The list of shipwrecks in February 1863 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during February 1863.
3 February
List of shipwrecks: 3 February 1863
Ship | Country | Description |
A. W. Baker |
Confederate States of America |
American Civil War: The 112-ton sidewheel paddle steamer was run aground by her crew and then captured and burned in the Mississippi River 15 miles (24 km) below the mouth of the Red River of the South by the sidewheel paddle steamer USS Queen of the West ( United States Navy).[1][3] |
Berwick Bay |
Confederate States of America |
American Civil War: The 64-ton sidewheel paddle steamer, carrying a cargo of cotton, flour, molasses, and sugar, was captured and burned in the Mississippi River about 15 miles (24 km) below the mouth of the Red River of the South by the sidewheel paddle steamer USS Queen of the West ( United States Navy).[1][4] |
Marie Banks |
United States |
Bound for the shipyard at Fort Monroe, Virginia, with a cargo of rigging, the schooner was wrecked on the coast of Virginia 3 miles (5 km) southeast of Cape Henry.[5] |
Moro |
Confederate States of America |
American Civil War: The 132-ton sidewheel paddle steamer, carrying a cargo of hogs, pork, and salt, was captured and burned in the Mississippi River 15 miles (24 km) below the mouth of the Red River of the South by the sidewheel paddle steamer USS Queen of the West ( United States Navy).[1][6] |
Palmetto |
United States |
American Civil War: The 172-ton schooner, bound from New York City to San Juan, Puerto Rico, was captured and burned in the North Atlantic Ocean at 27°18′27″N 66°10′00″W / 27.30750°N 66.16667°W / 27.30750; -66.16667 (Palmetto) by the screw sloop-of-war CSS Alabama ( Confederate States Navy).[7][1][8] |
William H. Starke |
Confederate States of America |
Carrying corn and other cargo, the steamer sank in 30 feet (9.1 meters) of water in the Savannah River in Georgia 20 miles (32 km) below Augusta.[9] |
9 February
List of shipwrecks: 9 February 1863
Ship | Country | Description |
Isabel |
United States |
The 1,115-ton sidewheel paddle steamer, carrying 20 passengers – one of them transporting US$8,000 in gold – and a cargo of dry goods, provisions, leather, and hay, a large amount of express matter, and a safe containing US$5,000, sank in the North Atlantic Ocean off the coast of New Jersey near Barnegat with the loss of four lives almost immediately after colliding with North Star (flag unknown).[15][16] |
13 February
List of shipwrecks: 13 February 1863
Ship | Country | Description |
Jacob Bell |
United States |
American Civil War: The clipper, carrying 41 people and a cargo of camphor, chow chow, firecrackers, matting, and tea, was burned in the North Atlantic Ocean off the West Indies southwest of Bermuda at 25°03′N 67°00′W / 25.050°N 67.000°W / 25.050; -67.000 (Jacob Bell) by the screw sloop-of-war CSS Florida ( Confederate States Navy). Florida had captured Jacob Bell, bound from Foochow, China, to New York City with 43 passengers and a cargo of tea, firecrackers, matting, and camphor, on 12 February.[18][1][19] |
14 February
List of shipwrecks: 14 February 1863
Ship | Country | Description |
CSS American Diver |
Confederate States Navy |
American Civil War: Also known as CSS Pioneer II, the prototype submarine sank in Mobile Bay, Alabama, while under tow in stormy weather. No lives were lost.[20] |
Dan |
United States |
The 112-ton sidewheel paddle steamer sank in the Mississippi River.[21][22] |
De Soto |
United States |
American Civil War: The 1,200-ton sidewheel paddle steamer ran aground on the Red River of the South below Fort Taylor, Louisiana, and lost her rudder. Unable to steer, she drifted 15 miles (24 km) downriver, then was burned to prevent her capture by Confederate forces. A coal barge she was towing also was burned.[23][24] |
USS Queen of the West |
United States Navy |
American Civil War: The sidewheel paddle steamer ran aground on the Red River of the South at Fort Taylor, Louisiana, and was captured by Confederate forces.[1] |
Unidentified vessel |
Unknown |
American Civil War: Aground with cargo aboard on a shoal in Bulls Bay off the coast of South Carolina, the vessel was burned by the bark USS Restless ( United States Navy).[25] |
21 February
List of shipwrecks: 21 February 1863
Ship | Country | Description |
Golden Eagle |
United States |
