List of shipwrecks in March 1862

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

1 March

List of shipwrecks: 1 March 1862
Ship State Description
Alice  United Kingdom The brigantine was wrecked at Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America.[1]
David Lyon  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Havana, Cuba,[2] or Savannah-la-Mar, Jamaica.[3]
Janet Willis  United Kingdom The ship departed from Calcutta, India for Hamburg. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[4]
Marie  Prussia The ship was holed by ice off the coast of Denmark. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom to Stettin. She was taken in to Helsingør, Denmark in a waterlogged condition.[2][3]
Northern Chief  United States The full-rigged ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Merlin ( United Kingdom). Northern Chief was on a voyage from New York to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[5][6]
Polynesia  United States The 1,084-ton clipper went aground on South Beach in San Francisco Bay. Her crew then set her on fire.[7]
Waterloo  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar.[8][2] She was on a voyage from Odessa to Queenstown, County Cork.[9] She was later refloated.[10]

2 March

List of shipwrecks: 2 March 1862
Ship State Description
Eliza Bowen  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Gibraltar.[11]
Marie  United Kingdom The ship was holed by ice and put in to Helsingør, Denmark in a waterlogged condition.[12]
Victor  Belgium The brig collided with Annawan ( United Kingdom) and sank at Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. Victor was on a voyage from Ostend, West Flanders to Liverpool.[8] She had been refloated by 10 March and beached.[13]
Wasdale  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at St. Bees Head, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Whitehaven, Cumberland.[14]

3 March

List of shipwrecks: 3 March 1862
Ship State Description
Diana  United Kingdom The flat was wrecked at Aberavon, Glamorgan.[10]
John and Susannah  United Kingdom The dandy ran aground near the Carr Rock, on the coast of County Durham and was damaged.[9]
Wilhelmine  Hamburg The ship ran aground on the Meddun Sand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Cuxhaven to an English port. She was refloated.[15]
William Sprague  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Meddun Sand. She was on a voyage from Cuxhaven to Swansea, Glamorgan. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[15]

4 March

List of shipwrecks: 4 March 1862
Ship State Description
Ada  United States The brig collided with Bull (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America) and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Bull ( United Kingdom). Ada was on a voyage from Valparaiso, Chile to Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom.[16][10]
Cort Adler  Norway The schooner was run down and sunk off Cape Trafalgar, Spain by the steamship Milan ( United Kingdom). Cort Adler was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, United Kingdom to Málaga, Spain.[17]
Elizabeth  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Kingston on Spey, Forfarshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Aberdeen to.[18]
Emma Eliza, and
Foam 		United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The schooner Emma Eliza and cutter Foam were both dashed against Auckland wharf and overwhelmed by water during a heavy gale. Several other vessels moored nearby also sustained heavy damage.[19]
Lady Suffolk  United States The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. All on board were rescued by Mary Anne ( United States). Lady Suffolk was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to Port-au-Prince, Haiti.[20]
Lessing Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin The brig was wrecked 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) south of Cape Spartel, Morocco with the loss of seven of her ten crew. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.[11]
Windermere  United Kingdom The barque ran aground on the Galloper Sand. She floated off but consequently sank. Her crew took to the longboat; they were rescued by the schooner Nancy Dawson ( United Kingdom). Windermere was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Bordeaux, Gironde, France.[18]

