List of shipwrecks in February 1862
Ship Country Description
Boscawen United Kingdom The school ship ran aground at Southampton , Hampshire
Cambridge Confederate States of America The 242-ton sternwheel paddle steamer struck a snag and sank in the White River at Grand Glaise , Arkansas , with the loss of 42 lives
CSS James Johnson Confederate States Navy American Civil War : The 525-ton sidewheel paddle steamer was undergoing conversion into a gunboat on the Cumberland River at Nashville , Tennessee , when she was burned to prevent her capture by Union forces
CSS James Woods Confederate States Navy American Civil War : The 585-ton sidewheel paddle steamer was undergoing conversion into a gunboat on the [ Cumberland River at Nashville , when she was burned to prevent her capture by Union forces
Kitty Cordes United States The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 250 nautical miles ( 460 km ) north west of Faial Island , Azores . Her sixteen crew were rescued by the steamship Annie Childs ( Confederate States of America ) . Kitty Cordes was on a voyage from Cardiff , Glamorgan , United Kingdom to Halifax , Nova Scotia , British North America
Klei Old Ambt Netherlands The schooner was driven ashore at New Romney , Kent , United Kingdom . She was on a voyaeg from Antwerp , Belgium to Gallas
W. R. Gasfabach Netherlands The brig was wrecked at Whitby , Yorkshire , United Kingdom . Her crew were rescued . She was on a voyage from South Shields , County Durham , United Kingdom to Rotterdam , South Holland
The list of shipwrecks in February 1862 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during February 1862.