List of shipwrecks in November 1861

The list of shipwrecks in November 1861 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during November 1861.

1 November

List of shipwrecks: 1 November 1861

Ship	Country	Description
Marin	United States	The schooner was lost in Tomales Bay on the coast of California. It drifted onto Smith's Point on the east side of the bay. The crew got ashore safely, but the vessel was wrecked.[1]

1-2 November

List of shipwrecks: 1-2 November 1861

Ship	Country	Description
Union	United States	Carrying a cargo of rifle muskets, horses, gun carriages, and musket powder intended for use in the upcoming Battle of Port Royal, the 149-ton sidewheel transport was driven onto a beach on the coast of North Carolina 8 miles (13 km) east of Bogue Inlet during a storm on the night of 1-2 November and was wrecked.[2][3]

2 November

List of shipwrecks: 2 November 1861

Ship	Country	Description
Osceola	United States	Carrying a cargo of potatoes, vegetables, horses, and cattle to Port Royal, South Carolina, the 177-ton screw steamer was stranded in a gale off the coast of South Carolina at Day Breaker off North Island near Georgetown.[4]

3 November

List of shipwrecks: 3 November 1861

Ship	Country	Description
Governor	United States	American Civil War: The 644-ton sidewheel paddle steamer, bound for Port Royal, South Carolina, carrying 650 passengers – including a battalion of 385 United States Marines – and a cargo of 19,000 rounds of ammunition, was damaged by a storm and sank in the North Atlantic Ocean off Georgetown, South Carolina, while under tow by the armed screw steamer USS Isaac Smith ( United States Navy). With the bark Young Rover (flag unknown) standing by to assist, the frigate USS Sabine ( United States Navy) rescued everyone on board except for six people who died when they fell into the sea while trying to jump between the ships.[2][5][6]
Maritana	United Kingdom	The 991-ton full-rigged ship was lost on the Shag Rocks in Broad Sound off the coast of Massachusetts at 42°19′47″N 70°52′54″W / 42.32972°N 70.88167°W / 42.32972; -70.88167 (Maritana).[7]
Nathaniel Cogswell	Unknown	The bark was lost off Scituate, Massachusetts.[7]

5 November

List of shipwrecks: 5 November 1861

Ship	Country	Description
Prony	French Navy	American Civil War: The corvette, observing naval activities during the American Civil War on behalf of the French Navy, was wrecked without loss of life in the Atlantic Ocean off Ocracoke Inlet, North Carolina, during a storm.[8]

6 November

List of shipwrecks: 6 November 1861

Ship	Country	Description
Ada	Confederate States of America	American Civil War: Carrying a cargo of wood, the 120-ton schooner ran aground in Virginia, either 5 to 6 miles (8 to 10 km) from the mouth of the Curatona Branch of the Rappahannock River or on Corrotoman Creek, 26 miles (42 km) from the mouth of the Rappahannock River. She then was burned by a small-boat expedition from the armed screw steamer USS Rescue ( United States Navy).[2][9]
Huntress	Confederate States of America	American Civil War: The full-rigged ship was scuttled by Confederate forces as a blockship to obstruct Skull Creek in South Carolina.[10]
CSS Lady Davis	Confederate States Navy	American Civil War: The screw steamer was scuttled by Confederate forces as a blockship to obstruct Skull Creek in South Carolina.[11]
Unidentified light boats	Confederate States of America	American Civil War: The light boats were scuttled by Confederate forces as blockships to obstruct Skull Creek in South Carolina.[12]

7 November

List of shipwrecks: 7 November 1861

Ship	Country	Description
CSS Winslow	Confederate States Navy	The 207-ton armed sidewheel paddle steamer struck a submerged hulk on the coast of North Carolina at the entrance to Ocracoke Inlet while attempting to come to the aid of the wrecked corvette Prony ( French Navy) and was burned by her crew to prevent her capture by Union forces.[13][14]
Two unidentified light ships	Confederate States of America	The two light ships were burned by Confederate forces 3 miles (5 km) below Beaufort, South Carolina.[15]

