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

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1 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 1 April 1850
Ship State Description
Busy  United Kingdom The ship struck a rock and was beached at Rutland, County Donegal. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Sligo.[1]
Conrad  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Mazatlan, Cuba. She was on a voyage from Mazatlan to Liverpool. She was refloated and taken in to Mazatlan for repairs.[2]
Eliza  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and capsized in South Bay, County Wexford. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Youghal, County Cork.[3]
Elliots  United Kingdom The brig foundered in the Dogger Bank. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Mercurius ( Hamburg). Elliots was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Hamburg.[4]
Esther  France The schooner sank at Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom.[5]
Herrings  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Durness, Sutherland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to South Shields, County Durham. She subsequently became a wreck.[6]
John R. Skiddy  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Glascarrig Point, County Wexford.[7] Her passengers and some of her crew were landed, the rest remaining on board. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to New York, United States.[8][9] Those remaining on board were later rescued.[3]
Juffrow Henriette  Bremen The ship was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Bremerhaven.[10]
L'Hiver  France The full-rigged ship was driven ashore on the Isle of Arran, Inner Hebrides, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine to Glasgow, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom.[11]
Lord Brougham  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Eday, Orkney Islands. She was refloated on 10 April and taken in to Stromness for repairs.[12][6][13]
Otto  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Wexford. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque, Nord, France to Liverpool, Lancashire.[14]
Pursuit  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Grimsby, Lincolnshire.[5] She was on a voyage from Dordrecht, South Holland, Netherlands to Grimsby.[15] She was refloated on 12 April and taken in to Grimsby.[16]
Susan  United Kingdom The ship ran aground and sank off Isleornsay, Isle of Skye, Outer Hebrides. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Königsberg, Prussia.[17]
Transit United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The ship was wrecked on Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from Saint John's, Newfoundland to Boston, Massachusetts, United States.[18]

2 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: April 1850
Ship State Description
Commerce  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bonny, Africa to Liverpool, Lancashire. Commerce came ashore in the Blasket Islands, County Kerry on 4 April and was wrecked.[19][20]
Eliza Taylor  United Kingdom The sloop struck the Hore Rock and sank off Ballygeary, County Wexford. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Youghal, County Cork.[21]
Ida  Prussia The ship was driven ashore at Nidingen, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Swinemünde or Stettin to Liverpool.[22][23]
Isabella  United Kingdom The schooner was destroyed by fire at Stromness, Orkney Islands. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Stromness.[1]
Minna  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to London. She was refloated and taken in to Harwich, Essex in a leaky condition.[4]

3 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 3 April 1850
Ship State Description
Isabella  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked near the Lizard Lighthouse, Cornwall. Her twelve crew survived. She was on a voyage from Odessa to Falmouth, Cornwall.[24][25]
James Trail  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. She was refloated and put back to South Shields, County Durham.[26]
Wilson  United Kingdom The brig departed from Matanzas, Cuba for Montreal, Province of Canada, British North America. She subsequently foundered with the loss of all hands.[27]

4 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 4 April 1850
Ship State Description
Fortitude  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on the Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Exeter, Devon to Liverpool, Lancashire.[24]
Gebroeders  Netherlands The brig foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (50°30′N 8°00′W / 50.500°N 8.000°W / 50.500; -8.000). Her crew were rescued by the brig Malherbe ( France). Gebroeders was on a voyage from the Nickerie River, Suriname to Amsterdam, North Holland.[28][29]
Indian United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jersey The East Indiaman was wrecked on St. Brandon's Reef, off Mauritius with the loss of six of the 21 people on board. Nine others were initially reported missing, but were later thought to have survived. She was on a voyage from London to Bombay, India.[30][31][32]
Isabella  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Lights Shoal, off the Manacles. Her twelve crew were rescued. She broke up the next day. Isabella was on a voyage from Odessa to South Shields, County Durham.[33][17]
James  United Kingdom The ship capsized in the North Sea with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued the next day by the schooner Maria ( France). James was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Königsberg, Prussia.[34]
Marmion  United Kingdom The ship foundered off the coast of County Antrim.[35]
Ranger  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in Dunmanus Bay, County Cork. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Malta to Queenstown, County Cork.[28]
Venus  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Deadman Bay.[24]

