List of shipwrecks in June 1851
The list of shipwrecks in June 1851 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during June 1851 .
1 June
3 June
List of shipwrecks: 3 June 1851
Ship
State
Description
Alcmène
French Navy
The Ariane -class corvette was wrecked between Hokianga and Kaipara , New Zealand, with the loss of 12 lives.[ 5]
Broderliefde
Netherlands
The ship was driven ashore north of "Koog", North Holland. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool , County Durham , United Kingdom to Medemblik , North Holland.[ 6]
Friends
United Kingdom
The smack was driven ashore and wrecked at Strumble Head , Pembrokeshire . Her crew were rescued.[ 7] [ 8]
Garland Grove
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the South Atlantic . Her crew were rescued by Magdelina ( Netherlands ). Garland Grove was on a voyage from London to Adelaide , South Australia .[ 9]
Mary
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground and was damaged at Whitby , Yorkshire . She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland .[ 6]
St. Vincent de Paul
Belgium
The fishing boat was driven ashore and wrecked at Kingsbarns , Fife , United Kingdom . Her crew were rescued.[ 10]
William Wilson
United Kingdom
The ship foundered off Trinidad . She was on a voyage from South Shields , County Durham to Aden .[ 11]
4 June
5 June
6 June
8 June
9 June
List of shipwrecks: 9 June 1851
Ship
State
Description
Arabian
United Kingdom
The steamship was driven ashore on Pelican Point, in the Gulf of Smyrna .[ 17] [ 18] She was on a voyage from Constantinople , Ottoman Empire to Liverpool , Lancashire . She had been refloated by 16 June and resumed her voyage on 18 June.[ 19]
Atiet Rohoman
India
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Khanderi with the loss of at least 89, and up to 175, lives. She was on a voyage from Jeddah , Hejaz Vilayet to Mocha , Yemen Eyalet and Calcutta .[ 20]
Christina
United Kingdom
The schooner was destroyed by fire near Fort William, Inverness-shire . She was on a voyage from Nairn to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 21] [ 22]
John and Anne
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Sutton Bridge , Lincolnshire . She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough , Yorkshire to Boston, Lincolnshire .[ 23]
Mary
United Kingdom
The barque was driven onto the Swash, in the Bristol Channel .[ 24]
Victor Marie
France
The ship was driven ashore at Leffrinckoucke , Nord . She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham , United Kingdom to Nantes , Loire-Inférieure .[ 25] [ 26]
10 June
11 June
List of shipwrecks: 11 June 1851
Ship
State
Description
Anna
Kingdom of Hanover
The ship ran aground off Læsø , Denmark. She was on a voyage from Königsberg , Prussia to London , United Kingdom . She was refloated and put in to Frederikshavn , Denmark in a leaky condition.[ 17]
Atiet Rohoman
India
The ship was wrecked at Kennery with the loss of nearly 200 lives. She was on a voyage from Mecca , Ottoman Arabia to Bombay .[ 28]
Charlotte
United Kingdom
The full-rigged ship was wrecked about 30 miles south of Bombay , India as she was sailing from Calcutta to Bombay. The ship and cargo were lost, and two men lost their lives in attempting to reach shore.
Jessie Maria
United Kingdom
The ship was severely damaged by fire at Dublin .[ 21]
Joseph Cripps
New Zealand
The schooner was wrecked by a severe gale at Māhia Peninsula , Hawke's Bay . All hands were saved.[ 29]
Maria Josephine
New Zealand
The cutter had her rudder destroyed during a gale in Wellington Harbour and was driven on shore.[ 30]
Plymouth
United Kingdom
The packet boat , a sloop , sprang a leak and foundered off Land's End , Cornwall with the loss of all 24 people on board. She was on a voyage from Plymouth , Devon to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 21] [ 31] [ 3]
Rover
United Kingdom
The brig ran aground at Waterford . She was on a voyage from Malta to Queenstown, County Cork . She was refloated but consequently had to be beached.[ 21] [ 32]
Star of the East
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground in Buydikheri Bay. She was on a voyage from Odessa to Falmouth, Cornwall or Queenstown. She was refloated and put in to Constantinople , Ottoman Empire .[ 33]
12 June
13 June
14 June
16 June
17 June
List of shipwrecks: 17 June 1851
Ship
State
Description
Charlotte
British North America
The brig was wrecked off Portrush , County Antrim . Her crew were rescued.[ 17] She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick to Coleraine , County Antrim.[ 41]
Emma
United Kingdom
The smack ran aground and sank at Dublin . She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Dublin.[ 17] [ 40]
G. E. Routh
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
The ship ran aground at Wexford , United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from Naples to Wexford.[ 18]
Gordon
United Kingdom
The ship capsized or foundered in the North Sea off Texel , North Holland , Netherlands.[ 42]
Robert and Henry
United Kingdom
The ship was run aground on the Filsand. She was on a voyage from Cardiff , Glamorgan to Cronstadt , Russian Empire . She was later refloated and completed her voyage, arriving at Cronstadt on 23 June.[ 43]
18 June
19 June
20 June
21 June
22 June
23 June
24 June
25 June
List of shipwrecks: 25 June 1851
Ship
State
Description
Experience
Barbadoes
The ship was wrecked on Brown's Shoal, south of Nevis . She was on a voyage from Saint Thomas , Virgin Islands to Barbadoes.[ 54]
Kedron
United Kingdom
The brig was wrecked off Trinidad . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York , United States to Trinidad.[ 50]
Keldy Castle
United Kingdom
The ship was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean . Her crew took to the boats. They were rescued by Colonel Maule ( United Kingdom ) on 30 June. Keldy Castle was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Montevideo , Uruguay.[ 51] [ 55]
Pride
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked near "Lerwig", Jutland . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Riga , Russia .[ 56]
Randolph
United Kingdom
The full-rigged ship was wrecked on Amber Island with the loss of 25 lives. She was on a voyage from Lyttelton, New Zealand to London .
