# List of shipwrecks in January 1851

The list of shipwrecks in January 1851 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during January 1851.

## 1 January

List of shipwrecks: 1 January 1851 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alessandro il Grande | Kingdom of the Two Sicilies | The ship was driven ashore and damaged in the Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Galway to Cardiff. |
| Henriette Royen | Kingdom of Hanover | The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom to the Cape Verde Islands. |
| Middleton | United Kingdom | The ship was driven into an Ottoman Navy frigate and severely damaged at Beyrout, Ottoman Syria and was consequently beached. |
| Speedy | Guernsey | The schooner was driven ashore at Margate, Kent. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Margate. |

## 2 January

List of shipwrecks: 2 January 1851 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Campista | Brazil | The patache was wrecked on Victoria Island with the loss of nine of the thirteen people on board. She was on a voyage from Santa Catarina Island to Rio de Janeiro. |
| Clara | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Cobbler Rocks, off Barbadoes. |
| David Key | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Pittenweem, Fife. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Pittenweem. She was refloated and taken in to port. |
| Freeman | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Crosby Point, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Jamaica. |
| Lord Sandon | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Eastern Bank, off the coast of Georgia, United States. She was refloated but drove onto the South Breaker Shoal and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to New York and Savannah, Georgia. |

## 3 January

List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1851 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Clara | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Cobbler Rocks, off the coast of Barbadoes. |
| Tasman | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Lonsdale Reef, off the coast of South Australia. She was on a voyage from London to Sydney, New South Wales. She was refloated and taken in to Sydney in a leaky condition. |

## 4 January

List of shipwrecks: 4 January 1851 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Cato | Hamburg | The ship ran aground on the coast of Spain. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Trieste. She was refloated the next day and put in to Gibraltar. |
| Veran | Austrian Empire | The barque was driven ashore in Ringabella Bay, County Cork, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Odessa to Queenstown, County Cork. |

## 5 January

List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1851 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Albion | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked near Charlestown, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Llanelly, Glamorgan to Charleston. |
| Cito | Denmark | The schooner struck rocks at Tarifa, Spain and was severely damaged. She was taken in to Gibraltar in a severely leaky condition. |
| Malvina | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Shoebury Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was refloated and beached at Southend. |
| Minerva | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex. |
| Union | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was refloated and put in to Ramsgate, Kent in a leaky condition. |

## 6 January

List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1851 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Allen King | United States | The brig was wrecked on the Ambergris Reef, off the coast of British Honduras. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York to Belize City, British Honduras. |
| Camerton | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Ross Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands to Hull, Yorkshire. She was refloated and completed her voyage. |
| New York Trader | United States | The ship was wrecked on the Ambergris Reef, off the coast of British Honduras. |

## 7 January

List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1851 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ana | Chile | The barque was wrecked on the Chala coast, Peru. Her crew were rescued. |
| Daring | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore on the Blackshaw Bank, in the Solway Firth. Her nine crew survived. She was on a voyage from Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies to the Clyde. She was refloated on 26 January. She was refloated on 26 January. |
| Faedrenes Minde | Duchy of Holstein | The ship was driven ashore at Nyborg, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Flensburg to the West Indies. |
| Margaret | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and sank at Lancaster, Lancashire. |
| Providence | Jersey | The ship was driven ashore at the Mumbles, Glamorgan. |

## 8 January

List of shipwrecks: 8 January 1851 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Arta | Greece | The brig ran aground off Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire, United Kingdom to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated. |
| Charles Hayle | United Kingdom | The ketch was wrecked on the Woolsterners, in the English Channel off the coast of Sussex with the loss of all hands. |
| Heroine | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven onto Carpenter's Rock, in the Cattewater. She was refloated. |
| Hope | United Kingdom | The schooner was in collision with the barque Superb ( United Kingdom) 50 nautical miles (93 km) north of the Isles of Scilly and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Tralee, County Kerry to London. She was reboarded the next day and taken in to Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. |
| Lovely Lass | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Whitehaven, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Whitehaven. |
| Three Brothers | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the Cattewater. She was on a voyage from Brăila, Ottoman Empire to Plymouth, Devon. She was refloated and taken in to Plymouth. |
| Traveller | United Kingdom | The ship was presumed to have foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Union | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was lost in the Roman River, British Honduras. Her crew were rescued. |
| William Hogarth | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Lerwick, Shetland Islands. She was refloated on 11 January. |

