Some More on the Douro

I wasn't able to find out too much about the ship, but did find that she was captured by the USS Quaker City on March 9, 1863, on a run out of Wilmington, NC, carrying a cargo of cotton, turpentine and rosin, much like she had when destroyed seven months later.

Also, there was a ship named the Douro that was built in 1853 and operated by the Bibby Line in England then was sold for use as a blockade-runner in 1862.

A second ship named the Douro was built in 1864, but not the ship in question.

It would be interesting to find out what happened to the Douri during the seven months between its capture, sale and destruction. Obviously, it must have run into Wilmington before its destruction. I wonder who bought it?

--Stuff I'd Like to Know. --Old B-R'er