# List of shipwrecks in January 1850

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

## 1 January

List of shipwrecks: January 1850 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Louisa | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and was wrecked at Donegal. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Ballyshannon, County Donegal. |
| Margaretha | Kingdom of Hanover | The ship was wrecked near "Hjortdall", Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Antwerp, Belgium. |
| Mary Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was scuttled at Fishguard, Pembrokeshire. She was refloated in mid-January. |
| Phoebe | United Kingdom | The brig foundered in the North Sea off Bridlington, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London. |

## 2 January

List of shipwrecks: 2 January 1850 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Anlaby | United Kingdom | The ship departed from the Charente for Liverpool, Lancashire. Presumed subsequently foundered in the Bristol Channel or Irish Sea with the loss of all hands: Two hogsheads of cognac that formed part of her cargo washed up on Walney Island, Lancashire in March 1851. |
| Anne | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea off St. Abb's Head, Berwickshire. Her crew were rescued. |
| Cordouan | France | The ship was wrecked at Sainte-Rose, Île Bourbon. |
| Millman | United Kingdom | The whaler ran aground in the Gulf of Salonica. She was refloated with assistance from HMS Research ( Royal Navy) and taken in to Salonica, Greece. |
| HMS Terrible | Royal Navy | The paddle frigate ran aground at Plymouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from Portsmouth, Hampshire to Lisbon, Portugal. She was refloated and taken in to Plymouth. |

## 3 January

List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1850 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alexander | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Long Nose, off the north Kent coast. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Whitstable, Kent. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| East Kent | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north of Bridlington, Yorkshire. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Bridlington. |
| Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Sully Island, Glamorgan. her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Southampton, Hampshire to Newport, Monmouthshire. |
| John and Mary | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Filey Bridge, Yorkshire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| John and Susannah | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore at Pakefield, Suffolk. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Lowestoft, Suffolk in a leaky condition. |
| Maid of Kent | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Bridlington. She was on a voyage from Rochester, Kent to Sunderland, County Durham. |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore at North Somercotes, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from London to East Stockwith. Lincolnshire. She was refloated on 5 January and taken in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire. |
| Premium | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Filey Bridge. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Zebra | United Kingdom | The ship capsized at Plymouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from Jersey, Channel Islands to Plymouth. |

## 4 January

List of shipwrecks: 4 January 1850 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Brave | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on the Navestone Rock, in the Farne Islands, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Inverness to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. |
| Deux Frères | France | The ship was driven ashore at Littlehampton, Sussex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Inférieure to Portsmouth, Hampshire, United Kingdom. |
| Edward Stanley | New Zealand | The schooner foundered off Croixelles Harbour en route from Wanganui to Nelson. |
| European | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked near Casablanca, Morocco. Her crew were rescued. |
| Grog | Jersey | The ship was in collision with a schooner and foundered off North Foreland, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jersey to Hartlepool, County Durham. |
| Isabella | United Kingdom | The brigantine was driven ashore on "Basque Island". She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to London. She was consequently condemned. |
| Lady Lilford | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Équihen, Pas-de-Calais, France. She was on a voyage from Callao, Peru to Dundee, Forfarshire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |

## 5 January

List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1850 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Eliza | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) east of Porthcawl, Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Neath to Porthcawl. |
| Ferdinand | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and was damaged at Appledore, Devon. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Bordeaux, Gironde. She was refloated and taken in to Appledore for repairs. |
| Greyhound | Kingdom of Hawaii | The ship was wrecked near Tamaki, New Zealand. She was on a voyage from Honolulu to Auckland, New Zealand. |
| Hannah | United Kingdom | The smack sprang a leak in the Bristol Channel off Lundy Island, Deven and was beached in Morte Bay, where she was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hayle, Cornwall to Newport, Monmouthshire. |
| Helen Catharina | Russia | The ship capsized in the Baltic Sea and was subsequently driven ashore near Ventava, Courland Governorate. She was on a voyage from Riga to Oporto, Portugal. |
| Marchioness of Bute | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Belfast, County Antrim. |
| Regina | United Kingdom | The ship struck a sunken rock and was beached on the coast of Egypt. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to a British port. She was refloated on 11 January and taken in to Alexandria. |

