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  • Blockade runner
  • Merchant ship used to evade a naval blockade

    A blockade runner is a merchant vessel used for evading a naval blockade of a port or strait. It is usually light and fast, using stealth and speed rather

    Blockade runner

    Blockade runner

    Blockade_runner

  • Blockade runners of the American Civil War
  • Seagoing steam ships

    During the American Civil War, blockade runners were used to get supplies through the Union blockade of the Confederate States of America that extended

    Blockade runners of the American Civil War

    Blockade runners of the American Civil War

    Blockade_runners_of_the_American_Civil_War

  • Blockade Runner Badge
  • Award

    The Blockade Runner Badge or the Badge for Blockade Runners (German: Abzeichen für Blockadebrecher) was a World War II German military decoration awarded

    Blockade Runner Badge

    Blockade Runner Badge

    Blockade_Runner_Badge

  • Union blockade
  • Naval blockade of the Confederacy in the U.S. Civil War

    ships, which destroyed or captured about 1,500 blockade runners over the course of the war. The blockade was successful in blocking 95% of cotton exports

    Union blockade

    Union blockade

    Union_blockade

  • Tantive IV
  • Fictional Star Wars spaceship

    by its model as the CR90 Corellian corvette or simply as the Rebel Blockade Runner) is a fictional spaceship in the Star Wars film series. Designed by

    Tantive IV

    Tantive_IV

  • Blockade
  • Prevention of trade or movement by force

    which are legal barriers to trade, a blockade is physical. Blockades are distinct from sieges in that a blockade is usually directed at an entire country

    Blockade

    Blockade

    Blockade

  • CSS Florida (blockade runner)
  • The Confederate blockade runner CSS Florida, was built at Greenpoint, New York in 1859. Considered for service as a gunboat three times during the American

    CSS Florida (blockade runner)

    CSS Florida (blockade runner)

    CSS_Florida_(blockade_runner)

  • Blockade of Germany (1939–1945)
  • WWII operation to restrict supply lines

    The Blockade of Germany (1939–1945), also known as the Economic War, involved operations carried out during World War II by the British Empire and by France

    Blockade of Germany (1939–1945)

    Blockade of Germany (1939–1945)

    Blockade_of_Germany_(1939–1945)

  • Augustus Charles Hobart-Hampden
  • British admiral (1822–1886)

    19 June 1886), also known as Hobart Pasha, was a British Captain, blockade runner and later Ottoman Mushir. Hobart-Hampden was born on 1 April 1822 in

    Augustus Charles Hobart-Hampden

    Augustus Charles Hobart-Hampden

    Augustus_Charles_Hobart-Hampden

  • Confederate States of America
  • Unrecognized state in North America (1861–1865)

    Volumes of material have been written about the Blockade runners who evaded Union ships on blockade patrol, usually at night, and who moved cargo and

    Confederate States of America

    Confederate States of America

    Confederate_States_of_America

  • SS Fidelitas
  • WWII Italian blockade runner

    SS Fidelitas (former SS Bolton Castle) was an Italian World War II blockade runner. The steamer, escorted by German minesweepers, ran from Biscay through

    SS Fidelitas

    SS_Fidelitas

  • American Civil War
  • 1861–1865 conflict in the United States

    forces. Historians agree the blockade was a major factor in ruining the Confederate economy; however, Wise argues blockade runners provided enough of a lifeline

    American Civil War

    American Civil War

    American_Civil_War

  • Ceres (blockade runner)
  • American Civil War vessel

    Ceres was a blockade runner of the American Civil War. After Ceres was abandoned near the mouth of the Cape Fear River in North Carolina in December 1863

    Ceres (blockade runner)

    Ceres (blockade runner)

    Ceres_(blockade_runner)

  • USS Niphon
  • Gunboat of the United States Navy

    protected Wilmington, North Carolina, from attack by sea. She captured the blockade runner Banshee at New Inlet, North Carolina on 29 July 1863. On 18 August

    USS Niphon

    USS Niphon

    USS_Niphon

  • National Underwater and Marine Agency
  • American nonprofit organization

    a Confederate blockade runner Rattlesnake, a Confederate blockade runner HMS Resolution CSS Richmond Ruby, a Confederate blockade runner SMS S35, a German

    National Underwater and Marine Agency

    National_Underwater_and_Marine_Agency

  • The Blockade Runners
  • Short story by Jules Verne

    "The Blockade Runners" (French: Les forceurs de blocus) is an 1865 novella by Jules Verne. In 1871 it was published in single volume together with novel

    The Blockade Runners

    The Blockade Runners

    The_Blockade_Runners

  • USS Cherokee (1859)
  • Gunboat of the United States Navy

    blockade runner and in late January 1863 successfully ran through the Federal blockade into Charleston, South Carolina, a favorite port for blockade runners

