List of shipwrecks in May 1865

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

May 1865
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
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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

4 May

List of shipwrecks: 4 May 1865
ShipCountryDescription
Success unknown The 287-ton barque was wrecked south of Nelson, New Zealand while en route from Newcastle, New South Wales to Wellington.[1]

5 May

List of shipwrecks: 5 May 1865
ShipCountryDescription
Golden Rule  United States The 2,267-ton sidewheel paddle steamer was stranded on Roncador Reef in the Caribbean Sea off the coast of Nicaragua with 635 passengers on board. They were rescued a week later.[2]

7 May

List of shipwrecks: 7 May 1865
ShipCountryDescription
Sylph  United States The steamer ran ashore on the Savannah River in Georgia above and north of Fort Pulaski.[3]

8 May

List of shipwrecks: 8 May 1865
ShipCountryDescription
USS Glasgow  United States Navy The sidewheel gunboat struck a submerged obstruction and sank in Mobile Bay off Mobile, Alabama. She was refloated on 19 June 1865 and returned to service on 1 July 1866.[4]
Hattie  United Kingdom The 284-gross ton sidewheel paddle steamer was lost in the Atlantic Ocean.[5]
Mary  United Kingdom The crew of the 97-ton Beaumaris schooner carrying china clay from Par, Cornwall, England, to Runcorn, Cheshire, England, struck the Runnel Stone but survived.[4]

12 May

List of shipwrecks: 12 May 1865
ShipCountryDescription
Abeona or Adeona United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New South Wales The schooner grounded on a spit at the mouth of New Zealand's Whanganui River and could not be refloated.[6]
Fiery Star  United Kingdom The disabled clipper sank in the Pacific Ocean about 25 nautical miles from New Zealand in the vicinity of 37°05′S 175°42′E / 37.083°S 175.700°E / -37.083; 175.700 (Fiery Star) due to damage caused by a fire on board that had been discovered on 19 April during a storm and had never been put out. The barque Dauntless (flag unknown) rescued the 18 people remaining aboard Fiery Star. Another 87 people who had abandoned Fiery Star in four lifeboats on 20 April disappeared without trace.
Oak United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The 120-ton brigantine was the first of several ships wrecked during a three-day gale at Hokitika. She arrived at the town from Invercargill, but was caught by a fierce current and driven ashore, where she was pummeled by a storm surge. All passengers and crew survived, but several of the livestock that were being transported were lost.[7]

13 May

List of shipwrecks: 13 May 1865
ShipCountryDescription
E. O. Stanard  United States Carrying stores for an expedition by Brigadier General Alfred Sully ( Union Army), the 281-ton sidewheel paddle steamer struck a snag and sank in the Missouri River at De Soto Bend.[8]

14 May

List of shipwrecks: 14 May 1865
ShipCountryDescription
Amazon  United States The lumber schooner ran aground on the coast of California at the entrance to San Francisco Bay at Cliff House.[9]
Gannet United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The 27-top cutter (or sloop), carrying timber from Picton was driven ashore by a heavy sea during a gale at Hokitika.[10]
Glasgow United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The 47-ton schooner was buffeted by a heavy sea during a gale, losing her rudder and anchor cable. She was carried onto a beach to the south of the mouth of the Hokitika River.[11]

15 May

List of shipwrecks: 15 May 1865
ShipCountryDescription
Minnehaha  United States The 531-ton sdewheel paddle steamer burned at New Orleans, Louisiana.[12]

16 May

List of shipwrecks: 16 May 1865
ShipCountryDescription
Choice United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Victoria (Australia) The 162-ton brigantine was wrecked at New Plymouth, New Zealand, when she dragged her anchors and went onshore during a heavy gale.[13]

18 May

List of shipwrecks: 18 May 1865
ShipCountryDescription
Palinurus United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The coal-laden ketch was wrecked at Sumner when the wind dropped suddenly while she was crossing a sandbar.[13]

19 May

List of shipwrecks: 19 May 1865
ShipCountryDescription
Burd Levi  United States The 205-ton sternwheel paddle steamer exploded on the Ohio River at West Franklin, Indiana, killing five people.[14]

20 May

List of shipwrecks: 20 May 1865
ShipCountryDescription
City of Dunedin United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The 327-ton paddle steamer left Wellington for Nelson on 20 May. Cook Strait at the time had a heavy swell, and it is thought she may have been cast onto rocks near Cape Terawhiti. Wreckage was found later in the month. Approximately 40 crew and passengers were lost.[15]
Wakool United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The 46-ton steamer was driven ashore by a gale north of the mouth of the Hokitika River, and as a result broke amidships.[10]

21 May

List of shipwrecks: 21 May 1865
ShipCountryDescription
Julia  United States Carrying a cargo of corn for an expedition by Brigadier General Alfred Sully ( Union Army), the steamer sank in the Missouri River about 10 miles (16 km) below Sioux City, Iowa.[16]

24 May

List of shipwrecks: 24 May 1865
ShipCountryDescription
Alliance United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The 73-ton schooner was beached to the north of the mouth of the Waikato River when her sails were blown to shreds by a heavy gale.[17]
Delaware  United States The 616- or 650-ton sidewheel paddle steamer was lost on the St. Johns River on the coast of Florida inside St. Johns Bar.[18]
Denbigh  United Kingdom American Civil War, Union blockade: Pursued by the armed sidewheel paddle steamers USS Cornubia and USS Fort Jackson and the armed screw steamer USS Princess Royal (all  United States Navy) while trying to run the Union blockade during a voyage from Havana, Cuba, to Galveston, Texas, the 250-gross ton sidewheel paddle steamer ran aground on the coast of Texas on Bird Key Spit near Bolivar Point. U.S. Navy warships shelled and wrecked her. A boarding party from the gunboat USS Kennebec and the sloop-of-war USS Seminole (both  United States Navy) burned her on 25 May, making her the last blockade runner destroyed during the American Civil War.[19]
Lecompt  Confederate States of America American Civil War, Union blockade: Pursued by the sidewheel paddle steamer USS Cornubia ( United States Navy), the schooner ran aground on the coast of Texas at Bird Key Spit in Galveston Bay. She was set afaire by Union forces and became a wreck on Bolivar Point Beach.[20][21]

