, in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Jane Lowden ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Hibernia was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America.

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|ship=Perseverance

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

|desc=The ship caught fire whilst on a voyage from Cork to Glasgow. She was beached at Kilkeel, County Down and was severely damaged.

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11 May

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|ship=Annie

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Goose Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from the Netherlands to Boston, Massachusetts, United States. She had been refloated and taken in to Halifax, Nova Scotia by 16 August.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=28 August 1850 |page=6 |issue=20579 |column=F }}

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|ship=Britannia

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

|desc=The ship sank on the Hoft, in the Baltic Sea. Her crew were rescued by Dalston ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=28 May 1850 |issue=1249 }}{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=The Newcastle Courant etc |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=31 May 1850 |issue=9156 }}

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|ship=Brothers

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

|desc=The brig ran aground and was damaged at L'Orient, Morbihan, France. She was on a voyage from London to L'Orient and Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America.

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|ship=Charles Saunders

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Quebec City. She was refloated on 14 May and taken in to Spry Harbour, Nova Scotia.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=28 May 1850 |page=8 |issue=20500 |column=D }}

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|ship=Hinda

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore and wrecked near Corsewall Point, Wigtownshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Demerara, British Guiana.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=17 May 1850 |issue=1241 }}{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=20 May 1850 |issue=4936 }}{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=21 June 1850 |issue=4945 }}

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|ship=Josephine

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

|desc=The ship was crushed by ice and sank between Bolderāja and Domesnes, Russia. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=Northumberland

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at White Point, British North America. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, United States to Quebec City.

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|ship=Nymph

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on a reef in the Ragged Islands, China. She was on a voyage from Shanghai, China to Hong Kong. She was refloated and put back to Shanghai.

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|ship=Scud

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

|desc=The ketch departed from Newcastle for Sydney. Subsequently foundered with the loss of all hands, a boat washed up at Putty.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=4 November 1850 |issue=23994 |page=8 }}

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12 May

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|ship=Active, and
Thetis

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

|desc=The brigs were in collision off the coast of Norfolk and were severely damaged. Active was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to London. She put in to Great Yarmouth. Thetis was beached at Caister-on-Sea She was refloated on 18 May and taken in to Great Yarmouth.{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=The Newcastle Courant etc |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=17 May 1850 |issue=9154 }}

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|ship=Ann Semple

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

|desc=The ship was sunk by ice off the coast of Newfoundland, British North America. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Newfoundland.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=13 June 1850 |issue=19997 }}

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|ship=Josephine

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Tralee, County Kerry.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=17 May 1850 |issue=23848 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Magician

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on a reef in the Mona Passage. She was on a voyage from La Guaira, Venezuela to Hamburg. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=15 June 1850 |issue=23873 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Partisan

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

|desc=The ship sank in the Baltic Sea {{convert|12|nmi|km}} east south east of Hogland, Russia. Her crew were rescued by Dalston ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=27 May 1850 |issue=23856 |page=8 }}

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13 May

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|ship=Queen

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground at Liverpool, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Genoa, Kingdom of Sardinia to Liverpool. she was refloated.

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14 May

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|ship=Harbinger

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

|desc=The brig sprang a leak and foundered north of Vigo, Spain. Her six crew survived. She was on a voyage from Pernambuco, Brazil to Falmouth, Cornwall.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=4 June 1850 |page=7 |issue=20506 |column=F }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=19 June 1850 |issue=5345 }}

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|ship=Olga

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore and wrecked on Long Island, New York, United States. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Newhaven, Connecticut, United States.

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|ship=Rowena

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

|desc=The ship sprang a leak and sank in the Irish Sea {{convert|12|nmi|km}} off Corsewall Point, Wigtownshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Runcorn, Cheshire.

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15 May

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|ship=Alfred

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

|desc=The ship ran aground and was damaged at Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Wells-next-the-Sea.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=18 May 1850 |page=8 |issue=20492 |column=C }} She was refloated on 23 May.

