List of shipwrecks in February 1865

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The list of shipwrecks in February 1865 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during February 1865.

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1 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 1 February 1865
Ship Country Description
Arno  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Seaham, County Durham. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Seaham.[1]
Ellen  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Alexandria, Egypt with the loss of three of her crew.[2]
Sarah Maria  United Kingdom The schooner sprang a leak and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (38°15′N 10°00′W / 38.250°N 10.000°W / 38.250; -10.000). Her crew were rescued by the schooner Paulina ( United Kingdom). Sara Maria was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Sulina, Ottoman Empire.[3]
Susan  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and sank at Newcastle, County Down. Her crew were rescued by the Newcastle Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Bangor, County Down to the Clyde.[4][5][6]
Victoria  United Kingdom The ketch ran aground on the Little Gore Sand, in the Bristol Channel and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Highbridge, Somerset. She floated of and sank off Mare Point, Somerset.[7]

2 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 2 February 1865
Ship Country Description
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Deerfoot 		 United Kingdom The steamship Ailsa Craig and the barque Deerfoot collided in the Straits of Gibraltar. Ailsa Craig sank off , Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Burriana, Spain to Liverpool, Lancashire. Deerfoot sank with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Smyrna, Ottoman Empire.[8][9]
 United Kingdom A fire on board the steamship caused by the explosion of a cask of benzoin killed three crew and injured two at Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure. France.[10]
Cosmopolitan  Denmark The brig was driven ashore at Arrigo de la Miel, 9 nautical miles (17 km) west of Málaga, Spain, She was on a voyage from Çeşme, Ottoman Empire to Stettin.[11][12]
Isis  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Seaham, County Durham.[13][10]
Leander  United Kingdom The fishing smack was abandoned in the North Sea off Thorpeness, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued by a yawl and the Thorpeness Lifeboat Ipswich (Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[14]
Leda  France The schooner was driven into the pier at St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Preston, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure.[15]
Leila  United Kingdom The East Indiaman foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Caithness with the loss of all 29 people on board. She was on her maiden voyage, from the River Tyne to Calcutta, India.[16]
Odell  United Kingdom The ship struck rocks off Jersey, Channel Islands. She put in to Jersey in a leaky condition.[15]
Skane  Sweden The ship collided with Richard Robinson ( United States) and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Richard Robinson. Skane was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Cape Town, Cape Colony.[17][11]
Volunteer  United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked at Filey, Yorkshire.[18] Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands to Leith, Lothian.[19]

3 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 3 February 1865
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at Tynemouth, Northumberland.[13] All on board were rescued by the South Shields lifeboats Providence and two other lifeboats (all Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution) and a boat from Tynemouth. Earl Percy was on a voyage from Hamburg to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[20][21][1]
 United Kingdom The paddle tug sank off Coquet Island, Northumberland.[22]
Fadersminde  Sweden The ship was driven ashore at Dysart, Fife, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom to Dysart.[12]
Gazelle  United Kingdom The ship collided with Nelly ( Bremen) and foundered off Cape de Gatt, Spain with the loss of four of her five crew. The survivor was rescued by Nelly. Gazelle was on a voyage from Valencia, Spain to Leith.[23]
Wasa Russian Empire Grand Duchy of Finland The barque ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. She was refloated and towed in to South Shields.[13]

4 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 4 February 1865
Ship Country Description
Apollo  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Pakefield, Suffolk. Her six crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Queenborough, Kent to South Shields, County Durham.[24]
Artemas  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Stamford Sandbank, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by a yawl. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to London. She drove on to the Newcombe Sand and sank.[24][25]
Elena  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked at "Abonsistown" with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Alexandria, Egypt.[26]
Elizabeth Wilthew  United Kingdom The brig was abandoned in the North Sea. She was then driven ashore and wrecked at West Hartlepool, County Durham.[10][1]
Faithful  United Kingdom The barque foundered off Marettimo, Sicily, Italy with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Palermo, Sicily to Leith, Lothian.[27][28]
Geschweister  Hamburg The ship ran aground at Bremerhaven. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Bremen. She was refloated the next day.[22]
Jim Barkman  Confederate States of America American Civil War: The 65-ton sternwheel paddle steamer was captured and burned on the Ouachita River in Louisiana by the 4th and 5th Illinois Cavalry Regiments.[29]
Marathon  United Kingdom The steamship was abandoned off the Cordouan Lighthouse. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields to Bordeaux, Gironde, France. Marathon was subsequently towed in to Bordeaux by the steamship Cecile ( France).[11][10][30]
Neuvorpommern Flag of Stralsund.svg Stralsund The ship was driven ashore near Lemvig, Norway. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Stralsund.[1]
Unidentified blockade runner  Confederate States of America American Civil War, Union blockade: The blockade runner was aground at , South Carolina, when the schooner USS Potomska and the gunboat USS Wamsutta (both  United States Navy) sighted her. Her crew then burned and abandoned her.[31]

