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The list of shipwrecks in February 1851 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during February 1851 .
List of shipwrecks: 1 February 1851
Ship
State
Description
Brandtaucher
German Confederation
An experimental hand-cranked military submarine sunk due to hull breach, caused by ballast shifting uncontrollably due to the instability of the vessel. The crew escaped through the hatch after allowing the flooding to equalize the internal pressure with the external pressure of the water.[ 1]
Catarina
Ottoman Empire
The ship was wrecked near Cape St. Angelo. She was on a voyage from Galaţi to Cork or Falmouth, Cornwall , United Kingdom .[ 2]
Delphine
France
The ship was wrecked near Penmarc'h , Finistère . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Douarnenez , Finistère to Bordeaux , Gironde .[ 3]
Honor
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Ballyferris Point, County Down . She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Saint Domingo . She was refloated and taken in to Millisle .[ 4]
Peter Hattrick
United Kingdom
The full-rigged ship was in collision with Quebec ( United Kingdom ) in the English Channel off Hastings , Sussex , United Kingdom and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Apalachicola, Florida to Antwerp , Belgium. She was towed in to Portsmouth , Hampshire , United Kingdom by the tug Echo ( United Kingdom ) and was drydocked for repairs.[ 5]
Sandford
United Kingdom
The brigantine ran aground on the Dutchman's Bank, in the Irish Sea . She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Messina , Sicily . She was later refloated.[ 6] [ 7]
List of shipwrecks: 4 February 1851
Ship
State
Description
Absorus
Russia
The ship was driven ashore between Messina and the Punta del Faro , Sicily . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Levant to an English port.[ 16]
Blanche
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at Liverpool , Lancashire . She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick , British North America to Liverpool.[ 4] She was refloated the next day and taken into Liverpool in a severely damaged condition.[ 10]
Bonne Elise
France
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked between Messina and the Punta del Faro , Sicily . She was on a voyage from Smyrna , Ottoman Empire to Marseille , Bouches-du-Rhône .[ 12]
Brothers
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at Laxey , Isle of Man .[ 17]
Elizabeth
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground and was severely damaged at Lowestoft , Suffolk . She was refloated.[ 18]
Ellen
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at "Real", Ireland and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Tralee , County Kerry to Newhaven, Sussex . She was refloated and taken in to Kilrush , County Clare .[ 19]
Henri Marie
France
The schooner was driven ashore on the Isle of Arran , United Kingdom . She was refloated and taken in to Ardrossan , Ayrshire , United Kingdom for repairs.[ 19]
Laurel
United Kingdom
The brig was in collision with the paddle steamer Thistle United Kingdom and sank off the Pladda Lighthouse , Ayrshire with the loss of all fourteen crew. She was on a voyage from Demerara , British Guiana to Glasgow , Renfrewshire .[ 20] [ 5]
Le Juif Errant
France
The ship departed from Calcutta , India for Réunion . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 21]
Margary
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground on the Goodwin Sands , Kent . She was on a voyage from Seaham , County Durham to Bilboa , Spain. She was refloated and resumed her voyage, having refused assistance from the Ramsgate Lifeboat.[ 11]
Patagonia
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on Bond's Reef, off the coast of New Caledonia . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sydney , New South Wales to Manila , Spanish East Indies .[ 22]
List of shipwrecks: February 1851
Ship
State
Description
Alacrity
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Breaksea Point , Glamorgan . She was on a voyage from London to Gloucester .[ 15]
Charlotte and Mary
United Kingdom
The sloop was driven ashore at the Landguard Fort , Felixtowe , Suffolk .[ 18]
Cinisca
Kingdom of Sardinia
The polacca was wrecked on the Punta Brava Rocks, on the coast of Uruguay. She was on a voyage from Genoa to Buenos Aires , Argentina.[ 23]
Eleanora , andVanguard
United Kingdom
The schooner Eleanora and the paddle steamer Vanguard collided off the Corsewall Lighthouse , Wigtownshire . Eleanora sank with the loss of three of her six crew. Survivors were rescued by Vanguard , which was on a voyage from Glasgow , Renfrewshire to Dublin . She put back to Greenock , Renfrewshire.[ 20] [ 15] [ 18]
Frederick and Alfred
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Bridlington , Yorkshire . She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to London .[ 15]
