List of shipwrecks in April 1862

The list of shipwrecks in April 1862 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during April 1862.

April 1862
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
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29 30 Unknown date

2 April

List of shipwrecks: 2 April 1862
ShipCountryDescription
Kate  Confederate States American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner, a blockade runner carrying a cargo of salt, ran aground on the coast of North Carolina near Lockwood Folly Inlet while being pursued by the armed screw steamer USS Mount Vernon, bark USS Fernandina, and gunboat USS Cambridge (all  United States Navy). Her crew set her on fire and abandoned ship, but U.S. Navy personnel boarded her and extinguished the fire, then set her on fire again and abandoned her when Confederate forces on shore opened fire on them. U.S. warships later shelled her. She apparently was refloated by the Confederates.[1][2]

3 April

List of shipwrecks: 3 April 1862
ShipCountryDescription
CSS Red Rover  Confederate States Navy American Civil War: Confederate forces scuttled the 625-ton sidewheel paddle steamer in the Mississippi River behind Island Number Ten. She was refloated and repaired by Union forces and placed in service as the first Union hospital ship.[3]

5 April

List of shipwrecks: 5 April 1862
ShipCountryDescription
Admiral  Confederate States American Civil War: The 244-ton sternwheel paddle steamer was scuttled by Confederate forces in the Mississippi River near Island Number Ten.[4]
Robert and Betsy United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The brigantine parted her cable while at anchor in Oamaru harbour and drifted ashore. All hands were saved.[5]

6 April

List of shipwrecks: 6 April 1862
ShipCountryDescription
Columbia  Confederate States American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner, captured off the coast of Texas on 5 April by a launch from the armed screw steamer USS Montgomery ( United States Navy) while bound from Galveston, Texas, to Kingston, Jamaica, in an attempt to run the Union blockade with a cargo of cotton, was destroyed by the launch′s crew near Fort San Luis on San Luis Pass.[1][6]
CSS John Simonds  Confederate States Navy American Civil War: Confederate forces scuttled the 1,024-ton sidewheel paddle steamer as a blockship in the Mississippi River near Island Number Ten.[7]
CSS Kanawha  Confederate States Navy American Civil War: Confederate forces scuttled the 147-ton sternwheel paddle steamer as a blockship in the Mississippi River near Island Number Ten.[7]

7 April

List of shipwrecks: 7 April 1862
ShipCountryDescription
CSS Grampus  Confederate States Army American Civil War, Battle of Island Number Ten: The sternwheel paddle steamer was scuttled in the Mississippi River between New Madrid, Missouri, and Lake County, Tennessee, to prevent her capture by Union forces. She was refloated by Union forces and placed in service as a receiving ship.[8]
CSS Mohawk  Confederate States American Civil War: The 100-ton sternwheel paddle steamer, possibly a gunboat, was scuttled by Confederate forces in the Mississippi River at Island Number Ten.[9][10]
CSS New Orleans  Confederate States Navy American Civil War, Battle of Island Number Ten: The floating battery was scuttled in the Mississippi River between New Madrid, Missouri, and Lake County, Tennessee, to prevent her capture by Union forces.
Phoenix United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The screw steamer sank in Auckland Harbour during a severe gale. The Township (qv) was wrecked during the same gale, and many other ships were damaged.[5]
Sweepstakes  United States The clipper ran aground in the Sunda Straits in the Netherlands East Indies. She was refloated later that day but was declared a constructive total loss and was sold in Batavia, Java, for scrap.
Township United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The schooner broke up when driven ashore in Auckland Harbour during a severe gale. The Phoenix (qv) was wrecked during the same gale, and many other ships were damaged.[5]
CSS Yazoo  Confederate States Navy American Civil War: Abandoned by the Confederates, the 371-ton sidewheel paddle steamer was captured and scuttled by Union forces in the Mississippi River at Island Number Ten.[11]

9 April

List of shipwrecks: 9 April 1862
ShipCountryDescription
Unidentified brig  United States American Civil War: Loaded with a cargo of cotton, furniture, and loot stolen from residences on Edisto Island off the coast of South Carolina, the brig was wrecked on the coast of Edisto Island.[12]

