List of shipwrecks in April 1864
The list of shipwrecks in April 1864 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during April 1864.
April 1864 | ||||||
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 |
1 April
Ship | Country | Description |
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Fair Haven | The 474-ton screw steamer was stranded at Cape Henry, Virginia.[1] | |
Key West No. 4 | The sternwheel paddle steamer struck a snag and sank in the Arkansas River at Paw Paw Landing, Arkansas, 20 miles (32 km) below Little Rock, Arkansas.[2] | |
Maple Leaf | American Civil War: The 508-ton sidewheel paddle steamer, a transport carrying baggage of the 13th Indiana Infantry Regiment, 112th New York Infantry Regiment, and 169th New York Infantry Regiment (all |
2 April
Ship | Country | Description |
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Jackson | The 84-ton sternwheel paddle steamer burned at New Orleans, Louisiana.[7] |
4 April
Ship | Country | Description |
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Matilda | American Civil War: The 390-register ton screw steamer sank, either in the Firth of Clyde off Scotland or in the Bristol Channel at Lundy Island.[8] |
5 April
Ship | Country | Description |
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Jo Jacques | The 34-ton sternwheel paddle steamer sank in the Ohio River at Metropolis, Illinois, after colliding with General Anderson (flag unknown).[9] | |
New Falls City | American Civil War: Confederate forces sank the 880-ton sidewheel paddle steamer as a blockship in the Red River of the South in Louisiana at the foot of Scopern's Cutoff, one mile (1.6 km) above Loggy Bayou.[10] |
8 April
Ship | Country | Description |
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HMS Magpie | The Dapper-class gunboat was wrecked in Galway Bay on the west coast of Ireland. |
12 April
Ship | Country | Description |
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Adams | American Civil War: The steamer, carrying a cargo of United States Army quartermaster′s stores and ammunition, collided with the steamer Chippewa ( | |
La Crosse | American Civil War: The 186-ton sternwheel or screw steamer burned at Egg Bend, Louisiana.[12] |
13 April
Ship | Country | Description |
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Rosina | American Civil War, Union blockade: The sloop was forced aground off San Luis Pass, Texas, by the armed screw steamer USS Virginia ( |
14 April
Ship | Country | Description |
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Unidentified sloop | American Civil War: The sloop was captured and destroyed on the Nansemond River in Virginia by crew members of the gunboat Reno ( |
15 April
Ship | Country | Description |
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USS Eastport | American Civil War, Red River Campaign: The ironclad ram was sunk by a Confederate mine on the Red River of the South in Louisiana. She was destroyed on 26 April to prevent her capture by Confederate forces. | |
Emma | The sealing ship, Captain Gavill, foundered at 70°10′N 14°00′W / 70.167°N 14.000°W, where the whaler Elise ( | |
Rosina | American Civil War, Union blockade: The sloop was forced aground and destroyed off San Luis Pass, Texas, by the screw steamer USS Virginia ( |
16 April
Ship | Country | Description |
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General Hunter | American Civil War: The transport struck a Confederate mine near Mandarin Point in the St. Johns River in the vicinity of Jacksonville, Florida, and sank with the loss of one life.[3][16] |
17 April
Ship | Country | Description |
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Lecompte | The 250-ton sidewheel paddle steamer struck a snag and sank in the Red River of the South in Louisiana 10 miles (16 km) above Campti.[17] |
18 April
Ship | Country | Description |
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Bombshell | American Civil War: The armed transport tug was sunk by Confederate artillery batteries in North Carolina, either in Albemarle Sound or on the Roanoke River at a dock in Plymouth (sources disagree). The Confederates raised and repaired her and placed in service as the gunboat CSS Bombshell ( | |
Good Hope | American Civil War, Union blockade: Carrying a cargo of salt and dry goods, the ca. 150-ton schooner was captured and burned at the mouth of the Homosassa River in Florida by the schooner USS Fox ( |
19 April
Ship | Country | Description |
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Falls City | The 183-ton sternwheel paddle steamer foundered in Loggy Bayou in Louisiana.[20] | |
USS Southfield |
22 April
Ship | Country | Description |
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USS Petrel | American Civil War: After being disabled in combat with Confederate forces on the Yazoo River in near Yazoo City, Mississippi, the tinclad wooden paddle steamer was captured by the Confederates, stripped of her guns and stores, and burned. |
23 April
Ship | Country | Description |
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Hastings | The 191-ton sternwheel paddle steamer struck a snag and sank in the Red River of the South at Alexandria, Louisiana.[22] | |