## 6 January

List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1850 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Carries et Celestine | France | The ship was run ashore and wrecked at "Estardit", Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Algiers, Algeria to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. |
| Dartmouth | United Kingdom | The ship was destroyed by fire at Bombay, India. |
| Gierdina | Kingdom of Hanover | The galiot was in collision with Charlotte ( United Kingdom) in the North Sea and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by Charlotte. Gierdina was on a voyage from Horsens, Denmark to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom. |
| J. P. Whitney | United States | The ship ran aground in the Delaware River and was then run into by Allegheny ( United States). She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Royal Victoria | United Kingdom | The paddle steamer ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from London to Leith, Lothian. Royal Victoria was refloated on 8 January and resumed her voyage. |
| Talisman | United States | The ship was wrecked in the Cape Verde Islands with the loss of four of her crew. She was on a voyage from New York to Calcutta, India. |

## 7 January

List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1850 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Prospero | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Tetney Haven, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Woodbridge, Suffolk to Wakefield, Yorkshire. |
| Sultan | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Beale's Island, Maine, United States. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America. |

## 8 January

List of shipwrecks: 8 January 1850 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alida | Netherlands | The ship was wrecked on the Banjaard Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Zeeland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Rotterdam, South Holland. |
| Archimedes | France | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Conception Bay with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to Pernambuco, Brazil. |
| Cover | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Agrigento, Sicily. |
| Ouse | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore at New Romney, Kent. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands to Newhaven, Sussex. She was refloated on 10 January and taken in to Folkestone, Kent in a severely damaged condition. |

## 9 January

List of shipwrecks: 9 January 1850 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Constitution | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Southampton, New York, United States. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to New York City. |
| Cove | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Agrigento, Sicily. She was consequently condemned. |
| Ferrucio | Kingdom of Sardinia | The ship was wrecked on the Isla del Aire, Spain. She was on a voyage from Tarragona, Spain to Genoa. |
| Francis | United Kingdom | The schooner caught fire and was scuttled at Cowes, Isle of Wight. |
| Hirondelle | Jersey | The ship was in collision with the steamship Talbot ( United Kingdom) in the Bristol Channel 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) south west of Nass Point. She capsized and was abandoned. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British North America to Jersey and Bristol, Gloucestershire. Hirondelle was taken in tow by Talbot on 12 January but the tow was abandoned. She came ashore at Aberdovey, Caernarfonshire on 7 February and was wrecked. |
| Union | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Souter Point, County Durham. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Topsham, Devon. |

## 10 January

List of shipwrecks: 10 January 1850 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Adele | France | The lugger was wrecked at Tacumshane, County Wexford, United Kingdom with the loss of four of her seven crew. She was on a voyage from Nantes, Loire-Inférieure to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. |
| Paquete de Sitges | Spain | The ship was driven ashore near Punta Mala. She was on a voyage from Barcelona to St. Jago de Cuba, Cuba. She was refloated. |
| Post | United Kingdom | The schooner was in collision with Sea Nymph ( United Kingdom) and sank in the Victoria Channel with the loss of her captain. Three survivors were rescued by Sea Nymph. |

## 11 January

List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1850 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Aghios Nicholaos | Greece | The ship was driven ashore near Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Odessa to a British port. |
| Hottinguer | United States | The full-rigged ship ran aground and was wrecked on the Blackwater Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to New York. Hottinguer was refloated on 13 January and taken in tow for Dublin by the steamship Rose ( United Kingdom). She was abandoned off Arklow, County Wicklow and subsequently struck the Glassgorman Bank and was wrecked with the loss of thirteen lives. Twenty crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to New York, United States. Part of the wreck subsequently came ashore near Dublin. |
| Isabel | United Kingdom | The schooner foundered in the Bristol Channel. Her four crew were rescued by the barque Huddersfield ( United Kingdom). Isabel was on a voyage from Neath, Glamorgan to Dublin. |
| Jane | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged on Halifax Island, off the coast of Africa. She was refloated on 19 January and sailed for Saint Helena, where she arrived on 2 February. |

