List of shipwrecks in March 1862
The list of shipwrecks in March 1862 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during March 1862.
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1 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Alice | United Kingdom | The brigantine was wrecked at Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America.[1] |
David Lyon | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Savannah-la-Mar, Jamaica.[3]
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Janet Willis | United Kingdom | The ship departed from |
Marie | Prussia | The ship was holed by ice off the coast of Denmark. She was on a voyage from |
Northern Chief | United States | The full-rigged ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Merlin ( United Kingdom). Northern Chief was on a voyage from New York to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[5][6] |
Polynesia | United States | The 1,084-ton clipper went aground on South Beach in San Francisco Bay. Her crew then set her on fire.[7] |
Waterloo | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at |
2 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Eliza Bowen | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Gibraltar.[11] |
Marie | United Kingdom | The ship was holed by ice and put in to Helsingør, Denmark in a waterlogged condition.[12] |
Victor | Belgium | The brig collided with Annawan ( United Kingdom) and sank at Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. Victor was on a voyage from Ostend, West Flanders to Liverpool.[8] She had been refloated by 10 March and beached.[13] |
Wasdale | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at |
3 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Diana | United Kingdom | The flat was wrecked at Aberavon, Glamorgan.[10] |
John and Susannah | United Kingdom | The dandy ran aground near the Carr Rock, on the coast of County Durham and was damaged.[9]
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Wilhelmine | Hamburg | The ship ran aground on the Meddun Sand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Cuxhaven to an English port. She was refloated.[15] |
William Sprague | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Meddun Sand. She was on a voyage from Cuxhaven to Swansea, Glamorgan. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[15] |
4 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Ada | United States | The |
Cort Adler | Norway | The schooner was run down and sunk off Cape Trafalgar, Spain by the steamship Milan ( United Kingdom). Cort Adler was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, United Kingdom to Málaga, Spain.[17] |
Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The |
Emma Eliza, and Foam |
New Zealand | The schooner Emma Eliza and cutter Foam were both dashed against Auckland wharf and overwhelmed by water during a heavy gale. Several other vessels moored nearby also sustained heavy damage.[19] |
Lady Suffolk | United States | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. All on board were rescued by Mary Anne ( Boston, Massachusetts to Port-au-Prince, Haiti.[20]
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Lessing | Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin | The brig was wrecked 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) south of Cape Spartel, Morocco with the loss of seven of her ten crew. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.[11] |
Windermere | United Kingdom | The |
5 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Cantabria | Belgium | The steamship was beached on La Gomera, Canary Islands. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to Havana, Cuba.[21] |
Contest | United Kingdom | The brig was driven in to Jane ( United Kingdom) and was abandoned at São Miguel Island, Azores. She subsequently drove ashore and was wrecked. Her crew perished when their boats capsized.[22] |
Good Intent | United Kingdom | The brigantine ran aground on the Mizen Reef, in the English Channel. She was refloated but drove ashore at Selsey Bill, Sussex in a waterlogged condition. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bridport, Dorset to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[13][18] |
Highland Chief | United Kingdom | The Cairnbulg, Aberdeenshire. Her crew reached shore in a boat, her captain was rescued by a fishing boat. She was on a voyage from Nairn to Newcastle upon Tyne.[18]
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Hope | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Barry Island, Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued.[13] |
Jane | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground in the North Sea 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off Sea Palling, Norfolk. Eight of her ten crew were rescued by the Palling Lifeboat. She was taken into a safe port the next day.[23][15] |
Jane | United Kingdom | The schooner was abandoned in the English Channel off St Alban's Head, Dorset. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Walter Scott ( United Kingdom) before she sank.[18] |
John and George | United Kingdom | The |
Levant | United Kingdom | The |
Mayflower | United Kingdom | The collier, a brig was run down and sunk in the River Thames by HMS Rapid ( Royal Navy). She was refloated on 7 March but was sunk by the wash from a passing steamship. She was raised on 13 March.[24][25]
