List of shipwrecks in May 1862

The list of shipwrecks in May 1862 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during May 1862.

May 1862
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
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29 30 31 Unknown date

1 May

List of shipwrecks: 1 May 1862
ShipCountryDescription
Edwards United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The schooner was wrecked when driven ashore at Waitangi in New Zealand's Chatham Islands during a heavy gale. The crew all survived, but the ship and cargo were lost.[1]
Sarah  United Kingdom American Civil War, Union blockade: Pursued by the armed clipper USS Onward ( United States Navy), the 100-ton schooner, a blockade runner with assorted cargo from Nassau in the Bahamas, ran aground at Bulls Bay, South Carolina, and subsequently was burned by her crew to prevent Onward from capturing her.[2][3]

4 May

List of shipwrecks: 4 May 1862
ShipCountryDescription
CSS Beauregard  Confederate States Navy American Civil War: Bound from City Point, Virginia, to Norfolk, Virginia, with a cargo of coal for the broadside ironclad CSS Virginia ( Confederate States Navy), the schooner was captured and burned by Union forces at Ragged Island on the James River in Virginia.[2][4]
Champion  Confederate States American Civil War: Loaded with Confederate States Army stores and muskets, the sloop was burned by Confederate forces on the York River in Virginia about 9 miles (14.5 km) above Gloucester Point to prevent her capture by the armed sidewheel paddle steamer USS Corwin ( United States Navy).[2][4]
CSS General Scott  Confederate States Navy American Civil War: The guard boat, a steamer loaded with Confederate States Army stores, was burned by Confederate forces on the York River in Virginia about 9 miles (14.5 km) above Gloucester Point to prevent her capture by the armed sidewheel paddle steamer USS Corwin ( United States Navy).[2][5]

5 May

List of shipwrecks: 5 May 1862
ShipCountryDescription
City Belle  Confederate States The 215-ton sidewheel paddle steamer burned on the Red River of the South at Alexandria, Louisiana.[6]

6 May

List of shipwrecks: 6 May 1862
ShipCountryDescription
Fashion  Confederate States American Civil War, Union blockade: Attempting to run the Union blockade to take a cargo of cotton and turpentine to Havana, Cuba, the steamer was chased onto a reef in Berwick Bay in Louisiana by the gunboat USS Hatteras ( United States Navy) and was burned by her crew to prevent her capture by Hatteras.[7]

8 May

List of shipwrecks: 8 May 1862
ShipCountryDescription
Edwin Unknown American Civil War, Union blockade: Attempting to run the Union blockade during a voyage from Nassau in the Bahamas to Charleston, South Carolina, with a cargo of dry goods, the schooner was forced aground on Morris Island near Lighthouse Inlet off the coast of South Carolina by the armed sidewheel paddle steamer USS Alabama ( United States Navy).[8]
Oriental  United States American Civil War: The 1,202-ton screw transport was lost off the coast of North Carolina at Bodie Island.[9]
Unidentified schooner Unknown American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner was forced aground on at Lighthouse Inlet off the coast of South Carolina by the armed sidewheel paddle steamer USS Alabama ( United States Navy).[10]

9 May

List of shipwrecks: 9 May 1862
ShipCountryDescription
Helen  Confederate States American Civil War: The steam guard boat was burned by Confederate States Army troops at Pensacola, Florida, to prevent her capture by Union forces.[11][12]
Mary  Confederate States American Civil War: The steam guard boat was burned by Confederate States Army troops at Pensacola, Florida, to prevent her capture by Union forces.[13]