5 March

List of shipwrecks: 5 March 1862
Ship State Description
Cantabria  Belgium The steamship was beached on La Gomera, Canary Islands. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to Havana, Cuba.[21]
Contest  United Kingdom The brig was driven in to Jane ( United Kingdom) and was abandoned at São Miguel Island, Azores. She subsequently drove ashore and was wrecked. Her crew perished when their boats capsized.[22]
Good Intent  United Kingdom The brigantine ran aground on the Mizen Reef, in the English Channel. She was refloated but drove ashore at Selsey Bill, Sussex in a waterlogged condition. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bridport, Dorset to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[13][18]
Highland Chief  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Cairnbulg, Aberdeenshire. Her crew reached shore in a boat, her captain was rescued by a fishing boat. She was on a voyage from Nairn to Newcastle upon Tyne.[18]
Hope  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Barry Island, Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued.[13]
Jane  United Kingdom The brig ran aground in the North Sea 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off Sea Palling, Norfolk. Eight of her ten crew were rescued by the Palling Lifeboat. She was taken into a safe port the next day.[23][15]
Jane  United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned in the English Channel off St Alban's Head, Dorset. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Walter Scott ( United Kingdom) before she sank.[18]
John and George  United Kingdom The Yorkshire Billyboy was driven ashore and wrecked at Thorpeness, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Maidstone, Kent.[15][18]
Levant  United Kingdom The barque struck a sunken wreck and sank at Dungeness, Kent. Her crew were rescued by a pilot boat.[15][18]
Mayflower  United Kingdom The collier, a brig was run down and sunk in the River Thames by HMS Rapid ( Royal Navy). She was refloated on 7 March but was sunk by the wash from a passing steamship. She was raised on 13 March.[24][25]
Parana United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jersey The ketch was driven ashore at Salcombe, Devon. She was on a voyage from Teignmouth, Devon to Jersey.[15]
Sophia  United Kingdom The ship ran aground and sank at Saint Sampson, Guernsey, Channel Islands. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Saint Sampson's. She was refloated and taken in to port, but consequently sank.[13][26]
Star  United Kingdom The smack struck the Carr Rocks and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire to the Stack Rock.[13][27]
Union  United Kingdom The brig ran aground off Saltfleet, Lincolnshire and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Seaham, County Durham.[15] She was refloated on 7 March and taken in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire.[18]
Victoria & Albert  United Kingdom The schooner foundered on the Mixon Shoal in the Bristol Channel with the loss of all hands.[28][15]

6 March

List of shipwrecks: 6 March 1862
Ship State Description
Actor  Confederate States of America American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner was sunk in the Pamlico River in North Carolina by the gunboat USS Ceres ( United States Navy). She later was refloated.[29]
Adonis  United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Barnard Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk, and sank with the loss of two of the ten people on board. Survivors were rescued by a yawl.[30][23][31]
Alma United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Trinidad The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Pyramid ( United States). Alma was on a voyage from Port Medway, Nova Scotia, British North America to Trinidad.[32]
Amity  United Kingdom The tug collided with the steamship Douglas ( United Kingdom) and sank at Sunderland, County Durham. She was refloated on 9 March.[18]
Daniel Wheeler  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore at Jury's Gap, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[18]
Eagle  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Cross Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Exmouth, Devon to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire.[33]
Emma Parks  United States The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at The Needles, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom.[15]
Esther  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked on Heligoland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Hamburg.[18]
Grace  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and sank at Lowestoft, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. Shew as on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to London.[30][15][18]
Grace Gibb  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore and severely damaged in Loch Hourn.[34]
Hebe  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at the Landguard Fort, Felixtowe, Suffolk. She was refloated and assisted in to Harwich, Essex.[30]
Joseph United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Guernsey The brigantine was wrecked on the Black Tan Spit, off the north Kent coast. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Guernsey to London.[15]
Lord Vernon  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Walmer, Kent. Her three crew were rescued.[30]
Poseidon Duchy of Holstein The ship was driven ashore and sank near Aalbeck, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Neustadt in Holstein to Newcastle upon Tyne.[18][35]
Sarah Park  United States The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and damaged at Hurst Castle, Hampshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Chatham, Kent to Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom.[24] She was refloated on 14 March and towed in to Southampton, Hampshire by the tug Phœnix ( United Kingdom).[36]
Septimus  United Kingdom The brig was abandoned in the North Sea. Her four crew were rescued by Richard Mount ( United Kingdom).[27][18]
Summer Cloud  United Kingdom The ship caught fire at Adelaide, South Australia and was scuttled. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Adelaide. She was refloated on 22 March.[37]
William  United Kingdom The Yorkshire Billyboy collided with the schooner Wells ( United Kingdom) and sank in the Humber.[30]

7 March

List of shipwrecks: 7 March 1862
Ship State Description
Douglas  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Sunderland, County Durham.[18]
Elizabeth Duncan  United Kingdom The brig ran aground and was wrecked in the Sound of Sanda. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Saint Kitts.[13][38]
Esther  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked on Heligoland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Hamburg.[39][15]
Eugene  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked on the Redny Rocks, Bahamas. She was on a voyage from Belize City, British Honduras to London.[40]
Queen Victoria  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked 95 nautical miles (176 km) west of Alexandria, Egypt. Her crew were rescued.[41] She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Alexandria.[42][43]

