List of shipwrecks in March 1862
The list of shipwrecks in March 1862 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during March 1862.
March 1862 | |||||||
Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
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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 | 31 | Unknown date |
1 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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Polynesia | The 1,084-ton clipper went aground on South Beach in San Francisco Bay. Her crew then set her on fire.[1] |
3–4 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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Emma Eliza and Foam | The schooner Emma Eliza and cutter Foam were both dashed against Auckland wharf and overwhelmed by water during a heavy gale. Several other vessels moored nearby also sustained heavy damage.[2] |
5 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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Cantabria | The vessel foundered off San Sebastián de La Gomera, Canary Islands.[3] | |
Victoria & Albert | The schooner foundered on the Mixon Shoal in the Bristol Channel with the loss of all hands.[4] |
6 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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Actor | American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner was sunk in the Pamlico River in North Carolina by the gunboat USS Ceres ( |
8 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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USS Congress | ||
USS Cumberland | ||
Pendulum | The 215-ton sidewheel paddle steamer foundered at Hampton Roads, Virginia. She may have been sunk during the Battle of Hampton Roads.[8] |
9 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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CSS George Page | American Civil War: The gunboat, a 410-ton sidewheel paddle steamer, was burned by her crew on Quantico Creek in Virginia in to prevent her capture by Union forces.[9][10] | |
Unidentified schooner | American Civil War, Battle of Hampton Roads: The schooner was set afire at Hampton Roads, Virginia, during combat between the monitor USS Monitor ( |
10 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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USS Whitehall | American Civil War: The sidewheel paddle steamer was destroyed by an accidental flash fire at the mouth of Hampton Roads off Old Point Comfort, Virginia.[12][13][14] |
14 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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Caroline Virginia | American Civil War, Battle of New Bern: The schooner was wrecked off New Bern, North Carolina.[15] | |
Chatham | American Civil War, Battle of New Bern: The 57-ton sidewheel paddle steamer was burned at New Bern, North Carolina, to prevent her capture by Union forces.[15] | |
Unidentified steamer | American Civil War, Battle of New Bern: Confederate forces scuttled the steamer at New Bern, North Carolina, to prevent her capture by Union forces.[16] |
15 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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C. Vanderbilt | American Civil War, Union blockade: During a blockade-running voyage from Havana, Cuba, to New Orleans, Louisiana, the 346-bulk-ton sidewheel paddle steamer foundered in the Gulf of Mexico. The schooner USS Maria A. Wood ( | |
Enterprise | The 372-bulk-ton sidewheel paddle steamer foundered in the Gulf of Mexico during a storm on or about 15 March.[17] | |
John Gault | The 198-ton sternwheel paddle steamer foundered at Cairo, Illinois.[18] |
16 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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L. B. Winchester | American Civil War: Confederate forces scuttled the 180-ton sidewheel paddle steamer as a blockship in the Mississippi River in the Wash Channel near Island Number Ten. On 7 April, the partially submerged wreck was boarded and burned to the waterline.[19] |
19 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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Neptune | The 211-ton sternwheel paddle steamer struck a bridge on the Cumberland River at Clarksville, Tennessee.[20] |
22 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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Des Arc | The 276-ton sidewheel paddle steamer caught fire, probably while on the White River at Duvall's Bluff, Arkansas. After she was towed across the river, the sidewheel paddle steamer USS Queen of the West ( |
26 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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Empire | Partly loaded with cotton, the brig was lost on the North Edisto Bar off the coast of South Carolina.[22] |
27 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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George Washington | American Civil War, Union blockade: Carrying a cargo of rice, rice meal, and corn, the schooner was captured, scuttled, and burned in Bull's Bay off the coast of South Carolina near Cape Romain Light and the Santee River by an armed boat expedition from the bark USS Restless ( | |
Mary Louisa | American Civil War, Union blockade: Carrying a cargo of rice and corn, the sloop was captured and burned in the Santee River near Cape Romain, South Carolina, by an armed boat expedition from the bark USS Restless ( |
28 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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Minnesota Belle | The 225-ton sidewheel paddle steamer struck a snag and sank in the Illinois River at Liverpool, Illinois.[18] |
29 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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Unidentified schooner | American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner, loaded with a cargo of rice and cornmeal, was burned on the Santee River in South Carolina by a boat party from the bark USS Restless ( |
30 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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Cygnet | American Civil War, Union blockade: The pilot boat was captured at Appalachicola, Florida, by boats from the gunboat USS Sagamore ( | |
Mary Olivia | American Civil War, Union blockade: The pilot boat, a sloop, was captured at Appalachicola, Florida, by boats from the gunboat USS Sagamore ( | |
New Island | American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner was captured at Appalachicola, Florida, by boats from the gunboat USS Sagamore ( |
31 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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Albemarle | American Civil War: While evacuating wounded at New Bern, North Carolina, the sternwheel transport struck piles in New Bern Harbor and sank immediately. The screw steamer USS Louisiana ( |
Unknown date
Ship | Country | Description |
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Camilla (possibly renamed Memphis) |
American Civil War: The yacht was scuttled in Dunns Creek near Crescent City, Florida, to prevent her capture by Union forces.[12] She later was raised and repaired. | |
Fairfax | American Civil War: Confederate forces burned the full-rigged ship on Quantico Creek in Virginia in early March.[28] | |
Unidentified schooner | American Civil War: Confederate forces scuttled the schooner in Quantico Creek at Quantico, Virginia, in early March.[11] | |
Unidentified vessels | American Civil War: The vessels were scuttled as blockships in the Nottoway River in Virginia.[29] |
References
Notes
- ↑ Gaines, p. 30.
- ↑ Ingram, C. W. N., and Wheatley, P. O., (1936) Shipwrecks: New Zealand disasters 1795–1936. Dunedin, NZ: Dunedin Book Publishing Association. p. 76.
- ↑ "Belgian Merchant A-G" (PDF). Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 30 September 2010.
- ↑ Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks" (PDF). Swansea Docks. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
- 1 2 Gaines, p. 112.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 177.
- ↑ Gaines, pp. 177, 179.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 186.
- ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: George Page
- ↑ Gaines, p. 181.
- 1 2 Gaines, p. 192.
- 1 2 3 4 5 usnlp.org Navy Chronology of the Civil War, January-June 1862
- ↑ Ahoy - Mac's Web Log "Marauders of the Sea, Confederate Merchant Raiders During the American Civil War: CSS Sumter. 1861-1862. Captain Raphael Semmes"
- ↑ Gaines, p. 190.
- 1 2 Gaines, p. 115.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 133.
- 1 2 Gaines, p. 52.
- 1 2 Gaines, p. 53.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 99.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 161.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 9.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 145.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 146.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 151.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 157.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 39.
- 1 2 Gaines, p. 43.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 179.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 194.
Bibliography
- Gaines, W. Craig, Encyclopedia of Civil War Shipwrecks, Louisiana State University Press, 2008, ISBN 978-0-8071-3274-6.
Ship events in 1862 | |||||||||||
Ship launches: | 1857 | 1858 | 1859 | 1860 | 1861 | 1862 | 1863 | 1864 | 1865 | 1866 | 1867 |
Ship commissionings: | 1857 | 1858 | 1859 | 1860 | 1861 | 1862 | 1863 | 1864 | 1865 | 1866 | 1867 |
Ship decommissionings: | 1857 | 1858 | 1859 | 1860 | 1861 | 1862 | 1863 | 1864 | 1865 | 1866 | 1867 |
Shipwrecks: | 1857 | 1858 | 1859 | 1860 | 1861 | 1862 | 1863 | 1864 | 1865 | 1866 | 1867 |
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