CSS Colonel Lamb
The CSS "Colonel Lamb" was a twin Confederate blockade runner of the CSS "Hope" who participated in the American Civil War. History. The CSS "Colonel Lamb" had a length of 281, a beam of 36, and a draft of 10, and was one of the most famous and successful blockade runners in the Confederate States Navy. She was built in 1864 by Jones, Quiggin & Company, a sister ship to the CSS "Hope" (which preceded it that year) but with a much longer house and without the usual turtle foredeck that the "Hope" had. She is identified with  the handsome Captain Tom Lockwood and was christened by his wife. Shipbuilder Wiliiam Quiggin registered CSS "Colonel Lamb" in her name and then quietly transferred her to Confederate agent J. B. Lafitte, CSN in Nassau, where she was outfitted. She survived the war intact and was sold through Fraser, Trenholm & Co. to the Brazilian government; After loading a shipment of explosives for Brazil into Liverpool, she exploded at anchor in the river Mersey the night before setting sail.