List of shipwrecks in June 1865

The list of shipwrecks in June 1865 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during June 1865.

June 1865
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1 June

List of shipwrecks: 1 June 1865
ShipCountryDescription
Grace Darling United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The schooner grounded on a rocky reef at the mouth of Nelson Harbour in a heavy swell. The ship's whole port side was heavily damaged, and passengers and crew were taken off by the pilot boat.[1]
Kentucky  United States Carrying 800 paroled former Confederate soldiers, the 375-ton sidewheel paddle steamer struck a snag and sank in Louisiana in the Red River of the South between its mouth and Alexandria, the ship′s boiler exploding as she sank. Thirty of the former Confederate soldiers died.[2]

4 June

List of shipwrecks: 4 June 1865
ShipCountryDescription
Jane Williams United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The cutter went aground on the bar at the mouth of the Hokitika River. She lost her rudder and was driven onto the bar by a heavy sea. [3]

6 June

List of shipwrecks: 6 June 1865
ShipCountryDescription
Eclipse United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New South Wales The 97-ton schooner went aground on a reef near New Plymouth in a northerly gale. Passengers and crew were safely rescued.[1]
Unidentified torpedo boat  Confederate States Navy The David-type torpedo boat was lost off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, during a storm while being transported by the sidewheel gunboat USS Mingoe ( United States Navy).[4]

8 June

List of shipwrecks: 8 June 1865
ShipCountryDescription
Admiral Du Pont  United States En route from New York City to Fort Monroe, Virginia, with a cargo of United States Government supplies, the 750-ton sidewheel paddle steamer sank in the North Atlantic Ocean off Cape May, New Jersey, with the loss of 15 to 20 crew members after colliding with Stodacona ( United Kingdom).[5]
Steam Launch No. 3  United States The steam launch was wrecked off the coast of South Carolina on the Saint Helena Shoals.[6]

11 June

List of shipwrecks: 11 June 1865
ShipCountryDescription
Express  United States During a voyage from Parkersburg, West Virginia, to Louisville, Kentucky, with the 32nd Illinois Infantry Regiment ( Union Army) on board, the 224-ton sidewheel paddle steamer sank in the Ohio River near Manchester, Ohio. She later was refloated and returned to service.[7]

12 June

List of shipwrecks: 12 June 1865
ShipCountryDescription
Bob Mills  United States The 34-ton screw steamer exploded, probably on Lake Erie.[8]
Lady Dennison United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The brig went ashore at the entrance to the Whanganui River when her towline parted while she was being guided over the river's sandbar.[9]

13 June

List of shipwrecks: 13 June 1865
ShipCountryDescription
Juno United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The 50-ton ketch was wrecked at Hokitika, where she had travelled from Lyttelton. [3]

14 June

List of shipwrecks: 14 June 1865
ShipCountryDescription
Alabama  United States The 337-ton whaling barque went aground at Port Hutt in New Zealand's Chatham Islands. She had sheltered in the port to escape a violent southerly storm, but dragged her anchor. Despite cutting way masts to reduce danger to the ship, she was repeatedly dashed into rocks and was extensively holed.[9] All hands were saved.[10]

15 June

List of shipwrecks: 15 June 1865
ShipCountryDescription
Edward F. Dix  United States The 296-ton sidewheel paddle steamer struck the wreck of the ironclad ram USS Eastport ( United States Navy) in the Red River of the South in Louisiana and sank on top of the wreck.[11]
Kate Blackstone (or Kate Blackiston)  United States Carrying a cargo of general merchandise, the schooner sank in the Sacramento River at the foot of I Street in Sacramento, California, with the loss of two crewmen. One crewman survived.[12]
Orizaba  United States The 630-bulk ton full-rigged ship was wrecked on the Trinity River at Liberty, Texas.[13][14]

19 June

List of shipwrecks: 19 June 1865
ShipCountryDescription
M. Fannie Stafford  United States The 42-ton screw steamer was wrecked by an explosion at Chicago, Illinois.[15]

20 June

List of shipwrecks: 20 June 1865
ShipCountryDescription
Emma  United States The 189-ton sternwheel paddle steamer struck a snag and sank in the Red River of the South at Shreveport, Louisiana.[11]
Kentucky  United States The steamboat ran aground in the Red River of the South near Shreveport, Louisiana, on or about 20 June while carrying a large number of Confederate soldiers. Not believed to be in danger, she was not evacuated. She sank that night with the loss of approximately 200 lives.[16] Her wreck was rediscovered in 1994.[17]

