''Berwick Bay'' was a steamer engaged in transporting supplies for the
Confederates in the
Mississippi River
The Mississippi River is the second-longest river and chief river of the second-largest drainage system in North America, second only to the Hudson Bay drainage system. From its traditional source of Lake Itasca in northern Minnesota, it f ...
area. She was captured and destroyed on 3 February 1863 by
Ellet's
Ram Fleet as she came out of the
Red River heavily laden with supplies for
Port Hudson, Louisiana. She displaced 64 tons and was named for
Berwick Bay, Louisiana.
See also
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Mississippi Marine Brigade
References
Ships of the Confederate States of America
Shipwrecks of the American Civil War
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