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Name |
Official number |
Flag |
IMO |
RED GAUNTLET |
49918 |
GBR |
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Year built |
Date launched |
Date completed |
1864 |
13/04/1864 |
23/05/1864 |
Vessel type |
Vessel description
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Cargo
| Iron Paddle Steamer |
Builder |
Yard |
Yard no |
Scott & Co., Greenock |
Cartsdyke East |
108 |
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Tonnage |
Length |
Breadth |
Depth |
Draft |
266 grt / 173 nrt / |
201.4 ft |
21.1 ft |
9.5 ft |
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Engine builder |
Greenock Foundry Company, Greenock |
Engine detail |
2cyl 120nhp |
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First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
William Boyle, London |
London |
25/05/1864 |
Other names |
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Subsequent owner and registration history |
1/3/1865 Confederate Government |
Vessel history |
Built as a blockade runner 16 & 26/5/1864 trials 4/8/1864 successfully ran the blockade into Mobile AL form Havana 8/1864 trapped at Mobile by Union blockade, and used as a Confederate army transport 12/4/1865 evacuated via River Tombigbee to Gainsville AL 6/1865 captured by Union forces at Gainsville |
Remarks |
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End year |
Fate / Status |
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