22 June

List of shipwrecks: 22 June 1865
ShipCountryDescription
Euphrates  United States American Civil War: The whaler, a 364-ton full-rigged ship, was captured and burned in the Bering Sea near 62°23′N 179°46′E / 62.383°N 179.767°E / 62.383; 179.767 (Euphrates) by the merchant raider CSS Shenandoah ( Confederate States Navy).[18][19][20]
Jireh Swift  United States American Civil War: The whaler, a 428-ton bark, was captured and burned in the Bering Sea by the merchant raider CSS Shenandoah ( Confederate States Navy).[18][19][20]
Leesburg  United States The steamer, partially loaded with a cargo of cotton, struck a snag and sank with the loss of two lives in the Savannah River in Georgia.[21]
Sophia Thornton  United States American Civil War: The whaler, a 426-ton full-rigged ship, was captured and burned in the Bering Sea at 62°40′N 178°50′W / 62.667°N 178.833°W / 62.667; -178.833 (Sophia Thornton) by the merchant raider CSS Shenandoah ( Confederate States Navy).[18][19][22]
William Thompson  United States American Civil War: The whaler, a 495-ton full-rigged ship, was captured and burned in the Bering Sea northeast of Cape Narrows by the merchant raider CSS Shenandoah ( Confederate States Navy).[18][19][22]

23 June

List of shipwrecks: 23 June 1865
ShipCountryDescription
Susan & Abigail  United States American Civil War: The 159-ton brig was captured and burned in the Bering Sea at 62°48′N 179°04′W / 62.800°N 179.067°W / 62.800; -179.067 (Susan & Abigail) by the merchant raider CSS Shenandoah ( Confederate States Navy).[18][19][22]

25 June

List of shipwrecks: 25 June 1865
ShipCountryDescription
General Williams  United States American Civil War: The whaler, a 419-ton full-rigged ship, was captured and burned in the Bering Sea near St. Lawrence Island by the merchant raider CSS Shenandoah ( Confederate States Navy).[18][19][20]
Ruby United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The 86-ton steamer was thrown onto the bar at the mouth of the Hokitika River in a heavy swell and was wrecked. Some contemporary reports suggest that she may have been refloated.[3]

26 June

List of shipwrecks: 26 June 1865
ShipCountryDescription
Catherine  United States American Civil War: The whaler, a 384- or 385-ton bark, was captured and burned in the Bering Sea by the merchant raider CSS Shenandoah ( Confederate States Navy).[18][19][20]
Gipsy (or Gipsey)  United States American Civil War: The whaler, a 360-ton bark, was captured and burned in the Bering Sea by the merchant raider CSS Shenandoah ( Confederate States Navy).[18][19][20]
Isabella  United States American Civil War: The whaler, a 315-ton bark, was captured and burned in the Bering Sea by the merchant raider CSS Shenandoah ( Confederate States Navy).[18][19]
Nimrod  United States American Civil War: The whaler, a 340-ton bark, was captured and burned in the Bering Sea by the merchant raider CSS Shenandoah ( Confederate States Navy).[18][19][22]
William C. Nye  United States American Civil War: The whaler, a 389-ton bark, was captured and burned in the Bering Sea by the merchant raider CSS Shenandoah ( Confederate States Navy).[18][19][22]

27 June

List of shipwrecks: 27 June 1865
ShipCountryDescription
Esther United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The 76-ton schooner was wrecked at Hokitika when she struck the bar at the mouth of the Hokitika River, where she had travelled from Sydney.[3]
Sir Francis Drake  United Kingdom The 188-ton three-masted schooner was wrecked at Hokitika when she struck the bar at the mouth of the Hokitika River. She was beached and broke up.[3]