## 9 January

List of shipwrecks: 9 January 1851 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ann | United Kingdom | The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Union ( United Kingdom). Ann was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands. |
| Anna Maria | United Kingdom | The sloop foundered in the Bristol Channel. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bullo Pill, Gloucestershire to Newport, Monmouthshire. |
| Ant | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore at North Somercotes, Lincolnshire. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Grimsby. |
| Berbice | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore on the Nass Sands, Somerset. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Demerara, British Guiana to Aberdeen. She was refloated on 4 February and taken in to Bristol, Gloucestershire. |
| Caroline | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked on the West Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay. Her crew were rescued by the Point of Ayre Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Inverness to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Catherina Elizabeth | Norway | The ship was driven ashore south of Helsingør, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom. |
| Ceres | Jersey | The ship was in collision with the barque Maidstone ( United Kingdom) and foundered off Garrison Point, Sheerness, Kent. |
| Claydon | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore in Llandudno Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Bangor, Caernarfonshire. |
| Courier | Jersey | The ship was wrecked at Les Sables-d'Olonne, Vendée, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jersey to Bordeaux, Gironde, France and Mauritius. |
| Dolphin | United Kingdom | The trow was driven ashore at the mouth of the River Avon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sydney, New South Wales to Bristol. |
| Eleanor | United Kingdom | The smack was driven ashore near Abergele, Flintshire. Her crew were rescued. |
| Hazard | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore on the Nass Sands. She was on a voyage from Messina, Sicily to Bristol, Gloucestershire. Hazard was refloated on 15 January and taken in to Bristol. |
| Hero | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Lindisfarne, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued by a pilot boat. She was on a voyage from Arbroath, Forfarshire to Seaham, County Durham. |
| James | United Kingdom | The flat was driven ashore near Rhyl, Flintshire. Her crew were rescued. |
| Jane Allison | United States | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Manawagonish Island, New Brunswick, British North America. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to Digby, Nova Scotia and Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America. |
| John Daniel | United Kingdom | The schooner sank at Ilfracombe, Devon. She was on a voyage from Newport to Plymouth, Devon. She was subsequently raised and repaired. |
| John Sparks | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and was wrecked in the Paracel Islands with the loss of six of her crew. She was on a voyage from China to Akyab, Burma. |
| Lady Sale | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged on Long Island New York, United States. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to New York City. She was refloated on 12 January and taken in to New York City. |
| Liskeard | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked on the Nass Sands with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Bristol to Plymouth. |
| Lord Coke | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Redcar, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands to Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham. She was refloated on 13 January and resumed her voyage. |
| Lord Willoughby | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Brazil Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Preston, Lancashire. She was refloated and taken in to Liverpool. |
| Raven | United Kingdom | The flat was driven ashore near Abergele. Her crew were rescued. |
| Rockshire | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the South Breaker Shoal, off the coast of Georgia, United States. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Charleston, South Carolina, United States. |
| Strop | United Kingdom | The sloop foundered in the Bristol Channel off the mouth of the River Avon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bullo Pill to Cardiff. |
| Terror | United Kingdom | The yawl foundered in the Bristol Channel with the loss of all hands. |
| Undercliff | United Kingdom | The flat was wrecked on Taylor's Bank, in Liverpool Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Preston to Liverpool. |
| William Frederick | United Kingdom | The ship was in collision with two other vessels and was then driven ashore at Falmouth, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Panama. |

