The list of shipwrecks in July 1863 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during July 1863.
6 July
List of shipwrecks: 6 July 1863
Ship | Country | Description |
Express |
United States |
American Civil War: The 1,072-ton full-rigged ship, sailing from Callao, Peru, to Antwerp, Belgium, with a cargo of guano, was captured and burned in the South Atlantic Ocean off Brazil at 28°28′S 30°07′W / 28.467°S 30.117°W / -28.467; -30.117 (Express) by the screw sloop-of-war CSS Alabama ( Confederate States Navy).[1][2][7] |
Pride of the Yarra |
New Zealand |
The steamer, bearing 50 passengers from Port Chalmers to Dunedin who had just arrived in the colony from great Britain, collided with the paddle steamer Favourite near Sawyers Bay. The Pride of the Yarra was heavily holed and sank quickly. Twelve lives were lost, including Rev. Thomas Campbell, newly appointed rector of Otago Boys' High School, and his entire family.[8] |
8 July
List of shipwrecks: 8 July 1863
Ship | Country | Description |
Constitution |
United States |
American Civil War: The bark, captured in the Atlantic Ocean by the merchant raider CSS Georgia ( Confederate States Navy) on 25 June on the 48th day of a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Shanghai, China, with a cargo of coal, was used for target practice by Georgia′s gunners, set alight, and destroyed by the resulting fire.[10][11][12][13] |
Rienzi |
United States |
American Civil War: The whaler, a schooner returning from a whaling expedition to the South Pacific Ocean carrying a cargo of whale oil, was captured and burned in the Atlantic Ocean within 50 miles (81 km) of New York City by the screw sloop-of-war CSS Florida ( Confederate States Navy).[14][2][15] |
William B. Nash |
United States |
American Civil War: The brig, carrying a cargo of lard, was captured and burned in the North Atlantic Ocean off New York City by the screw sloop-of-war CSS Florida ( Confederate States Navy).[14][2][16] |
14 July
List of shipwrecks: 14 July 1863
Ship | Country | Description |
CSS Magnolia |
Confederate States Navy |
American Civil War: The 824-ton sidewheel paddle steamer was burned by Confederate forces on the Yazoo River 4 to 5 miles (6.5 to 8 km) above Yazoo City, Mississippi, to prevent her capture by approaching United States Navy gunboats.[2][24][25] |
CSS Mary E. Keene |
Confederate States Navy |
American Civil War: The 659-ton sidewheel paddle steamer was scuttled by Confederate forces in Mississippi at the foot of French Bend in the Yazoo River either near Yazoo City or 2 miles (3.2 km) below Greenwood to prevent her capture by approaching United States Navy gunboats. Union forces burned the portion of the wreck above the waterline on 24 July.[2][26][27] |
CSS Peytona |
Confederate States Navy |
American Civil War: The 685-ton sidewheel paddle steamer was burned and scuttled by Confederate forces in the Yazoo River at Eureka Landing near Satartia, Mississippi, to prevent her capture by United States Navy gunboats.[2][28][29] |
CSS Prince of Wales |
Confederate States Navy |
American Civil War: The 572-ton sidewheel paddle steamer was burned by Confederate forces on the Yazoo River opposite Andrews Landing near Yazoo City, Mississippi, to prevent her capture by United States Navy gunboats.[2][30][29] |
USS Sciota |
United States Navy |
American Civil War: The gunboat collided with the screw steamer USS Antona ( United States Navy) on the Mississippi River in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, about 8 miles (13 km) above Quarantine Station and sank. She was refloated in late August, repaired, and returned to service. |
28 July
List of shipwrecks: 28 July 1863
Ship | Country | Description |
Paris |
United Kingdom |
The paddle steamer was approaching Saint Helier harbour on Jersey in the Channel Islands at the end of a voyage from Saint-Malo, France, with 24 passengers and 12 tons of cargo, chiefly butter and eggs, aboard under the control of a pilotwhen she struck on a rock known as Grune Vaudin. The engines were immediately stopped and at once set for astern and the lifeboats were ordered lowered. Ten minutes after the vessel struck, she went down in 30 feet (9.1 meters) of water.[44][45] |
Unidentified vessels |
Confederate States of America |
American Civil War, Union blockade: Various vessels were destroyed at New Smyrna, Florida, by the schooner USS Beauregard, the sidewheel paddle steamer USS Oleander, and boats from the schooner USS Para and the gunboat USS Sagamore (all United States Navy). |
References
Notes
- 1 2 Ahoy - Mac's Web Log "Marauders of the Sea, Confederate Merchant Raiders During the American Civil War: CSS Alabama. 1862-1864. Captain Raphael Semmes"
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 usnlp.org Navy Chronology of the Civil War, July-December 1863
- ↑ Gaines, p. 12.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 193.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 172.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 68.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 23.
- ↑ Ingram & Wheatley, pp. 90–91.
- 1 2 Gaines, p. 134.
- ↑ usnlp.org Navy Chronology of the Civil War, January-June 1863
- ↑ Gaines, p. 13.
- ↑ Ahoy - Mac's Web Log "Marauders of the Sea, Confederate Merchant Raiders During the American Civil War: CSS Georgia. 1863. Captain William Lewis Maury"
- ↑ wrecksite.eu SV Constitution (+1863)
- 1 2 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"
- ↑ Gaines, p. 101.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 110.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 47.
- ↑ Gaines, pp. 82-83.
- ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Edward J. Gay
- 1 2 Gaines, p. 84.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 151.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 137.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 76.
- ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Magnolia
- ↑ Gaines, p. 86.
- ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Mary E
- ↑ Gaines, p. 87.
- ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Peytona
- 1 2 Gaines, p. 88.
- ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Prince of Wales
- ↑ Gaines, p. 82.
- ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Ferd Kennet
- ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Hartford City
- ↑ Gaines p. 154.
- ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Colonel Hill
- 1 2 Gaines, p. 116.
- ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Governor Morehead
- ↑ Gaines, p. 132
- ↑ Gaines, p. 73.
- ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: H. D. Mears
- ↑ Gaines, p. 85.
- ↑ wrecksite.eu SMS Undine (+1884)
- ↑ Chesneau, Roger, and Eugene M. Kolesnik, Conway′s All the World′s Fighting Ships, 1860-1905, New York: Mayflower Books, 1979,
ISBN 0-8317-0302-4, p. 285.].
- ↑ "PSS Paris [+1863]". wrecksite.eu.
- ↑ YvesDufiel (2008). Dictionnaire des naufrages dans la Manche.
- 1 2 Ingram & Wheatley, p. 91.
- ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Ben McCulloch
- ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Hart
- ↑ Gaines, p. 66.
- ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Cotton Plant
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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