    USS Cherokee (1859)

    USS Cherokee (1859)

    USS_Cherokee_(1859)

  • List of ships of the Confederate States Navy
  • 1861 and 1865. Included are some types of civilian vessels, such as blockade runners, steamboats, and privateers which contributed to the war efforts by

    List of ships of the Confederate States Navy

    List of ships of the Confederate States Navy

    List_of_ships_of_the_Confederate_States_Navy

  • USS Advance (1862)
  • Gunboat of the United States Navy

    be so named, was later known as USS Frolic, and was originally the blockade runner Advance captured by the Union Navy during the latter part of the American

    USS Advance (1862)

    USS Advance (1862)

    USS_Advance_(1862)

  • List of ship types
  • square sail also capable of being rowed Blockade runner A ship whose current business is to slip past a blockade Boita A cargo vessel used for trade between

    List of ship types

    List of ship types

    List_of_ship_types

  • Diplomacy of the American Civil War
  • Confederacy commissioned privateers and used neutral ships as runners against the Union blockade of its ports. The Lincoln administration attempted to join

    Diplomacy of the American Civil War

    Diplomacy of the American Civil War

    Diplomacy_of_the_American_Civil_War

  • Anaconda Plan
  • Military strategy of the American Civil War

    rifles, and several hundred cannons from British blockade runners. As a result, the blockade runners operating from Britain prolonged the war by two years

    Anaconda Plan

    Anaconda Plan

    Anaconda_Plan

  • USS Memphis (1862)
  • 19th-century American steamship

    Dumbarton, Scotland in 1861, which briefly served as a Confederate blockade runner before being captured and taken into the Union Navy during the American

    USS Memphis (1862)

    USS Memphis (1862)

    USS_Memphis_(1862)

  • Postage stamps and postal history of the Confederate States
  • transfer on a blockade runner. Often the forwarding agents would apply their own markings to the cover of mail. Mail placed aboard a blockade runner would then

    Postage stamps and postal history of the Confederate States

    Postage stamps and postal history of the Confederate States

    Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_the_Confederate_States

  • HMS Gambia
  • Fiji-class cruiser

    anti-blockade runner patrols in the Bay of Biscay in December, as part of Operation Stonewall. Of particular note was the pursuit of the German blockade-runner

    HMS Gambia

    HMS Gambia

    HMS_Gambia

  • USS Atlanta (1861)
  • British and American casemate ironclad gunboat

    blockade runner named Fingal by the Confederacy after she made one run to Savannah, Georgia. After several failed attempts to attack Union blockaders

    USS Atlanta (1861)

    USS Atlanta (1861)

    USS_Atlanta_(1861)

  • United Kingdom and the American Civil War
  • ended, causing a severe shortage of cotton by 1862. Private British blockade runners sent munitions and luxuries to Confederate ports in return for cotton

    United Kingdom and the American Civil War

    United_Kingdom_and_the_American_Civil_War

  • V-42 stiletto
  • World War II dagger issued to American and Canadian soldiers

    searching for German commerce raiders and blockade runners. While Omaha did encounter German blockade runners, there were no recorded instances of the

    V-42 stiletto

    V-42 stiletto

    V-42_stiletto

  • USS Omaha (CL-4)
  • Omaha-class light cruiser

    Nearly a month before the US entered the war she captured the German blockade runner SS Odenwald, for which her crew won an award in salvage from a federal

    USS Omaha (CL-4)

    USS Omaha (CL-4)

    USS_Omaha_(CL-4)

  • Olivia Floyd
  • 1905) was a Confederate spy during the American Civil War, noted as a blockade runner. Anne Olivia Floyd, known as Olivia, was the daughter of David I. and

    Olivia Floyd

    Olivia_Floyd

  • Awards and decorations of the Kriegsmarine
  • Cruiser Michel, and to Ernst-Felix Krüder of the cruiser Pinguin. Blockade Runner Badge with diamonds: This award existed only on paper and was never

    Awards and decorations of the Kriegsmarine

    Awards and decorations of the Kriegsmarine

    Awards_and_decorations_of_the_Kriegsmarine

  • SS Syren
  • Confederate blockade runner

    steamship and blockade runner built at Greenwich, Kent, England in 1863, designed for outrunning and evading the Union ships on blockade patrol around

    SS Syren

    SS_Syren

  • Battle of the Bay of Biscay
  • Naval battle during the Second World War

    with a blockade-runner and escort it to port. The British operation was part of the Allied Operation Stonewall to intercept German blockade-runners off the

    Battle of the Bay of Biscay

    Battle of the Bay of Biscay

    Battle_of_the_Bay_of_Biscay

  • Figure Eight Island
  • Island of North Carolina

    Confederate States Navy screw steamer called Phantom, which was acting as a blockade runner, was chased into the shallows along the island by the USS Connecticut

