blockade runner
Siege line breaker
A blockade runner is a ship or person that evades a naval blockade to transport goods into or out of a besieged port.
The term is most associated with the American Civil War, when fast, low-profile vessels smuggled supplies past Union ships to Confederate ports: The blockade runner slipped through under cover of darkness.
By extension, anyone who circumvents an embargo or restriction.
Plant fiber for textiles
- contrabandProhibited trade goods
- munitionsMilitary weapons and ammunition
- suppliesResources for a task
- provisionsStockpiled food and supplies
medicines · luxury goods · arms · ammunition · gunpowder · salt · coffee · tea
Fast ship or trimmer
- schoonerMulti-masted sailing craft
- steamerVapor-powered vessel
- sloopOne-masted fore-and-aft rigger
- brigantineTwo-masted mixed-rig vessel
privateer · merchantman · barque · cutter · tall ship · windjammer · low-profile · shallow draft
Bahamian seat of government
- BermudaNorth Atlantic island group
- HavanaCuba's largest city
- WilmingtonDelaware's principal city
- CharlestonSouthern Atlantic port city
Galveston · Mobile · harbor · inlet · channel · coastal waters · Cape Fear · barrier islands
Act of escaping detection
- camouflageConcealment through visual blending
- disguiseIdentity-concealing alteration
- moonless nightNight lacking lunar presence
- shallow watersLow-depth aquatic zones
undetected · covert · hidden · decoy · false flag · incognito
cotton
Plant fiber for textiles
- contrabandProhibited trade goods
- munitionsMilitary weapons and ammunition
- suppliesResources for a task
provisions · medicines · luxury goods · arms · ammunition · gunpowder · salt · coffee · tea · quinine
clipper
Fast ship or trimmer
brigantine · privateer · merchantman · barque · cutter · tall ship · windjammer · low-profile · shallow draft · paddle steamer
Nassau
Bahamian seat of government
- BermudaNorth Atlantic island group
- HavanaCuba's largest city
- WilmingtonDelaware's principal city
Charleston · Galveston · Mobile · harbor · inlet · channel · coastal waters · Cape Fear · barrier islands · river mouth
evasion
Act of escaping detection
- camouflageConcealment through visual blending
- disguiseIdentity-concealing alteration
- moonless nightNight lacking lunar presence
shallow waters · undetected · covert · hidden · decoy · false flag · incognito
Confederate
Secessionist state supporter
- Civil WarCountrymen fighting countrymen
- squadronMilitary aviation unit
- patrolRegular surveillance route
gunboat · monitor · ironclad · fleet · coastal patrol · capture · boarding · admiralty · embargo · naval strategy
swift
Moving with speed
sprint · dash · outrun · flee · escape · velocity · quick · surge · knots · full steam
- sea talespirate story, sea stories, sea story, mermaid tale, ghost ships
- Civil War ShipsMonitor, Merrimack, Virginia, ironclads, monitors
- naval gamesBattleship, fleet command, sea battle, naval warfare, depth charges
- sailing shipsclipper ship, schooner, galleon, brig, brigantine
- warshipsbattleship, turret, frigates, battleships, destroyers
- Piratespirate, buccaneer, corsair, corsairs, privateers
blockade runnerNorth
Specific regional designation
patrol ship · interceptor · cruiser · frigate · naval patrol
blockade runnerwarship
Armed naval vessel
man-of-war · frigate · gunboat · ironclad · battleship
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