List of shipwrecks in October 1862

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

October 1862
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
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22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31 Unknown date

2 October

List of shipwrecks: 2 October 1862
ShipCountryDescription
Iona  United Kingdom American Civil War, Union blockade: The 325-gross ton sidewheel paddle steamer, a blockade runner, collided with Chanticleer (flag unknown) and sank in the Firth of Clyde off Scotland.[1]

3 October

List of shipwrecks: 3 October 1862
ShipCountryDescription
Brilliant  United States American Civil War: The 839-ton ship, carrying a cargo of flour and grain from New York City to London, was captured and burned in the North Atlantic Ocean on the Grand Banks of Newfoundland near 40°00′N 50°30′W / 40.000°N 50.500°W / 40.000; -50.500 (Brilliant) by the screw sloop-of-war CSS Alabama ( Confederate States Navy).[2][3][4]

7 October

List of shipwrecks: 7 October 1862
ShipCountryDescription
Dunkirk  United States American Civil War: During a voyage from New York City to Lisbon, Portugal, with a cargo of flour and Portuguese-language bibles, the 293-ton brig was captured and burned in the North Atlantic Ocean southeast of Nova Scotia by the screw sloop-of-war CSS Alabama ( Confederate States Navy).[2][3][4]
Maryland  United States The schooner was lost at Cape Mendocino, California.[5]
Wave Crest  United States American Civil War: During a voyage to Cardiff, Wales, with a cargo of grain, the 409-ton bark was captured, used for target practice, and burned in the North Atlantic Ocean southeast of Nova Scotia by the screw sloop-of-war CSS Alabama ( Confederate States Navy).[2][3][4]

7-8 October

List of shipwrecks: 7-8 October 1862
ShipCountryDescription
Francis Elmor (or Francis Elmore)  United States American Civil War: Carrying a cargo of hay, the schooner was captured and burned by Confederate forces in the Potomac River off the Virginia shoreline at Popes Creek.[6]

8 October

List of shipwrecks: 8 October 1862
ShipCountryDescription
Blanche  United Kingdom American Civil War, Union blockade: Pursued by the screw steamer USS Montgomery ( United States Navy), the sidewheel paddle steamer, a blockade runner, ran aground at Marianao, Cuba, and a boat crew from Montgomery boarded and seized her. Soon afterward, while the boat crew attempted to refloat her, a fire broke out which destroyed her and her cargo.[3][7][8][9]
Denmark  United States The 283-ton sidewheel paddle steamer struck a snag and sank in the Missouri River at Atlas Island below Keokuk, Iowa.[10]

9 October

List of shipwrecks: 9 October 1862
ShipCountryDescription
Ceres  United States The 217-ton sidewheel paddle steamer exploded at St. Joseph Island in Louisiana.[11]
Eliza  Confederate States American Civil War, Union blockade: Carrying a cargo of sugar, the sloop was captured and destroyed at Calcasieu, Louisiana, on or about 9 October.[12]

11 October

List of shipwrecks: 11 October 1862
ShipCountryDescription
Manchester  United States American Civil War: The 1,062-ton full-rigged ship, carrying a cargo of grain from New York City to Liverpool, England, was captured and burned in the North Atlantic Ocean southeast of Nova Scotia at 44°08′55″N 55°26′00″W / 44.14861°N 55.43333°W / 44.14861; -55.43333 by the screw sloop-of-war CSS Alabama ( Confederate States Navy).[2][3][4]

12 October

List of shipwrecks: 12 October 1862
ShipCountryDescription
Hannah  Confederate States Army American Civil War, Union blockade: The armed schooner ran aground on the coast of Texas 7 miles (11 km) north of Corpus Christi. Her crew burned her soon thereafter when a boat party from a United States Navy warship that anchored 400 yards (366 meters) away made preparations to approach and board Hannah.[13]

