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
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

List of shipwrecks: 1 August 1861
ShipCountryDescription
Julia Moffitt  United States The 56-ton sternwheel paddle steamer burned at Tyler, Virginia (now Paden City, West Virginia).[1]
Kanawha Valley  United States 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

List of shipwrecks: 2 August 1861
ShipCountryDescription
Stag Hound  United States 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

List of shipwrecks: 3 August 1861
ShipCountryDescription
HMS Driver  Royal Navy The paddle sloop-of-war was wrecked on Mayaguana in the Bahamas.

5 August

List of shipwrecks: 5 August 1861
ShipCountryDescription
Alvarado  Confederate States of America
Alvarado, in the distance at left, burns after USS Jamestown, right foreground, ran her ashore. Illustration from Harper's Weekly, 28 September 1861.
American Civil War, Union blockade: The bark, taken as a prize by the privateer Jefferson Davis ( Confederate States of America) on 21 July 1861, was run ashore and burned by the sloop-of-war USS Jamestown ( United States Navy) near Fernandina, Florida.[2][3]

7 August

List of shipwrecks: 2 August 1861
ShipCountryDescription
Sarah Elizabeth United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand 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

List of shipwrecks: 9 August 1861
ShipCountryDescription
York  Confederate States of America American Civil War: Pursued by the armed screw steamer USS Union ( United States Navy), the 68- or 72-ton schooner, a Confederate privateer, ran aground on the coast of North Carolina on Cape Hatteras near New Inlet. Her crew then threw her guns overboard and burned her to the waterline to prevent her from being captured by the armed screw steamer USS Yankee ( United States Navy).[2][5]

10 August

List of shipwrecks: 10 August 1861
ShipCountryDescription
Louisa  Confederate States of America 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 ( United States Navy). Louisa capsized, and the surf quickly broke over her.[6]
Sea Foam Unknown The 135-ton screw steamer was stranded.[7]

12 August

List of shipwrecks: 12 August 1861
ShipCountryDescription
Carrier  United States The 345-ton sidewheel paddle steamer sank in the Missouri River at St. Charles, Missouri.[8]

13 August

List of shipwrecks: 13 August 1861
ShipCountryDescription
Isabel  Confederate States of America 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 ( United States Navy).[9]

15 August

List of shipwrecks: 15 August 1861
ShipCountryDescription
J. Appleton  United States 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

List of shipwrecks: 16 August 1861
ShipCountryDescription
Jane Wright  United States 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 ( United States Navy) to prevent Confederate forces from commandeering her for use in a rumored invasion of Maryland.[11]

18 August

List of shipwrecks: 18 August 1861
ShipCountryDescription
Jefferson Davis  Confederate States of America 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

List of shipwrecks: 20 August 1861
ShipCountryDescription
R. W. Powell  Confederate States of America The 349-ton sidewheel paddle steamer struck a snag and sank in the Mississippi River at Plaquemine, Louisiana.[13]
T. W. Riley  United States 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  United States Navy) to prevent her use by Confederate forces in a rumored invasion of Maryland.[14]

23 August

List of shipwrecks: 23 August 1861
ShipCountryDescription
Aid  Confederate States of America 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 ( United States Navy).[15][16]

25 August

List of shipwrecks: 25 August 1861
ShipCountryDescription
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

List of shipwrecks: 27 August 1861
ShipCountryDescription
May  United States The 43-ton sidewheel paddle steamer collided with Major Reybold (flag unknown) and sank at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[18]

28 August

List of shipwrecks: 29 August 1861
ShipCountryDescription
Eight unidentified vessels  Confederate States of America 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 ( United States Navy).[19]

29 August

List of shipwrecks: 29 August 1861
ShipCountryDescription
Finland  Confederate States of America 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 ( United States Navy).[2]

31 August

List of shipwrecks: 31 August 1861
ShipCountryDescription
Four unidentified boats  Confederate States of America American Civil War: The boats were captured and burned at Ferry Landing in Virginia by the armed tug USS Resolute ( United States Navy).[20]
Unidentified vessels  Confederate States of America 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

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date August 1861
ShipCountryDescription
Louisa  Confederate States of America American Civil War, Union blockade: Fleeing from the armed screw steamer USS Penguin ( United States Navy) while trying to run the Union blockade with a cargo of coffee, the 200-ton schooner struck a shoal and capsized in the North Atlantic Ocean near Cape Fear, North Carolina, about 3 miles (5 km) south of Fort Fisher on either 10 or 11 August. The surf quickly broke over her.[2][6]

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 Gaines, p. 195.
  2. 1 2 3 4 usnlp.org Navy Chronology of the Civil War, July-December 1861
  3. ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command NH 58885 "The United States Sloop of War 'Jamestown' driving the 'Alvarado' Ashore, near Fernandina, Florida."
  4. ↑ Ingram, C. W. N., and Wheatley, P. O., (1936) Shipwrecks: New Zealand disasters 1795–1936. Dunedin, NZ: Dunedin Book Publishing Association. p. 74.
  5. ↑ Gaines, p. 131.
  6. 1 2 Gaines, p. 122.
  7. ↑ Gaines, p. 197.
  8. ↑ Gaines, pp. 92-106.
  9. ↑ Gaines, p. 66.
  10. 1 2 Gaines, p. 41.
  11. ↑ Gaines, pp. 182-183.
  12. ↑ Soodalter, Ron, "," nytimes.com, August 17, 2011, 9:30 p.m. EDT.
  13. ↑ Gaines, p. 73.
  14. ↑ Gaines, p. 189.
  15. ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Aid
  16. ↑ Gaines, p. 37.
  17. ↑ Gaines, p. 28.
  18. ↑ Gaines, p. 139.
  19. ↑ Gaines, p. 79.
  20. ↑ Gaines, p. 191.
  21. ↑ Gaines, p. 193.

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