List of shipwrecks in June 1864

The list of shipwrecks in June 1864 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during June 1864.

June 1864
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
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22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 Unknown date

1 June

List of shipwrecks: 1 June 1864
ShipCountryDescription
Arthur McKenzie United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland South Australia The 227-ton brig went ashore while trying to cross the bar at Port Waikato, New Zealand.[1]
Unidentified wharf boat  United States The wharf boat, loaded with reserve supplies and ammunition for the fleet of Rear Admiral David Dixon Porter ( United States Navy) and carrying paymaster′s cash in a safe was set afire and blown up by Confederate agents on the Ohio River at Mound City, Illinois. The paymaster was burned and nearly suffocated while trying to save the cash in the safe.[2]

2 June

List of shipwrecks: 2 June 1864
ShipCountryDescription
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
ShipCountryDescription
Scotia United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 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
ShipCountryDescription
Nile United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 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]

7 June

List of shipwrecks: 7 June 1863
ShipCountryDescription
CSS Etiwan  Confederate States Navy American Civil War: The 132-ton sidewheel transport ran aground in Charleston Harbor off Fort Johnson in South Carolina. One source claims she was destroyed by Union artillery emplaced on Morris Island;[4] another claims she was raised and repaired and placed in service by Union forces.[10]

8 June

List of shipwrecks: 8 June 1864
ShipCountryDescription
Berkshire  United States The 649-ton steamer burned at Poughkeepsie, New York, with the loss of 35 lives.[11]

9 June

List of shipwrecks: 9 June 1864
ShipCountryDescription
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]

12 June

List of shipwrecks: 12 June 1864
ShipCountryDescription
I Go  United States American Civil War: The 104-ton sternwheel paddle steamer was burned on the Arkansas River at Arkansas Post, Arkansas.[13]
USS Lavender  United States Navy American Civil War, Union blockade: During a voyage from the Delaware Capes to Charleston, South Carolina, the armed tug was wrecked on the Cape Lookout Shoals in the North Atlantic Ocean off North Carolina during a severe squall. Between nine members and 14 members of her crew died before the steamer John Farrow ( United States Army) rescued her 14 survivors on 15 June.[14]
Spray United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The schooner hit rocks at the mouth of the Awanui River during a gale.[15]

14 June

List of shipwrecks: 14 June 1864
ShipCountryDescription
USS Courier  United States Navy The storeship was wrecked without loss of life on the Abaco Islands in the Bahamas about 10 nautical miles (18.5 km) south of the Elbow Cay Lighthouse.[16]

15 June

List of shipwrecks: 15 June 1864
ShipCountryDescription
J. R. Williams  United States American Civil War: Disabled by Confederate artillery on the Arkansas River at Pheasant Bluff in the Indian Territory near what is now Tamaha, Oklahoma, the sternwheel paddle steamer ran aground and was captured. Confederate forces then burned her.[2]

16 June

List of shipwrecks: 16 June 1864
ShipCountryDescription
Landis  United States American Civil War: The 377-ton sidewheel transport was damaged in combat with the 1st Louisiana Cavalry Regiment ( Confederate States Army) on the Mississippi River at Magnolia Landing in Louisiana about six miles (10 km) from Port Hudson on the night of 16 June and reportedly sank near Baton Rouge.[17]
Two unidentified schooners Unknown American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooners were burned near the mouth of the Pamlico River in North Carolina by a joint Union Army-United States Navy expedition embarked on the transport Ella May ( United States Army) and the sidewheel gunboat USS Ceres and armed screw steamer USS Louisiana (both  United States Navy).[4][18]

17 June

List of shipwrecks: 17 June 1864
ShipCountryDescription
William C. Clarke  United States American Civil War: The 338-ton brig, carrying a cargo of lumber from Machias, Maine, to Matanzas, Cuba, was captured and burned in the North Atlantic Ocean at 30°00′N 62°40′W / 30.000°N 62.667°W / 30.000; -62.667 (William C. Clarke) by the screw sloop-of-war CSS Florida ( Confederate States Navy).[4][19][20]

19 June

List of shipwrecks: 19 June 1864
ShipCountryDescription
CSS Alabama  Confederate States Navy
Illustration of CSS Alabama sinking, Harper's Weekly, 23 July 1864.
American Civil War, Battle of Cherbourg: The screw sloop-of-war was sunk in combat with the screw sloop-of-war USS Kearsarge ( United States Navy) in the English Channel off Cherbourg, France, with the loss of about 40 members of her crew. Kearsarge resuced approximately 70 other members of her crew, who became prisoners-of-war.
Alvin Clark  United States The schooner capsized and sank in a storm in Green Bay just off Chambers Island, Wisconsin, with the loss of two of her four crew members.

