USS Bermuda-- Part 3: Captured

Because of improvements in the Union blockade in which faster steamers and with shallower drafts had the better chances of success.  The Bermudas 17-foot draft and comparatively slow 11 knots worried its owners.

Simply, it would be too dangerous to make another run into a Confederate port.  They decided to turn their ship into one that would take larger cargoes to Bermuda, unload and let swifter ships make the final run to the Confederacy.

In February 1862, the Bermuda left England with a large load of ordnance supplies and arrived in Bermuda in March, but was not allowed to unload, so went to Nassau.

However, on April 27, she was spotted by the USS Mercidita which gave chase and caught her.

--Old B-Runner