The list of shipwrecks in June 1864 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during June 1864.
2 June
List of shipwrecks: 2 June 1864
Ship | Country | Description |
Frank Steel (or Frank Steele) |
United States |
The 136-ton sidewheel paddle steamer exploded on the Mississippi River at La Crosse, Wisconsin, killing two people.[3] |
Georgiana C. McCaw |
United Kingdom |
American Civil War, Union blockade: Pursued by the gunboat USS Victoria ( United States Navy), the 700-ton sidewheel paddle steamer, a blockade runner carrying a large cargo of provisions, ran aground near Cape Fear, North Carolina. Victoria shelled her, then put a boarding party aboard her which captured all but four of her passengers and crew and set her on fire. Her wreck eventually sank in 10 feet (3 meters) of water.[4][5] |
Isabel |
Confederate States of America |
American Civil War, Union blockade: Having suffered severe damage from gunfire while being captured in the Gulf of Mexico off Galveston, Texas, by the screw steamer USS Admiral ( United States Navy) while attempting to run the Union blockade with a cargo of gunpowder and arms on 28 May, the steamer sank at Quarantine Station on the Mississippi River.[4][6] |
Rose |
United Kingdom |
American Civil War, Union blockade: The 67-register ton sidewheel paddle steamer, a blockade runner en route from Nassau in the Bahamas carrying a small cargo of liquor and other goods, was chased ashore on the coast of South Carolina on the south end of Pawleys Island near Georgetown by the gunboat USS Wamsutta ( United States Navy). She was burned there by Union forces.[7] |
3 June
List of shipwrecks: 3 June 1864
Ship | Country | Description |
Scotia |
New Zealand |
The steamer went ashore at Bluff Harbour, New Zealand, on the final stretch of a journey from Melbourne. while trying to cross the bar at Port Waikato, New Zealand.[8] |
5 June
List of shipwrecks: 5 June 1864
Ship | Country | Description |
Nile |
New Zealand |
The schooner ran aground at Takatu Point in the Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand, on the final stretch of a journey from Melbourne. while trying to cross the bar at Port Waikato, New Zealand.[9] |
9 June
List of shipwrecks: 9 June 1864
Ship | Country | Description |
Pevensey |
Confederate States of America |
American Civil War, Union blockade: Pursued by the gunboat USS New Berne ( United States Navy), the 483-, 500-, or 543-ton sidewheel paddle steamer, a blockade runner bound for Wilmington, North Carolina, from Bermuda with a cargo that included arms, blankets, cloth, clothing, shoes, lead, and bacon, ran aground on the coast of North Carolina about 7 miles (11 km) west of Beaufort. Pevensey′s crew blew her up and set her on fire to prevent her capture by Union forces.[4][12] |
27 June
List of shipwrecks: 27 June 1864
Ship | Country | Description |
Colonel Satterly |
United States |
American Civil War: Loaded with gravel, sand, and stone, the schooner was scuttled as a blockship by Union Army forces in Trent's Reach on the James River in Virginia.[22] |
E. W. Benton |
United States |
American Civil War: Loaded with gravel, sand, and stone, the schooner was scuttled as a blockship by Union Army forces in Trent's Reach on the James River in Virginia.[23] |
Franklin |
Confederate States of America |
American Civil War: The bark was scuttled as a blockship in Trent's Reach on the James River in Virginia.[24] |
Haxall |
United States |
American Civil War: Loaded with gravel, sand, and stone, the schooner was scuttled as a blockship by Union Army forces in Trent's Reach on the James River in Virginia.[25] |
Julie A. Whitford (or Julia A. Whitfield) |
United States |
American Civil War: Loaded with gravel, sand, and stone, the schooner was scuttled as a blockship by Union Army forces in Trent's Reach on the James River in Virginia.[26] |
Mary Robinson |
United States |
The clipper was driven onto a reef at Howland Island (01°N 176°W / 1°N 176°W / 1; -176 (Mary Robinson)) in the Pacific Ocean and wrecked during a strong squall. Her wreck slid off the reef and sank the next day. |
Mist |
Confederate States of America |
American Civil War: Loaded with gravel, sand, and stone, the schooner was scuttled as a blockship by Union Army forces in Trent's Reach on the James River in Virginia on or about 27 June.[27] |
Modern Greece |
United Kingdom |
American Civil War, Union blockade: After suffering nine shell hits while under fire by United States Navy ships, the 753- to 1,000-ton screw steamer was driven ashore by the armed screw steamer USS Cambridge and the gunboat USS Stars and Stripes (both United States Navy) and wrecked on the coast of North Carolina near Federal Point and New Inlet while trying to reach Wilmington, North Carolina, with a cargo of brandy, liquor, rifled cannons, brass smoothbore cannons, Enfield rifle muskets, gunpowder, clothing, and assorted civilian cargo. She sank 200 yards (183 meters) off shore in 40 feet (12 meters) of water.[28] |
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: unknown date June 1864
Ship | Country | Description |
Ballarat |
unknown |
The steamer was wrecked in Poverty Bay, New Zealand, during a heavy gale, while en route from Auckland to Napier.[9] |
Olive |
United States |
After coal oil she was carrying caught fire, the 220-ton sternwheel paddle steamer was scuttled in the Ohio River at Buffington Island to extinguish the flames. She later was refloated, repaired, and returned to service.[33] |
Tiger |
United States |
During a voyage from North Bend, Ohio, to Cincinnati, Ohio, towing a barge of hay, the 97.6-ton screw towboat struck Kirby Rock in the Ohio River and sank.[2] |
Unidentified schooner |
Unknown |
American Civil War, Union blockade: Carrying a cargo of cotton and turpentine, the schooner sank in Indian River Inlet on the coast of Florida.[34] |
References
Notes
- ↑ Ingram & Wheatley, p. 102.
- 1 2 3 Gaines, p. 137.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 94.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 usnlp.org Navy Chronology of the Civil War, January-June 1864
- ↑ Gaines, p. 120.
- ↑ Gaines, pp. 66-67.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 154.
- ↑ Ingram & Wheatley, pp. 102–103.
- 1 2 Ingram & Wheatley, pp. 103.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 145.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 109.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 126.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 10.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 122.
- ↑ Ingram & Wheatley, pp. 103–104.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 19.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 68.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 133.
- ↑ 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. 22.
- ↑ Ingram & Wheatley, p. 104.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 176.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 179.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 180.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 182.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 183.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 185.
- ↑ Gaines, pp. 123-124.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 155.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 57
- ↑ Gaines, p. 30
- ↑ Gaines, p. 3.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 136.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 45.
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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