The
Iona was Scottish-built
paddle steamer, purchased by
Confederate agents for use as a
blockade runner during the
American Civil War. Following a collision with
Chanticleer she sunk in the
Upper Clyde near
Fort Matilda in October 1862. The wreck, which lies around 27 m below
chart datum, is now designated as a
Historic Marine Protected Area by
Historic Environment Scotland.
References
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Shipwrecks |
- 2 Jan: Northern Light
- 4 Jan: Santi-Pietri
- 9 Jan: USS Meteor, USS Potomac
- 20 Jan: USS Margaret Scott
- 23 Jan: Ocean Chief
- 24 Jan: USS Peri
- 25 Jan: USS New England, USS Stephen Young
- 26 Jan: USS India, USS Timor
- 7 Feb: CSS Curlew
- 8 Feb: CSS Sea Bird
- 10 Feb: CSS Appomattox, CSS Black Warrior, CSS Fanny, CSS Forrest
- 20 Feb: USS Isaac N. Seymour
- 25 Feb: USS R. B. Forbes
- 8 Mar: USS Congress, USS Cumberland
- 9 Mar: CSS George Page
- 10 Mar: USS Whitehall
- March (unknown date): Camilla (or Memphis)
- 4 Apr: CSS Red Rover
- 7 Apr: CSS Grampus
- 8 Apr: CSS New Orleans
- 14 Apr: Erebus
- 19 Apr: USS Maria J. Carlton
- 24 Apr: CSS General Lovell, CSS Governor Moore, CSS Manassas, CSS Stonewall Jackson, Sweepstakes, USS Varuna
- 25 Apr: CSS Mississippi, CSRC Pickens, Pioneer, Washington, CSS Pamlico
- 28 Apr: CSS Louisiana, CSS McRae
- April (unknown date): CSS Jackson, CSS Oregon, CSS Carondelet
- 10 May: USS Cincinnati, CSS Germantown, USS Mound City, CSS Fulton
- 11 May: CSS Virginia
- 15 May: CSS Jamestown
- May (unknown date): CSS United States
- 6 Jun: CSS Colonel Lovell, CSS General Beauregard, CSS General Bragg, CSS General M. Jeff Thompson, CSS General Sterling Price, CSS General Sumter, CSS Little Rebel
- 16 Jun: CSS Maurepas
- 26 Jun: CSS General Earl Van Dorn, CSS Livingston, CSS General Polk
- 28 Jun: USS Island Belle
- 15 Jul: Johanna Wagner, USS Sidney C. Jones
- 21 Jul: USS Sallie Wood
- 24 Jul: Lord of the Isles
- 6 Aug: CSS Arkansas
- 14-15 Aug: USS Sumter
- 23 Aug: USS Adirondack
- 24 Aug: USS Henry Andrew, USS Isaac N. Seymour
- 10 Sep: USS Tigress
- 2 Oct: Iona
- 15 Oct: G. L. Brockenborough
- 25 Nov: USS Ellis
- November (unknown date): USS Mingo
- 12 Dec: USS Cairo
- 31 Dec: USS Monitor
- Unknown date: USS Noble
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Demonstration and Research MPA | |
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