## 10 January

List of shipwrecks: 10 January 1851 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Edith | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground off Deal, Kent. Her crew were rescued by the lifeboat Northumberland ( United Kingdom). |
| Essex Lass | United Kingdom | The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off Faro, Portugal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Zakynthos, Greece to Queenstown, County Cork. |
| Euphemia | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Bahama Bank. She was on a voyage from Matanzas, Cuba to Newfoundland, British North America. |
| Hazard | United Kingdom | The ship was beached at Mogador, Morocco. She was on a voyage from London to Mogador. She had become a wreck by 2 February. |
| Lady Louisa Stewart | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Long Rock, off Ballywalter, County Down. She was on a voyage from Nairn to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and put in to Donaghadee, County Down. |
| Louise | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Abrevach, Finistère France for Gloucester. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Perth | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) west of Banff, Aberdeenshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Dingwall, Ross-shire. |
| Providence | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Ayr. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Ayr. |
| Sarah and Ann | United Kingdom | The schooner foundered off the coast of Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Santa Cruz. |
| Scio | United Kingdom | The ship was driven onto the Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies to Liverpool. She was refloated and taken in to Liverpool. |
| Victoria | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Kattegat. Her crew were rescued by Maria ( Norway). Victoria was on a voyage from Dantzic to London. |

## 11 January

List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1851 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alfred | United Kingdom | The ship was destroyed by fire at Quiriquina Island, Chile. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to a port in Chile. |
| Beneficienza | Papal States | The schooner was wrecked at Sidi Mansour, Morocco. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Brăila, Ottoman Empire to Malta and Cork, United Kingdom. |
| London | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore in Pegwell Bay. Her crew were rescued by the lifeboat Northumberland ( United Kingdom). |
| Maria | Norway | The ship was wrecked on the south coast of "Jedderen". All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen, Denmark to Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom. |
| New Commercial | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on the Rocky Ledge, off the coast of Cornwall with the loss of eight of the ten people on board. Survivors were rescued by the Coast Guard. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to "Santa Martha", on the Spanish Main. |
| Susan | United Kingdom | The sloop struck the quayside and sank at Aberdeen. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Aberdeen. She was refloated on 15 January and placed under repair. |

## 12 January

List of shipwrecks: 12 January 1851 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the south coast of "Jedderen". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Nysted, Denmark to London. |
| Franconia | United States | The ship was wrecked at Rhoscolyn, Anglesey, United Kingdom with the loss of eleven of the 21 people on board. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. |
| Ganges | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Euboea, Greece. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Constantinople, Ottoman Empire to Hull, Yorkshire. |
| Queen of the Islands | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Overstrand, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from a Baltic port to Bristol, Gloucestershire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |

## 13 January

List of shipwrecks: 13 January 1851 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Barco | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on The Shingles, off the Isle of Wight. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Southampton, Hampshire. |
| Colonia | Denmark | The brig was driven ashore at Fort St. Phillip, Gibraltar. She was refloated on 16 January and taken in to Gibraltar for repairs. |
| Geyser | Denmark | The ship was wrecked on the Danish coast. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen to Messina, Sicily. |
| Hebe | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) south of Scarborough, Yorkshire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Josephine | France | The schooner foundered off L'Orient, Morbihan with the loss of seven of her eight crew. The survivor was rescued on 16 January by HMS Vivid ( Royal Navy). Josephine was on a voyage from Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, Somme to Bordeaux, Gironde. |
| Livingstone | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from London to Sunderland, County Durham. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk in a leaky condition. |
| Marie | France | The brig was driven ashore near Fort St. Phillip. |
| Père Eternel | France | The ship foundered off "Cape Lenco", Ottoman Empire. Her crew were rescued. |
| Philippine | France | The bombard was driven ashore at Gibraltar. |
| Robuste | France | The barque foundered off Algeciras, Spain with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Senegal. |
| Valiant | British North America | The ship was driven ashore at Youghal, County Cork. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America. |