15 October

List of shipwrecks: 15 October 1862
ShipCountryDescription
G. L. Brockenborough  Confederate States American Civil War, Union blockade: The sloop, an apparent blockade runner, was found scuttled in the Appalachicola River in Florida by the sidewheel paddle steamer USS Fort Henry ( United States Navy). She was refloated and repaired by Union forces and placed in service as USS G. L. Brockenborough ( United States Navy).[14]
Lamplighter  United States American Civil War: The 365-ton bark or brig (sources differ), bound from New York City to Gibraltar with a cargo of tobacco, was captured and burned in the North Atlantic Ocean southeast of Nova Scotia at 41°32′47″N 59°17′45″W / 41.54639°N 59.29583°W / 41.54639; -59.29583 (Lamplighter) by the screw sloop-of-war CSS Alabama ( Confederate States Navy).[2][3][4]
Lone Star  Confederate States American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner was burned at Taylor's Bayou, Texas, by boat crews from the gunboat USS Rachel Seaman and the armed steamer USS Kensington (both  United States Navy).[3][15]
Stonewall  Confederate States American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner was burned at Taylor's Bayou, Texas, by boat crews from the gunboat USS Rachel Seaman and the armed steamer USS Kensington (both  United States Navy).[3][16]

17 October

List of shipwrecks: 17 October 1862
ShipCountryDescription
Economy  United States The 197- or 200-ton sternwheel paddle steamer was lost on the Ohio River.[17]

20 October

List of shipwrecks: 20 October 1862
ShipCountryDescription
Minho  United Kingdom American Civil War, Union blockade: Pursued by the gunboat USS Flambeau ( United States Navy) while attempting to run the Union blockade with a cargo of rifle muskets and swords, the 400-gross ton screw steamer struck a sunken vessel and was wrecked on Drunken Dick Shoal outside Charleston Harbor in Charleston, South Carolina.[3][18]

21 October

List of shipwrecks: 21 October 1862
ShipCountryDescription
Bencoolen  United Kingdom Bencoolen wrecked at Bude, Cornwall, on 21 October 1862 with the loss of the lives of 27 of members of her 33-man crew.
Pilot  Confederate States American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner was captured and burned off the coast of Florida by the sidewheel gunboat USS E. B. Hale ( United States Navy).[19]

22 October

List of shipwrecks: 22 October 1862
ShipCountryDescription
Adelaide  Confederate States American Civil War, Union blockade: Bound from Wilmington, North Carolina, for Halifax, Nova Scotia, with a cargo of turpentine, cotton, and tobacco, the schooner was forced aground on the coast of North Carolina by the gunboat USS Ellis ( United States Navy). Her crew set her on fire and abandoned her, but crewmen from Ellis boarded her and extinguished the fire. Ellis took the captured schooner under tow, but Adelaide kept running aground, and Ellis finally destroyed her about one mile (1.6 km) north of New Topsail Inlet, North Carolina.[3][20]

23 October

List of shipwrecks: 23 October 1862
ShipCountryDescription
Lafayette  United States American Civil War: The 945-ton bark, carrying a cargo of corn, lard, pipe staves, and wheat from New York City to Belfast, Ireland, was captured and burned in the North Atlantic Ocean south of Halifax, Nova Scotia, at 39°34′50″N 63°26′00″W / 39.58056°N 63.43333°W / 39.58056; -63.43333 (Lafayette) by the screw sloop-of-war CSS Alabama ( Confederate States Navy).[2][3][4]

26 October

List of shipwrecks: 26 October 1862
ShipCountryDescription
Crenshaw  United States American Civil War: The 279-ton schooner, carrying a cargo of grain from New York City to Glasgow, Scotland, was captured and burned in the North Atlantic Ocean south of Halifax, Nova Scotia, and north of Bermuda at 40°11′28″N 64°32′15″W / 40.19111°N 64.53750°W / 40.19111; -64.53750 by the screw sloop-of-war CSS Alabama ( Confederate States Navy).[3][2][21]

27 October

List of shipwrecks: 27 October 1862
ShipCountryDescription
Augustus McDowell  United States The 451-ton sidewheel paddle steamer burned on the Mississippi River in a large wharf fire at St. Louis, Missouri.[22]
Estrella  United States The 414-ton sidewheel paddle steamer burned on the Mississippi River in a large wharf fire at St. Louis, Missouri.[23]
H. D. Bacon  United States The 370-ton sidewheel paddle steamer burned on the Mississippi River in a large wharf fire at St. Louis, Missouri.[24]
T. L. McGill  United States The 598-ton sidewheel paddle steamer burned on the Mississippi River in a large wharf fire at St. Louis, Missouri.[25]
William H. Russell  United States The 405-ton sidewheel paddle steamer burned on the Mississippi River in a large wharf fire at St. Louis, Missouri.[26]