8 March

List of shipwrecks: 8 March 1862
Ship State Description
Active  Sweden The schooner was driven ashore south west of "Tishtaine". She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom to "Helleborg".[35]
Atalanta  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore near Muros, Spain. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Vigo, Spain.[34] She had become a wreck by 18 March.[44]
USS Congress  United States Navy
1887 illustration of USS Congress′s magazine exploding.
American Civil War: Battle of Hampton Roads: The sailing frigate ran aground in Hampton Roads off Newport News, Virginia, Confederate States of America, while in combat with the casemate ironclad Virginia and five other ships (all  Confederate States Navy). Set afire by gunfire from Virginia, her magazine exploded and she burned down to the waterline with the loss of 136 lives. Her hulk was raised in September 1865 and sold for demolition.[45]
USS Cumberland  United States Navy
Wreck of USS Cumberland, 1862 watercolour.
American Civil War, Battle of Hampton Roads: The sailing frigate was rammed and sunk by the casemate ironclad Virginia ( Confederate States Navy) in Hampton Roads, with 121 killed.[46]
Emelie  France The brig was driven ashore at Bideford, Devon, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Nantes, Loire-Inférieure to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[47][15]
Flying Scud  United States The full-rigged ship ran aground and was holed by her anchor at Jersey, Channel Islands. She was on a voyage from New York to Jersey. She was repaired.[10]
Ganymede  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the River Dee. She was on a voyage from Ipswich, Suffolk to Dumfries. She was refloated on 19 March and taken in to Glencaple, Dumfriesshire.[22]
Gleam  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on the Boulmer Rocks, on the coast of Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Newburgh, Fife.[34]
Harmony  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked near Harrington, Cumberland with the loss of all six crew. She was on a voyage from Harrington to an Irish port.[48]
Jane  United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore and wrecked at Hurst Castle, Hampshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Poole, Dorset to Ventnor, Isle of Wight.[16][10]
Minnesota  United States Navy American Civil War, Battle of Hampton Roads: The frigate ran aground in the Hampton Roads. She was refloated the next day with the assistance of the steamship S. R. Spaulding ( United States) and several tugs.
Nabob  United States The full-rigged ship ran aground on the Camden Bank, off the coast of County Cork. She was on a voyage from San Francisco, California to Queenstown, County Cork, United Kingdom. She was refloated with the assistance of some tugs and towed in to Queenstown.[49][27]
Pendulum  United States Navy The 215-ton sidewheel paddle steamer foundered in Hampton Roads. She may have been sunk during the Battle of Hampton Roads.[50]
Star of the East  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked at Tacumshane, County Wexford. She was on a voyage from Santander, Spain to Liverpool, Lancashire.[51]
Utah  United States The ship was driven into the barque Adele ( Hamburg) and the full-rigged ship Stephen Crowell ( United States) by ice and sank at New York. She was on a voyage from San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua to New York.[52][22][44]
Witch  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore in the Cymryan Strait. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from St. John's, Newfoundland, British North America to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[47][15]

9 March

List of shipwrecks: 9 March 1862
Ship State Description
Crystal Palace  United Kingdom The fishing boat foundered in the English Channel off the coast of Devon with the loss of all eight crew.[53][54]
CSS George Page  Confederate States Navy American Civil War: The gunboat, a 410-ton sidewheel paddle steamer, was burned by her crew on Quantico Creek in Virginia to prevent her capture by Union forces.[55][56]
Gesina Gertruida  Netherlands The brig foundered in the Bay of Biscay. Her crew were rescued by Bezer ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Maroni, Cyprus to a Channel port.[41][36]
Hedwig and Thilda  Sweden The ship ran aground on the Corton Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk, United Kingdom and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[13][57]
Hyperion  United States The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Mohawk ( United States). Hyperion was on a voyage from Cardiff to Bermuda and New York.[58][59][60] Hyperion was subsequently taken in to Barbadoes.[61]
Margaret  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea. Her crew were rescued by Laconia ( United Kingdom). Margaret was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Alicante, Spain.[62][35]
Ocean Monarch  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew took to four boats and were rescued - 22 of them in one boat were rescued on 11 March by the schooner Oliver H. Booth ( United States). The rest were rescued by Jurgen Lorentzen ( United States). Ocean Monarch was on a voyage from New York, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire.[63][64]
Queen of the Teign  United Kingdom The barque sank in the Bay of Biscay. Her crew were rescued by Bezer ( United Kingdom). Queen of the Teign was on a voyage from Rangoon, Burma to a British port.[41][36]
Sultan  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. All 21 people on board were rescued by T. B. Barteren ( United States). Sultan was on a voyage from Arica, Peru to Liverpool.[65]
Vigile Austrian Empire The brig was wrecked in Mothecombe Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Trieste.[54][10]
Unidentified schooner  United States American Civil War, Battle of Hampton Roads: The schooner was set afire at Hampton Roads, Virginia, during combat between the monitor USS Monitor ( United States Navy) and the broadside ironclad CSS Virginia ( Confederate States Navy).[66]

