# List of shipwrecks in 1851

The list of shipwrecks in 1851 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1851.
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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1851 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ajax | France | The whaler was lost in the Bering Strait. Her crew survived. |
| Albert | Gambia Colony and Protectorate | The paddle steamer sank in the Gambia River before 8 March. |
| Alceste | British North America. | The ship was lost in the Pacific Ocean. She was on a voyage from England to San Francisco, California, United States. |
| Arienis | United Kingdom | The East Indiaman was wrecked in the "Eugans Islands" with the loss of 20 of her 44 crew. She was on a voyage from London to Bombay, India and China. |
| Belle | British North America | The ship was wrecked at Saint Kitts with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Antigua to Saint Martin. |
| Belvidere | United States | The ship was wrecked on Santa María Island, Chile. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from San Francisco to Lima, Peru. |
| Bloater | British North America | The ship was lost before 10 May. |
| Brutus | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked in the "Bay of Quentino" with the loss of all but two of her crew. |
| Canton | United Kingdom | The paddle steamer ran aground in the Pearl River at Cumsingmoon, China. She was refloated and taken in to Whampoa for repairs. |
| Conway Castle | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on a reef off Sumatra, Netherlands East Indies. |
| Emblem | United Kingdom | The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 16 April. |
| Emmy | Hamburg | The ship was driven ashore at Tampico, Mexico between 27 June and 2 July. She was consequently condemned. |
| Eudora | New Zealand | The barque was driven on shore on the Gisborne coast during July or August. All hands were saved. |
| Fawn | United Kingdom | The ship's crew mutinied, murdered her officers and scuttled her off Singapore. |
| Helene Frederika Govering | Sweden | The ship capsized in the Baltic Sea between 16 August and 14 October with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Haparanda to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America. |
| Hotspur | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Great Inagua. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Domingo to an English port. |
| Jane Shields | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked on a reef south of Talcahuano, Chile before 1 December. |
| Jeune Marie | France | The ship was lost at Carmen. Her crew were rescued. |
| Jubilee | United States | The fishing schooner was run down in Bay of St. Lawrence by schooner Summit. Crew saved. |
| Kirkwood | United States | The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to New York. |
| Lucy Ann | New South Wales | The cutter was destroyed at Murray Island. Her crew were murdered by the local inhabitants. |
| Marie Felicité | France | The schooner was wrecked at Grand-Bassam, Ivory Coast. She was on a voyage from Grand-Bassam to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure. |
| Mary | Bermuda | The whaler, a barque, was wrecked on Lachlan Island. Her crew were murdered by the local inhabitants. |
| Metropolis | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked on "Bintang". The wreck was later towed to Singapore by the steamship Hooghly ( India) and sold. |
| Mexican | United States | The 226-ton whaling ship was lost in the Arctic. |
| Montalembert | France | The ship was wrecked on "Panani Island", Spanish East Indies between 5 June and 9 December. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from San Francisco to Manila, Spanish East Indies and Calcutta, India] |
| Narval | France | The whaler was wrecked on the coast of Korea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce to the South Seas. |
| Pekin | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the Columbia River at Fort Vancouver, Washington Territory and was abandoned by her crew. |
| Pioneer | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on the coast of New Zealand. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Australia and New Zealand. |
| Roseland | United Kingdom | The ship was destroyed by fire in the Indian Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Aden to London. |
| Solomon Saltus | New South Wales | The barque was lost in the Bering Strait. |
| Sons of Commerce | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Aden. Her crew survived, but were murdered by the local inhabitants. |
| Treasurer | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the south coast of Cuba. |
| Ulrica | Sweden | The ship was severely damaged by fire at Charleston, South Carolina, United States. |
| Washington | United States | The ship was lost at Pitt's Island (now Kruzof Island) in the Alexander Archipelago in Russian Alaska. |