List of shipwrecks in August 1863

The list of shipwrecks in August 1863 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during August 1863.

August 1863
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
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15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31 Unknown date

5 August

List of shipwrecks: 5 August 1863
ShipCountryDescription
Ruth  United States American Civil War: The 702-ton sidewheel paddle steamer was set afire by Confederate agents on the Mississippi River at Lucas Bend, 4 miles (6.4 km) below Norfolk, Missouri. She was engulfed in flames within five minutes and burned for five hours before sinking in 18 feet (5.5 meters) of water . Thirty lives were lost. Her wreck was blown up with gunpowder on October 19, 1863.[1]

6 August

List of shipwrecks: 6 August 1863
ShipCountryDescription
USS Paw Paw  United States Navy American Civil War: The centerwheel paddle steamer sank within 15 minutes of striking a snag in the Mississippi River near Hardin's Point, Arkansas. She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service.

8 August

List of shipwrecks: 8 August 1863
ShipCountryDescription
Faith  United States Carrying a cargo of coal intended for United States Navy ships blockading Charleston, South Carolina, the bark ran ashore and bilged off Port Royal, South Carolina.[2]

9 August

List of shipwrecks: 9 August 1863
ShipCountryDescription
Commodore  United States The steamer was lost south of Point Judith, Rhode Island.[3]

11 August

List of shipwrecks: 11 August 1863
ShipCountryDescription
Sea Gull United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The schooner was struck by lightning off the coast of Taranaki, destroying the mainmast and starting a fire. To save the lives of those on board, the skipper deliberately beached the ship near the mouth of the Henui River (Te Henui Stream, New Plymouth).[4]

17 August

List of shipwrecks: 17 August 1863
ShipCountryDescription
USS Crocus  United States Navy American Civil War, Union blockade: The armed screw steamer was wrecked on Bodie′s Island on the coast of North Carolina.[5]

18 August

List of shipwrecks: 18 August 1863
ShipCountryDescription
Hebe  United Kingdom American Civil War, Union blockade: Pursued by the armed screw steamer USS Niphon and the armed sidewheel paddle steamer USS Shokokon (both  United States Navy), the screw steamer, carrying a cargo of coffee, clothing, medicine, and provisions, ran aground on the coast of North Carolina at Federal Point, north of Fort Fisher, and was abandoned by her crew. According to one source, the Shokokon then riddled her with gunfire, igniting a fire that burned her to the waterline. According to another source, six U.S. Navy warships shelled Hebe′s wreck on 20 August, destroying her machinery and completing her destruction.[6][7]
CSS Oconee  Confederate States Navy American Civil War, Union blockade: The gunboat foundered in bad weather in the North Atlantic Ocean south of St. Catherines Island, Georgia, during a voyage from Savannah, Georgia, to England with a cargo of cotton. Her crew abandoned ship safely, but a Union ship captured 15 of them off the coast of Florida on 20 August.[8]

19 August

List of shipwrecks: 19 August 1863
ShipCountryDescription
CSS Robert Habersham  Confederate States Navy The 173- or 200-ton sidewheel transport suffered a boiler explosion on the Savannah River at Savannah, Georgia, that wrecked her, injured at least eight to ten people, and may have killed her entire crew of 25.[9][10]

20 August

List of shipwrecks: 20 August 1863
ShipCountryDescription
William S. Bull  United States The 16-ton screw steamer foundered in Lake Erie about 40 nautical miles (74 km) from Erie, Pennsylvania.[11]

21 August

List of shipwrecks: 21 August 1863
ShipCountryDescription
Anglo Saxon  United States American Civil War: The 868-ton clipper, bound from Liverpool, England, to New York City with a cargo of coal, was captured and burned in the Atlantic Ocean near Brest, France, by the screw sloop-of-war CSS Florida ( Confederate States Navy).[12][6][13]
USS Bainbridge  United States Navy American Civil War, Union blockade: The brig capsized and sank in the North Atlantic Ocean off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. Only two members of her crew survived the sinking to escape in a boat, but one of them became crazed, jumped overboard, and drowned. South Boston (flag unknown) rescued the only surviving crewman two days later.[14]
Champion  United States American Civil War: The 676-ton sidewheel paddle steamer was burned by Confederate agents on the Mississippi River at Memphis, Tennessee, with the loss of one life.[15]

22 August

List of shipwrecks: 22 August 1863
ShipCountryDescription
Alexander Cooper  Confederate States of America American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner was burned in New Topsail Inlet on the coast of North Carolina by a boat crew from the sidewheel paddle steamer USS Shokokon ( United States Navy).[6]
Georges Creek  United States The 448-ton screw steamer foundered in the North Atlantic Ocean off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina.[16]
Unidentified schooner  Confederate States of America American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner was burned in New Topsail Inlet on the coast of North Carolina by United States Navy sailors.[17]

25 August

List of shipwrecks: 25 August 1863
ShipCountryDescription
Coquette  United States American Civil War: The schooner, carrying a cargo of anchor and chain, was captured at the mouth of the Rappahannock River in Virginia, by the sidewheel paddle tug USS Satellite ( United States Navy), which was under the control of a Confederate States Navy crew that had captured her on 23 August. After stripping Coquette, the Confederates burned her at Port Royal, Virginia.[6]
Golden Rod  United States American Civil War: During a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, to Maine with a cargo of coal, the schooner, was captured at the mouth of the Rappahannock River in Virginia and burned at Urbanna, Virginia, by the sidewheel paddle tug USS Satellite ( United States Navy), which was under the control of a Confederate States Navy crew that had captured her on 23 August.[6]<re name=gainesp181>Gaines, p. 181.</ref>
CSS Oconee  Confederate States Navy American Civil War: The gunboat foundered in bad weather in the Atlantic Ocean during a voyage from Savannah, Georgia, to England with a cargo of cotton. Her crew abandoned ship safely, but Union forces captured 15 of them on 20 August.