5 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 5 February 1865
Ship Country Description
Charlotte  United States The schooner was lost at the mouth of the Klamath River on the Pacific coast of northern California.[32]
Constante  Portugal The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on São Miguel Island, Azores. Her crew were rescued.[33]
Kate  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on São Miguel Island with the loss of a crew member.[33]
Magnetic  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the River Mersey. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Liverpool, Lancashire.[10]
Robert Lee  United States The 68-ton sternwheel paddle steamer burned on the Ohio River at Louisville, Kentucky, with the loss of three lives.[34]
True Blue United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jersey The ship was abandoned in the Mediterranean Sea on or about 5 February. She was on a voyage from Ancona, Papal States to a British port. She was towed in to Malta in a waterlogged condition with a dead crew member on board on 16 February by ( United Kingdom).[33][35][36]
United Friends  United Kingdom The smack was run down and sunk at the mouth of the River Mersey by ( United Kingdom). Both crew were rescued by the tug Sea King ( United Kingdom).[37][38]

6 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 5-6 February 1865
Ship Country Description
Acadia  United Kingdom American Civil War, Union blockade: Trying to run the Union blockade into Velasco, Texas, the 738-bulk-ton sidewheel paddle steamer was wrecked on the coast of Texas about 6 miles (10 km) east-northeast of Velasco. The mortar gunboat USS Virginia ( United States Navy) shelled her but was unable to launch a boat crew to board and burn her because of rough seas.[39]
Albanian  United Kingdom The brig sank off Pointe de Coubre, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Bordeaux, Gironde, France.[11][10][1]
Arago  United States The 268-ton sidewheel paddle steamer was sunk by ice in the Mississippi River at at Commerce, Missouri. The portion of the ship remaining above water caught fire.[40]
Favorita  United States Steamer City of Port-au-Prince ran into and sunk the pilot boat Favorite on February 6, 1865, about 17 miles east southeast from Barnegat Lighthouse.[41]
Tiber  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Barber's Point, in the Dardanelles.[6] She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. She was later refloated and taken in to Constantinople, where she collided with an Ottoman Navy frigate.[42]

7 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 7 February 1865
Ship Country Description
Adler  Bremen The steamship ran aground off "Scottwarden". She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Bremen. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Bremerhaven.[12][30]
Elizabeth  Norway The ship ran aground on the Corton Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk, United Kingdom. She was refloated and assisted in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, United Kingdom.[43]
Lexington  United Kingdom The barque ran aground on the Salthouse Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of Lancashire. Her crew were rescued by the Blackpool and Soutport Lifeboats. She was on a voyage from Nassau, Bahamas to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated the next day and towed in to Liverpool by the tug Rattler[6][44][45]
Mauve  Netherlands The ship ran aground on the Scheelhoek, off the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from Simon's Bay to Rotterdam, South Holland. she was refloated and towed in to Rotterdam.[12]
Sultan  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on the Devil's Back. She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America to Boston, Massachusetts, United States.[46]

8 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 8 February 1865
Ship Country Description
Crimean  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Pelican Point, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Smyrna, Ottoman Empire to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated on 10 February.[47]
Eugenie  Prussia The ship was wrecked at Crackington Haven, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Her sixteen crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bude, Cornwall to Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom.[48]
Hawk  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Stiffkey, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Odense, Denark to Queenstown, County Cork.[36]
Marshland  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Fyeler Sand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Geestemünde. She was refloated and completed her voyage.[12]
Mittwoch Gdansk flag.svg Dantzic The ship ran aground on the Lapsand, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Dantzic to South Shields, County Durham and/or Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Helsingør, Denmark for repairs.[22][11][49]
Union  United States The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (42°23′N 25°40′W / 42.383°N 25.667°W / 42.383; -25.667). Her crew were rescued by Christian Rankin ( United Kingdom). Union was on a voyage from Cette, Hérault to New York.[50]
Victoire  France The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Stiffkey, Norfolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Dunkerque, Nord.[43][36] She was refloated on 27 February and towed in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[51]
Windermere  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked at Madeira.[52]

