title: List of shipwrecks in July 1850
text: # List of shipwrecks in July 1850
  
  The list of shipwrecks in July 1850 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during July 1850.
  
  ## 1 July
  
  List of shipwrecks: 1 July 1850 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Cornucopia | Netherlands | The ship was driven ashore on Eierland, North Holland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to Amsterdam, North Holland. |
  
  ## 2 July
  
  List of shipwrecks: 2 July 1850 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | John | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Chester, Cheshire. |
  | Mary | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground at Chester. |
  | Norma | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Axim, Africa. Her crew were rescued. |
  | Varechwell | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Chester. |
  
  ## 3 July
  
  List of shipwrecks: 3 July 1850 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Edouard Corbière | France | The ship was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. |
  | Gesina | Duchy of Holstein | The ship ran aground off Düne, Heligoland. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Flensburg. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
  | James Dale | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Cultra, County Down. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Belfast, County Antrim. |
  | Powerful | United Kingdom | The ketch was wrecked at Abbotsbury, Dorset. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Par, Cornwall to Bridport, Dorset. |
  | Progress | United Kingdom | The sloop capsized in a squall off Whitby, Yorkshire with the loss of two of her three crew. She was on a voyage from Lowestoft, Suffolk to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. |
  
  ## 4 July
  
  List of shipwrecks: 4 July 1850 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Minerva | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Port Natal, Cape Colony. |
  | Russia | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at the entrance to the Douglas Channel. |
  
  ## 5 July
  
  List of shipwrecks: 5 July 1850 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Capital | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground off Helsingør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Cronstadt, Russia. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
  | Gentoo | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Griffon Cove, Province of Canada, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Quebec City, Province of Canada. She was refloated on 20 July and taken in to Gaspé for temporary repairs. |
  | Thomas | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Hairey Point, Devon. |
  | Wave | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Cape Rosier, Maine, United States. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Limerick to Quebec City. She had become a wreck by 29 July. |
  
  ## 6 July
  
  List of shipwrecks: 6 July 1850 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Adonis | United States | The ship was wrecked on Table Island. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to Bic Island, Province of Canada, British North America. |
  | Prince Charlie | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at the Cape of Good Hope, Cape Colony. She was refloated. |
  | Psyche | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near St. Peter's, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Miramichi, New Brunswick to Saint John's, Newfoundland. |
  | Tweed | United Kingdom | The smack sprang a leak and was abandoned. She was on a voyage from Ayr to Campbeltown, Argyllshire. |
  
  ## 7 July
  
  List of shipwrecks: 7 July 1850 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Defiance | United Kingdom | The schooner sprang a leak and foundered in the English Channel off Beachy Head, Sussex. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Dordrecht, South Holland, Netherlands. |
  | Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The ship sank off Courtown, County Wexford. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Waterford. |
  | James and William | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Grand-Métis, Province of Canada, British North America. Her crew were rescued. |
  
  ## 9 July
  
  List of shipwrecks: 9 July 1850 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Nereid | United Kingdom | The East Indiaman sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Indian Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Emperor ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India. |
  
  ## 10 July
  
  List of shipwrecks: 10 July 1850 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Carteretta | British North America | The ship was wrecked in Conset's Bay, Barbadoes. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland to Barbadoes. |
  | Economist | United Kingdom | The barque capsized in a squall in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of eleven of her thirteen crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Barbadoes. |
  | Ellen | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Hat Key Reef. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Belize City, British Honduras. She was refloated. |
  | Fort Augustus | United Kingdom | The ship sank off Cowes, Isle of Wight. |
  | Patience | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Portsmouth, Hampshire. She was on a voyage from Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany to Portsmouth. She was refloated and taken in to Portsmouth. |
  | Promise | Saint Vincent | The schooner was wrecked at Wilkie's Point. Her crew were rescued. |
  | St. Jean | France | The chasse-marée was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure. |
  
