List of shipwrecks in September 1864

The list of shipwrecks in September 1864 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during September 1864.

September 1864
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
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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 September

List of shipwrecks: 1 September 1864
ShipCountryDescription
William V. Gillum  United States The 70-ton sternwheel paddle steamer was wrecked in the Gulf of Mexico during a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, to Matamoros, Mexico. Her crew were rescued a few days later by the schooner Cory ( Mexico).[1]

2 September

List of shipwrecks: 2 September 1864
ShipCountryDescription
Scioto  United States The 389-ton screw steamer collided with Arctic (flag unknown) and sank in Lake Erie at Dunkirk, New York.[2]

3 September

List of shipwrecks: 3 September 1864
ShipCountryDescription
USS Brandywine  United States Navy American Civil War: The receiving ship was destroyed by an accidental fire at the Gosport Navy Yard in Portsmouth, Virginia.[3]

4 September

List of shipwrecks: 4 September 1862
ShipCountryDescription
Agnes Louisa  United Kingdom American Civil War, Union blockade: The 578-ton sidewheel paddle steamer was wrecked on Hog Island in the Bahamas while outbound for a blockade-running voyage to Charleston, South Carolina. She apparently became a total loss[4]

5 September

List of shipwrecks: 5 September 1864
ShipCountryDescription
Henry Fitzhugh  United States Laid up at the mouth of the Licking River in Kentucky, the 217-ton sternwheel paddle steamer capsized when the river flooded. Her cabin broke free after she capsized.[5]

9 September

List of shipwrecks: 9 September 1864
ShipCountryDescription
Fawn  United States American Civil War: The steamboat was captured and burned by sailors from the ironclad ram CSS Albemarle ( Confederate States Navy) and Confederate guerrillas at the Currituck Bridge in the Dismal Swamp Canal in Virginia with the loss of one killed and several wounded.[6]

10 September

List of shipwrecks: 10 September 1864
ShipCountryDescription
Florie  Confederate States of America The 349-gross ton sidewheel paddle steamer was lost when she struck a wreck on the Cape Fear River in North Carolina.[7]

12 September

List of shipwrecks: 12 September 1864
ShipCountryDescription
John J. Roe  United States American Civil War: Carrying the 2nd Wisconsin Cavalry Regiment ( Union Army), the 691-ton sidewheel paddle steamer struck a snag and sank up to her roof in the Mississippi River above New Madrid, Missouri, killing 165 of the regiment′s horses.[8]

13 September

List of shipwrecks: 13 September 1864
ShipCountryDescription
Alice Price (or Alice C. Price)  United States Army American Civil War: A Confederate mine sank the sidewheel transport in the St. Johns River in Florida near Mandarin Point.[9]

18 September

List of shipwrecks: 18 September 1864
ShipCountryDescription
Mary  United States The barque was wrecked in Uda Gulf in the western Sea of Okhotsk during a gale. She was sold to Otto Wilhelm Lindholm, who salvaged some of the wreck the following year.[10][11]

19 September

List of shipwrecks: 19 September 1864
ShipCountryDescription
Industrious  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked off Port Eynon, Glamorgan, Wales. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Llanelli, Glamorgan to Malta.[12]
Island Queen  United States American Civil War: The steamer was captured and burned in Lake Erie off Middle Bass Island, Ohio, by Confederate agents aboard the captured steamer Philo Parsons ( United States).
Philo Parsons  United States American Civil War: The steamer was captured by Confederate agents in Lake Erie. Later in the day, they burned her off Sandusky, Ohio.

21 September

List of shipwrecks: 21 September 1864
ShipCountryDescription
Gertrude  United States The 70-ton sidewheel paddle steamer foundered at College Point in Louisiana with the loss of six lives.[13]

23 September

List of shipwrecks: 23 September 1864
ShipCountryDescription
USS Antelope  United States Navy American Civil War: The sternwheel paddle steamer was beached in a sinking condition after striking a snag in the Mississippi River above New Orleans, Louisiana, and subsequently was stripped and abandoned.[14][15]
Lavina Logan  United States The 145-ton sternwheel paddle steamer was lost on the Mississippi River.[16]

25 September

List of shipwrecks: 25 September 1864
ShipCountryDescription
Lynx  Confederate States of America American Civil War, Union blockade: The steamer, a blockade runner carrying a cargo of cotton, was set ablaze off Wilmington, North Carolina, by gunfire from the screw steamers USS Howquah and USS Niphon and the hermaphrodite brig USS Governor Buckingham (all  United States Navy) and chased ashore, where the fire destroyed her during the ensuing night. Her crew escaped, although one crew member was wounded by a sharpshooter aboard one of the U.S. Navy ships.[14][17]

