sank 300 miles off the Irish coast. raiders to prey on Union shipping. The master, his wife, the stewardess, Although there were never more than and ten men were lost. One of the five raiders at sea at one time, their and seven men in a ship's boar mates impact on the Union merchant fleet managed to reach the Skelligs Isles was devastating. While they captured on the southwest coast of Ireland and burned only 25 7 Yankee vessels, and were rescued. a small fraction of the entire U nion After building and laun chmerchant fl eet, they caused insuring the Mallory, John Bartlum ance rates to skyrocket. Shipowners, continued building, owning, and unable to make profitable voyages serving as master of wrecki ng and and fearful that their ships wo uld pilot vessels. During the C ivil War, be captured or sunk, began selling he made important contributions them to foreign owners, most of to the Union war effort in refitting them British. All told, one half of and repairing ships of the East G ulf the American merchant fleet was Blockading Squadron stationed in either lost to commerce ra iders Key West. When he died in 187 1, or sold foreign. Among the latter all the flags in Key West and on the was the Stephen R. Mallory. On 20 LESTER, Oommanderl h November 1863, Bowne and C urry JS RECEIVING TI!E BALANCE OF HER CARGO AT PIER 9 E. R. ;i; Slips at anc or in the harbor were " ThisSbipis .-..ommcnded"'our Catffomia Shipp<n as one oflhc sironscs• ~ flown at half-mast to pay honor to sold the ship to British owners and and bc:sl buill ships in the world. A look al her will satisfy our friends. 1 the clipper was renamed Ansel. F~ff~°'i~=~h~:;~~y":i~ :;:,u:i.:::i~:C,!!,~· ~ one of Key West's most respected rcuoNble rate or Freight, apply to ~ citizens. J, The Ansel sailed under the S.B. BABCOCK &: CO~ 118 Water St. < f tllMo.......... :;:: British flag for ano ther seven years. s-,.,,..,........... ---'"""'· Plippd~ /h;-J::tu"GI ~ She made one more voyage aro und ~~~~~~=-::::-~~j"~-~-~~~~~~~~~~~~ john Viele is a retired naval officer, 8 former submarine commanding officer, Cape Horn to rhe Philippines and eigh t more Atlantic crossings . In a Sailing card distributed to shippers announcing the Mallory's and author ofa three-volume history of North Atlantic gale in 1870, she forthcoming voyage from New York to San Francisco in 1858. the Florida Keys, where he now resides.
STEPH. R. MALLORY
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