January
- January, 1865 Cape Fear, blockade runner, lost in Cape Fear River
- January, 1865 North Heath, blockade runner, lost in Cape Fear River
- January 4, 1864 Bendigo, blockade runner, lost at Lockwoods Folly
- January 4, 1905 Emma C. Middleton, schooner, lost off Cape Fear
- January 5, 1846 Regulus, schooner, lost off Hatteras Shoal
- January 5, 1884 Florence, schooner, lost off Chicamacomico
- January 6, 1895 Hester A. Seward, schooner, lost off Ocracoke
- January 7, 1846 Comet, schooner, lost off Ocracoke Inlet
- January 7, 1867 Geo. E. Maltby, brig, lost off Hatteras
- January 8, 1837 Premium, sloop, lost off Ocracoke
- January 8, 1884 John N. Parker, schooner, lost off Hatteras Inlet
- January 8, 1884 Emma C. Rommell, schooner, lost off Gull Shoal
- January 8, 1908 Leonora, schooner, lost off Cape Hatteras; 5 killed
- January 9, 1849 Evergreen, schooner, lost off Currituck Beach
- January 9, 1883 Thomas J. Martin, schooner, lost off Caffeys Inlet
- January 10, 1864 Vesta, blockade runner, lost at Tubbs Inlet
- January 10, 1867 Martha, schooner, lost off Currituck Beach
- January 11, 1864 Iron Age, federal gunboat, lost at Lockwoods Folly
- January 11, 1864 Ranger, blockade runner, lost at Lockwoods Folly
- January 11, 1886 Crissie Wright, schooner, lost off Lookout Shoals; 6 killed
- January 12, 1856 Sam Berry, steamer, lost off Masonboro Inlet; 1 killed
- January 12, 1896 James Woodall, steamer, lost off New Inlet
- January 13, 1854 Sun, schooner, lost off Beaufort Inlet
- January 13, 1906 Robert H. Stevenson, schooner, lost off Caper Hatteras; 12 killed
- January 13, 1932 St. Rita, trawler, lost off Paul Gamiels Hill
- January 14, 1863 Columbia, federal gunboat, lost in Masonboro Inlet
- January 14, 1942 Brazos, freighter, sunk in collision with HMS Archer off Cape Hatteras
- January 15, 1862 City of New York, federal transport, lost off Hatteras
- January 15, 1865 Tallahassee, confederate gunboat, lost near Cape Fear
- January 15, 1873 Harriet N. Rogers, schooner, lost off Bodie Island
- January 15, 1879 Success, bark, lost off Bodie Island
- January 15, 1905 Cordelia E. Hayes, schooner, lost off Cape Hatteras
- January 15, 1907 John I. Snow, schooner, lost off Portsmouth
- January 16, 1853 Henrietta Pierce, shooner, lost off Kitty Hawk
- January 16, 1926 Morris and Cliff, schooner, lost off Bogue Inlet
- January 17, 1844 Driver, schooner, lost off Caper Hatteras
- January 17, 1860 Lady Whidbee, schooner, lost off New Inlet
- January 17, 1904 Joseph W. Brooks, schooner, lost in Pamilco Sound
- January 17, 1908 Anna Comber, schooner, lost off Cape Lookout
- January 18, 1846 James T. Hatfield, schooner, lost off Wash Woods
- January 18, 1889 Walter S. Massey, barkentine, lost off Diamond Shoals
- January 18, 1912 Harry Prescott, schooner, lost off Cape Hatteras
- January 18, 1942 Allan Jackson, tanker, sunk by U-66 off Diamond Shoals; 22 killed
- January 18, 1970 Thordis Presthus, freighter, caught fire off Wilmington; 2 killed
- January 19, 1837 Hiram, schooner, lost off Wash Woods
- January 19, 1942 Norvana, tanker, sunk by U-123 (or U-66?) off Diamond Shoals; 29 killed
- January 19, 1942 City of Atlanta, passenger-freighter, sunk by U-123 off Diamond Shoals; 43 killed
- January 19, 1942 Malay, tanker, shelled by U-123 off Diamond Shoals; 4 killed
- January 19, 1942 Ciltvaira, freighter, sunk by U-123 south of Diamond Shoals; 2 killed
- January 19, 1942 Lady Hawkins, passenger-freighter, sunk by U-66 off Cape Hatteras; 251 killed
- January 20, 1889 Allie R. Chester, schooner, lost off Diamond Shoals; 5 killed
- January 20, 1915 George N. Reed, schooner, lost off Pea Island
- January 21, 1889 James B. Anderson, schooner, lost off Durants
- January 21, 1890 San Antonio, bark, lost off Cape Fear River
- January 22, 1825 Emulous, schooner, lost off Kitty Hawk
- January 22, 1882 F. L. Carney, bark, lost off Hatteras Inlet; 10 killed
- January 22, 1883 Eugene, schooner, lost off Ocracoke
- January 22, 1891 Charles C. Lister, Jr., schooner, lost off Ocracoke
- January 22, 1891 Nathaniel Lank, schooner, lost off Gull Shoal
- January 22, 1894 Clythia, bark, lost off Wash Woods
- January 22, 1915 Mindora, steamer, lost off Cape Fear
- January 22, 1942 Olympic, tanker, torpedoed and sunk by U-130; 31 killed
- January 23, 1825 Diomede, schooner, lost off Kitty Hawk
- January 23, 1898 William, schooner, lost off Oak Island
- January 24, 1903 Nineveh, bark, lost off Cape Fear
- January 24, 1915 Idler, yacht, lost off Cape Hatteras; 12 killed
- January 24, 1942 Empire Gem, tanker, sunk by U-66 off Diamond Shoals; 49 killed
- January 24, 1942 Venore, freighter, sunk by by U-66 SE of Cape Hatteras; 17 killed
- January 26, 1886 Jennie Beasley, schooner, lost off Currituck Inlet
- January 26, 1900 Mary C. Ward, schooner, lost in the Pamilco Sound; 5 killed
- January 27, 1871 Kensington, steamer, lost off Chicamacomico
- January 27, 1920 Momie T., schooner, lost off Caffeys Inlet
- January 28, 1851 John Boushell, schooner, lost in Albemarle Sound; 4 killed
- January 28, 1890 Mary A. Trainer, schooner, lost off Durants
- January 29, 1842 Astoria, bark, lost off Hatteras Inlet
- January 30, 1851 America, steamer, lost off Hatteras
- January 30, 1873 Annie McFarland, brig, lost off Currituck Beach
- January 31, 1838 Horse, schooner, lost off Currituck Beach
- January 31, 1851 Rich'd H. Wyatt, schooner, lost off Hatteras
- January 31, 1878 E. B. Wharton, schooner, lost off Ocracoke
- January 31, 1878 Metropolis, steamer, lost off Currituck Beach; 85 killed
- January 31, 1901 George R. Congdon, schooner, lost off Cape Hatteras
- January 31, 1921 Carroll A. Deering, schooner, lost off Diamond Shoals; 11 killed
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