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Parana | Jersey | The ketch was driven ashore at Salcombe, Devon. She was on a voyage from Teignmouth, Devon to Jersey.[15] |
Sophia | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and sank at Saint Sampson, Guernsey, Channel Islands. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Saint Sampson's. She was refloated and taken in to port, but consequently sank.[13][26] |
Star | United Kingdom | The smack struck the Carr Rocks and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire to the Stack Rock.[13][27] |
Union | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground off Saltfleet, Lincolnshire and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Seaham, County Durham.[15] She was refloated on 7 March and taken in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire.[18] |
Victoria & Albert | United Kingdom | The schooner foundered on the Mixon Shoal in the Bristol Channel with the loss of all hands.[28][15] |
6 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Actor | Confederate States of America | American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner was sunk in the Pamlico River in North Carolina by the gunboat USS Ceres ( United States Navy). She later was refloated.[29] |
Adonis | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Barnard Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk, and sank with the loss of two of the ten people on board. Survivors were rescued by a yawl.[30][23][31] |
Alma | Trinidad | The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Pyramid ( United States). Alma was on a voyage from Port Medway, Nova Scotia, British North America to Trinidad.[32] |
Amity | United Kingdom | The Sunderland, County Durham. She was refloated on 9 March.[18]
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Daniel Wheeler | United Kingdom | The |
Eagle | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Cross Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Exmouth, Devon to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire.[33] |
Emma Parks | United States | The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at The Needles, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom.[15] |
Esther | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked on Heligoland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Hamburg.[18] |
Grace | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and sank at Lowestoft, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. Shew as on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to London.[30][15][18] |
Grace Gibb | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore and severely damaged in Loch Hourn.[34] |
Hebe | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at the |
Joseph | Guernsey | The brigantine was wrecked on the Black Tan Spit, off the north Kent coast. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Guernsey to London.[15] |
Lord Vernon | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Walmer, Kent. Her three crew were rescued.[30] |
Poseidon | Duchy of Holstein | The ship was driven ashore and sank near Aalbeck, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Neustadt in Holstein to Newcastle upon Tyne.[18][35] |
Sarah Park | United States | The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and damaged at Hurst Castle, Hampshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Chatham, Kent to Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom.[24] She was refloated on 14 March and towed in to Southampton, Hampshire by the tug Phœnix ( United Kingdom).[36] |
Septimus | United Kingdom | The brig was abandoned in the North Sea. Her four crew were rescued by Richard Mount ( United Kingdom).[27][18] |
Summer Cloud | United Kingdom | The ship caught fire at Adelaide, South Australia and was scuttled. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Adelaide. She was refloated on 22 March.[37] |
William | United Kingdom | The Humber.[30]
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7 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Douglas | United Kingdom | The Sunderland, County Durham.[18]
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Elizabeth Duncan | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground and was wrecked in the Sound of Sanda. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Saint Kitts.[13][38] |
Esther | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked on Heligoland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Hamburg.[39][15] |
Eugene | United Kingdom | The |
Queen Victoria | United Kingdom | The Egypt. Her crew were rescued.[41] She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Alexandria.[42][43]
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8 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Active | Sweden | The schooner was driven ashore south west of "Tishtaine". She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom to "Helleborg".[35] |
Atalanta | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore near Muros, Spain. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Vigo, Spain.[34] She had become a wreck by 18 March.[44] |
USS Congress | United States Navy | |
USS Cumberland | United States Navy | |
Emelie | France | The |