American Civil War: The 1,121-ton clipper, carrying a cargo of guano from Howland Island to Cork, Ireland, was captured and burned in the North Atlantic Ocean at 29°28′N 44°58′W / 29.467°N 44.967°W / 29.467; -44.967 (Golden Eagle) by the screw sloop-of-war CSS Alabama ( Confederate States Navy).[7][1][19] |
Olive Jane |
United States |
American Civil War: The 360-ton bark, bound from Bordeaux, France, to New York City with a cargo of wine, brandy, and delicacies, was captured and burned by the screw sloop-of-war CSS Alabama ( Confederate States Navy).[7][1] |
22 February
List of shipwrecks: 21 February 1863
Ship | Country | Description |
Merrimac |
United States |
The 100-ton screw steam tug capsized with the loss of 13 lives while trying to cross the Humboldt Bar at Humboldt Bay on the coast of California; there were five survivors. She then grounded twice more while floating upside down. She later was salvaged.[30] |
24 February
List of shipwrecks: 24 February 1863
Ship | Country | Description |
Ben Bolt |
Confederate States of America |
American Civil War: The barge was captured and destroyed in Back Creek on the York River in Virginia by two cutters from the armed sidewheel paddle steamer USS Mahaska ( United States Navy).[31] |
Era No. 7 |
United States |
American Civil War: The sternwheel paddle steamer struck a snag and sank in the Mississippi River 20 miles (32 m) below Warrenton, Mississippi.[32] |
USS Indianola |
United States Navy |
American Civil War: The sidewheel paddle steamer was run aground in a sinking condition on the Mississippi River above the Red River of the South after being rammed by the rams CSS Webb and CSS Queen of the West. She then was captured by Confederate forces.[1] |
Mary Jane |
Confederate States of America |
American Civil War: The 30-ton sloop was captured and destroyed in Back Creek on the York River in Virginia by two cutters from the armed sidewheel paddle steamer USS Mahaska ( United States Navy).[5] |
Queen of the Wave |
United Kingdom |
American Civil War, Union blockade: The 775-bulk-ton screw steamer, a blockade runner with a cargo of tin sheets, quinine, morphine, opium, calico, and printing paper, was forced to run aground near the mouth of the North Santee River on the coast of South Carolina by the armed sidewheel paddle steamer USS Conemaugh ( United States Navy). Her crew set her on fire and abandoned ship. Conemaugh blew her up, breaking her in half, on 7 March.[1][33] |
References
Notes
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 usnlp.org Navy Chronology of the Civil War, January-June 1863
- ↑ Gaines p. 121.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 60.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 61.
- 1 2 Gaines, p. 184.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 70.
- 1 2 3 Ahoy - Mac's Web Log "Marauders of the Sea, Confederate Merchant Raiders During the American Civil War: CSS Alabama. 1862-1864. Captain Raphael Semmes"
- ↑ Gaines, p. 16.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 51.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 163.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 6.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 53.
- ↑ Gaines, pp. 95-96.
- ↑ Ingram & Wheatley, pp. 84–88.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 109.
- ↑ wrecksite.eu PSS Isabel (+1863)
- ↑ Gaines p. 123.
- ↑ 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"
- 1 2 Gaines, p. 14.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 5
- ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Dan
- ↑ Gaines, p. 93.
- ↑ Gaines, pp. 63, 76.
- ↑ Barnhart, Donald L., Jr., "Admiral Porter’s Ironclad Hoax During the American Civil War," historynet.com, June 12, 2006.
- ↑ Gaines p. 158.
- ↑ Gaines, pp. 96, 104.
- ↑ Gaines p. 179.
- ↑ 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, pp. 52-53.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 29.
- ↑
Gaines, p. 176.
- 1 2 Gaines, p. 94.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 154.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 25.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 28.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 30.
- ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Slidell
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.
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1869 |
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