28 June

List of shipwrecks: 28 June 1865
ShipCountryDescription
Brunswick  United States American Civil War: The whaler, a 295-ton full-rigged ship, was captured and burned in the Bering Strait by the merchant raider CSS Shenandoah ( Confederate States Navy).[18][19][20]
Congress  United States American Civil War: The whaler, a 376-ton bark, was captured and burned in the Bering Strait by the merchant raider CSS Shenandoah ( Confederate States Navy).[18][19][20]
Covington  United States American Civil War: The whaler, a 350-ton bark, was captured and burned in the Bering Strait by the merchant raider CSS Shenandoah ( Confederate States Navy).[18][19][20]
Favorite  United States American Civil War: The whaler, a 295-ton bark, was captured and burned in the Bering Strait by the merchant raider CSS Shenandoah ( Confederate States Navy).[18][19]
Hillman  United States American Civil War: The whaler, a bark, was captured and burned in the Bering Strait by the merchant raider CSS Shenandoah ( Confederate States Navy).[18][19][20]
Illinois  United States The 530-ton screw steamer sank in Lake Erie after colliding with Dean Richmond (flag unknown) near Point Pelee, Ontario.[23]
Isaac Howland  United States American Civil War: The whaler, a 399-ton full-rigged ship, was captured and burned in the Bering Strait by the merchant raider CSS Shenandoah ( Confederate States Navy).[18][19][20]
Martha  United States American Civil War: The whaler, a 360-ton bark, was captured and burned in the Bering Strait by the merchant raider CSS Shenandoah ( Confederate States Navy).[18][19][20]
Nassau  United States American Civil War: The whaler, a 408-ton full-rigged ship, was captured and burned in the Bering Strait by the merchant raider CSS Shenandoah ( Confederate States Navy).[18][19][24]
Olive  United States The 220-ton sternwheel paddle steamer struck a snag in the Ohio River at Golconda, Illinois, and sank with the loss of seven lives.[25]
Waverley  United States American Civil War: The whaler, a 327-ton bark, was captured and burned in the Bering Sea near the Diomede Islands by the merchant raider CSS Shenandoah ( Confederate States Navy).[18][19][22]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date June 1865
ShipCountryDescription
Benjamin Delano  United States Carrying a cargo of forage, the brig was driven ashore at Galveston, Texas, during a three-day gale.[26]
USS Bloomer  United States Navy The sternwheel paddle steamer sank in East Pass off Santa Rosa Island, Florida. She was raised and repaired.[27]
Echo No. 2  United States Carrying 300 soldiers of the 13th and 41st Ohio Veteran Volunteer Regiments (both  Union Army), the sternwheel paddle steamer sank in the Ohio River near Cairo, Illinois, in late June after striking the prow of the screw sloop-of-war USS Oneida ( United States Navy). The regiments lost rations and a combined 10 horses and 13 mules. The soldiers blamed the pilot guiding Echo No. 2 for the accident and beat him.[7]
Pine Hill  United States The sternwheel paddle steamer struck a snag and sank in the Red River of the South at Tucker's Bar in Louisiana.[28]

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 Ingram & Wheatley, p. 112.
  2. ↑ Gaines, p. 68.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Ingram & Wheatley, p. 119.
  4. ↑ Gaines, p. 117.
  5. ↑ Gaines, p. 108.
  6. ↑ Gaines, p. 155.
  7. 1 2 Gaines, p. 135.
  8. ↑ Gaines, p. 196.
  9. 1 2 Ingram & Wheatley, p. 113.
  10. ↑ "SV Alabama", wrecksite.eu. 25 July 2015. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  11. 1 2 Gaines, p. 64.
  12. ↑ Gaines, p. 28.
  13. ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Muscle
  14. ↑ Gaines, p. 171.
  15. ↑ Gaines, p. 57.
  16. ↑ "Disaster on the Red River, Sinking of the Kentucky, 200 Lives Lost". New York Times. June 24, 1865. Missing or empty |url= (help); |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  17. ↑ Simms, Janet; Robertson, Paul (2000). "Multidisciplined Investigation to Locate the Kentucky Shipwreck". GEA (Wiley). Retrieved 15 January 2017.
  18. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Ahoy - Mac's Web Log "Marauders of the Sea, Confederate Merchant Raiders During the American Civil War: CSS Shenandoah. 1864-1865. Captain James I. Waddell"
  19. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Project Muse: Appendix. List of Prizes Taken by the CSS Shenandoah. Kept by Lt. William C. Whittle, Jr.
  20. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Gaines, p. 20.
  21. ↑ Gaines, p. 48.
  22. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Gaines, p. 21.
  23. ↑ Gaines, p. 55.
  24. ↑ Gaines, pp. 20-21.
  25. ↑ Gaines, p. 136.
  26. ↑ Gaines, p. 167.
  27. ↑ Gaines, p. 38.
  28. ↑ Gaines, p. 72.

Bibliography


Ship events in 1865
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