List of shipwrecks in April 1862

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

1 April

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|ship=Express

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Bootle, Lancashire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=2 April 1862 |issue=4412 }}

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|ship=Improver

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The schooner was driven onto the Spanish Battery Rocks, on the coast of Northumberland. She was refloated and taken in to North Shields, Northumberland in a severely leaky condition.

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|ship=Llewellyn

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Bahia, Brazil to Genoa, Italy.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=2 April 1862 |issue=11743 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Mars

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The steamship struck the Crow Rock and sank with the loss of 35 of the 41 people on board. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Bristol, Gloucestershire.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Shipwreck of the Mars Steamer |date=5 April 1862 |page=5 |issue=24212 |column=E }}{{Cite news |title=Loss of the Steamer Mars |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=4 April 1862 |issue=15242 }}

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|ship=Mary Stewart

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The schooner sank {{convert|20|nmi|km}} off the Islote de Sancti Petri, Spain. Her crew were rescued by Cristina ({{flag|Spain|civil-1785}}). Mary Stewart was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Berbice, British Guiana.{{Cite news |title=The Peninsular Mail |newspaper=Morning Post |location=London |date=8 April 1862 |issue=27551 |page=5 }}

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|ship=Unnamed

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The galiot was driven onto the Spanish Battery Rocks. She was refloated and towed in to North Shields.

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2 April

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|ship=Cedarine

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI|}} Bermuda

|desc=The convict ship, a barque, was wrecked on the south coast of the Isle of Wight. Her ten crew, all 27 passengers and 191 convicts on board were rescued, 134 of them by the Grange Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Bermuda to Portsmouth, Hampshire.{{Cite news |title=(untitled) |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=4 April 1862 |issue=4414 }}{{Cite news |title=The Convict Ship Cedarine |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=5 April 1862 |issue=15243 }}{{Cite news |title=The Isle of Wight |newspaper=Southampton Herald |location=Southampton |date=5 April 1862 |issue=2014 |page=5 |volume=39 }}{{Cite news |title=The Wreck of the Cedrine |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=16 April 1862 |issue=4971 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipwrecked Colonial Seamen |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=16 April 1862 |issue=11755 |page=6 }}{{Cite news |title=Royal National Lifeboat Institution |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=9 May 1862 |issue=2728 }}

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|ship=Kate

|flag={{flagicon image|Flag of the Confederate States (1861–1863).svg}} Confederate States of America

|desc=American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner, a blockade runner carrying a cargo of salt, ran aground on the coast of North Carolina near Lockwood Folly Inlet while being pursued by the armed screw steamer {{USS|Mount Vernon|1859|6}}, bark {{USS|Fernandina|1861|6}}, and gunboat {{USS|Cambridge|1860|6}} (all {{navy|United States|1861}}). Her crew set her on fire and abandoned ship, but United States Navy personnel boarded her and extinguished the fire, then set her on fire again and abandoned her when Confederate forces on shore opened fire on them. United States Navy warships later shelled her. She apparently was refloated by the Confederates.[http://www.usnlp.org/navychronology/1862a.html usnlp.org Navy Chronology of the Civil War, January-June 1862]Gaines, p. 122

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|ship=Maid of Erin

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground at North Shields, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from London to North Shields. She was later refloated.{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=4 April 1862 |issue=9771 }}

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3 April

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|ship=Bella Donna

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The barque was severely damaged at Palermo, Sicily, Italy.

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|ship=Cygnet

|flag={{flagicon image|Flag of the Confederate States (1861–1863).svg}} Confederate States of America

|desc=American Civil War, Union blockade: The pilot boat was captured at Carrabelle, Florida by boats from the United States Navy blockade ships and burned.{{cite web |url=https://www.academia.edu/3245604 |title=Dog Island Shipwreck Survey 1999: Report of Historical and Archaeological Investigations |date=January 2001 |publisher=academia.edu |accessdate=1 November 2019 |last1=Meide |first1=Chuck }}

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|ship={{SV|Floyd||2}}

|flag={{flagicon image|Flag of the Confederate States (1861–1863).svg}} Confederate States of America

|desc=American Civil War, Union blockade: The Schooner was a few miles above Carrabelle, Florida by boats from USS Mercedita. Unable to float over the Bar at the Mouth of the river they grounded in 7 feet of water and was burned after her cargo of cotton was removed.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VtmuDwAAQBAJ&q=Ship%3A+Malvina+Cezard%2C+1861&pg=PA291 |title=More shipwrecks of Florida: A comprehensive listing |date=26 November 2019 |publisher=Pineapple Press/Googlebooks |isbn=9781683340379 |accessdate=28 May 2020}}

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|ship=Mary Olive

|flag={{flagicon image|Flag of the Confederate States (1861–1863).svg}} Confederate States of America

|desc=American Civil War, Union blockade: The pilot boat was captured at Carrabelle, Florida by boats from the United States Navy blockade ships and burned.

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|ship={{SV|New Island||2}}

|flag={{flagicon image|Flag of the Confederate States (1861–1863).svg}} Confederate States of America

|desc=American Civil War, Union blockade: The Schooner was captured a few miles above Carrabelle, Florida by boats from USS Mercedita. Unable to float over the Bar at the Mouth of the river they grounded in 7 feet of water and was burned after her cargo of cotton was removed.

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|ship={{ship|CSS|Red Rover}}

|flag={{navy|Confederate States of America}}

|desc=American Civil War: Confederate forces scuttled the 625-ton sidewheel paddle steamer in the Mississippi River behind Island Number Ten. She was refloated and repaired by Union forces and placed in service as the first Union hospital ship.Gaines, pp. 101-102.

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|ship={{SV|Rose||2}}

|flag={{flagicon image|Flag of the Confederate States (1861–1863).svg}} Confederate States of America

|desc=The Schooner was captured a few miles above Carrabelle, Florida by boats from USS Mercedita. Unable to float over the Bar at the Mouth of the river they grounded in 7 feet of water and was burned after her cargo of cotton was removed.