10 April

List of shipwrecks: 10 April 1862
ShipCountryDescription
Liverpool  United Kingdom American Civil War, Union blockade: Pursued by the sidewheel paddle steamer USS Keystone State ( United States Navy), the 150- or 180-ton bark, a blockade runner, ran aground outside North Inlet, South Carolina, and was burned by her crew.[1][13]

12 April

List of shipwrecks: 12 April 1862
ShipCountryDescription
Samuel Adams Unknown American Civil War, Union blockade: Attempting to run the Union blockade with a cargo of salt, candles, soap, olive oil, rum, and other goods, the schooner was forced aground by United States Navy warships on the western end of Isle of Palms off the coast of South Carolina.[14]

14 April

List of shipwrecks: 14 April 1862
ShipCountryDescription
Erebus  United States Army The screw tug accidentally burned to the waterline without loss of life on the Mississippi River and sank 3,800 yards (3,475 meters) below Fort Pillow, Tennessee. She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service.[15]

15 April

List of shipwrecks: 15 April 1862
ShipCountryDescription
Dacotah  United States The 90-ton St. Louis and Hannibal Railroad sidewheel paddle steamer foundered with the loss of four lives in the Missouri River at St. Joseph, Missouri, when a tornado struck her.[16]
Empire  United States The whaling barque (or ship) was wrecked when it was driven onto rocks at Wangaroa Bay in New Zealand's Chatham Islands. All hands were saved.[17]

19 April

List of shipwrecks: 19 April 1862
ShipCountryDescription
USS Maria J. Carlton  United States Navy American Civil War, Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip: The mortar schooner was sunk on the Mississippi River in Louisiana just below Fort Jackson and Fort St. Philip by a Confederate shot that tore through her magazine deck and hull, wounding two crewmen. Union forces destroyed her remains on 25 April.[18]
CSS Rappahannock  Confederate States Navy American Civil War: The armed sidewheel paddle steamer was burned by Confederate forces on the Rappahannock River at Fredericksburg, Virginia.[19][20][21]

21 April

List of shipwrecks: 21 April 1862
ShipCountryDescription
CSS Bienville  Confederate States Navy American Civil War: The gunboat was destroyed by her officers in Louisiana in the Bogue Falaya River or on Lake Pontchartrain to prevent her capture by Union forces.[22][23]
Mary Merrill  United States The ship went aground in Wellington Harbour, New Zealand during a heavy gale. [24]