9 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 9 February 1865
Ship Country Description
Adriatico  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the "Isole dello Corsento", Italy. She was on a voyage from Malta to Messina, Sicily, Italy.[12]
Alexandrine  United Kingdom The brig collided with the full-rigged ship Amazone ( Prussia) and sank off Barry, Glamorgan.[53][30]
Ann  United Kingdom The fishing smack ran aground on the , in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was refloated and assisted in to Lowestoft, Suffolk in a leaky condition.[12]
Byzantium  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued by Marco Polo and Volunteer (both  United Kingdom). Byzantium was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Alexandria, Egypt.[54][53][30]
Duisberg  Prussia The full-rigged ship was driven ashore on Sharps Island, Maryland, United States. She was on a voyage from Genoa, Italy to Baltimore, Maryland. She was refloated and taken in to Baltimore.[55]
Duke of Roxburgh  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and sank at Alexandria, Egypt. Her crew were rescued.[50]
Kent  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Dungeness, Kent. She was on a voyage from Chepstow Monmouthshire to Woolwich, Kent.[12]
Margaret Reed  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Abertay Sand. She was refloated.[30]
Mary Fleming  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Abbassia, Egypt. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Alexandria.[50]

10 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 9-10 February 1865
Ship Country Description
Bertha  Belgium The fishing smack foundered in the North Sea 40 nautical miles (74 km) east of the Galloper Sand. Her crew were rescued.[30]
Duchess of Portland  United Kingdom The snow ran aground on the Middle Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London. She was refloated by two smacks and taken in to Sheerness, Kent.[56]
Swansea  United Kingdom The pilot boat sank at Ilfracombe, Devon.[30]
Teresa  Spain The brig was wrecked on Cayo Cruz del Padre, off the coast of Cuba.[57]
Viaggiatore  Italy The ship was wrecked off "Isola Grossa". She was on a voyage from "Santorino" to Pola, Austrian Empire.[58]
 Confederate States of America American Civil War, Union blockade: Carrying a cargo of provisions and small arms, the 117-register ton sidewheel paddle steamer was chased ashore and riddled with gunfire by United States Navy warships on the coast of Texas a few miles southwest of Galveston. A boat expedition from the armed screw steamers USS Antona and USS Princess Royal (both  United States Navy) boarded her and set her on fire, and her hold filled with sand.[31][59][60]

11 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 11 February 1865
Ship Country Description
David  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Aberdeen with the loss of a crew member. she was on a voyage from Aberdeen to Sunderland, County Durham.[53][30]
Johann Lange  Netherlands The ship departed from Padang, Netherlands East Indies for a Dutch port. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[61]
Mary  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Campbeltown, Argyllshire. She was on a voyage from Glenarm, County Antrim to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[53]
Providence  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham and sank.[26] She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Jersey, Channel Islands.[36]

12 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 12 February 1865
Ship Country Description
Brandy  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked near Wexford with the loss of thirteen of the 28 people on board.[62]
Dart  United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore at "Borthfaur". She was on a voyage from Barmouth, Merionethshire to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated on 24 February and taken in to Abersoch, Caernarfonshire.[63]
Ethel  United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure, France to Bo'ness, Lothian. She was refloated but was consequently beached at Walmer Castle, Kent.[64] Ethel was refloated on 17 February and towed in to Ramsgate, Kent.[65]
John Peile  Hamburg The ship was driven ashore near the Kugelbake. She was on a voyage from Callao, Peru to Hamburg. She was refloated and taken in to Cuxhaven.[47]
Mary Ann  United Kingdom The smack was run ashore near Abersoch, Caernarfonshire. She was on a voyage from Barmouth, Merionethshire to Liverpool, Lancashire.[66]

13 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 13 February 1865
Ship Country Description
Anne  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at , County Cork. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Málaga, Spain.[27]
Anne Jane  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Whiting Bay, Isle of Arran. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Demerara, British Guiana.[26] She was later refloated and towed in to Greenock.[67]
Leocadie  France The brig struck a sunken rock. She was towed in to Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Inférieure,[68] where she sank. She was refloated.[69]
Unidentified wharf boat  United States Carrying 11,000 sacks of grain, the wharf boat sank in the Mississippi River at Memphis, Tennessee.[70]

14 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 14 February 1865
Ship Country Description
Ariel United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jersey The ship was driven ashore at Messina, Sicily, Italy. She was on a voyage from Naples, Italy to Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire.[47]
Borneo  United States The ship was discovered abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean by Claudra ( United Kingdom) and was boarded. She foundered with the loss of one life.[23]
Celt  Confederate States of America
The wreck of SS Celt in 1865.
American Civil War, Union blockade: The sidewheel paddle steamer, a blockade runner carrying a cargo of cotton, ran aground off Sullivan's Island while trying to leave Charleston Harbor, South Carolina.[31][71][72][73] Her wreck was captured by the monitor USS Catskill ( United States Navy) on 18 February.[73]
Nereid  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Tony Rock Bar, in the Bahamas and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Nassau, Bahamas to Liverpool, Lancashire.[74][75]
Saltmarsh  United Kingdom The schooner was run into by the steamship London ( United Kingdom) and sank at Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Wisbech, Cambridgeshire.[69]