    Figure Eight Island

    Figure Eight Island

    Figure_Eight_Island

  • USS State of Georgia
  • Gunboat of the United States Navy

    later, she and Victoria captured steamer Nassau—the former notorious blockade runner Gordon—near Fort Casswell, North Carolina. The prize—which had been

    USS State of Georgia

    USS_State_of_Georgia

  • Arms trafficking
  • Illegal trafficking or smuggling of contraband weapons or ammunition

    the purchase of arms and construction of ships being outfitted as blockade runners which later carried war supplies bound for Southern ports. The chief

    Arms trafficking

    Arms trafficking

    Arms_trafficking

  • Third Battle of San Juan (1898)
  • Naval battle of the Spanish–American War

    auxiliary cruiser intercepted a Spanish blockade runner. A Spanish squadron attempted to rescue the blockade runner and succeeded in taking off supplies

    Third Battle of San Juan (1898)

    Third Battle of San Juan (1898)

    Third_Battle_of_San_Juan_(1898)

  • CSS Sumter
  • Steam cruiser of the Confederate States Navy

    continued her service to the Confederacy under British colors as the blockade runner Gibraltar. Though her career as a warship had lasted barely six months

    CSS Sumter

    CSS Sumter

    CSS_Sumter

  • List of Star Wars spacecraft
  • designer Rich Heinrichs, the ship was meant to resemble the earlier Rebel Blockade Runner as an update on the recognizable design. Background literature describes

    List of Star Wars spacecraft

    List_of_Star_Wars_spacecraft

  • Fort Fisher
  • Confederate fort

    British blockade runners who mostly employed steamer ships in order to evade the Union's maritime barricade Confederate ports. Most blockade runners came

    Fort Fisher

    Fort Fisher

    Fort_Fisher

  • USS Adela
  • Gunboat of the United States Navy

    Union blockade. Shortly after dawn on the 7th, lookouts on Northern warships, USS Quaker City and USS Huntsville, spotted the would-be blockade runner northwest

    USS Adela

    USS Adela

    USS_Adela

  • Battle of Bataan
  • Part of Japan's invasion of the Philippines during WWII

    each blockade runner, including six converted destroyers of which the leading vessels are now enroute via Hawaii." Of these six blockade runners, the

    Battle of Bataan

    Battle of Bataan

    Battle_of_Bataan

  • Joseph Fry (captain)
  • Confederate officer (1826–1873)

    health, Fry was placed in command of the government blockade runner Eugenie. This vessel ran the blockade several times between March and October of 1863

    Joseph Fry (captain)

    Joseph Fry (captain)

    Joseph_Fry_(captain)

  • Benjamin Jackson (sailor)
  • Canadian veteran of the American Civil War (1835–1915)

    an enlistment bounty, as well as prize money, by capturing multiple blockade runners. He developed bronchitis, suffered a serious hand injury, and eventually

    Benjamin Jackson (sailor)

    Benjamin Jackson (sailor)

    Benjamin_Jackson_(sailor)

  • USS Britannia
  • Gunboat of the United States Navy

    of cotton. About dawn on the 25th, USS Santiago de Cuba sighted the blockade runner some 90 miles east northeast of Eleuthera Island. Britannia attempted

    USS Britannia

    USS_Britannia

  • History of Tampa, Florida
  • However, several local blockade runners consistently slipped out undetected to the Gulf of Mexico. Two barks were employed to blockade Tampa Bay, the USS

    History of Tampa, Florida

    History of Tampa, Florida

    History_of_Tampa,_Florida

  • Bahamas and the American Civil War
  • Golden Age of Piracy, the Bahamas was a haven for swashbucklers and blockade runners that were aligned with the Confederate States. Although Florida is

    Bahamas and the American Civil War

    Bahamas_and_the_American_Civil_War

  • Operation Stonewall
  • Naval operation during the Second World War

    in the Second World War from 26 to 27 December 1943, to intercept blockade-runners sailing to German-occupied France through the Bay of Biscay. Operations

    Operation Stonewall

    Operation Stonewall

    Operation_Stonewall

  • Maxwell Reed
  • British actor (1919–1974)

    Larne. He left school aged fifteen to work on ships, including as a blockade runner. He wanted to act and ended up studying at RADA for a year. During

    Maxwell Reed

    Maxwell_Reed

  • USS Huron (1861)
  • Gunboat of the United States Navy

    other cargo. She also captured schooner Albert on 1 May and British blockade runner Cumbria on 26 May. As Union naval power increased the pressure on Charleston

    USS Huron (1861)

    USS Huron (1861)

    USS_Huron_(1861)

  • Operation Frankton
  • 1942 British raid in Bordeaux, France during World War II

    safety. Six ships were damaged, four of them severely. The German blockade runner Tannenfels listed heavily and soon sank. The rear of the freighter

