List of shipwrecks in June 1861

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

June 1861
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
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 Unknown date

2 June

List of shipwrecks: 2 June 1861
ShipCountryDescription
William Henry  Confederate States of America The 95-ton sternwheel paddle steamer struck a snag and sank on the Arkansas River at Fort Smith, Arkansas.[1]

4 June

List of shipwrecks: 4 June 1861
ShipCountryDescription
Canadian  United Kingdom The passenger steamer struck an iceberg and sank in the Strait of Belle Isle 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) north of Cape Bauld, Newfoundland, with the loss of 35 lives. Her 266 survivors were rescued by four French fishing vessels.

6 June

List of shipwrecks: 6 June 1861
ShipCountryDescription
Greenville  United States The 105-ton sternwheel paddle steamer struck a snag and sank in the Wabash River at Terre Haute, Indiana.[2]

8 June

List of shipwrecks: 8 June 1861
ShipCountryDescription
Somerset Unknown American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner, a blockade runner, was captured in Breton's Bay on the Maryland side of the Potomac River and burned on the Virginia shore by the armed screw steamer USS Resolute ( United States Navy).[3][4]

15 June

List of shipwrecks: 15 June 1861
ShipCountryDescription
Christiana Kean  United States American Civil War: The schooner was run aground, boarded, and burned by Confederate forces in rowboats one-half mile (0.8 km) from the Virginia bank of the Potomac River off Machodoc Creek, below Mathias Point opposite Cedar Point.[5]

16 June

List of shipwrecks: 16 June 1861
ShipCountryDescription
Cataract  United States The 393-ton screw steamer burned at Erie, Pennsylvania, with the loss of four lives.[6]

18 June

List of shipwrecks: 18 June 1861
ShipCountryDescription
Cora Anderson  United States The 658-ton sidewheel paddle steamer struck a snag and sank in Lake Providence in Louisiana.[7]

24 June

List of shipwrecks: 24 June 1861
ShipCountryDescription
Keystone  United States American Civil War: The 69-ton sidewheel paddle steamer was burned on the Mississippi River at Arkansas City, Arkansas.[8]

30 June

List of shipwrecks: 30 June 1861
ShipCountryDescription
Passenger Unknown American Civil War: The sloop sank in the Potomac River, but other details are unclear. Sources disagree on whether she was a Confederate vessel captured and destroyed by the screw steamer USS Resolute ( United States Navy), with Resolute capturing one person aboard her, or a Union vessel that capsized, with Resolute rescuing one survivor.[3][4]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date June 1861
ShipCountryDescription
Baton Rouge  United States The 65-ton sternwheel paddle steamer burned on the Tennessee River in Tennessee.[9]
Unidentified vessel  Confederate States of America American Civil War: Confederate forces scuttled the vessel in the Warwick River in Virginia.[10]

References

Notes

  1. ↑ Gaines, p. 12.
  2. ↑ Gaines, p. 53.
  3. 1 2 usnlp.org Navy Chronology of the Civil War, January-June 1861
  4. 1 2 Gaines, p. 79.
  5. ↑ Gaines, p. 176.
  6. ↑ Gaines, p. 55.
  7. ↑ Gaines, p. 62.
  8. ↑ Gaines, p. 98.
  9. ↑ Gaines, p. 159.
  10. ↑ Gaines, p. 193.

Bibliography


Ship events in 1861
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