10 March

List of shipwrecks: 10 March 1862
Ship State Description
Mentor  Prussia The ship was wrecked at Pendeen, Cornwall, United Kingdom with the loss of two of her eleven crew. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Livorno, Italy.[13]
Pioneer  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Silver Rocks. She was on a voyage from "Ardishay" to Inveraray, Argyllshire. She was refloated on 14 March and taken in to Greenock, Renfrewshire.[22]
Swallow  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked at Ouessant, Finistère, France with the loss of at least four lives. She was on a voyage from Patras, Greece to London.[67][10]
Typhoon  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned off Cape Clear Island, County Cork. Her crew were rescued by Ann Woods ( United Kingdom). Typhoon was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Calcutta, India.[34]
USS Whitehall  United States Navy American Civil War: The sidewheel paddle steamer was destroyed by an accidental flash fire at the mouth of Hampton Roads off Old Point Comfort, Virginia, Confederate States of America.[68][69][70]

11 March

List of shipwrecks: 11 March 1862
Ship State Description
Somander  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Mercury ( United States).[71] Somander was on a voyage from New York, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire.[22]

12 March

List of shipwrecks: 12 March 1862
Ship State Description
Davidsons  United Kingdom The ship sank in the North Sea with the loss of her captain.[41] Survivors were rescued by Dutch fishermen.[36]
Surinam  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Cross Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Martinique. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk in a leaky condition and subsequently put back to Sunderland.[38][34]
Town of Preston  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Tramore, County Waterford. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newry, County Antrim to Donegal.[41][36][35]

13 March

List of shipwrecks: 13 March 1862
Ship State Description
Deptford  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Whitby, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London. She was refloated and put back for Sunderland.[72]
Hercules  Italy The barque was wrecked on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Piraeus, Greece.[36][44]
Jessy  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Kentish Knock. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, Somme, France. She was refloated and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent in a leaky condition.[36]
Merovee  France The brig was wrecked on the Kentish Knock. She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Caen, Calvados.[22]
Venus  Hamburg The galiot was driven ashore near "Nurastjert", Denmark. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to the Ise Fjord. She was refloated.[73]

14 March

List of shipwrecks: 14 March 1862
Ship State Description
Breeze  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Bo'ness, Lothian to Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was refloated and put in to Dover, Kent in a leaky condition.[36]
Caroline Virginia  Confederate States of America American Civil War, Battle of New Bern: The schooner was wrecked off New Bern, North Carolina.[74]
Chatham  Confederate States of America American Civil War, Battle of New Bern: The 57-ton sidewheel paddle steamer was burned at New Bern, to prevent her capture by Union forces.[74]
Deptford  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Staithes, Yorkshire and was abandoned by her crew. She may have subsequently floated off and came ashore near Redcar, Yorkshire, where she was recorded to have sunk by 14 May.[41][72]
Emeline  France The schooner was wrecked on the Kentish Knock. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Caen, Calvados.[35]
Juntje Bess  Netherlands The galiot ran aground on the Kingsgate Rock, on the Kent coast. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to Seville, Spain. She was refloated and taken in to Margate, Kent in a leaky condition.[35]
Louisa  United Kingdom The schooner struck the Runnel Stone and was beached at Porthcurno, Cornwall in a waterlogged condition. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Plymouth, Devon.[35] She was refloated on 22 March and towed in to Penzance, Cornwall.[44]
President  United Kingdom The brig sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from North Shields, Northumberland to Lisbon, Portugal.[35]
Santo Druze Flag unknown The ship was destroyed by fire at Hong Kong. She was on a voyage from Shanghai to Hangkow.[75]
Unidentified steamer  Confederate States of America American Civil War, Battle of New Bern: Confederate forces scuttled the steamer at New Bern to prevent her capture by Union forces.[76]

