List of shipwrecks in December 1861
The list of shipwrecks in December 1861 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during December 1861.
December 1861 | |||||||
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22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | |
29 | 30 | 31 | Unknown date |
3 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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Vigilant | American Civil War: During a voyage in ballast from New York City to Sombrero in the West Indies, where her crew intended to collect guano, the 1,100-ton armed full-rigged ship was captured and burned in the North Atlantic Ocean several hundred miles southeast of Bermuda at 29°10′N 57°22′W / 29.167°N 57.367°W by the merchant raider CSS Sumter ( |
5 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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USS Phoenix | American Civil War, Union blockade: The former whaler was scuttled as part of the "Stone Fleet" to form a breakwater off Tybee Island, Georgia. |
7 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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Messenger | The 254-ton steamer was stranded on the Ohio River at Rochester, Pennsylvania.[4] |
8 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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USS Cossack | American Civil War, Union blockade: The 254- or 256-ton bark, a former whaler, was beached at Tybee Island, Georgia, to form a wharf.[5] | |
Ebenezer Dodge | American Civil War: Sailing from New Bedford, Massachusetts, to the Pacific Ocean with a crew of 22, the whaler, a bark, was captured and burned in the North Atlantic Ocean at 30°57′N 051°49′W / 30.950°N 51.817°W by the merchant raider CSS Sumter ( | |
USS Peter Demill | American Civil War, Union blockade: The bark was beached at Tybee Island, Georgia, to form a wharf. | |
USS South America | American Civil War, Union blockade: The former whaler was beached at Tybee Island, Georgia, to form a wharf. |
9 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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Columbus | The screw steamer was stranded at Punta Remedos, El Salvador.[7] |
10 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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Annie Taylor | The screw steamer was wrecked at Sabine Pass on the Gulf of Mexico coast of the Confederate States of America on the border between Louisiana and Texas.[8] |
11 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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James Montgomery | The 536-ton sidewheel paddle steamer struck a snag and sank in the Mississippi River at Devil's Island near Cape Girardeau, Missouri.[9] |
15 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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Charity | American Civil War, Union blockade: Carrying general cargo including coffee, salt, shoes, and sugar, the 128-ton schooner was wrecked at Hatteras Inlet on the coast of North Carolina while being pursued by the screw gunboat USS Stars and Stripes ( | |
Unidentified schooner | Unknown | American Civil War, Union blockade: Carrying a cargo of coffee, cigars, blankets, shoes, and other goods, the schooner was driven ashore and burned off St. Andrews, Georgia, by the armed sidewheel paddle steamer USS Bienville ( |
Unidentified schooner | Unknown | American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner was destroyed in St. Simons Bay on the coast of Georgia by the armed sidewheel paddle steamer USS Alabama ( |
17 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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Oscar | The steamer was wrecked on a sandbar at the mouth of the New River, New Zealand, while approaching Invercargill. She was on a Port Chalmers to Melbourne run.[13] |
19-20 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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USS Amazon | American Civil War, Union blockade: The 318- or 319-ton bark, a former whaler filled with 325 short tons (295 metric tons/tonnes) of stone, was scuttled as a blockship on 19 or 20 December 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) southeast of Morris Island in the Main Ship Channel of Charleston Harbor off Charleston, South Carolina, as part of the "Stone Fleet."[14] | |
America | American Civil War, Union blockade: The 418-ton full-rigged ship, a former whaler, was scuttled as a blockship 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) southeast of Morris Island in the Main Ship Channel of Charleston Harbor off Charleston, South Carolina, as part of the "Stone Fleet" on 19 or 20 December.[14] | |