  ## 11 July
  
  List of shipwrecks: 11 July 1850 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | John | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Island Reef, off Plymouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from Newport, Isle of Wight to Plymouth. She was refloated. |
  | Lady Georgiana | Barbuda | The sloop was driven ashore on Barbuda. |
  | New Zealand | United Kingdom | The ship was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Panurge ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Bombay, India to London. |
  | Osbert | United Kingdom | The barque capsized and was wrecked in Rosean Bay, Dominica. |
  | Promise | Saint Vincent | The schooner was wrecked on Wilkie's Point during a hurricane. Her crew were rescued. |
  | Speculante | Prussia | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Swinemünde. She was on a voyage from Swinemünde to Copenhagen, Denmark. |
  | Victoria | Barbuda | The sloop sank at Barbuda with the loss of her captain. |
  | Wilhelmina | Elbing | The ship was driven ashore at Brancaster, Norfolk, United Kingdom. |
  
  ## 12 July
  
  List of shipwrecks: 12 July 1850 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Alarm | United Kingdom | The yacht sank at Plymouth, Devon. |
  | Benjamin Greene | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Saint Kitts in a hurricane and was abandoned by her crew. She was consequently condemned. |
  | Brothers | Dominica | The sloop was driven ashore on Dominica during a hurricane. |
  | Calypso | Dominica | The sloop was driven ashore on Dominica during a hurricane. |
  | Catherine | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Rønne, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Riga, Russia. |
  | Childe Harold | Dominica | The sloop was driven ashore on Dominica during a hurricane. |
  | Ellen | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground off Mandalika Island, Netherlands East Indies. She was on a voyage from Sourabaya to Batavia. She was refloated on 28 July. |
  | Enchantress | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore on Saint Martin in a hurricane. |
  | Governor Mackintosh | Saint Kitts | The sloop was driven ashore on Saint Kitts in a hurricane. |
  | Helena | Tortola | The sloop was driven ashore on Saint Kitts in a hurricane. |
  | Jane and Mary | Dominica | The sloop was driven ashore on Dominica during a hurricane. |
  | Mariquita | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Portsmouth, Hampshire. She was on a voyage from Portsmouth to Neath, Glamorgan. She was refloated on 13 July and resumed her voyage. |
  | Mary Ellen | United Kingdom | The ship capsized in a squall off Greytown, Nicaragua. Her crew were rescued. |
  | Osbourne | Dominica | The schooner was wrecked off Dominica during a hurricane. Her crew were rescued. |
  | Parmahite | Saint Kitts | The sloop was driven ashore on Saint Kitts in a hurricane. |
  | Phocion | United States | The ship was wrecked in Long Bay, Barbadoes. |
  | Robert Henderson | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near San Francisco, Alta California. She was on a voyage from San Francisco to Sydney, New South Wales. |
  | Sarah Maria | Saint Martin | The sloop was lost at Saint Martin during a hurricane. |
  | Union | Saint Kitts | The cutter sank at Sandy Point in a hurricane. |
  | Venus | Dominica | The sloop was driven ashore on Dominica during a hurricane. |
  | Victoria | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Saint Martin in a hurricane. |
  | William Stewart | Dominica | The sloop was driven ashore on Dominica during a hurricane. |
  
  ## 13 July
  
  List of shipwrecks: 13 July 1850 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Anne | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Longships. She was on a voyage from Bangor to Goole, Yorkshire. She was refloated, temporarily repaired and resumed her voyage. |
  | Ann Melhuish | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the Hooghly River. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Calcutta, India. She was refloated and taken in to Calcutta. |
  | Courier | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Point Helen, Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Galaţi. Ottoman Empire. She was condemned. |
  | John Sparks | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the Hooghly River. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Calcutta. She was refloated and taken in to Calcutta. |
  | Phocion | United States | The brig was wrecked off Barbadoes. |
  | Reginald Heber | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the Hooghly River. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Calcutta. She was refloated and taken in to Calcutta. |
  | Zion's Hope | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the Hooghly River. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Calcutta. She was refloated and taken in to Calcutta. |
  
  ## 14 July
  
  List of shipwrecks: 14 July 1850 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Lady Ann | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Scotstown Head, Aberdeenshire. She was on a voyage from Inverness to the Moray Firth. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
  | Myrtle | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Smith's Point, Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America. |
  | Piscator | Denmark | The ship was wrecked on Anholt. She was on a voyage from Stubbekøbing to an English port. |
  
