List of shipwrecks in January 1862
The list of shipwrecks in January 1862 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during January 1862.
January 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 |
1 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Advocate | American Civil War, Union blockade: The fishing schooner was scuttled as a blockship by Union forces in the Petit Bois Channel on the coast of Mississippi. She had been captured by the screw steamer USS New London ( |
2 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Northern Light | The clipper collided with the brig Nouveau St. Jacques ( | |
Nouveau St. Jacques | The brig sank after colliding with the clipper Northern Light ( |
4 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Santi-Pietri | The prison hulk, a former ship-of-the-line, was destroyed by fire at Toulon, France. |
7 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Marcia | American Civil War, Union blockade: Intended for scuttling as a blockship in Charleston Harbor off Charleston, South Carolina, as part of the "Stone Fleet," the 343-ton bark, a former merchant ship, struck bottom and sank while crossing Port Royal Bar near Port Royal, South Carolina.[2] | |
Unidentified vessels | American Civil War: The vessels, at least some of them barges, were burned in the Pamunkey River in Virginia near West Point and White House.[3] |
9 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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USS Meteor | American Civil War, Union blockade: The full-rigged ship, a former whaler, was scuttled in Charleston Harbor off Charleston, South Carolina, as part of the "Stone Fleet." | |
USS Potomac | American Civil War: Union blockade: The former whaler was scuttled in Charleston Harbor off Charleston, South Carolina, as part of the "Stone Fleet." |
13 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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City of New York | American Civil War: Carrying a cargo of tents and ordnance, including gunpowder, rifle muskets, artillery shells, and hand grenades, the 574-ton screw steamer was wrecked on the coast of North Carolina at Hatteras Inlet. Her entire crew was saved after hanging onto her rigging for 42 hours.[4] |
14 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Louisiana | American Civil War: The steamer ran aground off the coast of North Carolina on the Hatteras Inlet Bar. She was refloated.[5] |
16 January
17 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Genevieve | The barque went ashore close to the Otago Heads at the entrance to Otago Harbour, New Zealand. She was carrying a cargo of sugar and coffee from Mauritius. The crew were saved, but most of the cargo was lost.[11] |
18 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Neapolitan | American Civil War: During a voyage from Messina, Italy, to Boston, Massachusetts, with a cargo of dried and fresh fruit and sulphur, the 322-ton bark was captured and burned in the Strait of Gibraltar within 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) of Ceuta by the merchant raider CSS Sumter ( | |
Pocahontas | American Civil War: Bound for Roanoke Island, North Carolina, carrying 80 crewman and Union Army soldiers and a cargo of 113 horses, the 428-ton sidewheel paddle steamer was driven ashore by a storm on the coast of North Carolina 20 miles (32 km) north of Cape Hatteras and broke into three pieces with the loss of 90 horses.[14] |
19 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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A. C. Williams | American Civil War: Confederate forces scuttled the schooner as a blockship below Weir's Point off Roanoke Island, North Carolina.[15] |
20 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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J. W. Wilder | American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner, a blockade runner, ran aground on the coast of Alabama about 15 miles east of Mobile and was captured by a boarding party from the screw steamer USS R. R. Cuyler, assisted by the screw steamer USS Huntsville and two cutters from the frigate USS Potomac (all | |
USS Margaret Scott | American Civil War, Union blockade: The bark was scuttled as a blockship in Maffit's Channel in Charleston Harbor off Charleston, South Carolina, as part of the "Stone Fleet." |
21 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Carter | American Civil War: The schooner was scuttled as a blockship by the gunboat CSS Ellis ( | |
Josephine | American Civil War: The schooner was scuttled as a blockship by Confederate forces in Croatan Sound off Roanoke Island, North Carolina, below Weir's Point.[17] |
22 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Coquimbo | Unknown | The full-rigged ship was lost east of Dungeness Spit on the coast of Washington Territory. She later was salvaged.[3] |
Ocean Chief | The clipper ship was burnt to the waterline by rebellious crew members at The Bluff, New Zealand. Several days earlier, the ship had sustained major damage when she went aground during an attempt to enter the port.[18] |
23 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Louisiana | American Civil War: The steamer ran aground off the coast of North Carolina for the second time since 14 January after New Brunswick (flag unknown) collided with her and carried away her anchor. She may have been refloated.[5] | |
Ocean Chief | The clipper was destroyed by arson at Bluff Harbour, New Zealand. | |
Unidentified schooner | American Civil War, Union blockade: Carrying a cargo of cotton and naval stores and trying to exit Mobile Bay via the eastern Swash Channel, the schooner ran aground on the coast of Alabama about 1 mile (1.6 km) east of Fort Morgan. The screw steamers USS Huntsville and USS R. R. Cuyler (both |
24 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Julia | American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner, a blockade runner carrying a cargo of cotton, was forced to run herself aground on the coast of Louisiana near the mouth of the Mississippi River by the screw steamer USS Mercedita and other pursuing ships of the Gulf Blockading Squadron (all | |
USS Peri | American Civil War, Union blockade: The vessel, earmarked for scuttling as a blockship in Maffit's Channel in Charleston Harbor off Charleston, South Carolina, as part of the "Stone Fleet," was blown out to sea by a gale, where she drifted for three days before disappearing. | |
Pioneer | The brig was wrecked on Cardigan Island, Cardiganshire, Wales, with the loss of seven of her eight crew. She was on a voyage from Galatz, United Principalities, to Caernarfon, Wales.[20] | |