27-28 October

List of shipwrecks: 27 October 1862
ShipCountryDescription
Lauretta (or Lauraetta)  United States American Civil War: The 284-ton bark, bound from New York City to the Mediterranean with a cargo of flour, herring, nails, and pipe staves, was captured and burned in the North Atlantic Ocean south of Halifax, Nova Scotia, at 39°18′47″N 67°35′00″W / 39.31306°N 67.58333°W / 39.31306; -67.58333 by the screw sloop-of-war CSS Alabama ( Confederate States Navy) on either 27[2] or 28 October.[3][4]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1862
ShipCountryDescription
Alderman Thompson  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked at Cardigan, Wales. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Quebec, British North America, to Cardigan.[27]
Alleghany (or Alleghanian)  United States American Civil War: Bound from Baltimore, Maryland, to London, England, with a cargo of guano, the 1,120- or 1,400-ton full-rigged ship was boarded and set afire sometime between 28 and 30 October by the crews of three Confederate States Navy small boats while at anchor in the Chesapeake Bay near Gwynn's Island, 5 to 12 miles (8 to 19 km) off the mouth of Virginia′s Rappahannock River. After the Confederates fled, USS T. A. Wood and the gunboat USS Crusader (both  United States Navy) extinguished the flames, but the Confederates returned and set another fire that destroyed the ship.[3][28]
Cadboro Unknown The full-rigged ship was lost near Port Angeles, Washington Territory.[29]
Conchita  Confederate States American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner was captured and burned off the coast of Louisiana or Texas near Calcasieu Pass and Sabine Pass.[30]
General Taylor  United States The 462-ton screw steamer was stranded at Sleeping Bear Point on the Lake Michigan coast of Michigan.[31]
Mary Ann  Confederate States American Civil War: The schooner was captured and burned on the Calcasieu River in Louisiana in early October by the steamer USS Kensington ( United States Navy).[32]
Tom Cochrane  United States The 14-ton screw steamer was stranded at Sturgeon Point on the Lake Huron coast of Michigan.[31]

References

Notes

  1. ↑ Gaines, p. 37.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Ahoy - Mac's Web Log "Marauders of the Sea, Confederate Merchant Raiders During the American Civil War: CSS Alabama. 1862-1864. Captain Raphael Semmes"
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 usnlp.org Navy Chronology of the Civil War, July-December 1862
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Gaines, p. 32.
  5. ↑ Gaines, p. 28.
  6. ↑ Gaines, p. 180.
  7. ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: General Rusk
  8. ↑ Anonymous, Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1905, pp. 274-275.
  9. ↑ Gaines, p. 33.
  10. ↑ Gaines, pp. 93, 106.
  11. ↑ Gaines, p. 61.
  12. ↑ Gaines, p. 64.
  13. ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Hannah
  14. ↑ Gaines, p. 40.
  15. ↑ Gaines, p. 170.
  16. ↑ Gaines, p. 172.
  17. ↑ Gaines, p. 135.
  18. ↑ Gaines, pp. 151-152.
  19. ↑ Gaines, p. 44.
  20. ↑ Gaines, p. 112.
  21. ↑ Gaines, p. 13.
  22. ↑ Gaines, p. 91.
  23. ↑ Gaines, p. 94.
  24. ↑ Gaines, p. 96.
  25. ↑ Gaines, p. 103.
  26. ↑ Gaines, p. 104.
  27. ↑ "CARDIGAN & DISTRICT SHIPWRECKS AND LIFEBOAT SERVICE". Glen Johnson. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  28. ↑ Gaines, p. 175.
  29. ↑ Gaines, p. 194.
  30. ↑ Gaines, pp. 167-168.
  31. 1 2 Gaines, p. 81.
  32. ↑ Gaines, p. 70.

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Ship events in 1862
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