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|ship={{HMS|Cuckoo|1837|6}}

|flag={{navy|UK}}

|desc=The paddle steamer stuck a sunken rock and sank at Victoria Harbour, Jersey, Channel Islands. All on board survived. She had been refloated by 19 May and taken in to Portsmouth, Hampshire,{{Cite news |title=Naval Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=23 May 1850 |issue=19991 }} where she was repaired and returned to service.{{cite web |url=http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/18-1900/C/01207.html |title=Cuckoo |publisher=P Benyon |accessdate=9 December 2018}}

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|ship=Margaret

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

|desc=The ship was holed by ice and sank off Hogland, Russia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Kronstadt, Russia.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=28 May 1850 |issue=26049 }}

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16 May

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|ship=Dunottar Castle

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

|desc=The brig ran aground off Shoeburyness, Essex. She was later refloated.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=18 May 1850 |issue=1242 }}

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|ship=Elizabeth and Sarah

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

|desc=The schooner sprang a leak and foundered {{convert|6|nmi|km}} south of the Manacles. Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Falmouth, Cornwall and Swansea, Glamorgan.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=20 May 1850 |page=4 |issue=20493 |column=B }}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Naval Intelligence |date=21 May 1850 |page=3 |issue=20494 |column=F }}

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|ship=Emerald

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

|desc=The smack ran aground and sank on the Gore Sands, in the Bristol Channel off the coast of Somerset. She was on a voyage from Bridgwater, Somerset to Guernsey.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=18 May 1850 |issue=26042 }} Emerald was refloated the next day, and towed in to Bridgwater on 19 May in a severely damaged condition.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=21 May 1850 |issue=8041 }}

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17 May

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|ship=Emerald

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Gore Sands, in the Bristol Channel. She was on a voyage from Bridgwater, Somerset to Guernsey, Channel Islands. She was refloated the next day and towed in to Bridgwater.

}}

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|ship=Premier

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Valencia, Spain. She was on a voyage from London to Valencia.

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|ship=Weatherall

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked at Salé, Morocco. Her crew were rescued.

}}

18 May

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|ship=Barkley

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Lemon and Ower Sand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Uddevalla, Sweden to Harwich, Essex. She was refloated and put in to Harwich, Essex in a leaky condition.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=21 May 1850 |page=7 |issue=20494 |column=D }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=20 May 1850 |issue=26043 }}

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|ship=Bryan Abbs

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Devon ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Bryan Abbs was on a voyage from New York, United States to Limerick.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=28 May 1850 |issue=8046 }}

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|ship=Premier

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Valencia, Spain. She was refloated on 21 May.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=30 May 1850 |issue=23859 |page=8 }}

}}

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|ship=Scipio

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

|desc=The schooner foundered off Vigo, Spain. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Portugal |date=22 May 1850 |page=8 |issue=20498 |column=D }}

}}

19 May

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|ship=Deva

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The ship ran aground at "Saken". She was on a voyage from Kjerteminde to London, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Frederikshaven in a leaky condition.

}}

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|ship=Fame

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Olinda Bank, off Pernambuco, Brazil. She was on a voyage from Pernambuco to Maceió, Brazil. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=10 July 1850 |page=8 |issue=20537 |column=D }}

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|ship=Jane

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

|desc=The ship foundered off Cape St. Vincent, Portugal. Her crew were rescued by Brilliant ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Jane was on a voyage from "Ivica" to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America.

}}

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|ship=Maria

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Teignmouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from Teignmouth to Newport, Monmouthshire.

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20 May

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|ship=Mary Ann

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

|desc=The fishing smack was driven ashore at New Romney, Kent.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=22 May 1850 |page=7 |issue=20495 |column=F }}

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|ship=Minx

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at New Romney. She was on a voyage from London to Newport, Monmouthshire and Gibraltar.

}}

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|ship=Rose

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground at Portishead, Somerset. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire.