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5 April

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|ship=Admiral

|flag={{flagicon image|Flag of the Confederate States (1861–1863).svg}} Confederate States of America

|desc=American Civil War: The 244-ton sternwheel paddle steamer was scuttled by Confederate forces in the Mississippi River near Island Number Ten.Gaines, p. 91.

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|ship=C. D. Brewer

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Skagen, Denmark.

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|ship=John and James

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The smack ran aground at Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=Robert and Betsy

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} New Zealand

|desc=The brigantine parted her cable while at anchor in Oamaru harbour and drifted ashore. All hands were saved.Ingram & Wheatley, p. 76.

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|ship=Skjoldinoin

|flag={{flag|Norway|1844}}

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at "Bjellond Trimoe".

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6 April

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|ship=Columbia

|flag={{flagicon image|Flag of the Confederate States (1861–1863).svg}} Confederate States of America

|desc=American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner, captured off the coast of Texas on 5 April by a launch from the armed screw steamer {{USS|Montgomery|1858|6}} ({{navy|United States|1861}}) while bound from Galveston, Texas, to Kingston, Jamaica, in an attempt to run the Union blockade with a cargo of cotton, was destroyed by the launch′s crew near Fort San Luis on San Luis Pass.Gaines, p. 167.

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|ship=Effort

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship schooner ran aground on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

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|ship=Elsina

|flag={{flag|Kingdom of Hanover|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Horn Reef. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Leer. She was refloated and put in to "Ostmatron".

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|ship=Harmony, and
{{PS|James Watt|1835|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The sloop Harmony collided with the schooner James Watt and sank off Islandmagee, County Antrim. James Watt was beached on the shores of the Belfast Lough. She was later refloated and taken in to Belfast, County Antrim.{{Cite news |title=Collision off Belfast Lough. Vessel Sunk |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=9 April 1862 |issue=15246 }}

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|ship=Inkermann

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The barque collided with the barque Janna Cœli ({{flag|France}}) and sank in the Mediterranean Sea {{Convert|12|nmi|km}} east of Tarifa, Spain with the loss of four of her thirteen crew. Survivors were rescued by Janna Cœli. Inkermann was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Genoa, Italy.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Southampton, Thursday |date=2 May 1862 |page=9 |issue=24235 |column=F }}

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|ship=CSS John Simonds

|flag={{navy|Confederate States of America}}

|desc=American Civil War: Confederate forces scuttled the 1,024-ton sidewheel paddle steamer as a blockship in the Mississippi River near Island Number Ten.Gaines, p. 98.

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|ship=CSS Kanawha

|flag={{navy|Confederate States of America}}

|desc=American Civil War: Confederate forces scuttled the 147-ton sternwheel paddle steamer as a blockship in the Mississippi River near Island Number Ten.

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|ship=Solstice

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The barque foundered in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. Her twelve crew were rescued by Galena ({{flag|Bremen}}). Solstice was on a voyage from New York, United States to Queenstown, County Cork.{{Cite news |title=Wreck on the Banks of Newfoundland |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=22 April 1862 |issue=4976 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/sunderland123.html |title=SHIPS BUILT AT SUNDERLAND IN THE 1850s |publisher=Searle |accessdate=3 March 2020}}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Morning Post |location=London |date=23 April 1862 |issue=27565 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Venus

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} New South Wales

|desc=The schooner was last sighted off the coast of New South Wales on this date. Presumed subsequently foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=20 June 1862 |issue=9782 }}

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7 April

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|ship=Bacalian

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore on Anholt, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Sligo to Stettin. She was refloated and taken in to Helsingør, Denmark in a leaky condition.

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|ship=Caroline

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore near Landskrona, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Landskrona. She was refloated on 10 April and taken in to Landskrona.

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|ship=Charlotte

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Middle Patch, in Liverpool Bay.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Leeds Mercury |location=Leeds |date=8 April 1862 |issue=7484 }}

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|ship={{ship|CSS|Grampus}}

|flag={{army|Confederate States of America}}

|desc=American Civil War, Battle of Island Number Ten: The sternwheel paddle steamer was scuttled in the Mississippi River between New Madrid, Missouri, and Lake County, Tennessee, to prevent her capture by Union forces. She was refloated by Union forces and placed in service as a receiving ship.Gaines, p. 96.

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|ship={{ship|CSS|Mohawk}}

|flag={{flagicon image|Flag of the Confederate States (1861–1863).svg}} Confederate States of America

|desc=American Civil War, Battle of Island Number Ten: The 100-ton sternwheel paddle steamer, possibly a gunboat, was scuttled by Confederate forces in the Mississippi River at Island Number Ten.[https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/research/histories/ship-histories/confederate_ships/mohawk.html Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Mohawk]Gaines, p. 100.

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|ship={{ship|CSS|New Orleans}}

|flag={{navy|Confederate States of America}}

|desc=American Civil War, Battle of Island Number Ten: The floating battery was scuttled in the Mississippi River between New Madrid, Missouri and Lake County, Tennessee, to prevent her capture by Union forces.

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|ship=Phoenix

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} New Zealand

|desc=The screw steamer sank in Auckland Harbour during a severe gale. The Township (qv) was wrecked during the same gale, and many other ships were damaged.

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|ship=Thomas Young

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The brig was driven ashore on Amrum, Duchy of Holstein.. Her ten crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Hamburg.

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|ship=Township

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} New Zealand

|desc=The schooner broke up when driven ashore in Auckland Harbour during a severe gale. The Phoenix (qv) was wrecked during the same gale, and many other ships were damaged.

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|ship=CSS Yazoo

|flag={{navy|Confederate States of America}}

|desc=American Civil War, Battle of Island Number Ten: Abandoned by the Confederates, the 371-ton sidewheel paddle steamer was captured and scuttled by Union forces in the Mississippi River at Island Number Ten.Gaines, p. 104.

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8 April

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|ship=Augusta

|flag={{flag|Norway|1844}}

|desc=The barque was driven ashore at Dragør. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Nykøbing.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=9 April 1862 |issue=4418 }}

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|ship=Cactus

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground off Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to Korsør, Denmark. She was refloated and put in to the Rivefjord in a leaky condition.

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|ship=Charlotte Spences

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Foreness Rock, off Margate, Kent.

