List of shipwrecks in 1861

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

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1861
ShipStateDescription
A. B. ThompsonFlag of the United States (1861-1863).svg  United States American Civil War: Captured by the Confederate privateer Lady Davis (Flag of the Confederate States of America (1861-1863).svg  Confederate States of America) in 1861, the 980-ton full-rigged ship was scuttled as a blockship in the Savannah River in Georgia by Confederate forces in late 1861 or early 1862. [1]
A. HollyFlag of the United States (1861-1863).svg  United States American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner was purchased in August 1861 to be scuttled as a blockship as part of the "Stone Fleet," but the location and date of her sinking are unknown. [2]
AcadiaUnknownThe bark hit rocks in the Pacific Ocean on the coast of California at Trinidad and sank on either 4 February or 2 March. [3]
AlbionJack of Sweden and Norway (1844-1905).svg  Sweden–Norway The barque was wrecked on the coast of Virginia 25 miles (40 km) below Cape Henry. Her cargo may have been salvaged in mid-May. [4]
AlvaradoFlag of the United States (1861-1863).svg  United States American Civil War, Union blockade: The full-rigged ship was purchased in August 1861 to be scuttled as a blockship as part of the "Stone Fleet," but the location and date of her sinking are unknown. She may have been scuttled at Hatteras Inlet off the coast of North Carolina. [2]
Anna NorthupFlag of the United States (1861-1863).svg  United States The 100-ton steamer was lost on the Red River of the North at Lower Fort Garry, Manitoba. [5]
Bald EagleFlag of the United States (1861-1863).svg  United States The ship foundered after 13 October. Her crew were rescued by a Japanese fishing vessel. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to San Francisco, California. [6]
BaltimoreFlag of the United States (1861-1863).svg  United States The schooner was wrecked on the coast of Oregon at 43°21′03″N124°23′00″W / 43.35083°N 124.38333°W / 43.35083; -124.38333 (Baltimore) , about 0.6 mile (1 km) northwest of the Cape Arago Light. [7]
BlackwaterCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Stanley, Falkland Islands. She was on a voyage from Callao, Peru to Queenstown, County Cork. [8]
CatherineUnknownAmerican Civil War, Union blockade: During an attempt to run the Union blockade, the schooner was stranded at Sabine Pass on the border between Louisiana and Texas sometime during the American Civil War. [9]
ConwayCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was taken in to Barbadoes in late February or early March in a derelict condition. Subsequently repaired. [10]
CoreaFlag of the United States (1861-1863).svg  United States American Civil War, Union blockade: The 356-ton full-rigged ship was purchased in 1861 to be scuttled as a[blockship as part of the "Stone Fleet," but the location and date of her sinking are unknown. She may have been scuttled off the coast of Georgia nearSavannah. [2]
Daniel TrowbridgeFlag of the United States (1861-1863).svg  United States American Civil War: The schooner was captured and burnt by CSS Sumter (Confederate Navy Jack (light blue).svg  Confederate States Navy. She was on a voyage from New York to Demerara, British Guiana. [11]
Delaware FarmerFlag of the United States (1861-1863).svg  United States American Civil War, Union blockade: The full-rigged ship was purchased in 1861 to be scuttled as a blockship as part of the "Stone Fleet," but the location and date of her sinking are unknown. [2]
Dr. KaneFlag of the United States (1861-1863).svg  United States The 191-ton sternwheel paddle steamer struck a snag and sank in deep water in the Ohio River 300 yards (274 meters) below the public wharf at Cairo, Illinois, sometime during the American Civil War. [12]
Cuffey′s CoveUnknownThe schooner was wrecked in Cuffey's Cove on the coast of Mendocino County, California. [13]
E. D. ThompsonFlag of the United States (1861-1863).svg  United States American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner was purchased in 1861 to be scuttled as a blockship as part of the "Stone Fleet," but the location and date of her sinking are unknown. [2]
EdwardFlag of the United States (1861-1863).svg  United States American Civil War, Union blockade: The 340-ton bark was purchased in 1861 to be scuttled as a blockship as part of the "Stone Fleet," but the location and date of her sinking are unknown. [2]
Ellen GoldsboroFlag of the United States (1861-1863).svg  United States American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner was purchased in 1861 to be scuttled as a blockship as part of the "Stone Fleet," but the location and date of her sinking are unknown. [2]
EmeraldFlag of the United States (1861-1863).svg  United States American Civil War, Union blockade: The 518-ton full-rigged ship, part of the "Stone Fleet," was beached deliberately at Tybee Island, Georgia, in late December 1861 or early January 1862. [14]
EuropeanUnknownThe vessel was wrecked on the coast of California at Tomales Bay. [15]
FriendshipFlag of the United States (1861-1863).svg  United States American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner was purchased in 1861 to be scuttled as a blockship as part of the "Stone Fleet," but the location and date of her sinking are unknown. [2]
General McNeilUnknownThe sternwheel paddle steamer struck a snag and sank in the Missouri River at Howards Bend near St. Louis, Missouri, sometime during the 1860s. [16]
George P. UpshurFlag of the United States (1861-1863).svg  United States American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner was purchased in 1861 to be scuttled as a blockship as part of the "Stone Fleet," but the location and date of her sinking are unknown. [2]
Glentanner Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The immigrant ship was wrecked while departing Lyttelton, New Zealand, for a voyage to the United Kingdom.
