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(SwStr: t. 585; l. 211'; b. 23'6"; dph. 12'; dr. 9'3"; s. 12 k.; cpl. 70; a. 2 20-pdr. P.r., 4 24-pdr. sb.)
(SwStr: t. 585; l. 211'; b. 23'6"; dph. 12'; dr. 9'3"; s. 12 k.; cpl. 70; a. 2 20-pdr. P.r., 4 24-pdr. sb.)
In the spring of 1862, when the American Civil War was about a year old, Adela—a fast, iron-hulled, sidewheel steamer which had been operating out of Belfast, Ireland, as a merchantman— was purchased by some now unidentified agent who planned to use her for carrying arms and other contraband cargo through the Union blockade to the Confederacy. She steamed in ballast via Glasgow to Liverpool in May and—toward the end of that month—cleared the latter port, bound for the Bahamas where she planned to fill her holds with ordnance for the Confederate forces.
In the spring of 1862, when the [[American Civil War]] was about a year old, Adela—a fast, iron-hulled, sidewheel steamer which had been operating out of Belfast, Ireland, as a merchantman— was purchased by some now unidentified agent who planned to use her for carrying arms and other contraband cargo through the Union blockade to the Confederacy. She steamed in ballast via Glasgow to Liverpool in May and—toward the end of that month—cleared the latter port, bound for the Bahamas where she planned to fill her holds with ordnance for the Confederate forces.
After a stop en route at Bermuda, the ship got underway on 4 July and headed for the island of New Providence to take on her forbidden cargo at Nassau and to prepare for a dash through the Union blockade. Shortly after dawn on the 7th, lookouts on Northern warships, Quaker City and Huntsville, spotted the would-be blockade runner northwest of Great Abaco Island, endeavoring to evade them. The blockaders immediately gave chase.
After a stop en route at Bermuda, the ship got underway on 4 July and headed for the island of New Providence to take on her forbidden cargo at Nassau and to prepare for a dash through the Union blockade. Shortly after dawn on the 7th, lookouts on Northern warships, Quaker City and Huntsville, spotted the would-be blockade runner northwest of Great Abaco Island, endeavoring to evade them. The blockaders immediately gave chase.