    Operation Frankton

    Operation Frankton

    Operation_Frankton

  • Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader
  • 2001 video game

    Squadron is asked to escort the blockade runner carrying the data to rebel high command. However, the blockade runner is captured by an Imperial Star

    Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader

    Star_Wars_Rogue_Squadron_II:_Rogue_Leader

  • CSS Robert E. Lee
  • a Glasgow-Belfast packet boat named Giraffe, which was bought as a blockade runner for the Confederate States during the American Civil War, then subsequently

    CSS Robert E. Lee

    CSS Robert E. Lee

    CSS_Robert_E._Lee

  • Third Punic War
  • War between Rome and Carthage (149–146 BC)

    build a large mole to prevent supplies from getting into Carthage via blockade runners. The Carthaginians had partially rebuilt their fleet, and it sortied

    Third Punic War

    Third Punic War

    Third_Punic_War

  • List of ships captured in the 19th century
  • Throughout naval history during times of war, battles, blockades, and other patrol missions would often result in the capture of enemy ships or those

    List of ships captured in the 19th century

    List of ships captured in the 19th century

    List_of_ships_captured_in_the_19th_century

  • Rhett Butler
  • Fictional character from Gone with the Wind

    Rhett's wealth and influence balloon as he acts as a smuggler and blockade runner, often in and out of prison. Southern society marks him as an outsider

    Rhett Butler

    Rhett Butler

    Rhett_Butler

  • Wound Badge
  • German military decoration awarded during World War I and World War II

    Pilot/Observer Badge Radio Operator Badge Kriegsmarine Auxiliary Cruiser Badge Blockade Runner Badge Destroyer War Badge Fast Attack Craft War Badge High Seas Fleet

    Wound Badge

    Wound Badge

    Wound_Badge

  • Confederate States Army
  • Land warfare force of the Confederate States

    the purchase of arms and construction of ships being outfitted as blockade runners which later carried war supplies bound for Southern ports. A British

    Confederate States Army

    Confederate States Army

    Confederate_States_Army

  • Type 23 torpedo boat
  • Ship class

    through the English Channel in the Channel Dash. They helped to escort blockade runners, commerce raiders and submarines through the English Channel and the

    Type 23 torpedo boat

    Type 23 torpedo boat

    Type_23_torpedo_boat

  • Joseph Rainey
  • American politician (1832–1887)

    Confederate blockade runners into Charleston and other Southern ports, and Bermudian seamen, like Thomas Leslie Outerbridge, crewed blockade runners smuggling

    Joseph Rainey

    Joseph Rainey

    Joseph_Rainey

  • HMS Eagle (1918)
  • Aircraft carrier of 1918

    the Indian Ocean and the South Atlantic. Her aircraft sank a German blockade runner and disabled a German oil tanker in mid-1941 but did not find any other

    HMS Eagle (1918)

    HMS Eagle (1918)

    HMS_Eagle_(1918)

  • USS New Berne
  • Gunboat of the United States Navy

    of this vital but unspectacular duty was enlivened by pursuit of a blockade runner. She departed Newport News, Virginia, before dawn 11 December hunting

    USS New Berne

    USS_New_Berne

  • USS Housatonic (1861)
  • Sloop-of-war of the United States Navy

    the iron steamer Princess Royal. The gunboat Unadilla had driven the blockade runner ashore as she attempted to slip into Charleston from England with a

    USS Housatonic (1861)

    USS Housatonic (1861)

    USS_Housatonic_(1861)

  • Type 37 torpedo boat
  • Nazi German ship class

    they laid minefields and were unsuccessful in escorting an Italian blockade runner through the Bay of Biscay into the Atlantic. One boat was sunk by American

    Type 37 torpedo boat

    Type 37 torpedo boat

    Type_37_torpedo_boat

  • Battle of Sept-Îles
  • Naval battle during the Second World War

    destroyers of the British Royal Navy, hoping to intercept a German blockade runner, which was accompanied by German torpedo-boat destroyer flotillas of

    Battle of Sept-Îles

    Battle of Sept-Îles

    Battle_of_Sept-Îles

  • USS Granite City
  • Gunboat of the United States Navy

    USS Granite City was a Confederate blockade runner steamer captured in March 1863 by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was armed with

    USS Granite City

    USS_Granite_City

  • USS Berberry
  • Tugboat of the United States Navy

    and gave chase. Although she fired two shots at the stranger, that blockade runner managed to cross Berberry's bow and escaped into New Inlet. At 21:45

    USS Berberry

    USS_Berberry

  • Spain and the American Civil War
  • warships to use Spanish ports. Cuba was also an important base for blockade runners in the American Civil War, most of which were owned and crewed by British

