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Encyclopedia: Blockade runner

A blockade runner is a ship designed to provide vital supplies to countries or areas blockaded by enemy forces during wartime. Notable users of blockade runners include the Confederate States of America and Nazi Germany.

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How to say "Blockade runner" in other languages:

(French)

Forceur de blocus

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List of ships of the Confederate States Navy

This is a list of ships of the Confederate States Navy including a section for civilian blockade runners. Ironclads CSS Albemarle CSS Arkansas CSS Tennessee CSS Texas CSS Virginia Cruisers CSS Alabama Gunboats CSS McRae CSS Patrick Henry Torpedo Boats CSS Scorpion Civilian Blockade Runners...

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Corellian Corvette

The Corellian Corvette , also known as the Rebel Blockade Runner , is a ship from the fictional Star Wars universe. It is a smaller (about 150 meters in length), multi-purpose capital ship manufactured by the Corellian Engineering Corporation and used extensively by the Rebel Alliance. It is...

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CSS McRae

guns. McRae's primary duty was protecting blockade runners as they transited the mouth of the Mississippi River. McRae engaged in combat with Federal blockaders on 12 October 1861 and engaged with...

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HMS Newcastle (1937)

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List of ColecoVision games

B.C.'s Quest For Tires Beamrider Blockade Runner Boulder Dash Brain Strainers Bump 'n Jump...

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Charles Wilkes

July 16, 1862, he was assigned to duty against blockade runners in the West Indies. He was disrated...

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List of Intellivision games

  Beauty & The Beast  Big League Baseball  Blockade Runner I  Body Slam Super Pro Wrestling  Bomb...

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Postage stamps and postal history of the Confederate States

blockade runners to and from Europe, and others. All of these specialties have been intensively studied...

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R2-D2

R2-D2 and See-Threepio are on board a blockade Runner vessel belonging to Princess Leia of Alderaan... fix Queen Amidalia's starship as it attempts to get past the Trade Federation Blockade. Later, R2...

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General Sherman Incident

that was a former Confederate blockade runner during the American Civil War, converted to a Union...

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