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|ship=Deborah Pennell

|flag={{flag|United States|1861}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore {{convert|2|nmi|km}} north of Cape Henlopen, Delaware. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Dublin, United Kingdom.

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|ship=Globe

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI|civil}} Jersey

|desc=The brigantine struck the Rocques Donores, off Jersey and foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jersey to Boston, Massachusetts, United States.

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|ship=Henry

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Ramsgate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Newhaven, Sussex.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=9 April 1862 |issue=11749 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Louise

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship collided with the barque Balcombe or Balkan ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and foundered in the English Channel{{convert|18|nmi|km}} south of The Lizard, Cornwall, United Kingdom with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine to Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=Falmouth Express |newspaper=Royal Cornwall Gazette |location=Truro |date=11 April 1862 |issue=3068|page=5 }}

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|ship=Nymph

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground at Port Eynon, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Port Eynon. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Port Eynon.{

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|ship=Prince Albert

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The brig was run into by the steamship Diana ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank in the Groot Noordhollandsch Kanaal. Shew as on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands. She was refloated on 19 April and was towed in to the Nieuwe Diep.

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|ship=Savoyard

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Foreness Rock.

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|ship=Sparkling Wave

|flag={{flag|United States|1861}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to New York. She was later refloated but found to be severely leaky. She was taken in to London for repairs.{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=2 May 1862 |issue=9775 }}

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9 April

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|ship=Jessie

|flag={{flag|Bremen}}

|desc=The brigantine struck a sunke rock near Oban, Argyllshire, United Kingdom and was beached in Oban Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Montrose, Forfarshire, United Kingdom.

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|ship=Twellinger

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Copenhagen. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Kastrup.

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|ship=Unidentified brig

|flag={{flag|United States|1861}}

|desc=American Civil War: Loaded with a cargo of cotton, furniture, and loot stolen from residences on Edisto Island off the coast of South Carolina, the brig was wrecked on the coast of Edisto Island.Gaines, p. 157.

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10 April

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|ship=Lady Herbert

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The schooner sank in the English Channel. A message in a bottle confirming the ship's loss washed up at Plymouth, Devon on 29 April.

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|ship=Liverpool

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=American Civil War, Union blockade: Pursued by the sidewheel paddle steamer {{USS|Keystone State|1853|6}} ({{navy|United States|1861}}), the 150- or 180-ton barque, a blockade runner, ran aground outside North Inlet, South Carolina, Confederate States of America and was burned by her crew.Gaines, p. 150.

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|ship=Pocohontas

|flag={{flag|United States|1861}}

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore near Long Point, Province of Canada, British North America. She was on a voyage from Toledo, Ohio to Buffalo, New York.

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11 April

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|ship=Albert

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Charlestown, Cornwall.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=14 April 1862 |issue=11753 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Brise Lames

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The brig was wrecked north east of Abrevach, Finistère. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to Bayonne, Basses-Pyrénées.

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|ship=Liberal

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. Her crew were rescued by the South Shields Lifeboat. Liberal was on a voyage from Peterhead, Aberdeenshire to South Shields, County Durham. She was later refloated and taken in to South Shields.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=16 April 1862 |issue=11755 |page=7 }}

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12 April

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|ship=Alma

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI|civil}} Jersey

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Donaghadee, County Down. She was on a voyage from Donaghadee to Douglas, Isle of Man. She was refloated and put in to Belfast, County Antrim in a leaky condition.

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|ship=Elizabeth McKenzie

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship foundered east of Cape Wrath, Caithness with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Scrabster, Caithness to Ullapool, Ross-shire.

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|ship=Integrity

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The barque ran aground on Scharhörn. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Hamburg. She was refloated and taken in to Cuxhaven in a sinking condition.

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|ship=Lion

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The smack ran aground and sank at Cemaes Head, Pembrokeshire. Her three crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Cardigan.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=12 April 1862 |page=12 |issue=24220 |column=D }}

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|ship={{HMS|Pelican|1860|6}}

|flag={{navy|United Kingdom}}

|desc=The {{Sclass|Camelion|sloop}} ran aground in the Mediterranean Sea. Subsequently refloated, repaired and returned to service.{{Cite news |title=Naval Disasters Since 1860 |newspaper=Hampshire Telegraph |location=Portsmouth |date=10 May 1873 |issue=4250 }}

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|ship=Samuel Adams

|flag=Unknown

|desc=American Civil War, Union blockade: Attempting to run the Union blockade with a cargo of salt, candles, soap, olive oil, rum, and other goods, the schooner was forced aground by United States Navy warships on the western end of Isle of Palms off the coast of South Carolina, Confederate States of America.Gaines, p. 155.

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13 April

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|ship=Active

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at Neustadt in Holstein, Duchy of Holstein. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Neustadt in Holstein.

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|ship=Fairy

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The smack struck rocks at Montrose, Forfarshire. She was on a voyage from Lossiemouth, Moray to Montrose. She was refloated and taken in to Montrose in a severely damaged condition.

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|ship=Heroine

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the Crow Rocks, off the north Devon coast and was damaged. She was on a voyage from London tpo Bideford, Devon.

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|ship=Lion

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground and sank at Fishguard, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Cardigan.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=15 April 1862 |issue=11754 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Picton

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Yorkshire.

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14 April

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|ship=Karnack

|flag={{flag|United States|1861}}

|desc=The steamship was wrecked at Nassau, Bahamas.{{Cite news |title=Latest from America |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=8 May 1862 |issue=15271 }}{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=28 July 1862 |issue=11843 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Erebus

|flag={{army|United States|1861}}

|desc=The screw tug accidentally burned to the waterline without loss of life on the Mississippi River and sank 3,800 yards (3,475 meters) below Fort Pillow, Tennessee, Confederate States of America. She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service.Gaines, p. 99.

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15 April

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|ship=Dacotah

|flag={{flag|United States|1861}}

|desc=The 90-ton St. Louis and Hannibal Railroad sidewheel paddle steamer foundered with the loss of four lives in the Missouri River at St. Joseph, Missouri, when a tornado struck her.Gaines, p. 106

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|ship=Empire

|flag={{flag|United States|1861}}

|desc=The whaling barque (or ship) was wrecked when it was driven onto rocks at Wangaroa Bay in New Zealand's Chatham Islands. All hands were saved.

