He also worked as a cook and laborer on blockade runner ships. This squadron consisted of one cruiser, two gunboats and one blockade runner. She traveled on the "Condor," a British blockade runner. They had intended to escort " Alsterufer", a blockade runner. In March 1940,"Hannover" attempted to return to Germany as a blockade runner. Sarah was the grandmother to American Civil War Confederate blockade runner James Iredell Waddell. She served as a blockade runner during World War II. "Adventure" was involved in an operation to catch blockade runner "Irene". However, Fry did not believe the Spanish would shoot a blockade runner. During the American Civil War Keith acted mostly as a blockade runner and courier. The ship was later identified as a German blockade runner named "Rio Grande". During the chase, the lookout spotted the blockade runner "Fox", aground and burning. Two days later, "Kormoran" met "Atlantis" and the blockade runner "Dresden". She was unsuccessful in this, but sank the blockade runner SS "Watussi" on 2 December. On 14 January she captured the German blockade runner "Phaedra" in the North Sea.