Governor BullUnknownThe brig was lost in the vicinity of "Squan Beach," a term used at the time for the coast of New Jersey near Manasquan and sometimes for the 7-mile (11 km) stretch of coast between Manasquan Inlet and Cranberry Inlet or for the entire coast of New Jersey between Sea Girt and Barnegat Inlet. [17]
HartfordUnknownThe bark was wrecked on the Humboldt Bar in Humboldt Bay on the coast of California in either October 1861 or October 1864. [18]
HarvestFlag of the United States (1861-1863).svg  United States American Civil War, Union blockade: The 314-ton bark was purchased in 1861 to be scuttled as a blockship as part of the "Stone Fleet," but the location and date of her sinking are unknown. [19]
HeroFlag of the United States (1861-1863).svg  United States American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner was purchased in 1861 to be scuttled as a blockship as part of the "Stone Fleet," but the location and date of her sinking are unknown. [19]
J. D. JamesFlag of the United States (1861-1863).svg  United States The sternwheel towboat sank in the Allegheny River 7 miles (11 km) above Oil City, Pennsylvania, in 1861 or 1862. She was refloated in May–June 1862. [20]
John AlexanderFlag of the United States (1861-1863).svg  United States American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner was purchased in 1861 to be scuttled as a blockship as part of the "Stone Fleet," but the location and date of her sinking are unknown. [19]
John CarverFlag of the United States (1861-1863).svg  United States Army The ship was burned at sea after being captured in the Atlantic Ocean by the privateer Jefferson Davis (Flag of the Confederate States of America (1861-1863).svg  Confederate States of America) during a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Key West, Florida, with a cargo of anthracite. [21]
Joseph ParkFlag of the United States (1861-1863).svg  United States American Civil War: The brig was captured and burnt by CSS Sumter (Confederate Navy Jack (light blue).svg  Confederate States Navy). She was on a voyage from Pernambuco, Brazil to Boston, Massachusetts. [11]
Leveret Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Jersey The fishing smack was driven ashore and wrecked at Beachy Head, Sussex. [22]
LouisvilleFlag of the United States (1861-1863).svg  United States The 155-ton sternwheel paddle steamer was lost, possibly on the Illinois River. [19]
MarensUnknownThe brig sank in the James River in Virginia sometime during the American Civil War. [23]
MarmonUnknownThe full-rigged ship was lost off Cape Flattery on the coast of Washington Territory. [24]
Mary FrancesFlag of the United States (1861-1863).svg  United States American Civil War, Union blockade: The full-rigged ship was purchased in 1861 to be scuttled as a blockship as part of the "Stone Fleet," but the location and date of her sinking are unknown. [19]
MerlinCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship foundered off Cape Horn, Chile. Her seventeen crew survived. [25]
MontereyFlag of the United States (1861-1863).svg  United States The 120-ton schooner was lost at Point Reyes on the coast of California in either November 1861 or November 1862. [26]
MontezumaFlag of the United States (1861-1863).svg  United States American Civil War, Union blockade: The 424-ton full-rigged ship was purchased in 1861 to be scuttled as a blockship as part of the "Stone Fleet," but the location and date of her sinking are unknown. [19]
Mumford Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tasmania The schooner was wrecked near Dunedin, New Zealand. She was on a voyage from New Zealand to Hobart. [27]
NanjemoyFlag of the Confederate States of America (1861-1863).svg  Confederate States of America American Civil War: The full-rigged ship was sunk with no cargo aboard in shallow water in the Coan River in Virginia while operating as a blockade runner sometime between 1861 and 1863. The armed tug USS Yankee (Flag of the United States (1861-1863).svg  United States Navy) refloated her as a prize on 15 July 1863. [28]
OsirisFlag of the Confederate States of America (1861-1863).svg  Confederate States of America American Civil War, Union blockade: The 145- or 183-ton sidewheel paddle steamer, operated as a ferry by the Confederate Quartermaster Department on the coast of South Carolina between Charleston, Castle Pickney, and Sullivn's Island, was destroyed by a fire allegedly set by Union sympathizers sometime during the American Civil War (1861-1865). [29]
PatriotFlag of the United States (1861-1863).svg  United States American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner was purchased in 1861 to be scuttled as a blockship as part of the "Stone Fleet," but the location and date of her sinking are unknown. [19]
PortsmouthFlag of the United States (1861-1863).svg  United States The sternwheel paddle steamer struck a snag and sank in the Missouri River at the mouth of Bee Creek, about 3 miles (5 km) below Weston, Missouri. [30]
Queen of FreedomCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The barque was lost between 13 March and 4 October with the loss of all fourteen crew. She was on a voyage from London to Colombo, Ceylon. [31] [32]
Red FoxFlag of the Confederate States of America (1861-1863).svg  Confederate States of America The 78-ton sternwheel paddle steamer sank in the Mississippi River at Island Number Ten in late 1861. [33]