    Spain and the American Civil War

    Spain and the American Civil War

    Spain_and_the_American_Civil_War

  • CSS Florida
  • List of ships with the same or similar names

    Florida in honor of the third Confederate state: The blockade runner CSS Florida (blockade runner) was commissioned in January 1862, captured by the U

    CSS Florida

    CSS_Florida

  • Prinz Valdemar
  • US. The ship was next purchased by German interests and used as a blockade runner, before being interned at Copenhagen. Prinz Valdemar was sold to an

    Prinz Valdemar

    Prinz Valdemar

    Prinz_Valdemar

  • German destroyer Z23
  • German Navy Type 1936A destroyer (1940–44)

    threatened by Allied aircraft and cruisers attempting to prevent Axis blockade runners from reaching port through the bay. One such mission resulted in the

    German destroyer Z23

    German destroyer Z23

    German_destroyer_Z23

  • German destroyer Z32
  • Destroyer operated by the german kriegsmarine

    mainly operated from German-occupied French Atlantic ports, escorting blockade runners and U-boats, and was sunk during the Battle of Ushant on 9 June 1944

    German destroyer Z32

    German destroyer Z32

    German_destroyer_Z32

  • List of Kriegsmarine ships
  • The list of Kriegsmarine ships includes all ships commissioned into the Kriegsmarine, the navy of Nazi Germany, during its existence from 1935 to the conclusion

    List of Kriegsmarine ships

    List_of_Kriegsmarine_ships

  • Conclusion of the American Civil War
  • ISBN 1-84176-496-5 Konstam, Angus (Bryan, Tony, illustrator), Confederate Blockade Runner 1861–65, Osprey Publishing, 2004, ISBN 1-84176-636-4 Long, Armistead

    Conclusion of the American Civil War

    Conclusion of the American Civil War

    Conclusion_of_the_American_Civil_War

  • Jules Verne
  • French writer (1828–1905)

    Winter amid the Ice" (1855) "The Count of Chanteleine" (1864) "The Blockade Runners" (1865) "Dr. Ox's Experiment" (1872) "An Ideal City" (1875) "The Mutineers

    Jules Verne

    Jules Verne

    Jules_Verne

  • MV Gay Viking
  • Blockade runner of the British Merchant Navy

    Gay Viking was a blockade runner of the British Merchant Navy. Originally under construction as a Motor Gun Boat, Gay Viking was one of eight vessels

    MV Gay Viking

    MV Gay Viking

    MV_Gay_Viking

  • Gone with the Wind (novel)
  • 1936 novel by Margaret Mitchell

    Rhett believes the war is a lost cause but is becoming rich as a blockade runner for profit. He sees through Scarlett's "lady in mourning" disguise

    Gone with the Wind (novel)

    Gone with the Wind (novel)

    Gone_with_the_Wind_(novel)

  • USS Constellation (1854)
  • Last sail-only warship designed and built by the United States Navy

    cruisers and blockade runners. Admiral David Farragut recalled Constellation on 27 November; while en route, she chased a blockade runner but was unable

    USS Constellation (1854)

    USS Constellation (1854)

    USS_Constellation_(1854)

  • Alexander Keith Jr.
  • Scottish-born Canadian smuggler and mass murderer (1827–1875)

    was home to many Confederate sympathizers, Keith acted mostly as a blockade runner and courier. He helped Confederate sympathiser George Wade escape arrest

    Alexander Keith Jr.

    Alexander Keith Jr.

    Alexander_Keith_Jr.

  • Charles Augustus Lafayette Lamar
  • Slave blockade runner, Army Confederate officer

    soon returned to civilian life. He worked with his father to manage blockade runners to keep open trade between the Confederacy and the North, as well as

    Charles Augustus Lafayette Lamar

    Charles Augustus Lafayette Lamar

    Charles_Augustus_Lafayette_Lamar

  • USS Virginia
  • List of ships with the same or similar names

    on the stocks in 1874 USS Virginia (1861), was a captured Spanish blockade runner during the American Civil War and commissioned into the United States'

    USS Virginia

    USS_Virginia

  • USS William G. Anderson
  • Gunboat of the United States Navy

    with cavalry carbines. Two weeks later, the Union bark bagged another blockade runner, the schooner Reindeer (ex-Jeff Davis) laden with 288 bales of cotton

    USS William G. Anderson

    USS_William_G._Anderson

  • Type 39 torpedo boat
  • World War II-era German torpedo boats

    through the beginning of 1944. They were tasked to escort convoys, blockade runners and submarines through the English Channel and the Bay of Biscay. The

    Type 39 torpedo boat

    Type 39 torpedo boat

    Type_39_torpedo_boat

  • USS Atlanta
  • List of ships with the same or similar names

    Georgia: USS Atlanta (1861), was a Confederate ironclad converted from a blockade runner, named CSS Atlanta, captured in 1863 USS Atlanta (1884), was a protected