Thetis
United Kingdom
The schooner was run down and sunk by the steamship Columbia ( United Kingdom ) in the Irish Sea off Holyhead , Anglesey . She was on a voyage from Runcorn , Cheshire to Yarmouth.[ 57] [ 58] Thetis was refloated on 28 June and taken in to Holyhead.[ 19]
26 June
27 June
28 June
29 June
List of shipwrecks: 29 June 1851
Ship
State
Description
Cecrops
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the "Roman River", British Honduras .[ 13]
Henry Campbell
United States
The ship was driven ashore at Bridgehampton, New York . She was on a voyage from London , United Kingdom to New York City .[ 63]
James Orr
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground and sank at Wilmington, North Carolina , United States. She was on a voyage from Cardiff , Glamorgan to Wilmington.[ 36]
Jane
United Kingdom
The brig was run down and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by Lafayette ( United States ). Her crew were rescued by Lafayette . Jane was on a voyage from Quebec City , Province of Canada to a European port.[ 64]
Jane
United Kingdom
The ship ran asround on the Woolseners, in the English Channel off the coast of Hampshire .[ 19]
Wanskapen
Russia
The brig foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 3 leagues (9 nautical miles (17 km)) off Cabo Mondego , Portugal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland , United Kingdom to Alexandria to Egypt .[ 65] [ 66]
30 June
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in June 1851
Ship
State
Description
Åland
Grand Duchy of Finland
The ship was driven ashore near Turku before 7 June. She was on a voyage from Turku to Cádiz , Spain. She was refloated and put back to Turku.[ 18]
Corynette
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at Smyrna , Ottoman Empire . She was on a voyage from Smyrna to Bristol , Gloucestershire . She was refloated.[ 71]
Diligenzia
Dominican Republic
The schooner was run down and sunk at Boca Chica by RMS Thames ( United Kingdom ) with the loss of one of the 30 people on board.[ 72]
Elise Nicoline Sophie
Denmark
The ewer was driven ashore and wrecked at Thoborøn before 21 June.[ 43]
Emblem
United Kingdom
The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 21 June. She was on a voyage from New York , United States to Halifax, Nova Scotia , British North America .[ 73]
Emperor
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at "Chowl". She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Bombay , India . She was refloated and completed her voyage, arriving at Bombay on 11 June.[ 74]
Flirt
New Zealand
The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Port Lyttelton between 10 and 12 June.[ 61]
Halcyon
United States
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of one life. Survivors were rescued by two American vessels. Halcyon was on a voyage from Liverpool to New York .[ 75]
Hawk
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Cape de Gatt , Spain. She was on a voyage from London to Athens , Greece . She was refloated and resumed her voyage, arriving at Athens on 14 June in a leaky condition.[ 76]
Neptune
Kingdom of Hanover
The whaler , a brig , was sunk by ice. Her crew were rescued.[ 77]
Nuevo Peppino
Austrian Empire
The ship was driven ashore near Sulina , Ottoman Empire . She was on a voyage from Brăila , Ottoman Empire to an English port.[ 43]
Parsee Merchant
India
The ship was lost at the Sand Heads.[ 78] [ 47]
Philomène
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked in the Hooghly River .[ 78]
Sallie Fearn
United States
The ship was struck by lightning , set afire and abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. All on board were rescued by Frank Johnson ( United States ). Sallie Fearn was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Liverpool.[ 79]
Swallow
New South Wales
The schooner was wrecked near Port Phillip Heads .[ 80]
Tees
United Kingdom
The schooner was abandoned in the North Sea before 9 June. She was discovered by the brig Pomona ( United Kingdom ), which put two crew on her. The took her in to Blyth, Northumberland on 10 June.[ 23] [ 6]
Theodosia
United Kingdom
The ship collided with Cumberland ( United Kingdom ) in the Atlantic Ocean and was abandoned before 10 June. Eight crew were rescued by Georgiana ( United Kingdom ). Theodosia was on a voyage from Cartagena, Spain to Quebec City , Province of Canada , British North America .[ 66]
Thetis
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at "Realijo", Chile before 22 June.[ 48]
Vesta
Norway
The ship ran aground on a reef off Saint Domingo and was severeloy damaged. She was on a voyage from New York to Kingston, Jamaica . She was refloated and completed her voyage, arriving on 24 May.[ 43]
White Squall
New South Wales
The schooner was lost in the Kent Group , Van Diemen's Land . She was on a voyage from Melbourne to Sydney .[ 81]
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