List of shipwrecks in May 1863
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The list of shipwrecks in May 1863 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during May 1863.
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1 May
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Dreadnought | ![]() |
The ship ran aground at Sligo. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Sligo.[1] |
Princess Royal | ![]() |
The ship was abandoned in ice off the coast of British North America. Sixteen of her crew were rescued by Union (![]() |
Rose | ![]() |
The ship ran aground and sank at Abbeville, Somme, France. She was on a voyage from Abbeville to Sunderland, County Durham. She was refloated the next day. Following temporary repairs, she sailed on 9 May for Sunderland.[4] |
Two unidentified schooners | ![]() |
American Civil War, Union blockade: A boat expedition from the armed screw steamers USS Western World and USS Crusader (both ![]() |
2 May
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Eleemosnya | Flag unknown | The ship ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom and was abandoned. She was on a voyage from Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium to Dublin, United Kingdom.[7] |
Escort | ![]() |
The brigantine was holed by ice and abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her seventeen crew were rescued by the barque William Fisher (![]() |
3 May
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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George Sturgess | ![]() |
American Civil War: The 47-ton screw tug and the two barges she was towing were set afire on the Mississippi River by Confederate artillery firing from Vicksburg, Mississippi, Confederate States of America.[10] |
Jasper | ![]() |
The schooner was abandoned in the North Sea. Her five crew were rescued by the schooner Pilin (![]() |
Minnesota | ![]() |
American Civil War: The 142-ton sternwheel towboat was towing three barges – one carrying sutler′s stores and the other two loaded with coal – when she was captured by Confederate forces on the Mississippi River at Argyle Landing, 3 miles (4.8 km) above Greenville, Mississippi. The Confederates destroyed her and all three barges.[12] |
Sea Lark | ![]() |
American Civil War, CSS Alabama's South Atlantic Expeditionary Raid: The 973-ton clipper, bound from Boston, Massachusetts or New York to San Francisco, California, with general cargo, was captured and burned in the Atlantic Ocean near Bahia, Brazil, (9°39′S 32°44′W / 9.650°S 32.733°W) by the screw sloop-of-war CSS Alabama (![]() |
Union Jack | ![]() |
American Civil War, CSS Alabama's South Atlantic Expeditionary Raid: The 483-ton barque, bound from Boston, Massachusetts, for Shanghai, China, with general cargo and six passengers, was captured and burned in the Atlantic Ocean near Bahia (9°40′S 32°30′W / 9.667°S 32.500°W) by the screw sloop-of-war CSS Alabama (![]() |
4 May
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Albertus | ![]() |
The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the full-rigged ship Coleroon (![]() |
Surprise | ![]() |
The 456-ton sidewheel paddle steamer was destroyed by fire after colliding with Hu Quang (![]() |
5 May
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Anna Catharina | ![]() |
The schooner ran aground on the Barber Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk, United Kingdom.[1] |
Sallie List | ![]() |
The 212-ton sternwheel paddle steamer struck a snag and sank in the Missouri River 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) above Kickapoo, Kansas. She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service.[17] |
Zephyr | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on the Agger Sand, off the coast of Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Dram.[1] |
6 May
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Commodore | ![]() |
The ship ran aground on The Platters, in the Irish Sea off the coast of Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Youghal, County Cork. She consequently put in to Holyhead, Anglesey in a leaky condition.[7] |
Emily Farnum | ![]() |
The ship ran aground in the Hooghly River. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Calcutta, India. She was refloated and taken in to Calcutta in a leaky condition.[18] |
Fanny Taylor | ![]() |
The ship ran aground in the Belfast Lough. She was on a voyage from Maryport, Cumberland to Ballyshannon, County Donegal.[7] |
Mabel | ![]() |
The brig sank at Saint Petersburg, Russia.[4] She was refloated on 23 May and subsequently returned to service.[19][20] |
Majestic | ![]() |
The 648-ton sidewheel paddle steamer burned on the Mississippi River at Island Number Eight near Hickman, Kentucky.[21] |
7 May
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Duchess of Leinster | ![]() |
The ship was destroyed by fire at Tobago.[22][20] |
Respigadera | ![]() |
The barque was wrecked at Cape Three Points, on the coast of Patagonia, Argentina. Her fourteen crew survived; seven of them reached land, the rest were rescued by the schooner Tilton (![]() |
8 May
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Eclipse | ![]() |
The schooner ran aground on the Cross Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex to the River Tyne. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[4] |
Grace Ross | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Pegu, Burma. She was on a voyage from Rangoon, Burma to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and subsequently resumed her voyage.[26] |
Ringleader | ![]() |
The steamship was wrecked on the Formosa Banks, in the South China Sea with the loss of two of her crew. The wreck was plundered by local fishing boats. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to San Francisco, California.[27][28][29] |
Sophia | ![]() |
American Civil War, Union blockade: Disabled by a storm in the North Atlantic Ocean after being captured by the schooner USS Dan Smith (![]() ![]() |
Whitehall | ![]() |