  ## 15 July
  
  List of shipwrecks: 15 July 1850 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Agnes | Stettin | The ship sprang a leak whilst on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to Stettin. She put in to "Egvaag" in a sinking condition. |
  | Caroline | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on the Horseshoe Reef, off the coast of Jamaica. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Kingston to Alligator Pond, Jamaica. |
  | Ostsee Packet | Russia | The schooner ran aground in the Elbe. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Memel, Prussia. She was refloated and taken in to Cuxhaven for repairs. |
  | Two Friends | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Holm Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was refloated. |
  
  ## 16 July
  
  List of shipwrecks: 16 July 1850 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Emma | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Fehmarn, Duchy of Holstein. She was on a voyage from Elbing to King's Lynn, Norfolk. She was refloated. |
  | Gift | United Kingdom | The ship was lost off Newfoundland, British North America. She was on a voyage from Montreal, Province of Canada, British North America to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
  | Maria Elizabeth | Hamburg | The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Cuxhaven. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Vera Cruz, Mexico. She was refloated and put back to Hamburg. |
  | Rose | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Green Island, Tusket Islands, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Prince Edward Island, British North America to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
  
  ## 17 July
  
  List of shipwrecks: 17 July 1850 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Ceres | Kingdom of the Two Sicilies | The barque driven ashore south of Bridlington, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. She was refloated. |
  
  ## 18 July
  
  List of shipwrecks: 18 July 1850 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Archon | Russia | The ship ran aground and sank off "Hollo". She was on a voyage from Vyborg to Grimsby, Lincolnshire. United Kingdom. |
  | Berlin | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at New York City, United States. She was refloated on 3 August. |
  | Constellation | United States | The ship was driven ashore at New York City. She was refloated. |
  | Elizabeth | United States | The ship was wrecked on Fire Island, New York with the loss of eight of the 23 people on board. She was on a voyage from Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany to New York City |
  | Ellen | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at New York City. She was on a voyage from New York City to Bristol, Gloucestershire. She was refloated on 3 August. |
  | Guy Mannering | United States | The ship was driven ashore at New York City. |
  | Scotia | British North America | The schooner ran aground at Freshwater Point, Newfoundland and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Bathurst, New Brunswick to Saint John's, Newfoundland. She was towed in to Trepassey Bay the next day. |
  
  ## 19 July
  
  List of shipwrecks: 19 July 1850 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Blucher | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground off Scots Head, Dominica. She was on a voyage from Patagonia, Argentina to New York. She was refloated the next day but consequently foundered 12 nautical miles (22 km) west of Guadeloupe. Her crew were rescued. |
  | Ellen | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Hat Key Reef. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Belize City, British Honduras. She was refloated. |
  | Pilot | United Kingdom | The paddle steamer struck a rock and sank in Loch Lomond off Rowardennan, Stirlingshire. All on board were rescued. |
  | Racer | United States | The ship capsized in the Atlantic Ocean. She was driven ashore and wrecked at Cape Hatteras, North Carolina with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from New York to Nassau, Bahamas. |
  
  ## 20 July
  
  List of shipwrecks: 20 July 1850 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Eclaireur | France | The ship was wrecked at Casablanca, Morocco. |
  | Houghton Le Skerne | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Red Islands, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Port Talbot, Glamorgan to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America. |
  | Sutcliffe | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America. |
  | Sylvanus | New South Wales | The schooner was wrecked at Port Albert. |
  
  ## 21 July
  
  List of shipwrecks: 21 July 1850 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Sylph | France | The ship ran aground and was damaged at Guadeloupe. She was on a voyage from Martinique to Guadeloupe. She was refloated and taken in to Guadeloupe in a leaky condition. |
  | Triton | Hamburg | The ship was wrecked on Key Gloria, off the coast of British Honduras. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Belize City, British Honduras. |
  | Von der Tann | Reichsflotte | Von der Tann.First Schleswig War: The gunboat ran aground at Neustadt in Holstein, Duchy of Holstein whilst in an engagement with HDMS Heckla and HDMS Valkyrie (both Royal Danish Navy). She was set afire by her crew and abandoned. Von der Tann was subsequently salvaged, repaired and returned to service. |
  | Zillia | France | The barque was wrecked on the Palena Rock, off the coast of Uruguay. She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure. |
  