10 May

List of shipwrecks: 10 May 1862
ShipCountryDescription
Amazon  Confederate States American Civil War: Confederate forces scuttled the schooner as a blockship at Warmick Bar in the James River in Virginia.[14]
USS Cincinnati  United States Navy American Civil War, Battle of Plum Point Bend: The casemate ironclad sank in shallow water in the Mississippi River near Fort Pillow Tennessee, with 35 killed and wounded after being rammed by the ram CSS General Bragg ( Confederate States Navy).[2][15] She was reloated, repaired, and returned to service.[15]
CSS Fulton  Confederate States Navy American Civil War: The sidewheel paddle steamer was burned by Confederate forces while laid up at the Pensacola Navy Yard in Pensacola, Florida, to prevent her capture by Union forces.
CSS Germantown  Confederate States Navy American Civil War: The floating battery was filled and sand and sunk as a blockship in the Elizabeth River in Virginia by Confederate forces. Union forces refloated her in April 1863.[16][5]
USS Mound City  United States Navy American Civil War, Battle of Plum Point Bend: The casemate ironclad ran herself aground in the Mississippi River near Fort Pillow Tennessee, to avoid sinking after being rammed by the ram CSS General Earl Van Dorn ( Confederate States Navy).[2] She was reloated, repaired, and returned to service.
CSS Norfolk  Confederate States Navy American Civil War: The incomplete screw gunboat was burned on the building ways at Gosport Navy Yard in Portsmouth, Virginia, to prevent her capture by Union forces.[17][18]
CSS Plymouth  Confederate States Navy American Civil War: The sloop-of-war was scuttled at the Gosport Navy Yard in Portsmouth, Virginia, to prevent her capture by Union forces.[19]
CSS Portsmouth  Confederate States Navy American Civil War: The incomplete screw gunboat was burned on the building ways at Gosport Navy Yard in Portsmouth, Virginia, to prevent her capture by Union forces.[20][19]

10-11 May

List of shipwrecks: 10-11 May 1862
ShipCountryDescription
William Seldon  Confederate States American Civil War: Confederate forces burned the 378-ton sidewheel paddle steamer at Norfolk, Virginia, to prevent her capture by Union forces.[21]

11 May

List of shipwrecks: 11 May 1862
ShipCountryDescription
CSS Virginia  Confederate States Navy
Currier and Ives lithograph of the scuttling of CSS Virginia
American Civil War: The casemate ironclad was scuttled by exploding her black powder magazine in Hampton Roads off Craney Island, Virginia, to prevent her capture by Union forces after she ran aground.[22]

15 May

List of shipwrecks: 15 May 1862
ShipCountryDescription
CSS Jamestown  Confederate States Navy
A Mathew Brady photograph of the wreck of CSS Jamestown.
American Civil War: The sidewheel paddle steamer, also known as CSS Thomas Jefferson, was scuttled as a blockship in the James River at Drewry's Bluff, Virginia.[23]

