List of shipwrecks in August 1861
The list of shipwrecks in August 1861 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during August 1861.
August 1861 | |||||||
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 | 31 | Unknown date |
1 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Julia Moffitt | The 56-ton sternwheel paddle steamer burned at Tyler, Virginia (now Paden City, West Virginia).[1] | |
Kanawha Valley | The 126-ton sternwheel paddle steamer was burned by Union forces at Cannelton, Virginia (now West Virginia). Confederate gunfire from shore killed one person on board.[1] |
2 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Stag Hound | The clipper was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean 45 nautical miles (83 km) south of Pernambuco, Brazil. Her entire crew made it to shore safely in her boats. |
3 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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HMS Driver | The paddle sloop-of-war was wrecked on Mayaguana in the Bahamas. |
5 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Alvarado |
7 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Sarah Elizabeth | The schooner was wrecked when she hit the north spit at the mouth of the Whareama River. She was carrying a cargo of timber from Wellington. Crew and cargo were saved.[4] |
9 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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York | American Civil War: Pursued by the armed screw steamer USS Union ( |
10 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Louisa | American Civil War, Union blockade: Carrying a cargo of coffee, the 200-ton schooner was run onto a reef off the coast of North Carolina about 3 miles (5 km) south of Fort Fisher by the armed screw steamer USS Penguin ( | |
Sea Foam | Unknown | The 135-ton screw steamer was stranded.[7] |
12 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Carrier | The 345-ton sidewheel paddle steamer sank in the Missouri River at St. Charles, Missouri.[8] |
13 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Isabel | American Civil War, Union blockade: Carrying passengers, the 30-ton schooner was captured and destroyed in Atchafalaya Bay in Louisiana by the armed screw steamer USS Huntsville ( |
15 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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J. Appleton | American Civil War: Carrying a cargo of water, the 1,200-ton schooner parted her cable during a gale and was driven ashore 30 feet (9.1 meters) above the low waterline near Egmont Key Light on Egmont Key in Florida. Her wreck was stripped and burned.[10] |
16 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Jane Wright | American Civil War: During a voyage from Washington, D.C., to St. Mary's County, Maryland, the sloop was scuttled in the Chesapeake Bay at the mouth of the Potomac River off Smith Point, Virginia, by the armed tug USS Yankee ( |
18 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Jefferson Davis | American Civil War: The brig, operating as a Confederate privateer, was wrecked without loss of life on a shoal while entering port at St. Augustine, Florida, during a half-gale.[12][10] |
20 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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R. W. Powell | The 349-ton sidewheel paddle steamer struck a snag and sank in the Mississippi River at Plaquemine, Louisiana.[13] | |
T. W. Riley | American Civil War: The sloop was scuttled at Wades Bay off the Virginia shoreline of the Potomac River by the armed tug USS Yankee and the bark USS Restless (both |
23 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Aid | American Civil War, Union blockade: The 100-ton schooner or full-rigged ship (sources disagree) was sunk as a blockship by Union forces off the coast of Florida to block the pass at the east end of Santa Rosa Island. She had been captured off Mobile, Alabama, on 5 June by a boat expedition from the screw frigate USS Niagara ( |
25 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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J. A. McClennan (or J. A. McClelland) | Unknown | The 73-ton sternwheel paddle steamer sank in the Sacramento River in California one to three miles (1.6 to 4.8 km) below Knight's Landing 15 minutes after her boiler exploded, blowing her pilot 200 feet (61 meters) into the air and killing 25 people. The boiler landed on shore 350 yards (320 meters) away. She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service.[17] |
27 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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May | The 43-ton sidewheel paddle steamer collided with Major Reybold (flag unknown) and sank at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[18] |
28 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Eight unidentified vessels | American Civil War, Union blockade: Six small boats and two scows were burned along the coast of Maryland by a launch from the armed tug USS Satellite ( |
29 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Finland | American Civil War, Union blockade: The blockade runner was captured and burned in Apalachicola Bay off the coast of Florida by the armed screw steamer USS R. R. Cuyler ( |
31 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Four unidentified boats | American Civil War: The boats were captured and burned at Ferry Landing in Virginia by the armed tug USS Resolute ( | |
Unidentified vessels | American Civil War, Union blockade: Union forces destroyed a large fishing boat, a scow, and seven small boats at the mouth of Aquia Creek in Virginia.[21] |
Unknown date
Ship | Country | Description |
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Louisa | American Civil War, Union blockade: Fleeing from the armed screw steamer USS Penguin ( |
References
Notes
- 1 2 Gaines, p. 195.
- 1 2 3 4 usnlp.org Navy Chronology of the Civil War, July-December 1861
- ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command NH 58885 "The United States Sloop of War 'Jamestown' driving the 'Alvarado' Ashore, near Fernandina, Florida."
- ↑ Ingram, C. W. N., and Wheatley, P. O., (1936) Shipwrecks: New Zealand disasters 1795–1936. Dunedin, NZ: Dunedin Book Publishing Association. p. 74.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 131.
- 1 2 Gaines, p. 122.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 197.
- ↑ Gaines, pp. 92-106.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 66.
- 1 2 Gaines, p. 41.
- ↑ Gaines, pp. 182-183.
- ↑ Soodalter, Ron, "," nytimes.com, August 17, 2011, 9:30 p.m. EDT.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 73.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 189.
- ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Aid
- ↑ Gaines, p. 37.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 28.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 139.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 79.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 191.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 193.
Bibliography
- Gaines, W. Craig, Encyclopedia of Civil War Shipwrecks, Louisiana State University Press, 2008, ISBN 978-0-8071-3274-6.
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Ship commissionings: | 1856 | 1857 | 1858 | 1859 | 1860 | 1861 | 1862 | 1863 | 1864 | 1865 | 1866 |
Ship decommissionings: | 1856 | 1857 | 1858 | 1859 | 1860 | 1861 | 1862 | 1863 | 1864 | 1865 | 1866 |
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