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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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 |
4 May
Ship | Country | Description |
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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
Ship | Country | Description |
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Golden Rule | 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
Ship | Country | Description |
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Sylph | The steamer ran ashore on the Savannah River in Georgia above and north of Fort Pulaski.[3] |
8 May
Ship | Country | Description |
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USS Glasgow | 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 | The 284-gross ton sidewheel paddle steamer was lost in the Atlantic Ocean.[5] | |
Mary | 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
Ship | Country | Description |
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Abeona or Adeona | The schooner grounded on a spit at the mouth of New Zealand's Whanganui River and could not be refloated.[6] | |
Fiery Star | 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 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 | 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
Ship | Country | Description |
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E. O. Stanard | Carrying stores for an expedition by Brigadier General Alfred Sully ( |
14 May
Ship | Country | Description |
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Amazon | The lumber schooner ran aground on the coast of California at the entrance to San Francisco Bay at Cliff House.[9] | |
Gannet | The 27-top cutter (or sloop), carrying timber from Picton was driven ashore by a heavy sea during a gale at Hokitika.[10] | |
Glasgow | 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
Ship | Country | Description |
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Minnehaha | The 531-ton sdewheel paddle steamer burned at New Orleans, Louisiana.[12] |
16 May
Ship | Country | Description |
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Choice | 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
Ship | Country | Description |
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Palinurus | The coal-laden ketch was wrecked at Sumner when the wind dropped suddenly while she was crossing a sandbar.[13] |
19 May
Ship | Country | Description |
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Burd Levi | The 205-ton sternwheel paddle steamer exploded on the Ohio River at West Franklin, Indiana, killing five people.[14] |
20 May
Ship | Country | Description |
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City of Dunedin | 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 | 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
Ship | Country | Description |
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Julia | Carrying a cargo of corn for an expedition by Brigadier General Alfred Sully ( |
24 May
Ship | Country | Description |
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Alliance | 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 | 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 | 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 | |
Lecompt | American Civil War, Union blockade: Pursued by the sidewheel paddle steamer USS Cornubia ( |
25 May
Ship | Country | Description |
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Colonel Cowles | 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 | 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
Ship | Country | Description |
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CSS Viper | 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 ( |
28 May
Ship | Country | Description |
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Abigail | 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 by the merchant raider CSS Shenandoah ( | |
Pilot | 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
Ship | Country | Description |
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Governor Troup | 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
Ship | Country | Description |
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Blue Bell | 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 | Carrying a cargo of stores and ordnance for an expedition by brigadier General Alfred Sully ( | |
Dolly | 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 | 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 | The schooner left Hicks Bay for Auckland early in May, and was either wrecked on the coast or foundered at sea.[17] | |
Mars | 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 | 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 | The 40-ton screw steamer burned on the St. Clair River in Michigan.[33] |
References
Notes
- ↑ Ingram & Wheatley, p. 110.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 34.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 51.
- 1 2 Noall, C. (1968) Cornish Shipwrecks Illustrated. Truro: Tor Mark Press; pp. 23
- ↑ Gaines, p. 14.
- ↑ Ingram & Wheatley, pp. 110–111.
- ↑ Ingram & Wheatley, p. 118.
- 1 2 Gaines, p. 106.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 25.
- 1 2 Ingram & Wheatley, p. 119.
- ↑ Ingram & Wheatley, pp. 118–119.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 70.
- 1 2 3 Ingram & Wheatley, p. 111.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 134.
- ↑ Ingram & Wheatley, pp. 111–112.
- 1 2 Gaines, p. 107.
- 1 2 3 4 Ingram & Wheatley, p. 112.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 39.
- ↑ Gaines p. 168.
- ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Lecompt
- ↑ Gaines, pp. 169-170.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 3.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 4.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 45.
- ↑ 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"
- ↑ Project Muse: Appendix. List of Prizes Taken by the CSS Shenandoah. Kept by Lt. William C. Whittle, Jr.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 139.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 147.
- ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Dolly
- ↑ Gaines, p. 117.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 27.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 99.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 81.
Bibliography
- Gaines, W. Craig, Encyclopedia of Civil War shipwrecks, Louisiana State University Press, 2008, ISBN 978-0-8071-3274-6.
- Ingram, C. W. N., and Wheatley, P. O., (1936) Shipwrecks: New Zealand disasters 1795–1936. Dunedin, NZ: Dunedin Book Publishing Association.
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