USS American | American Civil War, Union blockade: The 275 or 329-ton bark, a former whaler loaded with 300 short tons (272 metric tons/tonnes) of stone, was scuttled as a blockship 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) southeast of Morris Island in the Main Ship Channel of Charleston Harbor off Charleston, South Carolina, as part of the "Stone Fleet" on 19 or 20 December.[14] | |
USS Archer | American Civil War, Union blockade: The 321-ton full-rigged ship, a former whaler loaded with 300 short tons (272 metric tons/tonnes) of stone, was scuttled as a blockship in the main channel of Charleston Harbor off Charleston, South Carolina, as part of the "Stone Fleet" on 19 or 20 December.[15] | |
Courier | American Civil War, Union blockade: The 381-ton full-rigged ship, a former whaler loaded with 360 short tons (327 metric tons/tonnes) of stone, was scuttled as a blockship 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) southeast of Morris Island in the Main Ship Channel of Charleston Harbor off Charleston, South Carolina, as part of the "Stone Fleet" on 19 or 20 December.[14] | |
Fortune | American Civil War, Union blockade: The 291–, 292-, or 310-ton bark, a former whaler, was scuttled as a blockship off Morris Island in the Main Ship Channel of Charleston Harbor off Charleston, South Carolina, as part of the "Stone Fleet" on 19 or 20 December.[16] | |
USS Garland | American Civil War, Union blockade: The vessel was scuttled as a blockship on 19 or 20 December as part of the "Stone Fleet." | |
USS Herald | American Civil War, Union blockade: The 274-ton full-rigged ship, a former whaler loaded with 240 short tons (218 metric tons/tonnes) of stone, was scuttled as a blockship off Morris Island in Charleston Harbor in Charleston, South Carolina, as part of the "Stone Fleet" on 19 or 20 December.[17] | |
USS Kensington | American Civil War, Union blockade: The 357- or 400-ton full-rigged ship, loaded with 350 short tons (318 metric tons/tonnes) of stone, was scuttled as a blockship 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) southeast of Morris Island in the Main Ship Channel of Charleston Harbor off Charleston, South Carolina, as part of the "Stone Fleet" on 19 or 20 December.[18] | |
USS L. C. Richmond | American Civil War, Union blockade: The 341-, 350-, or 383-ton full-rigged ship, a former whaler loaded with 200 short tons (181 metric tons/tonnes) of stone, was scuttled as a blockship about 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) southeast of Morris Island in the Main Ship Channel of Charleston Harbor off Charleston, South Carolina, as part of the "Stone Fleet" on 19 or 20 December.[19] | |
USS Leonidas | American Civil War, Union blockade: The 231- or 320-ton bark, a former whaler loaded with 200 short tons (181 metric tons/tonnes) of stone, was scuttled as a blockship about 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) southeast of Morris Island in the Main Ship Channel of Charleston Harbor off Charleston, South Carolina, as part of the "Stone Fleet" on 19 or 20 December.[19] | |
Maria Theresa | American Civil War, Union blockade: The 330-ton full-rigged ship, a former whaler loaded with 320 short tons (290 metric tons/tonnes) of stone, was scuttled as a blockship southeast of Morris Island in the Main Ship Channel of Charleston Harbor off Charleston, South Carolina, as part of the "Stone Fleet" on 19 or 20 December.[19] | |
Potomac | American Civil War, Union blockade: The 350- or 356-ton full-rigged ship, a former whaler loaded with 350 short tons (318 metric tons/tonnes) of stone, was scuttled as a blockship in the Main Ship Channel of Charleston Harbor off Charleston, South Carolina, as part of the "Stone Fleet" on 19 or 20 December.[20] | |
USS Rebecca Sims | American Civil War, Union blockade: The 400-ton full-rigged ship, a former whaler also referred to as USS Rebecca Simms and USS Rebecca Ann loaded with 425 short tons (386 metric tons/tonnes) of stone, was scuttled as a blockship in the Main Ship Channel of Charleston Harbor off Charleston, South Carolina, as part of the "Stone Fleet" on 19 or 20 December.[21] | |
Robin Hood | American Civil War, Union blockade: The 395- or 400-ton full-rigged ship was scuttled as a blockship in the Main Ship Channel of Charleston Harbor off Charleston, South Carolina, as part of the "Stone Fleet" on 19 or 20 December.[21] | |
William Lee | American Civil War, Union blockade: The 311-ton full-rigged ship, a former whaler, was scuttled as a blockship in the Main Ship Channel of Charleston Harbor off Charleston, South Carolina, as part of the "Stone Fleet" on 19 or 20 December.[22] |
20 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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USS Tenedos | American Civil War, Union blockade: The 245- or 300-ton bark, a former merchant ship, was scuttled as a blockship in the Main Ship Channel of Charleston Harbor off Charleston, South Carolina, as part of the "Stone Fleet."[23] |
