List of shipwrecks in April 1863
The list of shipwrecks in April 1863 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during April 1863.
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1 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Jessie | United Kingdom | The Shields[a] schooner's reported sinking from water ingress and pump failure while "seven days out of Stockholm, and within sight of Scotland" was described in a bottle-enclosed message written by a crew member who recorded the loss of the master and the readying of boats at 11 a.m.[1] |
2 April
Ship | State | Description |
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USS Alligator | United States Navy | While under tow from the Washington Navy Yard, Washington Virginia, to Port Royal, South Carolina, Confederate States of America by the armed steamer USS Sumpter ( United States Navy), the submarine was cut loose and lost in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, Confederate States of America during a storm.[2] |
Claret | United Kingdom | The ship collided with the brig Crocus ( United Kingdom) and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to London. She put in to Whitby, Yorkshire.[3] |
Helen | Confederate States of America | corn, the sloop was captured and burned by a boat expedition from the sidewheel paddle steamer USS Fort Henry, the gunboat USS Sagamore, and the brig USS St. Lawrence (all United States Navy) off Bayport.[4][5]
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Mora | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on |
Union | United States | Bound from North Atlantic Ocean a 0.5 nautical miles (0.93 kilometres) off New Inlet, North Carolina, Confederate States of America.[6]
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Ward Jackson | United Kingdom | The steamship was damaged by fire at Copenhagen, Denmark.[3] |
Unidentified schooner | Confederate States of America | American Civil War, Union blockade: Carrying a cargo of cotton, the schooner was burned by the Confederates to prevent her capture by a boat expedition from the sidewheel paddle steamer USS Fort Henry, the gunboat USS Sagamore, and the brig USS St. Lawrence (all United States Navy) in Bayport Harbor off Bayport, Florida.[7] |
4 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Alicia Bland | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the |
Bellona | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at |
Marion | United States | The 900-ton sidewheel |
Natchez | Confederate States of America | The 714-ton sidewheel paddle steamer burned at Castleman, Mississippi.[11] |
Unnamed | Norway | The Orkney Islands, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Arendal to the Isle of Man. She was later refloated and beached.[12]
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5 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Amalia | Spain | The schooner was wrecked on a reef off the Punta Castle, Havana, Cuba. She was on a voyage from Havana to Matamoras.[13] |
Candahar | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore at Villaricos, Spain and broke in two.[14][15] |
Mary C. Harris | Confederate States of America | The schooner was wrecked on a reef off the Punta Castle. She was on a voyage from Havana to Matamoras.[13] |
Virago | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Scharhörn. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Hamburg. She was refloated and later towed in to Hamburg in a leaky condition.[16] |
Voyager | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked on a reef off the Punta Castle. She was on a voyage from Havana to Nassau, Bahamas.[13] |
6 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Admiral Verbuel | Netherlands | The steamship ran aground at Brielle, South Holland.[17] |
Leslie | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Larne, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Ramelton, County Donegal.[17] |
CSS Marion | Confederate States Army | Ashley River near the mouth of Wappoo Creek off Charleston, South Carolina. The mine exploded, ripping out her bottom and killing one of her officers.[18][19]
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Rhine | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent and broke ger back.[20] |
Rhone | France | The steamship ran aground off Brielle.[17] |
Robert and Mary | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Barber Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was refloated.[3] |
7 April
Ship | State | Description |
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USS Barataria | United States Navy | |
Jeune Arthur | France | The ship was in collision with an American vessel and sank in The Downs.[20] |
Matilda Catharina | Sweden | The ship was driven ashore at Lerberget, near Höganäs. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Landskrona for repairs, arriving on 7 April.[12] |
Progress | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew survived.[23] |
Riffort | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the |
Walpole | United States | The 145-ton sidewheel paddle steamer was wrecked on Minots Ledge off Cohasset, Massachusetts, with the loss of two lives.[24] |
8 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Berosa | Confederate States of America | |
Effort | United Kingdom | The |
Fulwood | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the Ceylon. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[27]
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Julius D. Morton | United States | The 472-ton sidewheel paddle steamer burned on the St. Clair River near Monroe, Michigan.[28] |
