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.
November 1861 | ||||||
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 | Unknown date |
1 November
Ship | Country | Description |
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Marin | 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
Ship | Country | Description |
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Union | 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
Ship | Country | Description |
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Osceola | 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
Ship | Country | Description |
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Governor | 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 ( | |
Maritana | 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.[7] | |
Nathaniel Cogswell | Unknown | The bark was lost off Scituate, Massachusetts.[7] |
5 November
Ship | Country | Description |
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Prony | 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
Ship | Country | Description |
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Ada | 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 ( | |
Huntress | 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 | 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 | American Civil War: The light boats were scuttled by Confederate forces as blockships to obstruct Skull Creek in South Carolina.[12] |
7 November
Ship | Country | Description |
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CSS Winslow | 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 ( | |
Two unidentified light ships | The two light ships were burned by Confederate forces 3 miles (5 km) below Beaufort, South Carolina.[15] |
8 November
Ship | Country | Description |
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Cantilabria | 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 | American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner was captured and burned at Galveston, Texas, by boat crews from the frigate USS Santee ( |
13 November
Ship | Country | Description |
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Unidentified schooner | 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 ( |
14 November
Ship | Country | Description |
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SMS Amazone | The corvette sank in a storm in the North Sea off the coast of the Netherlands with the loss of 107 lives. | |
Hanging Rock | The 96-ton sternwheel paddle steamer was stranded at Cannelton, Kentucky.[18] | |
Unidentified schooners | Filled with stone, the schooners were scuttled as blockships in Ocracoke Inlet on the coast of North Carolina.[19] |
16 November
Ship | Country | Description |
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Ninus | Unknown | The bark sank in the Sacramento River below R Street in Sacramento, California.[1] |
19 November
Ship | Country | Description |
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Harvey Birch | 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 by the merchant raider CSS Nashville ( |
23 November
Ship | Country | Description |
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CSS Tuscarora | American Civil War: The gunboat was destroyed by an accidental fire on the Mississippi River at Helena, Arkansas.[2] |
26 November
Ship | Country | Description |
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Arcade | 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 by the merchant raider CSS Sumter ( |
30 November
Ship | Country | Description |
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E. J. Waterman | 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 ( | |
Norman | Carrying a cargo of coal, the schooner was wrecked on Block Island off the coast of Rhode Island.[23] |
Unknown date
Ship | Country | Description |
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Gina Reed | Unknown | The schooner was stranded on the coast of California at Stewarts Point.[24] |
Salopian | The schooner was wrecked on a sandbar at the mouth of the Taieri River, New Zealand, sometime prior to 20 November.[25] | |
Santa Clara | 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 | 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 | 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 ( |
References
Notes
- 1 2 Gaines, p. 29.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 usnlp.org Navy Chronology of the Civil War, July-December 1861
- ↑ Gaines, p. 129.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 152.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 147.
- ↑ wrecksite.eu PSS Governor (+1861)
- 1 2 Gaines, p. 80.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 127.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 175.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 149.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 150.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 157.
- ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Winslow
- ↑ Gaines, p. 131.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 157.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 115.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 172.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 54.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 133.
- 1 2 Ahoy - Mac's Web Log "Marauders of the Sea, Confederate Merchant Raiders During the American Civil War: CSS Sumter. 1861-1862. Captain Raphael Semmes"
- ↑ Gaines, p. 36.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 12.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 140.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 27.
- ↑ Ingram, C. W. N., and Wheatley, P. O., (1936) Shipwrecks: New Zealand disasters 1795–1936. Dunedin, NZ: Dunedin Book Publishing Association. p. 74.
- ↑ Gaines, p. 50.
- 1 2 Gaines, p. 52.
Bibliography
- Gaines, W. Craig, Encyclopedia of Civil War Shipwrecks, Louisiana State University Press, 2008, ISBN 978-0-8071-3274-6.
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Ship commissionings: | 1856 | 1857 | 1858 | 1859 | 1860 | 1861 | 1862 | 1863 | 1864 | 1865 | 1866 |
Ship decommissionings: | 1856 | 1857 | 1858 | 1859 | 1860 | 1861 | 1862 | 1863 | 1864 | 1865 | 1866 |
Shipwrecks: | 1856 | 1857 | 1858 | 1859 | 1860 | 1861 | 1862 | 1863 | 1864 | 1865 | 1866 |
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