15 March

List of shipwrecks: 15 March 1862
Ship State Description
Ahti, and
Negotiator 		 Russia
 United Kingdom 		The brig Ahti and the barque Negotiator collided in the Atlantic Ocean 70 nautical miles (130 km) south of the Isles of Scilly (49°20′N 6°12′W / 49.333°N 6.200°W / 49.333; -6.200). Both vessels foundered with the loss of the mate of Ahti. Survivors were rescued by the barque Talavera ( United Kingdom). Ahti which was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Reval. Negotiator was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Genoa, Italy.[77][78][79][73]
C. Vanderbilt  United Kingdom American Civil War, Union blockade: During a blockade-running voyage from Havana, Cuba, to New Orleans, Louisiana, Confederate States of America, the 346-bulk-ton sidewheel paddle steamer foundered in the Gulf of Mexico. The schooner USS Maria A. Wood ( United States Navy) later found 17 survivors with one of C. Vanderbilt′s lifeboats that had been beached near Pensacola, Florida, Confederate States of America. Another Lifeboat with 14 survivors, including her Master and two women, also made it to Florida.[80][81]
Enos  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Lisbon, Portugal. She was boarded by the crews of two luggers, pumped dry at towed in to Ramsgate, Kent in a severely damaged condition.[36][35]
Enterprise  Confederate States of America The 372-bulk-ton sidewheel paddle steamer foundered in the Gulf of Mexico during a storm on or about 15 March.[80]
John Gault  United States The 198-ton sternwheel paddle steamer foundered at Cairo.[82]

16 March

List of shipwrecks: 16 March 1862
Ship State Description
Freya  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Kessingland, Suffolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Aarhus to London, United Kingdom. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Lowestoft, Suffolk in a leaky condition.[83]
L. B. Winchester  Confederate States of America American Civil War: Confederate forces scuttled the 180-ton sidewheel paddle steamer as a blockship in the Mississippi River in the Wash Channel near Island Number Ten. On 7 April, the partially submerged wreck was boarded and burned to the waterline.[84]

17 March

List of shipwrecks: 17 March 1862
Ship State Description
King of Italy  United Kingdom The barque put in to Valparaíso, Chile having been on fire for three weeks and was run ashore. She was on a voyage from Melbourne, Victoria to an English port.[85]

18 March

List of shipwrecks: 18 March 1862
Ship State Description
Asia  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Brăila, Ottoman Empire.[44]
Izamados  Ottoman Empire The steamship was driven ashore at Brăila. She was refloated on 24 March.[44]
Jane Morgan  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in Angle Bay and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Barrow in Furness, Lancashire to Cardiff, Glamorgan. She was refloated and taken in to Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire in a leaky condition.[86]
Mercuito  Ottoman Empire The barque was driven ashore at Brăila. She was refloated on 24 March.[44]
Montanesa  France The steamship was driven ashore on Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands.[78][87]
Primière  France The schooner ran aground on Scroby Sands, Norfolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Marans, Charente-Inférieure.[83][86]
Rigas Ferreos Flag unknown The ship was driven ashore at Brăila.[44]

19 March

List of shipwrecks: 19 March 1862
Ship State Description
Acacharn  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Deal, Kent with the loss of three of her crew.[78]
Brother and Sister  United Kingdom The sloop was abandoned off the coast of Lothian and foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to Port Dundas, Renfrewshire.[88]
Christina  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at "Metal Man", County Sligo.[6]
Grace  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Deal with the loss of all but three of her crew.[78]
Jupiter  France The sloop ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea of the coast of Norfolk, United Kingdom and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland, United Kingdom to a port in the Province of Brabant, Belgium.[22]
Neptune  United States The 211-ton sternwheel paddle steamer struck a bridge on the Cumberland River at Clarksville, Tennessee.[89]

