List of shipwrecks in April 1850

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

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April 1850

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29 | 30 | Unknown date
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## 1 April

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List of shipwrecks: 1 April 1850  Ship | State | Description

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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 |  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

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List of shipwrecks: April 1850  Ship | State | Description

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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

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List of shipwrecks: 3 April 1850  Ship | State | Description

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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

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List of shipwrecks: 4 April 1850  Ship | State | Description

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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 |  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

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List of shipwrecks: 5 April 1850  Ship | State | Description

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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

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List of shipwrecks: 6 April 1850  Ship | State | Description

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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 |  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

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List of shipwrecks: 7 April 1850  Ship | State | Description

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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

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List of shipwrecks: 8 April 1850  Ship | State | Description

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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 |  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

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List of shipwrecks: 9 April 1850  Ship | State | Description

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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

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List of shipwrecks: 10 April 1850  Ship | State | Description

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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

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List of shipwrecks: 11 April 1850  Ship | State | Description

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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 |  Saint Vincent | The ship was wrecked on the Weather Reef.[55]

## 12 April

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List of shipwrecks: April 1850  Ship | State | Description

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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

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List of shipwrecks: 13 April 1850  Ship | State | Description

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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

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List of shipwrecks: 14 April 1850  Ship | State | Description

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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 |  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

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List of shipwrecks: 15 April 1850  Ship | State | Description

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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 ( 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

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List of shipwrecks: 16 April 1850  Ship | State | Description

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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

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List of shipwrecks: 17 April 1850  Ship | State | Description

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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 |  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

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List of shipwrecks: 18 April 1850  Ship | State | Description

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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

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List of shipwrecks: 19 April 1850  Ship | State | Description

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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 |  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 |  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

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List of shipwrecks: 20 April 1850  Ship | State | Description

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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

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List of shipwrecks: 21 April 1850  Ship | State | Description

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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

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List of shipwrecks: 22 April 1850  Ship | State | Description

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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

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List of shipwrecks: 23 April 1850  Ship | State | Description

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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

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List of shipwrecks: 24 April 1850  Ship | State | Description

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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

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List of shipwrecks: 25 June 1850  Ship | State | Description

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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

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List of shipwrecks: 26 April 1850  Ship | State | Description

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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

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List of shipwrecks: 27 April 1850  Ship | State | Description

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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

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List of shipwrecks: 28 April 1850  Ship | State | Description

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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 |  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]

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List of shipwrecks: 29 April 1850  Ship | State | Description

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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

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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]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in April 1850  Ship | State | Description

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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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