Curlew (Packet, 1856-1862)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sidewheel
• BOAT TYPE: Packet
• BUILT: 1856 at Wilmington, Delaware
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Sunk by gunfire off Roanoke Island, North Carolina on February 7, 1862
• OWNERS: Confederates (1861-62)
• OTHER INFORMATION: First home port, Edenton, North Carolina. She was a Civil War packet, owned by the Confederates. Sunk in 1862
• PHOTO DESCRIPTION: On the water with men standing on all of her decks