List of shipwrecks in 1862

The list of shipwrecks in 1862 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1862.

January

2 January

List of shipwrecks: 2 January 1862

Ship	Country	Description
Northern Light	United States	Collided with brig Nouveau St. Jacques ( France) and was abandoned at sea. Nouveau St. Jacques also sank.

9 January

List of shipwrecks: 9 January 1862

Ship	Country	Description
USS Meteor	United States	American Civil War: A sailing ship that was part of the Stone Fleet scuttled at Charleston Harbor, South Carolina.
USS Potomac	United States	American Civil War: A whaler that was part of the Stone Fleet scuttled at Charleston Harbor, South Carolina.

24 January

List of shipwrecks: 24 January 1862

Ship	Country	Description
Pioneer	United Kingdom	The brig was wrecked on Cardigan Island, Cardiganshire with the loss of seven of her eight crew. She was on a voyage from Galatz, United Principalities to Caernarfon.[1]

25 January

List of shipwrecks: 25 January 1862

Ship	Country	Description
USS New England	United States	American Civil War: A whaler that was part of the Stone Fleet scuttled at Charleston Harbor, South Carolina.
USS Peri	United States Navy	American Civil War: Sunk as blockship, Charleston, South Carolina.
USS Stephen Young	United States Navy	American Civil War: Sunk as blockship, Charleston, South Carolina.

26 January

List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1862

Ship	Country	Description
USS Timor	United States	American Civil War: A ship that was part of the Stone Fleet scuttled at Charleston Harbor, South Carolina.

28 January

List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1862

Ship	Country	Description
John & Isabella	United Kingdom	The ship struck the Sizewell Bank, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk and foundered. Her five crew and the ship's dog were rescued by the Southwold Lifeboat.[2]

February

7 February

List of shipwrecks: 7 February 1862

Ship	Country	Description
CSS Curlew	Confederate States Navy	American Civil War: Beached off Roanoke Island, North Carolina after being holed during the Battle of Roanoke Island. Set on fire on 8 February to prevent capture.

8 February

List of shipwrecks: 8 February 1862

Ship	Country	Description
CSS Sea Bird	Confederate States Navy	American Civil War: Battle of Roanoke Island, rammed and sunk by Commodore Perry ( United States Navy) with the loss of two crew.

10 February

List of shipwrecks: 10 February 1862

Ship	Country	Description
CSS Appomattox	Confederate States Navy	American Civil War: Set afire to prevent capture.
CSS Fanny	Confederate States of America	American Civil War: Ran aground and blown up at Elizabeth City, North Carolina to prevent capture.
CSS Forrest	Confederate States of America	American Civil War: A gunboat that was burned to prevent capture at Elizabeth City, North Carolina.

25 February

List of shipwrecks: 25 February 1862

Ship	Country	Description
R. B. Forbes	United States Navy	American Civil War: Driven ashore south of Currituck Inlet. Set afire to prevent capture.

March

5 March

List of shipwrecks: 5 March 1862

Ship	Country	Description
Cantabria	Belgium	Foundered off San Sebastián de La Gomera, Canary Islands.[3]
Victoria & Albert	United Kingdom	The schooner foundered on the Mixon Shoal, in the Bristol Channel with the loss of all hands.[4]

8 March

List of shipwrecks: 8 March 1862

Ship	Country	Description
USS Congress	United States Navy	American Civil War: Destroyed in battle off with Virginia ( Confederate States of America) and five other ships off Newport News, Virginia. Burnt down to waterline. Hulk raised in September 1865 and sold for demolition. Wreck of USS Cumberland, 1862
USS Cumberland	United States Navy	American Civil War: Rammed and sunk by Virginia ( Confederate States of America) off Newport News, Virginia.

April

19 April

List of shipwrecks: 19 April 1862

Ship	Country	Description
USS Signal	United States	American Civil War: A gunboat that was scuttled to prevent capture off Alexandria, Louisiana.

24 April

List of shipwrecks: 24 April 1862

Ship	Country	Description
CSS Governor Moore	Confederate States Navy	American Civil War: She was a gunboat that took heavy damage in the Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip, Louisiana. She was scuttled to prevent capture.
CSS Manassas	Confederate States Navy	American Civil War: She was an ironclad warship that was run aground by USS Mississippi in the Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip, Louisiana.
Sweepstakes	United States	Ran aground in the Sunda Straits, Dutch East Indies. Refloated later that day but declared a constructive total loss and sold in Batavia for breaking.
USS Varuna	United States	American Civil War: A steamship that sank in the Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip, Louisiana.

