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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