24 April

List of shipwrecks: 24 April 1862
ShipCountryDescription
CSS Belle Algerine  Confederate States Navy American Civil War, Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip: The gunboat was accidentally rammed and sunk on the Mississippi River in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, by the gunboat CSS Governor Moore ( Confederate States Navy). The portion of Belle Algerine remaining above water was then burned.[25][26]
Eunice  United States The 231-ton sternwheel paddle steamer collided with the sternwheel paddle steamer Commodore Perry ( United States) and sank in the Ohio River near Ashland, Kentucky, without injury to anyone on board. She later was refloated.[27]
CSS General Breckinridge  Confederate States Navy American Civil War: The sternwheel ram was burned on the Mississippi River at Fort Jackson, Louisiana, to prevent her capture by Union forces.[28][29]
CSS General Lovell  Confederate States Navy American Civil War, Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip: The sidewheel ram was burned by her crew on the Mississippi River in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, to prevent her capture by Union forces.[30][29]
CSS General Quitman  Confederate States Navy American Civil War: The cottonclad ram was set afire by gunfire by the steamer USS Varuna ( United States Navy), ran aground on the bank of the Mississippi River in Louisiana, and was burned to prevent her capture by Union forces.[31][29]
CSS Governor Moore  Confederate States Navy American Civil War, Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip: The gunboat was disabled by gunfire from United States Navy warships on the Mississippi River in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. She drifted ashore with 64 dead. Her surviving crew set her on fire to prevent her capture by Union forces, and she exploded when the flames reached her ammunition magazine.[32]
CSS Launch No. 3  Confederate States Navy American Civil War, Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip: The steam launch was lost on the Mississippi River in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, in combat with United States Navy forces.[33]
CSS Manassas  Confederate States Navy American Civil War, Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip: The ironclad warship was forced aground by the sidewheel paddle frigate USS Mississippi ( United States Navy) on the Mississippi River in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. Her crew abandoned ship, and heavy gunfire from Mississippi set her ablaze. She slipped off the bank, drifted downstream, and exploded.
CSS Mosher  Confederate States Navy American Civil War, Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip: Attempting to tow a fire ship alongside a heavy sloop-of-war – probably USS Hartford ( United States Navy) – on the Mississippi River in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, the unarmed screw tug suffered a hit from a broadside fired by the sloop-of-war that caused her boiler to explode and sank immediately with the loss of all hands.[34][35]
CSS Music  Confederate States Navy American Civil War, Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip: The sidewheel paddle steamer was destroyed by the Confederates to prevent her capture by Union forces.[36]
CSS Phoenix  Confederate States Navy American Civil War, Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip: The tug, operating as a tender, was destroyed on the Mississippi River in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, in combat with United States Navy ships.[37]
CSS Star  Confederate States Army American Civil War, Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip: The tug was destroyed on the Mississippi River in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, in combat with a United States Navy gunboat.[38][39]
CSS Stonewall Jackson  Confederate States Navy American Civil War, Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip: Damaged by gunfire by the steamer USS Varuna ( United States Navy), the sidewheel ram, was driven ashore on the banks of the Mississippi River in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, by the screw sloop-of-war USS Oneida ( United States Navy) and burned.[40]
Sweepstakes  United States The clipper ran aground in the Sunda Straits in the Netherlands East Indies. She was refloated later that day but was declared a constructive total loss and was sold in Batavia, Java, for scrap.
Texas  Confederate States American Civil War, Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip: The 1,223-ton sidewheel paddle steamer, possibly after being converted into a gunboat, was destroyed on the Mississippi River in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana.[39]
USS Varuna  United States Navy
Line engraving of USS Varuna sinking, published ca. the 1860s.
American Civil War, Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip: The steamship sank in the Mississippi River in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, after being rammed by the steamer CSS Governor Moore and the cottonclad sidewheel ram CSS Stonewall Jackson (both  Confederate States Navy).
CSS Warrior  Confederate States Navy American Civil War, Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip: The sidewheel ram was hit by a broadside of 11 shells with five-second fuses by the screw sloop-of-war USS Brooklyn ( United States Navy) on the Mississippi River in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. After the shells detonated inside her, she was beached on the bank of the river and began to burn immediately. The fire destroyed her.[41]
Unidentified schooner Unknown American Civil War, Union blockade: Pursued by the schooner USS Isilda ( United States Navy), the schooner ran hard aground in shoal water while standing in toward Cedar Key, Florida. When an armed launch from Isilda approached the schooner on 26 April, the schooner′s crew blew her up.[42]

25 April

List of shipwrecks: 25 April 1862
ShipCountryDescription
CSS Mississippi  Confederate States Navy American Civil War: The incomplete ironclad warship was burned at New Orleans, Louisiana, to prevent her capture by Union forces.
Pickens  Confederate States American Civil War: The schooner was burned at Algiers in New Orleans, Louisiana, to prevent her capture by Union forces.[43]
Pioneer  Confederate States American Civil War: The submarine was scuttled in the New Basin Canal in New Orleans, Louisiana, to prevent her capture by Union forces.[1]
Washington  Confederate States American Civil War: The brig was scuttled at the docks in New Orleans, Louisiana, to prevent her capture by Union forces.[44]
William M. Morrison  Confederate States American Civil War: The 662-ton sidwheel paddle steamer was set afire and cast adrift on the Mississippi River at New Orleans, Louisiana, to prevent her capture by Union forces as the fleet of Flag Officer David Glasgow Farragut approached. She collided with the ferry boat at Canal Street and later was salvaged.[45]
Various unidentified vessels  Confederate States American Civil War: Various unidentified vessels were burned at New Orleans, Louisiana, to prevent their capture by Union forces, including three burning vessels that went adrift and floated down the Mississippi River and a number of steamboats carrying cargoes of cotton that were set afire at the city′s wharves.[45]