The ship caught fire at sea. She was on a voyage from London to Sydney, New South Wales. The fire was extinguished.[31] |
9 May
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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City of Brisbane | ![]() |
The ship departed from Calais, France for a British port. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[32] |
Portland | ![]() |
The barque was abandoned in ice off the coast of British North America and set afire. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America.[8][33][34] |
10 May
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Gazelle | ![]() |
The schooner ran aground on the North Bank, in Liverpool Bay.[35] She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Donegal. She was refloated on 12 May and put back to Liverpool.[36] |
Hanover | ![]() |
American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner was chased ashore and burned by boat crews from the gunboats USS Owasco and USS Katahdin (both ![]() |
Svea | ![]() |
The schooner was wrecked on Læsø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Lysekil.[4] |
USS Wyoming | ![]() |
The screw sloop ran aground at Yokohama, Japan. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Yokohama.[38] |
11 May
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Levant | ![]() |
The brig ran aground in the Rock Channel and was abandoned by her nine crew, who were rescued by the New Brighton Lifeboat. Her pilot remained on board. She was on a voyage from Barbadoes to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated with assistance from the tug Universe (![]() |
Surinam | ![]() |
The ship departed from Trinidad for the Clyde. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[43] |
12 May
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Friedrich | ![]() |
The barque was driven ashore on Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to Kolberg.[4] She had been refloated by 16 May and taken in to Fredrikshavn, Denmark in a severely leaky condition.[44] |
Hesse Darstadt | ![]() |
The barque was wrecked on the Salt Key. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to South Shields, County Durham.[45] She was later refloated.[46] |
Mantura | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on Skyros, Greece. .[20] |
Prins Gustav | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Malmö. Her crew were rescued.[47] |
Thomas | ![]() |
The ship was lost in ice in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of five of her nine crew. She was on a voyage from London to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America.[48] |
Wentworth | ![]() |
The barque was wrecked on Salt Key Her crew were rescued by the brig Loranna (![]() |
Unidentified schooner | Flag unknown | American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner was destroyed at Murrells Inlet, South Carolina, Confederate States of America, by the gunboat USS Conemaugh (![]() |
13 May
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Alma | ![]() |
The brig was wrecked in Brixton Bay. She was refloated on 1 June and towed in to Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom.[50] |
Crown Point | ![]() |
American Civil War: During a voyage from New York to San Francisco, California, with assorted cargo, the clipper was captured and burned in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Brazil by the screw sloop-of-war CSS Florida (![]() |
CSS J. F. Pargoud | ![]() |
American Civil War: The 338- or 522-ton sidewheel paddle steamer was scuttled by Confederate forces in the Yazoo River adjacent to Fort Pemberton, Mississippi to prevent her capture by Union forces. The Confederates burned the wreck on 14 July.[53][54][55] |
Dawn of Hope | ![]() |
The ship was sighted whilst on a voyage from Bombay, India to Liverpool, Lancashire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[56] |
14 May
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Albion | ![]() |
The schooner struck the Revel Stone, in the Baltic Sea and sank. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Albion (![]() |
Agusta | ![]() |
The brig foundered. A message in a bottle washed up at Newhaven, Sussex on 1 September gave the news.[58] |
Arica | ![]() |
The brigantine sank off South Uist, Outer Hebrides. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Limerick.[3][45] |
15 May
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Amelia | ![]() |
American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner was abandoned and sank in the North Atlantic Ocean after colliding with another prize ship and springing a serious leak during a storm while under tow off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. The schooner Halitia (![]() ![]() |
Benediction de Dieu | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked at Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by the Coast Guard. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to Dunkerque, Nord.[60] |
Eleanor Stephenson | ![]() |
The ship departed Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America for Liverpool, Lancashire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[61][62] |
Iron Crown | ![]() |
The ship ran aground on the James and Mary Sandbank, in the Hooghly River. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to a port in China. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[26] |
Leipzig | ![]() |
The steamship ran aground on the Fahludd Reef, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Hartlepool, County Durham. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[2] |
Marie de Brabant | ![]() |
The steamship collided with the steamship Amalia (![]() |
Perseverant | ![]() |
The brig was wrecked on Barbuda. She was on a voyage from Macao, China to Havana, Cuba.[64] |
16 May
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Alice Maud | ![]() |
The ship was abandoned in the Indian Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Chanaral (![]() |
Arthur | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "L'Ance au Brilliant", Province of Canada, British North America. She was on a voyage from London to Quebec City, Province of Canada.[8][33][9] |