  ## 22 July
  
  List of shipwrecks: 22 July 1850 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Anisartitos | Greece | The polacca ran aground on a reef off Conil de la Frontera, Spain. She was refloated but was consequently beached at "Barroro". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Galaţi, Ottoman Empire to Cork or Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom. |
  | Castrignano | Austrian Empire | The brig was driven ashore east of Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Odessa to Cork or Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom. She was refloated on 24 July and taken in to Gibraltar. |
  | Mercurius | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Monte Vide, Uruguay. |
  | Red Rover | United Kingdom | The steamboat suffered a boiler explosion and sank at Hotwells, Gloucestershire with the loss of at least ten lives. |
  | Woodland | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked on the Lowther Rock, in the Orkney Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Wick, Caithness. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Borwick Bay in a waterlogged condition. |
  | Zelia | France | The ship was driven ashore at Santa Lucia, Uruguay. She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure. She had been refloated by 8 August and taken in to Monte Video, Uruguay. It was expected that she would be condemned. |
  
  ## 23 July
  
  List of shipwrecks: 23 July 1850 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Endeavour | United Kingdom | The trow foundered in the Bristol Channel. Her crew were rescued. |
  | George | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground off Point Banby, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
  | Rajah Bassa | India | The barque was wrecked on the Prata Shoals. Her crew were rescued. Her crew were rescued by the barque Cornhill ( United Kingdom) |
  | Sophia | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Long Rock, off the coast of County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Renfrew to Rochester, Kent. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage. |
  
  ## 25 July
  
  List of shipwrecks: 25 July 1850 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | HMS Plumper | Royal Navy | The sloop-of-war ran aground and was damaged off Digby, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was refloated and taken in to Digby for repairs. |
  | Ringfield | United Kingdom | The ship was lost off the Cape of Good Hope, Cape Colony. Her crew were rescued by Strabane ( United Kingdom). Ringfield was on a voyage from Bombay, India to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
  | Rustornjee Cowajee | India | The ship departed from Singapore for a port in China. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
  
  ## 26 July
  
  List of shipwrecks: 26 July 1850 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Belle | Isle of Man | The brig was driven ashore on the coast of Virginia, United States. She was on a voyage from Wilmington, North Carolina to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
  | Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore at Spurn Point, Yorkshire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
  | Emblem | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham to London. She was refloated and taken in to Harwich, Essex in a leaky condition. |
  | Frolic | United States | The brig was wrecked on a reef about 60 nautical miles (110 km) North of Fort Ross, California. There was no loss of life but total loss of the ship and valuable cargo estimated at $150,000. She was on a voyage from China to San Francisco, Alta California. |
  | Jane | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore at Spurn Point. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage. |
  | Jane | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at the mouth of the Eider. She was refloated on 28 July and taken in to Tönning, Duchy of Holstein. |
  | John Harrison | United Kingdom | The ship capsized off Swinemünde, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Swinemünde to London. She was declared a total loss. |
  | Ocean | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Virginia. She was on a voyage from Wilmington to Liverpool. |
  | Pilgrim | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Whiting Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Seaton Sluice, County Durham to London. She was refloated and taken in to Harwich in a leaky condition. |
  
  ## 27 July
  
  List of shipwrecks: 27 July 1850 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Accommodation, and Jane | United Kingdom | The sloop Jane ran aground in the River Welland alongside the sloop Accommodation and became foul of the latter as the tide fell, causing Accommodation to sink. |
  | Adventure | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and was beached. She was on a voyage from Caen, Calvados to London. She was later refloated. |
  | Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Barber Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. |
  | Hope | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and capsized in the River Parrett at Bridgwater, Somerset. She was righted. |
  | New Messenger | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Whitby Rock. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands. She was refloated and resumed her voyage, but consequently put in to Texel in a leaky condition. |
  | Sportsman | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on The Shingles, off the Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Llanelly, Glamorgan to Southampton, Hampshire. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage. |
  | Susannah | United Kingdom | The sloop ran aground and sank at Spalding, Lincolnshire. |
  