17 May

List of shipwrecks: 17 May 1862
ShipCountryDescription
Alert  Confederate States American Civil War: The full-rigged ship was scuttled in the Pamunkey River at Bassett's Landing, 25 miles (40 km) above White House, Virginia.[14]
Ann Bell  Confederate States American Civil War: The full-rigged ship was scuttled in the Pamunkey River at Bassett's Landing, 25 miles (40 km) above White House, Virginia.[14]
Betsey Richards  Confederate States American Civil War: The full-rigged ship was scuttled as a blockship by Confederate forces in the Pamunkey River at Bassett's Landing, 25 miles (40 km) above White House, Virginia.[14]
Francis and Theodore  Confederate States American Civil War: The full-rigged ship was burned on the Pamunkey River at Bassett's Landing, 25 miles (40 km) above White House, Virginia.[24]
J. R. Baylis  Confederate States American Civil War: The full-rigged ship sank in the Pamunkey River near Bassett's Landing, 25 miles (40 km) above White House, Virginia.[25]
James Braden  Confederate States American Civil War: The full-rigged ship was scuttled by Confederate forces in the Pamunkey River at Bassett's Landing, 25 miles (40 km) above White House, Virginia.[23]
Jefferson  Confederate States American Civil War: The transport was burned by Confederate forces on the Pamunkey River near New Castle, Virginia, to prevent her capture by Union forces.[25]
John Allen  Confederate States American Civil War: The schooner was scuttled as a blockship by Confederate forces in the Pamunkey River at Bassett's Landing, 25 miles (40 km) above White House, Virginia.[25]
Little Wave  Confederate States American Civil War: The full-rigged ship was scuttled as a blockship by Confederate forces in the Pamunkey River at Bassett's Landing, 25 miles (40 km) above White House, Virginia.[26]
Logan  Confederate States American Civil War: The sidewheel paddle steamer was burned on the Pamunkey River at Bassett's Landing, 25 miles (40 km) above White House, Virginia, to prevent her capture by the approaching gunboat USS Currituck and tug USS Seth Low (both  United States Navy).[27][26]
Margaret Schultz  Confederate States American Civil War: The full-rigged ship was burned on the Pamunkey River at New Castle, Virginia, to prevent her capture by Union forces.[26]
Mary Alice  Confederate States American Civil War: The full-rigged ship was scuttled as a blockship by Confederate forces in the Pamunkey River at Bassett's Landing, 25 miles (40 km) above White House, Virginia.[26]
Mary Baxter  Confederate States American Civil War: The full-rigged ship was scuttled as a blockship by Confederate forces in the Pamunkey River at Bassett's Landing, 25 miles (40 km) above White House, Virginia.[26]
Mirage  Confederate States American Civil War: The full-rigged ship was scuttled as a blockship by Confederate forces in the Pamunkey River at Bassett's Landing, 25 miles (40 km) above White House, Virginia.[18]
O. Whitmond  Confederate States American Civil War: The full-rigged ship was scuttled and burned by Confederate forces on the Pamunkey River near New Castle, Virginia.[18]
Oxford  Confederate States American Civil War: The 85-ton schooner was scuttled as a blockship by Confederate forces in the Pamunkey River at Bassett's Landing, 25 miles (40 km) above White House, Virginia.[18]
Paragon  Confederate States American Civil War: The sloop was scuttled as a blockship by Confederate forces in the Pamunkey River near Bassett's Landing, 25 miles (40 km) above White House, Virginia.[19]
Sarah Washington  Confederate States American Civil War: The schooner was scuttled by Confederate forces in the Pamunkey River at Bassett's Landing, 25 miles (40 km) above White House, Virginia.[28]
Sea Witch  Confederate States American Civil War: The full-rigged ship was scuttled by Confederate forces in the Pamunkey River at Bassett's Landing, 25 miles (40 km) above White House, Virginia.[28]
Union  Confederate States American Civil War: The full-rigged ship was scuttled by Confederate forces in the Pamunkey River at Bassett's Landing, 25 miles (40 km) above White House, Virginia.[29]
Virginia  Confederate States American Civil War: The full-rigged ship was scuttled as a blockship by Confederate forces in the Pamunkey River at New Castle, Virginia.[29]
Walton  Confederate States American Civil War: The full-rigged ship was scuttled as a blockship by Confederate forces in the Pamunkey River at New Castle, Virginia.[30]
Watchman  Confederate States American Civil War: The vessel was scuttled by Confederate forces in the Pamunkey River at New Castle, Virginia.[30]
Wave  Confederate States American Civil War: The vessel was scuttled by Confederate forces in the Pamunkey River at New Castle, Virginia.[30]
Wild Pigeon  Confederate States American Civil War: The vessel was scuttled by Confederate forces in the Pamunkey River near Bassett's Landing, 25 miles (40 km) above White House, Virginia.[30]
William and Wesley Unknown American Civil War: The vessel was scuttled by Confederate forces in the Pamunkey River near Bassett's Landing, 25 miles (40 km) above White House, Virginia.[30]
William Francis  Confederate States American Civil War: The vessel was scuttled by Confederate forces in the Pamunkey River near Bassett's Landing, 25 miles (40 km) above White House, Virginia.[30]
William S. Ryland Unknown American Civil War: The full-rigged ship was burned by Confederate forces in the Pamunkey River at New Castle, Virginia.[21]
William Shamberg Unknown American Civil War: The schooner was scuttled by Confederate forces in the Pamunkey River at New Castle, Virginia.[21]

21-22 May

List of shipwrecks: 21-22 May 1862
ShipCountryDescription
Joseph  Confederate States American Civil War: The brig was burned on the Waccamaw River in South Carolina to prevent her capture by Union forces when United States Navy gunboats were sighted near Georgetown, South Carolina.[31]

