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ID:SDV2873
Title:A Confederate Blockade-Runner Ashore on Lundy
Originator:Bouquet, M.
Date:1973
Summary:North Devon Journal for 4 February 1864 reported the loss, near Lundy, of SS Iona. Ostensibly bound for Kingston and Madeira with general cargo. Suspected to be carrying a large amount of gunpowder as a blockade runner to the Confederate ports. 40 crew. 23 knots.

Associated Monuments (1)

MDV42122Wreck of Iona II off Gull Rock (Maritime)