Flying Scud | United States | The full-rigged ship ran aground and was holed by her anchor at Jersey, Channel Islands. She was on a voyage from New York to Jersey. She was repaired.[10] |
Ganymede | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the River Dee. She was on a voyage from Ipswich, Suffolk to Dumfries. She was refloated on 19 March and taken in to Glencaple, Dumfriesshire.[22] |
Gleam | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked on the Boulmer Rocks, on the coast of Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Newburgh, Fife.[34] |
Harmony | United Kingdom | The Harrington, Cumberland with the loss of all six crew. She was on a voyage from Harrington to an Irish port.[48]
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Jane | United Kingdom | The |
Minnesota | United States Navy | American Civil War, Battle of Hampton Roads: The frigate ran aground in the Hampton Roads. She was refloated the next day with the assistance of the steamship S. R. Spaulding ( United States) and several tugs. |
Nabob | United States | The |
Pendulum | United States Navy | The 215-ton sidewheel paddle steamer foundered in Hampton Roads. She may have been sunk during the Battle of Hampton Roads.[50] |
Star of the East | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked at Tacumshane, County Wexford. She was on a voyage from Santander, Spain to Liverpool, Lancashire.[51] |
Utah | United States | The ship was driven into the barque Adele ( Hamburg) and the full-rigged ship Stephen Crowell ( United States) by ice and sank at New York. She was on a voyage from San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua to New York.[52][22][44] |
Witch | United Kingdom | The |
9 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Crystal Palace | United Kingdom | The fishing boat foundered in the English Channel off the coast of Devon with the loss of all eight crew.[53][54] |
CSS George Page | Confederate States Navy | American Civil War: The gunboat, a 410-ton sidewheel paddle steamer, was burned by her crew on Quantico Creek in Virginia to prevent her capture by Union forces.[55][56] |
Gesina Gertruida | Netherlands | The brig foundered in the Bay of Biscay. Her crew were rescued by Bezer ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Maroni, Cyprus to a Channel port.[41][36] |
Hedwig and Thilda | Sweden | The ship ran aground on the Corton Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk, United Kingdom and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[13][57] |
Hyperion | United States | The Barbadoes.[61]
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Margaret | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea. Her crew were rescued by Laconia ( United Kingdom). Margaret was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Alicante, Spain.[62][35] |
Ocean Monarch | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew took to four boats and were rescued - 22 of them in one boat were rescued on 11 March by the schooner Oliver H. Booth ( United States). The rest were rescued by Jurgen Lorentzen ( United States). Ocean Monarch was on a voyage from New York, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire.[63][64] |
Queen of the Teign | United Kingdom | The |
Sultan | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. All 21 people on board were rescued by T. B. Barteren ( United States). Sultan was on a voyage from Arica, Peru to Liverpool.[65] |
Vigile | Austrian Empire | The brig was wrecked in Mothecombe Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Trieste.[54][10] |
Unidentified schooner | United States | American Civil War, |
10 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Mentor | Prussia | The ship was wrecked at Pendeen, Cornwall, United Kingdom with the loss of two of her eleven crew. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Livorno, Italy.[13] |
Pioneer | United Kingdom | The |
Swallow | United Kingdom | The |
Typhoon | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned off |
USS Whitehall | United States Navy | American Civil War: The sidewheel paddle steamer was destroyed by an accidental flash fire at the mouth of Hampton Roads off Old Point Comfort, Virginia, Confederate States of America.[68][69][70] |
11 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Somander | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Mercury ( United States).[71] Somander was on a voyage from New York, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire.[22] |
12 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Davidsons | United Kingdom | The ship sank in the North Sea with the loss of her captain.[41] Survivors were rescued by Dutch fishermen.[36] |
Surinam | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Cross Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Sunderland, County Durham to Martinique. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk in a leaky condition and subsequently put back to Sunderland.[38][34]
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Town of Preston | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Tramore, County Waterford. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newry, County Antrim to Donegal.[41][36][35] |
13 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Deptford | United Kingdom | The |
Hercules | Italy | The barque was wrecked on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Piraeus, Greece.[36][44] |
