List of shipwrecks in 1862

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

January

2 January

• Northern Light ( United States): Collided with brig Nouveau St. Jacques ( France) and was abandoned at sea. Nouveau St. Jacques also sank.

25 January

• Peri ( United States Navy): American Civil War: Sunk as blockship, Charleston, South Carolina.
• Stephen Young ( United States Navy): American Civil War: Sunk as blockship, Charleston, South Carolina.

February

7 February

• Curlew ( Confederate States Navy): American Civil War: Beached off Roanoke Island, North Carolina after being holed during the Battle of Roanoke Island. Set on fire on 8 February to prevent capture.

8 February

• Sea Bird ( Confederate States Navy): American Civil War: Battle of Roanoke Island, rammed and sunk by Commodore Perry ( United States Navy) with the loss of two crew.

10 February

• Appomattox ( Confederate States Navy): American Civil War: Set afire to prevent capture.
• Fanny ( Confederate States of America): American Civil War: Ran aground and blown up at Elizabeth City, North Carolina to prevent capture.

25 February

• R. B. Forbes ( United States Navy):American Civil War: Driven ashore south of Currituck Inlet. Set afire to prevent capture.

March

5 March

• Cantabria ( Belgium): Foundered off San Sebastián de La Gomera, Canary Islands.^[1]

8 March

• Congress ( United States Navy): American Civil War: Destroyed in battle off with Virginia ( Confederate States of America) and five other ships off Newport News, Virginia. Burnt down to waterline. Hulk raised in September 1865 and sold for demolition.
• Cumberland ( United States Navy): American Civil War: Rammed and sunk by Virginia ( Confederate States of America) off Newport News, Virginia.

April

24 April

• Sweepstakes ( United States): Ran aground in the Sunda Straits, Dutch East Indies. Refloated later that day but declared a constructive total loss and sold in Batavia for breaking.

28 April

• McRae ( Confederate States Navy): American Civil War: Scuttled at Algiers, Louisiana.

May

11 May

• Virginia ( Confederate States Navy): American Civil War: Battle of Hampton Roads, scuttled to prevent capture, Craney Island, North Carolina

15 May

• Jamestown ( Confederate States Navy): American Civil War: Scuttled as blockship, James River, Virginia.

July

15 July

• Barque Johanna Wagner ( Prussia): Wrecked at Strandfontein, South Africa.

August

24 August

• Henry Andrew ( United States Navy): Driven ashore south of Cape Henry, Virginia and wrecked.

November

15 November

• Ellis ( United States Navy): American Civil War: Set on fire at Jacksonville, North Carolina to prevent capture and destroyed by the explosion of her magazines.

December

31 December

• Monitor ( United States Navy):Sank under tow off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina with the loss of 16 crew.

References

See also

Ship events in 1862
Ship launches:	1857	1858	1859	1860	1861	1862	1863	1864	1865	1866	1867
Ship commissionings:	1857	1858	1859	1860	1861	1862	1863	1864	1865	1866	1867
Ship decommissionings:	1857	1858	1859	1860	1861	1862	1863	1864	1865	1866	1867
Shipwrecks:	1857	1858	1859	1860	1861	1862	1863	1864	1865	1866	1867