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19th Century Steamboats in
North Carolina (Alphabetic)

   This list is  probably incomplete, containing about
240 Steamboats; links provide additional details. We have cross referenced the list for different names applied to the same boat.
Steamboat — Year of Construction







Steamboat — Year of Construction
Steamers in North Carolina from 1812 to 1849 
Steamers in North Carolina from 1850 to 1860 
Steamers in North Carolina from 1861 to 1880 
Steamers in North Carolina from 1881 to 1899 

Note: many steamers around the nation often carried the same name. Those listed below were built and/or operational in North Carolina.
Steamboat — Year of Construction




A. H. Shultz 1850 
A. J. Johnson 1899 
A. P. Hurt 1860
Acme 1888 
Albemarle (I) 1818
Albemarle (II) 1844 ?
Albemarle (III) 1888 
Alexander Jones 1877 
Alma pre-1861
Alma 1881-1899
Alpha 1858
Alpha (II) 1887
Amidas 1849
Annie 1861 
Astoria 1840
Bailey 1869? 
Beaufort 1883
Bertie 1872 
Bessie 1881 
Beta 1887 
Bettie 1865
Bettie (II) 1884 
Black River 1854
Bladen 1883 
Blanche 1878
Blanche (II) 1883 
Blondie <1896 
Bonita 1875 
Bonito 1882 
Boston 1836
Brothers 1852 
C. Vanderbilt 1837
C.F.D. 1892 
C.M. Gary 1867 
Caldwell 1859
Caledonia
1854 (renamed Beaufort during Civil War) 
Calhoun 1840, see Charles Downing
Calypso pre-1861
Camille 1885
Cape Fear (I) 1837

Cape Fear (II) 1886/7 
Cardina <1896 
Carolina 1884
Cashwell 1889? 
Catawba see Governor Dudley 1838
Charles 1883 
Charles Downing 1840
(renamed Calhoun 7/26/49) 
Chatham 1850
Chatham 1852

Chowan 1875
renamed in 1889 Nanticoke 
City of Fayetteville 1842 (see Fayetteville)
Clarendon 1833
Cleopatra 1884 
Clinton 1879? 

Codorus (first iron steamboat built in U.S.) 1825
Col. W. P. Craighill 1874 
Colville 1877 
Comet 1887 
Commerce 1881-1899
Concord 1853
Conoho 1881 
Contentnea 1877 
Cotton Plant (I) 1826
Cotton Plant (II) 1837
Cotton Plant (III) 1860 
Croatan 1887 
Cumberland (I) 1871 
Cumberland (II) 1882 
Curlew 1856
Curlew (II) 1880 
D. Murchison (I) 1869 
D. Murchison (II) 1895 
D. S. Stetson 1863
Deer 1852
Defiance 1890s?
Delta 1885 
Diamond A 1881 
Diamond C 1881 
Douglass 1858 
Duncan McRae 1835
E. A. Hawkes 1895 
Eaglet 1884 
Edgecomb(e) 1849?
Edith 1878 
Edmund D. McNair 1835
Egypt Mills 1856 
Eliza 1853 
Ella 1864? 
Ella (II) 1888 
Enterprise 1828
Enterprise (II) 1859 
Enterprise (III) 1886 
Eva 1884 
Eva Parker 1885 
Evergreen 1846
Excelsior 1884 

