Shipwrecks Begin to Be Documented

Prior to this time period, little was known of the shipwrecks off the coast. As newspapers began to document these wrecks more information became available about the ships, crews, and nature of the disaster.

IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER

 

 

 

Ships Sunk off the Coast - 1827 to 1846

NAME TYPE DATE PLACE LOST
Lost Lives
Cape Hatteras Lightship Aug. 1827 Ocracoke
2
William Gibbons Steamer Oct. 20, 1836 New Inlet
0
Premium Sloop Jan. 8, 1837 Ocracoke
0
Hiram Schooner Jan. 19, 1837 Wash Woods
0
Victory Schooner Feb. 6, 1837 Bodie Island
0
Carroll Brig Feb. 8, 1837 Cape Lookout
0
Seaman Schooner Mar. 5, 1837 New River Inlet
0
Aurora Schooner

June 1837

Ocracoke
0
Hunter Schooner Aug. 19, 1837 Kitty Hawk
0
Alhambra Schooner Aug. 26, 1837 Bodie Island
0
William Schooner Aug. 29, 1837 Cape Lookout
0
Cumberland Schooner Oct. 8, 1837 Core Bank
0
Enterprize Brig Oct. 9, 1837 Bodie Island
1
Hom Steamer Oct. 9, 1837 Ocracoke
90
Oran Sherwood Sloop Oct. 29, 1837 Currituck Beach
0
Wave Schooner Dec. 9, 1837 Currituck Beach
0
Indus Brig Dec. 18, 1837 Hatteras Inlet
0
Ralph Brig Dec. 22, 1837 Wash Woods
0
Horse Schooner Jan. 31, 1838 Currituck Beach
0
Pulaski Steamer June 14, 1838 Off New River
100
Milledgeville Packet Aug. 3o, 1839 Chicamacomico
9
Mary Schooner Dec. 22, 1839 Ocracoke
0
Escambia Brig Mar. 25, 184o Frying Pan Shoals
?
Flora Ship Mar. 28, 1840 Frying Pan Shoals
?
North Carolina Steamer July 25, 1840 Off Cape Fear
0
William J .Watson Schooner Nov. 15, 1840 Bodie Island
0
Lambert Tree Schooner Feb. 1, 1842 Off Ocracoke
0
American Trader Schooner Aug. 24, 1841 Currituck Beach
0
Alonzo Schooner Aug. 24, 1841 Currituck Beach
0
Heroine Schooner Oct. 1841 Whales Head  
Astoria Bark Jan. 29, 1842 Hatteras Inlet
0
Ashley Brig June 2, 1842 Cape Fear
0
D.W . Hall Brig June 14, 1842 Hatteras Inlet  
Trident Schooner June 14, 1842 Bodie Island
0
Kilgore Brig Aug. 24, 1842 Wash Woods
0
Pioneer Brig Aug. 24, 1842 Ocracoke
1
Congress Ship Aug. 24, 1842 Cape Hatteras
7
Leroy Schooner Oct. 5, 1842 Big Kinnakeet
0
Marion Brig Nov. 4, 1842 Bodie Island
2
F. A. Tupper Schooner Mar. 27, 1843 Chicamacomico
0
Driver Schooner Jan. 17, 1844 Cape Hatteras
0
Danube Schooner May 14, 184 Bodie Island
0
McDonough Schooner June 13, 1844 Kitty Hawk
0
Argon Schooner Dec. 1844 Cape Lookout
0
Moon Brig May 8, 1845 Nags Head
0
Victoria Ship Oct. 23, 1845 Currituck Beach
0
Ontario Bark Dec. 1, 1845 Diamond Shoals
0
Emilie Bark Dec. 3, i845 Wash Woods
7
Regulus Schooner Jan. 5, 1846 Hatteras Shoal
0
Comet Schooner Jan. 7, 1846 Ocracoke Inlet
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