List of shipwrecks in June 1863

The list of shipwrecks in June 1863 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during June 1863.

2 June

List of shipwrecks: 2 June 1863

Ship	Country	Description
Amazonian	United States	American Civil War: The 480-ton bark, bound from New York City, to Montevideo, Uruguay, with a mixed cargo that included commercial mail, was captured and burned in the South Atlantic Ocean at 15°01′18″N 34°56′30″W / 15.02167°N 34.94167°W / 15.02167; -34.94167 (Amazonian) by the screw sloop-of-war CSS Alabama ( Confederate States Navy).[1][2][3]

5 June

List of shipwrecks: 5 June 1863

Ship	Country	Description
CSS Stono	Confederate States Navy	American Civil War, Union blockade: Pursued by the gunboat USS Wissahickon ( United States Navy) while attempting to run the Union blockade with a cargo of cotton, the 382-ton sidewheel paddle steamer was wrecked in Charleston Harbor at Charleston, South Carolina on Bowman's Jetty, a breakwater near Fort Moultrie. Confederate forces burned her wreck when they evacuated Charleston in February 1865.[4][5]
Talisman	United States	American Civil War: The 1,237-ton clipper, on a voyage from New York City to Shanghai, China, with a cargo of either coal or of four brass 12-pounder cannon, gunpowder, shot, two steam boilers, beef, port, and bread for a gunboat involved in the Taiping Rebellion (sources disagree), was captured and burned in the South Atlantic Ocean at 14°35′42″S 36°26′45″W / 14.59500°S 36.44583°W / -14.59500; -36.44583 (Talisman) by the screw sloop-of-war CSS Alabama ( Confederate States Navy).[1][2][6]
Unidentified steamer	unknown	American Civil War, Union blockade: The steamer was sunk by the gunboat USS Wissahickon ( United States Navy) while trying to run the Union blockade out of Charleston, South Carolina.[1][2]

6 June

List of shipwrecks: 6 June 1863

Ship	Country	Description
Southern Cross	United States	American Civil War: The 938-ton full-rigged ship, bound from Mexico to New York City with a cargo of wood, was captured and burned in the Atlantic Ocean by the screw sloop-of-war CSS Florida ( Confederate States Navy).[7][1]
Statesman	Confederate States of America	American Civil War, Union blockade: The gunboat USS Tahoma discovered the schooner aground at Gadsen's Point, Florida, and captured her.[1]
Whistling Wind	United States	American Civil War: The 350-ton bark, bound from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to New Orleans, Louisiana, with a cargo of coal, was captured and burned in the North Atlantic Ocean off Cape Romain, South Carolina, at 33°39′N 071°29′W / 33.650°N 71.483°W / 33.650; -71.483 (Whistling Wind) by the merchant raider CSS Clarence ( Confederate States Navy).[1][8]

9 June

List of shipwrecks: 9 June 1863

Ship	Country	Description
Mary Alvina	United States	American Civil War: The brig, carrying a cargo of commissary stores, was captured and burned in the Atlantic Ocean off the Southeastern United States by the merchant raider CSS Clarence ( Confederate States Navy).[1]
Lenox	United States	American Civil War: The bark, bound from New York City for New Orleans, Louisiana, with a mixed cargo, was captured and burned in the Gulf of Mexico off Pass-a-l'Outre, Louisiana, by a Confederate States Navy prize crew aboard the steam tug Boston ( United States), which the Confederates had commandeered on 8 June.[1][9]

10 June

List of shipwrecks: 10 June 1863

Ship	Country	Description
Texana	United States	American Civil War: The bark, bound from New York City for New Orleans, Louisiana, with a mixed cargo, was captured and burned in the Gulf of Mexico about 35 nautical miles (65 km) off Pass-a-l'Outre, Louisiana, by a Confederate States Navy prize crew aboard the steam tug Boston ( United States), which the Confederates had commandeered on 8 June.[1][9]

10-11 June

List of shipwrecks: 10-11 June 1863

Ship	Country	Description
Ruby	United Kingdom	American Civil War, Union blockade: The 400-ton sidewheel paddle steamer, attempting to run the Union blockade to reach Nassau in the Bahamas with general cargo and government property aboard, was forced aground off the coast of South Carolina in Lighthouse Inlet on the north end of Folly Island near Charleston by the armed screw steamers USS Memphis and USS Stettin and the gunboat USS Ottawa (all  United States) on 10–11 June. She was burned there.[10]

