List of shipwrecks in April 1861

The list of shipwrecks in April 1861 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during April 1861.

April 1861
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 Unknown date

2 April

List of shipwrecks: 2 April 1861
ShipCountryDescription
Union  United States The 139-ton sidewheel paddle steamer struck a snag and sank in the Wabash River at Clinton, Indiana.[1]

8 April

List of shipwrecks: 8 April 1861
ShipCountryDescription
Black Squall Unknown The brig was lost on the coast of North Carolina at Ocracoke Inlet.[2]
Boundary  United States Carrying a cargo of lumber, the schooner was wrecked on Block Island off the coast of Rhode Island.[3]
Witchcraft  United States The clipper ran aground at Chicamanconico on the coast of North Carolina within sight of the Cape Hatteras and Bodie Island lighthouses and was pounded to pieces by the surf.

17 April

List of shipwrecks: 17 April 1861
ShipCountryDescription
Adelaide United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland South Australia The brigantine was wrecked at MacDonnel Bay.[4]
Two large unidentified boats  Confederate States of America American Civil War: The boats were scuttled as blockships by Confederate forces in the Elizabeth River in Virginia near Craney Island on or about 17 April.[5]

20 April

List of shipwrecks: 20 April 1861
ShipCountryDescription
USS Columbus  United States Navy American Civil War: The decommissioned ship-of-the-line, laid up in ordinary at the Gosport Navy Yard in Portsmouth, Virginia, was scuttled to prevent her capture by Confederate forces.[6]
USS Delaware  United States Navy American Civil War: The decommissioned ship-of-the-line, laid up in ordinary at the Gosport Navy Yard in Portsmouth, Virginia, was burned to prevent her capture by Confederate forces.[7]
USS Germantown  United States Navy American Civil War: The sloop-of-war was scuttled at the Gosport Navy Yard in Portsmouth, Virginia, to prevent her capture by Confederate forces. The Confederates later raised her and used her as a floating battery.[8]
USS Merrimack  United States Navy American Civil War: The screw frigate, laid up in ordinary at the Gosport Navy Yard in Portsmouth, Virginia, was burned to the waterline and scuttled to prevent her capture by Confederate forces. The Confederates later raised her and converted her into the casemate ironclad CSS Virginia ( Confederate States Navy).[9]
USS Pennsylvania  United States Navy American Civil War: The ship-of-the-line, serving as a receiving ship at the Gosport Navy Yard in Portsmouth, Virginia, was burned to prevent her capture by Confederate forces.[10]
USS Plymouth  United States Navy American Civil War: The sloop-of-war was scuttled and partially burned while under repair at the Gosport Navy Yard in Portsmouth, Virginia, to prevent her capture by Confederate forces.[10]
USS Raritan  United States Navy American Civil War: The frigate, laid up in ordinary at the Gosport Navy Yard in Portsmouth, Virginia, was destroyed to prevent her capture by Confederate forces.[11]

21 April

List of shipwrecks: 21 April 1861
ShipCountryDescription
USS Columbia  United States Navy American Civil War: The frigate was scuttled and burned to the waterline at the Gosport Navy Yard in Portsmouth, Virginia, to prevent her capture by Confederate forces.[12]
USS Dolphin  United States Navy American Civil War: The brig was burned at the Gosport Navy Yard in Portsmouth, Virginia, to prevent her capture by Confederate forces.[7]
USS New York  United States Navy American Civil War: The incomplete ship-of-the-line, laid down in March 1820 but never launched, was burned at the Gosport Navy Yard in Portsmouth, Virginia, to prevent her capture by Confederate forces.[9]

23 April

List of shipwrecks: 23 April 1861
ShipCountryDescription
Corsair United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The brig was heavily damaged in a collision with the steamer Omeo in Lyttelton Harbour, New Zealand. She was driven on shore and abandoned as a wreck.[13]
James Clinton  United States The 105-ton sternwheel paddle steamer was destroyed on the Willamette River at Oregon City, Oregon, by a fire that spread to her from a warehouse and flour mills.[14]

25 April

List of shipwrecks: 25 April 1861
ShipCountryDescription
Syren  United States The 1,064-ton clipper struck the Mile Rocks off Lands End at San Francisco, California, then returned to San Francisco Harbor and was beached. She was refloated and repaired.[15]

26 April

List of shipwrecks: 26 April 1861
ShipCountryDescription
Kettle Bottom light ship  United States The lightvessel burned on the Potomac River at Kettle Bottom Shoals.[16]

References

Notes

  1. ↑ Gaines, p. 54.
  2. ↑ Gaines, p. 115.
  3. ↑ Gaines, p. 141.
  4. ↑ "Major Vessels Built at the Tasmanian Government Dockyards" (PDF). Keyportarthur. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  5. ↑ Gaines, p. 191.
  6. ↑ Gaines, p. 177.
  7. 1 2 Gaines, p. 179.
  8. ↑ Gaines, p. 181.
  9. 1 2 Gaines, p. 185.
  10. 1 2 Gaines, p. 186.
  11. ↑ Gaines, p. 187.
  12. ↑ Gaines, pp. 176-177.
  13. ↑ Ingram & Wheatley, p. 71.
  14. ↑ Gaines, p. 138.
  15. ↑ Gaines, p. 31.
  16. ↑ Gaines, p. 78.

Bibliography


Ship events in 1861
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