5 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 5 April 1850
Ship State Description
Albion  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked on rocks west of Tarifa, Spain. Her crew were rescued by Australasian ( United Kingdom). Albion was on a voyage from Gibraltar to Cádiz, Spain.[36][37]
Allison  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Kratzsand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Hamburg.[38] She was refloated on 9 April and taken in to the Elbe.[22]
Eliza Taylor  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in South Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Youghal, County Cork.[24]
John and Mary  United Kingdom The ship struck the pier and sank at Whitby, Yorkshire.[17]

6 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 6 April 1850
Ship State Description
Albion  United Kingdom The barque struck the Thisbery Rock and sank. Her crew were rescued by Australian ( United Kingdom). Albion was on a voyage from Gibraltar to Cádiz, Spain.[39]
Brazilian  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on Saint Domingo with the loss of all but three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Porto Caballo, Venezuela to New York, United States.[40]
Pioneer  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Scroby Sands, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[20]
Port of Spain United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The ship was driven ashore near the Assateague Lighthouse, Virginia, United States. She was on a voyage from Trinidad to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.[41]

7 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 7 April 1850
Ship State Description
Bravo  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland. All eleven people on board were rescued by a coble. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London.[42]
Emilie Stettin The ship ran aground off Saltholm, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. She was refloated and put in to Copenhagen, Denmark for repairs.[22]

8 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 8 April 1850
Ship State Description
Chusan  United Kingdom The ship departed from Newport, Monmouthshire for Norfolk, Virginia, United States. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[43]
James Munro  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Cape Pillar, Van Diemen's Land. She was on a voyage from Alta California to Van Diemen's Land.[44]
Velocity United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The ship was destroyed by fire off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, United States. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Wilmington, North Carolina to Prince Edward Island.[45]

9 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 9 April 1850
Ship State Description
Efion  United Kingdom The ship ran aground and capsized at Caernarfon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Pembrey, Carmarthenshire to Caernarfon.[46]
Harlequin  United Kingdom The ship ran aground off Carlisle Point, County Cork. She was on a voyage from Barbadoes to Limerick. She was refloated the next day and towed in to Cork.[47]
James  United Kingdom The derelict schooner was driven ashore and wrecked in the Shetland Islands.[6]
Mr. Cornelius Haga  Netherlands The ship struck a sunken rock and sank in the Gaspar Strait. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Whampoa, China to Amsterdam, North Holland.[48]
Portly  United Kingdom The barque foundered in the Mediterranean Sea (35°50′N 20°21′E / 35.833°N 20.350°E / 35.833; 20.350). Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt Eyalet to a British port.[49]
Speculation  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Skerries, County Dublin.[49]
Speculator  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Harry Furlong Rock, off the coast of Anglesey. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Wicklow to Runcorn, Cheshire.[50]

10 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 10 April 1850
Ship State Description
Armonia  United Kingdom The ship was lost near Mazara del Vallo, Sicily. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Galaţi, Ottoman Empire to Cork.[51]
Collier  United Kingdom The steamship was driven through London Bridge and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from London to Guernsey and Jersey, Channel Islands.[52]
Pallas  Prussia The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (40°56′N 35°13′W / 40.933°N 35.217°W / 40.933; -35.217). Her crew were rescued by the brig Henriette ( Bremen). Pallas was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to New York, United States.[53]
Washington  United Kingdom The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off the Isles of Scilly. Her crew were rescued by the mackerel boat Eugénie ( France), which towed Washington into St, Mary's, Isles of Scilly the next day. Washington was on a voyage from Mauritius to London.[16]

11 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 11 April 1850
Ship State Description
Enterprise  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Kjiel", Denmark. Her crew were rescued.[12]
Essai  France The ship was driven ashore at Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States. She was on a voyage from La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime to Boston, Massachusetts. She was later refloated and towed in to Boston.[41]
Jeune Aglae  France The ship ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Dunkerque, Nord. She was refloated and put in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk in a leaky condition.[50]
William and Henry  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Ness of Queys. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Hartlepool, County Durham. She was refloated on 15 April and put in to Longhope, Orkney Islands.[54]
Zoe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Saint Vincent The ship was wrecked on the Weather Reef.[55]