## 12 January

List of shipwrecks: 12 January 1850 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alexandrina | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Whitby, Yorkshire and ran into Gleam ( United Kingdom). |
| Ayrshire | United Kingdom | With 201 passengers on board, the brig was wrecked with the loss of one life at "Squan Beach," a term used at the time for a 7-mile (11 km) stretch of the coast of New Jersey between Manasquan Inlet and Cranberry Inlet. |
| Ceritica | United Kingdom | The ship capsized at Newport, Monmouthshire. She was righted on 18 January. |
| Gipsy | United Kingdom | The brigantine was wrecked at Cape St. George, Newfoundland, British North America. She was on a voyage from Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, British North America to London. |
| Gleam | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Whitby and ran into Hope ( United Kingdom). She was severely damaged by fire, having arrived at Whitby on fire. |
| Hope | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Whitby and was then run into by Gleam ( United Kingdom). She was severely damaged. |
| Mary Stephen | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Doom Bay. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Padstow, Cornwall. She was refloated and taken in to Padstow. |
| Perth | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Bridlington, Yorkshire. She was refloated and towed in to Bridlington by Avenger ( United Kingdom). |
| Peruvian | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Plum Pudding Island, off the coast of Africa. Her crew were rescued. |
| Sisters | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Whitby. |
| Sophia | Austrian Empire | The barque was driven ashore near Penarth Head, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom to Corfu Greece. |
| Youghal | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore between Penzance and St. Michael's Point, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Chichester, Sussex to Youghal, County Cork. |

## 13 January

List of shipwrecks: 13 January 1850 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Circassian | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Broadstairs, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Cádiz, Spain. She was refloated and towed back to London. |
| City of Exeter | United Kingdom | The schooner was in collision with a brig and foundered in the Irish Sea off the Tuskar Rock. Her crew were rescued by Ward ( United Kingdom). City of Exeter was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Gibraltar. |
| Eliza Sanders | United Kingdom | The ship was destroyed by fire off Cape Clear Island, County Donegal with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by Triconderago ( United States. Eliza Sanders was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Patras, Greece. |
| Enterprise | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Sunderland, County Durham. |
| George Alexander | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in Loch Scridain. She was on a voyage from Sligo to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and beached on the Isle of Mull. |
| Gustave Adolph | Stralsund | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Wexford, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Stralsund to Liverpool. |
| Hans Jacob | Prussia | The ship ran aground off Romsø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom to Kiel. |
| Joseph | United Kingdom | The smack was wrecked on the Black Rocks, off Inchkeith. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Buckie, Moray to Aberdeen. |
| Lydia | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Drumrow Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Waterford. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Saint Vincent, Virgin Islands. She was refloated and put in to Waterford. |
| Samuel Hicks | United States | The ship departed from the east coast of America for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Sophie Charlotte | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and was damaged at Lillesand, Norway. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to London. |
| Visitor | Guernsey | The ship ran aground and was damaged at Torquay, Devon. she was on a voyage from Guernsey to London. |