}}

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|ship=Syren

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

|desc=The ship departed from Trieste for a British port. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=11 October 1850 |issue=26166 }}

}}

21 May

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|ship=Deborah

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Scroby Sands, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Mistley, Essex. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk in a leaky condition.

}}

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|ship=Jeanne d{{'}}Arc

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Cromer, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Marsaille, Bouches-du-Rhône.

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|ship=Nereid

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to London.

}}

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|ship=Superb

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Mobile, Alabama. She was on a voyage from Mobile to Rochefort, Charente-Maritime, France. She put back to Mobile and was consequently condemned.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=6 July 1850 |issue=23891 |page=8 }}

}}

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|ship=William Ernst

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Batavia, Netherlands East Indies. She was refloated the next day and taken in to The Downs.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=23 May 1850 |issue=26046 |edition=Evening }}

}}

22 May

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|ship=Albert

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground and was severely damaged at Grantown, Moray. Her 80 passengers were landed safely. She was on a voyage from Stirling to Grantown{{Cite news |title=Wreck of the Albert Steamer |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=27 May 1850 |issue=19992 }}

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|ship={{PS|Dundee|1833|2}}

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

|desc=The paddle steamer ran aground on the Abertay Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Forfarshire. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Dundee for repairs.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=22 May 1850 |issue=19992 }}

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|ship=St. Louis

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

|desc=The steamboat suffered a boiler explosion at St. Louis, Missouri with the loss of 25 lives. Forty survivors were severely scalded, with further casualties expected.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=21 June 1850 |issue=4945 }}

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23 May

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|ship=Ocean

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Wolfville ({{flag|United States|1848}}). Ocean was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Boston, Massachusetts, United States.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=13 June 1850 |page=8 |issue=20514 |column=D }}

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24 May

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|ship=Seraphine

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

|desc=The ship developed a leak and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean after encountering a hurricane on May 21 while crossing from Warrenpoint to New York and was abandoned off the coast of New England without loss of life.{{cite news |title=Newry Journal|location=Newry|date=3 July 2006 | url=https://www.newryjournal.co.uk/history/1800-1900/seraphine-1850/ }}

}}

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|ship=Sulimany

|flag=22px India

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Madras with the loss of more than 33 lives.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=20 July 1850 |page=8 |issue=20546 |column=F }}

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|ship=Ville de Marans

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Cork Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône. She was refloated and taken in to Harwich, Essex, United Kingdom in a leaky condition.

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|ship=Woodman

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

|desc=The ship capsized at South Shields, County Durham. She was righted on 25 May.

}}

25 May

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|ship=Dart

|flag={{flag|Belgium}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore {{convert|5|nmi|km}} west of Dunbar, Lothian, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Ostend, West Flanders to Leith, Lothian.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=27 May 1850 |issue=8046 }}

}}

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|ship=Felice

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

|desc=The brig was wrecked on the Galibia Shoals, off the coast of the Beylik of Tunis. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Malta to Southampton, Hampshire.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=1 June 1850 |page=8 |issue=20504 |column=E }}{{Cite news |title=The Levant |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=30 May 1850 |issue=1252 }}

}}

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|ship=Frau Dorothea

|flag=22px Duchy of Holstein

|desc=The ship departed from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom for Husum. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=9 July 1850 |page=8 |issue=20536 |column=E }}

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26 May

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|ship=Bamborough Castle

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Skerry of Stroma. She was on a voyage from Bo'ness, Lothian to Thurso, Caithness. She was refloated and completed her voyage.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=3 June 1850 |issue=19994 }}

}}

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|ship=Clydesdale

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Cardiff, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from London to Cuba. She was refloated, and taken in to Cardiff, where she arrived on 1 June.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=6 June 1850 |page=7 |issue=20508 |column=F }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=5 June 1850 |issue=1257 }}

}}

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|ship=Po

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship sank off Cape Horn, Chile. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Alta California.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=23 July 1850 |issue=23905 |page=7 }}

}}

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|ship=Virginie

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}}

|desc=The ship was lost off Scatterie Island, Nova Scotia.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=24 June 1850 |issue=26072 |edition=Evening }}

}}

27 May

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|ship=Contest

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Chebogue Ledges, off Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from Mayagüez, Puerto Rico to Halifax, Nova Scotia. She was refloated and taken in to Yarmouth in a leaky condition.