USS Keokuk | United States Navy | American Civil War, First Battle of Charleston Harbor: The experimental ironclad screw steamer sank 1,300 yards (1,200 meters) off the south end of Morris Island in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, Confederate States of America (32°41′36″N 79°52′19″W / 32.69333°N 79.87194°W) after taking 90 hits from Confederate artillery the previous day, 19 of them at or below the waterline.[29] |
Pandora | United Kingdom | The Gironde. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Bordeaux, Gironde, France. She was refloated and taken in to Bordeaux in a leaky condition.[12]
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R. C. M. Lovell | United States | American Civil War: Carrying a cargo of African Americans who were on board.[30]
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Rover's Bride | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground off Fredrikshavn, Denmark.[26]
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Saxonia | United States | American Civil War: Carrying a cargo of sutler′s stores for the Union Army, the 60-ton screw steamer was captured and burned on the Cumberland River near Clarksville, Tennessee, by the 2nd Kentucky Cavalry Regiment ( Confederate States Army).[30] |
William and Sarah | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Dumball Sand, in the River Parrett. She capsized and sank with the loss of all but one of her crew.[12] |
9 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Countess of Errol | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She floated off but became severely sagged and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by a Deal boat. Countess of Errol was on a voyage from North Shields, County Durham to Cartagena, Spain.[16][26] |
George Washington | United States Army | ammunition magazine, starting a fire that burned her to the waterline before she sank in shallow water. Her crew and Union Army soldiers on board abandoned her after suffering two killed, ten wounded, and two missing.[31]
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10 April
Ship | State | Description |
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J. D. Clarke | Confederate States Army | American Civil War: The sidewheel transport was scuttled in the Mississippi River in Louisiana outside the mouth of the Red River of the South by the sloop-of-war USS Hartford ( United States Navy). Hartford had captured her the previous day.[32][33] |
Haidee | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near the Salt Key. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Nassau, Bahamas.[34] |
Nile | United Kingdom | The Forfarshire to a Baltic port.[35]
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11 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Annie | Confederate States of America | American Civil War, Union blockade: Carrying a cargo of cotton, the sloop was captured and scuttled on the Crystal River, Florida by the schooner USS Sea Bird ( United States Navy).[36] |
Margaret | United Kingdom | The lighter ran aground on Patterson's Rock, in the Sound of Sunda. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Corran Ferry, Inverness-shire to Ardrossan, Ayrshire.[14] |
CSS Queen of the West
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Confederate States of America | American Civil War: Attacked by the sidewheel magazine .
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Stonewall Jackson | United Kingdom | American Civil War, saltpeter, shoes, tin ingots, lead ingots, and copper ingots, the 862- or 872-ton sidewheel paddle steamer ran aground off the coast of South Carolina in the Rattlesnake Channel or North Channel near Sullivan's Island. Flag and Huron burned her there at daybreak on 12 April.[21][37]
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Surinam | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Trinidad for Greenock, Renfrewshire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[38] |
Trial | Bremen | The ship was abandoned in the St. Catherine's Lighthouse, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by Felicite ( France). Trial was on a voyage from Bahia, Brazil to Bremen.[39]
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12 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Antilles | United Kingdom | The brig was run into by the steamship Black Diamond ( United Kingdom) and sank off the Shipwash Lightship ( Trinity House) with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by Black Diamond.[16] |
Bella | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground of the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Margate, Kent.[16] |
Berbice | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore at Dippin Point, Isle of Arran. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Paramaribo, Surinam. She was refloated.[40][14] |
Golden Liner | Flag unknown | American Civil War, Union blockade:The blockade runner was lost on the Cape Fear River in North Carolina, Confederate States of America.[41] |
Juno | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at "Cape Toulcha", Ottoman Empire.[13] |
Philip | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Trelleborg, SwedenHer crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Riga, Russia.[16] |
Regalia | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at the mouth of the River Tees. Her seven crew were rescued by the Seaton Carew Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to the River Tees.[42] Regalia was refloated on 16 April and towed in to Hartlepool, County Durham by the paddle tug Esk ( United Kingdom).[26][23][43] |
Valentine | France | The Guimbering, Senegal.[44]
