Blockade Runner Denbigh

The blockade runner Denbigh was built in 1860 by John Laird, Sons and Company of Birkenhead in Great Britain. The steam-powered ship was one of several ships that carried goods between Havana, Cuba, and the Port of Mobile through the Federal blockade of Mobile Bay during the Civil War.

Side-view illustration of a paddlewheel steamship underway at sea, with smoke rising from its smokestack and a red ensign flying from the stern.

Courtesy of the Institute of Nautical Archaeology/Andrew W. Hall

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Blockade Running in the Civil War

Blockade Running in the Civil War

Side-view illustration of a paddlewheel steamship underway at sea, with smoke rising from its smokestack and a red ensign flying from the stern.