AH-WR-1756

Ann Marie

Schooner · United Kingdom · Lost 1862 · The Outer Banks

Ann Marie was chased ashore near Shallotte Inlet in November 1862 and subsequently sank and broke up.

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Artistic recreation based on recorded historical documents. See the documented evidence.

Interpretive Reconstruction, drawn to convey the vessel's era, type and general form. See the documented evidence.

The Vessel and Her Loss

Ann Marie, also called Anna, was an 80-ton British schooner out of Nassau in the Bahamas. USS Monticello chased her ashore southwest of Shallotte Inlet on November 18, 1862. Gaines places the sinking west of the wreck Ariel and records a historical water depth of four fathoms, not a modern survey. Some cargo was unloaded before the schooner bilged, broke up and was set afire. Her build particulars and exact wreck position are not established.

Vessel

Built: Not established
Builder: Not established
Yard: Not established
Material: Not established
Length: Not established
Beam: Not established
Tonnage: 80 tons
Propulsion: Sail
Owners: Not established

Loss

Date: November 18, 1862
Cause: Grounding
Location: Southwest of Shallotte Inlet, North Carolina; west of the wreck Ariel
Water: Atlantic Ocean
Voyage: Not established
Cargo: Not established
Aboard: Not established
Lives lost: Not established
Master: Not established

The Wreck Today

Depth: Historical casualty report: four fathoms (24 feet); not a modern depth survey
Condition: Not established
Orientation: Not established
Discovered: Not established
Protection: Not established

Position

Coordinates: Not established
Accuracy: Position not established
Nearest: Shallotte Inlet, North Carolina
Region: The Outer Banks

Evidence

Overall confidence: Documented (75/100)

Exact wreck position, present depth and surviving condition are not established in the reviewed sources.

W. Craig Gaines — Encyclopedia of Civil War Shipwrecks (LSU Press, 2008)
Individual Ann Marie (Anna) entry: British schooner, 80 tons, Nassau home port; November 18, 1862 pursuit/grounding by USS Monticello southwest of Shallotte Inlet, historical four-fathom water depth, sinking west of Ariel, cargo unloading, bilging, breakup and burning; cites ORN 8:218–19, 814.