}}

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|ship=Countess of Bective

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

|desc=The ship was in collision with Glenlyon ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} and foundered in the Bristol Channel between Lundy Island and Hartland Point, Devon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cuba to Swansea, Glamorgan.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=3 June 1850 |page=7 |issue=20505 |column=F }}

}}

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|ship=John Mowlem

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

|desc=The ship ran ashore in Colwell Bay, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Weymouth, Dorset. She was refloated and taken in to Yarmouth, Isle of Wight.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=29 May 1850 |issue=8048 }}

}}

28 May

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|ship=Argyra

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Bona Vista Reef.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=1 August 1850 |issue=23913 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Express

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in Cow Bay, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to Newfoundland, British North America.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=28 June 1850 |issue=1277 }}

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|ship=Lady Sale

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Red Bank, in the Gambia River. She was on a voyage from Bathurst, Gambia Colony and Protectorate to London. She was refloated the next day with assistance from {{HMS|Dover|1840|6}} ({{navy|UK}}) and put back to Bathurst.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=24 July 1850 |issue=8096 }}

}}

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|ship=Moffat

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Liverpool, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Bombay, India. She was refloated the next day.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=30 May 1850 |page=8 |issue=20502 |column=E }}

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|ship=Retrieve

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Huevos Bocas, off the coast of Trinidad.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=4 July 1850 |issue=23889 |page=8 }}

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29 May

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|ship=Abeona

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the coast of Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland to Sydney, Nova Scotia.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=25 June 1850 |issue=23881 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Hawk

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

|desc=The schooner was in collision with the steamship Rotterdam ({{flag|Netherlands}}) and foundered with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to London.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Margaret

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Blackwater Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to a port in Alta California.

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|ship=Sarah

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore east of Tracadie, Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from Prince Edward Island to Chaleur Bay. She was consequently condemned.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=19 June 1850 |issue=23876 |page=7 }}

}}

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|ship=Sea Nymph

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

|desc=The brig was wrecked on Prince Edward Island. She was on a voyage from Algiers, Algeria to Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=20 June 1850 |issue=19999 }}

}}

30 May

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|ship=Expedit

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned north east of São Miguel Island, Azores. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Brazil to Sweden.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=21 June 1850 |issue=23878 |page=8 }}

}}

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|ship=Harriet Emma, and
Kate

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

|desc=Harriet Emma collided with the schooner Kate off the coast of County Durham. Three crew of Harriet Emma were reported to have been rescued by the schooner Elizabeth ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Two survivors from Harriet and Emma were rescued by Prince Albert ({{flagicon|UKGBI|civil}} Jersey). There were two survivors from Kate, which was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France. Harriet Emma was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Wisbech, Cambridgeshire.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=13 June 1850 |issue=8061 }}{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=The Newcastle Courant etc |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=7 June 1850 |issue=9157 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=21 June 1850 |issue=1271 }}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Court of Queen's Bench, Guildhall, Feb. 18. |date=19 February 1851 |page=7 |issue=20729 |column=C }}

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31 May

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|ship=Charlotte

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

|desc=The ship sank off the Russian coast with the loss of all but three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Bergen to Saint Petersburg, Russia.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=2 July 1850 |page=7 |issue=20530 |column=F }}

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|ship=Gezia

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Sunk Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands to Genoa, Kingdom of Sardinia. She was refloated and taken in to Harwich, Essex in a leaky condition.