17 May
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Cuba | ![]() |
American Civil War, Union blockade: The blockade runner′s crew burned her in the Gulf of Mexico to prevent her capture by the sidewheel gunboat USS De Soto (![]() |
18 May
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Boomerang | ![]() |
The steamship was lost off Rockhampton, Queensland.[68] |
Isabel | ![]() |
American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner was captured and burned in the Gulf of Mexico near Fort Morgan, Alabama, by a boat crew from the screw steamer USS R. R. Cuyler (![]() |
Maine Rose | ![]() |
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Penarth Head, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus.[47] |
Mischief | ![]() |
The ship ran aground on the Longships Rocks, off the coast of Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Porthleven, Cornwall to Neath, Glamorgan. She was refloated on 20 May and put in to Penzance, Cornwall.[69] |
Newport | ![]() |
The brig ran aground and sank at Ramsgate, Kent.[47] |
Severn | ![]() |
The steamship was driven ashore at Clevedon, Somerset. Her passengers were landed. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Minehead, Somerset.[69] |
USS Shepherd Knapp | ![]() |
American Civil War: The armed full-rigged ship was wrecked on a coral reef in the North Atlantic Ocean off Cap-Haïtien, Haiti, and was abandoned.[70] |
Spirit of the Tyne | ![]() |
The paddle tug was driven ashore and wrecked at Penarth Head whilst going to the assistance of Maine Rose (![]() |
Vesta | ![]() |
The full-rigged ship was wrecked off Isle aux Morts, Newfoundland, British North America. Her crew were rescued.[71] |
Walcott | Flag unknown | The brig was lost at Bowens Landing, California.[72] |
19 May
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Agenoria | ![]() |
The ship was beached at Harwich, Essex. She was on a voyage from Bo'ness, Lothian to Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure, France.[2] |
Anna Elise | ![]() |
The barque was driven ashore and sank at Sadler's Point, County Durham, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Batavia, Netherlands East Indies.[47] She was refloated in late July and beached.[46][15] |
Britannia | ![]() |
The smack was driven ashore at Hastings, Sussex. Her four crew were rescued by the Hastings Lifeboat.[41] |
Brothers | ![]() |
The schooner collided with Colleen Bawn (![]() ![]() |
Colima | ![]() |
The ship ran aground in the Belfast Lough. She was on a voyage from Caernarfon to Sligo.[73] |
Eclipse | ![]() |
The schooner was driven on to rocks at Pendennis Castle, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Exmouth, Devon to Neath, Glamorgan. She was refloated on 21 May with assistance from the steamship Dandy (![]() |
Exchange | ![]() |
The ship collided with the brigantine Scotia (![]() |
Faith | ![]() |
The brig ran aground on the Racer Shoal, off the north Norfolk coast. She floated off and was beached at Warham, Norfolk, where she was wrecked. Her ten crew were rescued by a Blakeney yawl. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Bordeaux, Gironde, France.[47][74][41] |
Londonderry | ![]() |
The brig ran aground on the Pye Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was refloated with assistance from the smack John and William (![]() |
Margaret and Sarah | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked in Table Bay. Her crew were rescued.[2] |
Merioneth | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked in Table Bay. Her crew were rescued.[2] |
Norseman | ![]() |
American Civil War, Union blockade: Attempting to run the Union blockade with a cargo of cotton and possibly gold, the 49- or 197-ton screw steamer struck the wreck of the steamship Georgiana (![]() |
Parkfield | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked near "Great Manoce", New Brunswick, British North America. Her crew were rescued.[71] |
Sisters | ![]() |
The sloop was wrecked at Montrose, Forfarshire. Her crew were rescued by the Montrose Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Bo'ness, Lothian to Banff, Aberdeenshire.[47] |
Speedy | ![]() |
The smack struck a rock and sank off Morte Point, Devon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bideford, Devon to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[47] |
Vulcan | ![]() |
The schooner was driven onto rocks at Lyme Regis, Dorset. She was refloated with the assistance of the Lyme Regis Lifeboat and assisted in to that port.[47] |
20 May
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Anna Wilhelmina | ![]() |
The schooner was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew survived. She was subsequently beached north of Fredrikshald, Norway before being refloated and assisted in to that port.[47] |
Appoline | ![]() |
The brigantine was wrecked at Indian Point, Cuba. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States to Trinidad de Cuba, Cuba.[77] |
Baltimore | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked at Indian Point.[78] |
Eastern Queen | ![]() |
The ship was sighted in the Atlantic Ocean whilst on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Shanghai, China. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[79] |
Exchange | ![]() |
The brigantine foundered. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Montagu (![]() |
Fairy | ![]() |
The barque foundered in the Indian Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Arundel (![]() |
Fidelity | ![]() |
The ship was abandoned off the Blasket Islands, County Kerry. Her crew were rescued by Vesper (![]() |
Grace | ![]() |
The barque was driven into the yachts Echo, Fantasy, Mirage and William and Margaret and the cutter Wellington (all ![]() |
John Merrick | ![]() |
The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at Cape de Gatt, Spain. Her crew were rescued.[73][47][83] |
Lydia Jane | ![]() |
The ship put in to Harwich, Essex in a leaky condition and was beached.[74] |
Maria | ![]() |