25 May

List of shipwrecks: 25 May 1862
ShipCountryDescription
Kate Unknown American Civil War, Union blockade: After being forced to run ashore on the east end of Sullivan's Island near Breach Inlet off Charleston, South Carolina, by the armed sidewheel paddle steamer USS Augusta ( United States Navy), the schooner was shelled during a storm by the armed screw steamer USS Pocahontas and the armed schooner USS G. W. Blunt (both  United States Navy).[31]
Nellie  Confederate States American Civil War, Union blockade: Attempting to run the Union blockade from Nassau in the Bahamas to Charleston, South Carolina, with a cargo of medicine and merchandise, the sidewheel paddle steamer was run aground off Charleston either on the south end North Island or on Isle of Palms after a United States Navy armed schooner fired on her off Dewee Island.[32]

27 May

List of shipwrecks: 27 May 1862
ShipCountryDescription
Pocahontas  United States The 426-ton screw steamer was stranded at Long Point, Ontario.[33]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date May 1862
ShipCountryDescription
American Coaster  Confederate States American Civil War: Confederate forces burned the full-rigged ship at Cooke's Island on the Pamunkey River in Virginia sometime between 5 and 10 May.[14]
California  Confederate States American Civil War: Confederate forces burned the schooner and sank her as a blockship at Cumberland Landing on the Pamunkey River in Virginia sometime between 5 and 10 May.[4]
Caroline Baker  Confederate States American Civil War: Confederate forces burned the schooner and sank her as a blockship at Cumberland Landing on the Pamunkey River in Virginia sometime between 5 and 10 May.[4]
Claudio  Confederate States American Civil War: Confederate forces scuttled the full-rigged ship as a blockship in the Pamunkey River at White House, Virginia, sometime between 5 and 10 May.[4]
David Vaname  Confederate States American Civil War: Confederate forces burned the schooner at Cooke's Island on the Pamunkey River in Virginia sometime between 5 and 10 May.[14]
Diana Hopkins  Confederate States American Civil War: Confederate forces burned the schooner at Cooke's Island on the Pamunkey River in Virginia sometime between 5 and 10 May.[14]
Experiment  Confederate States American Civil War: Confederate forces scuttled the schooner at Cooke's Island on the Pamunkey River in Virginia sometime between 5 and 10 May.[34]
Euphrates  United States The 587-ton screw steamer was stranded at Sandusky, Ohio.[35]
Friendship  Confederate States American Civil War: Confederate forces scuttled the schooner as a blockship at Cooke's Island on the Pamunkey River in Virginia sometime between 5 and 10 May.[5]
Hannah Ann  Confederate States American Civil War: Confederate forces scuttled the schooner at Cooke's Island on the Pamunkey River in Virginia sometime between 5 and 10 May.[23]
J & G Fair  Confederate States American Civil War: Confederate forces scuttled the full-rigged ship at Cooke's Landing on the Pamunkey River in Virginia sometime between 5 and 10 May.[23]
J. T. Connor  Confederate States American Civil War: Confederate forces scuttled the full-rigged ship as a blockship at Cooke's Island on the Pamunkey River in Virginia sometime between 5 and 10 May.[25]
Jenny Lind  Confederate States American Civil War: Confederate forces scuttled the steamer at Garlick's Landing on the Pamunkey River in Virginia sometime between 5 and 10 May.[25]
CSS Jesup  Confederate States Navy American Civil War: Confederate forces partially destroyed the gunboat while she was still under construction at Norfolk, Virginia, to prevent her capture by Union forces. The Union rebuilt her and placed her in United States Army service.[25]
Josephine  Confederate States American Civil War: Confederate forces scuttled the schooner as a blockship at Cooke's Island on the Pamunkey River in Virginia sometime between 6 and 10 May.[25]
King William  Confederate States American Civil War: Confederate forces scuttled the full-rigged ship as a blockship at Cooke's Island on the Pamunkey River in Virginia sometime between 5 and 10 May.[25]
Little Addie  Confederate States American Civil War: Confederate forces scuttled the full-rigged ship in the Pamunkey River near White House, Virginia, sometime between 5 and 10 May.[26]
Mary Elizabeth  Confederate States American Civil War: Confederate forces destroyed the full-rigged ship in the Pamunkey River at Cooke's Island in Virginia sometime between 5 and 10 May to prevent her capture by Union forces.[26]
Mary Luyster  Confederate States American Civil War: Confederate forces scuttled the full-rigged ship as a blockship in the Pamunkey River at Cooke's Island in Virginia sometime between 5 and 10 May.[18]
Palestine  Confederate States American Civil War: Confederate forces scuttled the schooner in the Pamunkey River at Cooke's Island in Virginia sometime between 5 and 10 May.[18]
Planter  Confederate States American Civil War: Confederate forces scuttled the full-rigged ship as a blockship in the Pamunkey River at Cooke's Island in Virginia sometime between 5 and 10 May.[19]
Pole Star United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The schooner was lost with all crew and nine passengers in New Zealand's Bay of Plenty. The ship was carrying shingle between Auckland and Napier, which may have shifted during a gale, causing the ship to capsize. The master of the vessel Planet reported sighting an upturned vessel near White Island on 22 May.[36]
Princess  Confederate States American Civil War: Confederate forces scuttled the schooner in the Pamunkey River at Cooke's Island in Virginia sometime between 5 and 10 May.[19]
Reliance  Confederate States American Civil War: Confederate forces burned the full-rigged ship in the Pamunkey River at Indian Town, Virginia, sometime between 5 and 10 May.[28]
R. P. Waller  Confederate States American Civil War: Confederate forces scuttled the schooner at Cooke's Island in the Pamunkey River in Virginia sometime between 5 and 10 May.[28]
Sarah Ann  Confederate States American Civil War: Confederate forces scuttled the schooner at Cooke's Island in the Pamunkey River in Virginia sometime between 5 and 10 May.[28]
Star  Confederate States American Civil War: Confederate forces destroyed the full-rigged ship at Garlick's Landing on the Pamunkey River in Virginia sometime between 5 and 10 May.[37]
Way  Confederate States American Civil War: Confederate forces scuttled the schooner at Cumberland, Virginia, sometime between 5 and 10 May.[30]
William Edward  Confederate States American Civil War: Confederate forces destroyed the vessel at Cooke's Island on the Pamunkey River in Virginia sometime between 5 and 10 May.[37]
Unidentified light vessel Unknown Wrecked at sea, the light vessel drifted onto a beach at Cape Henry on the coast of Virginia.[21]
Unidentified vessel  Confederate States American Civil War: Confederate forces burned the vessel near Fish Haul on the Pamunkey River in Virginia sometime between 5 and 10 May.[38]

