The list of shipwrecks in 1862 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1862.
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References Notes
Bibliography Gaines, W. Craig, Encyclopedia of Civil War Shipwrecks, Louisiana State University Press, 2008 , . Ingram, C. W. N., and Wheatley, P. O., (1936) Shipwrecks: New Zealand disasters 1795–1936. Dunedin, NZ: Dunedin Book Publishing Association.