While that no doubt happened on many occasions, the phrase has now
become synonimous with all the vessels that left England, carrying war
materials and other necessary goods to the South.
Many English merchants grew extremely rich during this war, without taking
any risks at all. It must be remembered that both Nassau and Bermuda were,
at this time, English ports. Shipping goods from Liverpool to Nassau was
no different, from a legal standpoint, than shipping them to London.
The merchants of Liverpool realised this, and amassed small fortunes,
shipping arms to both Bermuda nad Nassau, and returning with much needed
cotton for the mills of Lancashire.
The true blockade runners are the brave men, who, time and again, made
the journey through the blockading Northern fleet.
Men of the calibre of, Captain John Newlands Maffitt CSN, and Captain John Wilkinson CSN.
A great number of the vessels that actually "ran the blockade" were
produced here in England.
It is my intention to list some of these vessels, with links to the
relevant sites.
If possible, I will also try to catalogue the inordinate
amount of goods shipped to the South, under the direction of Commander
James Dunwoody Bulloch. using the Official Navy Records (ONR).
British Built Blockade Runners.
Liverpool/Birkenhead built Blockade Runners.
N.B. The reference "For Fraser Trenholm" invariably refers to either Commander Bulloch, or Charles K Prioleau.
Abigail - W. C. Miller & Sons; for Fraser, Trenholm; 1865
Adelaide - built for Fraser, Trenholm
Albatross - Laird & Sons for Fraser, Trenholm; unfinished
Alexandra (Mary) - W. C. Miller & Sons for Henry Lafone for Fraser, Trenholm; 1862 (Seized by British Government)
Badger I - Jones, Quiggin & Co. for Fraser, Trenholm; 1864
Badger II -
Banshee I - Jones, Quiggin & Co. for Anglo-Confederate Trading Company; 1863
Bat - Jones, Quiggin & Co. for Fraser, Trenholm; 1864
Bijou (Mary Celestia) - W. C. Miller & Co. for Crenshaw & Co.; 1864
Chatham - Laird & Sons; shipped in pieces and assembled in Georgia; 1838.
Colonel Lamb - Jones, Quiggan & Co.; for Fraser, Trenholm; 1864
Curlew - Jones, Quiggin & Co. for J. K. Gilliat & Co.; unfinished
Deer - W. H. Potter & Co.; for Fraser, Trenholm; 1864
Denbigh - Laird & Sons; for European Trading Co.; 1860
Dream - W. H. Potter & Co.; Fraser, Trenholm, then Beech, Root & Co.; 1864
Fox - Jones, Quiggin & Co.for Fraser, Trenholm; 1864
Georgia Belle - Jones, Quiggin & Co. 1864
Hope - Jones, Quiggin & Co.for Fraser, Trenholm; 1864
Hornet - Jones, Quiggin & Co.;for Charles K. Prioleau, Fraser, Trenholm; unfinished
Lark - Laird & Co.; ?; John Laird for Fraser, Trenholm; 1864
Lelia - W. C. Miller & Co.; for Crenshaw & Co.; 1865
Let Her Be (Chicora) - W. C. Miller & Sons; for Chicora Exporting Company; 1864
Lucy - Jones, Quiggin & Co.for Fraser, Trenholm; 1863. (Rescued from sandbar by J. A. Duguid)
Luna (Witch) - returned to Liverpool June, 1865
Lynx - Jones, Quiggin & Co.; for Fraser, Trenholm; 1864
Night Hawk - McAndrew, Preston; Anglo-Confederate Trading Co.; 1864
Owl - Jones, Quiggin & Co. for Fraser, Trenholm then CSA; 1864
Penguin - Laird & Sons; Fraser, Trenholm; unfinished
Phantom - W. C. Miller & Sons; for Fraser, Trenholm then CSA; 1863
Plover - Jones, Quiggin & Co.; unfinished
Prince Albert (Mary I) (Mary Virginia) - Laird & Sons for Fraser, Trenholm; 1864
Raccoon - Fraser, Trenholm; 1863
Ray - W. C. Miller & Sons for Fraser, Trenholm; unfinished
Rosine - Jones, Quiggin & Co. unfinished
Ruby III - Jones, Quiggin & Co. unfinished
Snipe - Jones, Quiggin & Co. unfinished
Stag - Bowdler, Chaffer & Co., Seacombe, England; for Fraser, Trenholm; 1864
Swan II - Bowdler, Chaffer & Co., Seacombe, England unfinished
Wasp - Jones, Quiggin & Co; unfinished
Widgeon - Jones, Quiggin & Co unfinished
Wild Dayrell - Jones, Quiggin & Co. for Anglo-Confederate Trading Co.; 1863
Wren - Laird & Sons; for Fraser, Trenholm; 1864