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13 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Genoa | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore south of Coast Guard using rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[39][45]
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Stevens | Confederate States of America | American Civil War: The incomplete gunboat was burned on Bayou Teche, two miles (3.2 km) below New Iberia, Louisiana, to prevent her capture by Union forces.[46] |
14 April
Ship | State | Description |
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CSS Diana
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Confederate States Army | American Civil War: The gunboat was burned on Bayou Teche near Franklin, Louisiana, to prevent her capture by Union forces.[47] |
Friends | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Forfarshire to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated and taken in to Newcastle upon Tyne in a severely damaged condition.[26]
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CSS Hart | Confederate States Army | American Civil War: The 175-ton ironclad sidewheel paddle steamer was scuttled in Grand Lake in the vicinity of Camp Bisland on Bayou Teche in Louisiana to prevent her capture by Union forces. An intelligence report by the sidewheel paddle steamer USS Clifton ( United States Navy) on 28 July 1863 reported that Confederate forces had almost refloated Hart, but had sunk her again upon the appearance of United States Navy gunboats.[48][49] |
15 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Anna Krell | Wismar | The barque ran aground off Saltholm, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Wismar. She was refloated with assistance and resumed her voyage.[50] |
Lafayette | United States | American Civil War, CSS Alabama's South Atlantic Expeditionary Raid: The whaler was captured and burned in the Atlantic Ocean near Fernando de Noronha, Empire of Brazil by the screw sloop-of-war CSS Alabama ( Confederate States of America).[51][21] |
Mary Ann | United Kingdom | The Sunderland, County Durham to the Moray Firth.[52]
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Olga | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to King's Lynn, Norfolk. She was refloated the next day and completed her voyage.[26] |
16 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Henry Clay | United States Army | American Civil War: The 257-ton sidewheel paddle steamer was set afire on the Mississippi River by Confederate artillery fire while passing Vicksburg, Mississippi, Confederate States of America. Her crew cut loose a barge she was towing that had Union Army soldiers aboard, then abandoned ship without loss of life. Henry Clay floated downstream as far as New Carthage, Mississippi, before burning to the waterline.[53] |
Prioress | United States | The 393-ton sidewheel Cincinnati, Ohio, with the loss of one life.[54]
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Silurian | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Plymouth, Devon for Valparaíso, Chile. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[55] |
17 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Alliance | United States | The 136-ton sternwheel paddle steamer was stranded on Devil Island in the Mississippi River near Cape Girardeau, Missouri.[56] |
Blue Hammock | Confederate States of America | American Civil War: The 74-ton sidewheel paddle steamer was burned at the junction of Bayou Teche and Bayou Fusilier near Breaux Bridge, Louisiana to prevent her capture by Union forces.[57] |
Commonwealth | United States | American Civil War: The 1,300-ton clipper, bound from New York City to San Francisco, California, was captured and burned in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Brazil by the screw sloop-of-war CSS Florida ( Confederate States of America).[21][58][59] |
CSS Darby | Confederate States of America | American Civil War: The armed steamer was burned on Bayou Teche to prevent her capture by Union forces.[60] |
Gemini | United Kingdom | The |
Kate Corey | United States | American Civil War, CSS Alabama's South Atlantic Expeditionary Raid: The 132-ton whaler was burned in the Atlantic Ocean 4 nautical miles (7.4 kilometres) off Fernando de Noronha, Brazil by the screw sloop-of-war CSS Alabama ( Confederate States of America). Alabama had captured Kate Corey on 15 April.[51][21][61] |
Louisa Hatch | United States | American Civil War, CSS Alabama's South Atlantic Expeditionary Raid: The full-rigged ship was burned by the screw sloop-of-war CSS Alabama ( Confederate States of America) in the Atlantic Ocean 4 nautical miles (7.4 kilometres) off Fernando de Noronha.[21][51][61] |
Louise | Confederate States of America | American Civil War: The 343- or 369-ton sidewheel paddle steamer was burned at the junction of Bayou Teche and Bayou Fusilier to prevent her capture by Union forces.[62] |
Uncle Tommy | Confederate States of America | American Civil War: The steamboat was burned in Louisiana at the junction of Bayou Teche and Bayou Fusilier to prevent her capture by Union forces.[63] |
18 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Caroline Alice | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground at Plymouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from Boston, Lincolnshire to Plymouth.[50] |
Inez | United Kingdom | American Civil War, Union blockade: The 4-ton schooner, attempting to run the Union blockade with a cargo of salt and shoe thread, was captured and destroyed off Indian River Inlet, Florida, by the barque USS Gem of the Sea ( United States Navy).[21][5] |