28 April

List of shipwrecks: 28 April 1862

Ship	Country	Description
CSS Louisiana	Confederate States Navy	American Civil War: She was an ironclad that burned, exploded, and sunk near Fort St. Philip, Louisiana on the Mississippi River.29°21′48″N 89°27′41″W / 29.36333°N 89.46139°W / 29.36333; -89.46139 (CSS Louisiana)
McRae	Confederate States Navy	American Civil War: Scuttled at Algiers, New Orleans, after a battle with USS Iroquois.

May

Scuttling of CSS Virginia

11 May

List of shipwrecks: 11 May 1862

Ship	Country	Description
CSS Virginia	Confederate States Navy	American Civil War: Battle of Hampton Roads, scuttled to prevent capture, Craney Island, North Carolina

15 May

List of shipwrecks: 15 May 1862

Ship	Country	Description
CSS Jamestown	Confederate States Navy	American Civil War: Scuttled as blockship, James River, Virginia.

June

6 June

List of shipwrecks: 6 June 1862

Ship	Country	Description
CSS Colonel Lovell	Confederate States Navy	American Civil War: A cottonclad warship that was rammed by USS Queen of the West and USS Monarch in the Battle of Memphis, Tennessee.

July

15 July

List of shipwrecks: 15 July 1862

Ship	Country	Description
Barque Johanna Wagner	Prussia	Wrecked at Strandfontein, South Africa.

August

6 August

List of shipwrecks: 6 August 1862

Ship	Country	Description
CSS Arkansas	Confederate States Navy	American Civil War: An ironclad warship that was scuttled in the Battle of Baton Rouge, Louisiana.30°29′14″N 91°12′5″W / 30.48722°N 91.20139°W / 30.48722; -91.20139 (CSS Arkansas)

24 August

List of shipwrecks: 24 August 1862

Ship	Country	Description
USS Henry Andrew	United States Navy	American Civil War: Driven ashore south of Cape Henry, Virginia and wrecked.

October

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1862

Ship	Country	Description
Alderman Thompson	United Kingdom	The barque was wrecked at Cardigan. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyuage from Quebec, British North America to Cardigan.[1]

November

20 November

List of shipwrecks: 20 November 1862

Ship	Country	Description
Hawk	United Kingdom	The steamship was driven ashore north of Southwold, Suffolk.[2]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1862

Ship	Country	Description
Harry King	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Dunwich, Suffolk.[2]
USS Mingo	United States Navy	American Civil War: A steamboat that sunk off Cape Girardeau, Missouri.37°18′54″N 89°30′32″W / 37.315°N 89.509°W / 37.315; -89.509 (USS Mingo (1862))

15 November

List of shipwrecks: 15 November 1862

Ship	Country	Description
Ellis	United States Navy	American Civil War: Set on fire at Jacksonville, North Carolina to prevent capture and destroyed by the explosion of her magazines.

December

12 December

List of shipwrecks: 12 December 1862

Ship	Country	Description
USS Cairo	United States Navy	American Civil War: A river gunboat that struck a naval mine in the Yazoo River, Mississippi. The wreck was raised in 1964 and is currently on display at Vicksburg National Military Park.32°22′33″N 90°52′0″W / 32.37583°N 90.86667°W / 32.37583; -90.86667 (USS Cairo (1861)) Engraving showing the sinking of USS Monitor

13 December

List of shipwrecks: 13 December 1862

Ship	Country	Description
Countess of Lisburn	United Kingdom	The smack was wrecked at Cardigan. Her three crew were rescued by the Cardigan Lifeboat.[1]

20 December

List of shipwrecks: 20 December 1862

Ship	Country	Description
Champion	United Kingdom	The brigantine was wrecked on the Scarweather Sands, in the Bristol Channel. All ten people on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from New Brunswick to Liverpool, Lancashire.[4]

31 December

List of shipwrecks: 31 December 1862

Ship	Country	Description
USS Monitor	United States Navy	American Civil War: Sank under tow off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina with the loss of 16 crew.

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1862

Ship	Country	Description
USS Noble	United States	American Civil War: The barque that was scuttled as a blockship near Savannah, Georgia as part of the Stone Fleet in early 1862.

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