12 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: April 1850
Ship State Description
Alexander Lübeck The brig capsized west of Heligoland with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Cuxhaven to Lübeck.[12]
Ganges  United Kingdom The brig foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her ten crew were rescued by the barque Onderneming ( Netherlands). Ganges was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to New York.[56][57]
Grantham  United Kingdom The ship struck a sunken rock and was damaged. She put in to Gothenburg, Sweden in a leaky condition. She was on a voyage from Swinemünde, Prussia to Hartlepool, County Durham.[34]

13 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 13 April 1850
Ship State Description
Border Chieftain  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the Île-d'Aix, Charente-Maritime, France. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to the Charente. She was refloated the next day and taken in to the Charente.[34]
Crown  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked at West Quoddy, Nova Scotia, British North America with the loss of all hands.[58]
Nelson  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Aberdeenshire with the loss of one of her five crew.[59]
Planet  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Plymouth, Devon. She was refloated.[60]
Ranger  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Anamaboe, Gold Coast. Her crew were rescued.[61]

14 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 14 April 1850
Ship State Description
Elizabeth  United Kingdom The ship departed from Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands for Bristol, Gloucestershire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[62]
Harbinger  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned north of Vigo, Spain. Her six crew survived. She was on a voyage from Pernambuco, Brazil to Falmouth, Cornwall.[63]
Lion  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on the Galibia Shoals, off the coast of the Beylik of Tunis. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Agrigento, Sicily to Hamburg.[64][65]
Patriot United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The schooner was wrecked at Métis-sur-Mer, Province of Canada. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland to Quebec City, Province of Canada.[66]

15 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 15 April 1850
Ship State Description
Amphitrite  United Kingdom The barque was in collision with Tanjore ( United Kingdom) and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Tanjore.[67] Amphitrite was on a voyage from London to Saint Lucia. She was discovered on 19 April by the steamship Levantine ( United Kingdom) which put three crew aboard. She was taken in to Belém, Portugal.[68]
Ann McKay  United Kingdom The ship struck the pier and sank at Whitby, Yorkshire.[36]
Cushla Macree  United Kingdom The ship, which had capsized on 30 March, was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of one of her ten crew. Her surviving crew and 160 passengers were rescued by Infanta (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America). Cushla Macree was on a voyage from Galway to New York, United States.[69][70]
Elizabeth  United Kingdom The ship struck the pier and was wrecked at Seaham, County Durham. Her crew were rescued.[13]
Leon  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked at Galibia, Beylik of Tunis. She was on a voyage from Agrigento, Sicily to Hamburg.[71]
Maria and Fanny  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands to Genoa, Kingdom of Sardinia. She was refloated and put in to Ramsgate, Kent in a leaky condition.[36]
Mary Ann  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Sheringham Shoal, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Seaham to Le Tréport, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk in a leaky condition.[34]
Poliseni  Ottoman Empire The ship was wrecked on the coast of Caramania.[72]

16 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 16 April 1850
Ship State Description
Leonidas  France The ship was in collision with an American vessel and was abandoned in the English Channel off Dungeness, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure. Leonidas was taken in to Ramsgate, Kent on 18 April in a derelict condition.[73][74]
Scandinavian  Sweden The barque was driven ashore in the Dardanelles. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom to Odessa.[75]
Troubador  Bremen The ship ran aground on the Lunerplatte, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Bremen. She was refloated and taken in to Bremen.[34]

17 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 17 April 1850
Ship State Description
Frithiof  Russia The full-rigged ship ran aground at Galatario Point, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.[75]
Lady Denison United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland South Australia The ship departed from Port Adelaide for Hobart, Van Diemen's Land. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all 42 people on board.
Prospect  United Kingdom The tug foundered in the Bristol Channel. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Bristol, Gloucestershire. She was refloated on 18 April.[76][77]
Providenza  Spain The ship was wrecked at Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. She was on a voyage from Barcelona to Marseille.[12]

