List of shipwrecks in March 1851
Ship Country Description
Aid United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Port Isaac , Cornwall
Eclair United Kingdom The ship sank in Derbyhaven Bay , Isle of Man . She was on a voyage from Genoa , Kingdom of Sardinia to Glasgow , Renfrewshire
John and Hannah United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Waterford . Her crew were rescued . She was on a voyage from South Shields , County Durham to Cork
Mary Ann United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore and wrecked at Port Charlotte , Islay , Inner Hebrides
Melpomene Greece The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Dungeness , Kent , United Kingdom . with the loss of ten of the fourteen people on board . She was on a voyage from Cork to London
Naiad United Kingdom The Yorkshire billyboy was in collision with Vesper ( United Kingdom ) and sank in the North Sea 2 nautical miles ( 3.7 km ) off Aldeburgh Suffolk . Her crew were rescued by a brig . She was on a voyage from Hartlepool , County Durham to Gravesend , Kent
The list of shipwrecks in March 1851 includes some ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during the month of March 1851.