15 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 15 February 1865
Ship Country Description
Charlotte  United Kingdom The schooner struck the Ebb Rock, off the coast of Pembrokeshire and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to Cardiff, Glamorgan. She came ashore at Pant Glas and was wrecked.[65][36]
Clarence  United Kingdom The ship was driven into King of Denmark ( Denmark) at Nassau, Bahamas She was holed by that ship's anchor and sank.[75]
Cubana  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked off Hog Island, Bahamas. She was on a voyage from Nassau to Havana, Cuba.[75]
Elina  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground at Cairnbulg, Aberdeenshire. She was on a voyage from Inverness to Dundee, Forfarshire. She was refloated and taken in to Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire in a severely leaky condition.[76]
Enterprise  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. She was on a voyage from Burghead, Moray to Hartlepool, County Durham.[69]
Knickerbocker  United States American Civil War: Aground since 4 January near , Virginia, the 858-ton sidewheel paddle steamer was boarded and burned by Confederate forces.[31][77]
USS Merrimac  United States Navy American Civil War: The sidewheel gunboat foundered in the North Atlantic Ocean off Florida at 29°11′N 79°12′W / 29.183°N 79.200°W / 29.183; -79.200 (USS Merrimac). The mail steamer Morning Star (flag unknown) rescued her crew.[31][78]
Voltigeur  United Kingdom The tug sank in the River Mersey off Tranmere, Cheshire.[68]

16 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 16 February 1865
Ship Country Description
Aden  Norway The ship capsized off the North Foreland, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy to Bergen.[69]
Aufredy  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on Scroby Sands, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[69]
Conway  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Eccles-on-Sea, Norfolk. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth.[36]
Eliza Ann  United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the brig Mississippi ( United States). Eliza Ann was on a voyage from New York, United States to Matamoros, Mexico.[79]
Louisa  Confederate States of America American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner, a blockade runner with a cargo of baggage, cordage, wines, and crockery, was forced aground on the coast of Texas at Aransas Pass by the gunboat USS Penobscot ( United States Navy), which then sank her in shallow water with gunfire. A boat crew from Penobscot completed her destruction by burning her on 18 February.[31][80]
Mary Agnes  Confederate States of America American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner, a blockade runner with a cargo of baggage, cordage, wines, and crockery, was forced aground on the coast of Texas at Aransas Pass by the gunboat USS Penobscot ( United States Navy). A boat crew from Penobscot burned her on 18 February.[31][80]
Sir George Brown  United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from London to Dundee, Forfarshire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[81]
 United Kingdom The steamship departed from Glasgow, Renfrewshire for Oporto, Portugal. Presumed subsequently foundered with the loss of all eighteen crew; two boats belonging to the ship came ashore at Newquay, Cornwall on 23 February.[82]

17 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 17 February 1865
Ship Country Description
Amana  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and wrecked near Cley-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. Her thirteen crew were rescued by the Blakeney Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Savona, Italy.[83]
Auckland  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked at Blakeney, Norfolk. Her seventeen crew were rescued by the Blakeney Lifeboat.[45]
Blakeney Lifeboat Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution The lifeboat was wrecked at Blakeney.[45]
Butterfly  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Sheringham, Norfolk.[36]
Celia M. Carver  United States The brigantine was driven ashore at Bridgwater, Somerset, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from London to Newport, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom.[56]
East Anglian  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Nore.[65] She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to London. She was refloated.[42]
Faithful  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore near Sheringham.[65][36]
Minniehaha  United States The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to Beaufort, North Carolina, Confederate States of America.[79]
Zephyr  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Sea Palling, Norfolk. She was refloated and towed in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[36]

