From Wikipedia. On February 13th, I had an entry about this ship.
The Robert E. Lee later served as the USS Fort Donelson and later as the Concepcion in the Chilean navy.
It was built on the River Clyde, Scotland in 1862 and bought by the Confederate government for 32,000 pounds. After many successful runs through the blockade, it was captured Nov. 9, 1863, by the USS James Adger and condemned in Boston and acquired by the US Navy and commissioned June 29, 1864 as the USS Fort Donelson.
It joined the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron and participated in both attacks on Fort Fisher.
In 1866, it was purchased by the Chilean Navy and sold by them in 1868.
The ship had a speed of 13.5 knots, weighed 900 tons, 283 feet long with 20 foot beam and carried seven guns as a blockader.
Someone Catch That Blockade-Runner. --Old B-Runner
The Battle of Fort Fisher, N.C.
