List of shipwrecks in 1862
The list of shipwrecks in 1862 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1862.
1862 | |||
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Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr |
May | Jun | Jul | Aug |
Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
January
2 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Northern Light | ![]() |
Collided with brig Nouveau St. Jacques (![]() |
9 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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USS Meteor | ![]() |
American Civil War: A sailing ship that was part of the Stone Fleet scuttled at Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. |
USS Potomac | ![]() |
American Civil War: A whaler that was part of the Stone Fleet scuttled at Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. |
24 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Pioneer | ![]() |
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
Ship | Country | Description |
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USS New England | ![]() |
American Civil War: A whaler that was part of the Stone Fleet scuttled at Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. |
USS Peri | ![]() |
American Civil War: Sunk as blockship, Charleston, South Carolina. |
USS Stephen Young | ![]() |
American Civil War: Sunk as blockship, Charleston, South Carolina. |
26 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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USS Timor | ![]() |
American Civil War: A ship that was part of the Stone Fleet scuttled at Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. |
28 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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John & Isabella | ![]() |
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
Ship | Country | Description |
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CSS Curlew | ![]() |
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
Ship | Country | Description |
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CSS Sea Bird | ![]() |
American Civil War: Battle of Roanoke Island, rammed and sunk by Commodore Perry (![]() |
10 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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CSS Appomattox | ![]() |
American Civil War: Set afire to prevent capture. |
CSS Fanny | ![]() |
American Civil War: Ran aground and blown up at Elizabeth City, North Carolina to prevent capture. |
CSS Forrest | ![]() |
American Civil War: A gunboat that was burned to prevent capture at Elizabeth City, North Carolina. |
25 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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R. B. Forbes | ![]() |
American Civil War: Driven ashore south of Currituck Inlet. Set afire to prevent capture. |
March
5 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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Cantabria | ![]() |
Foundered off San Sebastián de La Gomera, Canary Islands.[3] |
Victoria & Albert | ![]() |
The schooner foundered on the Mixon Shoal, in the Bristol Channel with the loss of all hands.[4] |
8 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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USS Congress | ![]() |
American Civil War: Destroyed in battle off with Virginia (![]() ![]() Wreck of USS Cumberland, 1862 |
USS Cumberland | ![]() |
American Civil War: Rammed and sunk by Virginia (![]() |
April
19 April
Ship | Country | Description |
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USS Signal | ![]() |
American Civil War: A gunboat that was scuttled to prevent capture off Alexandria, Louisiana. |
24 April
Ship | Country | Description |
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CSS Governor Moore | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
American Civil War: A steamship that sank in the Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip, Louisiana. |
28 April
Ship | Country | Description |
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CSS Louisiana | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
American Civil War: Scuttled at Algiers, New Orleans, after a battle with USS Iroquois. |
May
![](../I/m/Destruction_of_Merrimac%2C_May_11%2C_1862.png)
Scuttling of CSS Virginia
11 May
Ship | Country | Description |
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CSS Virginia | ![]() |
American Civil War: Battle of Hampton Roads, scuttled to prevent capture, Craney Island, North Carolina |
15 May
Ship | Country | Description |
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CSS Jamestown | ![]() |
American Civil War: Scuttled as blockship, James River, Virginia. |
June
6 June
Ship | Country | Description |
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CSS Colonel Lovell | ![]() |
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
Ship | Country | Description |
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Barque Johanna Wagner | ![]() |
Wrecked at Strandfontein, South Africa. |
August
6 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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CSS Arkansas | ![]() |
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
Ship | Country | Description |
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USS Henry Andrew | ![]() |
American Civil War: Driven ashore south of Cape Henry, Virginia and wrecked. |
October
Unknown date
Ship | Country | Description |
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Alderman Thompson | ![]() |
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
Ship | Country | Description |
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Hawk | ![]() |
The steamship was driven ashore north of Southwold, Suffolk.[2] |
Unknown date
Ship | Country | Description |
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Harry King | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Dunwich, Suffolk.[2] |
USS Mingo | ![]() |
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
Ship | Country | Description |
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Ellis | ![]() |
American Civil War: Set on fire at Jacksonville, North Carolina to prevent capture and destroyed by the explosion of her magazines. |
December
12 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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USS Cairo | ![]() |
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
Ship | Country | Description |
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Countess of Lisburn | ![]() |
The smack was wrecked at Cardigan. Her three crew were rescued by the Cardigan Lifeboat.[1] |
20 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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Champion | ![]() |
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
Ship | Country | Description |
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USS Monitor | ![]() |
American Civil War: Sank under tow off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina with the loss of 16 crew. |
Unknown date
Ship | Country | Description |
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USS Noble | ![]() |
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 2 3 "CARDIGAN & DISTRICT SHIPWRECKS AND LIFEBOAT SERVICE". Glen Johnson. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
- 1 2 3 Bottomley, Alan Farquar. "Shipwrecks at or near Walberswick from 1848 - 1874" (PDF). Suffolk Records Society. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
- ↑ "Belgian Merchant A-G" (PDF). Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 30 September 2010.
- 1 2 Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks" (PDF). 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 |
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