18 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 18 February 1865
Ship Country Description
Albion  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Lowestoft, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Rochester, Kent.[84]
Anna Dale  Confederate States of America American Civil War, Union blockade: The armed schooner, a Confederate privateer, was boarded and burned at Pass Cavallo, Texas, by a boat crew from the gunboat USS Pinola ( United States Navy).[31][39]
CSS Charleston  Confederate States Navy American Civil War: The casemate ironclad ram was stripped, burned, and blown up with 20 short tons (18.1 metric tons/tonnes) of gunpowder in the Cooper River at Charleston, South Carolina, while anchored below the Drum Island Pleasant Ferry Wharf at 32°47′29″N 79°55′21″W / 32.79139°N 79.92250°W / 32.79139; -79.92250 (CSS Charlestown) to prevent her capture by Union forces.[85]
CSS Chicora  Confederate States Navy American Civil War: The casemate ironclad ram was stripped, burned, and blown up in Charleston Harbor, in the Cooper River below Drum’s Island off Marshall’s Wharf to prevent her capture by Union forces.[86]
 United Kingdom The steamship departed from Glasgow, Renfrewshire for Gibraltar. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all 22 crew.[87]
Deer  United Kingdom American Civil War, Union blockade: The steamer, a blockade runner, ran aground at Charleston and was captured by the monitor USS Catskill ( United States Navy).
Dorothea  United Kingdom The schooner foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the barque Defender ( United Kingdom).[28]
 Confederate States Navy American Civil War: The receiving ship was scuttled in Charleston Harbor, on 17 or 18 February to prevent her capture by Union forces.[88]
Hephzibah  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Kenfig, Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Tampico, Mexico to Liverpool, Lancashire.[46]
CSS Indian Chief  Confederate States Navy American Civil War: The schooner, serving as a receiving ship, was burned on in Charleston Harbor to prevent her capture by Union forces.[89][90]
Lady Brisbane  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the River Clyde. She was refloated.[56]
CSS Palmetto State  Confederate States Navy American Civil War: The casemate ironclad ram was stripped, burned, and blown up at a wharf on the Cooper River at Charleston to prevent her capture by Union forces.[91]
CSS Peedee  Confederate States Navy American Civil War: The gunboat was destroyed by Confederate forces on the Pee Dee River in South Carolina 110 nautical miles (200 km) above Georgetown to prevent her capture by Union forces.[92][93]
San Francesco di Paolo e da Fortuna  Italy The mistico was wrecked at Castello, Sardinia. She was on a voyage from Catania, Sicily to Malta.[94]
Windermere  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew survived.[95]
Two unidentified ironclads  Confederate States of America American Civil War: The two incomplete ironclads, one afloat and one still on the building ways, were burned by Confederate forces at Charleston, to prevent their capture by Union forces.[96]

19 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 19 February 1865
Ship Country Description
 Confederate States Navy American Civil War: The 164-ton sidewheel paddle steamer struck a Confederate mine that had drifted from its original position on the James River in Virginia near and sank in five minutes with the loss of four lives.[31][97]
Faithful  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea with some loss of life.[98]
Flying Fish  United Kingdom The smack collided with the smack J. H. ( United Kingdom) and foundered in the North Sea 120 nautical miles (220 km) off Spurn Point, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by Romp ( United Kingdom).[99]
Gleaner  United Kingdom The brig foundered in the North Sea off Filey, Yorkshire with the loss of all hands.[100][98][76]
John Fergus  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Lady Bank, off Monifieth, Forfarshire. She was refloated.[101]
Kate  United Kingdom The ship was in collision with Atalanta ( United Kingdom) in the North Sea off Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk and was abandoned by her crew. Kate consequently sank. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London. She consequently sank off Great Yarmouth.[46][102][84]
Mary Jane  United Kingdom The schooner sank in Ramsey Bay. She was on a voyage from Barrow in Furness, Lancashire to Maryport, Cumberland.[76]
Richard  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the English Channel off Bournemouth, Hampshire. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Ryde, Isle of Wight. She was taken in to Poole, Dorset on 21 February.[47]
Rose  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth in a leaky condition.[46][56]
William Allison  Confederate States of America American Civil War: Carrying a cargo of blankets, the 304-ton sidewheel paddle steamer was sunk accidentally by a Confederate mine in the James River off , Virginia.[103]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The schooner foundered off Filey with the loss of all hands.[98][76]

20 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 20 February 1865
Ship Country Description
Albion  United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned off Fishguard, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued by the Fishguard Lifeboat Sir Edward Perrott (Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Albion was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Teignmouth, Devon. She subsequently drove ashore and was wrecked.[104][56][83]
Blue Jacket  United Kingdom The yawl foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all nine crew.[105]
Briton  United Kingdom The smack foundered in the North Sea.[95]
Emma  United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned off Fishguard. Her crew were rescued by the Fishguard Lifeboat Sir Edward Perrott (Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[56][83]
Gilbert Alphonse  France The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Corton, Suffolk, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by the Coast Guard using rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Caen, Calvados.[106]
Kate  United Kingdom The brig was run down and sunk off Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk. Her seven crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to South Shields, County Durham.[107]
Matchless  United Kingdom The yawl was abandoned off Craigleith, in the Firth of Forth. Her three crew were rescued by the Berwick Lifeboat.[56][83]
Rose  United Kingdom The yawl foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all nine crew.[105]
Rosebud  United Kingdom The brigantine ran aground on the Shingles, in the Solent. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Llanelly, Glamorgan. She was refloated and taken in to Yarmouth, Isle of Wight in a leaky condition.[84]
Stork  United Kingdom The ship collided with Allison and was abandoned in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued by Allison. Stork was on a voyage from North Shields, Northumberland to London. She was taken in to Ramsgate, Kent in a derelict condition.[84]
Thames United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The brig was wrecked on the Canterbury coast while transporting telegraph poles from Marlborough.[108]
Thomas and Margaret  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at West Hartlepool, County Durham with the loss of all nine crew.[46]
Thomas and Margaret  United Kingdom The yawl was driven ashore at Seaton Carew, County Durham with the loss of all nine crew.[109]
William and Eliza  United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 30 nautical miles (56 km) south south west of the Isles of Scilly. Her crew were rescued by the barque Ida ( Russia). William and Eliza was on a voyage from Pomeron, Portugal to Gloucester.[110]
Unnamed cutter  United States Navy American Civil War: The cutter, from the gunboat USS Shawmut ( United States Navy), was blown up by a Confederate floating mine on the Cape Fear River that had drifted down from Wilmington, North Carolina. Two men aboard the cutter were killed and two were wounded.[111]