11 June

List of shipwrecks: 11 June 1863

Ship	Country	Description
Havelock	Confederate States of America	American Civil War, Union blockade: While trying to run the Union blockade at Charleston, South Carolina, the steamer was heavily damaged by gunfire from the screw steamers USS Memphis and USS Stettin and the gunboat USS Ottawa (all  United States Navy). At daybreak on 12 June, Union forces discover her aground off the coast of South Carolina on Folly Island, burning and a total wreck.[1]
Odd Fellow	Confederate States of America	American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner was captured and burned by a boat crew from the armed sidewheel paddle steamer USS Coeur de Lion ( United States Navy) on the Coan River in Virginia.[1][11]
Sarah Margaret	Confederate States of America	American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner was captured and burned by a boat crew in a gig from the armed sidewheel paddle steamer USS Coeur de Lion ( United States Navy) on the Coan River in Virginia.[1][12]

12 June

List of shipwrecks: 12 June 1863

Ship	Country	Description
CSS Clarence	Confederate States Navy	American Civil War: The crew of the merchant raider burned her in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, after transferring her weapons, equipment, and provisions to the bark Tacony ( United States), which they had captured that day and which they commissioned as the merchant raider CSS Tacony ( Confederate States Navy).[1]
Mary A. Schindler	United States	American Civil War: During a voyage in ballast from Port Royal, South Carolina, to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the schooner was captured in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, by the merchant raider CSS Clarence ( Confederate States Navy) when she responded to Clarence′s fake distress signal. Clarence′s crew then burned her as well as Clarence after transferring to the merchant raider CSS Tacony ( Confederate States Navy).[1][13]

14 June

List of shipwrecks: 14 June 1863

Ship	Country	Description
Good Hope	United States	American Civil War: The bark, bound from Boston, Massachusetts, to the Cape of Good Hope, was burned in the Atlantic Ocean by the merchant raider CSS Georgia ( Confederate States Navy). Georgia had captured Good Hope on 13 June.[1]

15 June

List of shipwrecks: 15 June 1863

Ship	Country	Description
Umpire	United States	American Civil War: During a voyage from Cárdenas, Cuba, to Boston, Massachusetts, with a cargo of molasses and sugar, the brig was captured and burned in the North Atlantic Ocean off Virginia at 37°40′N 070°31′W / 37.667°N 70.517°W / 37.667; -70.517 (Umpire) by the merchant raider CSS Tacony ( Confederate States Navy).[1][14]

17 June

List of shipwrecks: 17 June 1863

Ship	Country	Description
CSS Atlanta	Confederate States Navy	American Civil War, Battle of Wassaw Sound: The casemate ironclad ran hard aground in Wassaw Sound, Georgia, while in combat with the monitors USS Weehawken and USS Nahant and the gunboat USS Cimerone (all  United States Navy) and surrendered to Weehawken. She was refloated, repaired, and placed in service as USS Atlanta ( United States Navy).
Benjamin F. Hoxie	United States	American Civil War: The clipper, carrying a cargo of timber and silver bars from the west coast of Mexico to Falmouth, England, was captured and burned off the West Indies by the screw sloop-of-war CSS Florida ( Confederate States Navy).[7][1][15]

18 June

List of shipwrecks: 18 June 1863

Ship	Country	Description
Anglo-American	United States	American Civil War: The steamboat was captured and burned on Bayou Plaquemine in Louisiana by troops of the 2nd Texas Cavalry Brigade ( Confederate States Army).[16]
Belfast	United States	American Civil War: The steamboat was captured and burned on Bayou Plaquemine in Louisiana by troops of the 2nd Texas Cavalry Brigade ( Confederate States Army).[17]
Mary Jane	United Kingdom	American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner, a blockade runner, was chased ashore and destroyed on a beach near the harbor at Clearwater, Florida, at 28°00′N 82°53′W / 28.000°N 82.883°W / 28.000; -82.883 (Mary Jane) by the gunboat USS Tahoma ( United States Navy).[1][18]
Red Gauntlet	United States	American Civil War: The 1,038-ton clipper was burned off the West Indies by the screw sloop-of-war CSS Florida ( Confederate States Navy).[7] Florida had captured her on 14 June.[1]
Sykes	United States	American Civil War: While stuck on a pile, the 163-ton steamer was captured and burned on Bayou Plaquemine in Louisiana by troops of the 2nd Texas Cavalry Brigade ( Confederate States Army).[19]
Two unidentified steam flatboats	United States	American Civil War: The two steam flatboats was captured and burned on Bayou Plaquemine in Louisiana by troops of the 2nd Texas Cavalry Brigade ( Confederate States Army).[20]

19 June

List of shipwrecks: 19 June 1863

Ship	Country	Description
Onward	New Zealand	The cutter was wrecked on a sandbar at Toetoes Bay, New Zealand. All hands were saved.[21]