Grace
United Kingdom
The ship was in collision with a schooner and sank in the North Sea off Trimingham , Norfolk .[ 15] Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne.[ 24]
Maria Terpsithea
Greece
The brig was wrecked on the Arklow Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wicklow , United Kingdom with the loss of nine of her seventeen crew. One survivor was rescued by the schooner Cambria ( United Kingdom ), the other seven by the brig Delight ( United Kingdom ). Maria Terpsithea was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire , United Kingdom to Alexandria , Egypt .[ 24] [ 25] [ 26]
Midge
United Kingdom
The schooner was wrecked in Mogador Bay, Morocco.[ 27] [ 28]
Plover
United Kingdom
The paddle steamer suffered a boiler explosion at Glasgow , Renfrewshire with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Glasgow to Bowling, Dunbartonshire .[ 29]
Witch
United Kingdom
The sloop was discovered derelict in the Irish Sea off Ulverston , Lancashire. She was beached at Aldingham , Lancashire.[ 24]
Worcester
United Kingdom
The ship departed from Calcutta , India for the Cape of Good Hope and London . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 30]
List of shipwrecks: 7 February 1851
Ship
State
Description
Bee
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Zouteland sandbank, at the mouth of the Scheldt . She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Dunkerque , Nord , France. She was refloated and taken in to Vlissingen , Zeeland , Netherlands.[ 33]
Betsy
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Brake Sand, in the North Sea . She was on a voyage from Limerick to London . She was refloated and put in to Ramsgate , Kent in a leaky condition.[ 24]
Shamrock
United Kingdom
The schooner struck the Blackwater Bank, in the Irish Sea . She was subsequently driven ashore and wrecked 16 nautical miles (30 km) north of Wexford . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Lisbon , Portugal.[ 24] [ 34]
Yorkshire
United States
The ship lost her rudder and sprang a leak in the Irish Sea . She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to New York . She attempted to put back to Liverpool, but was consequently towed in to Holyhead , Anglesey , where she ran aground on 20 February.[ 35] [ 36]
List of shipwrecks: 8 February 1851
Ship
State
Description
Agatha
Sweden
The brig was in collision with a schooner and was damaged. She subsequently ran aground off "Peil Harbour", Walney Island , Lancashire , United Kingdom . Agatha was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Buenos Aires , Argentina. She was refloated and put in to Fleetwood , Lancashire.[ 14] [ 37]
Amazon
United States
The schooner was severely damaged by fire at St. Thomas , Virgin Islands . She was consequently condemned.[ 38]
James Shepherd
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on a reef off Cape Agulhas , Cape Colony . All on board were rescued.[ 39]
Rosalind
United Kingdom
The ship caught fire and was abandoned in the Indian Ocean . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Suez , Egypt .[ 40]
William
United Kingdom
The sailing barge capsized in the River Severn between Sharpness , Gloucestershire and the mouth of the River Wye with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Gloucester to Chepstow , Monmouthshire .[ 37]
List of shipwrecks: 9 February 1851
Ship
State
Description
Antonio
Spain
The brig ran aground on Collin's Patch, in the Florida Reef . She was on a voyage from Havana , Cuba to Hamburg . She was refloated and taken in to Key West, Florida , United States.[ 41]
Eliza
France
The barque exploded and sank at Rio de Janeiro , Brazil with the loss of ten lives. There were over 200 survivors. She was on a voyage from France to California , United States.[ 42]
Frederick
United Kingdom
The ship sprang a leak and sank off Happisburgh , Norfolk . Her crew were rescued by the brig Stokesley ( United Kingdom ). Frederick was on a voyage from Hartlepool , County Durham to London .[ 13] [ 33]
Frederick
Sweden
The ship was wrecked on Ameland , Friesland , Netherlands.[ 43] Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Majorca , Spain.[ 8]
Phœnix
Belgium
The ship ran aground on the Anchovis Berg Bank. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire , United Kingdom to Antwerp .[ 14] She was refloated on 11 February and taken in to Antwerp.[ 44]
List of shipwrecks: February 1851
Ship
State
Description
Albert
United States
The schooner was wrecked at Young's Cove, Nova Scotia , British North America with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Cornwallis, Maine to Saint John, New Brunswick , British North America.[ 61]
Celina
United Kingdom
The ship struck the Begueneau Rocks and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Plymouth , Devon to Nantes , Loire-Inférieure , France. She put in to Le Pouliguen , Loire-Inférieure, where she ran aground.[ 62]
