List of shipwrecks in 1864

The list of shipwrecks in 1864 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1864.

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1864
Jan Feb Mar Apr
May Jun Jul Aug
Sep Oct Nov Dec

January

3 January

List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1864
Ship Country Description
Grafton  United Kingdom The Schooner was wrecked in the north arm of Carnley Harbour, Auckland Island. Some members of the crew survived

February

10 February

List of shipwrecks: 10 February 1864
Ship Country Description
Peri  United Kingdom The brigantine was wrecked at Skysea, Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued.[1]

17 February

22 February

List of shipwrecks: 22 February 1864
Ship Country Description
USS Linden  United States A steamer sunk after striking a snag on the Arkansas River.

March

List of shipwrecks: March 1864
Ship Country Description
Susan Douglas  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked at Samasana, off Formosa. The captain[2] and at least 10 crew survived. The crew were picked up from Samasana by HM gunboat Bustard[3][4]

28 March

List of shipwrecks: 28 March 1864
Ship Country Description
USS Kingfisher  United States American Civil War: A barque that ran aground on the banks of the Combahee River, South Carolina.

April

1 April

List of shipwrecks: 1 April 1864
Ship Country Description
USS Rodolph  United States American Civil War: A Union stern-wheel tinclad minesweeper and gunboat sunk by a naval mine (called a "torpedo" at the time) in Mobile Bay.
USS Maple Leaf  United States American Civil War: The troopship struck a naval mine near Jacksonville.[5][6]

15 April

List of shipwrecks: 15 April 1864
Ship Country Description
USS Eastport  United States American Civil War: The steamer was sunk by a Confederate mine on the Red River of the South in Louisiana. She was destroyed on 26 April to prevent her capture by he enemy.

19 April

List of shipwrecks: 19 April 1864
Ship Country Description
USS Signal  United States American Civil War: A gunboat that was scuttled to prevent capture off Alexandria, Louisiana.

22 April

List of shipwrecks: 22 April 1864
Ship Country Description
USS Petrel  United States American Civil War: A steamboat that was burned in the Yazoo River, Mississippi.

30 April

List of shipwrecks: 30 April 1864
Ship Country Description
Grecian  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked upon Nine Mile Beach, New South Wales, Australia.

May

3 May

List of shipwrecks: 3 May 1864
Ship Country Description
Jean Goujon  France Sailing from Havanna bound for Le Havre with a cargo of sugar, in a storm, at night, the Captain mistook his position and steered south of the rocks he thought were the Les Casquets. They were in fact the Écréhous and in doing so he ran onto the rocks off Jersey Channel Islands. The crew was saved. [7]

5 May

List of shipwrecks: 5 May 1864
Ship Country Description
USS Covington  United States American Civil War: A gunboat that was scuttled to prevent capture off Alexandria.

11 May

List of shipwrecks: 11 May 1864
Ship Country Description
Invercauld  United Kingdom The sailing ship was wrecked on the Auckland Islands. Some members of the crew survived
Aster  United States American Civil War: The tug ran aground on Carolina Shoals. She was subsequently burnt to prevent capture.

August

5 August

List of shipwrecks: 5 August 1864
Ship Country Description
CSS Gaines  Confederate States Navy American Civil War: The Confederate side-wheel gunboat sunk in Mobile Bay after heavy damage during the Battle of Mobile Bay.
USS Philippi  United States American Civil War: A Union side-wheel gunboat sunk in Mobile Bay after heavy damage during the Battle of Mobile Bay.30°23′01″N 88°02′00″W / 30.3835°N 88.0334°W / 30.3835; -88.0334 (USS Philippi (1863))
USS Tecumseh  United States American Civil War: A Union monitor warship sunk by a naval mine (called a "torpedo" at the time) during the Battle of Mobile Bay.30°13′54″N 88°1′33″W / 30.23167°N 88.02583°W / 30.23167; -88.02583 (USS Tecumseh (1863))

7 August

31 August

List of shipwrecks: 31 August 1864
Ship Country Description
Mary Bowers  Confederate States of America American Civil War: Iron-hulled sidewheel steamer of 680 tons, stranded on the wreck of CSS Georgiana while attempting to run the federal blockade into Charleston, South Carolina.32°46′47″N 79°45′35″W / 32.77972°N 79.75972°W / 32.77972; -79.75972 (Mary Bowers)

September

19 September

List of shipwrecks: 19 September 1864
Ship Country Description
Industrious  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked off Port Eynon, Glamorgan. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Llanelli, Glamorgan to Malta.[1]

27 September

November

18 November

List of shipwrecks: 18 November 1864
Ship Country Description
Desirée  France The smack was driven ashore in Oxwich Bay. Her five crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Le Havre, Seine-Maritime to Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom.[1]
Hectorine  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Llangennith, Glamorgan. Her crew survived.[1]
The Lady of the Lake  United Kingdom The ship foundered in Oxwich Bay.[1]

28 November

December

19 December

List of shipwrecks: 19 December 1864
Ship Country Description
USS Water Witch  United States American Civil War: A sidewheel gunboat was burned to avoid capture at White Bluff.

21 December

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks" (PDF). Swansea Docks. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
  2. "Part Two: The Wreck of the SS President Hoover". SS President Hoover. The Takao Club. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
  3. "(untitled)". Otago Daily Times. 29 September 1864. p. 4.
  4. "(untitled)". The Southland Times. 1 October 1864. p. 2.
  5. Barnette, Michael C. (2008). Florida's Shipwrecks. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7385-5413-6.
  6. FJ Cantelas, BA Rodgers (1997). "Tools, Techniques, and Zero Visibility Archaeology". In: EJ Maney, Jr and CH Ellis, Jr (Eds.) the Diving for Science...1997, Proceedings of the American Academy of Underwater Sciences, Seventeenth annual Scientific Diving Symposium, Northeastern University, Boston, MA. Retrieved 6 June 2009.
  7. "The Wreck of the Jean Goujon".
Ship events in 1864
Ship launches: 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869
Ship commissionings: 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869
Ship decommissionings: 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869
Shipwrecks: 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869
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