The Blockade Runner Lelia That Wasn't-- Part 1: Brand New and At Top of Her Craft

Last month I wrote about this ship whose wreck has now become a protected site and shows how Liverpool and England, although officially neutral, was very involved on the Confederate side during the Civil War.  This is a very complete account of her last voyage.

From the csa-dixie.com/liverpool-dixie/Lelia.htm.  When Liverpool was Dixie a tribute to Commander Dunwoody Bulloch Confederate States Navy.

THE SAD VOYAGE OF  THE LELIA THE BLOCKADE RUNNER THAT DIDN'T.

The steel paddle wheel steamer Lelia was built in the Toxteth Dock yard of William C. Miller & Co..  She was 640 gross tons and 252 feet long by 30 foot beam and drew 12'6" of water.  Her engines were by Fawcett Preston & Co., and were rated at  a nominal 300 h.p. and following her successful completion, plans were made  before Christmas for her maiden voyage.

With her owners no doubt looking forward to the large profits ahead, remembering the famous blockade runner Banshee that was built in Liverpool and, before its capture on 21 November 1863, had realized a 700% profit for her owners, Mr. William Gladstone and the Duke of Winchester among them.

--Old B-Runner