  ## 28 July
  
  List of shipwrecks: 28 July 1850 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Eveline | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on "Ingirli Island", in the Gulf of Smyrna. She was on a voyage from Smyrna, Ottoman Empire to London. She was refloated on 6 August. |
  | Palamedes | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Peal's Skerry, off North Ronaldsay, Orkney Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Narva, Russian Empire. |
  
  ## 29 July
  
  List of shipwrecks: 29 July 1850 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Harmony | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Mull of Galloway, Wigtownshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Maryport, Cumberland. |
  | Hercules | British North America | The ship was wrecked on the Merr Ledges. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, United States to Wilmot, Nova Scotia. |
  | Union | United Kingdom | The brig was in collision with the steamship Royal William ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Thames at Grays, Essex with the loss of a crew member. |
  
  ## 30 July
  
  List of shipwrecks: 31 July 1850 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Jane King | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked 30 nautical miles (56 km) east of La Poile, Newfoundland, British North America. Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Matanzas, Cuba to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America. |
  | Selina | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Grand Manan Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America. |
  | Susan | New South Wales | The ship was wrecked at the mouth of the Clarence River. |
  | Ticonderoga | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Long Island, New York. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to New York City. She was refloated on 5 August and completed her voyage. |
  
  ## 31 July
  
  List of shipwrecks: 31 July 1850 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Alice Bentley | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and sank off Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Saint John. |
  | Britannia | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) north east of the Farne Islands, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Grangemouth, Stirlingshire. |
  | Fame | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Ballycotton Bay. She was on a voyage from Cork to Youghal, County Cork. She had become a wreck by 10 August. |
  | Helen | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the River Wyre. She was on a voyage from Dalhousie, New Brunswick, British North America to Fleetwood, Lancashire. She was refloated on 1 August. |
  | Pearl | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Sunderland, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Moulmein, Burma to Sunderland. She was refloated and towed in to Sunderland. |
  | Raymond | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and was damaged at San Francisco, Alta California. |
  | Triton | Hamburg | The barque was wrecked on Key Gloria or the Long Key Reef. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Belize City, British Honduras. |
  
  ## Unknown date
  
  List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in July 1850 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Aratus | United States | The ship was abandoned in the Indian Ocean before 17 July. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Boston, Massachusetts |
  | Chalcedony | United States | The barque was lost at Talcahuano, Chile. |
  | Columbine | France | The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 29 July. |
  | Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked with the loss of at least five lives. She was on a voyage from Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany to Gibraltar. |
  | Enriqueta | Chile | The barque was lost at Maule. |
  | Fanny | New Zealand | The ship was wrecked on a reef off the Fiji Islands. Her crew were rescued. |
  | George Bell | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea before 9 July. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Saint Petersburg, Russia. |
  | Lady Howden | New South Wales | The brig was wrecked in the Fiji Islands. |
  | Marshall | United States | The brig was wrecked at Bodega, Alta California. |
  | Matilde | Chile | The brig was lost at San Antonio. |
  | Minerva | New South Wales | The schooner was wrecked at Ulladulla. |
  | Nautilus | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked on the coast of Sierra Leone. Her crew survived. |
  | Obourne | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked off Dominica. Her crew were rescued. |
  | Pegasus | Flag unknown | The ship collided with another vessel and sank before 24 July with the loss of seven of her eight crew. She was on a voyage from Dantsic to Antwerp, Belgium. |
  | Porvoyeur | France | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Sardinia before 8 July. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from La Spezia, Grand Duchy of Tuscany to Dunkerque, Nord. |
  | Ruge Gardien | France | The ship sank at the mouth of the Loire before 13 July. She was on a voyage from Nantes, Loire-Inférieure to Caen, Calvados. |
  | Progress | United Kingdom | The sloop was abandoned in the North Sea. She was towed in to Bridlington, Yorkshire on 13 July. |
  | Superb | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked 10 nautical miles (19 km) south of Maule. |
  | Viceroy | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on Kamawaska Island, British North America before 24 July. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America. She was refloated and completed her voyage, arriving on 27 July. |
  | Westmoreland | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Cape Palos, Spain. |
  