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February

  • February, 1860 — Chansfield, schooner, lost in Albemarle Sound
  • February, 1869 — Samuel Eddy, schooner, lost off Frying Pan Shoals
  • February, 1871 — La Republique, steamer, lost off Cape Lookout
  • February, 1871 — Pontiac, ship, lost off Cape Lookout
  • February 1, 1864 — Wild Dayrell, blockade runner, lost at Stump Inlet
  • February 1, 1878 — C.C. Overton, brig, lost off Ocracoke
  • February 1, 1910 — Frances, schooner, lost off Big Kinnakeet; 8 killed
  • February 2, 1864 — Underwriter, federal gunboat, lost at New Bern
  • February 2, 1873 — Faugh-A-Ballagh, brigantine, lost off Currituck Beach
  • February 2, 1942 — Amerikaland, ore carrier, torpedoeded and sunk by U-106; 29 killed
  • February 3, 1896 — William H. Allison, schooner, lost off Cape Fear
  • February 3, 1909 — Belle O'Neill, schooner, lost off Cape Lookout
  • February 4, 1864 — Nutfield, blockade runner, lost at New River Inlet
  • February 4, 1882 — Stampede, schooner, lost off Cape Fear; 1 killed
  • February 5, 1882 — Mary L. Vankirk, schooner, lost off New Inlet
  • February 5, 1929 — Bainbridge, schooner, lost off Nags Head
  • February 6, 1837 — Victory, schooner, lost off Bodie Island
  • February 6, 1864 — Dee, blockade runner, lost near Cape Fear
  • February 6, 1873 — William, schooner, lost off Chicamacomico
  • February 6, 1907 — Hilda, schooner, lost off Cape Hatteras; 7 killed
  • February 6, 1911 — Harriet C. Kerlin, schooner, lost off Cape Hatteras
  • February 6, 1914 — Helen H. Benedict, schooner, lost off Nags Head
  • February 7, 1862 — Curlew, confederate gunboat, lost off Roanoke Island
  • February 7, 1873 — Ariadne, steamer, lost off Nags Head
  • February 7, 1876 — Clara Davidson, schooner, lost off Hatteras Inlet
  • February 8, 1837 — Carroll, brig, lost off Cape Lookout
  • February 8, 1942 — Ocean Venture, freighter, torpedoed and sunk by U-108; 32 killed
  • February 9, 1864 — Fanny & Jenny, blockade runner, lost at Wrightsville
  • February 9, 1864 — Emily of London, blockade runner, lost at Wrightsville
  • February 9, 1864 — Spunkie, blockade runner, lost near Cape Fear
  • February 9, 1900 — Three Friends, schooner, lost off Portsmouth
  • February 9, 1905 — Sarah D.J. Rawson, schooner, lost off Cape Lookout; 1 killed
  • February 10, 1862 — Sea Bird, confederate gunboat, lost at Elizabeth City
  • February 10, 1862 — Appomattox, confederate gunboat, lost at Elizabeth City
  • February 10, 1862 — Fanny, confederate gunboat, lost at Elizabeth City
  • February 10, 1862 — Forrest, confederate gunboat, lost at Elizabeth City
  • February 10, 1862 — Black Warrior, confederate schooner, lost at Elizabeth City
  • February 10, 1896 — Maggie J. Lawrence, schooner, lost off Pea Island
  • February 11, 1942 — Blink, freighter, torpedoed and sunk bu U-108; 34 killed
  • February 12, 1854 — Cassius, schooner, lost off Hatteras
  • February 12, 1883 — Dulcimer, bark, lost off Durants
  • February 13, 1906 — Jennie Lockwood, schooner, lost off Poyners Hill
  • February 13, 1919 — Gracie D. Chambers, schooner, lost off Bodie Island
  • February 15, 1908 — Melrose, schooner, lost off Core Bank
  • February 15, 1942 — Buarque, passenger- freighter, torpedoed and sunk by U-432
  • February 16, 1891 — J.W. Gaskill, schooner, lost off Pea Island
  • February 16, 1903 — Wm. H. Shubert, schooner, lost off Bodie Island
  • February 17, 1885 — A.F. Crockett, schooner, lost off Ocracoke
  • February 17, 1898 — Samuel W. Tilton, schooner, lost off Chicamacomico
  • February 18, 1895 — Idaho, steam ferry, lost off Hatteras
  • February 18, 1913 — Montrose W. Houck, schooner, lost off Paul Gamiels Hill
  • February 20, 1893 — Formosa, bark, lost off Diamond Shoals
  • February 20, 1893 — Nathan Esterbrook, Jr., schooner, lost off Little Kinnakeet; 1 killed
  • February 20, 1910 — Arroyo, steamer, lost off Portsmouth
  • February 20, 1918 — Veturia, steamer, lost off Cape Hatteras
  • February 20, 1928 — George W. Truitt, Jr, schooner, lost off Ocracoke Inlet
  • February 21, 1854 — Orline St. John, bark, lost off Hatteras; 4 killed
  • February 21, 1940 — Albatross, trawler, lost off Ocracoke Inlet
  • February 22, 1889 — Josie Troop, bark, lost off Chicamacomico; 11 killed
  • February 22, 1892 — Annie E. Pierce, schooner, lost off Little Kinnakeet; 1 killed
  • February 22, 1942 — Olympic, tanker, torpedoed and sunk by U-130
  • February 23, 1873 — Volunteer, steamer, lost off Nags Head
  • February 24, 1914 — Col. Thomas F. Austin, schooner, lost off Cape Fear
  • Feburary 24, 1942 — Norlavore, freighter, torpedoed and sunk by U-432; 28 killed
  • February 25, 1862 — R. B. Forbes, federal steamer, lost off Currituck Banks
  • February 25, 1888 — Samuel Welsh, barkentine, lost off Whales Head
  • February 25, 1900 — Jane C. Harris, schooner, lost off Oregon Inlet
  • February 26, 1892 — Freddie Hencken, schooner, lost off Gull Shoal
  • February 26, 1894 — Florence C. Magee, schooner, lost off Bodie Island
  • February 27, 1893 — Alphild, bark, lost off Cape Fear
  • February 27, 1895 — Etta M. Barter, schooner, lost off Portsmouth
  • February 27, 1942 — Halo, tanker, torpedoed by U-130
  • February 28, 1913 — Zaccheus Sherman, schooner, lost off Gull Shoal

Source: (Gentile, Stick)

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