Unidentified bark | American Civil War, Union blockade: The bark, a blockade runner carrying a cargo of cotton, was forced to run herself aground on the coast of Louisiana near the mouth of the Mississippi River by the screw steamer USS Mercedita and other pursuing ships of the Gulf Blockading Squadron (all |
25 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Unidentified vessel | American Civil War: The vessel was sunk near Norfolk, Virginia.[22] |
25–26 January
26 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Advance | The 96-ton sidewheel towboat exploded on the Ohio River off Barnes Warehouse above New Matamoros, Ohio, killing three people.[30] | |
USS India | American Civil War, Union blockade: The vessel was scuttled as a blockship in Maffit's Channel in Charleston Harbor off Charleston, South Carolina, as part of the "Stone Fleet." | |
John Hart | The 220-ton sidewheel paddle steamer was stranded in Lake Nicaragua in Nicaragua.[31] | |
Spuell and Moss | American Civil War: Confederate forces scuttled the schooner as a blockship off Weir's Point on Roanoke Island, North Carolina.[32] |
27 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Zenith | American Civil War: Confederate forces scuttled the vessel as a blockship off Weir's Point on Roanoke Island, North Carolina.[10] |
28 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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John & Isabella | The ship struck the Sizewell Bank, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk, England, and foundered. Her five crew and the ship's dog were rescued by the Southwold Lifeboat ( | |
Rio | American Civil War: Confederate forces scuttled the schooner as a blockship off Weir's Point on Roanoke Island, North Carolina.[34] |
29 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Flying Dragon | Carrying a cargo of coal, the 1,127-ton full-rigged ship sank in a storm near Arch Rock in San Francisco Bay, California.[35] | |
Tripleet | American Civil War: Confederate forces scuttled the schooner as a blockship off Weir's Point on Roanoke Island, North Carolina.[32] |
30 January
31 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Southern Star | American Civil War: Confederate forces scuttled the schooner, in ballast, as a blockship off Weir's Point on Roanoke Island, North Carolina.[34] |
Unknown date
Ship | Country | Description |
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Arizona | The sternwheel paddle steamer struck an abutment on the Ohio River at Louisville, Kentucky, and sank in mid-January. She was refloated in mid-February.[37] | |
Dictator | Unknown | The bark capsized in the Pacific Ocean off the United States West Coast between Puget Sound in Washington Territory and San Francisco, California.[35] |
George C. Ross | During a voyage from Port-au-Prince, Haiti, to New York City with a cargo of coffee, honey, and logwood, the brig was wrecked on Long Cay in the Bahamas in mid-January.[36] | |
Grapeshot | While under tow in the North Atlantic Ocean with a cargo of hay and oats, the armed transport parted the hawser during a storm that struck from 13 to 16 January and was driven ashore on the Outer Banks of North Carolina 14 miles (22.5 km) north of Cape Hatteras.[38] | |
Kaluna | Unknown | The 96-ton schooner was wrecked on Humboldt Bar in Humboldt Bay on the coast of California.[39] |
Republic | The steamer was lost at the Golden Gate off San Francisco, California.[40] | |
Rosalie | Unknown | The schooner was stranded at Point Arena, California.[40] |
Sparking Wave | Unknown | The schooner was lost in the Pacific Ocean during a voyage from San Francisco, California, to Shoalwater Bay in Queensland, Australia.[41] |
T. H. Allen | Unknown | The 48-ton schooner was wrecked with the loss of one life while trying to cross Humboldt Bay on the coast of California.[41] |
CSS Tuscarora | The armed sidewheel paddle steamer was destroyed at New Orleans, Louisiana, by an accidental fire.[42] | |
Unidentified barge | The barge sank off the coast of North Carolina on the outer Hatteras Bar in early January.[10] |
References
Notes
- ↑ Gaines, p. 82.
- 1 2 3 4 Gaines, p. 151.
- 1 2 Gaines, p. 194.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 116
- 1 2 Gaines, p. 122.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 38.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 44.
- 1 2 3 4 Gaines, p. 45.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Navy Chronology of the Civil War, January-June 1862". usnlp.org. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
- 1 2 3 Gaines, p. 131.
- ↑ Ingram & Wheatley, p. 75.
- ↑ "Ahoy - Mac's Web Log - CSS Sumter". ahoy.tk-jk.net. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 37.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 127.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 112.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 115.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 121.
- ↑ Ingram & Wheatley, pp. 75–76.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 7.
- ↑ "CARDIGAN & DISTRICT SHIPWRECKS AND LIFEBOAT SERVICE". Glen Johnson. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 76.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 193.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 143.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 145.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 149.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 150.
- 1 2 3 Gaines, p. 152.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 155.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 156.
- ↑ Gaines, pp. 133-134.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 35.
- 1 2 Gaines, p. 129.
- ↑ Bottomley, Alan Farquar. "Shipwrecks at or near Walberswick from 1848 - 1874" (PDF). Suffolk Records Society. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
- 1 2 Gaines, p. 128.
- 1 2 Gaines, p. 27.
- 1 2 Gaines, p. 19.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 134.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 120.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 28.
- 1 2 Gaines, p. 30.
- 1 2 Gaines, p. 31.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 74.
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 1862 | |||||||||||
Ship launches: | 1857 | 1858 | 1859 | 1860 | 1861 | 1862 | 1863 | 1864 | 1865 | 1866 | 1867 |
Ship commissionings: | 1857 | 1858 | 1859 | 1860 | 1861 | 1862 | 1863 | 1864 | 1865 | 1866 | 1867 |
Ship decommissionings: | 1857 | 1858 | 1859 | 1860 | 1861 | 1862 | 1863 | 1864 | 1865 | 1866 | 1867 |
Shipwrecks: | 1857 | 1858 | 1859 | 1860 | 1861 | 1862 | 1863 | 1864 | 1865 | 1866 | 1867 |
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