19 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Fly | New Zealand | The Riverton. The vessel was found to be unmanageable, and the crew were taken off by a pilot boat. The pilot boat capsized in the swell, killing her master and one of his crew, along with two of the Fly′s crew.[64]
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Munster Lass | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Cape Colony.[65]
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Newburgh | United Kingdom | The ship collided with the steamship Oscar ( St. Abbs Head, Berwickshire. Her crew were rescued by Oscar. Newburgh was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Leith, Lothian.[26]
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Sumner | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore at La Escopeta, near Garrucha, Spain and broke in two. Her crew were rescued.[23] |
20 April
Ship | State | Description |
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General Butler | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the |
21 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Hannabal | Denmark | The |
Mary | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked on Heligoland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Meldorf, Duchy of Holstein.[26][23] |
Town of Liverpool | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Rattray Head, Aberdeenshire.[68] |
22 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Alma and Tony | Grand Duchy of Oldenburg | The schooner ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Bremen to North Shields, Northumberland, United Kingdom. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug and taken in to North Shields.[26] |
Charlotte | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on Scroby Sands, Norfolk. She was refloated with assistance.[26] |
Queen of the Vale | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Pomaron, Portugal for Liverpool, Lancashire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[69] |
Tigress | United States Army | American Civil War: The steamer was struck by Confederate artillery at Vicksburg, Mississippi, Confederate States of America in the Mississippi River and ran aground. She broke in half and sank after taking additional shell hits. Her passengers and crew were rescued by J. W. Cheeseman ( United States).[21][70] |
23 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Ceres | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Wainfleet, Lincolnshire.[13]
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Charlotte Hinds | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Coulbourn Sand, off Ramsgate, Kent. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Ramsgate. She was refloated.[23] |
Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The |
Henrietta | United States | Baltimore, Maryland to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with a cargo of candles, flour, and lard, was captured and burned in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Brazil by the screw sloop-of-war CSS Florida ( Confederate States of America).[58][21][72]
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Hyack | Flag unknown | The barque was wrecked on a reef off Cape Mendocino, California.[73] |
Ida Nicoline Frederikke | Sweden | The ship ran aground on Hirsholmene, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Nyköping.[23] |
Thaetigkeit | Russia | The ship foundered in the English Channel 20 nautical miles (37 km) off Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull to Seville, Spain.[23] |
24 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Nye | United States | South Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Brazil (05°45′15″S 31°53′00″W / 5.75417°S 31.88333°W) by the screw sloop-of-war CSS Alabama ( Confederate States of America).[21][51][74]
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Oneida | United States | US$1 million, was captured and burned in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Brazil by the screw sloop-of-war CSS Florida ( Confederate States of America).[21][58][75]
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25 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Elwine Frederika | Flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore on Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to New York, United States.[76] |
Katharine | United States | The ship ran aground in the Seine-Inférieure, France.[76]
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Ophelia | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground off Lindisfarne, Northumberland. She was refloated.[23] |
26 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Antoinette | Flag unknown | |
Dictator | United States | American Civil War: The |
Dorcas Prince | United States | American Civil War: The 699-ton South Atlantic Ocean east of Natal, Brazil, at 07°37′S 31°30′W / 7.617°S 31.500°W by the screw sloop-of-war CSS Alabama ( Confederate States of America).[21][51][61]
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George Chisholm | Flag unknown | American Civil War, Union blockade: The Murrell's Inlet.[31]
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Jeffery | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Crapand Rocks, Jersey, Channel Islands. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Jersey. She was refloated.[13] |
Liburne | France | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Squan Inlet, New Jersey, United States. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to New York, United States.[76] |
Unnamed | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore on Scharhörn, Hamburg.[23] |