## 14 January

List of shipwrecks: 14 January 1850 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Admiral Collingwood | United Kingdom | The schooner sprang a leak and was beached at Humersty, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk to Hartlepool, County Durham. |
| Albert | France | The ship was lost off "Berie". She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône. |
| Emily and Louisa | France | The brigantine was wrecked on the Long Sand, in Ross Bay, off the Irish coast with the loss of six of her eight crew. She was on a voyage from Galaţi, Ottoman Empire to Cork, United Kingdom. |
| Eliza | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near the mouth of the Este. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Hamburg. |
| Guy Mannering | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Liverpool, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to New York, United States. She was refloated and taken in to Liverpool in a severely damaged condition. |
| Gwenddolen | United Kingdom | The ship foundered 15 nautical miles (28 km) north east by east of the South Bishop Lighthouse, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Barrow in Furness, Lancashire to Newport, Monmouthshire. |
| Johannes | Kingdom of Hanover | The ship was driven ashore by ice at Norden and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Norden to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. |
| Jose Maria | Spain | The ship was wrecked near Cette, Hérault, France. She was on a voyage from Cullera to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. |
| Marie Therese | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Arles, Bouches-du-Rhône. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Marseille. |
| Nouvelle Abeille | United Kingdom | The ship was lost off "Berie". She was on a voyage from Cartagena, Spain to Marseille. |
| Pearl | United Kingdom | The ship capsized at South Shields, County Durham. She was righted on 16 January. |
| Planet | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and was damaged at Cardiff. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Panama City. |
| Rigby | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Balbriggan, County Dublin. She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Newry, County Antrim. |
| Unica Hija | Spain | The ship was driven ashore at "Wittenbergen". She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Hamburg. She was later refloated and beached near Twielenfleth, Kingdom of Hanover. |
| Vine | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Whitby, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Marstrand, Sweden to London. |

## 15 January

List of shipwrecks: 15 January 1850 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Amaranthe | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her six crew survived. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen, Denmark to London. |
| Ayrshire | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Manasquan, New Jersey, United States with the loss of one life. She was on a voyage from Newry, County Antrim to Charleston, South Carolina, United States. |
| Cambria | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Brest to Pont l'Abbé, Finistère, France. |
| Ebenezer | United Kingdom | The ship sank at the Mumbles, Glamorgan. |
| Edourd | France | The sloop was abandoned off Ouessant, Finistère. Her crew were rescued. |
| Happy Couple | United Kingdom | The ship was holed by an anchor and sank at the Mumbles. |
| Intrinsic | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Gingerbread Grounds. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. |
| Joannes | Greece | The brig was driven ashore at Pwllheli, Caernarfonshire, United Kingdom She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Malta. She was refloated and taken in to Pwllheli. |
| Margaret | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Saltholm, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Pillau, Prussia to London. She was refloated and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark, where she arrived on 5 February. |
| Mercury | New South Wales | The schooner sank off Gellibrand Point. Her crew were rescued. |
| Ocean Queen | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at the Landguard Fort, Harwich, Essex. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France to South Shields, County Durham She was refloated the next day and taken in to Harwich. |
| Pendennis | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground at Bridlington, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by Carte's rocket apparatus. |
| Pepa | Spain | The schooner was wrecked at Esposende, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Valencia to Santander. |
| Therese Louise | Belgium | The ship was wrecked near Saint-Tropez, Var, France. |

## 16 January

List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1850 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Catharina Charlotte | Russia | The brig foundered 6 nautical miles (11 km) south west of the Skellings Lighthouse, County Kerry, United Kingdom. Her eleven crew took to two boats; five of them landed on the coast of County Kerry; The other six were rescued by the schooner Blairs ( United Kingdom). Catharina Charlotte was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom to Barcelona, Spain. |
| Jean and Grace | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground near the South Rock Lighthouse, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. She was refloated and put in to Portaferry, County Antrim. |
| Marvel | Greece | The schooner was driven ashore in Saint Tudwal's Islands, Pemborkeshire. |
| Tycho Wing | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on the Clews Rocks, off the coast of Cornwall with the loss of three of her seven crew. She was on a voyage from Galați, Ottoman Empire to London. |

## 17 January

List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1850 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Providence | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France to London. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Margate in a severely damaged condition. |
| Rosalie | France | The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from "Bongil" to Cette, Hérault. |

