Ships Sunk 1827 to 1846 – Sunken Ships of the Outer Banks

Ships Lost 1827 to 1846

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.

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	?