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|ship=Euphrosyne

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The steamship struck a sunken rock and sank {{convert|10|nmi|km}} off Cape Corobedo, Spain. All 50 people on board survived. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Liverpool, Lancashire.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Loss of the Steamer Euphrosyne |date=24 April 1862 |page=12 |issue=24228 |column=C }}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=26 April 1862 |page=12 |issue=24230 |column=F }}

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|ship=Genius

|flag={{flag|Prussia|civil}}

|desc=The barque was driven ashore at Cape Arkona, Rügen. She was on a voyage from Stettin to and English port. She was refloated and taken in to Stralsund for repairs.

}}

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|ship=Harriet

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The smack foundered in the English Channel {{convert|3|nmi|km}} south east of Torcross, Devon with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=17 April 1862 |issue=11756 |page=7 }}{{Cite news |title=Foundering of a Vessel |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=19 April 1862 |issue=4974 }}

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|ship=Harry Hastings

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship departed from Akyab, Burma for Falmouth, Cornwall. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Mercanile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=2 December 1862 |issue=11952 |page=7 }}

}}

16 April

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|ship=Alfred

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The schooner was wrecked near Aberffraw, Anglesey. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Wicklow to Flint.{{Cite news |title=Holyhead |newspaper=North Wales Chronicle |location=Bangor |date=26 April 1862 |issue=1827 }}

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|ship=Leda

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Redcar, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

}}

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|ship=Levana

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship foundered off "Auchanhoan Head", Argyllshire, with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=6 May 1862 |issue=15269 }}

}}

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|ship=Ruby

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The smack was wrecked at Newhaven, Sussex.{{cite book |title=Beachy Head Shipwrecks of the 19th Century |first=David |last=Renno |page=211 |publisher=Amherst Publishing |location=Sevenoaks |year=2004 |isbn=1-903637-20-1}} Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex to Newhaven.

}}

17 April

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|ship=Guanita

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground in the Rock Channel. She was on a voyage from Limerick to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and taken in to Liverpool.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Leeds Mercury |location=Leeds |date=18 April 1862 |issue=7493 }}

}}

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|ship=Vedra

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham to London. Vedra was refloated but found to be severely leaky. She was assisted in to Harwich, Essex by the smack Beulah ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).

}}

18 April

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|ship=Everdina Elizabeth

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The barque departed from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom for Hong Kong. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=29 November 1862 |issue=11950 |page=7 }}

}}

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|ship=Mechens

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Ancona, Papal States.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=24 April 1862 |page=6 |issue=24228 |column=F }}

}}

19 April

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|ship=Lussin

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Flemish Banks, in the North Sea off the coast of Belgium. She was refloated with assistance from the steamship Pascha ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}), found to be leaky and was beached off Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{USS|Maria J. Carlton|1861|6}}

|flag={{navy|United States|1861}}

|desc=American Civil War, Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip: The mortar schooner was sunk on the Mississippi River just below Fort Jackson and Fort St. Philip, Louisiana, Confederate States of America by a shot that tore through her magazine deck and hull, wounding two crewmen. Union forces destroyed her remains on 25 April.Gaines, pp. 69-70.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Mersey

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was run down in the Kattegat by the steamship Dwina ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Helsingborg, Sweden.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=CSS Rappahannock

|flag={{navy|Confederate States of America}}

|desc=American Civil War: The armed sidewheel paddle steamer was burned by Confederate forces on the Rappahannock River at Fredericksburg, Virginia.[https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/research/histories/ship-histories/confederate_ships/rappahannock.html Naval History and Heritage Command Ships Histories: Confederate Ships: Rappahannock][http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?219703 wrecksite.eu CSS Rappahannock (+1862)]Gaines, p. 187.

}}

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|ship=Reine del Oceana

|flag={{flag|Spain|civil-1785}}

|desc=The ship was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Trebolgan ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Reine del Oceana was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Manila, Spanish East Indies.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=28 June 1862 |issue=4487 }}

}}

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|ship=Shooting Star

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The barque ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Rochester, Kent. She was refloated with the assistance of several smacks and assisted in to Harwich, Essex.

}}

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|ship=Traviata

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The pilot boat foundered in the Bristol Channel off Lundy Island, Devon.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Walter Scott

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was destroyed by fire off Vlissingen.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=19 April 1862 |issue=4428 }}

}}

20 April

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|ship=Armegina

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The koff was driven ashore on Scharhörn. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Glückstadt, Duchy of Schleswig. She was refloated and taken in to Cuxhaven in a sinking condition.

}}

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|ship={{ship|Spanish frigate|Berenguela|1857|2}}

|flag={{navy|Spain|1785}}

|desc=A pinnace from the {{sclass|Petronila|frigate}} was wrecked on the Los Homos Rocks, off Veracruz, Mexico with the loss of five sailors. Survivors were rescued by French Navy ships.

}}

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|ship=Catherine Sophie

|flag={{flag|Norway|1844}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Skive, Denmark to London.

}}

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|ship=Criteria

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Brixham, Devon. She was refloated and towed in to Lowestoft, Suffolk.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=25 April 1862 |issue=4031 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Regulus

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Veracruz.{{Cite news |title=Rough Weather |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=12 June 1862 |issue=22685 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|French corvette|Tanger|1859|2}}

|flag={{navy|France}}

|desc=The {{sclass|Tanger|corvette}} broke from her moorings and was driven into Essex ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) at Veracruz. She was severely damaged and ran aground. Tanger was refloated with assistance from the frigate {{ship|French frigate|Cacique|1843|2}} and was escorted by Cacique to Havana, Cuba for repairs.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Vision

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The schooner ran aground in the North Sea off the mouth of the Agger Canal and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Königsberg, Prussia.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unnamed

|flag={{flag|Mexico|1823}}

|desc=The galiot was driven ashore at Veracruz.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unnamed

|flag={{flag|United States|1861}}

|desc=The clipper was driven ashore at Veracruz.