The schooner spang a leak and was abandoned off the Longships Lighthouse, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued by a pilot cutter.[2] She was on a voyage from Pentewan, Cornwall to Newport, Monmouthshire.[44] |
Niobe | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and sank in the Narva River. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Narva, Russia.[74][20] |
Onward | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on the Jardanillos. She was on a voyage from Cienfuegos, Cuba to Boston, Massachusetts.[64] |
Queen of the East | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Manasquan, New Jersey. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to New York. She was refloated on 22 May and completed her journey.[84] |
Rose | ![]() |
The schooner collided with Cheshire Witch (![]() |
Royal William | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Courtown, County Wexford.[2] |
Susannah | ![]() |
The schooner sank off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Her crew survived.[74] |
Walker | ![]() |
The brig was driven ashore in the Saint Lawrence River. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Barcelona, Spain to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America.[46] |
Unnamed | ![]() |
The Humber Keel sank 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) off Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. Her crew survived.[47] |
21 May
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Bombay Castle | ![]() |
The steamship capsized at Bombay, India.[26] She had been righted by 8 June and placed under repair.[67] |
Breakwater | ![]() |
The ship ran aground on the Falls, off the north Norfolk coast and sank. Her crew survived.[74] |
Commodore | ![]() |
The ship ran aground on the Pladders, in the Irish Sea off the coast of Anglesey. She was refloated and put in to Youghal, County Cork in a leaky condition.[2] |
Galveston | Flag unknown | The brig was stranded at Kents Point, Mendocino, California United States.[85] |
Guajra | ![]() |
The steamship was destroyed at Acarahú by a boiler explosion with the loss of nine lives.[67] |
John Mowlem | ![]() |
The ship ran aground at Bridport, Dorset. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Bridport. She was refloated.[74] |
CSS Mobile | ![]() |
American Civil War: The screw steamer was burned – possibly while laid up and undergoing conversion into a gunboat – at Yazoo City, Mississippi, to prevent her capture by Union forces.[86] |
CSS Republic | ![]() |
American Civil War: Union forces found the charred remains of the sidewheel paddle steamer, under conversion to an ironclad ram when Confederate forces burned her to prevent her capture by Union forces, in the navy yard at Yazoo City, Mississippi.[87] |
22 May
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Golden Age | ![]() |
American Civil War: Confederate forces scuttled the sidewheel paddle steamer as a blockship in the Yazoo River about 15 nautical miles (28 km) below Fort Pemberton, Mississippi. Union forces later burned the wreck to the waterline.[53][88] |
John Walsh | ![]() |
American Civil War: Confederate forces scuttled the 809-ton sidewheel paddle steamer as a blockship in the Yazoo River 15 nautical miles (28 km) below Greenwood, Mississippi. Later in the month, the armed sternwheel paddle steamer USS Forest Rose, armed sternwheel paddle steamer USS Linden, and tinclad steamer USS Petrel (all ![]() |
Magenta | ![]() |
The 424-ton sidewheel paddle steamer struck a snag and sank without loss of life in a bend of the Missouri River below De Witt, Missouri. The vessel and her cargo both were a total loss.[17] |
Medway | ![]() |
The full-rigged ship caught fire at Sydney, New South Wales and was scuttled.[28] Subsequently refloated and repaired.[89] |
R. J. Lackland, or R. J. Lockland |
![]() |
American Civil War: As United States Navy gunboats approached, the 710-ton sidewheel paddle steamer was burned to the waterline and scuttled by Confederate forces in the Yazoo River 15 nautical miles (28 km) below Greenwood to block the channel and prevent her capture by Union forces.[53][90][91] |
Scotia | ![]() |
The ship foundered off the Isles of Scilly. Her crew were rescued by Adrianus Johannes (Flag unknown).[44] |
Scotland | ![]() |
American Civil War: The 567-ton sidewheel paddle steamer was scuttled by Confederate forces in the Yazoo River 15 nautical miles (28 km) below Greenwood, to block the channel and prevent her capture by Union forces. Union forces later burned her wreck to the waterline.[53][92][93] |
Sea Bird | ![]() |
American Civil War: The schooner, loaded with a cargo of United States Navy coal, was captured and set afire by Confederate guerrillas on the Neuse River in North Carolina, Confederate States of America. The steamer Allison (![]() |
23 May
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Caroline Anderson | ![]() |
American Civil War: The schooner burned in the waters of Virginia. The armed sidewheel paddle steamer USS Coeur de Lion (![]() |
Johanna Hinett | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Burnham Overy Staithe, Norfolk, United Kingdom. She was refloated and towed in to Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk.[44] |
Vifredea | ![]() |
The steamship was wrecked on the Burrells, off the coast of County Waterford, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from a Spanish port to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[96][44] |
24 May
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Keseda | ![]() |
The steamship was wrecked in the Saltee Islands, County Wexford, United Kingdom.[44] |
25 May
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Camana | ![]() |
The ship was struck by a whale in the Atlantic Ocean and was consequently abandoned. Her crew were rescued by Commerce (![]() |
Kasen Dorothera | ![]() |
The ship ran aground on the Caldren Rocks, in the Truro River. She was on a voyage from Königsberg to Truro, Cornwall, United Kingdom. She was refloated and towed in to Malpas, Cornwall.[44] |
S. Gildersleeve | ![]() |