27 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Ada Hancock | United States | While transferring 60 passengers and $45,000 to the steamer Senator ( United States) in San Pedro Bay in the harbor at Wilmington, Californiaa, the steamer careened, admitting cold sea water into her engine room, which caused her boiler to explode. The explosion blew the ship to pieces down to her waterline, throwing some pieces of debris as far as one-half to three-quarters of a mile (0.8 to 1.2 km). At least 26 people died immediately, and of the 37 others who were injured, 23 later died.[74]
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Anglo Saxon | United Kingdom | Bound from Gross register ton screw steamer ran aground in Clam Cove about four miles (6.4 km) north of Cape Race, Newfoundland, and broke up within an hour, killing 237 or 256 people (sources disagree).[78]
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Golden Liner | United Kingdom | Murrell's Inlet, South Carolina, Confederate States of America by boat crews from the armed screw steamer USS Monticello and the armed schooner USS Matthew Vassar (both United States Navy).[21][79]
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USS Preble | United States Navy | The sloop-of-war accidentally caught fire, was abandoned, exploded, and sank in Pensacola Bay off Pensacola, Florida, Confederate States of America.[80] |
28 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Ange Melanie | France | The ship foundered in the Gironde at Blaye, Gironde. She was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham, United Kingdom to Bordeaux, Gironde.[81][23]
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William Tapscott | United States | The full-rigged ship was driven on to the Pluckington Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to New York.[81][82] |
Unidentified schooner | Confederate States of America | American Civil War, Union blockade: Loaded with a cargo of salt, the schooner was burned in a creek near Magnolia Beach, South Carolina, by a Union landing party.[83] |
29 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Little Helen | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at |
Prestatyn | United Kingdom | The |
Sarah Palmer | United Kingdom | The |
30 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Horizon | United States | Transporting Company G of the 2nd Illinois Light Artillery Regiment ( Union Army), the 315-ton sternwheel paddle steamer collided during the night of 30 April-1 May with the transport Moderator ( United States) and sank in the Mississippi River at Bruinsburg, Mississippi, Confederate States of America, killing two men and all 60 of the unit′s horses.[89][90] |
Star | United Kingdom | The brig was abandoned off the coast of Jutland. Her crew were rescued by Ulrike ( Denmark).[91] |
Unidentified sloop | Confederate States of America | St Joseph's Island, Texas, Confederate States of America.[21]
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Unknown date
Ship | State | Description |
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Albatross | United Kingdom | The |
Arab | United Kingdom | The ship collided with a |
Bessie | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Dunnesset Bay. She was on a voyage from the Pentland Firth to Dublin.[39] |
Brierly Hill | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at |
Cricket | Confederate States of America | American Civil War: The ship was destroyed on Bayou Teche in Louisiana.[60] |
Era No. 2 | Confederate States of America | American Civil War: The ship was destroyed on Bayou Teche.[95] |
CSS Etiwan | Confederate States of America | American Civil War: The 132-ton sidewheel paddle steamer was run ashore near Fort Johnson, South Carolina in a sinking condition on 4, 6, or 7 June after a drifting mine exploded against her side in Charleston Harbor She was repaired and returned to service.[96] |
Gossamer | United States | American Civil War: The 144-ton sternwheel paddle steamer was burned by Union forces on Bayou Teche at Franklin, Louisiana.[97] |
Halket | Hamburg | The ship ran aground on the Haaks Bank, in the North Sea off the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium.[39] |
Jeune Albert | France | The full-rigged ship was discovered abandoned off Madagascar by HMS Sans Pareil ( Royal Navy). She was set afire and sunk.[98] |
Josephine Wilcutt | United States | The 86-ton schooner was wrecked at Newport, California.[73] |
Maria | United Kingdom | The ship put in to the Montrose, Forfarshire.[39]
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Milicete | France | The ship caught fire off |
Nelly | United Kingdom | The ship struck a rock and sank near Ystad, Sweden.[94][23] |
Newboy | Confederate States of America | American Civil War: The transport was destroyed on Bayou Teche.[99] |
Nymph | United Kingdom | The ship was severely damaged by fire at Montrose, Forfarshire. She was on a voyage from the River Wear to Montrose.[26]
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Policarpo | Spain | The schooner was wrecked on the coast of Morocco. Her crew survived, but were held prisoner by the Moors for ten months.[100] |
Providential Memory | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at |
Recruit | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in the Gillolo Passage before 4 April. She was on a voyage from |
Reine des Anges | France | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Belem ( |
Willem de Zwyger | Netherlands | The barque was wrecked at the Cape of Good Hope.[92][93] |
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- ^ "Royal National Lifeboat Institution". Morning Post. No. 27890. London. 8 May 1863. p. 6.