24 June

List of shipwrecks: 24 June 1864
ShipCountryDescription
USS Queen City  United States Navy American Civil War, Union blockade: The sidewheel paddle steamer was captured by Confederate States Army cavalry and artillery while anchored on the White River off Clarendon, Arkansas. The Confederates blew her up shortly after capturing her.[4]
Waverly United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The schooner went ashore after hitting rocks at Port Waikato, New Zealand. Crew were rescued by the paddle steamer Sturt.[21]

27 June

List of shipwrecks: 27 June 1864
ShipCountryDescription
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]

28 June

List of shipwrecks: 28 June 1864
ShipCountryDescription
Sarah Mary  United Kingdom American Civil War, Union blockade: Captured by the gunboat USS Norfolk Packet) ( United States Navy on 24 June in the North Atlantic Ocean off Mosquito Inlet, Florida, while trying to run the Union blockade with a cargo of cotton, the 15-ton sloop grounded on a beach on the coast of South Carolina at the mouth of Horse Island Creek while her Union prize crew was sailing her to Port Royal, South Carolina.[29]

29 June

List of shipwrecks: 29 June 1864
ShipCountryDescription
Alvin Clark  United States The two-masted schooner sank in Green Bay off the coast of Wisconsin.[30]
Pike Unknown The wooden barge struck a snag and sank in the Sacramento River below the I Street Bridge in Sacramento. California.[31]

30 June

List of shipwrecks: 30 June 1864
ShipCountryDescription
Ivanhoe  Confederate States of America American Civil War, Union blockade: While trying to enter Mobile Bay, the steamer, a blockade runner, was forced aground about 2 miles (3.2 km) east of Fort Morgan, Alabama, by the sidewheel paddle steamer USS Glasgow ( United States Navy), after which the sloop-of-war USS Hartford, the gunboat USS Kennebec, and the sidewheel paddle steamer USS Metacomet (all  United States Navy) fired between 700 and 800 shells at her. A U.S. Navy boat expedition burned her on 6 July.[4][32]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: unknown date June 1864
ShipCountryDescription
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

  1. ↑ Ingram & Wheatley, p. 102.
  2. 1 2 3 Gaines, p. 137.
  3. ↑ Gaines, p. 94.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 usnlp.org Navy Chronology of the Civil War, January-June 1864
  5. ↑ Gaines, p. 120.
  6. ↑ Gaines, pp. 66-67.
  7. ↑ Gaines, p. 154.
  8. ↑ Ingram & Wheatley, pp. 102–103.
  9. 1 2 Ingram & Wheatley, pp. 103.
  10. ↑ Gaines, p. 145.
  11. ↑ Gaines, p. 109.
  12. ↑ Gaines, p. 126.
  13. ↑ Gaines, p. 10.
  14. ↑ Gaines, p. 122.
  15. ↑ Ingram & Wheatley, pp. 103–104.
  16. ↑ Gaines, p. 19.
  17. ↑ Gaines, p. 68.
  18. ↑ Gaines, p. 133.
  19. ↑ 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"
  20. ↑ Gaines, p. 22.
  21. ↑ Ingram & Wheatley, p. 104.
  22. ↑ Gaines, p. 176.
  23. ↑ Gaines, p. 179.
  24. ↑ Gaines, p. 180.
  25. ↑ Gaines, p. 182.
  26. ↑ Gaines, p. 183.
  27. ↑ Gaines, p. 185.
  28. ↑ Gaines, pp. 123-124.
  29. ↑ Gaines, p. 155.
  30. ↑ Gaines, p. 57
  31. ↑ Gaines, p. 30
  32. ↑ Gaines, p. 3.
  33. ↑ Gaines, p. 136.
  34. ↑ Gaines, p. 45.

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Ship events in 1864
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