26 April

List of shipwrecks: 26 April 1862
ShipCountryDescription
Chase  United Kingdom American Civil War, Union blockade: The 20-ton schooner was forced aground on Raccoon Key or Romain Light in Bull's Bay off the coast of South Carolina by the armed clipper USS Onward ( United States Navy). Attempts to refloat her over the next few days failed, so she was burned.[46]
CSS Resolute  Confederate States Navy American Civil War: The sidewheel ram, aground in the Mississippi River 1 mile (1.6 km) above Fort Jackson, Louisiana, since the Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip on 24 April, was burned by the Confederates to prevent her capture Union forces.[47]

27 April

List of shipwrecks: 27 April 1862
ShipCountryDescription
CSS Anglo-Norman  Confederate States Navy American Civil War: The 558-ton armed sidewheel paddle steamer was burned by Confederate forces at New Orleans, Louisiana, to prevent her capture by Union forces.[48]

28 April

List of shipwrecks: 28 April 1862
ShipCountryDescription
CSS Defiance  Confederate States Navy American Civil War: The cottonclad ram was burned on the Mississippi River at Fort Jackson and Fort St. Philip, Louisiana, to prevent her capture by Union forces.
CSS Louisiana  Confederate States Navy
Illustration published in 1887 of CSS Louisiana exploding.
American Civil War: The ironclad sidewheel paddle steamer was burned by her crew on the Mississippi River near Fort Jackson, Louisiana, to prevent her capture by Union forces. She exploded violently when the flames detonated her magazine, killing one soldier at nearby Fort St. Philip.[49]
CSS McRae  Confederate States Navy American Civil War: The screw sloop-of-war was scuttled along the city wharf at New Orleans, Louisiana, where she had arrived in a severely damaged condition the previous evening.[50][35]
Unidentified brig  Confederate States American Civil War, Union blockade: Carrying a cargo of cotton, the brig was burned at Fort Livingston on the coast of Louisiana to prevent her capture by approaching United States Navy ships.[45]

29 April

List of shipwrecks: 29 April 1862
ShipCountryDescription
Dewdrop  Confederate States American Civil War: The schooner was towed ashore and burned in the Mississippi River below New Orleans, Louisiana, by the gunboat USS Owasco ( United States Navy).[51]
Joseph H. Toone  Confederate States American Civil War: The schooner was burned on the Mississippi River at Fort Jackson, Louisiana, by United States Navy forces.[52]
Tallahassee  Confederate States American Civil War: The steamboat was towed ashore and burned in the Mississippi River below New Orleans, Louisiana, by the gunboat USS Owasco ( United States Navy).[39]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1862
ShipCountryDescription
Avenger United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New South Wales The wreck of the ketch was found at the mouth of Wellington Harbour, New Zealand, late in the month. There were two bodies on board. The vessel had probably been wrecked in the gale on 21 April which also wrecked the Mary Merrill (qv).[17]
CSS Bienville  Confederate States Navy American Civil War: The incomplete sidewheel gunboat was burned on the Bogue Falaya River at Bayou St. John, New Orleans, Louisiana, to prevent her capture by Union forces.[53][23]
Brothers United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The ketch was wrecked at the mouth of the Warehama (Whareama) River, New Zealand, about the middle of the month.[5]
CSS Carondelet  Confederate States Navy American Civil War: The steamer was burned in Louisiana on Lake Pontchartrain, on the Bogue Falaya River, or on the Tchefuncte River to prevent her capture by Union forces.[54][23]
CSS Jackson  Confederate States Navy American Civil War: The gunboat was burned at or near New Orleans, Louisiana, to prevent her capture by Union forces.
Lafayette  Confederate States American Civil War, Union blockade: Captured on 4 April by boats from the bark USS Pursuit ( United States Navy) in Florida′s St. Andrews Bay, the sloop sank in the Gulf of Mexico off Florida while under tow to Key West, Florida, by the captured steamer Florida ( Confederate States of America), which was under the control of a Union prize crew.[55]
CSS Launch No. 6  Confederate States Navy American Civil War The steam launch was lost on the Mississippi River in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, either in combat with United States Navy forces on 24 April during the Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip or burned on 28 April below the forts.[56][52]
CSS Oregon  Confederate States Navy American Civil War: The screw gunboat was scuttled in Louisiana either the Tchefuncte River or the Bogue Falaya River below Covington to prevent her capture by Union forces.[57][36]
CSS Pamlico  Confederate States Navy American Civil War: The sidewheel paddle steamer was burned on Lake Ponchartrain in Louisiana to prevent her capture by Union forces.[58]
Petrel United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The ketch was wrecked at the mouth of the Porangahau River, New Zealand, about the middle of the month.[5]
Prince  Confederate States American Civil War: The sidewheel paddle steamer was sunk by Confederate forces in the Mississippi River prior to the Battle of Island Number Ten to prevent her capture by Union forces.[59]
Sir Robert Peel Unknown American Civil War, Union blockade: Pursued by United States Navy warships, the schooner ran aground on the coast of South Carolina in early April. Her crew burned her to prevent her capture by Union forces.[14]
Tongawanda Unknown The schooner capsized on the coast of California 12 miles (19 km) north of the San Francisco Heads.[60]
Virginia  Confederate States American Civil War: The 548-ton sidewheel paddle steamer was burned by Confederate forces at Fredericksburg, Virginia, before 19 April to prevent her capture by Union forces.[61]
Unidentified schooners  Confederate States American Civil War: The schooners were burned by Confederate forces at Fredericksburg, Virginia, before 19 April to prevent their capture by Union forces.[62]