20 March

List of shipwrecks: 20 March 1862
Ship State Description
Blossom  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Dovercourt, Essex. She was on a voyage from London to South Shields, County Durham or vice versa. She was refloated on 14 April and towed in to Harwich, Essex.[22][90]
Colchis  Russia The steamship collided with the steamship Laconia ( United Kingdom) and sank in the Sea of Marmora with the loss of all 52 people on board.[91][92]
Eagle  United Kingdom The sloop was driven onto a rock Dulas, Anglesey and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Dulas.[44]
Emerald  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked between Wells-next-the-Sea and Blakeney, Norfolk. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Warkworth, Northumberland to Sandwich, Kent.[93][73]
Eendracht  Prussia The ship ran aground on the Sunk Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex and was abandoned by her crew, who got aboard the Sunk Lightship ( Trinity House).[44] She was subsequently taken in to Sheerness, Kent in a derelict condition.[94]
Janet  United Kingdom The sloop collided with the Formby Lightship ( Trinity House) and sank with the loss of one life. She was on a voyage from Garston, Lancashire to Ardrossan, Ayrshire.[52]
Mary  United Kingdom The ship struck rocks at Dartmouth, Devon and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Southampton, Hampshire. She put in to Dartmouth in a leaky condition.[93]
Mary Elizabeth  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and sank at Bridgwater, Somerset.[22]
Nautilus  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Lowestoft, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from London to Seaham, County Durham. She was refloated and towed in to Lowestoft.[73]
Sylph  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from London to Goole, Yorkshire. She was refloated and assisted in to Harwich, Essex in a leaky condition.[52]
Thames  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned 6 nautical miles (11 km) north east of Bardsey Island, Pembrokeshire and subsequently foundered. Her crew were rescued by Unicorn ( United Kingdom). Thames was on a voyage from Barrow in Furness, Lancashire to Port Talbot, Glamorgan.[44][95]

21 March

List of shipwrecks: 21 March 1862
Ship State Description
Acorn  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Lowestoft, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued.[52]
Argo  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Koserow, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Swinemünde, Prussia. She was later refloated with assistance from a steamship and taken in to Swinemünde.[88]
Director Unknown The Barque ran ground on Craysfort Reef, Florida and was wrecked.[96][97]
Onward  United Kingdom The steamship foundered in the North Sea off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to London.[98][93][73]
Sarah Bell  United Kingdom The collier, a brig was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk with the loss of all hands.[22]
Success  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Demerara, British Guiana with the loss of nine of her crew.[99]

22 March

List of shipwrecks: 22 March 1862
Ship State Description
Bellevue  Prussia The ship ran aground off Hven, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to Memel.[73] She was later refloated with assistance and resumed her voyage.[100]
Des Arc  United States The 276-ton sidewheel paddle steamer caught fire, probably while on the White River at Duvall's Bluff, Arkansas. After she was towed across the river, the sidewheel paddle steamer USS Queen of the West ( United States Navy) sank her with gunfire to prevent the fire from spreading to other steamers nearby.[101]
Gleaner  United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore and severely damaged at Teignmouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Teignmouth.[44] She was refloated the next day and towed in to Teignmouth.[73]
Rising Sun  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Teignmouth. She was on a voyage from Neath, Glamorgan to Teignmouth.[44]
Thames  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Irish Sea 6 nautical miles (11 km) north east of Bardsey Island, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire to Port Talbot, Glamorgan.[102]

23 March

List of shipwrecks: 23 March 1862
Ship State Description
Lisette  Prussia The barque was driven ashore and wrecked in Ballycroneen Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Queenstown, County Cork, United Kingdom to Antwerp, Belgium.[98]

24 March

List of shipwrecks: 24 March 1862
Ship State Description
Belvidera  United Kingdom The ship sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to London.[94]
Borodino  United States Gale of 24 March:The schooner was disabled and abandoned on the Georges Bank. Crew taken off by schooner Peerless ( United States).[103]
Mary Elizabeth  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Drogheda, County Louth. She was on a voyage from Larne, County Antrim to Cardigan.[104]
Paisano  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent.[102] She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to the Clyde.[94][105]
Queen of the Fleer  United Kingdom The lugger was run down and sunk by the steamship Brigadier ( United Kingdom) off Ness Point, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued.[73]
Quickstep  United States Gale of 24 March:The schooner was disabled and abandoned on the Georges Bank. Crew taken off by schooner Northern Chief ( United States).[106]

25 March

List of shipwrecks: 25` March 1862
Ship State Description
Uncle Tom  United Kingdom The Mersey Flat ran aground on the Dutchman Sandbank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of Anglesey and was abandoned. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Caernarfon. She subsequently floated off and sank off Penmaenmawr, Caernarfonshire.[107]

26 March

List of shipwrecks: 26 March 1862
Ship State Description
Empire  United States Partly loaded with cotton, the brig was lost on the North Edisto Bar off the coast of South Carolina, Confederate States of America.[108]
Henry Milda  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Corton Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[109]
Nereide  France The ship was run down and sunk by a steamship. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom.[107]