21 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 21 February 1865
Ship Country Description
Ariel  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Dutchman's Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Bermuda to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and taken in to Liverpool.[42]
Eugenie  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Krantsand, in the North Sea.[102]
Ottawa  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) east of the (Trinity House Ensign (pre-1937).svg Trinity House). Her crew were rescued by the brig Cambria ( United Kingdom). Ottawa was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Barcelona, Spain.[112][95][113][84]
Thaise  France The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked near Calais with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, Somme to an English port.[2][47]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The brig foundered in the North Sea off Filey, Yorkshire with the loss of all hands.[105]

22 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 22 February 1865
Ship Country Description
Adolf  Belgium The ship was run down and sunk in the North Sea 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued.[102]
B. S. Kimball  United States The ship ran aground at Cuxhaven. She was on a voyage from Callao, Peru to Hamburg.[63]
 Confederate States Navy American Civil War: The sidewheel tender was burned to prevent her capture by Union forces when Wilmington, North Carolina, fell to the Union.[114][115]
Daring United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The 32-ton schooner ran aground several miles south of the mouth of the Kaipara Harbour. Attempts were made to refloat her, but a gale sprang up and she was wrecked.[108] In May 2018, the wreck appeared out of the sand on the beach, and efforts were made to preserve it until it could be dug out. In December 2018, the almost intact wreck was lifted out and transported away for restoration.[116]
 United Kingdom The steamer ran aground on Crocker Reef, off the coast of Florida, confederate States of America and was wrecked.[117][118] Her crew were rescued.[119]
Plythe  United Kingdom The collier sank at Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.[47]
Temora  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at Fife Ness. All on board survived. She was on a voyage from London to Dundee, Forfarshire.[102][120]
Triumvir  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Haugesund, Norway to Lowestoft, Suffolk. Triumvir was taken in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire in a derelict condition.[76]

23 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 23 February 1865
Ship Country Description
Alert  United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Sandhale, in the North Sea off the coast of Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from London to South Shields, County Durham. She was refloated with assistance from the tug Lioness ( United Kingdom) and was towed in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire in a leaky condition.[84]
Black Diamond  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.[102]
Corymbus  United Kingdom The schooner struck the Plough Rock, in the Farne Islands, Northumberland and was consequently beached at Spittal Point, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Dundee, Forfarshire. Corymbus was refloated and taken in to Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland.[95]
Crown  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore at Egmond aan Zee, North Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Brazil to Amsterdam, North Holland. She was refloated the next day and taken in to the Nieuw Diep.[102]
Dapper  United Kingdom The brig collided with a brig and sank in the North Sea off Whitby, Yorkshire. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Ipswich, Suffolk.[102][84]
Dasher  United Kingdom The smack ran aground on the Rock of Gore. She was refloated on 26 February.[51]
Hannah Sturdy  United Kingdom The ship was run down and sunk in the English Channel 15 nautical miles (28 km) off Beachy Head, Sussex by Giant's Causeway ( United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued by Giant's Causeway. Hannah Sturdy was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to , Spain.[84]
Isabella  United Kingdom The ship ran aground off Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France to South Shields, County Durham. She was refloated and assisted in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[102]
Union  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Aberdeen. She was on a voyage from East Wemyss, Fife to Aberdeen. She was refloated and towed in to Aberdeen.[95][121]
Zephyr  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Shielhoek,off the coast of Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from London to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.[106]

24 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 24 February 1865
Ship Country Description
Adelina  United Kingdom The ship caught fire at Woosung, China.[122]
 United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Tacumshane, County Wexford.[102] She was on a voyage from Woolwich, Kent to Liverpool, Lancashire.[123]
Corymbus  United Kingdom The ship struck the Plough Rocks, off the Farne Islands, Northumberland and was consequently beached at . She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Dundee, Forfarshire. Corymbus was later refloated and taken in to Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland.[2]
David  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on the Jadder, in the Baltic Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Königsberg, Prussia.[49]
Endeavour  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Bude, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from "Port Gavern" to Bude.[63][124]
I O United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland South Australia The schooner ran aground at Sydney, New South Wales.[125]
Marlow  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Tara Point, County Antrim. She was refloated and towed in to the Belfast Lough.[95]
Rosebud  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked in Dundrum Bay. Her crew were rescued.[102][28]
 United Kingdom The steamship collided with the steamship ( United Kingdom) and was beached at Horsey, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque, Nord to West Hartlepool, County Durham.[84]
Wild Horse  United Kingdom The ship ran aground and was severely damaged at Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Halifax, Nova Scotia.[126]
Wyolme  United Kingdom The galiot ran aground on the Sunk Sand, in the Humber. She was on a voyage from London to Hull, Yorkshire. She was refloated and assisted in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire.[95]

