List of shipwrecks in June 1862
Ship Country Description
Ariel United Kingdom The brig sprang a leak and foundered in the Bristol Channel off Hartland Point , Devon . Her crew survived . She was on a voyage from Neath , Glamorgan to London
CSS Colonel Lovell Confederate States Navy American Civil War , First Battle of Memphis : The cottonclad ram sank in the Mississippi River just above Memphis , Tennessee , after being rammed by the sidewheel rams Queen of the West and Monarch ( both United States Army ) . Six or seven of her crew survived
Gordon Grant United States The 41-ton screw steamer burned on the Mississippi River at Fort Pillow , Tennessee
CSS General Beauregard Confederate States Navy American Civil War , First Battle of Memphis : The cottonclad ram exploded and sank with heavy loss of life in the Mississippi River just above Memphis , Tennessee after a shot by the casemate ironclad USS Benton ( United States Army ) hit her boiler , scalding many of her crew . Her survivors were taken prisoner by Benton and the sidewheel ram USS Monarch ( United States Army )
CSS General Bragg Confederate States Navy American Civil War , First Battle of Memphis : The cottonclad ram ran aground in the Mississippi River just above Memphis , Tennessee and was captured by Union forces . She was refloated , repaired , and placed in service as USS General Bragg
CSS General M. Jeff Thompson Confederate States Navy American Civil War , First Battle of Memphis : Heavily damaged by shell hits and burning , the cottonclad ram ran aground in the Mississippi River just above Memphis , Tennessee , and was abandoned by her crew . She burned to the waterline and exploded when the flames detonated her ammunition magazine
CSS General Sterling Price Confederate States Navy American Civil War , First Battle of Memphis : The cottonclad ram sank on a sandbar in the Mississippi River just above Memphis , Tennessee , after colliding with the ram CSS General Beauregard ( Confederate States Navy ) and being rammed by the casemate ironclad USS Benton ( United States Army ) . She was seized by Union forces , raised , repaired , and placed in United States Navy service as USS General Price
CSS General Sumter Confederate States Navy American Civil War , First Battle of Memphis : Badly damaged , the cottonclad ram ran aground on the Arkansas shore of the Mississippi River just above Memphis , Tennessee , and was captured by Union forces . She was refloated , repaired , and placed in United States Navy service as USS Sumter '
CSS Little Rebel Confederate States Navy American Civil War ] , First Battle of Memphis : Hit in her boilers by gunfire from the casemate ironclad USS Carondelet ( United States Army ) , the cottonclad ram was rammed and driven ashore by the sidewheel ram USS Monarch ( United States Army ) on the Mississippi River just above Memphis , Tennessee . Abandoned by her surviving crew , she was captured by Union forces , refloated , repaired , and placed in United States Navy service as USS Little Rebel
Moose United Kingdom The schooner sprang a leak and was beached at Black Pill , Glamorgan , where she capsized and was wrecked . Her crew survived
Oriel United Kingdom The ship foundered off Hartland Point , Devon . Her crew survived . she was on a voyage from Neath , Glamorgan to London
The list of shipwrecks in June 1862 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during June 1862.