AH-WR-1732

Sarah

Schooner · United Kingdom · Lost 1862 · The Georgia & South Carolina Coast

The Nassau schooner Sarah was driven ashore at Bull’s Bay and burned by her crew on May 1, 1862.

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Artistic recreation based on recorded historical documents.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

Sarah was a British schooner out of Nassau in the Bahamas. She carried assorted cargo along the South Carolina coast during the Civil War. On May 1, 1862, USS Onward drove her ashore at the entrance to Bull’s Bay. Her crew burned the vessel. The location of the surviving wreck is not established.

Vessel

Built: Not established
Builder: Not established
Yard: Not established
Material: Not established
Length: Not established
Beam: Not established
Tonnage: 100 tons
Propulsion: Sail
Owners: Not established

Loss

Date: May 1, 1862
Cause: Grounding
Location: Entrance of Bull’s Bay, South Carolina
Water: Bull’s Bay
Voyage: Not established
Cargo: Assorted cargo
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 (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 Sarah entry: British schooner, tonnage, Nassau home port, cargo, May 1, 1862 grounding and burning at Bull’s Bay.