    USS Atlanta

    USS_Atlanta

  • First Punic War
  • War between Rome and Carthage (264–241 BC)

    expense. The Romans modelled the ships of their new fleet on a captured blockade runner with especially good qualities. By now, the Romans were experienced

    First Punic War

    First Punic War

    First_Punic_War

  • USS Union (1861)
  • Gunboat of the United States Navy

    successfully during the blockade of ports and waterways of the Confederate States of America, capturing numerous blockade runners. Towards war's end, she

    USS Union (1861)

    USS_Union_(1861)

  • Battle of Fort Brooke
  • Battle of the American Civil War

    important outcome of the action was the destruction of two Confederate blockade runners which had been hidden upstream on the Hillsborough River. An important

    Battle of Fort Brooke

    Battle of Fort Brooke

    Battle_of_Fort_Brooke

  • Siege of Carthage (Third Punic War)
  • Carthage-Rome engagement, 149–146 BCE

    of a large mole to prevent supplies from getting into Carthage via blockade runners. The Carthaginians had partially rebuilt their fleet and it sortied

    Siege of Carthage (Third Punic War)

    Siege of Carthage (Third Punic War)

    Siege_of_Carthage_(Third_Punic_War)

  • Leon of Salamis
  • 5th-century BC Athenian commander

    Spartan blockade in the year 406 BC. The blockade was ultimately broken when the fleet's supreme commander, Conon, dispatched two blockade runners to get

    Leon of Salamis

    Leon_of_Salamis

  • Type 35 torpedo boat
  • Nazi German naval ship class

    France where they were twice unsuccessful in escorting an Italian blockade runner through the Bay of Biscay into the Atlantic. By the end of the year

    Type 35 torpedo boat

    Type 35 torpedo boat

    Type_35_torpedo_boat

  • Siege of Lilybaeum (250–241 BC)
  • Roman siege of a Carthaginian city during the First Punic War

    supplied by blockade runners, light and manoeuvrable galleys with highly trained crews and experienced pilots. Chief among the blockade runners was a galley

    Siege of Lilybaeum (250–241 BC)

    Siege_of_Lilybaeum_(250–241_BC)

  • Ulysses S. Grant
  • Civil War general, U.S. president from 1869 to 1877

    argued that British complicity in arms delivery to the Confederacy via blockade runners prolonged the war. Fish and Treasurer George Boutwell convinced Grant

    Ulysses S. Grant

    Ulysses S. Grant

    Ulysses_S._Grant

  • CSS Lark
  • American Civil War. She was the last blockade runner to successfully escape from a Southern port before the Union blockade completely closed off this vital

    CSS Lark

    CSS_Lark

  • USS San Jacinto (1850)
  • Screw frigate in the US Navy famous for her role in the Trent Affair of 1861

    could reach the prize, the Union blockader Eugenie arrived upon the scene and took possession of the blockade runner. On the 16th, San Jacinto captured

    USS San Jacinto (1850)

    USS San Jacinto (1850)

    USS_San_Jacinto_(1850)

  • Prize (law)
  • Vessel, cargo, or equipment captured during armed conflict on the seas

    running the blockade of whatever flag were subject to capture and condemnation. However passengers and crew aboard the blockade runners were not to be

    Prize (law)

    Prize (law)

    Prize_(law)

  • War Merit Cross
  • Nazi World War II decoration

    Pilot/Observer Badge Radio Operator Badge Kriegsmarine Auxiliary Cruiser Badge Blockade Runner Badge Destroyer War Badge Fast Attack Craft War Badge High Seas Fleet

    War Merit Cross

    War Merit Cross

    War_Merit_Cross

  • Iron Cross
  • German military decoration and symbol

    Pilot/Observer Badge Radio Operator Badge Kriegsmarine Auxiliary Cruiser Badge Blockade Runner Badge Destroyer War Badge Fast Attack Craft War Badge High Seas Fleet

    Iron Cross

    Iron Cross

    Iron_Cross

  • The Deep (1977 film)
  • 1977 adventure film by Peter Yates

    Constellation sank after possibly striking the wreckage of American Civil War blockade runner Montana, which Peter Benchley described as having sunk one on top of

    The Deep (1977 film)

    The_Deep_(1977_film)

  • Falklands War order of battle: Argentine naval forces
  • This article describes the composition and actions of the Argentine naval forces in the Falklands War. For a list of naval forces from the United Kingdom

    Falklands War order of battle: Argentine naval forces

    Falklands_War_order_of_battle:_Argentine_naval_forces

  • Unadilla-class gunboat
  • Class of US gunboats

    Orleans in April 1862. As blockade ships, the 23 vessels of the class captured or destroyed no fewer than 146 enemy blockade runners during the war— about

