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Mary E. Pindar

Schooner · Lost 1863 · The Outer Banks

The schooner Mary E. Pindar was lost near Federal Point while bound for Hampton Roads in February 1863.

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Artistic recreation based on recorded historical documents.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

Mary E. Pindar was a schooner out of Edenton, North Carolina. Gaines records her capture by USS Gemsbok on September 22, 1862. She was subsequently lost at sea near Federal Point on February 12, 1863, while bound for Hampton Roads, Virginia. Her construction particulars and the mechanism of the loss are not established.

Vessel

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

Loss

Date: February 12, 1863
Cause: Not established
Location: At sea near Federal Point, North Carolina
Water: Atlantic Ocean
Voyage: Hampton Roads, Virginia
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: Federal Point, 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 Mary E. Pindar entry: Edenton schooner, September 22, 1862 capture by USS Gemsbok, February 12, 1863 loss at sea near Federal Point while bound for Hampton Roads; cites ORN 6:641.