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 usnlp.org Navy Chronology of the Civil War, January-June 1862
  2. ↑ Gaines, p. 122
  3. ↑ Gaines, pp. 101-102.
  4. ↑ Gaines, p. 91.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 Ingram & Wheatley, p. 76.
  6. ↑ Gaines, p. 167.
  7. 1 2 Gaines, p. 98.
  8. ↑ Gaines, p. 96.
  9. ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Mohawk
  10. ↑ Gaines, p. 100.
  11. ↑ Gaines, p. 104.
  12. ↑ Gaines, p. 157.
  13. ↑ Gaines, p. 150.
  14. 1 2 Gaines, p. 155.
  15. ↑ Gaines, p. 99.
  16. ↑ Gaines, p. 106
  17. 1 2 Ingram & Wheatley, p. 77.
  18. ↑ Gaines, pp. 69-70.
  19. ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command Ships Histories: Confederate Ships: Rappahannock
  20. ↑ wrecksite.eu CSS Rappahannock (+1862)
  21. ↑ Gaines, p. 187.
  22. ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Bienville
  23. 1 2 3 Gaines, p. 61.
  24. ↑ Ingram & Wheatley, pp. 76-77.
  25. ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Belle Algerine
  26. ↑ Gaines, p. 60.
  27. ↑ Gaines, pp. 134, 135
  28. ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: General Breckinridge
  29. 1 2 3 Gaines, p. 65.
  30. ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: General Lovell
  31. ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command Ships Histories: Confederate Ships: General Quitman
  32. ↑ Gaines, pp. 65-66.
  33. ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Launch No. 3
  34. ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Mosher
  35. 1 2 Gaines, p. 70.
  36. 1 2 Gaines, p. 71.
  37. ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Phoenix
  38. ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Star (tug)
  39. 1 2 3 Gaines, p. 74.
  40. ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Stonewall Jackson (ram)
  41. ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Warrior
  42. ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command: Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships: Isilda
  43. ↑ Gaines p. 73
  44. ↑ Gaines, p. 75.
  45. 1 2 3 Gaines, p. 76.
  46. ↑ Gaines, p. 144.
  47. ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Resolute
  48. ↑ Gaines, p. 59.
  49. ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Louisiana
  50. ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: McRae
  51. ↑ Gaines, p. 63.
  52. 1 2 Gaines, p. 68.
  53. ↑ wrecksite.eu CSS Bienville (+1862)
  54. ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command Ships Histories: Confederate Ships: Carondelet
  55. ↑ Gaines, p. 42.
  56. ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Launch No. 6
  57. ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command Ships Histories: Confederate Ships: Oregon
  58. ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command Ships Histories: Confederate Ships: Pamlico
  59. ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command Ships Histories: Confederate Ships: Prince (side-wheel steamer)
  60. ↑ Gaines, p. 31.
  61. ↑ Gaines, p. 189.
  62. ↑ Gaines, p. 192.

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