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Flora

Blockade Runner · Confederate States of America · Lost 1864 · The Georgia & South Carolina Coast

A blockade runner lost on the shifting Drunken Dick Shoals off Sullivan's Island during the final year of the Charleston blockade.

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Artistic recreation based on recorded historical documents. See the documented evidence.

Interpretive Reconstruction, drawn to convey the vessel's era, type and general form. See the documented evidence.

The Vessel and Her Loss

Flora was a blockade runner that ran aground on Drunken Dick Shoals off Sullivan's Island on 22 October 1864 while trying to reach Charleston. She joined a cluster of runner wrecks near Fort Moultrie that has since been the subject of state archaeological search. Recent drone magnetometry surveys suggest her remains, or those of the nearby runner Beatrice, may now be located close together near the historic shoreline.

Vessel

Built: Not established
Builder: Not established
Yard: Not established
Material: Iron
Length: Not established
Beam: Not established
Tonnage: Not established
Propulsion: Steam, side paddle wheels
Owners: Not established

Loss

Date: October 22, 1864
Cause: Grounding
Location: Drunken Dick Shoals, opposite Battery Rutledge, Sullivan's Island, South Carolina
Water: Charleston Harbor approaches
Voyage: Nassau or Bermuda (likely) → Charleston, South Carolina
Cargo: Not established
Aboard: Not established
Lives lost: Not established
Master: Not established

The Wreck Today

Depth: Not established
Condition: Grounded and lost; possibly one of two anomalies later relocated near Sullivan's Island by SCIAA
Orientation: Not established
Discovered: Not established
Protection: Not established

Position

Coordinates: 32.77° N 79.84° W
Accuracy: General area only
Nearest: Sullivan's Island, South Carolina
Region: The Georgia & South Carolina Coast

General area only: coordinate of Sullivan's Island from the USGS Geographic Names Information System, marking the named place of loss recorded for this vessel (Drunken Dick Shoals, opposite Battery Rutledge, Sullivan's Island), not a surveyed wreck position.