Blockade Runner Owl

From the May 26, 2020  Wilmington (NC) Star-News "Photos:  Past vessels along the Cape Fear River."

Picture 46 of 82

A painting of Captain John Newland Maffitt's  Owl running the blockade into Wilmington.

John Morris, head of the North Carolina Underwater Archaeology Branch at Fort Fisher will be speaking  June 30, 2018, from 3 pm to 4 pm at the Wrightsville Beach (NC) Museum about American Civil War vessels lost in the area.

A collection of artifacts from the blockade runner Modern Greece will be available for guest inspection and handling.

North Carolina  is home to more Civil War shipwrecks than any other state.

Also, Photo 61 of 82 shows a map of the blockade runner Condor which is now a Heritage Dive Site.  Photo 62 is an underwater photo of the Condor.  Also photo 76 shows an oblique view of the Condor.

--Old B-Runner