26 September

List of shipwrecks: 26 September 1864
ShipCountryDescription
Lynx  United Kingdom American Civil War, Union blockade: Chased by the hermaphrodite brig USS Governor Buckingham and the armed screw steamers USS Howquah and USS Niphon (all  United States Navy) while attempting to run the Union blockade with a cargo of cotton, gold, and Confederate bonds, the 372-gross ton sidewheel paddle steamer took several shell hits from the pursuing warships while crossing New Inlet Bar and ran aground on the coast of North Carolina 5 miles (8 km) north of Fort Fisher. Her crew set her on fire and the U.S. warships continued to shell her, killing one person on board and wounding another. The fire and shelling destroyed her.[18]
Mandamis
(or Mondamin)		  United States American Civil War: The bark, in ballast, was captured and destroyed in the North Atlantic Ocean off the northeast coast of South America by the screw sloop-of-war CSS Florida ( Confederate States Navy).[19][14]
Mary Celestia  United Kingdom American Civil War, Union blockade: During a blockade-running voyage with a cargo of bacon, rifle-muskets, and ammunition, the 314-gross ton sidewheel paddle steamer struck a rock off Bermuda just south of Gibbs Hill Lighthouse and sank in less than eight minutes in 60 feet (18 meters) of water at 32°12′10″N 64°42′15″W / 32.20278°N 64.70417°W / 32.20278; -64.70417 (Mary Celestia).[20]

27 September

List of shipwrecks: 27 September 1864
ShipCountryDescription
CSS North Carolina  Confederate States Navy American Civil War: Suffering from a number of bad leaks due to poor hull construction, the casemate ironclad foundered near the mouth of the Cape Fear River off Smithville, North Carolina at 33°54′49″N 78°1′8″W / 33.91361°N 78.01889°W / 33.91361; -78.01889 (CSS North Carolina).
Unidentified boats  Confederate States of America American Civil War, Union blockade: A Union flotilla destroyed 17 Confederate boats on the Potomac River off Charles County, Maryland.[21]

29 September

List of shipwrecks: 29 September 1864
ShipCountryDescription
Night Hawk  United Kingdom American Civil War, Union blockade: The steamer, a blockade runner, was forced aground and burned on the coast of North Carolina off Fort Fisher by the screw steamer USS Niphon ( United States Navy).[14]
Osprey United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The 40-ton schooner was wrecked at Blind Bay on Great Barrier Island, New Zealand while carrying timber from Port Fitzroy to Auckland.[22]

30 September

List of shipwrecks: 30 September 1864
ShipCountryDescription
Ogdensburg  United States The 352-ton screw steamer sank after colliding with the schooner Snow Bird (flag unknown) at Fairport, Ohio.[23]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unkn0wn date September 1864
ShipCountryDescription
USS Picket Boat No. 2  United States Navy During a voyage from New York City to Hampton Roads, Virginia, the screw torpedo boat sank on rocks on the coast of New Jersey near Bergen Point. She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service.[24]
Platte Valley  United States The sidewheel paddle steamer sank in the Mississippi River at Devil's Island. She later was refloated.[25]
Three Brothers United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The schooner hit the sandbar at the mouth of Mangawhai Harbour. Two passengers were washed overboard and drowned.[26]
Washoe  United States The 385- or 500-ton steamer was sunk by a boiler explosion above the Hog's Back in Steamboat Slough in California on 4 or 5 September, killing 36 people and seriously injuring another 36, several of whom later died. She later was refloated and repaired.[27]

References

Notes

  1. ↑ Gaines, p. 53.
  2. ↑ Gaines, p. 110.
  3. ↑ Gaines, p. 176.
  4. ↑ Gaines, p. 18.
  5. ↑ Gaines, p. 54.
  6. ↑ Gaines, pp. 179-180.
  7. ↑ Gaines, p. 119.
  8. ↑ Gaines, p. 98
  9. ↑ Gaines, p. 37.
  10. ↑ The Friend (Vol. 21, No. 12, 5 December 1864).
  11. ↑ Lindholm, O. V., Haes, T. A., & Tyrtoff, D. N. (2008). Beyond the frontiers of imperial Russia: From the memoirs of Otto W. Lindholm. Javea, Spain: A. de Haes OWL Publishing.
  12. ↑ Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks" (PDF). Swansea Docks. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
  13. ↑ Gaines, p. 65.
  14. 1 2 3 4 usnlp.org Navy Chronology of the Civil War, July-December 1864
  15. ↑ Gaines, p. 59.
  16. ↑ Gaines, p. 99.
  17. ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Lynx (sidewheel steamer)
  18. ↑ Gaines, p. 123.
  19. ↑ Ahoy - Mac's Web Log "Marauders of the Sea, Confederate Merchant Raiders During the American Civil War: CSS Florida. 1862-1863. Captain John Newland Maffitt. CSS Florida. 1864. Captain Charles M. Morris"
  20. ↑ Gaines, pp. 21-22.
  21. ↑ Gaines, p. 193.
  22. ↑ Ingram & Wheatley, p. 106.
  23. ↑ Gaines, p. 55.
  24. ↑ Gaines, pp. 109, 186
  25. ↑ Gaines, p. 101.
  26. ↑ Ingram & Wheatley, p. 105.
  27. ↑ Gaines, p. 31.

Bibliography

Ship events in 1864
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