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Civil War "Blockade Runner" Warship Washes Up On Alabama Beach
The Daily Mail ^
| 9-4-12
| The Daily Mail
Posted on 09/04/2012 10:13:29 AM PDT by trailhkr1
Gulf Coast residents are getting a history lesson after a mysterious ship popped up on the beach after Hurricane Isaac. The wreckage of a presumed Civil War warship washed up in Fort Meyer, Alabama, near Mobile, after the Category 1 storm barreled down on the Gulf Cost.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: dixie; godsgravesglyphs; isaac; shipwreck
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Comment #1 Removed by Moderator
To: Apple Blossom; theKid51
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posted on
09/04/2012 10:19:13 AM PDT
by
bmwcyle
(Corollary - Electing the same person over and over and expecting a different outcome is insanity)
To: trailhkr1
Why not unearth it? I don’t understand why they’d leave a piece of history to be re-buried by the shifting sands.
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posted on
09/04/2012 10:19:27 AM PDT
by
rarestia
(It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)
To: trailhkr1
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posted on
09/04/2012 10:21:46 AM PDT
by
rudabaga
To: rarestia
From what I can see from the picture there’s really not too much left to restore. And what references do they have to the original ship, like, what did it look like? Just wondering.
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posted on
09/04/2012 10:22:35 AM PDT
by
SkyDancer
("OF COURSE I TALK TO MYSELF - Sometimes I need an expert opinion")
To: trailhkr1
I'm buying this viewer's comment:
"In fact, the ship was built in 1919 and was called 'The Rachel.'. She sank during a storm around 1930, while carrying a load of lumber. The ship was looted of it's cargo and set afire. What is left is the skeleton that will once again be covered by sand and surf until the next hurricane."
Comment #7 Removed by Moderator
To: All
Please do not post Daily Mail photos.
Actually, this is all that remains of a rebel blockade runner intercepted by Darth Vader's star star destroyer while carrying secret plans of a Death Star. Masquerading as a consular ship, the caption was unable to identify the location of the ambassador (for obvious reasons), and was susequently destroyed. Only a single life pod managed to escape, but no life forms were detected aboard.
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posted on
09/04/2012 10:51:49 AM PDT
by
Telepathic Intruder
(The right thing is not always the popular thing)
Comment #10 Removed by Moderator
To: moose07
But is it the same ship? Is there a name somewhere on it? Did all the blockade runners look the same? There’s nothing there but the outline of a shell of a ship. Nothing in the middle but sand. I’ve seen several different pictures of blockade runners.
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posted on
09/04/2012 11:00:45 AM PDT
by
SkyDancer
("OF COURSE I TALK TO MYSELF - Sometimes I need an expert opinion")
Comment #12 Removed by Moderator
To: SkyDancer
The ship in the picture is ,The Advance
This was from the comments section :
I'm afraid that the DM has not researched this story....
this ship has been uncovered a number of times, as recently as 2008, by hurricanes.
In 2008, historians discovered that parts of the ship were from post Civil War. In fact, the ship was built in 1919 and was called 'The Rachel.'.
She sank during a storm around 1930, while carrying a load of lumber.
The ship was looted of it's cargo and set afire. What is left is the skeleton that will once again be covered by sand and surf until the next hurricane.
- Julia , Memphis, United Kingdom, 04/9/2012 15:55
wiki
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posted on
09/04/2012 11:06:22 AM PDT
by
moose07
(The truth will out, one day.)
To: Admin Moderator
What’s up? I posted from the source[facebook], is that not allowed? Daily Mail just aggregates stories and uses their images, I did not post a Daily Mail photo.
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posted on
09/04/2012 11:08:51 AM PDT
by
Theoria
(Romney is a Pyrrhic victory.)
To: GeorgeWashingtonsGhost
i too recall a “blockade runner” being washed up or uncovered a few years back.
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posted on
09/04/2012 11:31:50 AM PDT
by
bravo whiskey
(if the little things really annoy you, maybe it's because the big things are going well.)
To: Admin Moderator; SkyDancer; Theoria
NOT a Daily Mail photo; this is from Panoramio by Doug Wilhite, via Google Earth
More photos at Google Earth, location: 30°13'50.05"N 87°57'40.37"W
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posted on
09/04/2012 11:40:30 AM PDT
by
ApplegateRanch
(Love me, love my guns!©)
To: moose07
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posted on
09/04/2012 11:43:14 AM PDT
by
SkyDancer
("OF COURSE I TALK TO MYSELF - Sometimes I need an expert opinion")
To: SkyDancer
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posted on
09/04/2012 11:45:27 AM PDT
by
moose07
(The truth will out, one day.)
To: Admin Moderator
That was not a Daily Mail photo. The Daily Mail hot linked it from a Facebook account.
To: GeorgeWashingtonsGhost
The photo upthread is certainly consistent with the “set afire” story. That’s what would remain of a wooden ship that burned to the waterline.
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posted on
09/04/2012 12:02:58 PM PDT
by
Charles Martel
(Endeavor to persevere...)
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