List of shipwrecks in September 1862

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

1 September

List of shipwrecks: 1 September 1862

Ship	Country	Description
Lord Worsley	New Zealand	The steamer grounded fore and aft 11 miles (18 km) south of Cape Egmont, Taranaki, New Zealand. Passengers and crew were landed safely with the help of Māori from a local pa, despite the fact that a state of war existed between colonials and natives along the Taranaki coast.[1]

2 September

List of shipwrecks: 2 September 1862

Ship	Country	Description
Gypsy	United States	The 113-ton sternwheel paddle steamer struck at snag and sank in the Sacramento River in California near Ludgkin's Ranch, 20 miles (32 km) below Sacramento.[2]

3 September

List of shipwrecks: 3 September 1862

Ship	Country	Description
Silver Lake	United States	The 70-ton sternwheel paddle steamer burned on the Osage River in Missouri.[3]

4 September

List of shipwrecks: 4 September 1862

Ship	Country	Description
Hannibal City	United States	The 563-ton sidewheel paddle steamer struck a snag and sank in the Mississippi River 8 miles (13 km) below Louisiana, Missouri.[4]

5 September

List of shipwrecks: 5 September 1862

Ship	Country	Description
Ocmulgee	United States	American Civil War: The 454-ton whaler, a full-rigged ship, was captured and burned in the Atlantic Ocean near the Azores by the screw sloop-of-war CSS Alabama ( Confederate States Navy).[5][6][7]

6 September

List of shipwrecks: 6 September 1862

Ship	Country	Description
Picket	United States Army	American Civil War: The screw gunboat was struck by Confederate artillery shells and blown up on the Pamlico River at Washington, North Carolina, killing 20 members of her crew. The armed screw steamer USS Louisiana ( United States Navy) rescued her surviving crew members. Union forces later stripped and burned her wreck.[8]

7 September

List of shipwrecks: 7 September 1862

Ship	Country	Description
Starlight	United States	American Civil War: The schooner, was captured and burned in the Atlantic Ocean near the Azores by the screw sloop-of-war CSS Alabama ( Confederate States Navy).[6][5][9]

8 September

List of shipwrecks: 8 September 1862

Ship	Country	Description
Ocean Rover	United States	American Civil War: The 313-ton whaler, a full-rigged ship carrying a cargo of 1,100 barrels of whale oil, was captured near Flores Island and burned in the Atlantic Ocean near the Azores by the screw sloop-of-war CSS Alabama ( Confederate States Navy).[6][5][7]

9 September

List of shipwrecks: 9 September 1862

Ship	Country	Description
Alert	United States	American Civil War: The 398-ton whaler, a bark carrying a cargo of clothes, tobacco, and other goods, was captured and burned in the Atlantic Ocean near the Azores at 39°37′N 31°05′W / 39.617°N 31.083°W / 39.617; -31.083 (Alert) by the screw sloop-of-war CSS Alabama ( Confederate States Navy).[6][5][7]
Weather Gauge	United States	American Civil War: The whaler, a schooner, was captured and burned in the Atlantic Ocean near the Azores by the screw sloop-of-war CSS Alabama ( Confederate States Navy).[6][5]

10 September

List of shipwrecks: 10 September 1862

Ship	Country	Description
Revere	Unknown	The schooner burned off Beaufort, South Carolina.[10]
USS Tigress	United States Navy	The armed tug sank after colliding with the steamer State of Maine (flag unknown) in the Potomac River off Indian Head, Maryland.[11]

13 September

List of shipwrecks: 13 September 1862

Ship	Country	Description
Altamaha	United States	American Civil War: The 119-ton whaler, a brig, was captured and burned in the Atlantic Ocean near the Azores at 40°34′00″N 35°24′15″W / 40.56667°N 35.40417°W / 40.56667; -35.40417 (Altamaha) by the screw sloop-of-war CSS Alabama ( Confederate States Navy).[6][5][7]

14 September

List of shipwrecks: 14 September 1862

Ship	Country	Description
Benjamin Tucker	United States	American Civil War: The 349-ton whaler, a full-rigged ship, was captured and burned in the Atlantic Ocean near the Azores by the screw sloop-of-war CSS Alabama ( Confederate States Navy).[6][5][7]

15 September

List of shipwrecks: 15 September 1862

Ship	Country	Description
Arctic	Confederate States	American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner was captured and burned in the Great Wicomico River in Maryland by the gunboat USS Thomas Freeborn ( United States Navy).[5]

16 September

List of shipwrecks: 16 September 1862

Ship	Country	Description
Courser	United States	American Civil War: The 121-ton whaler was captured, used for target practice, and burned in the Atlantic Ocean 4 or 5 nautical miles (7.4 to 9.3 km) from Flores Island in the Azores by the screw sloop-of-war CSS Alabama ( Confederate States Navy).[6][5][7]
Unidentified store ship or light boat	United States	American Civil War, Union blockade: The store ship or light boat ran aground on Beacon Island in Ocracoke Inlet on the coast of North Carolina and was burned by USS Fanny ( United States Navy).[12]

17 September

List of shipwrecks: 17 September 1862

Ship	Country	Description
Virginia	United States	American Civil War: The 346-ton whaler was captured and burned in the Atlantic Ocean near the Azores at 40°03′00″N 32°46′45″W / 40.05000°N 32.77917°W / 40.05000; -32.77917 (Virginia) by the screw sloop-of-war CSS Alabama ( Confederate States Navy).[6][5][13]

18 September

List of shipwrecks: 18 September 1862

Ship	Country	Description
Elisha Dunbar	United States	American Civil War: The 346-ton whaler, a bark, was captured and burned in the Atlantic Ocean near the Azores at 39°50′00″N 35°25′45″W / 39.83333°N 35.42917°W / 39.83333; -35.42917 (Elisha Dunbar) by the screw sloop-of-war CSS Alabama ( Confederate States Navy).[6][5][7]

24 September

List of shipwrecks: 24 September 1862

Ship	Country	Description
Phantom	United States	Carrying US$10,000,000 in gold and silver ingots from California, the clipper was wrecked on the Tankan Shan Reef off China.[14]

26 September

List of shipwrecks: 26 September 1862

Ship	Country	Description
Unidentified schooner	Confederate States	American Civil War, Union blockade: Pursued by the paddle steamers USS State of Georgia and USS Mystic (both  United States Navy) while attempting to run the Union blockade with a cargo of salt, the schooner ran aground at New Inlet, North Carolina, near Fort Fisher, after which State of Georgia and Mystic destroyed her.[15][5]

27 September

List of shipwrecks: 27 September 1862

Ship	Country	Description
Guiding Star	New Zealand	The screw steamer struck rocks while leaving the New River, Invercargill, New Zealand. She was driven onto shore to prevent loss of life.[16]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date September 1862

Ship	Country	Description
Damascus	Confederate States	American Civil War: Confederate forces scuttled the full-rigged ship as a blockship in the James River in Virginia near Drewry's Bluff.[17]
John Simonds	Confederate States Army	American Civil War: The steamer was sunk in the Mississippi River.[18]
Volant	Unknown	The brig was lost at New Inlet on the coast of North Carolina.[19]

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