## 18 January

List of shipwrecks: 18 January 1850 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Amanda | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Lichfield Flats, off Demerara, British Guiana. She was refloated on 4 February and taken in to Demerara. |
| Dow D. Roop | British North America | The ship was wrecked on reefs south of Saint Croix, Virgin Islands. She was on a voyage from Antigua to Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands. |
| Dussan | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground off Blackwater, County Wexford. She floated off and was abandoned. She was on a voyage from Sligo to Troon, Ayrshire. She was taken in to Campbeltown, Argyllshire on 21 January. |
| Principe Alberto | Spain | The ship ran aground off Holyhead, Anglesey, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Havana, Cuba. She was refloated. |
| Sarah | United Kingdom | The ship was run ashore and wrecked in Constantine Bay, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Messina, Sicily to London. |
| Thomas Crisp | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Morte Rocks, off the coast of Cornwall with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by the steamship Cornwall ( United Kingdom). Thomas Crisp was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Barbadoes. |
| Utility | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Bahama Bank, in the Irish Sea and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Runcorn, Cheshire. |

## 19 January

List of shipwrecks: 19 January 1850 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Albion | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Blyth, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was refloated on 22 January and taken in to Blyth. |
| Eliza | United Kingdom | The ship was in collision with Fortune ( United Kingdom) and foundered in the Irish Sea off the Baker's Bank Lightship ( Trinity House). Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Dublin. |
| Immagonda Sarah Clarina | Netherlands | The full-rigged ship was in collision with New Foresr ( United Kingdom) in the English Channel off St. Alban's Head, Dorset and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Batavia, Netherlands East Indies to Amsterdam, North Holland. She was towed in to Portsmouth, Hampshire for repairs. |
| Jane Allison | British North America | The brig was driven ashore in the Herring Gut. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Boston, Massachusetts, United States. |
| Jane and Grace | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the North Rock, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Saltcoats, Ayrshire to Dublin. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Maria | Norway | The ship was wrecked near Christiansand. She was on a voyage from Bergen to Tromsø. |
| Mary Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was destroyed by fire. Her crew were rescued by Commerce ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to Carbonear, Newfoundland, British North America. |
| Norfolk | United Kingdom | The ship struck a rock and sank in Blenneck Sound. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Sligo. |

## 20 January

List of shipwrecks: 20 January 1850 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ann | United Kingdom | The smack was wrecked in Rackham Bay, Devon. Her crew were rescued. |
| Betsey | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Souter Point, County Durham. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. |
| Cato | United Kingdom | The ship sank off Stranton, County Durham. Her crew survived. |
| Geister Adolph | Prussia | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at "Ballyhire", Ireland. Her eleven crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Königsberg to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. |
| Good Intent | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Saint Tudwal's Islands, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued. |
| Henry | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and sank east of Aberavon, Glamorgan. She was refloated on 27 January and taken in to Port Talbot, Glamorgan. |
| Intrepid | United Kingdom | The Barking smack was wrecked on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex with the loss of all hands. Her captain was rescued by the smack Mary ( United Kingdom), but died before he could be taken ashore. |
| L. Z. | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. All 75 people on board were rescued by Manetta ( United States). L. Z. was on a voyage from New York, United States to Liverpool. |
| Manetta | United States | The ship was wrecked on the Long Bar, off the west coast of Bermuda. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bath, Maine to Havana, Cuba. |
| Old England | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Abergele Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Antwerp, Belgium. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Pauline Houghton | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Wedge Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Kent and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Mauritius to London. |
| Petronella | Spain | The barque was wrecked on Cape San Antonio, Cuba. |
| Willamet | France | The ship was wrecked on the Anegada Reef. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. |

## 21 January

List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1850 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Active | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at the Mumbles, Glamorgan. |
| Annabella | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Stag Rocks, off the coast of County Cork and was severely damaged. She was refloated. |
| Economist | British North America | The ship capsized in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Elsinore (flag unknown). She was on a voyage from Norfolk, Virginia, United States to Demerara, British Guiana. |
| Jemima | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Derbyhaven, Isle of Man. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to South Shields, County Durham. She was refloated and taken in to Castletown, Isle of Man. |
| Marie Ann | France | The lugger struck the Manacles and sank with the loss of three of her six crew. She was on a voyage from Morlaix, Finistère to Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. |
| Nancy | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Cross Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was refloated and assisted in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. |
| Union | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Ness Point, Suffolk. |
| Vrouw Maartje | Netherlands | The ship was driven ashore at Scharendijke, Zeeland. She was on a voyage from Bilbao, Spain to Rotterdam, South Holland. She was refloated on 29 January and taken in to Brouwershaven, Zeeland. |