## 14 January

List of shipwrecks: 14 January 1851 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Camilla | New Zealand | The ship ran aground on the Benn Rocks, in the Waikeki Channel. She was on a voyage from Auckland to Canterbury. She was refloated, resuming her voyage on 31 January. |
| Colonia | Denmark | The brig was driven ashore in Gibraltar Bay near "San Felipe", Spain. |
| Happy Return | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Redcar, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Lowestoft, Suffolk to South Shields, County Durham. She was refloated and put in to Hartlepool, County Durham in a leaky condition. |
| Incognita | Barbadoes | The schooner was wrecked on the Weymouth Reef, off Sandy Cay, Virgin Islands. She was on a voyage from Barbadoes to Antigua. |
| Marie Rose | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Gibraltar Bay. |
| Majestic | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Odessa to Queenstown, County Cork or Falmouth, Cornwall. |
| Matilda | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked at Cruggleton Castle, Wigtownshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Garlieston to the Isle of Whithorn. |
| Olive | British North America | The schooner was wrecked on the coast of Nova Scotia. |
| Philippine | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Gibraltar Bay. |
| Robuste | France | The ship was struck a sunken rock near Green Island, off Algeciras, Spain and foundered with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Senegal. |
| Sir Charles Napier | Gibraltar | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Islote de Sancti Petri. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Gibraltar to Madeira. |
| Tentative | United Kingdom | The ship sank at Lisbon, Portugal. |

## 15 January

List of shipwrecks: 15 January 1851 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Agnes | United Kingdom | The sloop was wrecked near Furness Point, Orkney Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Loch Laxford to Banff, Aberdeenshire. |
| Constantino | Kingdom of Sardinia | The ship ran aground and was damaged off "Bandal". She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Genoa. |
| Frances | United Kingdom | The ship foundered with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Galaţi, Ottoman Empire to Queenstown, County Cork. |
| Happy Return | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at the Mumbles, Glamorgan. |
| Lily | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at the Mumbles. |
| Marie and Emilie | Flag unknown | The full-rigged ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. She was refloated with assistance from the lugger Charlotte Ann ( United Kingdom) and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent for repairs. |
| Narcisse | France | The ship was driven onto the Rocques à Deux Têtes, Guernsey, Channel Islands and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Inférieure to Bordeaux, Gironde. |
| Nautilus | United Kingdom | The steamship was wrecked on the Platters, off the coast of Anglesey with the loss of nine of her fourteen crew. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque, Nord, France to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Thomas and Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and was damaged at Ramsgate. She was on a voyage from Dordrecht, South Holland, Netherlands to London. |
| Thorn | United States | The ship was wrecked on the Great Key. All on board survived. She was on a voyage from Chagres, Panama to New Orleans, Louisiana. |

