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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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
Ship | Country | Description |
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Kate | 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 |
3 April
Ship | Country | Description |
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CSS Red Rover | 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
Ship | Country | Description |
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Admiral | 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 | The brigantine parted her cable while at anchor in Oamaru harbour and drifted ashore. All hands were saved.[5] |
6 April
Ship | Country | Description |
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Columbia | 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 ( | |
CSS John Simonds | 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 | 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
Ship | Country | Description |
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CSS Grampus | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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
Ship | Country | Description |
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Unidentified brig | 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
Ship | Country | Description |
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Liverpool | American Civil War, Union blockade: Pursued by the sidewheel paddle steamer USS Keystone State ( |
12 April
Ship | Country | Description |
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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
Ship | Country | Description |
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Erebus | 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
Ship | Country | Description |
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Dacotah | 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 | 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
Ship | Country | Description |
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USS Maria J. Carlton | 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 | 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
Ship | Country | Description |
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CSS Bienville | 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 | The ship went aground in Wellington Harbour, New Zealand during a heavy gale. [24] |
24 April
25 April
Ship | Country | Description |
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CSS Mississippi | American Civil War: The incomplete ironclad warship was burned at New Orleans, Louisiana, to prevent her capture by Union forces. | |
Pickens | American Civil War: The schooner was burned at Algiers in New Orleans, Louisiana, to prevent her capture by Union forces.[43] | |
Pioneer | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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
Ship | Country | Description |
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Chase | 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 ( | |
CSS Resolute | 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
Ship | Country | Description |
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CSS Anglo-Norman | 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
Ship | Country | Description |
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CSS Defiance | 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 | ||
CSS McRae | 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 | 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
Ship | Country | Description |
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Dewdrop | American Civil War: The schooner was towed ashore and burned in the Mississippi River below New Orleans, Louisiana, by the gunboat USS Owasco ( | |
Joseph H. Toone | American Civil War: The schooner was burned on the Mississippi River at Fort Jackson, Louisiana, by United States Navy forces.[52] | |
Tallahassee | American Civil War: The steamboat was towed ashore and burned in the Mississippi River below New Orleans, Louisiana, by the gunboat USS Owasco ( |
Unknown date
Ship | Country | Description |
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Avenger | 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 | 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 | The ketch was wrecked at the mouth of the Warehama (Whareama) River, New Zealand, about the middle of the month.[5] | |
CSS Carondelet | 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 | American Civil War: The gunboat was burned at or near New Orleans, Louisiana, to prevent her capture by Union forces. | |
Lafayette | American Civil War, Union blockade: Captured on 4 April by boats from the bark USS Pursuit ( | |
CSS Launch No. 6 | 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 | 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 | American Civil War: The sidewheel paddle steamer was burned on Lake Ponchartrain in Louisiana to prevent her capture by Union forces.[58] | |
Petrel | The ketch was wrecked at the mouth of the Porangahau River, New Zealand, about the middle of the month.[5] | |
Prince | 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 | 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 | 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 2 3 4 usnlp.org Navy Chronology of the Civil War, January-June 1862
- ↑ Gaines, p. 122
- ↑ Gaines, pp. 101-102.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 91.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Ingram & Wheatley, p. 76.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 167.
- 1 2 Gaines, p. 98.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 96.
- ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Mohawk
- ↑ Gaines, p. 100.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 104.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 157.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 150.
- 1 2 Gaines, p. 155.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 99.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 106
- 1 2 Ingram & Wheatley, p. 77.
- ↑ Gaines, pp. 69-70.
- ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command Ships Histories: Confederate Ships: Rappahannock
- ↑ wrecksite.eu CSS Rappahannock (+1862)
- ↑ Gaines, p. 187.
- ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Bienville
- 1 2 3 Gaines, p. 61.
- ↑ Ingram & Wheatley, pp. 76-77.
- ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Belle Algerine
- ↑ Gaines, p. 60.
- ↑ Gaines, pp. 134, 135
- ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: General Breckinridge
- 1 2 3 Gaines, p. 65.
- ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: General Lovell
- ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command Ships Histories: Confederate Ships: General Quitman
- ↑ Gaines, pp. 65-66.
- ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Launch No. 3
- ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Mosher
- 1 2 Gaines, p. 70.
- 1 2 Gaines, p. 71.
- ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Phoenix
- ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Star (tug)
- 1 2 3 Gaines, p. 74.
- ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Stonewall Jackson (ram)
- ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Warrior
- ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command: Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships: Isilda
- ↑ Gaines p. 73
- ↑ Gaines, p. 75.
- 1 2 3 Gaines, p. 76.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 144.
- ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Resolute
- ↑ Gaines, p. 59.
- ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Louisiana
- ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: McRae
- ↑ Gaines, p. 63.
- 1 2 Gaines, p. 68.
- ↑ wrecksite.eu CSS Bienville (+1862)
- ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command Ships Histories: Confederate Ships: Carondelet
- ↑ Gaines, p. 42.
- ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Launch No. 6
- ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command Ships Histories: Confederate Ships: Oregon
- ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command Ships Histories: Confederate Ships: Pamlico
- ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command Ships Histories: Confederate Ships: Prince (side-wheel steamer)
- ↑ Gaines, p. 31.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 189.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 192.
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.
Ship events in 1862 | |||||||||||
Ship launches: | 1857 | 1858 | 1859 | 1860 | 1861 | 1862 | 1863 | 1864 | 1865 | 1866 | 1867 |
Ship commissionings: | 1857 | 1858 | 1859 | 1860 | 1861 | 1862 | 1863 | 1864 | 1865 | 1866 | 1867 |
Ship decommissionings: | 1857 | 1858 | 1859 | 1860 | 1861 | 1862 | 1863 | 1864 | 1865 | 1866 | 1867 |
Shipwrecks: | 1857 | 1858 | 1859 | 1860 | 1861 | 1862 | 1863 | 1864 | 1865 | 1866 | 1867 |
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