Sunday, June 7, 2020

Blockade Runner Owl-- Part 1


From Wikipedia.

Launched:  June 21, 1864

Commissioned:  1864

Decommissioned:   1865

Fate:  Delivered to British agents in Liverpool

Displacement:  771 tons

Length:  230 feet

Beam:  26 feet

Draft:  7.6 feet

Propulsion:  steam engine

Speed:  14-16 knots  (one very fast ship for its time)

--Old B-Runner


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