Fairmount 1869 
Fairy 1851
Fanny Lutterloh 1853
Fayetteville 1852
Fayetteville or City of Fayetteville 1842<
Flora McDonald 1854
Florence 1882 
Frank Sessoms 1894 
George H. Stewart <1896 
George M. Hill 1856 
Gladiator 1841
Glide 1881 
Governor Dudley 1838
(renamed Catawba 5/8/57)
Governor Graham 1847
Governor Worth 1866
Greenfield 1887 
Greenville 1879
Halcyon 1867
Hall 1880s 
Hamilton 1884 
Hattie 1887 
Hattie Hart 1858 
Henrietta 1818
Henry B. Beach 1853, see Parkesburg
Hercules 1885 
Howard 1887 
I. D. Coleman 1862 
Ida C. Potter 1867?
Isis 1879? 
Italian 1879 
J.C. Stewart 1886 
J.N. Smith pre-1861
J.S. Underhill 1853
James R. Grist 1858 
John Dawson (I) 1858
John Dawson (II) 1880 
John H. Haughton 1853
John Stoney 1830
John Styles 1857 
John Walker 1831
Johnston 1846
Josie 1886
Juniper 1865+ 
Kahukee 1855
Kalula 1870 
Kate McLaurin 1859
Katie and Sadie 1886
Keystone 1876
Killam 1895 
Kinston 1882
Koret 1880 
L. H. Cutler 1882 
Lady of the Lake 1830
Liberty pre-1861
Lillian 1855
Lily 1886
Lisbon (I) 1882 
Lisbon (II) 1887
Lisbon (III) 1897 
Little Adrian 1875 
Little Sam 1870
Lizzie Burrus 1888
Lizzie Massey 1868
Lizzie May 1878 
Lota 1874
Louise 1883 
Lucy 1856
Lydia 1880 
M. E. Dickerman 1880s 
M. E. Roberts 1880s 
Maggie 1890 
Magnolia 1855
Magruder 1880s 
Major William Barnett 1851 
Manteo 1887 
Margie 1883
Marie 1869, formerly William Nyce
Mariner 1854
Marion 1867
Mary E. Roberts 1873
Maryland 1830
Mermaid 1882
Merry Wave 1880
Meteor 1883 
Minquas 1864
Mohawk Chief 1854 
Mountain Lily 1881 
Mystic 1866
Nannie B 1887
Nanticoke 1889
renamed (see Chowan)
Nellie B. Dey 1884
Neuse 1876 
New Wayne 1850
Newbern <1896 
Norfolk 1818
North Carolina (I) 1819
North Carolina (II) 1830
North Carolina (III) 1837
North Carolina (IV) 1854 
North Carolina (V) 1860
North Carolina (VI) 1861
North Carolina (VII) 1867
North East 1874 
North State 1853
Northampton 1880 

Octavius Coke Jr. 1883
Olive 1869 
Oregon (Colonel Hill) 1846
Oriole 1862
Orlando 1864
P. M. Warren 1888
Pamlico 1856 
Parkersburg (
originally Henry B. Beach; renamed on 
    2/19/1857)
1853 
Passport 1887 
Petersburg 1819
Phoenix pre-1861
Pierrepont 1889 
Pitt 1874
Pretty Gal 1879
Plymouth 1883 
Post Boy 1847
Prometheus 1818
Quinebaug 1844
R. F. Loper 1846
R. L. Myers (1) 1879
R. L. Myers (II) 1885
R. M. Orrell 1866
Ranger 1880s 
Rebecca Clyde 1863
Reindeer 1881-1899
Roanoke 1835
Robert E. Lee 1870s 
Rotary 1881-1899
Rough & Ready 1883
Rowan 1846
S. A. McCall* 1888 
Saint Peter 1881-1899
Sam Beery 1853
Saugerties 1882 
Scottish Chief 1855
Sea Horse 1812
Seabright 1885 
Secretary Marcy 1847
Southerner 1852
Spray 1852
Sue 1882
Sun 1853
Susie 1886 
Sylvan Grove (I) 1858
Sylvan Grove (II) 1887
Tahoma 1884 
Tarboro 1880/1881
Tiger Lily 1852
Trent 1882 
Union 1850
Utility 1841
Vesper 1871 
W. T. Daggett 1881-1899
W. T. DeForest 1866
W. W. Harlee 1855
Waccamaw 1861
(originally built as Nuestra Senora 
    de Regia, renamed 11-25-65

Walter Raleigh 1832
Washington (I) 1865
Washington (II) 1881
Wave 1865 
Wayne 1843<
Weldon 1881
William B. Meares 1844
William Nye  see Marie 1869
Wilmington 1882 
Wilmington (I) 1829
Wilmington (II) 1839
Wilson 1855 
Zephyr 1852 
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