Jessy | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Kentish Knock. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, Somme, France. She was refloated and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent in a leaky condition.[36]
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Merovee | France | The brig was wrecked on the Kentish Knock. She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Caen, Calvados.[22] |
Venus | Hamburg | The galiot was driven ashore near "Nurastjert", Denmark. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to the Ise Fjord. She was refloated.[73] |
14 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Breeze | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the |
Caroline Virginia | Confederate States of America | |
Chatham | Confederate States of America | American Civil War, Battle of New Bern: The 57-ton sidewheel paddle steamer was burned at New Bern, to prevent her capture by Union forces.[74]
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Deptford | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Staithes, Yorkshire and was abandoned by her crew. She may have subsequently floated off and came ashore near Redcar, Yorkshire, where she was recorded to have sunk by 14 May.[41][72] |
Emeline | France | The Kentish Knock. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Caen, Calvados.[35]
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Juntje Bess | Netherlands | The |
Louisa | United Kingdom | The |
President | United Kingdom | The brig sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from North Shields, Northumberland to Lisbon, Portugal.[35] |
Santo Druze | Flag unknown | The ship was destroyed by fire at Hangkow.[75]
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Unidentified steamer | Confederate States of America | American Civil War, |
15 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Ahti, and Negotiator |
Russia United Kingdom |
The |
C. Vanderbilt | United Kingdom | New Orleans, Louisiana, Confederate States of America, the 346-bulk-ton sidewheel paddle steamer foundered in the Gulf of Mexico. The schooner USS Maria A. Wood ( United States Navy) later found 17 survivors with one of C. Vanderbilt′s lifeboats that had been beached near Pensacola, Florida, Confederate States of America. Another Lifeboat with 14 survivors, including her Master and two women, also made it to Florida.[80][81]
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Enos | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Lisbon, Portugal. She was boarded by the crews of two luggers, pumped dry at towed in to Ramsgate, Kent in a severely damaged condition.[36][35] |
Enterprise | Confederate States of America | The 372-bulk-ton sidewheel paddle steamer foundered in the Gulf of Mexico during a storm on or about 15 March.[80] |
John Gault | United States | The 198-ton sternwheel paddle steamer foundered at Cairo.[82] |
16 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Freya | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Kessingland, Suffolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Aarhus to London, United Kingdom. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Lowestoft, Suffolk in a leaky condition.[83] |
L. B. Winchester | Confederate States of America | American Civil War: Confederate forces scuttled the 180-ton sidewheel paddle steamer as a blockship in the Mississippi River in the Wash Channel near Island Number Ten. On 7 April, the partially submerged wreck was boarded and burned to the waterline.[84] |
17 March
Ship | State | Description |
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King of Italy | United Kingdom | The Victoria to an English port.[85]
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18 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Asia | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Brăila, Ottoman Empire.[44] |
Izamados | Ottoman Empire | The steamship was driven ashore at Brăila. She was refloated on 24 March.[44] |
Jane Morgan | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in Barrow in Furness, Lancashire to Cardiff, Glamorgan. She was refloated and taken in to Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire in a leaky condition.[86]
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Mercuito | Ottoman Empire | The barque was driven ashore at Brăila. She was refloated on 24 March.[44] |
Montanesa | France | The |
Primière | France | The |
Rigas Ferreos | Flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore at Brăila.[44] |
19 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Acacharn | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Deal, Kent with the loss of three of her crew.[78] |
Brother and Sister | United Kingdom | The sloop was abandoned off the coast of Lothian and foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to Port Dundas, Renfrewshire.[88] |
Christina | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at "Metal Man", County Sligo.[6] |
Grace | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Deal with the loss of all but three of her crew.[78] |
Jupiter | France | The sloop ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea of the coast of Norfolk, United Kingdom and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland, United Kingdom to a port in the Province of Brabant, Belgium.[22] |