21 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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Two unidentified flatboats | American Civil War, Union blockade: The flatboats were captured and destroyed on the Rappahannock River in Virginia by the armed sidewheel paddle steamer USS Coeur de Lion ( |
22 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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Mary Willis | American Civil War, Union blockade: Holed below the waterline by Union artillery fire during a voyage with a cargo of wood, the schooner was run aground on the mudflats at Boyd's Hole on the Virginia shore of the Potomac River.[25] |
24 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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Prince of Wales | American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner, a blockade runner with a cargo of salt, fruit, and sundries, was set afire by her crew at the north end of North Island off Georgetown, South Carolina. Boats from the bark USS Gem of the Sea and the armed sidewheel paddle steamer USS James Adger (both |
27 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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USRC Howell Cobb | The revenue cutter was wrecked on the coast of Massachusetts at Cape Ann during a gale. Her crew was rescued by the revenue cutter USRC Morris ( |
29 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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HMS Conqueror |
31 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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Unidentified gunboat | American Civil War, Union blockade: The gunboat, a former lightvessel, was destroyed in the Atlantic Ocean off Wilmington, North Carolina, by boat crews from the armed screw steamer USS Mount Vernon ( |
Unknown date
Ship | Country | Description |
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Bianca | Carrying a cargo of wood, the schooner ran aground on the coast of California at Salt Point.[28] | |
Huon | The schooner was wrecked on a sandbar at the mouth of the Taieri River, New Zealand, sometime prior to 14 December.[29] | |
USS Lewis | American Civil War, Union blockade: The full-rigged ship, a former whaler slated for use as a blockship in the "Stone Fleet," ran aground and broke open her bilge near Tybee Island, Georgia.[30] | |
USS Maria Theresa | American Civil War, Union blockade: The ship was scuttled as a blockship in Charleston Harbor off Charleston, South Carolina, about four miles south-southeast of Fort Sumter and three miles east-southeast of the lighthouse on Morris Island as part of the "Stone Fleet." | |
Pizarro | The 419-bulk-ton steamer vanished after departing New Orleans, Louisiana, on 11 December. She probably foundered in a storm in the Gulf of Mexico.[12] | |
USS Robin Hood | American Civil War, Union blockade: The former East Indiaman was scuttled as a blockship in the main channel of Charleston Harbor off Charleston, South Carolina, as part of the "Stone Fleet." |
References
Notes
- 1 2 Ahoy - Mac's Web Log "Marauders of the Sea, Confederate Merchant Raiders During the American Civil War: CSS Sumter. 1861-1862. Captain Raphael Semmes"
- 1 2 3 4 usnlp.org Navy Chronology of the Civil War, July-December 1861
- ↑ Gaines, p. 16.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 140.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 47.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 14.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 35.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 167.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 97.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 115.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 51.
- 1 2 Gaines, p. 52.
- ↑ Ingram & Wheatley, pp. 74-75.
- 1 2 3 4 Gaines, p. 141.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 143.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 146.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 148.
- ↑ Gaines, pp. 149-150.
- 1 2 3 Gaines, p. 150.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 153.
- 1 2 3 Gaines, p. 154.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 157.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 156.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 191.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 185.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 80.
- ↑ uscg.mil HOWELL COBB (1857 USRC)
- ↑ Gaines, p. 25.
- ↑ Ingram & Wheatley, p. 74.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 48.
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 1861 | |||||||||||
Ship launches: | 1856 | 1857 | 1858 | 1859 | 1860 | 1861 | 1862 | 1863 | 1864 | 1865 | 1866 |
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 |
Shipwrecks: | 1856 | 1857 | 1858 | 1859 | 1860 | 1861 | 1862 | 1863 | 1864 | 1865 | 1866 |
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