27 March

List of shipwrecks: 27 March 1862
Ship State Description
Catharina Louisa  Netherlands The schooner ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham, United Kingdom. She was refloated and towed back to North Shields, Northumberland, United Kingdom by the tug Lion ( United Kingdom).[73]
George Washington  Confederate States of America American Civil War, Union blockade: Carrying a cargo of rice, rice meal, and corn, the schooner was captured, scuttled, and burned in Bull's Bay off the coast of South Carolina near Cape Romain Light and the Santee River by an armed boat expedition from the barque USS Restless ( United States Navy).[68][110]
James  United Kingdom The schooner sprang a leak and sank in the Bristol Channel off Lundy Island, Devon with the loss of four of her five crew.[111][112]
Mary Louisa  Confederate States of America American Civil War, Union blockade: Carrying a cargo of rice and corn, the sloop was captured and burned in the Santee River near Cape Romain, South Carolina, by an armed boat expedition from the barque USS Restless ( United States Navy).[68][113]
Waldemar  Norway The schooner was wrecked at Beadnell, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Tønsberg to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[100]

28 March

List of shipwrecks: 28 March 1862
Ship State Description
Beaufort  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Cross Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk.[100]
Hope  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar. She was refloated on 1 April with assistance from a tug.[40]
Masanielle  United Kingdom The barque was run ashore in Mathieson Bay in a sinking condition and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Moulmein, Burma to Falmouth, Cornwall or Queenstown, County Cork.[114]
Minnesota Belle  United States The 225-ton sidewheel paddle steamer struck a snag and sank in the Illinois River at Liverpool, Illinois.[82]
Tom John Taylor  United Kingdom The collier struck rocks at Whitburn, County Durham. She was towed in to Sunderland, County Durham in a leaky condition.[112]

29 March

List of shipwrecks: 29 March 1862
Ship State Description
Louisa  United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Hittarp Reef, off the coast of Sweden. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Swinemünde, Prussia. She was refloated and taken in to Helsingør, Denmark.[100]
Pleasant  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Little Brighton, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from Preston, Lancashire to Runcorn, Cheshire.[112]
Tagus  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Nazareth, Portugal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Lisbon, Portugal.[115][20][116][58][117]
Thirty-one States  United States The ship was wrecked at Cape Sulerno, Spain with the loss of twelve of her crew. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom to Genoa, Italy.[20][118]
Torch  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Howth Head, County Dublin. she was on a voyage from Liverpool to Dublin. She was refloated and taken in to Dublin.[112]
Two Sisters  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Cape Arkona, Rügen, Prussia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Swinemünde, Prussia.[112][100]
Unidentified schooner  Confederate States of America American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner, loaded with a cargo of rice and cornmeal, was burned on the Santee River in South Carolina by a boat party from the barque USS Restless ( United States Navy).[68][119]

30 March

List of shipwrecks: 30 March 1862
Ship State Description
Cygnet  Confederate States of America American Civil War, Union blockade: The pilot boat was captured at Appalachicola, Florida, by boats from the gunboat USS Sagamore ( United States Navy), then was run aground on a 7-foot (2.1-meter) bar and burned.[120]
Mary Olivia  Confederate States of America American Civil War, Union blockade: The pilot boat, a sloop, was captured at Appalachicola, Florida, by boats from the gunboat USS Sagamore ( United States Navy), then was run aground on a 7-foot (2.1-meter) bar and burned.[121]
New Island  Confederate States of America American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner was captured at Appalachicola, Florida, by boats from the gunboat USS Sagamore ( United States Navy), then was run aground on a 7-foot (2.1-meter) bar and burned.[121]
Rover  Denmark The ship ran aground at Frederikshavn. She was on a voyage from Holbaek to Frederikshavn. She was refloated.[112]

