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Saturday, 1 October 2011

American blockade runner Advance 1863-1864

Her name was also spelled as A.D. Vance and Ad Vance and which on 10 September 1864 was captured by the USS Santiago de Cuba after she tried to run the blockade. The state North Carolina puchasd her for 171,000 dollars. During a short time she was called Lord Clyde. Is this the later despatchvessel USS Frolic serving between 1865 and 1883 and which visited also the Netherlands?