25 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 25 February 1865
Ship Country Description
Angelica  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Kentish Knock. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated and towed in to Ramsgate, Kent in a leaky condition.[84]
CSS Chickamauga  Confederate States Navy American Civil War: The 586-ton armed screw steamer was burned by her crew and scuttled as a blockship on the Cape Fear River just below , and 50 nautical miles (93 km) above Wilmington, North Carolina.[31][127]
Concordia  Norway The brig ran aground at North Shields, Northumberland, United Kingdom and was damaged. She was placed under repair.[84]
Giacomina Austria-Hungary-flag-1869-1914-naval-1786-1869-merchant.svg Austrian Empire The barque sprang a leak and was beached at Candia, Crete, where she sank. She was on a voyage from Constantinople, Ottoman Empire to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.[128]
Medusa  United Kingdom The ship was severely damaged by ice at Copenhagen, Denmark.[129]

26 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 26 February 1865
Ship Country Description
Anne Studgeon  United Kingdom The ship was run down and sunk in the English Channel off the coast of Sussex by Giant's Causeway ( United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued.[95]
Gloriana  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Holm Sand, in the North Sea off Lowestoft, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Genoa, Italy. She was refloated the next day with the assistance of a steamship and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[51][84]
Starbeam  United Kingdom The brig ran aground at Sunderland, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Sunderland. She was refloated.[84]
Tweed  United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Hew Ledge Rocks, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from South Shields to Exeter, Devon. She was refloated and taken in to Yarmouth, Isle of Wight in a leaky condition.[84]
William  United Kingdom The fishing boat was driven ashore and wrecked near Findhorn, Aberdeenshire with the loss of all hands.[110]

27 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 27 February 1865
Ship Country Description
USS Arizona  United States Navy The sidewheel paddle steamer caught fire on the Mississippi River 38 miles (61 km) south of New Orleans, Louisiana, and was abandoned when the fire went out of control. After she was abandoned, she grounded on the west bank of the river, continued to burn, and finally exploded at 12:35 a.m. on 28 February. Four members of her crew were listed as missing; 94 survived.
 France The paddle steamer ran aground and was wrecked at Punta de Castelhanos, Brazil. All on board were rescued.[130][131]
Concepcion  Spain The ship was wrecked at Matamoros, Mexico.[132]
Constance Augustine  France The sloop sank off the Heve. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rouen to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure and Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine.[129]
Spray  United States Bound from Fort Monroe, Virginia, for Beaufort, South Carolina, Confederate States of America, with a cargo of United States Army coal, the schooner was wrecked on shoals off the coast of North Carolina 10 to 11 miles (16 to 18 km) southeast of Cape Lookout. The armed sidewheel paddle steamer USS Rhode Island ( United States Navy) rescued her six crew members on 2 March.[133]

28 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 28 February 1865
Ship Country Description
Alby  Prussia The brig ran aground on the Vogelsand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Trieste to Hamburg. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug and taken in to Cuxhaven.[134]
 United States Navy American Civil War: The vessel was destroyed by fire on the Mississippi River below New Orleans, Louisiana.[31]
Belle Poule  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Liverpool, Lancashire.[51]
Constantine  Russia The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on Anholt, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to Sønderborg, Denmark.[135]
Crispin United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jersey The brigantine struck rocks off Brechou, Channel Islands and foundered with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Alderney, Channel Islands.[134]
 United Kingdom The steamship struck the Runnel Stone and foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to London.[123][51]
Queen of the Fleet  United States The ship ran aground at Bremen. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to Bremen. She was refloated with the assistance of a steamship.[129]
Sophie  Denmark The schooner was abandoned near "Yaerbylyng". She was on a voyage from an English port to Odense.[12]
Sort  United Kingdom American Civil War, Union blockade: The 33-ton schooner, a blockade runner carrying liquor and other assorted cargo, was forced aground off the coast of Florida on near the mouth of the Crystal River by armed boats from the gunboat USS Honeysuckle ( United States Navy). Eventually destroyed.[31][136][117]
Stewart Monteith  United Kingdom The smack sank in the Belfast Lough. Her three crew were rescued by the steamship Magnetic ( United Kingdom).[137] She was on a voyage from Whitehead, County Antrim to Donaghadee, County Down.[55]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Dartmouth, Devon.[51]