31 March

List of shipwrecks: 31 March 1862
Ship State Description
Albemarle  United States American Civil War: While evacuating wounded at New Bern, North Carolina, Confederate States of America, the sternwheel transport struck piles in New Bern Harbor and sank immediately. The screw steamer USS Louisiana ( United States Navy) destroyed her wreck on 4 April.[29]
Flying Childers  United Kingdom The paddle tug collided with the steamship Rose ( United Kingdom) and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Limerick to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[115][122][100]
Ocean Queen  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned off Whitburn, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London. She was towed in to Sunderland the next day by the tugs Belmont and William and John (both  United Kingdom).[123]
Vibilia  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Souter Point, County Durham. Her ten crew survived. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Montreal, Province of Canada, British North America.[123][124]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date March 1862
Ship State Description
Alexandra United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Guernsey The schooner was wrecked on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued by Queen Victoria ( United Kingdom).[125]
Alice  United Kingdom The brigantine was wrecked at Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America.[126]
Anastasia  United Kingdom The brig foundered off Lisbon, Portugal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom to Lisbon.[127]
Ann Jane  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Pillau before 3 March.[8]
Arcadian  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near the mouth of the Rio Grande.[98]
Asia  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Irish Sea before 12 March.[86]
Camilla
(possibly renamed Memphis) 		 Confederate States of America American Civil War: The yacht was scuttled in Dunns Creek near Crescent City, Florida, to prevent her capture by Union forces.[68] She later was raised and repaired.
Cloud  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at São Miguel Island, Azores.[128]
Contest  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at São Miguel Island.[71]
Eleanor  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Autocrat ( United Kingdom). Eleanor was on a voyage from New York, United States to Gloucester.[115]
Elgin  United Kingdom The ship was lost at Nuevitas, Cuba. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Havana, Cuba.[3]
Emma  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Sal Island, Cape Verde Islands.[98]
Esmerelda  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked near Half Moon Key. Her crew survived.[83]
Eugenie  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Riding Rocks. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[59]
Fairfax  Confederate States of America American Civil War: Confederate forces burned the full-rigged ship on Quantico Creek in Virginia in early March.[129]
Friends  United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Longsand. She was refloated with assistance from Queen Victoria ( United Kingdom).[125]
Giovanni Flag unknown The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 28 March. She was on a voyage from New York to Queenstown, County Cork, United Kingdom.[130]
Gitana  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean before 26 March. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States to Cork.[131]
Harmony  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the Cray Joee Rocks, off the coast of Cumberland on 4 or 6 March with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Workington, Cumberland to an Irish port.[34]
Hesky  Hamburg The brig foundered in the Bay of Biscay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Lisbon.[16][10]
Iskendasia  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Formosa before 10 March.[75]
Janet  United Kingdom The sloop collided with the Formby Lightship ( Trinity House) and sank. She was on a voyage from Garston, Lancashire to Ardrossan, Ayrshire. She had been refloated by 24 March and beached.[102]
Jessamy Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin The brig was wrecked at Cape Spartel, Morocco with the loss of seven of her crew before 6 March. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.[39][15]
John Hant  Nicaragua The steamship sank in Lake Managua. Her crew survived.[83]
Kentina  Confederate States of America The ship foundered. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina to Holmstad, Norway.[26]
Lady Gorden Cumming  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Nidingen, Sweden. She was refloated and taken in to Helsingør, Denmark in a leaky condition.[107]
Maria Edgeworth  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Faial Island, Azores.[67]
Mary Ellen  United Kingdom The brig was abandoned in the Bay of Biscay. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Alicante, Spain.[67][10]
Matanzas  Spain The ship was wrecked near Buenos Aires, Argentina.[98]
Peter Ancus  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Kristiansand, Norway.[58]
HMS Plover  Royal Navy The Philomel-class gunvessel was driven ashore on the coast of Mexico. She was later refloated.[132]
Rapid  United Kingdom The ship sank in the Atlantic Ocean before 24 March.[94]
Robert Pennell  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Faial Island.[26]
Sarah  Hamburg The ship was abandoned at sea. She was on a voyage from Haiti to Hamburg.[26]
Sophia  United Kingdom The brig was abandoned at sea in a sinking condition.[78]
Thomas Lawrence  United Kingdom The ship was run into by Schwalve ( Hamburg) and sank at Hamburg.[128]
Trafalgar  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Barnardo Point, Bahamas, where she was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Belize City, British Honduras to Falmouth, Cornwall.[59][40][37]
Uncle Tom  United Kingdom The brigantine was wrecked on Formosa before 15 March with the loss of 33 lives.[75]
Vier Gezustus  Netherlands The barque was wrecked on the Longsand. Her crew were rescued by Queen Victoria ( United Kingdom).[125]
Windermere  United Kingdom The ship foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Bordeaux, Gironde, France.[30]
Unidentified schooner  Confederate States of America American Civil War: Confederate forces scuttled the schooner in Quantico Creek in early March.[66]
Unidentified vessels  Confederate States of America American Civil War: The vessels were scuttled as blockships in the Nottoway River in Virginia.[133]

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