18 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 18 April 1850
Ship State Description
Amicitiæ  United Kingdom The brig ran aground at Barber's Point, in the Dardanelles. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[78]
Arab  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Ness Point, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from London to Hartlepool, County Durham. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.[77][34]
British Queen  United Kingdom The ship struck The Skerries, off Anglesey and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Galaţi, Ottoman Empire. She consequently put in to Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire for repairs, being leaky.[74]
Catherine  United States The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at New Romney, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands to New York.[74] She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.[77]
Frederikke  Prussia The ship was driven ashore at the Agger Canal, Denmark. she was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Memel.[10][69] She was refloated on 2 May.[79]
Harmony  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Torretta, Sicily. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Galaţi, Ottoman Empire to Cork or Falmouth, Cornwall.[72] She had become a wreck by 30 April.[80]
Radians  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Dardanelles. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.[78]

19 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 19 April 1850
Ship State Description
Cervantes  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Holm Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Lowestoft, Suffolk in a leaky condition.[81]
Deolinda United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Guernsey The ship ran aground on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[77]
Elizabeth United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Sunny Eye ( United Kingdom). Elizabeth was on a voyage from Saint Stephen, New Brunswick to Monte Video, Uruguay. She was still afloat on 2 July.[82][83][84]
Midge  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Whitby Rock. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[34]
Mungo Park  United Kingdom The barque foundered in the North Sea 12 nautical miles (22 km) off the Farne Islands, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Copenhagen, Denmark.[12][34][85]
Themis  France The barque ran aground on the Red Bank, off the coast of the Gambia Colony and Protectorate. She broke up the next day.[86]

20 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 20 April 1850
Ship State Description
Anna  France The ship ran aground on the Coserow Reef, in the Baltic Sea off the coast of Prussia.[10]
Constituzione Kingdom of Sardinia The ship was driven ashore near Marbella, Spain. She was on a voyage from Genoa to Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands. She was refloated with assistance from HMS Janus ( Royal Navy) and taken in to Gibraltar.[72]
Iris Duchy of Holstein The ship ran aground at Memel, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Memel to Flensburg. She was refloated and towed in to Memel.[10]
Titania  Prussia The ship ran aground on the Dragoe Reef, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Rügenwalde to Christiania, Norway. She was refloated and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark.[10]

21 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 21 April 1850
Ship State Description
Intrepide  France The ship foundered off "Point d'Areachon". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bayonne, Basses-Pyrénées to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure.[41]
Philadelphia  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Boulmer Rocks, Northumberland and wa severely damaged. She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Perth.[34]
Reine de Hollande  Netherlands The ship sank in the Atlantic Ocean (36°00′N 20°30′W / 36.000°N 20.500°W / 36.000; -20.500). A message in a bottle to that effect washed up at Audierne, Finistère, France in late March 1851.[87]

22 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 22 April 1850
Ship State Description
Armistead  United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. Her crew were rescued by the North Shields Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to South Shields, County Durham. Armistead was refloated and taken in to South Shields.[34]
Hebe  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Savanilla, Mexico. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Savanilla to London.[2]

23 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 23 April 1850
Ship State Description
Busy  United Kingdom The sloop ran aground at Coleraine, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Coleraine.[10][88]
Hebe  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the coast of the Republic of New Granada. Her crew were rescued.[40]
Jenny  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Pearl Rock, off the coast of Spain. She was on a voyage from Torrevieja, Spain to New York, United States.[67]
Jeune Seraphine  France The ship struck a sunken wreck off the Pasquettes and foundered. She was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Inférieure to Bordeaux, Gironde.[41]
Julmer  Kingdom of Hanover The ship sprang a leak and was beached in the Nieuw Diep. She was on a voyage from Emden to Irvine, Ayrshire, United Kingdom.[53]
Ocean  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Wolfville ( United States). Ocean was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Boston, Massachusetts, United States.[89]
Rainbow  United Kingdom The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (45°00′N 33°30′W / 45.000°N 33.500°W / 45.000; -33.500). Her crew were rescued by the barque Marion ( United Kingdom). She foundered the next day.[84][90]
Snowden  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Mediterranean Sea 100 nautical miles (190 km) off Catania, Sicily. Her crew were rescued and she then foundered.[58]

24 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 24 April 1850
Ship State Description
Ellen  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Viana do Castelo, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Viana do Castelano to Dungarvan, County Waterford. She was refloated and put back to Viana do Castelo in a leaky condition.[67]
Gazelle  Sweden The schooner was in collision with a British schooner and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her eight crew were rescued by the brig Rosina ( United Kingdom). Gazelle was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Havana, Cuba.[67][91]
Jewess  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Cavalle Blanco Reef, Virgin Islands. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain to New Orleans, Louisiana.[92][93]
Seraphine  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (53°17′N 31°16′W / 53.283°N 31.267°W / 53.283; -31.267). All on board were rescued by Alderado, Garland and Woodman (all  United Kingdom). Seraphine was on a voyage from Newry, County Antrim to New York, United States.[93][94]

