ML050630221

Review of License Renewal Application for Brunswick Units 1 & 2, Shomette, Donald, 1973, Shipwrecks of the Civil War, the Encyclopedia of Union and Confederate Naval Losses

ML050630221
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GEORGIANA McCAW DESCRIPTION - Side-wheel steamer.

TONNAGE - 700.

CARGO - 60 tons of provisions; several chronometers, one barometer, one sextant, and one marine clock were salvaged.

DATE LOST - In the early morning hours of June 2, 1864.

LOCATION - "She lies in 10 feet of water within easy range of Fort Caswell, Western Battery and Battery Cameron (Fort Campbell)."

COMMENT - The Georgiana McCaw, often referred to as the McCaw, of Liverpool, England, en route from Nassau to Wilmington, was stranded on the Western Bar near Fort Campbell, North Carolina. She was discovered at 8 a. m. by the U. S. S. Victoria, Acting Master Alfred Everson, and was soon being straddled by shot from the Yankee's big 30-pounder rifle which soon forced her aground. Two boats, sent by Everson to burn her, managed to capture 29 people, including the master and most of his officers. The boarding party was soon taken under fire by Fort Caswell and the adjacent batteries and was forced to retire. About 10 a. m. the rebels boarded the ship and put out her fires. On June 13 she was reported by the U. S. S. State of Georgia to be a complete wreck. It Is not known if any salvage of her primary cargo was ever accomplished.

GOLDEN LINER DESCRIPTION - Schooner.

CARGO - Flour, brandy, sugar, and coffee.

DATE LOST - April 27, 1863.

LOCATION - In Murrell's Inlet, South Carolina.

COMMENT - The English blockade runner Golden Liner of Halifax, Nova Scotia was destroyed by a boat expedition from the U. S. S. Monticello and Matthew Vassar.

The expedition, led by Acting Master Louis A. Brown, USN, landed at Murrell's Inlet, crossed a narrow sand spit, waded through a marsh and captured the blockade runner 427 Ad E