Unknown date[]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in February 1865
Ship Country Description
Alcide  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the Sunk Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued by Queen ( United Kingdom).[54]
Ariel  Ottoman Empire The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Faros, Greece. She was on a voyage from Naples, Italy to Gallipoli.[68][51]
Bessie, or
Jessie 		 United Kingdom The schooner collided with the (Trinity House Ensign (pre-1937).svg Trinity House) and was abandoned. Her crew got on board the lightship. She subsequently ran aground on Taylor's Bank.[106]
Caledonia  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Rutland Island, County Donegal. She was on a voyage from Ballina, County Mayo to Liverpool, Lancashire.[65]
Charles  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in Vanloos Bay, Ceylon. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Galle, Ceylon.[68]
Cherokee  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, United States to Port Medway, Nova Scotia, British North America.[44]
Commerce  United Kingdom The brig foundered before 6 February. Her crew survived.[17][22]
Courier  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Sligo.[104]
Earl of Malmesbury  United Kingdom The schooner foundered in the English Channel off the coast of Hampshire before 3 February.[17]
Emily  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Gotland, Sweden before 24 February. Her crew survived.[129]
Eugenie  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked on Tree Islan, Paracel Islands before 7 February. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Singapore, Straits Settlements to Penang, Malaya.[69]
Geerdina Flag unknown The ship was wrecked near Dingle, County Kerry.[138]
Hannah  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Terra Nova.[65]
Jane and Mary  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Fishguard, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from , Ayrshire to Newport, Monmouthshire.[104] She was refloated on 27 February.[63]
Jeanne Dare  France The ship sank off "Trichett".[11]
John Parkins  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked on the coast of British Honduras.[139]
Joseph  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Dundrum Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Dundalk, County Louth.[11]
Josephina  United Kingdom The ship struck the Almeinia Rocks and was severely damaged. She put in to Cádiz, Spain.[123]
Josephine  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Saltholm, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Dantzic to Hull, Yorkshire.[11]
Juno  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Eastern Black Stone and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Poole, Dorset to Lisbon, Portugal. She floated off on 1 March and sank.[123][55]
Larerrian  France The ship was wrecked at Matamoros, Mexico before 18 February.[140]
Lel Verar  France The barque was wrecked between "Brazos" and Boca del Rio, British Honduras.[141]
Marion  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore at Tara Point, County Down before 15 February.[67]
Mowe Flag unknown The ship ran aground near Hellevoetsluis, Zeeland, Netherlands.[142]
Nymph of the Seas United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The schooner was wrecked close to the location of the wreck of Thames (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand) (see February 20).[108]
Onwary  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked in West Quoddy Bay, Maine, United States before 20 February. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, United States to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America.[79]
Prince  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore east of Dunkerque, Nord, France.[104]
Royal Middy  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore 40 nautical miles (74 km) from Cartagena, Spain.[68]
Sarah and Maria  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 60 nautical miles (110 km) off Lisbon, Portugal. She was reported to be on a voyage from Cardiff to Swansea, Glamorgan.[37]
Stirlings-hill  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Blackwater Bank, in the Irish Sea.[143]
Sveridge  United Kingdom The schooner was attacked and plundered by the local inhabitants in the Congo River. Two of her crew were captured. She was subsequently taken to Fernando Po, Spanish Guinea in a severely leaky condition.[144]
Teviotdale  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Pernambuco, Brazil.[1]
Vencedor  Portugal The ship was beached at "Amew". She was on a voyage from Lisbon to Pernambuco.[11]
Virginia  France The ship was wrecked at Cape Tenez, Algeria.[11]
Wild Wave  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the English Bank, in the River Plate. She was on a voyage from Swansea to Monte Video, Uruguay. She was refloated and taken in to Monte Video in a leaky condition.[44]
CSS Wilmington  Confederate States Navy American Civil War: The screw gunboat was burned to prevent her capture by Union forces when Wilmington, North Carolina, fell to the Union.[145][146]
William Pitt  United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand. She was refloated and assisted in to Harwich, Essex in a leaky condition.[54]
 Confederate States of America American Civil War: The incomplete ironclad gunboat either was destroyed on the building ways to prevent her capture by Union forces when Wilmington, North Carolina, fell to the Union, or was scuttled as a blockship in North Carolina′s Cape Fear River near (sources disagree).[145][147]
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, and 8  Confederate States Navy American Civil War: The David-type torpedo boats, were scuttled in Charleston Harbor off Charleston, South Carolina – at least three of them in the Cooper River – to prevent their capture by Union forces. Union forces later salvaged and repaired the three scuttled in the Cooper River.[88]

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Ship events in 1865
Ship launches: 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870
Ship commissionings: 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1869 1870
Ship decommissionings: 1864 1865 1869 1870
Shipwrecks: 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870

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