}}

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|ship=Isabella

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

|desc=The ship sprang a leak and foundered off Land's End, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Fowey, Cornwall to Cardiff, Glamorgan.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=3 June 1850 |issue=26054 }}

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|ship=Susan

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Læsø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Nakskov, Denmark to Belfast, County Antrim. She was refloated and taken in to Frederikshavn, Denmark.

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|ship=Admiral Collingwood

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore {{convert|3|nmi|km}} south of Redcar, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk to Hartlepool, County Durham. She was refloated on 17 May and taken in to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire.

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|ship=Astrea

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

|desc=The brig was sunk by ice in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by William ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=12 June 1850 |issue=1263 }}

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|ship=Carnation

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Saint Thomas, Province of Canada, British North America between 18 and 25 May.{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=The Newcastle Courant etc |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=14 June 1850 |issue=9158 }}

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|ship=China

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

|desc=The ship was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Brazil. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from New York to Alta California.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=12 July 1850 |issue=2209 }}

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|ship=Collector

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

|desc=The schooner was sunk by ice in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint John's, Newfoundland, British North America to London.

}}

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|ship=Eagle

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground in the Hunter River before 4 May.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The MorningPost |location=London |date=21 September 1850 |issue=23957 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Eleanor

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

|desc=The schooner was lost near the mouth of Queen Charlotte Sound during the first few days of May. All hands were saved.Ingram, C. W. N., and Wheatley, P. O., (1936) Shipwrecks: New Zealand disasters 1795–1936. Dunedin, NZ: Dunedin Book Publishing Association. pp. 50–51.

}}

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|ship=Friendship

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Whittaker Spit, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex before 9 May.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Gosnell

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

|desc=The ship was sunk by ice in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued.

}}

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|ship=Isabella

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

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. She was refloated on 25 May and proceeded on her voyage to Jersey.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Jovial

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Santorini, Greece before 16 May. She was on a voyage from "Gaffa" to Cette, Hérault.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Lotus

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

|desc=The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 20 May.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Maria

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The barque was wrecked in the Bay of Anpanam, China before 22 May.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Merchant

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 22 May. She was discovered on that day by Black River Packet ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} and set afire.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|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.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Nautilus

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Longfleet Reef, off the coast of Africa before 13 May. She was refloated and put back to Sierra Leone, where she was condemned.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=6 November 1850 |page=8 |issue=206 |column=E-F }}

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|ship=Newport Trader

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

|desc=The ship was lost off Deal, Kent before 7 May.{{cite book |title=Goodwin Sands Shipwrecks |pages=88–89 |first=Richard |last=Larn |publisher=David and Charles |location=Newton Abbott |year=1977 |isbn=0-7153-7202-5}}{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=8 May 1850 |issue=8030 }}{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=9 May 1850 |issue=23841 |page=8 }}

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|ship=Nordpolen

|flag={{flag|Hamburg|admiralyt}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Zapallar, Chile before 30 May. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Phronicle |location=London |date=13 August 1850 |issue=23923 |page=8 }}

}}

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|ship=Sylph

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

|desc=The ship was sunk by ice in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=Thetis

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

|desc=The ship was beached at Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk. She was refloated on 13 May and taken it to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.

}}

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|ship=Trial

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Swanage, Dorset. She was refloated on 12 May.

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|ship=Waterwitch

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off the coast of Anglesey.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=16 May 1850 |page=7 |issue=20490 |column=F }}

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|ship=Wilberforce

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Arichat, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Sydney, Nova Scotia.

}}

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|ship=Wilhelmina

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

|desc=The ship was sunk by ice in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Favourite ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).

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|ship={{not a typo|Wisbeach}}

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

|desc=The brig foundered in the Atlantic Ocean before 18 May. Her crew were rescued by Hercules ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=6 June 1850 |issue=1258 }}

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Zwaan

|flag=22px Stettin

|desc=The ship struck a sunken rock and capsized at Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Gallipoli to Stettin.

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References

1850-05

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