25 May

List of shipwrecks: 25 May 1865
ShipCountryDescription
Colonel Cowles  United States American Civil War: The full-rigged ship was destroyed in port at Mobile, Alabama, when a nearby captured Confederate warehouse filled with ammunition exploded.[22]
Kate Dale  United States American Civil War: The 428-bulk ton sidewheel paddle steamer was set afire and destroyed in port at Mobile, Alabama, when a nearby captured Confederate warehouse filled with ammunition exploded.[23]

26 May

List of shipwrecks: 26 May 1865
ShipCountryDescription
CSS Viper  Confederate States Navy American Civil War: Captured by Union Army forces in April, the torpedo boat was under tow from Appalachicola, Florida, to Key West, Florida, by the screw steamer USS Yucca ( United States Navy) when she sprang a leak during a storm and sank in the Gulf of Mexico. A U.S. Navy prize crew aboard her was removed safely before she sank.[24]

28 May

List of shipwrecks: 28 May 1865
ShipCountryDescription
Abigail  United States American Civil War: The whaler, a bark, was burned near the Shantar Islands in the northwestern Sea of Okhotsk at 57°07′N 153°01′E / 57.117°N 153.017°E / 57.117; 153.017 (Abigail) by the merchant raider CSS Shenandoah ( Confederate States Navy). Shenandoah had captured Abigail on 27 May.[25][26][27]
Pilot United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The cutter broke up on a sandspit at the mouth of West Wanganui Inlet (possibly Whanganui Inlet on the South Island's West Coast).[17]

29 May

List of shipwrecks: 29 May 1865
ShipCountryDescription
Governor Troup  United States Carrying over 200 passenger and crew and a cargo of cotton, the 155-ton sidewheel paddle steamer ran into the South Carolina bank of the Savannah River below Augusta, Georgia, killing 40 people.[28]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: 27 May 1865
ShipCountryDescription
Blue Bell United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The ketch left Hokitika for Greymouth sometime in May, and was not seen again. She may have capsized in a gale. She had a crew of four.[17]
Cora II  United States Carrying a cargo of stores and ordnance for an expedition by brigadier General Alfred Sully ( Union Army), the 215-ton sternwheel paddle steamer sank in the Missouri River near De Soto and Fort Calhoun in Nebraska Territory on 1 or 4 May.[8]
Dolly  Confederate States of America American Civil War: After being seized by Union forces in May 1863 at Edwards Ferry, North Carolina, the steamer was sunk in a canal along with a lighter carrying a cargo of iron plates. The sinking of both vessels was reported on 27 May.[29][30]
Eagle Unknown The schooner was stranded on the coast of California at Russian Gulch during a gale.[31]
Kate  United Kingdom The 245-ton brig was wrecked near New Plymouth, New Zealand. She was becalmed and driven on shore by a heavy swell.[13]
Kate Williams United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The schooner left Hicks Bay for Auckland early in May, and was either wrecked on the coast or foundered at sea.[17]
Mars  United States The 55-ton sidewheel paddle steamer struck a snag and sank in the Missouri River at Coughlan's Landing across from the mouth of the Fishing River.[16]
Mercury  United States The 184-ton sternwheel paddle steamer was beached and sank in the Mississippi River at Harrison's Landing below St. Louis, Missouri, after colliding with Hard Times (flag unknown).[32]
Pliny F. Barton  United States The 40-ton screw steamer burned on the St. Clair River in Michigan.[33]

References

Notes

  1. ↑ Ingram & Wheatley, p. 110.
  2. ↑ Gaines, p. 34.
  3. ↑ Gaines, p. 51.
  4. 1 2 Noall, C. (1968) Cornish Shipwrecks Illustrated. Truro: Tor Mark Press; pp. 23
  5. ↑ Gaines, p. 14.
  6. ↑ Ingram & Wheatley, pp. 110–111.
  7. ↑ Ingram & Wheatley, p. 118.
  8. 1 2 Gaines, p. 106.
  9. ↑ Gaines, p. 25.
  10. 1 2 Ingram & Wheatley, p. 119.
  11. ↑ Ingram & Wheatley, pp. 118–119.
  12. ↑ Gaines, p. 70.
  13. 1 2 3 Ingram & Wheatley, p. 111.
  14. ↑ Gaines, p. 134.
  15. ↑ Ingram & Wheatley, pp. 111–112.
  16. 1 2 Gaines, p. 107.
  17. 1 2 3 4 Ingram & Wheatley, p. 112.
  18. ↑ Gaines, p. 39.
  19. ↑ Gaines p. 168.
  20. ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Lecompt
  21. ↑ Gaines, pp. 169-170.
  22. ↑ Gaines, p. 3.
  23. ↑ Gaines, p. 4.
  24. ↑ Gaines, p. 45.
  25. ↑ 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"
  26. ↑ Project Muse: Appendix. List of Prizes Taken by the CSS Shenandoah. Kept by Lt. William C. Whittle, Jr.
  27. ↑ Gaines, p. 139.
  28. ↑ Gaines, p. 147.
  29. ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Dolly
  30. ↑ Gaines, p. 117.
  31. ↑ Gaines, p. 27.
  32. ↑ Gaines, p. 99.
  33. ↑ Gaines, p. 81.

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Ship events in 1865
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