## 22 January

List of shipwrecks: 22 January 1850 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Charleston, South Carolina, United States. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Charleston. |
| Friendship | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Spiddal, County Galway. |

## 23 January

List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1850 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Duncan Dunbar | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. |
| Lord Seaton | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Loggerhead Reef, off the Dry Tortugas. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was later refloated and taken in to Key West, Florida, United States, where sher arrived on 8 February. |

## 24 January

List of shipwrecks: 24 January 1850 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Mill Bay | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at South Foreland, Kent. She was on a voyage from São Miguel Island, Azores to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |

## 25 January

List of shipwrecks: 25 January 1850 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Etoile | France | The ship was lost at Port Louis, Guadeloupe. |
| Gipsy | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London. She was refloated. |
| Golden Grove | United Kingdom | The ship was in collision with the brig Norham Castle ( United Kingdom) 15 nautical miles (28 km) north of Cromer, Norfolk and was abandoned by her crew, who were rescued by Norham Castle. Golden Grove was reboarded the next day and taken in to by Norham Castle, which transferred the tow to the smack Active off Great Yarmouth. She was towed in to Lowestoft, Suffolk in a waterlogged condition. |
| Margaret | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore by ice on Saltholm, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Pillau, Prussia to London. |
| Matilda | United Kingdom | The schooner caught fire and was scuttled at Newport, Monmouthshire. She was refloated on 27 January. |
| Minerva | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Scroby Sands, Norfolk. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Old Harry | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Barber Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to Rochester, Kent. She was refloated and taken in to Wells-next-the-Sea. |
| Rose | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. |

## 26 January

List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1850 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Amizade | Portugal | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked south of Figueira da Foz. She was on a voyage from São Miguel Island, Azores to Figueira da Foz. |
| Anna Maria | United Kingdom | The brig collided with the barque Ben Nevis ( United Kingdom) and foundered in the North Sea off Southwold, Suffolk with the loss of all but one of her crew. Anna Maria was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London. Two crew of Ben Nevis were drowned. |
| Argent | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in Strangford Lough. |
| Betsey | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked Between Burnham Overy Staithe and Brancaster, Norfolk. |
| Emma and Minna | Prussia | The ship was run aground and sank off Anholt. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, United Kingdom to Griefswald. |
| Matthews | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore in the River Nene at Wisbech, Cambridgeshire. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Wisbech.> |
| Minerva | United Kingdom | The ship was holed by an anchor and sank at Figueira da Foz. |
| Palmyra | United Kingdom | The East Indiaman was wrecked at Le Touquet, Pas-de-Calais, France. All 21 people on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Canton, China to London. |
| Sabine | New South Wales | The ship was wrecked on a reef off Upolu, Samoa. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sydney to Alta California. |
| Violet | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the River Nene at Wisbech. |
| Wabourne | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore at Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. She was refloated on 29 January. |
| Why-Not | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Tenerife, Canary Islands. She was refloated and anchored off the North Foreland. |

## 27 January

List of shipwrecks: 27 January 1850 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ohio | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated and taken in to Harwich, Essex. |
| Stagshaw | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Sandgate, Kent and was abandoned. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Havana, Cuba. She was refloated the next day but sank whilst making for Folkestone, Kent. |
| Vladimer | France | The ship departed from La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime for New York, United States. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |

