AH-WR-1742

Chase

Schooner · United Kingdom · Lost A few days after April 26, 1862 · The Georgia & South Carolina Coast

The Nassau schooner Chase was driven ashore in Bull’s Bay in April 1862 and burned after refloating failed.

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Artistic recreation based on recorded historical documents.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

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The Vessel and Her Loss

Chase was a British schooner of twenty tons out of Nassau in the Bahamas. On April 26, 1862, USS Onward drove her ashore in Bull’s Bay, South Carolina. Gaines places the grounding on Raccoon Key or near Romain Light. The schooner could not be refloated and was burned a few days later. Her precise wreck position and casualty totals are not established.

Vessel

Built: Not established
Builder: Not established
Yard: Not established
Material: Not established
Length: Not established
Beam: Not established
Tonnage: 20 tons
Propulsion: Sail
Owners: Not established

Loss

Date: A few days after April 26, 1862
Cause: Grounding
Location: Raccoon Key or near Romain Light, Bull’s Bay, South Carolina
Water: Bull’s Bay
Voyage: Not established
Cargo: Not established
Aboard: Not established
Lives lost: Not established
Master: Not established

The Wreck Today

Depth: Not established
Condition: Not established
Orientation: Not established
Discovered: Not established
Protection: Not established

Position

Coordinates: Not established
Accuracy: Position not established
Nearest: Cape Romain, South Carolina
Region: The Georgia & South Carolina Coast

Evidence

Overall confidence: Documented (80/100)

Exact 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 Chase entry: British twenty-ton schooner out of Nassau, April 26 grounding by Onward, alternative location and completed burning a few days afterward.