AH-WR-1717

Majestic

Ship · United States · Lost January 25–26, 1862 · The Georgia & South Carolina Coast

Majestic was scuttled in Charleston Harbor in January 1862 as a Union blockship.

Artistic recreation based on recorded historical documents.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

Majestic was a ship out of New Bedford, Massachusetts. The vessel joined the Union’s Second Stone Fleet to obstruct Charleston Harbor. Gaines’s individual entry records scuttling in Maffitt’s Channel, Charleston Harbor, South Carolina on January 25–26, 1862. The individual wreck position and surviving remains are not established.

Vessel

Built: Not established
Builder: Not established
Yard: Not established
Material: Not established
Length: Not established
Beam: Not established
Tonnage: 297 tons
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 entrance, Atlantic Ocean
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 (80/100)

Exact sinking day, individual wreck position, dimensions and present condition are not established.

W. Craig Gaines — Encyclopedia of Civil War Shipwrecks, Louisiana State University Press (2008)
Individual Majestic entry: vessel rig, home port and Charleston Stone Fleet scuttling date range.