List of shipwrecks in 1863
The list of shipwrecks in 1863 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1863.
January
11 January
- USS Hatteras (
United States): American Civil War: The gunboat was sunk by CSS Alabama off Galveston, Texas.
Unknown date
- Heinrich Sorensen (
Russia): The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Breaksea Point, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. Her twelve crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde, France to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[1]
February
7 February
- HMS Orpheus (
Royal Navy) : The Jason-class corvette ran onto a sandbar and was destroyed by waves at Whatipu, Manukau Harbour, New Zealand. There were 189 dead and 70 survivors.
19 February
- Laconic (
United Kingdom): The barque was wrecked on the Helwick Shoal, in the Bristol Channel. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Swansea to Tenerife, Canary Isles, Spain.[1]
28 February
- Rattlesnake (
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Confederate States of America): American Civil War: A Confederate privateer sunk by USS Montauk in Ogeechee River, Georgia, USA.
Unknown date
- CSS American Diver ( Confederate States Navy): American Civil War: She was a Confederate prototype submarine that sunk in Mobile Bay during February in stormy weather. No lives were lost.
March
5 March
- City of Peterborough ( United Kingdom) : She collided with the barque Tuspan (
France) about 200 nautical miles (370 km) south of the Isles of Scilly. There were 5 dead and 8 survivors[2]
19 March
- CSS Georgiana ( Confederate States Navy): American Civil War : The confederate navy blockade runner cruiser was deliberately run aground to avoid capture. She was then burned and blown up at Isle of Palms, South Carolina, USA. There were 0 dead and 140 survivors.
25 March
- USS Lancaster ( United States): American Civil War: A steamboat that was sunk by Confederate forces off Port Hudson, Louisiana.
Unknown date
- Star of the West ( United States): American Civil War: A steamship that was scuttled as a blockship near Greenwood, Mississippi.
April
8 April
- USS Keokuk ( United States): American Civil War: An experimental ironclad steamer, sunk in the First Battle of Charleston Harbor, South Carolina.32°41′36″N 79°52′19″W / 32.69333°N 79.87194°W
May
28 May
- USS Lily ( United States): American Civil War: A tugboat that collided with USS Choctaw in the Yazoo River, Mississippi.
June
24 June
- USS Sumpter ( United States): American Civil War: A steamship that sank in a collision near Smith Island, Virginia.37°05′48″N 75°42′14″W / 37.0968°N 75.7040°W
July
13 July
- USS Baron DeKalb ( United States): American Civil War: A City-class ironclad warship that was sunk by a mine near Yazoo City, Mississippi.
August
21 August
- USS Bainbridge ( United States): American Civil War: She capsized off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina with the loss of all but one of her crew.
October
8 October
- J. O. ( United Kingdom): The barque was driven ashore at Whitford Point, Glamorgan. Her crew survived.[1]
December
6 December
- USS Weehawken ( United States): American Civil War: The monitor was sunk at Charleston, South Carolina.32°42′57″N 79°53′25″W / 32.7157°N 79.8903°W
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks". Swansea Docks. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
- ↑ "Accidents, Inquests, Etc". Fatal Collision. London: The Penny Illustrated Paper. 14 March 1863. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
See also
| Ship events in 1863 | |||||||||||
| Ship launches: | 1858 | 1859 | 1860 | 1861 | 1862 | 1863 | 1864 | 1865 | 1866 | 1867 | 1868 |
| Ship commissionings: | 1858 | 1859 | 1860 | 1861 | 1862 | 1863 | 1864 | 1865 | 1866 | 1867 | 1868 |
| Ship decommissionings: | 1858 | 1859 | 1860 | 1861 | 1862 | 1863 | 1864 | 1865 | 1866 | 1867 | 1868 |
| Shipwrecks: | 1858 | 1859 | 1860 | 1861 | 1862 | 1863 | 1864 | 1865 | 1866 | 1867 | 1868 |