Neptune | United States | The 211-ton sternwheel paddle steamer struck a bridge on the Cumberland River at Clarksville, Tennessee.[89] |
20 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Blossom | United Kingdom | The |
Colchis | Russia | The |
Eagle | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven onto a rock Dulas, Anglesey and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Dulas.[44] |
Emerald | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked between Wells-next-the-Sea and Blakeney, Norfolk. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Warkworth, Northumberland to Sandwich, Kent.[93][73] |
Eendracht | Prussia | The ship ran aground on the Sunk Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex and was abandoned by her crew, who got aboard the Sunk Lightship ( Trinity House).[44] She was subsequently taken in to Sheerness, Kent in a derelict condition.[94] |
Janet | United Kingdom | The sloop collided with the Formby Lightship ( Trinity House) and sank with the loss of one life. She was on a voyage from Garston, Lancashire to Ardrossan, Ayrshire.[52] |
Mary | United Kingdom | The ship struck rocks at Dartmouth, Devon and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Southampton, Hampshire. She put in to Dartmouth in a leaky condition.[93] |
Mary Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and sank at Bridgwater, Somerset.[22] |
Nautilus | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Lowestoft, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from London to Seaham, County Durham. She was refloated and towed in to Lowestoft.[73] |
Sylph | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from London to Goole, Yorkshire. She was refloated and assisted in to Harwich, Essex in a leaky condition.[52] |
Thames | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned 6 nautical miles (11 km) north east of |
21 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Acorn | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Lowestoft, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued.[52] |
Argo | United Kingdom | The |
Director | Unknown | The Barque ran ground on Craysfort Reef, Florida and was wrecked.[96][97] |
Onward | United Kingdom | The steamship foundered in the North Sea off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to London.[98][93][73] |
Sarah Bell | United Kingdom | The |
Success | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Demerara, British Guiana with the loss of nine of her crew.[99] |
22 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Bellevue | Prussia | The ship ran aground off Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to Memel.[73] She was later refloated with assistance and resumed her voyage.[100]
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Des Arc | United States | The 276-ton sidewheel White River at Duvall's Bluff, Arkansas. After she was towed across the river, the sidewheel paddle steamer USS Queen of the West ( United States Navy) sank her with gunfire to prevent the fire from spreading to other steamers nearby.[101]
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Gleaner | United Kingdom | The brigantine was driven ashore and severely damaged at Teignmouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Teignmouth.[44] She was refloated the next day and towed in to Teignmouth.[73] |
Rising Sun | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Teignmouth. She was on a voyage from Neath, Glamorgan to Teignmouth.[44] |
Thames | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Irish Sea 6 nautical miles (11 km) north east of Bardsey Island, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire to Port Talbot, Glamorgan.[102] |
23 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Lisette | Prussia | The |
24 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Belvidera | United Kingdom | The ship sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to London.[94] |
Borodino | United States | Gale of 24 March:The schooner was disabled and abandoned on the Georges Bank. Crew taken off by schooner Peerless ( United States).[103] |
Mary Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Drogheda, County Louth. She was on a voyage from Larne, County Antrim to Cardigan.[104] |
Paisano | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent.[102] She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to the Clyde.[94][105] |
Queen of the Fleer | United Kingdom | The lugger was run down and sunk by the steamship Brigadier ( United Kingdom) off Ness Point, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued.[73] |
Quickstep | United States | Gale of 24 March:The schooner was disabled and abandoned on the Georges Bank. Crew taken off by schooner Northern Chief ( United States).[106] |
25 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Uncle Tom | United Kingdom | The Mersey Flat ran aground on the Dutchman Sandbank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of Anglesey and was abandoned. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Caernarfon. She subsequently floated off and sank off Penmaenmawr, Caernarfonshire.[107]
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26 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Empire | United States | Partly loaded with cotton, the brig was lost on the North Edisto Bar off the coast of South Carolina, Confederate States of America.[108] |