}}

21 April

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|ship=Avenger

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} New South Wales

|desc=The ketch lost off Wellington Head, New Zealand with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Otago, New Zealand to Sydney. The wreck was found at the mouth of Wellington Harbour, New Zealand, late in the month. There were two bodies on board.Ingram & Wheatley, p. 77.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=20 August 1862 |issue=5980 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=CSS Bienville

|flag={{navy|Confederate States of America}}

|desc=American Civil War: The gunboat was destroyed by her officers in Louisiana in the Bogue Falaya River or on Lake Pontchartrain to prevent her capture by Union forces.[https://web.archive.org/web/20150123035400/http://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/confederate_ships/bienville.html Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Bienville]Gaines, p. 61.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=John and William

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Hirtshals, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Helsingborg, Sweden to Hartlepool, County Durham.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Leeds Mercury |location=Leeds |date=22 April 1862 |issue=7497 }}{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=22 April 1862 |issue=11760 |page=7 }}

}}

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|ship=Mary Merrill

|flag={{flag|United States|1860}}

|desc=The ship went aground in Wellington Harbour, New Zealand during a heavy gale.Ingram & Wheatley, pp. 76-77.

}}

22 April

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|ship=Aurora

|flag={{flag|Kingdom of Hanover|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Tornby, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Königsberg, Prussia.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=23 April 1862 |issue=11761 |page=7 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Cleveland

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The schooner was run into by Amazon ({{flag|France}} and was abandoned. Three of her four crew were rescued by Amazon, the fourth took to a boat. He was rescued by Spring Flower ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|ciivl}}). Cleveland was on a voyage from Warkworth, Northumberland to London.{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=25 April 1862 |issue=9774 }}

}}

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|ship=Merrion Lass

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The smack ran aground at Aberdovey, Cardiganshire. Her three crew were rescued by the Aberdovey Lifeboat.{{Cite news |title=Royal National Lifeboat Institution |newspaper=Morning Post |location=London |date=12 May 1862 |issue=27581 |page=3 }}

}}

23 April

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|ship=Alexandria

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI|civil}} Guernsey

|desc=The schooner collided with the chasse-marée Leonnia ({{flag|France}}) and then ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, where she was wrecked. Her crew were rescued by Leonnia. Alexandria was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Guernsey.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Argo

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The brig was driven ashore near "Cosevon".

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Friends

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Longsand. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Dunkirk, Nord, France. She was refloated with assistance from the smack Queen Victoria ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}), which assisted her in to Harwich, Essex in a severely leaky condition where she was beached.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=25 April 1862 |issue=11763 |page=7 }} Subsequently repaired and returned to service.{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=23 May 1862 |issue=9778 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Maria Soames

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground at Sunderland, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Callao, Peru. She was refloated and resumed her voyage, but consequently put in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire in a leaky condition.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Licanter

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Saint John.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Michens

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Ancona, Papal States.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=24 April 1862 |issue=4431 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Sardinian

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was destroyed by fire at Rangoon, Burma.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=12 June 1862 |issue=4473 }}

}}

24 April

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|ship=CSS Belle Algerine

|flag={{navy|Confederate States of America}}

|desc=American Civil War, Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip: The gunboat was accidentally rammed and sunk on the Mississippi River in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, by the gunboat CSS Governor Moore ({{navy|Confederate States of America}}). The portion of Belle Algerine remaining above water was then burned.[https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/confederate_ships/belle-algerine.html Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Belle Algerine]Gaines, p. 60.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Eunice

|flag={{flag|United States|1861}}

|desc=The 231-ton sternwheel paddle steamer collided with the sternwheel paddle steamer Commodore Perry ({{flag|United States|1861}}) and sank in the Ohio River near Ashland, Kentucky, without injury to anyone on board. She later was refloated.Gaines, pp. 134, 135

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=CSS General Breckinridge

|flag={{navy|Confederate States of America}}

|desc=American Civil War: The sternwheel ram was burned on the Mississippi River at Fort Jackson, Louisiana, to prevent her capture by Union forces.[https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/research/histories/ship-histories/confederate_ships/general-breckinridge.html Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: General Breckinridge]Gaines, p. 65.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=CSS General Lovell

|flag={{navy|Confederate States of America}}

|desc=American Civil War, Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip: The sidewheel ram was burned by her crew on the Mississippi River in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, to prevent her capture by Union forces.[https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/research/histories/ship-histories/confederate_ships/general-lovell.html Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: General Lovell]

}}

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|ship=CSS General Quitman

|flag={{navy|Confederate States of America}}

|desc=American Civil War: The cottonclad ram was set afire by gunfire by the steamer {{USS|Varuna|1861|6}} ({{navy|United States|1861}}), ran aground on the bank of the Mississippi River in[Louisiana, and was burned to prevent her capture by Union forces.[https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/confederate_ships/general-quitman.html Naval History and Heritage Command Ships Histories: Confederate Ships: General Quitman]

}}

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|ship=CSS Governor Moore

|flag={{navy|Confederate States of America}}

|desc=American Civil War, Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip: The gunboat was disabled by gunfire from United States Navy warships on the Mississippi River in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. She drifted ashore with 64 dead. Her surviving crew set her on fire to prevent her capture by Union forces, and she exploded when the flames reached her ammunition magazine.Gaines, pp. 65-66.

}}

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|ship=CSS Launch No. 3

|flag={{navy|Confederate States of America}}

|desc=American Civil War, Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip: The steam launch was lost on the Mississippi River in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, in combat with United States Navy forces.[https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/research/histories/ship-histories/confederate_ships/launch-no-3.html Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Launch No. 3]

}}

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|ship=CSS Manassas

|flag={{navy|Confederate States of America}}

|desc=American Civil War, Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip: The ironclad warship was forced aground by the sidewheel paddle frigate {{USS|Mississippi|1841|6}} ({{navy|United States|1861}}) on the Mississippi River in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. Her crew abandoned ship, and heavy gunfire from Mississippi set her ablaze. She slipped off the bank, drifted downstream, and exploded.