## 16 January

List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1851 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Adele | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Guernsey, Channel Islands. The wreck was taken in to "Salerie", Guernsey on 23 January. |
| American Eagle | United States | The ship ran aground on the Ouze Edge Sand, off the north coast of Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from New York to London, United Kingdom. She was refloated and completed taken in to Gravesend, Kent. |
| Ann | United Kingdom | The brig was severely damaged in a gale at South Shields, County Durham. |
| Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Swansea, Glamorgan. |
| Antoine | France | The barque was wrecked near Cap-Haïtien, Haiti. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Port-au-Prince to Cap-Haïtien. |
| Canadienne | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked on Banal Isle. She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Galway. |
| Catherine O'Flanaghan | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Swansea. |
| Elizabeth Frith | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Faial Island, Azores. Her crew were rescued. |
| Fletan | France | The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked in Whitesand Bay with the loss of one life. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to Morlaix, Finistère and Bayonne, Basses-Pyrénées. |
| George Kenneth | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore near Ullapool, Ross-shire. she was refloated on 19 January and taken in to Ullapool. |
| Grace | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the Saltee Islands, County Wexford with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Preston, Lancashire. She was refloated by the Coast Guard and taken in to Wexford in a derelict condition. |
| Guerilla | United Kingdom | The pilot cutter was driven ashoreand wrecked at Newlyn, Cornwall. |
| Industry | Jersey | The smack was wrecked between the Rennies and The Mewstone, Devon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jersey to Charlestown, Cornwall. |
| Josephine | France | The ship was driven ashore at "La Petite Eure". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to Honfleur, Calvados. |
| Margaret | United Kingdom | The unmanned schooner was driven ashore at Cushendall, County Antrim. |
| Princess Helena | India | The ship ran aground on the Pulicut Shoal. She was refloated but drove ashore 12 nautical miles (22 km) north of Madras and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Adelaide, South Australia to Calcutta. |
| Robert Watson | United Kingdom | The barque was damaged in a gale at South Shields. |
| Scipio | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked near Warkworth, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued. |
| Stefano | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground at Falmouth, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Queenstown, County Cork to London, United Kingdom. |
| Stern | Russia | The brig was abandoned in the Irish Sea with the loss of two of her crew. Survivors were rescued by Jessie ( United Kingdom). Stern was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Messina, Sicily. |
| St. Lawrence | United Kingdom | The barque was driven into the brig Cobden ( Austrian Empire ) and was abandoned at Queenstown, County Cork. She was later driven into the schooner Undine ( United Kingdom). She was later reboarded. |
| Temperance | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Swansea. |
| Thomas Wright | United States | The ship was driven ashore between Swansea and the Mumbles, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France to Cardiff, Glamorgan. Thomas Wright was refloated on 19 January and taken in to Swansea. |
| Wilsons | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked north of Five Mile Point, County Dublin with the loss of four of her crew. Eight people were rescued; her captain was reported missing, feared dead. She was on a voyage from Demerara, British Guiana to Liverpool. |
| Witness | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Swansea. |

## 17 January

List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1851 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Adèle | France | The ship struck rocks and sank at Guernsey, Channel Islands. She was on a voyage from Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine to Guernsey. |
| Eagle | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Sea Palling, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Dover, Kent. She was later refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Fottay | India | The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Madras. She was on a voyage from Coringa to Madras. |
| Jane Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Sidmouth, Devon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Poole, Dorset to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Jessie | United Kingdom | The smack foundered in the English Channel 6 nautical miles (11 km) off Bridport, Dorset. |
| Lilla | United States | The ship was driven ashore near "Faraneau". She was on a voyage from New York to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône. She was refloated and taken in to Marseille. |
| Mary Ann, or Mary Caroline | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore near Lyme Regis, Dorset. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Lyme Regis. She was refloated on 20 January and taken in to Lyme Regis. |
| Skylark | France | The ship ran aground on the Hat's Rocks, in the Isles of Scilly. She was on a voyage from Nantes, Loire-Inférieure to Waterford, United Kingdom. She was refloated the next day. |
| Vriendshap | Netherlands | The galiot was driven ashore and wrecked near Fleet, Dorset, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Nantes, Loire-Inférieure, France to Harlingen, Friesland. |

## 18 January

List of shipwrecks: 18 January 1851 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Elis | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Elbow Sandbank, off the coast of County Waterford. She was on a voyage from Odessa to Cork. |
| Hellas | Greece | The brig ran aground at Dungarvan, county Waterford, United Kingdom. She was refloated in May, sailing on 31 May for Cork, United Kingdom for repairs. |
| Victoria | United Kingdom | The schooner was in collision with the brig Jovial ( United Kingdom) and was abandoned off the coast of Essex. She was subsequently taken possession of by the fishing vessel Flying Fish ( United Kingdom), reboarded by her crew and was taken in to Harwich, Essex in a leaky condition. |

## 19 January

List of shipwrecks: 19 January 1851 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Flora | Jersey | The ship was wrecked on the Corbière Rocks, Jersey. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jersey to Guernsey, Channel Islands. |
| George Bennet | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Ullapool, Ross-shire. She was refloated and taken in to Ullapool. |
| Heroine | United Kingdom | The barque foundered off the coast of County Cork. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Africa. |
| Parnitz | Stettin | The barque was discovered abandoned 12 nautical miles (22 km) south south west of The Lizard, Cornwall, United Kingdom by Frowning Beauty ( United Kingdom). Four crew were put aboard; they took her in to Falmouth, Cornwall. |
| Troubadour | United Kingdom | The steamship was wrecked at Narberth, Pembrokeshire with the loss of two or three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Liverpool, Lancashire. |