25 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 25 June 1850
Ship State Description
Ashley  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and damaged east of Nairn. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to New York, United States.[68]
Charles Dean  United Kingdom The sailing barge sank off Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex.[68]
Lily  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Ingoldmells, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Seville, Spain to Grimsby, Lincolnshire of Hull, Yorkshire.[95]
Louise  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Tenedos, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated on 5 May and taken in to Tenedos.[96][51][45][97]
Pageant  United Kingdom The brig struck a sunken rock and was damaged off Taboguilla Island, Panama.[2]
Susanna  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near the mouth of the Benito River and was abandoned by her crew.[98]

26 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 26 April 1850
Ship State Description
Active  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Deal, Kent. Her crew were rescued.[95]
Columbus  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Egremont, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire.[68]
Frithiof Flag unknown The ship ran aground near Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated.[45][99]
Lady Maxwell  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Irish Sea 10 nautical miles (19 km) off Teeling Head, County Donegal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Belmullet, County Mayo.[41][100]
Majestic  United Kingdom The ship ran aground near Gallipoli. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Constantinople. She was refloated.[45]
Nancy and Catherine  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Sanda Island, Argyllshire. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Londonderry.[101]
Vision  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Gallipoli. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Constantinople. She was refloated.[45]

27 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 27 April 1850
Ship State Description
Esperance  Spain The ship was wrecked near Heneagua, Bahamas. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from St. Jago de Cuba, Cuba to Barcelona.[93]
Fanny Stettin The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Johanna Frederika (Flag unknown). Fanny was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to New York, United States.[2]

28 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 28 April 1850
Ship State Description
Anthony Wayne  United States The paddle steamer suffered a boiler explosion and sank in Lake Erie with the loss of about 50 to 70 lives.
Fairy United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jersey The smack was blown out to sea from São Miguel Island, Azores. No further trace.[45]
Hamoody India The ship was driven ashore at Black Point, near Saugor.[102]

29 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 29 April 1850
Ship State Description
Euphrates  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Grand Manan, Nova Scotia, British North America with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Puerto Rico.[93]
Oriental  United Kingdom The ship was sunk by ice in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all on board, between 80 and 100 people. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America.[103]
Theckla  Hamburg The ship was driven ashore near "Ideren", Norway. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to a Norwegian port.[79]

30 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 30 April 1850
Ship State Description
Ann  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Middle Sand, in the River Tees and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Fowey, Cornwall to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Middlesbrough.[99]
Dorothy  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Mouse Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex.[104]

Unknown date[edit]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in April 1850
Ship State Description
Edmund Castle  United Kingdom The ship foundered before 21 April. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Galway and British North America.[105]
Favourite  United Kingdom The whaler was wrecked on Navigation Island before 16 April. Her crew were rescued.[106]
Flora Stettin The ship was wrecked on the coast of Norway. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Maranhão, Brazil to Stettin.[76]
Galway Castle  United Kingdom The ship was presumed to have foundered before 21 April. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Galway and North America.[12]
Grecian  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked on The Triangles, off Belize City, British Honduras before 10 April. She was on a voyage from Belize City to London.[93][107]
John Hill  United Kingdom The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 27 April.[45]
Kate and Jane  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the "Kaltoseheeren", off the coast of Sweden before 11 April. She was refloated.[69]
Nanine  France The ship ran aground and was damaged at the mouth of the Somme in late April.[41]
Specie  United States The fishing schooner left Gloucester, Massachusetts for Georges Bank. Debris from the fishing schooner was found on the Georges Bank in mid April. Lost with all 7 crewmen.[108][109]
Susannah  United Kingdom The ship capsized 6 nautical miles (11 km) off Straithie Head, Scotland on or before 7 April.[77]
Victoria  United Kingdom The schooner was lost on the coast of Newfoundland, British North America.[66]
Walter Scott  United States The fishing schooner was lost on the Georges Bank with all 8 hands.[110]

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