20 June

List of shipwrecks: 20 June 1863

Ship	Country	Description
CSS Lapwing	Confederate States Navy	American Civil War: The crew of the bark, in use as a tender, burned her in sight either of Barbados or Rocas Atoll (sources disagree) and rowed to shore in one of her boats.[7][22]
Micawber	United States	American Civil War: The fishing schooner was captured and burned in the Atlantic Ocean off New England by the merchant raider CSS Tacony ( Confederate States Navy).[1]

21 June

List of shipwrecks: 21 June 1863

Ship	Country	Description
Byzantium	United States	American Civil War: The clipper, carrying a cargo of coal from London to New York City, was captured and burned in the Atlantic Ocean east of New England and southeast of Canada near 41°00′N 69°10′W / 41.000°N 69.167°W / 41.000; -69.167 ("Byzantium") by the merchant raider CSS Tacony ( Confederate States Navy).[1][23]
Goodspeed	United States	American Civil War: Saling from Derry, Ireland, to New York City in ballast, the bark was captured and burned in the North Atlantic Ocean off New England by the merchant raider CSS Tacony ( Confederate States Navy).[1][24]
Jane	New Zealand	The cutter was wrecked during a strong gale at Auckland.[21]
William	New Zealand	The cutter was wrecked during a strong gale at Auckland.[21]

22 June

List of shipwrecks: 22 June 1863

Ship	Country	Description
Elizabeth Ann	United States	American Civil War: The 92-ton fishing schooner was captured and burned in the Atlantic Ocean off New England by the merchant raider CSS Tacony ( Confederate States Navy).[1][24]
Marengo	United States	American Civil War: The fishing schooner was captured and burned in the Atlantic Ocean off New England by the merchant raider CSS Tacony ( Confederate States Navy).[1]
Rufus Choate	United States	American Civil War: The 90-ton fishing schooner was captured and burned in the Atlantic Ocean off New England by the merchant raider CSS Tacony ( Confederate States Navy).[1][25]
Ripple	United States	American Civil War: The 64-ton fishing schooner was captured and burned in the Atlantic Ocean off New England by the merchant raider CSS Tacony ( Confederate States Navy).[1][25]
Royal Bride	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked at Napier, New Zealand during a violent storm while en route from London to Auckland. All hands were saved.[26]

23 June

List of shipwrecks: 23 June 1863

Ship	Country	Description
Ada	United States	American Civil War: The fishing schooner was captured and burned in the Atlantic Ocean off New England by the merchant raider CSS Tacony ( Confederate States Navy).[1]
Wanderer	United States	American Civil War: The 94-ton fishing schooner was captured and burned in the Atlantic Ocean off New England by the merchant raider CSS Tacony ( Confederate States Navy).[1][25]

24 June

List of shipwrecks: 24 June 1863

Ship	Country	Description
Lebanon No. 2	United States	The 254-ton sterwnheel paddle steamer struck a snag and sank at Big Hurricane in Kentucky.[27]
USS Sumpter	United States Navy	American Civil War, Union blockade: The armed screw steamer sank in 20 minutes without loss of life in the North Atlantic Ocean off Smith Island, North Carolina, 8.5 nautical miles (16 km) south-southwest of the Smith Island Lighthouse at 37°05′48″N 75°42′14″W / 37.0968°N 75.7040°W / 37.0968; -75.7040 (USS Sumpter (1853)) after colliding with the transport General Meigs ( United States Army). Her crew was rescued by the sloop-of-war USS Jamestown ( United States Navy).[28]

25 June

List of shipwrecks: 25 June 1863

Ship	Country	Description
CSS Tacony	Confederate States Navy	American Civil War: The crew of the merchant raider, bark, burned her in the North Atlantic Ocean off Maine after transferring her weapons, equipment, and provisions to the fishing schooner Archer ( United States), which they had captured that day and which they commissioned as the merchant raider CSS Archer ( Confederate States Navy).[1][29]

27 June

List of shipwrecks: 27 June 1863

Ship	Country	Description
USRC Caleb Cushing	United States Revenue-Marine	Harper's Weekly illustration of USRC Caleb Cushing burning. American Civil War, Battle of Portland Harbor: The United States Revenue-Marine cutter, seized earlier in the day while in port at Portland, Maine, and taken to sea by a raiding party from the merchant raider CSS Archer ( Confederate States Navy), was set afire and abandoned by the Confederates while in action with a flotilla of Union steamers and tugs in the North Atlantic Ocean off Portland. She exploded when the flames reached her ammunition magazine.[1]

30 June

List of shipwrecks: 30 June 1863

Ship	Country	Description
Fanny A. Garriques	New Zealand	The brig went ashore at Palliser Bay during a heavy storm while en route from Dunedin to Wellington, with the loss of one life.[30]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: 27 June 1863

Ship	Country	Description
Soler	Spain	The 605-bulk-ton sidewheel paddle steamer was lost in the Gulf of Mexico in mid-June.[31]

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