AH-WR-1731

Dove

Whaling Bark (or Barque) · United States · Lost January 25–26, 1862 · The Georgia & South Carolina Coast

The whaling bark Dove was scuttled in Charleston’s Maffitt’s Channel as part of the Second Stone Fleet.

Artistic recreation based on recorded historical documents.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

Dove was a whaling bark built at Newbury, Massachusetts. Acquired for the Union’s Second Stone Fleet, she became a wartime obstruction vessel. Gaines records her scuttling in Maffitt’s Channel at Charleston Harbor on January 25–26, 1862. Her individual wreck position and surviving remains are not established.

Vessel

Built: Not established
Builder: Not established
Yard: Newbury, Massachusetts
Material: Not established
Length: Not established
Beam: Not established
Tonnage: Not established
Propulsion: Sail
Owners: Not established

Loss

Date: January 25–26, 1862
Cause: Intentional sinking
Location: Maffitt’s Channel, Charleston Harbor, South Carolina
Water: Charleston Harbor
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: Charleston, South Carolina
Region: The Georgia & South Carolina Coast

Evidence

Overall confidence: Documented (82/100)

Exact wreck position, depth, present condition and casualty totals are not established in the reviewed account.

W. Craig Gaines — Encyclopedia of Civil War Shipwrecks (LSU Press, 2008)
Individual Dove entry: whaling bark, construction place, Second Stone Fleet service and completed Charleston scuttling date range; alternative tonnages omitted.