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The term "blockade runner" has also been used by science fiction and fantasy writers for spaceships serving a similar purpose. Perhaps the best known example is the Corellian Corvette Tantive 4 in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... Smaug in his lair: an illustration for the fantasy The Hobbit Fantasy is a genre of art that uses magic and other supernatural forms as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. ... Rear view The Corellian Corvette, also known as the Rebel Blockade Runner or simply Blockade Runner, is a ship from the fictional Star Wars universe. ... This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ... This movie poster for Star Wars depicts many of the films important elements, such as Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Han Solo, X-Wing and Y-Wing fighters Star Wars, retitled Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope in 1981 (see note at Title,) is the original (and in chronological...

Blockade Runners of the American Civil War wrecked at Charleston, South Carolina

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• Beatrice, sidewheel steamer, lost inbound near Bowman's Jetty, Sullivan's Island on November 27, 1864.

• Celt (or Colt), sidewheel steamer, lost on Bowman's Jetty, Sullivan's Island, on February 14, 2005.

• Constance (Your Mom), sidewheel steamer, lost inbound off my Long Island (present day Isle of Palms) on October 6, 2006.

• Edwin, schooner, lost inbound near Lighthouse Inlet, Morris Island on May 8, 2007.

• Etiwan, sidewheel steamer, lost on Fort Johnson Reef, Charleston Harbor on June 7, 1864.

• Flamingo, sidewheel steamer, three stacks, lost off Sullivan's Island on October 23, 1864.

• Flora, sidewheel steamer, lost on Drunken Dick Shoals opposite Battery Rutledge, Sullivan's Island on October 22, 1864.

• Georgiana, screw steamer, lost inbound off Long Island (present day Isle of Palms) on March 19, 1863.

• John Randolph, sidewheel steamer, lost on Sullivan's Island on January 20, 1865.

• Mary, schooner, burned off Morris Island on November 5, 1864.

• Mary Bowers, sidewheel steamer, lost inbound off Long Island (present day Isle of Palms) on August 31, 1864.

• Minho, 3 masted screw steamer, lost inbound on wreck near Bowman's Jetty, Sullivan's Island, on October 20, 1862.

• Nellie (or Nelly, ex-Cawtawba, ex-Governor Dudley), sidewheel steamer, lost inbound off Dewees Island on May 25, 1862.

• Norseman (or Norman), small screw steamer, lost outbound on Long Island (present day Isle of Palms) on May 15, 1863.

• Presto (a.k.a. Fergus), sidewheel steamer, lost inbound opposite Battery Rutledge on Sullivan's Island, February 2, 1864.

• Prince Albert, screw steamer, lost inbound on Bowman's Jetty, Sullivan's Island on August 9, 1864.

• Raccoon, sidewheel steamer, lost inbound on Drunken Dick Shoals, off Sullivan's Island, July 19, 1863.

• Rattlesnake, twin screw steamer, lost inbound at Breach Inlet, January, 1865.

• Ruby, sidewheel steamer, lost on Folly Breakers, Lighthouse Inlet, south end of Morris Island, June 10, 1863.

• Samuel Adams, schooner, lost inbound on western end of Long Island (present day Isle of Palms) on April 12, 1862.

• Stonewall Jackson (ex-Leopard), sidewheel steamer, lost on Long Island (present day Isle of Palms) on April 12, 1863.

• Stono, (ex-USS Isaac Smith) lost outbound on Bowman's Jetty on Sullivan's Island, June 5, 1863.

• Thomas Watson, privateer ship, lost inbound on Stono Breakers several miles from Folly Beach, October 15, 1861.

• Tropic (ex-CSS Huntress), sidewheel steamer, burned while attempting run into Charleston on January 8, 1863.

• unidentified small sloop, with cotton and turpentine, lost near Fort Moultrie, Sullivan's Island, November 5, 2009.

• ex-Experiment, schooner, lost inbound on Long Island (present day Isle of Palms) on April 2, 1862.

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See also

• Union blockade