List of shipwrecks in October 1850
Ship Country Description
Avenger United Kingdom The brigantine was in collision with Free Trader ( United Kingdom ) . She consequently sank on 8 October off the Galloper Sand . One rescuer was killed . Avenger was on a voyage from Glasgow , Renfrewshire to London
Brisk United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Buttermilk Castle , County Waterford . She was on a voyage from Newport , Monmouthshire to Cork . She was refloated but consequently sank
Dexterous United Kingdom The schooner ran aground at South Shields , County Durham . She was on a voyage from South Shields to Messina , Sicily . She was refloated and proceeded on her voyage , but consequently put in to Harwich , Essex in a leaky condition
Jemima United Kingdom The ship departed from Liverpool , Lancashire for Old Calabar , Africa . She subsequently foundered in the Irish Sea ; a chronometer and longboat from the ship came ashore on 13 October
Joseph Howe United Kingdom The schooner struck a rock and sank at Lochmaddy , North Uist , Outer Hebrides
Juffrow Jantje Netherlands The galiot was wrecked at Dungeness , Kent , United Kingdom with the loss of all but one of her crew . She was on a voyage from Cardiff , Glamorgan , United Kingdom to Frederiksværk , Denmark
Montanesa Spain The ship was wrecked in the Abaco Islands . Her crew were rescued . She was on a voyage from Havana , Cuba to Cádiz
Perdix France The ship was wrecked at Marseille , Bouches-du-Rhône . She was on a voyage from Marseille to Cette , Hérault
The list of shipwrecks in October 1850 includes some ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during October 1850.