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HER Number:MDV42619
Name:Confederate Blockade Runner

Summary

Unknown confederate gun-runner wrecked at Lundy in 1864.

Location

Grid Reference:SS 150 440
Map Sheet:SS14SE
Admin AreaDevon

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SS14SE/83

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • WRECK (XVIII to XXI - 1751 AD to 2009 AD (Between))

Full description

Dixon, C., 1973, The Hard Life and Times of Henry Moffat, Seaman (Article in Serial). SDV21270.

Dixon refers to an un-named confederate blockade runner which went full tilt into rocks off Lundy, tearing out bow frames and plates.


Heath, J., 1992, Conversation with A. M. Dick (Personal Comment). SDV21269.

Four months after the sinking of Iona II (42122) in 1864, another confederate gun-runner was wrecked off Lundy.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV21269Personal Comment: Heath, J.. 1992. Conversation with A. M. Dick. Not Applicable.
SDV21270Article in Serial: Dixon, C.. 1973. The Hard Life and Times of Henry Moffat, Seaman. The Mariner's Mirror. 59. Unknown.

Associated Monuments

MDV42122Related to: Wreck of Iona II off Gull Rock (Maritime)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded


Date Last Edited:Apr 19 2006 8:49AM