American Civil War, CSS Alabama's South Atlantic Expeditionary Raid: The 848-ton full-rigged ship, bound for Calcutta, India, from London, United Kingdom, with a cargo of coal, was captured and burned in the South Atlantic Ocean off Bahia, Brazil, (12°04′00″S 35°10′45″W / 12.06667°S 35.17917°W) by the screw sloop-of-war CSS Alabama (![]() |
Soler | ![]() |
The 605-bulk-ton sidewheel paddle steamer was wrecked in the Gulf of Mexico. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Mobile, Alabama, Confederate States of America.[98][99] |
27 May
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Bella Donna | ![]() |
The barque was destroyed by fire at Port of Spain, Trinidad. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to the Port of Spain.[100][78] |
Charity | ![]() |
American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner was captured and burned at Piney Point on the Yeocomico River in Virginia by boats from the armed sidewheel paddle steamer USS Coeur de Lion and the gunboat USS Eureka (both ![]() |
CSS Chattahoochee | ![]() |
The gunboat was sunk at her anchorage in the Chattahoochee River at Blountstown, Florida, by a boiler explosion, with the loss of 18 lives. She was refloated but never fully repaired. |
USS Cincinnati | ![]() |
American Civil War: The sternwheel casemate ironclad was sunk in the Mississippi River by gunfire from Confederate artillery at Vicksburg, Confederate States of America, suffering five killed and 14 wounded by Confederate gunfire and another 15 drowned or missing. She later was refloated, repaired, and returned to service.[101] |
Flight | ![]() |
American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner was burned on the Yeocomico River by boats from the armed sidewheel paddle steamer USS Coeur de Lion and the gunboat USS Eureka (both ![]() |
Gazelle | ![]() |
American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner was burned in the Yeocomico River by boats from the armed sidewheel paddle steamer USS Coeur de Lion and the gunboat USS Eureka (both ![]() |
28 May
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Arctic | ![]() |
American Civil War, Union blockade: After being captured in the eastern branch of the Yeocomico River or Wicomico Creek in Virginia by the armed tug USS Satellite (![]() ![]() |
USS Brockenborough | ![]() |
American Civil War, Union blockade: The sloop-of-war was wrecked on St. Vincent Island in St. George's Sound on the coast of Florida during a hurricane.[105][106] |
USS Lily | ![]() |
American Civil War: The tugboat sank in the Yazoo River near Chickasaw Bayou in Warren County, Mississippi, after colliding with the ironclad ram USS Choctaw (![]() |
Speed | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore on "St. Bernard Island". She was on a voyage from the Rio de la Hacha to a British port.[78] |
29 May
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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USS Amanda | ![]() |
American Civil War: The 368-ton barque, driven aground by a storm in St. George Sound near Dog Island, Florida, on 27 May, was burned by her crew to prevent her capture by Confederate forces.[107][108] |
Andrew Manderson | ![]() |
American Civil War, Union blockade: The 368-ton collier, a barque, was driven aground in a gale and wrecked on Sand Island, in St. George's Sound, Florida,[107][109] or on 28 May.[106] |
Jabez Snow | ![]() |
American Civil War, CSS Alabama's South Atlantic Expeditionary Raid: The 1,074-ton ship, bound from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom, to Montevideo, Uruguay, and Calcutta, India, with a cargo of coal, was captured and burned in the South Atlantic Ocean (13°25′11″S 35°38′00″W / 13.41972°S 35.63333°W) by the screw sloop-of-war CSS Alabama (![]() |
Oasis | ![]() |
The ship ran aground in the Yangtze. She was refloated and taken in to Shanghai, China.[29] |
Relief | ![]() |
American Civil War: The schooner was burned by Confederate forces at Point Isabel, Texas, Confederate States of America.[111] |
Violet | ![]() |
The brig collided with the steamship Pluto (![]() |
30 May
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Albatross | ![]() |
The barque was wrecked "off the North Foreland". A message in a bottle washed up at Southerness, Dumfriesshire on 8 August stating the fact.[114] |
Eager | ![]() |
American Civil War, Union blockade: Loaded with a cargo of assorted merchandise, the schooner was burned by the Confederates at a wharf near the custom house at Point Isabel, Texas Confederate States of America, to prevent her capture when launches from the sloop-of-war USS Brooklyn (![]() |
East Lothian | ![]() |
The barque ran aground in the Yangtze. She was on a voyage from Shanghai, China to London.[115] |
Emma Bett | ![]() |
American Civil War: The 79-ton sternwheel paddle steamer was captured and burned in the Quiver River in Mississippi by a boat expedition from the armed sternwheel paddle steamer USS Forest Rose and the armed sidewheel paddle steamer USS Linden (both ![]() |
Margaret and Jessie | ![]() |
American Civil War: Damaged by gunfire from the sidewheel paddle steamer USS Rhode Island (![]() |
Star | ![]() |
American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner was captured, run aground, and burned at Point Isabel, Texas, by a shore party from the sloop-of-war USS Brooklyn (![]() |
Victoria | ![]() |
American Civil War, Union blockade: The 100-ton sloop was captured at Point Isabel, Texas, by a four-boat expedition from the sloop-of-war USS Brooklyn (![]() |
31 May
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USS Alert | ![]() |
The armed tug burned and sank while moored at a wharf at Gosport Navy Yard in Portsmouth, Virginia. She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service.[104] |
Antias | ![]() |
The ship ran aground at Sandsend, Yorkshire. She was refloated and taken in to Whitby, Yorkshire.[20] |
Isabella Robertson | ![]() |
The ship ran aground on the Kentish Knock. She was on a voyage from North Shields, Northumberland to Galle, Ceylon. She was refloated and taken in to London for repairs.[20] |
Rata | ![]() |
