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
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

List of shipwrecks: 1 March 1862
ShipCountryDescription
Polynesia  United States 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

List of shipwrecks: 3–4 March 1862
ShipCountryDescription
Emma Eliza and Foam United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand 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

List of shipwrecks: 5 March 1862
ShipCountryDescription
Cantabria  Belgium The vessel foundered off San Sebastián de La Gomera, Canary Islands.[3]
Victoria & Albert  United Kingdom The schooner foundered on the Mixon Shoal in the Bristol Channel with the loss of all hands.[4]

6 March

List of shipwrecks: 6 March 1862
ShipCountryDescription
Actor  Confederate States American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner was sunk in the Pamlico River in North Carolina by the gunboat USS Ceres ( United States Navy). She later was refloated.[5]

8 March

List of shipwrecks: 8 March 1862
ShipCountryDescription
USS Congress  United States Navy
1887 illustration of USS Congress′s magazine exploding.
American Civil War: Battle of Hampton Roads: The sailing frigate ran aground in Hampton Roads off Newport News, Virginia, while in combat with the casemate ironclad Virginia and five other ships (all  Confederate States Navy). Set afire by gunfire from Virginia, her magazine exploded and she burned down to the waterline with the loss of 136 lives. Her hulk was raised in September 1865 and sold for demolition.[6]
USS Cumberland  United States Navy
Wreck of USS Cumberland, 1862 watercolor.
American Civil War, Battle of Hampton Roads: The sailing frigate was rammed and sunk by the casemate ironclad Virginia ( Confederate States Navy) in Hampton Roads off Newport News, Virginia, with 121 killed.[7]
Pendulum  United States Navy 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

List of shipwrecks: 9 March 1862
ShipCountryDescription
CSS George Page  Confederate States Navy 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  United States American Civil War, Battle of Hampton Roads: The schooner was set afire at Hampton Roads, Virginia, during combat between the monitor USS Monitor ( United States Navy) and the broadside ironclad CSS Virginia ( Confederate States Navy).[11]

10 March

List of shipwrecks: 10 March 1862
ShipCountryDescription
USS Whitehall  United States Navy 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

List of shipwrecks: 14 March 1862
ShipCountryDescription
Caroline Virginia  Confederate States American Civil War, Battle of New Bern: The schooner was wrecked off New Bern, North Carolina.[15]
Chatham  Confederate States 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  Confederate States 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

List of shipwrecks: 15 March 1862
ShipCountryDescription
C. Vanderbilt  United Kingdom 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 ( United States Navy) later found 17 survivors with one of C. Vanderbilt′s lifeboats that had been beached on the coast of Florida near Pensacola.[17]
Enterprise  Confederate States The 372-bulk-ton sidewheel paddle steamer foundered in the Gulf of Mexico during a storm on or about 15 March.[17]
John Gault  United States The 198-ton sternwheel paddle steamer foundered at Cairo, Illinois.[18]

16 March

List of shipwrecks: 16 March 1862
ShipCountryDescription
L. B. Winchester  Confederate States 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

List of shipwrecks: 19 March 1862
ShipCountryDescription
Neptune  United States The 211-ton sternwheel paddle steamer struck a bridge on the Cumberland River at Clarksville, Tennessee.[20]

22 March

List of shipwrecks: 22 March 1862
ShipCountryDescription
Des Arc  United States 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 ( United States Navy) sank her with gunfire to prevent the fire from spreading to other steamers nearby.[21]

26 March

List of shipwrecks: 26 March 1862
ShipCountryDescription
Empire  United States Partly loaded with cotton, the brig was lost on the North Edisto Bar off the coast of South Carolina.[22]

27 March

List of shipwrecks: 27 March 1862
ShipCountryDescription
George Washington  Confederate States 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 ( United States Navy).[12][23]
Mary Louisa  Confederate States 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 ( United States Navy).[12][24]

28 March

List of shipwrecks: 28 March 1862
ShipCountryDescription
Minnesota Belle  United States The 225-ton sidewheel paddle steamer struck a snag and sank in the Illinois River at Liverpool, Illinois.[18]

29 March

List of shipwrecks: 29 March 1862
ShipCountryDescription
Unidentified schooner  Confederate States 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 ( United States Navy).[12][25]

30 March

List of shipwrecks: 30 March 1862
ShipCountryDescription
Cygnet  Confederate States American Civil War, Union blockade: The pilot boat was captured at Appalachicola, Florida, by boats from the gunboat USS Sagamore ( United States Navy), then was run aground on a 7-foot (2.1-meter) bar and burned.[26]
Mary Olivia  Confederate States American Civil War, Union blockade: The pilot boat, a sloop, was captured at Appalachicola, Florida, by boats from the gunboat USS Sagamore ( United States Navy), then was run aground on a 7-foot (2.1-meter) bar and burned.[27]
New Island  Confederate States American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner was captured at Appalachicola, Florida, by boats from the gunboat USS Sagamore ( United States Navy), then was run aground on a 7-foot (2.1-meter) bar and burned.[27]

31 March

List of shipwrecks: 31 March 1862
ShipCountryDescription
Albemarle  United States 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 ( United States Navy) destroyed her wreck on 4 April.[5]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date March 1862
ShipCountryDescription
Camilla
(possibly renamed Memphis)		  Confederate States 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  Confederate States American Civil War: Confederate forces burned the full-rigged ship on Quantico Creek in Virginia in early March.[28]
Unidentified schooner  Confederate States American Civil War: Confederate forces scuttled the schooner in Quantico Creek at Quantico, Virginia, in early March.[11]
Unidentified vessels  Confederate States American Civil War: The vessels were scuttled as blockships in the Nottoway River in Virginia.[29]

References

Notes

  1. ↑ Gaines, p. 30.
  2. ↑ Ingram, C. W. N., and Wheatley, P. O., (1936) Shipwrecks: New Zealand disasters 1795–1936. Dunedin, NZ: Dunedin Book Publishing Association. p. 76.
  3. ↑ "Belgian Merchant A-G" (PDF). Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 30 September 2010.
  4. ↑ Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks" (PDF). Swansea Docks. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
  5. 1 2 Gaines, p. 112.
  6. ↑ Gaines, p. 177.
  7. ↑ Gaines, pp. 177, 179.
  8. ↑ Gaines, p. 186.
  9. ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: George Page
  10. ↑ Gaines, p. 181.
  11. 1 2 Gaines, p. 192.
  12. 1 2 3 4 5 usnlp.org Navy Chronology of the Civil War, January-June 1862
  13. ↑ Ahoy - Mac's Web Log "Marauders of the Sea, Confederate Merchant Raiders During the American Civil War: CSS Sumter. 1861-1862. Captain Raphael Semmes"
  14. ↑ Gaines, p. 190.
  15. 1 2 Gaines, p. 115.
  16. ↑ Gaines, p. 133.
  17. 1 2 Gaines, p. 52.
  18. 1 2 Gaines, p. 53.
  19. ↑ Gaines, p. 99.
  20. ↑ Gaines, p. 161.
  21. ↑ Gaines, p. 9.
  22. ↑ Gaines, p. 145.
  23. ↑ Gaines, p. 146.
  24. ↑ Gaines, p. 151.
  25. ↑ Gaines, p. 157.
  26. ↑ Gaines, p. 39.
  27. 1 2 Gaines, p. 43.
  28. ↑ Gaines, p. 179.
  29. ↑ Gaines, p. 194.

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