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  • January, 1865 — Cape Fear, blockade runner, lost in Cape Fear River
  • January, 1865 — North Heath, blockade runner, lost in Cape Fear River
  • January 4, 1864 — Bendigo, blockade runner, lost at Lockwoods Folly
  • January 4, 1905 — Emma C. Middleton, schooner, lost off Cape Fear
  • January 5, 1846 — Regulus, schooner, lost off Hatteras Shoal
  • January 5, 1884 — Florence, schooner, lost off Chicamacomico
  • January 6, 1895 — Hester A. Seward, schooner, lost off Ocracoke
  • January 7, 1846 — Comet, schooner, lost off Ocracoke Inlet
  • January 7, 1867 — Geo. E. Maltby, brig, lost off Hatteras
  • January 8, 1837 — Premium, sloop, lost off Ocracoke
  • January 8, 1884 — John N. Parker, schooner, lost off Hatteras Inlet
  • January 8, 1884 — Emma C. Rommell, schooner, lost off Gull Shoal
  • January 8, 1908 — Leonora, schooner, lost off Cape Hatteras; 5 killed
  • January 9, 1849 — Evergreen, schooner, lost off Currituck Beach
  • January 9, 1883 — Thomas J. Martin, schooner, lost off Caffeys Inlet
  • January 10, 1864 — Vesta, blockade runner, lost at Tubbs Inlet
  • January 10, 1867 — Martha, schooner, lost off Currituck Beach
  • January 11, 1864 — Iron Age, federal gunboat, lost at Lockwoods Folly
  • January 11, 1864 — Ranger, blockade runner, lost at Lockwoods Folly
  • January 11, 1886 — Crissie Wright, schooner, lost off Lookout Shoals; 6 killed
  • January 12, 1856 — Sam Berry, steamer, lost off Masonboro Inlet; 1 killed
  • January 12, 1896 — James Woodall, steamer, lost off New Inlet
  • January 13, 1854 — Sun, schooner, lost off Beaufort Inlet
  • January 13, 1906 — Robert H. Stevenson, schooner, lost off Caper Hatteras; 12 killed
  • January 13, 1932 — St. Rita, trawler, lost off Paul Gamiels Hill
  • January 14, 1863 — Columbia, federal gunboat, lost in Masonboro Inlet
  • January 14, 1942 — Brazos, freighter, sunk in collision with HMS Archer off Cape Hatteras
  • January 15, 1862 — City of New York, federal transport, lost off Hatteras
  • January 15, 1865 — Tallahassee, confederate gunboat, lost near Cape Fear
  • January 15, 1873 — Harriet N. Rogers, schooner, lost off Bodie Island
  • January 15, 1879 — Success, bark, lost off Bodie Island
  • January 15, 1905 — Cordelia E. Hayes, schooner, lost off Cape Hatteras
  • January 15, 1907 — John I. Snow, schooner, lost off Portsmouth
  • January 16, 1853 — Henrietta Pierce, shooner, lost off Kitty Hawk
  • January 16, 1926 — Morris and Cliff, schooner, lost off Bogue Inlet
  • January 17, 1844 — Driver, schooner, lost off Caper Hatteras
  • January 17, 1860 — Lady Whidbee, schooner, lost off New Inlet
  • January 17, 1904 — Joseph W. Brooks, schooner, lost in Pamilco Sound
  • January 17, 1908 — Anna Comber, schooner, lost off Cape Lookout
  • January 18, 1846 — James T. Hatfield, schooner, lost off Wash Woods
  • January 18, 1889 — Walter S. Massey, barkentine, lost off Diamond Shoals
  • January 18, 1912 — Harry Prescott, schooner, lost off Cape Hatteras
  • January 18, 1942 — Allan Jackson, tanker, sunk by U-66 off Diamond Shoals; 22 killed
  • January 18, 1970 — Thordis Presthus, freighter, caught fire off Wilmington; 2 killed
  • January 19, 1837 — Hiram, schooner, lost off Wash Woods
  • January 19, 1942 — Norvana, tanker, sunk by U-123 (or U-66?) off Diamond Shoals; 29 killed
  • January 19, 1942 — City of Atlanta, passenger-freighter, sunk by U-123 off Diamond Shoals; 43 killed
  • January 19, 1942 — Malay, tanker, shelled by U-123 off Diamond Shoals; 4 killed
  • January 19, 1942 — Ciltvaira, freighter, sunk by U-123 south of Diamond Shoals; 2 killed
  • January 19, 1942 — Lady Hawkins, passenger-freighter, sunk by U-66 off Cape Hatteras; 251 killed
  • January 20, 1889 — Allie R. Chester, schooner, lost off Diamond Shoals; 5 killed
  • January 20, 1915 — George N. Reed, schooner, lost off Pea Island
  • January 21, 1889 — James B. Anderson, schooner, lost off Durants
  • January 21, 1890 — San Antonio, bark, lost off Cape Fear River
  • January 22, 1825 — Emulous, schooner, lost off Kitty Hawk
  • January 22, 1882 — F. L. Carney, bark, lost off Hatteras Inlet; 10 killed
  • January 22, 1883 — Eugene, schooner, lost off Ocracoke
  • January 22, 1891 — Charles C. Lister, Jr., schooner, lost off Ocracoke
  • January 22, 1891 — Nathaniel Lank, schooner, lost off Gull Shoal
  • January 22, 1894 — Clythia, bark, lost off Wash Woods
  • January 22, 1915 — Mindora, steamer, lost off Cape Fear
  • January 22, 1942 — Olympic, tanker, torpedoed and sunk by U-130; 31 killed
  • January 23, 1825 — Diomede, schooner, lost off Kitty Hawk
  • January 23, 1898 — William, schooner, lost off Oak Island
  • January 24, 1903 — Nineveh, bark, lost off Cape Fear
  • January 24, 1915 — Idler, yacht, lost off Cape Hatteras; 12 killed
  • January 24, 1942 — Empire Gem, tanker, sunk by U-66 off Diamond Shoals; 49 killed
  • January 24, 1942 — Venore, freighter, sunk by by U-66 SE of Cape Hatteras; 17 killed
  • January 26, 1886 — Jennie Beasley, schooner, lost off Currituck Inlet
  • January 26, 1900 — Mary C. Ward, schooner, lost in the Pamilco Sound; 5 killed
  • January 27, 1871 — Kensington, steamer, lost off Chicamacomico
  • January 27, 1920 — Momie T., schooner, lost off Caffeys Inlet
  • January 28, 1851 — John Boushell, schooner, lost in Albemarle Sound; 4 killed
  • January 28, 1890 — Mary A. Trainer, schooner, lost off Durants
  • January 29, 1842 — Astoria, bark, lost off Hatteras Inlet
  • January 30, 1851 — America, steamer, lost off Hatteras
  • January 30, 1873 — Annie McFarland, brig, lost off Currituck Beach
  • January 31, 1838 — Horse, schooner, lost off Currituck Beach
  • January 31, 1851 — Rich'd H. Wyatt, schooner, lost off Hatteras
  • January 31, 1878 — E. B. Wharton, schooner, lost off Ocracoke
  • January 31, 1878 — Metropolis, steamer, lost off Currituck Beach; 85 killed
  • January 31, 1901 — George R. Congdon, schooner, lost off Cape Hatteras
  • January 31, 1921 — Carroll A. Deering, schooner, lost off Diamond Shoals; 11 killed

Source: (Gentile, Stick)

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