Kingfisher (sloop)

For other ships with the same name, see Kingfisher (clipper) and Kingfisher class sloop.

History
United Kingdom
Name| Kingfisher
Captured| By the Nuu-chah-nulth people, Ahousaht, 1864
General characteristics
Class and type| Sloop

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Kingfisher was a sloop engaged in merchant trading out of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada to First Nations peoples around Vancouver Island and adjoining waters. During trading with the Ahousaht Nation, a part of the Nuu-chah-nulth in Clayoquot Sound late in 1864 the vessel was attacked and its captain, a Captain Stephenson, and three crew members were massacred. HMS Devastation, a small gunboat, was dispatched to the scene but due to overwhelming superiority of Ahousaht forces waited for reinforcements, which came in the form of the screw frigate HMS Sutlej and its fifty guns. Holding offshore from Marktosis, one of the main Ahousaht communities, Admiral Denman, commander of the vessel, demanded the surrender of Chapchah, who had masterminded the killings. When the residents refused, Denman opened fire on the village, destroying it. Subsequently, the village of Moyat and others were destroyed by shellfire and incendiary rockets from Sutlej.

## See also

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* List of ships in British Columbia

## References

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* Justice at the Muzzle of a Cannon, Canadian Military Heritage Website
* Tacoma Public Library website

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Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1864

Shipwrecks|

* 3 Jan: Grafton
* 10 Jan: USS Iron Age
* 15 Jan: Lottie Sleigh
* 1 Feb: USS Smith-Briggs
* 2 Feb: USS Underwriter
* 17 Feb: USS Housatonic
* 17 Feb: H. L. Hunley
* 22 Feb: USS Linden
* 27 Feb: Westward Ho!
* 6 Mar: USS Peterhoff
* 21 Mar: USS Clifton
* 28 Mar: USS Kingfisher
* 1 Apr: Maple Leaf
* 15 Apr: USS Eastport
* 15 Apr: Emma
* 18 Apr: Bombshell
* 19 Apr: USS Southfield
* 22 Apr: USS Petrel
* 26 Apr: Homer
* 30 Apr: Grecian
* 5 May: USS Covington
* 5 May: USS Signal
* 6 May: USS Commodore Jones
* 7 May: CSS Roanoke
* 7 May: USS Shawsheen
* 10 May: Invercauld
* 16 May: John Williams
* 17 May: Marchioness
* 22 May: USS Columbine
* 1 Jun: Daring
* 12 Jun: USS Lavender
* 14 Jun: USS Courier
* 19 Jun: CSS Alabama
* 19 Jun: Alvin Clark
* 24 Jun: USS Queen City
* 27 Jun: Mary Robinson
* 25 Jul: USS Undine
* 5 Aug: CSS Gaines
* 5 Aug: USS Philippi
* 5 Aug: USS Tecumseh
* 7 Aug: CSS Phoenix
* 8 Aug: USS Violet
* 11 Aug: James Funk
* 11 Aug: William Bell
* 12 Aug: Adriatic
* 31 Aug: Mary Bowers
* c. Aug: Houqua
* 3 Sep: USS Brandywine
* 23 Sep: USS Antelope
* 27 Sep: CSS North Carolina
* 7 Oct: USS Aster
* 27 Oct: CSS Albemarle
* 4 Nov: USS Elfin
* 4 Nov: USS Key West
* 4 Nov: USS Tawah
* 4 Nov: USS Undine
* 5 Nov: CSS Spray
* 11 Nov: USS Tulip
* 25 Nov: Nuestra Señora del Triunfo
* 28 Nov: CSS Florida
* 7 Dec: USS Narcissus
* 9 Dec: USS Bazely
* 9 Dec: USS Otsego
* 12 Dec: CSS Resolute
* 14 Dec: HMS Bombay
* 19 Dec: CSS Water Witch
* 21 Dec: CSS Georgia
* 21 Dec: CSS Isondiga
* 21 Dec: CSS Savannah
* 24 Dec: USS Louisiana
* 30 Dec: USS Annie
* 30 Dec: USS Rattler
* c. Dec: J. M. Chapman
* c. Dec: USS Monarch
* Unkn: Carolina
* Unkn: Duke of Roxburgh

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* 17 Feb: USS St. Clair
* 10 May: USS Mound City
* 9 Jun: John Bowes
* Jun: HMS Liverpool
* 14 Jul: HDMS Dannebrog
* 13 Aug: HMS Enterprise
* 24 Aug: SMS Grille
* Aug: HMS Urgent
* 1 Sep: Avalon
* 1 Sep: HMS Eclipse
* 5 Oct: Nubia
* 7 Oct: CSS Florida (Bahia incident)
* 20 Oct: HMS Eclipse
* 20 Oct: Snaefell
* Unkn: Kingfisher

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* 1865 →

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