## 20 January

List of shipwrecks: 20 January 1851 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Amalia | Russia | The ship was lost 20 nautical miles (37 km) south of Bergen, Norway. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom. |
| Charles Cooper | United States | The ship ran aground in the Hooghly River 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) downstream of Calcutta, India. She was on a voyage from Calcutta to London, United Kingdom. |
| Ellen Bryson | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked off Cape São Roque, Brazil. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to Pernambuco, Brazil. |
| Solid | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at the entrance of the Carlingford Lough and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Newry, County Antrim to Newport, Monmouthshire. She put back to Newry in a leaky condition. |
| HMS Shearwater | Royal Navy | The ship ran aground in the River Avon. She was refloated. |
| Two Friends | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Cumberland Fort Hampshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Exeter, Devon. She was refloated on 17 February and taken in to Portsmouth, Hampshire. |
| Wanskapen | Flag unknown | The ship ran aground off the east coast of Kent, United Kingdom. |

## 21 January

List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1851 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Barnaby | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Theddlethorpe, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from London to Goole, Yorkshire. She was refloated. |
| Mary Jane | Jamaica | The schooner was wrecked in the Chagres River, Panama. |
| Restless | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Cross Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk, and sank. Her crew were rescued. |

## 22 January

List of shipwrecks: 22 January 1851 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Charlotte | United States | The ship was driven ashore in the Bay of Yoff. She was on a voyage from New York to the Gambia River. |
| Favourite | South Australia | The ship was driven ashore at Swan Point. She was on a voyage from Tahiti to Port Philip. |
| Johanna Christiana | Netherlands | The koff was driven ashore on Neuwerk. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to a port in Jutland. She was refloated on 2 February and taken in to Cuxhaven. |
| Zurich | United States | The ship was driven ashore in the Cranberry Inlet. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to New York. She was refloated the next day and completed her voyage. |

## 23 January

List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1851 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Nostra Señora de la Merced | Spain | The ship ran aground at Dénia. She had been refloated by mid-February and taken in to Dénia. |
| Robert | Stettin | The brig was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Dordrecht, South Holland, Netherlands to Rochefort, Charente-Maritime, France. |
| Sinbad | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Aberavon, Glamorgan. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Port Talbot. |

## 24 January

List of shipwrecks: 24 January 1851 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Charles Cooper | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the Hooghly River. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to London. She was refloated on 27 January and put back to Calcutta. |
| Competitor | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned off the Mull of Galloway. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Leith, Lothian. She was subsequently towed in to Port William, Wigtownshire |
| Spy | United Kingdom | The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 20 nautical miles (37 km) west of the Rock of Lisbon, Portugal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Odessa to Queenstown, County Cork or Falmouth, Cornwall. |

## 25 January

List of shipwrecks: 25 January 1851 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Connaught Ranger | United Kingdom | The steamship was in collision with Sea Nymph ( United Kingdom) in the River Mersey and was beached at Egremont, Lancashire. She was refloated the next day. |
| Emblem | British North America | The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (37°04′N 46°17′W﻿ / ﻿37.067°N 46.283°W﻿ / 37.067; -46.283). Three surviving crew were taken off by Anna Mary ( United Kingdom). Six crew had been taken off on 19 January by an American ship. Emblem was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Barbadoes. |
| Flora Beaton | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Kilnsea, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham to King's Lynn, Norfolk. |
| Kauukualii | Kingdom of Hawaii | The schooner was lost in the large storm of 25/26 January being driven ashore at Koloa, Hawaii. |
| Philip Oakden | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Hebe Reef, at the mouth of the Tamar River. She was on a voyage from London to Launceston, Van Diemen's Land. |
| Progressa | Kingdom of Sardinia | The ship was driven ashore on the Cromwels Rocks. She was on a voyage from Genoa to Bahia, Brazil. She was refloated and taken in to Waterford, United Kingdom in a leaky condition. |
| Thomas | United Kingdom | The sloop ran ashore at Port Talbot, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from the Mumbles to Port Talbot. |
| Trident | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore at Berbice, British Guiana. She was refloated but had to be beached. |