}}

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|ship=CSS Mosher

|flag={{navy|Confederate States of America}}

|desc=American Civil War, Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip: Attempting to tow a fire ship alongside a heavy sloop-of-war – probably {{USS|Hartford|1858|6}} ({{navy|United States|1861}}) – on the Mississippi River in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, the unarmed screw tug suffered a hit from a broadside fired by the sloop-of-war that caused her boiler to explode and sank immediately with the loss of all hands.[https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/research/histories/ship-histories/confederate_ships/mosher.html Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Mosher]Gaines, p. 70.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=CSS Music

|flag={{navy|Confederate States of America}}

|desc=American Civil War, Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip: The sidewheel paddle steamer was destroyed by the Confederates to prevent her capture by Union forces.Gaines, p. 71.

}}

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|ship={{ship|CSS|Phoenix|tug|6}}

|flag={{navy|Confederate States of America}}

|desc=American Civil War, Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip: The tug, operating as a tender, was destroyed on the Mississippi River in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, in combat with United States Navy ships.[https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/research/histories/ship-histories/confederate_ships/phoenix.html Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Phoenix]

}}

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|ship={{ship|CSS|Star}}

|flag={{army|Confederate States of America}}

|desc=American Civil War, Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip: The tug was destroyed on the Mississippi River in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, in combat with a United States Navy gunboat.[https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/confederate_ships/star-tug.html Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Star (tug)]Gaines, p. 74. }}

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|ship={{ship|CSS|Stonewall Jackson}}

|flag={{navy|Confederate States of America}}

|desc=American Civil War, Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip: Damaged by gunfire by the steamer {{USS|Varuna|1861|6}} ({{navy|United States|1861}}), the sidewheel ram, was driven ashore on the banks of the Mississippi River in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, by the screw sloop-of-war {{USS|Oneida|1861|6}} ({{navy|United States|1861}}) and burned.[https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/confederate_ships/stonewall-jackson-ram.html Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Stonewall Jackson (ram)]

}}

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|ship={{Ship||Sweepstakes|clipper|2}}

|flag={{flag|United States|1861}}

|desc=The clipper ran aground in the Sunda Straits in the Netherlands East Indies. She was refloated later that day but was declared a constructive total loss and was sold in Batavia, Netherland East Indies, for scrap.

}}

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|ship=Texas

|flag={{flagicon image|Flag of the Confederate States (1861–1863).svg}} Confederate States of America

|desc=American Civil War, Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip: The 1,223-ton sidewheel paddle steamer, possibly after being converted into a gunboat, was destroyed on the Mississippi River in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana.

}}

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|ship={{USS|Varuna|1861|6}}

|flag={{navy|United States|1861}}

|desc=File:USS Varuna sinking.jpgAmerican Civil War, Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip: The steamship sank in the Mississippi River in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, after being rammed by the steamer {{ship|CSS|Governor Moore}} and the cottonclad sidewheel ram {{ship|CSS|Stonewall Jackson}} (both {{navy|Confederate States of America}}).

}}

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|ship={{ship|CSS|Warrior}}

|flag={{navy|Confederate States of America}}

|desc=American Civil War, Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip: The sidewheel ram was hit by a broadside of 11 shells with five-second fuses by the screw sloop-of-war {{USS|Brooklyn|1858|6}} ({{navy|United States|1861}}) on the Mississippi River in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. After the shells detonated inside her, she was beached on the bank of the river and began to burn immediately. The fire destroyed her.[https://web.archive.org/web/20150123125225/http://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/confederate_ships/warrior.html Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Warrior]

}}

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|ship=Unidentified schooner

|flag=Unknown

|desc=American Civil War, Union blockade: Pursued by the schooner {{USS|Isilda|1861|6}} ({{navy|United States|1861}}), the schooner ran hard aground in shoal water while standing in toward Cedar Key, Florida. Confederate States of America. When an armed launch from Isilda approached the schooner on 26 April, the schooner′s crew blew her up.[https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/i/isilda.html Naval History and Heritage Command: Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships: Isilda]

}}

25 April

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|ship=CSS Mississippi

|flag={{navy|Confederate States of America}}

|desc=American Civil War: The incomplete ironclad warship was burned at New Orleans, Louisiana, to prevent her capture by Union forces.

}}

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|ship={{ship|CSRC|Pickens}}

|flag={{flagicon image|Flag of the Confederate States (1861–1863).svg}} Confederate States of America

|desc=American Civil War: The schooner was burned at Algiers, Louisiana, to prevent her capture by Union forces.Gaines p. 73

}}

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|ship=Pioneer

|flag={{flagicon image|Flag of the Confederate States (1861–1863).svg}} Confederate States of America

|desc=American Civil War: The submarine was scuttled in the New Basin Canal in New Orleans to prevent her capture by Union forces.

}}

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|ship=Washington

|flag={{flagicon image|Flag of the Confederate States (1861–1863).svg}} Confederate States of America

|desc=American Civil War: The brig was scuttled at the docks in New Orleans to prevent her capture by Union forces.Gaines, p. 75.

}}

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|ship=William M. Morrison

|flag={{flagicon image|Flag of the Confederate States (1861–1863).svg}} Confederate States of America

|desc=American Civil War: The 662-ton sidwheel paddle steamer was set afire and cast adrift on the Mississippi River at New Orleans to prevent her capture by Union forces as the fleet of Flag Officer David Glasgow Farragut approached. She collided with the ferry boat at Canal Street and later was salvaged.Gaines, p. 76.

}}

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|ship=Various unidentified vessels

|flag={{flagicon image|Flag of the Confederate States (1861–1863).svg}} Confederate States of America

|desc=American Civil War: Various unidentified vessels were burned at New Orleans to prevent their capture by Union forces, including three burning vessels that went adrift and floated down the Mississippi River and a number of steamboats carrying cargoes of cotton that were set afire at the city′s wharves.

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26 April

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|ship=Chase

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=American Civil War, Union blockade: The 20-ton schooner was forced aground on Raccoon Key or Romain Light in Bull's Bay off the coast of South Carolina, Confederate States of America by the armed clipper {{USS|Onward|1852|6}} ({{navy|United States|1861}}). Attempts to refloat her over the next few days failed, so she was burned.Gaines, p. 144.