Humility
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Cork Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk . She was on a voyage from London to Hull , Yorkshire . She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 63]
John
United Kingdom
The schooner collided with HMS Resistance ( Royal Navy ) and sank off The Lizard , Cornwall . Two crew were rescued by HMS Resistance . John was on a voyage from Caernarfon to London .[ 64]
Sarah
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Helwelk Sands with the loss of all hands.[ 53]
Selina
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at "Beguenean", France. She was on a voyage from Plymouth , Devon to Nantes , Loire-Inférieure . She was refloated and taken in to "Doulinguen", France in a leaky condition.[ 60]
List of shipwrecks: 23 February 1851
Ship
State
Description
Albion
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Fined Point, County Sligo . She was on a voyage from Cardiff , Glamorgan to Sligo .[ 64] [ 65]
Corkscrew
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground on the Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay . She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Dunkerque , Nord , France.[ 12] She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 66]
Groja
United Kingdom
The ship sprang a leak and was dismasted in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of two of her 26 crew. Survivors were rescued by Cygnet ( United Kingdom ). Groja was on a voyage from Bristol , Gloucestershire to Valparaíso , Chile.[ 67]
Matchless
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at Whitby , Yorkshire .[ 53] She was refloated the next day.[ 68]
Mazagran
France
The ship was wrecked on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex , United Kingdom . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland , United Kingdom to Port-Vendres , Pyrénées-Orientales .[ 69]
Taag
Netherlands
The hooker was in collision with a brig and sank in the English Channel . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Vlaardingen , South Holland to Lisbon , Portugal.[ 27]
List of shipwrecks: 24 February 1851
Ship
State
Description
Dunkerquois
France
The ship was driven ashore at New Romney , Kent , United Kingdom , She was on a voyage from Dunkerque , Nord to Constantinople , Ottoman Empire .[ 68]
Etoile des Mers
France
The brig was driven ashore at "St. Harem", Ottoman Syria .[ 70]
Ivanhoe
United States
The ship was driven onto the Round Shoal, off Nantucket, Massachusetts and was wrecked.[ 71] [ 54]
Nixon
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground and was damaged on the Sheringham Shoals, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk . She was on a voyage from Seaham , County Durham to London . She was refloated and taken in to Blakeney, Norfolk .[ 72] [ 73]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in February 1851
Ship
State
Description
Alexandra
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Reval , Russia before 5 February. She was refloated on 10 September.[ 87]
Ann Wood
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Harrington, Cumberland . She was refloated on 1 March and towed in to Maryport , Cumberland .[ 27] [ 88]
Antigua
United Kingdom
The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 8 February.[ 12]
Brutus
United Kingdom
The brig was lost in the Bahía de San Quintín before 20 February with the loss of all but two of her crew.[ 89]
Dunkerquois
France
The ship was driven ashore at New Romney , Kent , United Kingdom . She was refloated on 28 February and taken in to Dover , Kent.[ 60]
Jane
United Kingdom
The schooner foundered before 5 February. She was on a voyage from Truxillo , Mexico to Belize City , British Honduras .[ 16]
Jupiter
France
The ship was wrecked at the mouth of the Rio Grande de São Pedro before 26 February.[ 90]
Laurel
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel off Penarth , Glamorgan with the loss of all hands in early February.[ 91]
Lord George Bentinck
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the coast of Glamorgan in early February.[ 91]
Minerva
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore and wrecked near Charleston, South Carolina , United States before 21 February. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Jamaica to the Clyde .[ 85]
Nova Olinda
Portugal
The brigantine was lost off Lisbon before 11 February. Her crew were rescued by "HNLMS Ardgoeno " ( Royal Netherlands Navy ).[ 64] [ 60] [ 65]
Prince of Wales
British North America
The ship was wrecked in Fortune Bay before 13 February.[ 53]
San Michele
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
The brig was driven ashore at "Cape Gamarth".[ 58]
Veeran
United Kingdom
The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 27 February. She was towed in to Glandore , County Cork on that date.[ 80]
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