References

Notes

  1. ↑ Ingram & Wheatley, p. 77.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 usnlp.org Navy Chronology of the Civil War, January-June 1862
  3. ↑ Gaines, p. 155.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Gaines, p. 176.
  5. 1 2 3 Gaines, p. 181.
  6. ↑ Gaines, p. 62.
  7. ↑ Gaines, p. 64.
  8. ↑ Gaines, p. 145.
  9. ↑ Gaines, p. 125.
  10. ↑ Gaines, p. 157.
  11. ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Helen
  12. ↑ Gaines, p. 41.
  13. ↑ Gaines, p. 43.
  14. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Gaines, p. 175.
  15. 1 2 Gaines, p. 92.
  16. ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Germantown
  17. ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Norfolk
  18. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Gaines, p. 185.
  19. 1 2 3 4 5 Gaines, p. 186.
  20. ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Portsmouth
  21. 1 2 3 4 Gaines, p. 191.
  22. ↑ Gaines, pp. 189-190.
  23. 1 2 3 4 Gaines, p. 182.
  24. ↑ Gaines, p. 180.
  25. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Gaines, p. 183.
  26. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Gaines, p. 184.
  27. ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Logan
  28. 1 2 3 4 5 Gaines, p. 187.
  29. 1 2 Gaines, p. 189.
  30. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Gaines, p. 190.
  31. 1 2 Gaines, p. 149.
  32. ↑ Gaines, p. 152.
  33. ↑ Gaines, p. 56.
  34. ↑ Gaines, p. 179.
  35. ↑ Gaines, p. 55.
  36. ↑ Ingram & Wheatley, pp. 77–78.
  37. 1 2 Gaines, p. 188.
  38. ↑ Gaines, p. 193.

Bibliography


Ship events in 1862
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