Henry Milda | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Corton Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[109] |
Nereide | France | The ship was run down and sunk by a steamship. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom.[107] |
27 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Catharina Louisa | Netherlands | The schooner ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham, United Kingdom. She was refloated and towed back to North Shields, Northumberland, United Kingdom by the tug Lion ( United Kingdom).[73] |
George Washington | Confederate States of America | corn, the schooner was captured, scuttled, and burned in Bull's Bay off the coast of South Carolina near Cape Romain Light and the Santee River by an armed boat expedition from the barque USS Restless ( United States Navy).[68][110]
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James | United Kingdom | The |
Mary Louisa | Confederate States of America | American Civil War, Union blockade: Carrying a cargo of rice and corn, the Cape Romain, South Carolina, by an armed boat expedition from the barque USS Restless ( United States Navy).[68][113]
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Waldemar | Norway | The schooner was wrecked at Beadnell, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Tønsberg to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[100] |
28 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Beaufort | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Cross Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk.[100] |
Hope | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar. She was refloated on 1 April with assistance from a tug.[40] |
Masanielle | United Kingdom | The Queenstown, County Cork.[114]
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Minnesota Belle | United States | The 225-ton sidewheel paddle steamer struck a snag and sank in the Illinois River at Liverpool, Illinois.[82] |
Tom John Taylor | United Kingdom | The Sunderland, County Durham in a leaky condition.[112]
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29 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Louisa | United Kingdom | The |
Pleasant | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Little Brighton, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from Preston, Lancashire to Runcorn, Cheshire.[112] |
Tagus | United Kingdom | The |
Thirty-one States | United States | The ship was wrecked at Cape Sulerno, Spain with the loss of twelve of her crew. She was on a voyage from |
Torch | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Howth Head, County Dublin. she was on a voyage from Liverpool to Dublin. She was refloated and taken in to Dublin.[112] |
Two Sisters | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at |
Unidentified schooner | Confederate States of America | American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner, loaded with a cargo of rice and cornmeal, was burned on the Santee River in South Carolina by a boat party from the barque USS Restless ( United States Navy).[68][119] |
30 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Cygnet | Confederate States of America | Appalachicola, Florida, by boats from the gunboat USS Sagamore ( United States Navy), then was run aground on a 7-foot (2.1-meter) bar and burned.[120]
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Mary Olivia | Confederate States of America | American Civil War, Union blockade: The pilot boat, a sloop, was captured at Appalachicola, Florida, by boats from the gunboat USS Sagamore ( United States Navy), then was run aground on a 7-foot (2.1-meter) bar and burned.[121] |
New Island | Confederate States of America | American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner was captured at Appalachicola, Florida, by boats from the gunboat USS Sagamore ( United States Navy), then was run aground on a 7-foot (2.1-meter) bar and burned.[121] |
Rover | Denmark | The ship ran aground at Holbaek to Frederikshavn. She was refloated.[112]
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31 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Albemarle | United States | American Civil War: While evacuating wounded at New Bern, North Carolina, Confederate States of America, the sternwheel transport struck piles in New Bern Harbor and sank immediately. The screw steamer USS Louisiana ( United States Navy) destroyed her wreck on 4 April.[29] |
Flying Childers | United Kingdom | The paddle tug collided with the steamship Rose ( United Kingdom) and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Limerick to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[115][122][100] |
Ocean Queen | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned off Sunderland, County Durham to London. She was towed in to Sunderland the next day by the tugs Belmont and William and John (both United Kingdom).[123]
|
Vibilia | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Souter Point, County Durham. Her ten crew survived. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Montreal, Province of Canada, British North America.[123][124] |
Unknown date
Ship | State | Description |
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Alexandra | Guernsey | The schooner was wrecked on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued by Queen Victoria ( United Kingdom).[125] |