## 26 January

List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1851 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ann and Mary | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire. She was refloated the next day, anchored off the Rock Light and was abandoned by her crew. She was subsequently taken in to the Magazines. |
| Friends | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Donna Nook, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Ipswich, Suffolk. |
| Nisida Stewart | United States | The ship, under Captain Fales, was lying at anchor outside the port of Honolulu, Kingdom of Hawaii prepared to depart for Calcutta, India when a storm caused her to drag anchor and she went onto the reef. She was later refloated and placed under repair. |
| Noel | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked in Four Acres Bay, near Aberthaw, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Appledore, Devon to Cardiff, Glamorgan. |
| Revanche | France | The ship ran aground and was damaged at Charleston, South Carolina, United States. She was on a voyage from Charleston to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure. She was refloated and put back to Charlest. |
| Swallow | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Studland Bay. |
| Thomas Tattershall | United Kingdom | The ship was in collision with an American ship off Skerries, County Dublin and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Venus | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Aberthaw. She was on a voyage from Appledore, Devon to Cardiff. |
| Victory | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore in Pegwell Bay. Her crew were rescued by the lifeboat Northumberland ( United Kingdom). |

## 27 January

List of shipwrecks: 27 January 1851 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Poole, Dorset. She was on a voyage from London to Llanelly, Glamorgan. She was refloated. |
| Emerald Isle | United Kingdom | The ship was run into by the tugboat Liver ( United Kingdom) off the Magazines and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to London. she was consequently beached at Liverpool. |
| Harmony | British North America | The ship was driven ashore near Arichat, Nova Scotia. |
| Helene | Norway | The jacht was driven ashore and wrecked at Utsira. Her crew were rescued. |
| Jane | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the West Hoyle sandbank, in Liverpool Bay. She was refloated and taken in to Liverpool in a leaky condition. |
| John Adams | United States | The steamboat struck a sunken object and sank in the Mississippi River with the loss of 123 of the 230 people on board. Some of the survivors were rescued by Peyton United States. |
| Lord Howick | United Kingdom | The brig sank off Sea Palling, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Ipswich, Suffolk. |
| Maria Isabella | Portugal | The schooner ran aground off The Needles, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom. She was later refloated and put in to Ramsgate, Kent, United Kingdom in a leaky condition. |
| Normond Maid | United Kingdom | The schooner struck The Manacles and capsized with the loss of six of the seven people on board. She was on a voyage from Nantes, Loire-Inférieure, France to Falmouth, Cornwall. |
| Peterel | United Kingdom | The ship was driven against the pier and sank at Bridlington, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham to London. |
| Sultana | Jersey | The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned off Lihou, Channel Islands. She was on a voyage from Jersey to the Cape Coast Castle. She subsequently drove ashore in Coles Bay, Jersey. |
| Thorwaldsen | Denmark | The ship ran aground on the Hesseloe Reef, in the Kattegat. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Copenhagen. She had sunk by 1 February. |
| Trafalgar | United Kingdom | The smack was wrecked at Ballymacormick Point, County Down. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Fleetwood, Lancashire. |
| Virgilia | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground between "Mysole Island" and "Popa Island" and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Bombay, India to China. |
| Whitehaven | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Liverpool. She was refloated with assistance from the Liverpool Lifeboat and the tug Express ( United Kingdom and taken in to Liverpool in a sinking condition. |

## 28 January

List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1851 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Christoph | Netherlands | The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. |
| Gezina Terina | Netherlands | The koff was wrecked on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. All on board were rescued by Orwell ( United Kingdom).She was on a voyage from Dordrecht, South Holland to Belfast, County Antrim, United Kingdom. |
| Victorie Jes Marie | France | The lugger was driven ashore and severely damaged at Blyth, Northumberland, United Kingdom. She was refloated and towed in to the River Tyne. |

