Tod & Macgregor Shiplist
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Yard No.: |
80 |
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Name: |
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Year: |
1856 |
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Description: |
Paddle Steamer |
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Tonnage: |
276 |
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Length: |
163 |
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Width: |
18.5 |
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H.P.: |
90 |
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Type: |
Iron |
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Customer: |
Stranraer Steam Company |
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Notes:
She was used as a blockade runner between January 1864 and May 1864, making two successful runs; Feb 12th 1864, to Wilmington North Carolina out of Nassau, returning on March 1st; and one failed one.
A note about her Confederate captain:
(Bermuda History Quarterly Vol. 19, no 1, 1962) 31 Mar 1864, steamer "Caledonia/Caledocia" left here for Wilmington, commanded "by Capt Libbey, a new man, a Southerner."
http://www.rootsweb.com/~bmuwgw/ships6.html
However he did not prevail: on the 30th of May 1864, whilst attempting her third run, Caledonia was captured by the Keystone State and the Massachusetts, whilst trying to enter Wilmington, North Carolina.
[Lifeline of the Confederacy, Stephen R. Wise]