List of shipwrecks in 1863

The list of shipwrecks in 1863 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1863.

January

11 January

List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1863

Ship	Country	Description
USS Hatteras	United States	American Civil War: The gunboat was sunk by CSS Alabama off Galveston, Texas.

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1863

Ship	Country	Description
Heinrich Sorensen	Russia	The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Breaksea Point, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. Her twelve crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde, France to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[1]

February

7 February

List of shipwrecks: 7 February 1863

Ship	Country	Description
HMS Orpheus	Royal Navy	The Jason-class corvette ran onto a sandbar and was destroyed by waves at Whatipu, Manukau Harbour, New Zealand. There were 189 dead and 70 survivors.

19 February

List of shipwrecks: 19 February 1863

Ship	Country	Description
Laconic	United Kingdom	The barque was wrecked on the Helwick Shoal, in the Bristol Channel. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Swansea to Tenerife, Canary Isles, Spain.[1]

28 February

List of shipwrecks: 28 February 1863

Ship	Country	Description
Rattlesnake	Confederate States of America	American Civil War: A Confederate privateer sunk by USS Montauk in Ogeechee River, Georgia, USA.

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1863

Ship	Country	Description
CSS American Diver	Confederate States Navy	American Civil War: She was a Confederate prototype submarine that sunk in Mobile Bay during February in stormy weather. No lives were lost.

March

5 March

List of shipwrecks: 5 March 1863

Ship	Country	Description
City of Peterborough	United Kingdom	She collided with the barque Tuspan ( France) about 200 nautical miles (370 km) south of the Isles of Scilly. There were 5 dead and 8 survivors[2]

19 March

List of shipwrecks: 19 March 1863

Ship	Country	Description
CSS Georgiana	Confederate States Navy	American Civil War : The confederate navy blockade runner cruiser was deliberately run aground to avoid capture. She was then burned and blown up at Isle of Palms, South Carolina, United States. There were 0 dead and 140 survivors.

25 March

List of shipwrecks: 25 March 1863

Ship	Country	Description
USS Lancaster	United States	American Civil War: A steamboat that was sunk by Confederate forces off Port Hudson, Louisiana.

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1863

Ship	Country	Description
Star of the West	United States	American Civil War: A steamship that was scuttled as a blockship near Greenwood, Mississippi.

April

8 April

List of shipwrecks: 8 April 1863

Ship	Country	Description
USS Keokuk	United States	American Civil War: An experimental ironclad steamer, sunk in the First Battle of Charleston Harbor, South Carolina.32°41′36″N 79°52′19″W / 32.69333°N 79.87194°W / 32.69333; -79.87194 (USS Keokuk)

May

28 May

List of shipwrecks: 28 May 1863

Ship	Country	Description
USS Lily	United States	American Civil War: A tugboat that collided with USS Choctaw in the Yazoo River, Mississippi.

June

24 June

List of shipwrecks: 24 June 1863

Ship	Country	Description
USS Sumpter	United States	American Civil War: A steamship that sank in a collision near Smith Island, Virginia.37°05′48″N 75°42′14″W / 37.0968°N 75.7040°W / 37.0968; -75.7040 (USS Sumpter (1853))

July

13 July

List of shipwrecks: 13 July 1863

Ship	Country	Description
USS Baron DeKalb	United States	American Civil War: A City-class ironclad warship that was sunk by a mine near Yazoo City, Mississippi.

28 July

List of shipwrecks: 28 July 1863

Ship	Country	Description
PSS Paris	United Kingdom	The paddle-steam ship was leaving Saint Helier harbour for St Malo on the same day. She started from St Malo at about 6:15am Tuesday morning with 24 passengers and 12 tons of cargo, chiefly butter and eggs. Whilst under Pilot control, The vessel struck on a rock known as ´GRUNE VAUDIN´. The engines were immediatelystopped and at once set for astern, the lifeboats to be lowered. Ten minutes after the vessel struck she went down in 5 fathoms of water.[3][4]

August

21 August

List of shipwrecks: 21 August 1863

Ship	Country	Description
USS Bainbridge	United States	American Civil War: She capsized off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina with the loss of all but one of her crew.

September

Sept 14th 1863 Maranham, Brazil. Ship Spirit No. 8465 - Captain John Fry Found and several of his crew went down with the ship.

October

8 October

List of shipwrecks: 8 October 1863

Ship	Country	Description
J. O.	United Kingdom	The barque was driven ashore at Whitford Point, Glamorgan. Her crew survived.[1]

December

6 December

List of shipwrecks: 6 December 1863

Ship	Country	Description
USS Weehawken	United States	American Civil War: The monitor was sunk at Charleston, South Carolina.32°42′57″N 79°53′25″W / 32.7157°N 79.8903°W / 32.7157; -79.8903 (USS Weehawken (1862))

10 December

List of shipwrecks: 10 December 1863

Ship	Country	Description
Hooghly	United Kingdom	The barque foundered off Algiers. Her crew were rescued.[5]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in 1863

Ship	Country	Description
Artizan	United Kingdom	The paddle steamer was abandoned at Killaloe,County Clare.[6]

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