    Unadilla-class gunboat

    Unadilla-class gunboat

    Unadilla-class_gunboat

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  • Turner
  • Surname or Lastname

    English and Scottish

    Turner

    English and Scottish : occupational name for a maker of objects of wood, metal, or bone by turning on a lathe, from Anglo-Norman French torner (Old French tornier, Latin tornarius, a derivative of tornus ‘lathe’). The surname may also derive from any of various other senses of Middle English turn, for example a turnspit, a translator or interpreter, or a tumbler.English : nickname for a fast runner, from Middle English turnen ‘to turn’ + ‘hare’.English : occupational name for an official in charge of a tournament, Old French tornei (in origin akin to 1).Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : habitational name from a place called Turno or Turna, in Poland and Belarus, or from the city of Tarnów (Yiddish Turne) in Poland.Translated or Americanized form of any of various other like-meaning or like-sounding Jewish surnames.South German (T(h)ürner) : occupational name for a guard in a tower or a topographic name from Middle High German turn ‘tower’, or a habitational name for someone from any of various places named Thurn, for example in Austria.

    Turner

  • Laufer
  • Surname or Lastname

    German

    Laufer

    German : habitational name for someone from a place called Lauf.German (Läufer) and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : occupational name for a messenger or a nickname for a fast runner, from an agent derivative of Middle High German loufen, German laufen ‘to run’.English : variant of Laver.

    Laufer

  • Haye
  • Boy/Male

    German, Scottish

    Haye

    From the Stockade

    Haye

  • Wind
  • Surname or Lastname

    English

    Wind

    English : topographic name for someone who lived near a pathway, alleyway, or road, Old English (ge)wind (from windan ‘to go’).English, German, and Danish : nickname for a swift runner, from Middle English wind ‘wind’, Middle High German wint ‘wind’, also ‘greyhound’.German : variant of Wendt.Swedish : ornamental name from vind ‘wind’, or a habitational name from a place named with this element.

    Wind

  • Tallon
  • Surname or Lastname

    English and Irish (of Norman origin), and French

    Tallon

    English and Irish (of Norman origin), and French : from a Germanic personal name derived from tal ‘destroy’, either as a short form of a compound name with this first element (compare Talbot) or as an independent byname.English and Irish (of Norman origin), and French : metonymic nickname for a swift runner or for someone with a deformed heel, from Old French talon ‘heel’ (a diminutive of tal, Latin talus).Spanish (Tallón) : either a Spanish variant of Catalan Talló (see Tallo) or a habitational name from any of the places in A Coruña, Ourense, and Pontevedra provinces called Tallón.A native of the Champagne region of France, Jean Talon was intendant for New France in 1665–68, and again in 1669–72.

    Tallon

  • Deebe
  • Girl/Female

    Arabic

    Deebe

    Brocade; Gold Tissue

    Deebe

  • Istabraq
  • Girl/Female

    Muslim/Islamic

    Istabraq

    Brocade

    Istabraq

  • Istabraq |
  • Girl/Female

    Muslim

    Istabraq |

    Brocade

    Istabraq |

  • BAOZHAI
  • Female

    Chinese

    BAOZHAI

    stockade of treasures.

    BAOZHAI

  • Istabraq
  • Girl/Female

    Arabic, Muslim, Sindhi

    Istabraq

    Brocade

    Istabraq

  • Fleet
  • Surname or Lastname

    English

    Fleet

    English : habitational name from one of the places called Fleet, in Dorset, Hampshire, Kent, and Lincolnshire, or from Holt Fleet on the Severn river in Worcestershire, all named with Old English flēot ‘stream’ or ‘estuary’. It may also be a topographic name from the same word used independently.English : nickname for a swift runner, from Middle English flete ‘fleet’, ‘rapid’ (probably from Old English flēotan ‘to float or glide rapidly’, and so ultimately akin to 1).

    Fleet

  • Lightfoot
  • Surname or Lastname

    English (chiefly northern England, especially Liverpool)

    Lightfoot

    English (chiefly northern England, especially Liverpool) : nickname for a messenger or for a fast runner, from Middle English lyght ‘light’, ‘nimble’, ‘quick’ (Old English līoht) + fote ‘foot’.

    Lightfoot

  • Dibi
  • Girl/Female

    Arabic

    Dibi

    Brocade; Gold Tissue

    Dibi

  • Hay
  • Boy/Male

    Scottish

    Hay

    From the stockade.