}}

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|ship=CSS Resolute

|flag={{navy|Confederate States of America}}

|desc=American Civil War: The sidewheel ram, aground in the Mississippi River 1 mile (1.6 km) above Fort Jackson, Louisiana, since the Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip on 24 April, was burned by the Confederates to prevent her capture by Union forces.[https://web.archive.org/web/20180804200844/https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/research/histories/ship-histories/confederate_ships/resolute.html Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Resolute]

}}

27 April

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|ship=CSS Anglo-Norman

|flag={{navy|Confederate States of America}}

|desc=American Civil War: The 558-ton armed sidewheel paddle steamer was burned by Confederate forces at New Orleans, Louisiana, to prevent her capture by Union forces.Gaines, p. 59.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Hannah

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The sloop ran aground on the Bridgirdle Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Lowestoft, Suffolk to Hunstanton, Norfolk. She was refloated on 1 May.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Jason

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Fulta Sand, off the coast of Ceylon.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=20 May 1862 |issue=11784 |page=7 }}

}}

28 April

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|ship=CSS Defiance

|flag={{navy|Confederate States of America}}

|desc=American Civil War: The cottonclad ram was burned on the Mississippi River at Fort Jackson and Fort St. Philip, Louisiana, to prevent her capture by Union forces.

}}

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|ship=Leander

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Ventava, Courland Governorate. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to London.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=29 April 1862 |page=13 |issue=24232 |column=F }}

}}

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|ship=CSS Louisiana

|flag={{navy|Confederate States of America}}

|desc=File:CSS Louisiana explodes.jpgAmerican Civil War: The ironclad sidewheel paddle steamer was burned by her crew on the Mississippi River near Fort Jackson, Louisiana, to prevent her capture by Union forces. She exploded violently when the flames detonated her magazine, killing one soldier at nearby Fort St. Philip.[https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/research/histories/ship-histories/confederate_ships/louisiana.html Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Louisiana]

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=CSS McRae

|flag={{navy|Confederate States of America}}

|desc=American Civil War: The screw sloop-of-war was scuttled along the city wharf at New Orleans, Louisiana, where she had arrived in a severely damaged condition the previous evening.[https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/research/histories/ship-histories/confederate_ships/mcrae.html Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: McRae]

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Polka

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The schooner was wrecked on the Whitby Rock. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham to Maldon, Essex.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Samuel

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The cutter struck the wreck of the steamship {{SS|Yarborough|1857|2}} ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=2 May 1862 |issue=4032 }}

}}

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|ship=Unidentified brig

|flag={{flagicon image|Flag of the Confederate States (1861–1863).svg}} Confederate States of America

|desc=American Civil War, Union blockade: Carrying a cargo of cotton, the brig was burned at Fort Livingston, Louisiana to prevent her capture by approaching United States Navy ships.

}}

29 April

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|ship=Dewdrop

|flag={{flagicon image|Flag of the Confederate States (1861–1863).svg}} Confederate States of America

|desc=American Civil War: The schooner was towed ashore and burned in the Mississippi River below New Orleans, Louisiana, by the gunboat {{USS|Owasco|1861|6}} ({{navy|United States|1861}}).Gaines, p. 63.

}}

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|ship=Elizabeth and Catherine

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea. Her crew were rescued by Julie ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Elizabeth and Catherine was on a voyage from Gibraltar to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America.{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=6 June 1862 |issue=9780 }}

}}

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|ship=Hubert

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked in the Isles of Scilly. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to a British port.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Isabella

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The steam transport caught fire at Portsmouth, Hampshire and was scuttled.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=2 May 1862 |issue=11769 |page=7 }}

}}

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|ship=Joseph H. Toone

|flag={{flagicon image|Flag of the Confederate States (1861–1863).svg}} Confederate States of America

|desc=American Civil War: The schooner was burned on the Mississippi River at Fort Jackson, Louisiana, by United States Navy forces.Gaines, p. 68.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ocean

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was destroyed by fire at Rangoon, Burma.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Tallahassee

|flag={{flagicon image|Flag of the Confederate States (1861–1863).svg}} Confederate States of America

|desc=American Civil War: The steamboat was towed ashore and burned in the Mississippi River below New Orleans by the gunboat {{USS|Owasco|1861|6}} ({{navy|United States|1861}}). }}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Warburton

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Ringabella Point, County Cork. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Queenstown, County Cork to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=1 May 1862 |issue=11768 |page=7 }}

}}

30 April

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|ship=Phoenix

|flag={{flag|Norway|1844}}

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Skien to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom. She was refloated with assistance from Alfred, Aurora{{'}}s Increase and Volunteer (all {{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).{{cite book |title=The Salvagers |first=Hervey |last=Benham |authorlink=Hervey Benham |pages=188–89 |publisher=Essex County Newspapers Ltd |location=Colchester |year=1980 |isbn=00-950944-2-3}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Silistria

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship collided with Narcissus ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Yorkshire. Her crew survived.

}}

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|ship=Telemachus

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was abandoned and subsequently foundered. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Falmouth, Cornwall.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Tres Graces

|flag={{flag|Spain|civil-1785}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at San Miguel. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage form Figueira da Foz, Portugal to Alicante.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=14 May 1862 |issue=4448 }}

}}

Unknown date

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|ship=Aura

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The barque was wrecked on Barbuda. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Barbados to London.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The West India and Pacific Mails |date=15 May 1862 |page=7 |issue=24246 |column=E }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|CSS|Bienville||6}}

|flag={{navy|Confederate States of America}}

|desc=American Civil War: The incomplete sidewheel gunboat was burned on the Bogue Falaya River at Bayou St. John, New Orleans, Louisiana, to prevent her capture by Union forces.[http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?221089 wrecksite.eu CSS Bienville (+1862)]Gaines, p. 61.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Brothers

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} New Zealand

|desc=The ketch was wrecked at the mouth of the Warehama (Whareama) River, New Zealand, about the middle of the month.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|CSS|Carondelet||6}}

|flag={{navy|Confederate States of America}}

|desc=American Civil War: The steamer was burned in Louisiana on Lake Pontchartrain, on the Bogue Falaya River, or on the Tchefuncte River to prevent her capture by Union forces.[https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/confederate_ships/carondelet.html Naval History and Heritage Command Ships Histories: Confederate Ships: Carondelet]

}}

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|ship=Catherine

|flag={{flagicon|Denmark}} Duchy of Schleswig

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Memel, Prussia.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Director

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Florida Reef before 11 April. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=25 April 1862 |issue=4979 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Geneviève

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked at "Othgo".

