The Years of the Civil War
IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER
Ships Sunk off the Coast - 1861 to 1865
| NAME |
TYPE |
DATE |
PLACE |
LIVES LOST |
| Black Squall |
Brig |
April 8, 1861 |
Ocracoke |
|
| B.T. Martin |
Brig |
July 24, 1861 |
Chicamacomico |
|
| York |
Conf. privateer |
Aug. 9, 1861 |
Cape Hatteras |
|
| Governor |
Fed. transport |
Oct. 31, 1861 |
Off Hatteras |
|
| Peerless |
Fed. transport |
Oct. 31, 1861 |
Off Hatteras |
|
| City of New York |
Fed. transport |
Jan. 15, 1862 |
Hatteras Inlet |
|
| Curlew |
Conf. gunboat |
Feb. 7, 1862 |
Roanoke Island |
|
| Sea Bird |
Conf. gunboat |
Feb. 10, 1862 |
Elizabeth City |
|
| Appomattox |
Conf. gunboat |
Feb.10, 1862 |
Elizabeth City |
|
| Fanny |
Conf. gunboat |
Feb. 10, 1862 |
Elizabeth City |
|
| Forrest |
Conf. gunboat |
Feb. 10, 1862 |
Elizabeth City |
|
| Black Warrior |
Conf. schooner |
Feb. 10, 1862 |
Elizabeth City |
|
| R. B. Forbes |
Fed. steamer |
Feb. 25, 1862 |
Currituck Banks |
|
| Oriental |
Fed. transport |
May 8, 1862 |
Bodie Island |
|
| Modern Greece |
Blockade runner |
June 27, 1862 |
Cape Fear |
|
| Pickett |
Fed. gunboat |
Sept. 6, 1862 |
Washington |
|
| Volant |
Brig |
Sept. 1862 |
New Inlet |
|
| Ellis |
Fed. gunboat |
Nov. 25, 1862 |
New River |
|
| USS Monitor |
Fed. gunboat |
Dec. 30, 1862 |
Cape Hatteras |
|
| Frying Pan Shoals |
Conf. lightship |
Dec. 31, 1862 |
Cape Fear River |
|
| Columbia |
Fed. gunboat |
Jan. 14, 1863 |
Masonboro Inlet |
|
| Golden Liner |
Blockade runner |
Apr. 27, 1863 |
Cape Fear River |
|
| Kate (2nd) |
Blockade runner |
July 12, 1863 |
Smiths Island |
|
| Hebe |
Blockade runner |
Aug. 18, 1863 |
Near Cape Fear |
|
| Bainbridge |
Federal brig |
Aug. 21, 1863 |
Off Hatteras |
|
| Alexander Cooper |
Blockade runner |
Aug. 22, 1863 |
Near Cape Fear |
|
| Arabian |
Blockade runner |
Sept. 15, 1863 |
Near Cape Fear |
|
| Phantom |
Blockade runner |
Sept. 23, 1863 |
Rich Inlet |
|
| Elizabeth |
Blockade runner |
Sept. 24, 1863 |
Lockwoods Folly |
|
| Douro |
Blockade runner |
Oct. 11, 1863 |
Wrightsville |
|
| Venus |
Blockade runner |
Oct. 21, 1863 |
Near Cape Fear |
|
| Beauregard |
Blockade runner |
Dec. 11, 1863 |
Carolina Beach |
|
| Antonica |
Blockade runner |
Dec. 19, 1863 |
Frying Pan Shoals |
|
| Bendigo |
Blockade runner |
Jan. 4, 1864 |
Lockwoods Folly |
|
| Vesta |
Blockade runner |
Jan. 10, 1864 |
Tubbs Inlet |
|
| Iron Age |
Fed. gunboat |
Jan. 1, 1864 |
Lockwoods Folly |
|
| Ranger |
Blockade runner |
Jan. 1864 |
Lockwoods Folly |
|
| Wild Dayrell |
Blockade runner |
Feb.1, 1864 |
Stump Inlet |
|
| Underwriter |
Fed. gunboat |
Feb. 2, 1864 |
New Bern |
|
| Nut field |
Blockade runner |
Feb. 4, 1864 |
New River Inlet |
|
| Dee |
Blockade runner |
Feb. 6, 1864 |
Near Cape Fear |
|
| Fanny & Jenny |
Blockade runner |
Feb. 9, 1864 |
Wrightsville |
|
| Emily of London |
Blockade runner |
Feb. 9, 1864 |
Wrightsville |
|
| Spunkie |
Blockade runner |
Feb. 9, 1864 |
Near Cape Fear |
|
| Southfield |
Fed. gunboat |
Apr. 19, 1864 |
Plymouth |
|
| Raleigh |
Conf. gunboat |
May 7, 1864 |
Cape Fear River |
|
| Georgiana McCaw |
Blockade runner |
June 2, 1864 |
Cape Fear |
|
| Pevensey |
Blockade runner |
June 9, 1864 |
Bogue Inlet |
|
| Florie |
Blockade runner |
Sept. 10, 1864 |
Cape Fear Bar |
|
| Badger |
Blockade runner |
Sept. 10, 1864 |
Cape Fear Bar |
|
| North Carolina |
Conf. gunboat |
Sept. 1864 |
Cape Fear River |
|
| Condor |
Blockade runner |
Oct. 1, 1864 |
Near Cape Fear |
|
| Albemarie |
Conf. ram |
Oct. 27, 1864 |
Plymouth |
|
| Ella |
Blockade runner |
Dec. 3, 1864 |
Cape Fear |
|
| Louisiana |
Fed. gunboat |
Dec. 24, 1864 |
Fort Fisher |
|
| Tallahassee |
Conf. gunboat |
Jan. 15, 1865 |
Near Cape Fear |
|
| Cape Fear |
Blockade runner |
Jan. 1865 |
Cape Fear River |
|
| North Heath |
Blockade runner |
Jan. 1865 |
Cape Fear River |
|
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