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

List of shipwrecks: 17 February 1864

Ship	Country	Description
H. L. Hunley	Confederate States Navy	American Civil War: The submarine sank after ramming USS Housatonic in Charleston, South Carolina. She was lost with all hands.32°44′N 79°46′W / 32.733°N 79.767°W
USS Housatonic	United States	American Civil War: The Sloop-of-war was sunk by Confederate submarine H. L. Hunley off Charleston, South Carolina32°43′7″N 79°48′17″W / 32.71861°N 79.80472°W

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
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

7 August

List of shipwrecks: 7 August 1864

Ship	Country	Description
CSS Phoenix	Confederate States Navy	American Civil War: A Confederate ironclad warship scuttled at Dog River.30°36′08″N 88°02′19″W / 30.60231°N 88.03860°W

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

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

List of shipwrecks: 27 September 1864

Ship	Country	Description
CSS North Carolina	Confederate States Navy	American Civil War: A gunboat that sank off Southport, North Carolina.33°54′49″N 78°1′8″W / 33.91361°N 78.01889°W

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

List of shipwrecks: 28 November 1864

Ship	Country	Description
CSS Florida	Confederate States Navy	American Civil War: A cruiser that collided with USAT Alliance at Newport News, Virginia.37°04′24″N 76°32′35″W / 37.0732°N 76.5431°W

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

List of shipwrecks: 21 December 1864

Ship	Country	Description
CSS Georgia	Confederate States Navy	American Civil War: A Civil War ironclad floating battery was scuttled off Savannah.32°5′5″N 81°2′9″W / 32.08472°N 81.03583°W

References

1. 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