8 November

List of shipwrecks: 8 November 1861

Ship	Country	Description
Cantilabria	French Navy	The 2,500-ton frigate ran aground on a shoal off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, during a gale. Her crew abandoned ship, and she caught fire and blew up.[16]
Royal Yacht	Confederate States of America	American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner was captured and burned at Galveston, Texas, by boat crews from the frigate USS Santee ( United States Navy).[2]

13 November

List of shipwrecks: 13 November 1861

Ship	Country	Description
Unidentified schooner	Confederate States of America	American Civil War, Union blockade: The 60-to-70-ton schooner was chased ashore on the coast of Texas at San Luis Bar by the armed schooner USS Sam Houston ( United States Navy) and was wrecked.[17]

14 November

List of shipwrecks: 14 November 1861

Ship	Country	Description
SMS Amazone	Prussian Navy	The corvette sank in a storm in the North Sea off the coast of the Netherlands with the loss of 107 lives.
Hanging Rock	Confederate States of America	The 96-ton sternwheel paddle steamer was stranded at Cannelton, Kentucky.[18]
Unidentified schooners	United States	Filled with stone, the schooners were scuttled as blockships in Ocracoke Inlet on the coast of North Carolina.[19]

16 November

19 November

List of shipwrecks: 26 November 1861

Ship	Country	Description
Harvey Birch	United States	American Civil War: The 1,482-ton clipper, bound from Le Havre, France, to New York City in ballast, was captured and burned in the North Atlantic Ocean south of Ireland near 49°06′N 09°52′W / 49.100°N 9.867°W / 49.100; -9.867 (Harvey Birch) by the merchant raider CSS Nashville ( Confederate States Navy).[20][2][21]

23 November

List of shipwrecks: 23 November 1861

Ship	Country	Description
CSS Tuscarora	Confederate States Navy	American Civil War: The gunboat was destroyed by an accidental fire on the Mississippi River at Helena, Arkansas.[2]

26 November

List of shipwrecks: 26 November 1861

Ship	Country	Description
Arcade	United States	American Civil War: The 121-ton schooner, carrying a cargo of barrel staves, was captured and burned in the North Atlantic Ocean north of the Leeward Islands at 20°27′N 57°15′W / 20.450°N 57.250°W / 20.450; -57.250 (Arcade) by the merchant raider CSS Sumter ( Confederate States Navy).[22][20][2]

30 November

List of shipwrecks: 30 November 1861

Ship	Country	Description
E. J. Waterman	Confederate States of America	American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner, carrying a cargo of coffee, ran aground on Tybee Island, Georgia, and was captured by the sloop-of-war USS Savannah ( United States Navy).[2]
Norman	United States	Carrying a cargo of coal, the schooner was wrecked on Block Island off the coast of Rhode Island.[23]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date November 1861

Ship	Country	Description
Gina Reed	Unknown	The schooner was stranded on the coast of California at Stewarts Point.[24]
Salopian	New Zealand	The schooner was wrecked on a sandbar at the mouth of the Taieri River, New Zealand, sometime prior to 20 November.[25]
Santa Clara	United States	American Civil War: Captured by the Confederate privateer Jefferson Davis in 1861, the 190-ton brig was sunk as a blockship by Confederate forces in the Savannah River in Georgia, probably near Fort Pulaski.[26]
Four unidentified hulks	Confederate States of America	American Civil War: The four hulks were sunk as blockships by Confederate forces in a narrow channel in the Savannah River in Georgia just below Fort Pulaski.[27]
Two unidentified vessels	United States	American Civil War: Two unidentified vessels captured by the Confederate privateer Jefferson Davis in 1861 were sunk as blockships along with the captured brig Santa Clara ( United States) by Confederate forces in the Savannah River in Georgia, probably near Fort Pulaski.[27]

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