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Harvest Home

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|200|nmi|km}} off Cape Clear Island, County Cork. Her crew were rescued by Australian ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Harvest Home was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Table Bay.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=5 April 1862 |page=12 |issue=24212 |column=F }}

}}

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|ship={{ship|CSS|Jackson||6}}

|flag={{navy|Confederate States of America}}

|desc=American Civil War: The gunboat was burned at or near New Orleans, Louisiana, to prevent her capture by Union forces.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Johanna Margaretha

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Memel.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Lafayette

|flag={{flagicon image|Flag of the Confederate States (1861–1863).svg}} Confederate States of America

|desc=American Civil War, Union blockade: Captured on 4 April by boats from the barque {{USS|Pursuit|1861|6}} ({{navy|United States|1861}}) in St. Andrews Bay, Florida, the sloop sank in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Florida while under tow to Key West by the captured steamer Florida ({{flagicon image|Flag of the Confederate States (1861–1863).svg}} Confederate States of America), which was under the control of a Union prize crew.Gaines, p. 42.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=CSS Launch No. 6

|flag={{navy|Confederate States of America}}

|desc=American Civil War The steam launch was lost on the Mississippi River in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, either in combat with United States Navy forces on 24 April during the Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip or burned on 28 April below the forts.[https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/research/histories/ship-histories/confederate_ships/launch-no-6.html Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Launch No. 6]

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Lisette

|flag={{flag|Kingdom of Hanover|civil}}

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore in Sari Siglai Bay after 16 April. She was on a voyage from London to the Danube. She was refloated on 22 April and resumed her voyage.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Mario Anna

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in the Hooghly River. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Belle Isle.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Mary Ann

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Bordeaux, Gironde, France.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=16 April 1862 |issue=4424 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Napoleon III

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the coast of Portugal with the loss of nine lives.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Peninsular Mails |date=14 April 1862 |page=12 |issue=24219 |column=A }}

}}

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|ship={{ship|CSS|Oregon||6}}

|flag={{navy|Confederate States of America}}

|desc=American Civil War: The screw gunboat was scuttled in Louisiana either the Tchefuncte River or the Bogue Falaya River below Covington, Louisiana to prevent her capture by Union forces.[https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/research/histories/ship-histories/confederate_ships/oregon.html Naval History and Heritage Command Ships Histories: Confederate Ships: Oregon]Gaines, p. 71.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|CSS|Pamlico||6}}

|flag={{navy|Confederate States of America}}

|desc=American Civil War: The sidewheel paddle steamer was burned on Lake Pontchartrain to prevent her capture by Union forces.[https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/research/histories/ship-histories/confederate_ships/pamlico.html Naval History and Heritage Command Ships Histories: Confederate Ships: Pamlico]

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Petrel

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} New Zealand

|desc=The ketch was wrecked at the mouth of the Pōrangahau River, New Zealand, about the middle of the month.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Prince

|flag={{flagicon image|Flag of the Confederate States (1861–1863).svg}} Confederate States of America

|desc=American Civil War: The sidewheel paddle steamer was sunk by Confederate forces in the Mississippi River prior to the Battle of Island Number Ten to prevent her capture by Union forces.[https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/research/histories/ship-histories/confederate_ships/prince-side-wheel-steamer.html Naval History and Heritage Command Ships Histories: Confederate Ships: Prince (side-wheel steamer)]

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Prince Alfred

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The brig was driven ashore on the coast of America. She was on a voyage from New York to Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was refloated and taken in to Newport, Rhode Island, United States, where she arrived on 7 April.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Shanghae

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Skagen. She was on a voyage from Frederiksberg to London. She was refloated and taken in to Fredrikshavn.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=7 April 1862 |issue=4416 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Sir Robert Peel

|flag=Unknown

|desc=American Civil War, Union blockade: Pursued by United States Navy warships, the schooner ran aground on the coast of South Carolina, Confederate States of America in early April. Her crew burned her to prevent her capture by Union forces. }}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Tongawanda

|flag=Unknown

|desc=The schooner capsized on the coast of California 12 miles (19 km) north of the San Francisco Heads.Gaines, p. 31.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Trestermaoa

|flag=Unknown

|desc=The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Singapore, Straits Settlements to Macao, China.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=6 May 1862 |issue=4441 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Virginia

|flag={{flagicon image|Flag of the Confederate States (1861–1863).svg}} Confederate States of America

|desc=American Civil War: The 548-ton sidewheel paddle steamer was burned by Confederate forces at Fredericksburg, Virginia before 19 April to prevent her capture by Union forces.Gaines, p. 189.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=William Woodside

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Indian Ocean before 18 April. She was on a voyage from Moulmein, Burma to Falmouth, Cornwall.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=17 May 1862 |issue=11782 |page=8 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unidentified schooners

|flag={{flagicon image|Flag of the Confederate States (1861–1863).svg}} Confederate States of America

|desc=American Civil War: The schooners were burned by Confederate forces at Fredericksburg, Virginia, before 19 April to prevent their capture by Union forces.Gaines, p. 192.

}}

References

=Notes=

=Bibliography=

[http://scubagonewild.com/documents/Encyclopedia%20of%20Civil%20War%20Shipwrecks%20-%20(Malestrom).pdf Gaines, W. Craig, Encyclopedia of Civil War shipwrecks, Louisiana State University Press, 2008] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101129144606/http://scubagonewild.com/documents/Encyclopedia%20of%20Civil%20War%20Shipwrecks%20-%20(Malestrom).pdf |date=29 November 2010 }}, {{ISBN|978-0-8071-3274-6}}.
Ingram, C. W. N., and Wheatley, P. O., (1936) Shipwrecks: New Zealand disasters 1795–1936. Dunedin, NZ: Dunedin Book Publishing Association.

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