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The list of shipwrecks in November 1862 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during November 1862 .
1 November
2 November
4 November
List of shipwrecks: 4 November 1862
Ship
State
Description
Robert Wilbur
Confederate States
American Civil War , Union blockade : The schooner was captured and burned in Nomini Creek in Virginia off the Potomac River , by a boat crew in a launch from the armed sidewheel paddle steamer USS Jacob Bell ( United States Navy ).[5] [7]
Sophia
United Kingdom
American Civil War , Union blockade : While attempting to run the Union blockade with a cargo of rifled field artillery pieces, salt , soda ash , saltpeter , small arms , and ammunition , the 375-ton bark was forced aground 3 to 5 miles (5 to 8 km) west of Masonboro Inlet , North Carolina , by the armed screw steamers USS Daylight and USS Mount Vernon (both United States Navy ). Boarding parties from Daylight and Mount Vernon then burned her.[5] [8]
Unidentified schooner
Confederate States
American Civil War , Union blockade : The schooner was captured and burned in Nomini Creek in Virginia off the Potomac River , by a boat crew in a launch from the armed sidewheel paddle steamer USS Jacob Bell ( United States Navy ).[9]
Unidentified sloop
Confederate States
American Civil War , Union blockade : The sloop was captured and burned in Nomini Creek in Virginia off the Potomac River , by a boat crew in a launch from the armed sidewheel paddle steamer USS Jacob Bell ( United States Navy ).[9]
5 November
7 November
8 November
14 November
17 November
18 November
List of shipwrecks: 18 November 1862
Ship
State
Description
Ann Maria
United Kingdom
American Civil War , Union blockade : While attempting to run the Union blockade with a cargo of salt , flour , sugar , and lard , the schooner was forced aground near Masonboro Inlet , North Carolina , by the screw steamer USS Monticello ( United States Navy ). She bilged, broke up, was set afire, and sank in 24 feet (7.3 meters) of water.[5] [18]
Ariel
United Kingdom
American Civil War , Union blockade : While attempting to run the Union blockade with a cargo of salt , flour , sugar , and lard , the schooner was forced aground near Masonboro Inlet , North Carolina , by the screw steamer USS Monticello ( United States Navy ). The crew of Monticello burned her the next day.[5] [19]
Kate
Confederate States
The schooner struck a snag and sank on the Cape Fear River Bar off North Carolina .[20]
19 November
20 November
23 November
24 November
25 November
27 November
30 November
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1862
Ship
State
Description
Black Hawk
United States
Carrying a cargo of US$ 4,000 in specie and stained glass , the brig foundered in a gale in Lake Michigan off Point Betsie , Michigan , at 44°42′N 86°16′W / 44.700°N 86.267°W / 44.700; -86.267 (Black Hawk ) .[31]
Cléopâtre
French Navy
The frigate burned to the waterline without loss of life off Cape Hatteras , North Carolina .[32]
Constantine
Unknown
The schooner was wrecked in Cuffey's Cove on the coast of Mendocino County , California .[33]
Eugene
United States
American Civil War : The 298-ton sidewheel paddle steamer sank with the loss of 15 lives on either 1 or 14 November after striking the wreck of Eliza (flag unknown) in the Mississippi River at Plum Point , Tennessee .[34]
Flycatcher (or Fly Catcher )
Confederate States
American Civil War : The screw steamer was sunk by Confederate forces as a blockship in the Atchafalaya River or Bayou Teche in Louisiana .[35] [36]
Harry King
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Dunwich , Suffolk , England .[23]
USS Mingo
United States Navy
American Civil War : The sternwheel paddle steamer sank in the Mississippi River off Cape Girardeau , Missouri , at 37°18′54″N 89°30′32″W / 37.315°N 89.509°W / 37.315; -89.509 (USS Mingo (1862) ) .
S. F. Blunt
Unknown
The schooner became waterlogged and sank at Albion , California . She later was salvaged .[37]
Unidentified schooner
Confederate States
American Civil War : The schooner was loaded with bricks and scuttled by Confederate forces as a blockship in Bayou Teche in Louisiana above the Cornays Bridge .[38]
References
Notes
^ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: A. B. Seagar
^ a b c Ahoy - Mac's Web Log "Marauders of the Sea, Confederate Merchant Raiders During the American Civil War: CSS Alabama. 1862-1864. Captain Raphael Semmes"
^ a b c d usnlp.org Navy Chronology of the Civil War, July-December 1862
^ Gaines, p. 22.
^ a b c d e f g h usnlp.org Navy Chronology of the Civil War, January-June 1862
^ Gaines, p. 125.
^ Gaines, p. 187.
^ Gaines, p. 128.
^ a b Gaines, p. 193.
^ a b Gaines, p. 132.
^ Gaines, p. 68.
^ Gaines, p. 52.
^ Ingram & Wheatley, pp. 82–83.
^ Gaines, p. 16.
^ Gaines, p. 75.
^ Gaines, pp. 121-122.
^ Gaines, p. 131.
^ Gaines, p. 113.
^ Gaines, p. 114.
^ Gaines, p. 122.
^ Gaines, p. 98.
^ Gaines, p. 119.
^ a b Bottomley, Alan Farquar. "Shipwrecks at or near Walberswick from 1848 - 1874" (PDF) . Suffolk Records Society. Retrieved 26 December 2014 .
^ Gaines, p. 126.
^ Gaines, p. 134.
^ Gaines, p. 118.
^ a b Gaines, p. 191.
^ Gaines, p. 192.
^ Gaines, p. 69.
^ Gaines, p. 34.
^ Gaines, p. 57.
^ Gaines, p. 116.
^ Gaines, p. 26.
^ Gaines, p. 94.
^ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Flycatcher
^ Gaines, p. 65.
^ Gaines, p. 30.
^ Gaines, p. 76.
Bibliography
Gaines, W. Craig, Encyclopedia of Civil War Shipwrecks , Louisiana State University Press, 2008, ISBN 978-0-8071-3274-6 .
Ingram, C. W. N., and Wheatley, P. O., (1936) Shipwrecks: New Zealand disasters 1795–1936. Dunedin, NZ: Dunedin Book Publishing Association.
Shipwrecks 1860–69, by month
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