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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 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. 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
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