List of shipwrecks in December 1862
The list of shipwrecks in December 1862 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during December 1862.
December 1862 | |||||||
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 |
2 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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Queen of the Bay | American Civil War, Union blockade: Chased by boats from the gunboat USS Sachem ( |
5 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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Alicia | American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner was captured and destroyed in Jupiter Inlet off Florida by the gunboat USS Sagamore.[2] | |
Unidentified vessels | American Civil War, Union blockade: Howitzer boats from the armed sidewheel paddle steamers USS General Putnam and USS Mahaska (both |
8 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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Lake City | American Civil War: The 171-ton sternwheel paddle steamer was burned by Confederate guerrillas on the Mississippi River at Carson's Landing, Arkansas.[4] |
10 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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Menemon Sanford (or Memnorium Sanford) | American Civil War: Carrying 500 soldiers of the 156th New York Infantry Regiment ( |
11 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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Unidentified schooner | Unknown | American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner was driven ashore on the coast of Florida at the St. Johns River by the sidewheel paddle steamer USS Bienville ( |
12 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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USS Cairo | American Civil War: The river gunboat struck a Confederate naval mine in the Yazoo River in Mississippi, and sank. The wreck was raised in 1964 and put on display at Vicksburg National Military Park at Vicksburg, Mississippi, at 32°22′33″N 90°52′0″W / 32.37583°N 90.86667°W. |
13 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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Countess of Lisburn | The smack was wrecked at Cardigan, Wales. Her three crew were rescued by the Cardigan Lifeboat ( |
14 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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Badger State | The 127-ton sternwheel paddle steamer was stranded on the Mississippi River at Chain of Rocks, Missouri.[8] |
15 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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Unidentified schooner | American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner, carrying a cargo of cotton, was destroyed by her crew after she ran aground on Sand Island on the coast of Alabama while trying to exit Mobile Bay during a gale.[9] |
19 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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Unidentified vessels | American Civil War: A sloop and nine boats were burned at the head of Queen's Creek in Virginia by the gunboat USS General Putnam and the crew of a howitzer boat from the armed sidewheel paddle steamer USS Mahaska (all |
20 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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Champion | The brigantine was wrecked on the Scarweather Sands, in the Bristol Channel. All ten people on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from New Brunswick to Liverpool, Lancashire, England.[11] | |
Unidentified schooner | American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner, in ballast, was burned on the Piankatank River in Virginia to prevent her capture by the approaching gunboat USS Currituck, armed sidewheel paddle steamer USS Ella, and armed tug USS Anacostia (all | |
Unidentified vessels | American Civil War: A 30-ton sloop, a scow, and eight boats were destroyed on Fillbates Creek in Virginia by the armed sidewheel paddle steamer USS Mahaska ( |
22 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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Curacao | Unknown | The brig ran aground on the coast of California.[13] |
Paul Pry | The 229-, 330-, or 350-ton sidewheel paddle steamer struck a rock on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay and sank. She later was salvaged.[14] | |
Wildcat | Unknown | The schooner ran aground in the Atlantic Ocean on or about 22 December, possibly on the coast of South Carolina near the Ashepoo River.[15] |
27 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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Key West | American Civil War: The 169-ton sternwheel paddle steamer was burned on the Arkansas River at Van Buren, Arkansas, across from Strain's Landing after her capture by Union forces.[16] | |
Liberty | American Civil War: The 261-ton sternwheel paddle steamer struck a snag and sank at Twelve Pole Creek below Huntington, Virginia (now West Virginia).[17] | |
Sovereign | Unknown | The schooner parted her moorings and sank at Navarro, California.[18] |
Violet | American Civil War: The 89-ton sternwheel paddle steamer was burned on the Arkansas River at Van Buren, Arkansas.[19] |
27-28 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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Era No. 6 | American Civil War: The 83-ton sternwheel paddle steamer was burned on the Arkansas River one mile (1.6 km) above Van Buren, Arkansas, to prevent her capture by Union forces.[20] |
28 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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Arkansas | American Civil War: The 115-ton sidewheel paddle steamer was burned in the Arkansas River above Lee's Creek Bluff in Arkansas to prevent her capture by Union forces.[9] | |
Blue Wing No. 2 | American Civil War: The 170-ton sidewheel paddle steamer was shelled by Confederate artillery and captured by Confederate forces on the Mississippi River eight miles (13 km) below Napoleon, Arkansas, then was towed away and burned.[8] |
29 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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Fanny Harris | The 159-ton sternwheel paddle steamer was sunk by ice at Point Douglas, Minnesota.[21] | |
Frederick Notrebe | American Civil War: Aground on the Arkansas River one mile (1.6 km) below Van Buren, Arkansas, and captured by Union Army raiders on 28 December, the sidewheel paddle steamer was shelled by Confederate artillery and then burned by Union forces to prevent her recapture by the Confederates.[22] | |
Rose Douglas | American Civil War: Captured by Union Army raiders on 28 December while carrying a cargo of corn, molasses, and sugar, the 123-ton sternwheel paddle steamer was shelled by Confederate artillery and then burned by Union forces on the Arkansas River at Van Buren, Arkansas, to prevent her recapture by the Confederates.[23] |
30 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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Ann | American Civil War, Union blockade: Carrying a cargo of coffee, salt, and other goods, the 3½-ton sloop was destroyed at Jupiter Inlet on the coast of Florida by the bark USS Gem of the Sea ( |
31 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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Frying Pan Shoals Lightship | The lightvessel was destroyed in the Cape Fear River in North Carolina near Fort Caswell by men aboard a cutter and a gig from the armed screw steamer USS Mount Vernon ( | |
USS Monitor |
Unknown date
Ship | Country | Description |
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B. M. Runyon | The 443-ton sidewheel transport sank in shallow water in the Mississippi River below Alton, Illinois. She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service.[26] | |
C. W. Gunnel (or G. W. Gunnel) | Unknown | The schooner was stranded on the coast of California at Point Arena.[13] |
Doctor Buffington | The 262-ton sidewheel paddle steamer foundered in the White River in Arkansas.[20] | |
H. T. Clay | Unknown | The schooner was stranded on the Noyo River in California.[27] |
J. E. Murcock | Unknown | The schooner was stranded on the Noyo River in California.[27] |
Kelpie | American Civil War, Union blockade: The steamer, a blockade runner, sank while entering the harbor at Nassau in the Bahamas.[28] | |
Reliance | The 156-ton sternwheel paddle steamer struck and snag and sank in the Ohio River near Steubenville, Ohio.[29] |
References
Notes
- 1 2 usnlp.org Navy Chronology of the Civil War, January-June 1862
- ↑ Gaines, p. 37.
- ↑ Gaines, pp. 192, 194.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 98.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 43.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 45.
- ↑ "CARDIGAN & DISTRICT SHIPWRECKS AND LIFEBOAT SERVICE". Glen Johnson. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
- 1 2 Gaines, p. 91.
- 1 2 Gaines, p. 8.
- 1 2 Gaines, p. 193.
- ↑ Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks" (PDF). Swansea Docks. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 192.
- 1 2 Gaines, p. 26.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 30.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 157.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 10
- ↑ Gaines, p. 195.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 31.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 12.
- 1 2 Gaines, p. 9.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 81.
- ↑ Gaines, pp. 8-9.
- ↑ Gaines, pp. 11-12.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 38.
- ↑ Gaines, pp. 119-120.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 92.
- 1 2 Gaines, p. 28.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 19.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 136.
Bibliography
- Gaines, W. Craig, Encyclopedia of Civil War Shipwrecks, Louisiana State University Press, 2008, ISBN 978-0-8071-3274-6.
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