## 28 January

List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1850 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Abeona | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was refloated. |
| Agnes | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Car Rock. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. She was refloated and taken in to Arbroath, Forfarshire in a severely leaky condition. |
| Economy | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Irish Sea off Holyhead, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire to Chester, Cheshire. |
| Emulous | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London. She was refloated and taken in to Wivenhoe, Essex. |
| Endymion | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked on the Newcombe Sand. Her crew were rescued by the Pakefield Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. |
| Enterprise | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at North Somercotes, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Spalding, Lincolnshire. |
| Fidelite | France | The ship was wrecked near "Flora". |
| Isabella | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and damaged on the West Barrows Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from London to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated. |
| Johanna | Kingdom of the Two Sicilies | The ship was driven ashore at Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire. She was reported to be on a voyage from Naples to Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands. She broke up on 8 February. |
| Laurentine | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and was damaged at Weymouth, Dorset. She was on a voyage from São Miguel Island, Azores to Weymouth. She was refloated and taken in to Weymouth. |
| Margaret | United Kingdom | The sloop sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Humber. She was on a voyage from Grimsby, Lincolnshire to Bradford, Yorkshire. She was towed in to Hull by the tug Lioness ( United Kingdom). |
| Margery | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Ross Sands, in the North Sea south of Lindisfarne, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued by a lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Dundee, Forfarshire. |
| Maria | United Kingdom | The brig sprang a leak and was beached at Cairnryan, Wigtownshire. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to Runcorn, Cheshire. |
| Mary Pauline | France | The ship was wrecked near "Stora". She was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Inférieure to Philippeville, Algeria. |
| Odile | France | The ship was wrecked at Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais. She was on a voyage from Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany to Dunkerque, Nord. |
| Omega | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Buxey Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from London to Southwold, Suffolk. She was refloated and taken in to Wivenhoe. |
| Premier | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated and taken in to Harwick. |
| Snap | Isle of Man | The smack was run into and sunk by a sloop at Ramsey. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Castletown, Isle of Man. |

## 29 January

List of shipwrecks: 29 January 1850 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Agger Canal | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore by ice at Thisted, Denmark and was damaged. She was on a voyage from London to Thisted. She was refloated on 1 February. |
| Confucius | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at King's Lynn, Norfolk. |
| Emma and Minna | Prussia | The ship was wrecked on a reef east of Anholt, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, United Kingdom to Griefswald. |
| Helene | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at King's Lynn. |
| John and Catherine | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and was damaged on the North Bank, in the Bristol Channel. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Navy | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at King's Lynn. |
| Nutcut | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked on Île Bourbon with the loss of all but three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Mauritius to Table Bay. |
| Packet | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in the Santa Cruz River. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Patagonia, Argentina. |
| Rhode Island | United States | The steamship broke in two and sank in the Gulf of Mexico with the loss of 50 of the 80 people on board. Ten survivors took to the long boat; they were rescued two days later by the schooner Mary Anne ( United States). The other twenty survivors took to the jolly boat. |
| Robert and Betsey | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at King's Lynn. |
| Speculation | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at King's Lynn. |
| Susan | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground off "Cape Cabedillo", Brazil. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Pernambuco and Paraíba, Brazil. She had been refloated by 16 February and taken in to Pernambuco for repairs. |

## 30 January

List of shipwrecks: 30 January 1850 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Arrow | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Portsmouth, Hampshire. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Portsmouth. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Portsmouth in a leaky condition. |
| Brothers | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned off Howth, County Dublin. She was on a voyage from Killough, County Louth to Dublin. She was later reboarded and taken in to Dublin. |
| London | Hamburg | The schooner was discovered abandoned off Neufeld, Duchy of Schleswig and taken in to that port. |
| Sarah | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore at Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk with the loss of three lives. She was on a voyage from Gainsborough, Lincolnshire to Wells-next-the-Sea. She was refloated. |
| Sardine | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Demeany Reef. She was refloated and taken in to Dundalk, County Louth in a leaky condition. |

