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Minho

Blockade Runner · Confederate States of America · Lost 1862 · The Georgia & South Carolina Coast

A blockade runner carrying Confederate arms, run aground and shelled off Fort Moultrie in the early years 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Artistic recreation based on recorded historical documents.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

Minho was a Confederate blockade runner carrying a cargo of arms from Bermuda when she ran aground trying to enter Charleston Harbor on 2 October 1862. The Union gunboat USS Flambeau shelled her as she lay grounded near Fort Moultrie. Her wreck later appeared in wartime Coast Survey sketches alongside the nearby Isaac Smith/Stono wreck, and period salvage recovered munitions from the site.

Vessel

Built: Not established
Builder: Not established
Yard: Not established
Material: Wood
Length: Not established
Beam: Not established
Tonnage: Not established
Propulsion: Steam, screw
Owners: Not established

Loss

Date: October 2, 1862
Cause: Grounding
Location: Off Fort Moultrie, Sullivan's Island, South Carolina
Water: Charleston Harbor
Voyage: Bermuda → Charleston, South Carolina
Cargo: Arms for the Confederate Army
Aboard: Not established
Lives lost: Not established
Master: Not established

The Wreck Today

Depth: Not established
Condition: Grounded and shelled; remains believed near Bowman's Jetty
Orientation: Not established
Discovered: Not established
Protection: Not established

Position

Coordinates: 32.76° N 79.86° W
Accuracy: General area only
Nearest: Sullivan's Island, South Carolina
Region: The Georgia & South Carolina Coast

General area only: coordinate of Fort Moultrie from the USGS Geographic Names Information System, marking the named place of loss recorded for this vessel, not a surveyed wreck position.