27 August

List of shipwrecks: 27 August 1863
ShipCountryDescription
H. L. Hunley  Confederate States Army American Civil War: The submarine sank off Charleston, South Carolina, during a test run in Charleston Harbor when she dived accidentally with her hatches open. The accident killed five members of her eight-man crew. She was refloated and returned to service.

28 August

List of shipwrecks: 28 August 1863
ShipCountryDescription
America  United Kingdom American Civil War, Union blockade: Carrying a cargo of cotton loaded at Corpus Christi, Texas, the schooner capsized in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Texas while under tow by the bark USS William G. Anderson ( United States Navy). William G. Anderson had captured her off Texas on 27 August.[18]
Sunbeam  United States Carrying a cargo of whiskey and US$10,000 in specie, the sidewheel passenger steamer sank during a storm in 132 feet (40 meters) of water in Lake Superior off Keweenaw Point, 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) east of Copper Harbor or Eagle Harbor, Michigan, at 47°29′00″N 87°47′48″W / 47.48333°N 87.79667°W / 47.48333; -87.79667 (Sunbeam).[19]

30 August

List of shipwrecks: 30 August 1863
ShipCountryDescription
Auckland United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The cutter was wrecked near Godley Head in Lyttelton Harbour. All hands were saved but the ship sank quickly and all cargo and belongings were lost.[4]

31 August

List of shipwrecks: 31 August 1863
ShipCountryDescription
Coquette  United States The 50-ton schooner was destroyed by Confederate forces at Port Royal, Virginia. They had captured her at the mouth of the Rappahannock River on the night of 24–25 August.[20]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date August 1863
ShipCountryDescription
USS Reliance  United States Navy American Civil War: Captured by a Confederate States Navy crew on 23 August, the armed screw steamer was destroyed by Confederate forces at Port Royal, Virginia, either on 25 August or between 28 and 31 August to prevent her recapture by cavalry forces under Brigadier General Judson Kilpatrick ( United States Army).[6][21]
USS Satellite  United States Navy American Civil War: Captured by a Confederate States Navy crew on 23 August, the armed sidewheel tug was destroyed by Confederate forces at Port Royal, Virginia, either on 25 August or between 28 and 31 August to prevent her recapture by cavalry forces under Brigadier General Judson Kilpatrick ( United States Army).[6][22] The armed steamer USS Commodore Read ( United States Navy) detonated 50 pounds (22.7 kg) of gunpowder in her boiler on 31 May 1864 to prevent her salvage by the Confederates.[22]
Sharp  Confederate States of America American Civil War: The steamer was burned and sunk by the Confederates in the Sunflower River in Mississippi to prevent her capture by Union forces.[23]
Sumter  Confederate States Army American Civil War: The 212-ton steamer, a transport carrying the 20th South Carolina Regiment, the 23rd South Carolina Regiment, and Captain Matthew's Artillery Company (all  Confederate States Army), was shelled by Confederate artillery in at Fort Wagner and Battery Gregg on Sullivan's Island that mistook her for a United States Navy monitor in fog and heavy weather while she was entering Charleston Harbor at Charleston, South Carolina, without showing a recognition light on 30 or 31 August. She sank in two hours with the loss of 40 killed, one wounded, and eight missing. More than 600 survivors were rescued by barges and Confederate States Navy gunboats.[24]
Thistle United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The cutter was wrecked on the Kawhia Bar, at the mouth of New Zealand's Kawhia Harbour. All on board were lost.[4]
Two Brothers  United States American Civil War: Carrying a cargo of anchors and anchor chains to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the 49-ton schooner was captured by a Confederate States Navy crew aboard the captured armed tug USS Satellite ( United States Navy) at the mouth of the Rappahannock River in Virginia on the night of 24–25 August, then was stripped and burned at Port Royal, Virginia, on either 25 or 31 August.[6][25]
Unidentifed schooner  United States American Civil War: Carrying a cargo of coal, the schooner was sunk by Confederate guerrillas off Urbanna, Virginia.[26]

References

Notes

  1. ↑ Gaines, p. 102.
  2. ↑ Gaines, p. 145.
  3. ↑ Gaines, p. 140.
  4. 1 2 3 Ingram & Wheatley, p. 92.
  5. ↑ Gaines, p. 117.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 usnlp.org Navy Chronology of the Civil War, July-December 1863
  7. ↑ Gaines, p. 121.
  8. ↑ Gaines, p. 43.
  9. ↑ Gaines, p. 50.
  10. ↑ Silverstone, Paul H., Civil War Navies, 1855-1883, New York: Routledge/Taylor & Francis, 2006, ISBN 0-415-97870-X, p. 180.
  11. ↑ Gaines, p. 56.
  12. ↑ Ahoy - Mac's Web Log "Marauders of the Sea, Confederate Merchant Raiders During the American Civil War: CSS Florida. 1862-1863. Captain John Newland Maffitt. CSS Florida. 1864. Captain Charles M. Morris"
  13. ↑ Gaines, p. 36.
  14. ↑ Gaines, p. 114.
  15. ↑ Gaines, p. 92.
  16. ↑ Gaines, p. 120.
  17. ↑ Gaines, p. 132.
  18. ↑ Gaines, p. 165.
  19. ↑ Gaines, p. 57.
  20. ↑ Gaines, p. 177.
  21. ↑ Gaines, p. 187.
  22. 1 2 Gaines, pp. 187-188.
  23. ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Sharp
  24. ↑ Gaines, p. 156.
  25. ↑ Gaines, p. 189.
  26. ↑ Gaines, p. 192.

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