The brig was lost near Lemvig, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Grimsby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom to Sandefjord.[112] |
Thomas | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Skipsea, Yorkshire. She was refloated and taken in to Bridlington, Yorkshire to.[112] |
Unknown date
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Active | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Dover, Kent. She was refloated on 20 May and taken in to Dover.[69] |
Alonzo Child | ![]() |
American Civil War: The 493-ton sidewheel paddle steamer was shot to pieces at Snyder's Bluff on the Yazoo River in Mississippi by the ironclad gunboat USS Baron DeKalb (![]() |
Anna and Elise | ![]() |
The ship ran aground at North Shields, Northumberland, United Kingdom and was wrecked.[74] |
Annie Wark | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Maceió, Brazil. She was consequently condemned.[22] |
Archimede | ![]() |
The ship was run down and sunk off "Melazzo" by the steamship Etna (![]() |
Briard | ![]() |
The ship was lost in ice off the coast of British North America. She was on a voyage from Jersey, Channel Islands to Arichat, Nova Scotia, British North America.[122] |
Camden | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on the Table Reefs. She was on a voyage from Jacmel, Haiti to Bordeaux, Gironde, France.[22] |
Canada | ![]() |
The ship was abandoned in ice off the coast of British North America before 3 May.[2] |
Clara | ![]() |
The ship ran aground on the Hveen Reef, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Riga, Russia. She was refloated.[123] |
Delgany | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Gaspé, Province of Canada, British North America before 30 May. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Quebec City, Province of Canada.[34] |
CSS Dew Drop | ![]() |
American Civil War: Carrying a cargo of commissary stores, the 184-ton sidewheel paddle steamer was burned to the waterline and sunk as a blockship by Confederate forces in the Quiver River 15 miles (24 km) below Greenwood, Mississippi on 25 or 30 May. A boat expedition from the armed sternwheel paddle steamer USS Forest Rose and the armed sidewheel paddle steamer USS Linden (both ![]() |
Everton | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on the coast of Queensland. Her crew survived.[124] |
Flying Cloud | ![]() |
American Civil War: The sloop was sunk in Tabb's Creek in Virginia.[102] |
Goliah | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Gaspé before 28 May. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Quebec City.[33][45] |
Industry | ![]() |
The schooner was driven ashore near Hellevoetsluis, Zeeland, Netherlands.[73] |
Irene | ![]() |
The ship ran aground on the Blacktail Sand, in the Thames Estuary. She was on a voyage from Dantzic to London.[69] |
Iskandah Shah | ![]() |
The ship was destroyed by fire in the Hooghly River. She was on a voyage from Calcutta to a port in China.[22][26] |
CSS Ivy | ![]() |
American Civil War: The sidewheel paddle steamer was burned on the Yazoo River to prevent her capture by Union forces. |
Joshua Lange | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore near Bremen.[22] |
Little Henry | ![]() |
The ship was driven ahshore at Staithes, Yorkshire before 22 May.[74] |
Lord Lyndhurst | ![]() |
The ship struck the Ariadne Rock. She was on a voyage from Shanghai to Hong Kong. She put back to Shanghai and was beached.[123] |
CSS Magenta | ![]() |
American Civil War: The 782-ton sidewheel paddle steamer was burned by Confederate forces in the Yazoo River about 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) above Yazoo City, Mississippi sometime between 24 and 31 May to prevent her capture by approaching United States Navy gunboats.[53][125][126] |
Mary Jane | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Staithes before 22 May.[74] |
Miranda | ![]() |
The barque was wrecked near Paranaguá, Brazil.[7] |
Oberon | ![]() |
The ship was lost off Cape Horn, Chile. She was on a voyage form London to Callao, Peru.[22] |
Olive Branch | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) west of "Cape Rosier". She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Quebec City.[8][33] |
Osprey | ![]() |
The barque was lost.[73] |
Parsee | ![]() |
The ship was lost in ice off the coast of British North America.[8] She was on a voyage from Galway to Quebec City.[33] |
Princesza | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked at Brisbane, Queensland. She was on a voyage from Tasmania to Brisbane.[124] |
Rebecca | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on Clarke Island, Tasmania. She was on a voyage from Port Albert to Otago, New Zealand.[124] |
Seabird | ![]() |
American Civil War: The schooner ran aground at the mouth of the Neuse River before 30 May. Her crew were captured and she was burnt by Confederate forces.[127][83] |
Spirit of the Times | ![]() |
The barque foundered in ice off Petty Harbour, Newfoundland, British North America before 29 May. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Harbour Grace, Newfoundland.[128][83] |
Thomas F. Secor | ![]() |
American Civil War: The 210-ton full-rigged ship burned at Seabrook's Landing at Hilton Head, South Carolina, Confederate States of America.[129] |
Ville de Paris | ![]() |
The ship was lost off Singapore, Straits Settlements.[73] |
Walker | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Gaspé before 28 May.[33][45] |
William Eyre | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore near Otago, New Zealand. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Otago.[130] |
Two unidentified barges | ![]() |
American Civil War: The coal barges were scuttled in the lower part of the Alexandria Falls on the Red River of the South in Louisiana, Confederate States of America to raise the water level so that Rear Admiral David Dixon Porter′s fleet (![]() |
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- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Ship News". The Times. No. 24567. London. 25 May 1863. col D, p. 12.