## 29 January

List of shipwrecks: 29 January 1851 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Constitution | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on Fisherman Island, Maine, United States. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America. |
| Ferrett | United Kingdom | The schooner was in collision with a brig in the English Channel and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Bordeaux, Gironde, France. She was later taken in tow by a smack but foundered off Dartmouth, Devon. |
| Skandinavien | Denmark | The brig was driven ashore south of Warkworth, Northumberland, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from a Baltic port to Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom. |

## 30 January

List of shipwrecks: 30 January 1851 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Christine Marie | Denmark | The ship was driven ashore at the entrance to the Agger Canal. She was on a voyage from Thisted to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. |

## 31 January

List of shipwrecks: 31 January 1851 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Betsey | United Kingdom | The ship was in collision with Richard Watson ( United Kingdom and was abandoned in the North Sea off the coast of Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by Richard Watson. |
| Halcyon | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Launceston, Van Diemen's Land. She was on a voyage from Launceston to San Francisco, California, United States. She was refloated, and resumed her voyage the next day. |
| Patience | Russia | The ship was run into by Davenport ( United States) and severely damaged at Cowes, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom to Odessa. She was taken in to Cowes for repairs. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in January 1851 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Aerd van Nes | Netherlands | The ship ran aground on the Dingfes Reef, in the Bali Strait before 26 January. She was on a voyage from "Passarouany", Netherlands East Indies to a Dutch port. She was refloated and put in to Sourabaya, Netherlands East Indies. |
| Antona | France | The ship was driven ashore near Cap-Haïtien, Haiti. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Port-au-Prince to Cap-Haïtien. |
| Arsene | Belgium | The ship was abandoned off Cape St. Vincent, Portugal. Her crew were rescued by Eliza (Flag unknown). |
| Azenoria | United States | The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 10 January. |
| Edwin | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Nantes, Loire-Inférieure, France for Liverpool, Lancashire. No further trace, preusumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Eugenie | France | The ship caught fire and sank in the Gironde River near "Puchard" before 15 January. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to the South Seas. The wreck was towed in to Royan, Charente-Maritime before 19 January |
| Hibernia | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Friars, off the coast of Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Workington, Cumberland to Dublin. She was refloated on 5 January. |
| Ina | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Redonda, Leeward Islands in late January. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Jamaica. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Isabella | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 12 January. Her crew were rescued by Elizabeth Frith ( United States)/ Isabella was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Newhaven, Connecticut, United States. |
| Jessy | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the English Channel off the coast of Dorset in mid-January. |
| John | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at "Trefaday", Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Youghal, County Cork. She was refloated on 3 January and taken in to Holyhead, Anglesey. |
| Joseph Cristal | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked at San Cataldo di Lecce, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. She was on a voyage from the Gulf of Venice to Southampton, Hampshire. |
| Lady Wright | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore Salé, Morocco before 15 January. She was on a voyage from Gibraltar to Rabat, Morocco. She was refloated. |
| Loyalty | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Whiting Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued by the smacks Aurora's Increase and Tryal (both United Kingdom). |
| Michele | Flag unknown | The ship was lost in the Sea of Marmora in early January. She was on a voyage from Galaţi, Ottoman Empire to London, United Kingdom. |
| Orezaba | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Bonny, Africa. She was on a voyage from Bonny to Liverpool. |
| Prince Charlie | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on a reef off "Cape Vilain". She was on a voyage from "Baby Egg Island" to London. She was refloated and put back to Baby Egg Island. |
| St. Apostolo | Ottoman Empire | The ship was lost near Mangalia in early January. She was on a voyage from Brăila to a British port. |
| Three Brothers | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at the Mumbles, Glamorgan. She was refloated on 29 January. |
| Toronto | United States | The ship was damaged by fire and was abandoned off the Memory Rock. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to New York. |