| | stationary torpedoes. | | in 12 minutes. First vessel | | | | destroyed in this war. | | | | Feb. 28, | " | The Federal monitor | Ogeechee |She was saved from sinking by 1863. | | _Montauk_, severely | River, | being run on the mud, thus | | damaged by a submarine | Georgia. | enabling the hole to be | | mine. | | temporarily closed, and the | | | | vessel taken to Port Royal. | | | | July 22, | " | The Federal ironclad |Yazoo River.|The vessel went down in 15 1863. | | gunboat _Baron de Kalb_, | | minutes. As she was sinking a | | sunk by a submarine mine.| | second torpedo exploded under | | | | her stern. No lives were lost. | | | | Aug. 8, | " | The Federal gunboat |James River.|The ship was, at the time of the 1863. | | _Commodore Barney_ | | explosion, steaming 9 knots, and | | severely damaged. | | ran into it, losing 20 men, and | | | | being some what severely | | | | damaged. It was an electric | | | | submarine mine charged with 1750 | | | | lbs. gunpowder. | | | | Oct. 5, | " | Boat torpedo attack on the| Charleston.|Failed. It was made by a boat 1863. | | Federal ship _Ironsides_.| | armed with a spar torpedo with | | | | 60 lbs. gunpowder. | | | | 1863. | " | Confederate steamers | |Owing to the shifting of the | | _Marion_ and _Ettiwa_ | " | position of barrel torpedoes. | | destroyed by their own | | | | mines. | | | | | | 1863. | " | Confederate flag of truce |James River.| The same cause. | | boat _Shultz_. | | | | | | Feb.