    Hay

  • Tekoa
  • Boy/Male

    Australian, Biblical

    Tekoa

    Trumpet; Stockade

    Tekoa

  • Diba
  • Girl/Female

    Afghan, Australian, Parsi

    Diba

    Brocade; Eye of the Mistress

    Diba

  • Hare
  • Surname or Lastname

    Irish (Ulster)

    Hare

    Irish (Ulster) : Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hÍr, meaning ‘long-lasting’. In Ireland this name is found in County Armagh; it has also long been established in Scotland.Irish : Anglicized form of Ó hAichir ‘descendant of Aichear’, a personal name derived from the epithet aichear ‘fierce’, ‘sharp’. In Ireland this name is more commonly Anglicized as O’Hehir.English : nickname for a swift runner (possibly a speedy messenger) or a timorous person, from Middle English hare ‘hare’. However, the surname Ayer and its variants was sometimes recorded as Hare.English : topographic name from an Old English hær ‘rock’, ‘heap of stones’, ‘tumulus’.French : according to Morlet, an occupational name for a huntsman, from a medieval French call used to urge on the hounds, or, in the form Haré, from the past participle of harer ‘to excite, stir up (hounds in pursuit of a quarry)’.

    Hare

  • Leeper
  • Surname or Lastname

    English and Scottish

    Leeper

    English and Scottish : from Middle English le(a)pere, an occupational name for a basket maker (from Old English lēap ‘basket’).English and Scottish : occupational name or nickname for a dancer, runner, or courier (Old English hlēapere).

    Leeper

  • Hase
  • Surname or Lastname

    German

    Hase

    German : nickname for a swift runner or a timorous person, from Middle High German, Middle Low German hase ‘hare’.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : ornamental name from German Hase ‘hare’.English : from a Middle English nickname, Hase, from Old English hās ‘harsh, raucous, or hoarse voice’.Japanese : usually written with characters meaning ‘long valley’; habitational name from a place in Yamato (now Nara prefecture). Listed in the Shinsen shōjiroku. Some bearers are descended from the Taira clan; they are found mainly in eastern Japan. Also pronounced Nagaya and Nagatani; the original pronunciation was Hatsuse, meaning ‘beginning of the strait’.

    Hase

  • Sundus
  • Girl/Female

    Arabic, Australian, British, English, Muslim

    Sundus

    Fine Silk Brocade

    Sundus

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  • Ghawth |
  • Boy/Male

    Muslim

    Ghawth |

    Helper, Defender, Successor

  • Srisheel
  • Boy/Male

    Indian, Telugu

    Srisheel

    Best in the World

  • Prasansha
  • Girl/Female

    Hindu

    Prasansha

    Happy

  • Swaha | ஸ்வாஹா
  • Girl/Female

    Tamil

    Swaha | ஸ்வாஹா

    (Wife of Agni, The Lord of the fire)

  • Qailah |
  • Girl/Female

    Muslim

    Qailah |

    One who speaks

  • Yusrah |
  • Boy/Male

    Muslim

    Yusrah |

    Ease

  • Saranesh | ஸரநேஷ 
  • Boy/Male

    Tamil

    Saranesh | ஸரநேஷ 

    Summary

  • Prakrit
  • Boy/Male

    Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Telugu

    Prakrit

    Nature; Handsome

  • Charvika
  • Girl/Female

    Hindu, Indian

    Charvika

    Beautiful

  • Lachlan
  • Boy/Male

    Scottish

    Lachlan

    Warlike. Land of Fjords (referring to the Vikings). From the land of lakes.

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  • Blockaded
  • imp. & p. p.

    of Blockade

  • Stacket
  • n.

    A stockade.

  • Blockage
  • n.

    The act of blocking up; the state of being blocked up.

  • Stockade
  • v. t.

    To surround, fortify, or protect with a stockade.

  • Blockade
  • n.

    To obstruct entrance to or egress from.

  • Blockade
  • v. t.

    An obstruction to passage.

  • Blockading
  • p. pr. & vb. n.

    of Blockade

  • Blockader
  • n.

    One who blockades.

  • Stockaded
  • imp. & p. p.

    of Stockade

  • Stockading
  • p. pr. & vb. n.

    of Stockade

  • Blockade
  • v. t.

    The shutting up of a place by troops or ships, with the purpose of preventing ingress or egress, or the reception of supplies; as, the blockade of the ports of an enemy.

  • Brocaded
  • a.

    Dressed in brocade.

  • Stoccade
  • n. & v.

    See Stockade.

  • Baldachin
  • n.

    A rich brocade; baudekin.

  • Beleaguer
  • v. t.

    To surround with an army so as to preclude escape; to besiege; to blockade.

  • Blockader
  • n.

    A vessel employed in blockading.

  • Blockade
  • n.

    Hence, to shut in so as to prevent egress.

  • Blockade
  • v. t.

    To shut up, as a town or fortress, by investing it with troops or vessels or war for the purpose of preventing ingress or egress, or the introduction of supplies. See note under Blockade, n.

  • Beset
  • v. t.

    To hem in; to waylay; to surround; to besiege; to blockade.

  • Cockaded
  • a.

    Wearing a cockade.