Rockingham | American Civil War: The 976-ton full-rigged ship, carrying a cargo of guano from Callao, Peru, to Cork, Ireland, was captured, used for gunnery practice, and then burned in the Atlantic Ocean west of the Cape Verde Islands near 15°53′S 31°44′W / 15.883°S 31.733°W by the screw sloop-of-war CSS Alabama ( |
26 April
Ship | Country | Description |
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Champion No. 3 | American Civil War, Red River Campaign: Transporting freed African-American slaves, the 195-ton sidewheel tug and pump steamer was wrecked on the Red River of the South in Louisiana five miles (8 km) above the mouth of the Cane River when a shell fired by the St. Mary's Cannoneers Louisiana Artillery Regiment ( | |
Homer | American Civil War: The sidewheel paddle steamer was scuttled in the Ouachita River off Camden, Arkansas, to prevent her capture by Confederate forces. |
27 April
Ship | Country | Description |
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Champion No. 5 | American Civil War, Red River Campaign: The 184-ton sidewheel tug and pump steamer was disabled on the Red River of the South in Louisiana five miles (8 km) above the mouth of the Cane River by Confederate sharpshooters and cannon fire by the St. Mary's Cannoneers Louisiana Artillery Regiment ( | |
Tycoon | American Civil War: The 717-ton bark, carrying a cargo of expensive clothing and other merchandise from New York City to San Francisco, California, was captured and burned in the Atlantic Ocean east of Salvador, Brazil, by the screw sloop-of-war CSS Alabama ( |
30 April
Ship | Country | Description |
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Amelia | The schooner was lost near Point Judith, Rhode Island.[29] | |
Chippewa Valley | The 101-ton sternwheel paddle steamer struck a snag and sank in the Cumberland River in Tennessee 5 miles (8 km) below Gallatin Landing.[30] | |
Grecian | The brig was wrecked on Nine Mile Beach, New South Wales, Australia, during a gale. |
Unknown date
Ship | Country | Description |
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Idaho | American Civil War: The sidewheel paddle steamer was sunk accidentally by a United States Navy gunboat in the Ohio River. She later was refloated.[31] | |
Juanita | American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner, under the control of a United States Navy prize crew after being captured off San Luis Pass, Texas, by the armed screw steamer USS Virginia ( | |
St. Mary′s | American Civil War: The sidewheel paddle steamer was sunk on the Alabama River in Alabama by a Confederate mine. She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service.[33] | |
Two unidentified torpedo boats | American Civil War: The torpedo boats were destroyed in a large cotton fire at Wilmington, North Carolina.[34] |
References
Notes
- ↑ Gaines, p. 179.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 10.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 usnlp.org Navy Chronology of the Civil War, January–June 1864
- ↑ Barnette, Michael C. (2008). Florida's Shipwrecks. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7385-5413-6.
- ↑ FJ Cantelas, BA Rodgers (1997). "Tools, Techniques, and Zero Visibility Archaeology". In: EJ Maney, Jr and CH Ellis, Jr (Eds.) the Diving for Science...1997, Proceedings of the American Academy of Underwater Sciences, Seventeenth annual Scientific Diving Symposium, Northeastern University, Boston, MA. Retrieved 6 June 2009.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 42.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 67.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 37.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 136.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 71.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 8.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 68.
- ↑ Gaines p. 171.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 193.
- ↑ Dundee Advertiser, 16 May 1864: "THE LOSS OF THE WHALER EMMA".
- 1 2 Gaines, p. 40.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 69.
- ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Bombshell
- ↑ Gaines, p. 115.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 64.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 128.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 66.
- ↑ Ahoy – Mac's Web Log "Marauders of the Sea, Confederate Merchant Raiders During the American Civil War: CSS Alabama. 1862–1864. Captain Raphael Semmes"
- ↑ Gaines, p. 16.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 61.
- 1 2 civilwarlandscapes.org Chronology Calendar Tuesday, April 26, 1864
- ↑ Gaines, pp. 61–62.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 24
- ↑ Gaines, p. 140.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 159.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 135.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 169.
- ↑ Gaines, pp. 6, 44.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 133.
Bibliography
- Gaines, W. Craig, Encyclopedia of Civil War shipwrecks, Louisiana State University Press, 2008, ISBN 978-0-8071-3274-6.
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