## 31 January

List of shipwrecks: 31 January 1850 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Abbotsford | United Kingdom | The ship put in to Penang, Malaya with her cargo of coal on fire. She ran aground and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from London to Singapore. She was consequently condemned. |
| Devonshire | United States | The ship was driven ashore between Broadstairs and North Foreland, Kent, United Kingdom. Her passengers were landed. She was on a voyage from London to New York. Devonshire was refloated on 1 February and taken in to Margate, Kent. |
| Fairfax | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Ballyteague Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sierra Leone to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Horatio | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Kilmore, County Wexford. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Wexford. |
| Seraphim | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on the Greek coast. |
| Three Brothers | United Kingdom | The schooner sank off the Dudgeon Sandbank, in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Whitby ( United Kingdom). Three Brothers was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. |
| Wilhamet | United States | The ship was wrecked off Tortola. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France to New Orleans, Louisiana. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in January 1850 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Anna Lucy | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the coast of France. |
| Blossom | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk before 16 January. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Aberdeen. |
| Buche | Belgium | The ship was wrecked on "Schiro Island" in late January. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. |
| Diana | Netherlands | The ship was driven ashore on Schouwen, Zeeland. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. She was refloated and taken in to Zeirikzee, Zeeland in a severely leaky condition. |
| Dorothy | United Kingdom | The brig foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Nord, France before 4 January. |
| Drongon | India | The ship was wrecked in Venloos Bay before 15 January. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Calcutta to Bombay. |
| Emile | France | The ship was driven ashore near Gonneville, Manche before 22 January. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Cherbourg, Seine-Inférieure. |
| Ermeta | Trieste | The ship wrecked at Ragusa, Sicily. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Trieste to London. She was refloated on 17 July. |
| Estrelle | France | The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar between 13 and 15 January. |
| Henri | France | The ship was lost off Ouessant, Finistère. |
| Jane | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off Zuydcoote, Nord. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Constantinople. |
| Lady Rowley | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar between 13 and 15 January. She had been refloated by 27 January. |
| London | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea. |
| Lydford | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Sugar Bank, off the coast of British Guiana and was abandoned by her crew. |
| Mary Bridge | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the Dry Tortugas before 20 January. She was on a voyage from Gibraltar to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. She was refloated and taken in to Key West, Florida, United States. |
| Mary Welch | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Fano, Papal States before 30 January. She was later refloated and put in to Ancona, where she arrived on 8 February. |
| Nancy | France | The ship was lost at the mouth of the Somme. |
| Norma | Spain | The brig was abandoned in the Mediterranean Sea before 18 January. |
| Nouvelle Abeille | France | The ship was lost at the mouth of the Rhône before 29 January. |
| Panajta | Greece | The ship was wrecked in the Black Sea before 2 January. |
| Planet | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on the coast of France. |
| Prince of Brazil | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk before 17 January. |
| Rosalie | Belgium | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Spain before 25 January. |
| Rose | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Bône, Algeria before 22 January. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Gibraltar to Genoa, Kingdom of Sardinia. |
| Samuel | United Kingdom | The schooner foundered on or before 18 January. Her crew took to a boat and were rescued by New Hampshire ( United States). Samuel was on a voyage from Porthcawl, Glamorgan to Cork. |
| San Nicolo | Greece | Captain Baziotis's ship was wrecked in the Black Sea before 2 January. |
| San Nicolo | Greece | Captain Cazionjani's ship was wrecked in the Black Sea before 2 January. |
| San Nicolo | Greece | Captain Cotelli's ship was wrecked in the Black Sea before 2 January. |
| Saphiro | Greece | The ship was wrecked in the Black Sea before 2 January. |
| St. Malo | France | The ship was driven ashore near Cette, Hérault before 22 January. She was abandoned by her crew, who were rescued. She was on a voyage from Constantinople to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône. |
| Trois Frères Unis | France | The ship was driven ashore at Fort Penthivière, Saint-Pierre-Quiberon, Morbihan before 22 January. She was on a voyage from Nantes, Loire-Inférieure to Lorient, Morbihan. |
| Union | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near "Torocks", Denmark between 13 and 19 January. She was on a voyage from Helsingør, Denmark to Dunkerque, Nord, France. |
| Vigilant | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar between 13 and 15 January. She had been refloated by 27 January. |
| Waldemar | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the North Sea before 22 January. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne. |