Sarah M. KempFlag of the United States (1861-1863).svg  United States American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner was purchased in 1861 to be scuttled as a blockship as part of the "Stone Fleet," but the location and date of her sinking are unknown. [19]
Satellite Flag of the United Kingdom.svg New Zealand The schooner was wrecked at the mouth of the Taieri River, New Zealand, late in the year. [34]
SomerfieldFlag of the United States (1861-1863).svg  United States American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner was purchased in 1861 to be scuttled as a blockship as part of the "Stone Fleet," but the location and date of her sinking are unknown. [19]
SouthernerFlag of the United States (1861-1863).svg  United States American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner was purchased in 1861 to be scuttled as a blockship as part of the "Stone Fleet," but the location and date of her sinking are unknown. [19]
South WindFlag of the United States (1861-1863).svg  United States American Civil War, Union blockad]: The schooner was purchased in 1861 to be scuttled as a blockship as part of the "Stone Fleet," but the location and date of her sinking are unknown. [19]
StaghoundCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was destroyed by fire. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to San Francisco, California, United States. [35]
St. AndrewCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The whaler was wrecked on rocks in the Davis Strait ( 66°20′N53°40′W / 66.333°N 53.667°W / 66.333; -53.667 ) before 7 September. [36] [37]
StellaCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea with the presumed loss of all hands. She had been missing for some months when wreckage washed up on Juist, Duchy of Holstein on 2 February 1862. [38] [39]
UnionCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The whaler was lost in Cumberland Sound. [40] [41]
VilliersCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The brigantine was wrecked on the Mixon Shoal in the Bristol Channel with the loss of two of her eight crew. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales, to Alicante, Spain. [42]
WillametteFlag of the United States (1861-1863).svg  United States Bound from San Francisco, California, to either Shoalwater Bay or Willapa Bay in Washington Territory, the 180-ton schooner was wrecked at the mouth of Shoalwater Bay with the loss of two lives. [43]
W. L. BartlettFlag of the United States (1861-1863).svg  United States American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner was purchased in 1861 to be scuttled as a blockship as part of the "Stone Fleet," but the location and date of her sinking are unknown. [44]
William B. RomerFlag of the United States (1861-1863).svg  United States The pilot schooner was wrecked on a submerged rock – later named Romer Shoal – in New York Harbor off New York City sometime during the American Civil War (April 1861–April 1865). One pilot lost his life in the wreck. [45]
William L. JonesFlag of the United States (1861-1863).svg  United States American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner was purchased in 1861 to be scuttled as a blockship as part of the "Stone Fleet," but the location and date of her sinking are unknown. [44]
WowleebelayFlag unknownThe ship foundered off the mouth of the Yangtze. Her crew were rescued. [46]
W. W. BurnsFlag of the United States (1861-1863).svg  United States American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner was purchased in 1861 to be scuttled as a blockship as part of the "Stone Fleet," but the location and date of her sinking are unknown. [44]
WytheUnknownThe schooner sank in the James River in Virginia sometime during the American Civil War (1861-1865). [47]
Unidentified bargesFlag of the Confederate States of America (1861-1863).svg  Confederate States of America American Civil War: Confederate forces scuttled the barges as blockships in the James River at the mouth of the Warwick River in Virginia in August and September. [47]
Unidentified hulkUnknownAmerican Civil War: Confederate forces scuttled the hulk at Galveston, Texas. [48]
Three unidentified schoonersFlag of the Confederate States of America (1861-1863).svg  Confederate States of America American Civil War: Confederate forces scuttled the schooners in Virginia 2 to 3 miles (3.2 to 4.8 km) from the mouth of the Blackwater River in 1861 or 1862, sometime prior to the gunboat USS Hunchback (Flag of the United States (1861-1863).svg  United States Navy) moving one of them on 23 May 1862 in order to steam up the river. [49]
Four unidentified shipsFlag of the Confederate States of America (1861-1863).svg  Confederate States of America American Civil War: Confederate forces scuttled four old ships loaded with granite in the Main Ship Channel of Charleston Harbor at Charleston, South Carolina, as blockships in early 1861 to obstruct Union access to Fort Sumter. [50]
Unidentified vesselFlag of the United States (1861-1863).svg  United States American Civil War: After being captured by the Confederate privateer Florida (Flag of the Confederate States of America (1861-1863).svg  Confederate States of America), the vessel was run aground on the coast of North Carolina at Nag's Head by her prize crew to prevent her recapture by a Union ship. [51]

References

Notes

