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by using ironclads and over powering woodenships. Or they would use a ship to destrack union ships and others would sneak in.
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What were fast ships that dodged Union warships?
They were actually called blockade runners.
What were the ships that slipped through the union blockade called?
They were called Blockade Runners.
What were ships called that were built by the confederacy to break the union blockade?
They are called Blockade Runners
Fast ships that dodged union warships?
blockade runners
What were blockade runners?
Private citizens who took the risk of invading the Union Blockade for a chance of huge profits.
WHY WAS the union blockade of Georgia important during the war?
Because Savannah was one of the blockade-runners' favourite ports.
How was blockade used in the civil war?
The blockade was used by the Union Soldiers to blockade southern ports so that they could not import or export goods.
What did the union use to prevent the confederacy from importing supplys and exporting cotton?
naval blockades from southern ports
How were blockade runners able to sneak past the Union blockade?
They didn't sneak by, they were just small and fast ships that could get away fast enough.
What was the Union's strategy in the war at sea?
To blockade the Confederate Ports, intercepting the blockade runners and hunt down the Confederate cruisers, which were trying to capture or sink the Union merchant ships, throughout the seas.
Was the union blockade in the south successful?
The blockade efforts of the Union were successful as possible. This was because naval operations at the time did not have modern tools such as radar. A good number of trading ships eluded Union blockades. It greatly diminished Southern trade but it could not shut it down completely. This was no surprise to the Union navy.
How did the south attempt to avoid the naval blockade?
The South used small, fast ships called blockade runners to outrun the longer Union warships and reach trading ports.
