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.
9 January
- USS Meteor ( United States): American Civil War: A sailing ship that was part of the Stone Fleet scuttled at Charleston Harbor, South Carolina.
- USS Potomac ( United States): American Civil War: A whaler that was part of the Stone Fleet scuttled at Charleston Harbor, South Carolina.
24 January
- Pioneer (
United Kingdom): The brig was wrecked on Cardigan Island, Cardiganshire with the loss of seven of her eight crew. She was on a voyage from Galatz, United Principalities to Caernarfon.[1]
25 January
- USS New England ( United States): American Civil War: A whaler that was part of the Stone Fleet scuttled at Charleston Harbor, South Carolina.
- USS Peri ( United States Navy): American Civil War: Sunk as blockship, Charleston, South Carolina.
- USS Stephen Young ( United States Navy): American Civil War: Sunk as blockship, Charleston, South Carolina.
26 January
- USS Timor ( United States): American Civil War: A ship that was part of the Stone Fleet scuttled at Charleston Harbor, South Carolina.
28 January
- John & Isabella ( United Kingdom): The ship struck the Sizewell Bank, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk and foundered. Her five crew and the ship's dog were rescued by the Southwold Lifeboat.[2]
February
7 February
- CSS Curlew (
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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
- CSS 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
- CSS Appomattox ( Confederate States Navy): American Civil War: Set afire to prevent capture.
- CSS Fanny ( Confederate States of America): American Civil War: Ran aground and blown up at Elizabeth City, North Carolina to prevent capture.
- CSS Forrest ( Confederate States of America): American Civil War: A gunboat that was burned to prevent capture at Elizabeth City, North Carolina.
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 (
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Belgium): Foundered off San Sebastián de La Gomera, Canary Islands.[3] - Victoria & Albert ( United Kingdom): The schooner foundered on the Mixon Shoal, in the Bristol Channel with the loss of all hands.[4]
8 March
- USS 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.
Wreck of USS Cumberland, 1862
- USS Cumberland ( United States Navy): American Civil War: Rammed and sunk by Virginia ( Confederate States of America) off Newport News, Virginia.
April
19 April
- USS Signal ( United States): American Civil War: A gunboat that was scuttled to prevent capture off Alexandria, Louisiana.
24 April
- CSS Governor Moore ( Confederate States Navy): American Civil War: She was a gunboat that took heavy damage in the Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip, Louisiana. She was scuttled to prevent capture.
- CSS Manassas ( Confederate States Navy): American Civil War: She was an ironclad warship that was run aground by USS Mississippi in the Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip, Louisiana.
- 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.
- USS Varuna ( United States): American Civil War: A steamship that sank in the Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip, Louisiana.
28 April
- CSS Louisiana ( Confederate States Navy): American Civil War: She was an ironclad that burned, exploded, and sunk near Fort St. Philip, Louisiana on the Mississippi River.29°21′48″N 89°27′41″W / 29.36333°N 89.46139°W
- McRae ( Confederate States Navy): American Civil War: Scuttled at Algiers, New Orleans, after a battle with USS Iroquois.
May
Scuttling of CSS Virginia
11 May
- CSS Virginia ( Confederate States Navy): American Civil War: Battle of Hampton Roads, scuttled to prevent capture, Craney Island, North Carolina
15 May
- CSS Jamestown ( Confederate States Navy): American Civil War: Scuttled as blockship, James River, Virginia.
June
6 June
- CSS Colonel Lovell ( Confederate States Navy): American Civil War: A cottonclad warship that was rammed by USS Queen of the West and USS Monarch in the Battle of Memphis, Tennessee.
July
15 July
- Barque Johanna Wagner (
Prussia): Wrecked at Strandfontein, South Africa.
August
6 August
- CSS Arkansas ( Confederate States Navy): American Civil War: An ironclad warship that was scuttled in the Battle of Baton Rouge, Louisiana.30°29′14″N 91°12′5″W / 30.48722°N 91.20139°W
24 August
- USS Henry Andrew ( United States Navy): American Civil War: Driven ashore south of Cape Henry, Virginia and wrecked.
October
Unknown date
- Alderman Thompson ( United Kingdom): The barque was wrecked at Cardigan. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyuage from Quebec, British North America to Cardigan.[1]
November
20 November
- Hawk ( United Kingdom): The steamship was driven ashore north of Southwold, Suffolk.[2]
Unknown date
- Harry King ( United Kingdom): The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Dunwich, Suffolk.[2]
- USS Mingo ( United States Navy): American Civil War: A steamboat that sunk off Cape Girardeau, Missouri.37°18′54″N 89°30′32″W / 37.315°N 89.509°W
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
12 December
- USS Cairo ( United States Navy): American Civil War: A river gunboat that struck a naval mine in the Yazoo River, Mississippi. The wreck was raised in 1964 and is currently on display at Vicksburg National Military Park.32°22′33″N 90°52′0″W / 32.37583°N 90.86667°W
Engraving showing the sinking of USS Monitor
13 December
- Countess of Lisburn ( United Kingdom): The smack was wrecked at Cardigan. Her three crew were rescued by the Cardigan Lifeboat.[1]
20 December
- Champion ( United Kingdom): The brigantine was wrecked on the Scarweather Sands, in the Bristol Channel. All ten people on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from New Brunswick to Liverpool, Lancashire.[4]
31 December
- USS Monitor ( United States Navy): American Civil War: Sank under tow off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina with the loss of 16 crew.
Unknown date
- USS Noble ( United States): American Civil War: The barque that was scuttled as a blockship near Savannah, Georgia as part of the Stone Fleet in early 1862.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "CARDIGAN & DISTRICT SHIPWRECKS AND LIFEBOAT SERVICE". Glen Johnson. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Bottomley, Alan Farquar. "Shipwrecks at or near Walberswick from 1848 - 1874". Suffolk Records Society. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
- ↑ "Belgian Merchant A-G". Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 30 September 2010.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks". Swansea Docks. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
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 |