Alice | United Kingdom | The brigantine was wrecked at Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America.[126] |
Anastasia | United Kingdom | The Newport, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom to Lisbon.[127]
|
Ann Jane | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Pillau before 3 March.[8]
|
Arcadian | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near the mouth of the Rio Grande.[98] |
Asia | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Irish Sea before 12 March.[86] |
Camilla (possibly renamed Memphis) |
Confederate States of America | She later was raised and repaired. |
Cloud | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at São Miguel Island, Azores.[128] |
Contest | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at São Miguel Island.[71] |
Eleanor | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Autocrat ( United Kingdom). Eleanor was on a voyage from New York, United States to Gloucester.[115] |
Elgin | United Kingdom | The ship was lost at Nuevitas, Cuba. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Havana, Cuba.[3] |
Emma | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Cape Verde Islands.[98]
|
Esmerelda | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked near Half Moon Key. Her crew survived.[83] |
Eugenie | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Riding Rocks. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[59] |
Fairfax | Confederate States of America | American Civil War: Confederate forces burned the full-rigged ship on Quantico Creek in Virginia in early March.[129] |
Friends | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Longsand. She was refloated with assistance from Queen Victoria ( United Kingdom).[125] |
Giovanni | Flag unknown | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 28 March. She was on a voyage from New York to Queenstown, County Cork, United Kingdom.[130]
|
Gitana | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean before 26 March. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from |
Harmony | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on the Cray Joee Rocks, off the coast of Cumberland on 4 or 6 March with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Workington, Cumberland to an Irish port.[34] |
Hesky | Hamburg | The brig foundered in the Bay of Biscay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Lisbon.[16][10] |
Iskendasia | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Formosa before 10 March.[75]
|
Janet | United Kingdom | The sloop collided with the Formby Lightship ( Trinity House) and sank. She was on a voyage from Garston, Lancashire to Ardrossan, Ayrshire. She had been refloated by 24 March and beached.[102] |
Jessamy | Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin | The brig was wrecked at Cape Spartel, Morocco with the loss of seven of her crew before 6 March. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.[39][15] |
John Hant | Nicaragua | The steamship sank in Lake Managua. Her crew survived.[83] |
Kentina | Confederate States of America | The ship foundered. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina to Holmstad, Norway.[26] |
Lady Gorden Cumming | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Nidingen, Sweden. She was refloated and taken in to Helsingør, Denmark in a leaky condition.[107] |
Maria Edgeworth | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Faial Island, Azores.[67] |
Mary Ellen | United Kingdom | The brig was abandoned in the Bay of Biscay. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Alicante, Spain.[67][10] |
Matanzas | Spain | The ship was wrecked near Buenos Aires, Argentina.[98] |
Peter Ancus | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Kristiansand, Norway.[58] |
HMS Plover | Royal Navy | The gunvessel was driven ashore on the coast of Mexico. She was later refloated.[132]
|
Rapid | United Kingdom | The ship sank in the Atlantic Ocean before 24 March.[94] |
Robert Pennell | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Faial Island.[26] |
Sarah | Hamburg | The ship was abandoned at sea. She was on a voyage from Haiti to Hamburg.[26] |
Sophia | United Kingdom | The brig was abandoned at sea in a sinking condition.[78] |
Thomas Lawrence | United Kingdom | The ship was run into by Schwalve ( Hamburg) and sank at Hamburg.[128] |
Trafalgar | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Barnardo Point, Bahamas, where she was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Belize City, British Honduras to Falmouth, Cornwall.[59][40][37]
|
Uncle Tom | United Kingdom | The brigantine was wrecked on Formosa before 15 March with the loss of 33 lives.[75] |
Vier Gezustus | Netherlands | The barque was wrecked on the Longsand. Her crew were rescued by Queen Victoria ( United Kingdom).[125] |
Windermere | United Kingdom | The ship foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from |
Unidentified schooner | Confederate States of America | American Civil War: Confederate forces scuttled the schooner in Quantico Creek in early March.[66] |
Unidentified vessels | Confederate States of America | American Civil War: The vessels were scuttled as blockships in the Nottoway River in Virginia.[133] |
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