- ^ a b "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury. No. 4781. Liverpool. 6 June 1863.
- ^ a b c d e "Marine Intelligence". Newcastle Courant. No. 9829. Newcastle upon Tyne. 15 May 1863.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q usnlp.org Navy Chronology of the Civil War, January-June 1863
- ^ Gaines, p. 192.
- ^ a b c d "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury. No. 4756. Liverpool. 8 May 1863.
- ^ a b c d e "Shipping Intelligence". Belfast News-Letter. No. 15576. Belfast. 9 June 1863.
- ^ a b "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury. No. 7308. Liverpool. 9 June 1863.
- ^ Gaines, pp. 95, 105.
- ^ "Foundering of a Welsh Schooner". Dundee Courier. No. 3041. Dundee. 9 May 1863.
- ^ Gaines, pp. 100, 105.
- ^ a b c d Ahoy - Mac's Web Log "Marauders of the Sea, Confederate Merchant Raiders During the American Civil War: CSS Alabama. 1862-1864. Captain Raphael Semmes"
- ^ a b c Gaines, p. 24.
- ^ a b "Marine Intelligence". Newcastle Courant. No. 9839. Newcastle upon Tyne. 24 July 1863.
- ^ Gaines, p. 35.
- ^ a b Gaines, p. 107.
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury. No. 4782. Liverpool. 8 June 1863.
- ^ "SHIPS BUILT AT SUNDERLAND IN THE 1830s". Searle. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f "Marine Intelligence". Newcastle Courant. No. 9832. Newcastle upon Tyne. 5 June 1863.
- ^ Gaines, p. 99.
- ^ a b c d e f "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury. No. 4775. Liverpool. 30 May 1863.
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury. No. 4831. Liverpool. 4 August 1863.
- ^ "Mercantile Ship News". The Standard. No. 12162. London. 4 August 1863. p. 7.
- ^ "The Loss of the Barque Respigadera". Liverpool Mercury. No. 4854. Liverpool. 11 September 1863.
- ^ a b c d "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury. No. 4793. Liverpool. 20 June 1863.
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury. No. 4816. Liverpool. 17 July 1863.
- ^ a b "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury. No. 23099. Edinburgh. 18 July 1863.
- ^ a b "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury. No. 4834. Liverpool. 7 August 1863.
- ^ Gaines, pp. 50-51.
- ^ "Mercantile Ship News". The Standard. No. 12198. London. 15 September 1863. p. 7.
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury. No. 4942. Liverpool. 11 December 1863.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury. No. 4783. Liverpool. 9 June 1863.
- ^ a b "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury. No. 4786. Liverpool. 12 June 1863.
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury. No. 4758. Liverpool. 11 May 1863.
- ^ "Shipping". Leeds Mercury. No. 7826. Leeds. 13 May 1863.
- ^ a b Gaines, p. 168.
- ^ "Naval and Military Intelligence". Hampshire Telegraph. No. 3328. Portsmouth. 18 July 1863.
- ^ "Ship News". The Times. No. 24557. London. 13 May 1863. col F, p. 12.
- ^ "Mercantile Ship News". The Standard. No. 12092. London. 14 May 1863. p. 7.
- ^ a b c "Royal National Lifeboat Institution". Daily News. No. 5327. London. 5 June 1863.
- ^ Thomas Evans, Richard John Thomas (19 November 1866). "To the Editors of the Liverpool Mercury". Liverpool Mercury. No. 5868. Liverpool.
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury. No. 23145. Edinburgh. 10 September 1863.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Mercantile Ship News". The Standard. No. 12102. London. 26 May 1863. p. 7.
- ^ a b c d e "Marine Intelligence". Newcastle Courant. No. 9833. Newcastle upon Tyne. 12 June 1863.
- ^ a b c "Marine Intelligence". Newcastle Courant. No. 9834. Newcastle upon Tyne. 19 June 1863.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "Mercantile Ship News". The Standard. No. 12099. London. 22 May 1863. p. 7.
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Hull Packet. No. 3093. Hull. 3 July 1863.
- ^ Gaines, p. 157.
- ^ "Multiple News Items". Southampton Herald. Vol. 40, no. 2075. Southampton. 6 June 1863. p. 3.
- ^ Ahoy - Mac's Web Log "Marauders of the Sea, Confederate Merchant Raiders During the American Civil War: CSS Florida. 1862-1863. Captain John Newland Maffitt. CSS Florida. 1864. Captain Charles M. Morris"
- ^ Gaines, p. 13.
- ^ a b c d e f g usnlp.org Navy Chronology of the Civil War, July-December 1863
- ^ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Pargourd
- ^ Gaines, p. 87.
- ^ "Mercantile Ship News". The Standard. No. 12239. London. 2 November 1863. p. 7.
- ^ "Local News". Hull Packet. No. 4090. Hull. 12 June 1863.
