List of shipwrecks in February 1861

The list of shipwrecks in February 1861 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during February 1861.

February 1861
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
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8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
Unknown date

3 February

List of shipwrecks: 3 February 1861
ShipCountryDescription
Reub White  United States The sidewheel paddle steamer was stranded in the Harvey Canal in Louisiana.[1]

9 February

List of shipwrecks: 9 February 1861
ShipCountryDescription
Victory  United States The 670-ton clipper was wrecked on the coast of Virginia near Cape Henry.[2]

10 February

List of shipwrecks: 10 February 1861
ShipCountryDescription
Charmer  United States The 667-ton sidewheel paddle steamer burned at Lauderdale, Louisiana, with the loss of five lives.[3]

11 February

List of shipwrecks: 11 February 1861
ShipCountryDescription
Aunt Letty  United States The 303-ton sternwheel paddle steamer struck a snag and sank at Beram Island.[4]
Quapaw  United States The 245-ton sternwheel paddle steamer struck a snag and sank in the Arkansas River at Little Rock, Arkansas.[5]

12 February

List of shipwrecks: 12 February 1862
ShipCountryDescription
Cedar Rapids  United States The 131-ton sternwheel paddle steamer struck a snag and sank in the Arkansas River at Douglas Landing, Arkansas.[6]

15 February

List of shipwrecks: 15 February 1862
ShipCountryDescription
Ashland  United States The 274-ton sternwheel paddle steamer burned.[4]

18 February

List of shipwrecks: 18 February 1861
ShipCountryDescription
Arthemise  France The brig collided with Mentor (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jersey) in the Isles of Scilly. After picking up the crew of Mentor, Arthemise was run ashore.[7]
Hero  United Kingdom The Bideford polacca brigantine slipped her moorings in the harbor at Penzance, England, during south-southwesterly hurricane-force winds. Four of her crew and two others drowned.[8]
Kate Sarchet  United States The 184-ton sternwheel paddle steamer was stranded.[9]
Mentor United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jersey The ship parted her cables in the Isles of Scilly and collided with the brig Arthemise ( France). The crew managed to get on board Arthemise which then was run ashore.[7]
Pauline  France Carrying railway iron from Ardrossan, Scotland, to Rouen, France, the schooner was driven onto Crow Bar in the Isles of Scilly.[7]

19 February

List of shipwrecks: 19 February 1861
ShipCountryDescription
Gipsy  United States The 43-ton sidewheel paddle steamer struck a snag and sank in Black Bayou in Louisiana.[10]

20 February

List of shipwrecks: 20 February 1861
ShipCountryDescription
HMS Enchantress  Royal Navy The store ship was wrecked on a reef at Mayotte in the Mozambique Channel.

21 February

List of shipwrecks: 21 February 1861
ShipCountryDescription
Carrier  United States The 345-ton sidewheel paddle steamer sank in the Mississippi River at Island Number 25. She was raised, repaired, and returned to service.[11]
Grecian Unknown In ballast, the schooner was wrecked on Block Island off the coast of Rhode Island.[12]

28 February

List of shipwrecks: 28 February 1861
ShipCountryDescription
Corrine  United States The 83-ton sidewheel paddle steamer was destroyed by an explosion at McDonoghville in the Algiers section of New Orleans, Louisiana, with the loss of 15 lives.[3]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date February 1861
ShipCountryDescription
Fort Wayne  United States The 321-ton sternwheel paddle steamer sank in the Mississippi River at Island No. 16. She later was refloated.[13]

References

Notes

  1. ↑ Gaines, p. 73.
  2. ↑ Gaines, p. 189.
  3. 1 2 Gaines, p. 62.
  4. 1 2 Gaines, p. 196.
  5. ↑ Gaines, p. 11.
  6. ↑ Gaines, p. 9.
  7. 1 2 3 Larn, Richard (1992). The Shipwrecks of the Isles of Scilly. Nairn: Thomas & Lochar. ISBN 0-946537-84-4.
  8. ↑ Carter, C (1998). The Port of Penzance. Lydney: Black Dwarf Publications. ISBN 0-9533028-0-6.
  9. ↑ Gaines, p. 197.
  10. ↑ Gaines, p. 65.
  11. ↑ Gaines, pp. 92, 106.
  12. ↑ Gaines, p. 140.
  13. ↑ Gaines, p. 94.

Bibliography


Ship events in 1861
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