The list of shipwrecks in April 1861 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during April 1861.
20 April
List of shipwrecks: 20 April 1861
Ship | Country | Description |
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] |
References
Notes
- ↑ Gaines, p. 54.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 115.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 141.
- ↑ "Major Vessels Built at the Tasmanian Government Dockyards" (PDF). Keyportarthur. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 191.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 177.
- 1 2 Gaines, p. 179.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 181.
- 1 2 Gaines, p. 185.
- 1 2 Gaines, p. 186.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 187.
- ↑ Gaines, pp. 176-177.
- ↑ Ingram & Wheatley, p. 71.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 138.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 31.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 78.
Bibliography
- Gaines, W. Craig, Encyclopedia of Civil War Shipwrecks, Louisiana State University Press, 2008,
ISBN 978-0-8071-3274-6.
- Ingram, C. W. N., and Wheatley, P. O., (1936) Shipwrecks: New Zealand disasters 1795–1936. Dunedin, NZ: Dunedin Book Publishing Association.
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1867 |
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1868 |
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1869 |
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- Unknown date
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