- ^ "Dundee Shipping". Dundee Courier. No. 3142. Dundee. 4 September 1863.
- ^ Gaines, p. 113.
- ^ "The Late Gales". Morning Post. No. 27901. London. 21 May 1863. p. 5.
- ^ "Mercantile Ship News". The Standard. No. 12202. London. 19 September 1863. p. 7.
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury. No. 4872. Liverpool. 21 September 1863.
- ^ "The Bombay Mails". The Times. No. 24567. London. 25 May 1863. col B, p. 9.
- ^ a b "Mercantile Ship News". The Standard. No. 12119. London. 15 June 1863. p. 7.
- ^ a b "Ship News". The Times. No. 24604. London. 7 July 1863. col E, p. 12.
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury. No. 4805. Liverpool. 4 July 1863.
- ^ a b c "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury. No. 4807. Liverpool. 7 July 1863.
- ^ "SS Boomerang (+ 1863)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f "Mercantile Ship News". The Standard. No. 12100. London. 23 May 1863. p. 7.
- ^ Gaines, p. 34.
- ^ a b "America". Belfast News-Letter. No. 15568. Belfast. 30 May 1863.
- ^ Gaines, p. 31.
- ^ a b c d e "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury. No. 4768. Liverpool. 22 May 1863.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Marine Intelligence". Newcastle Courant. No. 9831. Newcastle upon Tyne. 29 May 1863.
- ^ Benham, Hervey (1980). The Salvagers. Colchester: Essex County Newspapers Ltd. p. 189. ISBN 00-950944-2-3.
- ^ Gaines, p. 152.
- ^ "The West India and Pacific Mails". Morning Post. No. 29734. London. 29 June 1863. p. 3.
- ^ a b c "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury. No. 4801. Liverpool. 30 June 1863.
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury. No. 23323. Edinburgh. 7 April 1864.
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury. No. 4767. Liverpool. 21 May 1863.
- ^ "Marine Intelligence". Newcastle Courant. No. 9837. Newcastle upon Tyne. 10 July 1863.
- ^ "Shipping Casualties at Kingstown". Freeman's Journal. Dublin. 21 May 1863.
- ^ a b c "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury. No. 23068. Edinburgh. 12 June 1863.
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury. No. 4780. Liverpool. 22 June 1863.
- ^ Gaines, p. 27.
- ^ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Mobile
- ^ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Republic (side-wheel steamer)
- ^ a b Gaines, pp. 85, 88.
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury. No. 23126. Edinburgh. 19 August 1863.
- ^ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: R. J. Lockland (side-wheel steamer)
- ^ Gaines, p. 88.
- ^ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Scotland
- ^ Gaines, pp. 88-89.
- ^ Gaines, p. 128.
- ^ a b Gaines p. 176.
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury. No. 4770. Liverpool. 25 May 1863.
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury. No. 4804. Liverpool. 3 July 1863.
- ^ Gaines, p. 52.
- ^ "America". Morning Post. No. 27933. London. 27 June 1863. p. 5.
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 24597. London. 29 June 1863. col C, p. 12.
- ^ Gaines, p. 92.
- ^ a b Gaines, p. 180.
- ^ Gaines, p. 181.
- ^ a b Gaines, p. 175.
- ^ Gaines, p. 40.
- ^ a b "Chasing Shadows: Early hurricane doomed USS Amanda". The Times, Apalachicola and Carrabelle. Archived from the original on 8 February 2020. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
- ^ a b Gaines, p. 38.
- ^ Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships: Amanda
- ^ "Andrew Manderson (+1863)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
- ^ Gaines, p. 23.
- ^ a b Gaines, p. 171.
- ^ a b c "Shipping Intelligence". Hull Packet. No. 4089. Hull. 5 June 1863.
- ^ "Dundee Shipping". Dundee Courier. No. 3073. Dundee. 16 June 1863.
- ^ "Marine Intelligence". Newcastle Courant. No. 9842. Newcastle upon Tyne. 14 August 1863.
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury. No. 23117. Edinburgh. 8 August 1863.
- ^ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Emma Betts
- ^ a b Gaines, p. 84.
- ^ Gaines, p. 19.
- ^ R. B. (3 July 1863). "Federal Cruiser and Confederate Prizes". The Times. No. 24601. London. col F, p. 9.
- ^ Gaines, p. 172.
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury. No. 4777. Liverpool. 2 June 1863.
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury. No. 4779. Liverpool. 4 June 1863.
- ^ a b "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury. No. 4774. Liverpool. 29 May 1863.
- ^ a b c "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury. No. 4764. Liverpool. 18 May 1863.
- ^ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Magenta
- ^ Gaines, p. 86.
- ^ "America". Belfast News-Letter. No. 15571. Belfast. 10 June 1863.
- ^ "American Shipping". Glasgow Herald. No. 7307. Glasgow. 11 June 1863.
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Bibliography
[edit]- Gaines, W. Craig, Encyclopedia of Civil War shipwrecks, Louisiana State University Press, 2008 Archived 29 November 2010 at the Wayback Machine, ISBN 978-0-8071-3274-6.