  1. Gaines, p. 46.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Gaines, p. 196.
  3. Gaines, p. 24.
  4. Gaines, p. 175.
  5. Gaines, p. 32.
  6. "Mercantile Ship News". The Standard. No. 11833. London. 16 July 1862. p. 7.
  7. Gaines, p. 138.
  8. "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury. No. 4257. Liverpool. 3 October 1861.
  9. Gaines, p. 167.
  10. "Shipping Intelligence". Glasgow Herald. No. 6624. Glasgow. 5 April 1861.
  11. 1 2 "The West India Mail". Daily News. No. 4866. London. 14 December 1861.
  12. Gaines, p. 135.
  13. Gaines, p. 26.
  14. Gaines, p. 47.
  15. Gaines, p. 27.
  16. Gaines, p. 106.
  17. "njscuba.net "Lavallette Wreck"". Archived from the original on 2020-02-23. Retrieved 2020-03-01.
  18. Gaines, p. 28.
  19. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Gaines, p. 197.
  20. Gaines, p. 139.
  21. Naval History and Heritage Command: Jefferson Davis
  22. Renno, David (2004). Beachy Head Shipwrecks of the 19th Century. Sevenoaks: Amherst Publishing. p. 207. ISBN   1-903637-20-1.
  23. Gaines, p. 184.
  24. Gaines, p. 194.
  25. "Military and Naval Intelligence". The Times. No. 24027. London. 2 September 1861. col A-B, p. 10.
  26. Gaines, p. 29.
  27. "Shipping Intelligence". Morning Chronicle. No. 29394. London. 26 March 1861.
  28. Gaines, p. 185.
  29. Gaines, p. 152.
  30. Gaines, p. 107.
  31. "Marine Intelligence". Newcastle Cournat. No. 9745. Newcastle upon Tyne. 4 October 1861.
  32. "SHIPS BUILT AT SUNDERLAND IN THE 1850s". Searle. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  33. Gaines, p. 101.
  34. Ingram, C. W. N., and Wheatley, P. O., (1936) Shipwrecks: New Zealand disasters 1795–1936. Dunedin, NZ: Dunedin Book Publishing Association. p. 74.
  35. "Shipping Intelligence". Belfast News-Letter. No. 15135. Belfast. 29 November 1861.
  36. "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury. No. 4236. Liverpool. 9 September 1861.
  37. "General Intelligence". Lancaster Gazetter. No. 3886. Lancaster. 21 September 1861.
  38. "Mercantile Ship News". The Standard. No. 11697. London. 6 February 1862. p. 7.
  39. "Marine Intelligence". Newcastle Courant. No. 9754. London. 14 February 1862.
  40. "Ship News". The Times. No. 24063. London. 14 October 1861. col C, p. 9.
  41. "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury. No. 4267. Liverpool. 15 October 1861.
  42. Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks" (PDF). Swansea Docks. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
  43. Gaines, p. 195.
  44. 1 2 3 Gaines, p. 198.
  45. Gaines p. 110.
  46. "Ship News". The Times. No. 24096. London. 21 November 1861. col B, p. 12.
  47. 1 2 Gaines, p. 191.
  48. Gaines, p. 172.
  49. Gaines, p. 192.
  50. Gaines, p. 158.
  51. Gaines, p. 133.

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