- ^ "Foreign Intelligence". The Times. No. 25163. London. 19 April 1865. col C-D, p. 9.
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Aberdeen Journal. No. 6014. Aberdeen. 15 April 1863.
- ^ Gaines, p. 74.
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- ^ a b c d e Ahoy - Mac's Web Log "Marauders of the Sea, Confederate Merchant Raiders During the American Civil War: CSS Alabama. 1862-1864. Captain Raphael Semmes"
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- ^ Gaines, p. 96.
- ^ Gaines, p. 136.
- ^ "Mercantile Ship News". The Standard. No. 12280. London. 19 December 1863. p. 7.
- ^ Gaines, p. 91.
- ^ Gaines, p. 61.
- ^ a b c Ahoy - Mac's Web Log "Marauders of the Sea, Confederate Merchant Raiders During the American Civil War: CSS Florida. 1862-1863. Captain John Newland Maffitt. CSS Florida. 1864. Captain Charles M. Morris"
- ^ Gaines, p. 13.
- ^ a b Gaines, p. 62.
- ^ a b c Gaines, p. 23.
- ^ Gaines, p. 69.
- ^ Gaines, p. 75.
- ^ Ingram & Wheatley, p. 88.
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- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury. No. 4767. Liverpool. 21 May 1863.
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Dundee Courier. No. 3027. Dundee. 23 April 1863.
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Aberdeen Journal. No. 6015. Aberdeen. 22 April 1863.
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury. No. 4828. Liverpool. 31 July 1863.
- ^ Gaines, p. 103.
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury. No. 4745. Liverpool. 25 April 1863.
- ^ a b Gaines p. 14.
- ^ a b Gaines p. 28.
- ^ a b Gaines, p. 24.
- ^ Gaines, p. 16.
- ^ a b c "Mercantile Ship News". The Standard. No. 12086. London. 7 May 1863. p. 7.
- ^ Gaines, p. 143.
- ^ Gaines, p. 32.
- ^ Gaines, p. 147.
- ^ Gaines, p. 44.
- ^ a b c d "Ship News". The Times. No. 24546. London. 30 April 1863. col F, p. 12.
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury. No. 4750. Liverpool. 1 May 1863.
- ^ Gaines, p. 157.
- ^ a b "Ship News". The Times. No. 24557. London. 13 May 1863. col F, p. 12.
- ^ a b c "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury. No. 4749. Liverpool. 30 April 1863.
- ^ "Wreck of the Sarah Palmer". Belfast News-Letter. No. 15578. Belfast. 30 April 1863.
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- ^ "The Missing Boat of the Wrecked East Indiaman Sarah Palmer off Tuskar". The Standard. No. 12083. London. 4 May 1863. p. 2.
- ^ Gaines, p. 97.
- ^ batteryg.net A Short History of Battery G
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- ^ a b "The Cape of Good Hope Mail". Birmingham Daily Post. No. 1510. London. 29 May 1863.
- ^ a b "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury. No. 4774. Liverpool. 29 May 1863.
- ^ a b "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury. No. 4747. Liverpool. 28 March 1863.
- ^ Gaines, p. 64.
- ^ Gaines, p. 145.
- ^ Gaines, p. 65.
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- ^ Gaines p. 71.
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