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Lot Essay
The Lord Clyde was originally built in Scotland as a river Clyde paddle steamer and launched 3 July 1862. She was purchased a year later by the Confederate military service in the American Civil War and renamed Ad Vance (after the Governor of North Carolina, Zebulon Vance) As a blockade runner the Ad Vance ran the blockades successfully more than twenty times before being captured by the USS Santiago de Cuba on 10 September 1864. The ship was purchased by the US Navy, renamed USS Advance and commissioned on 28 October 1864.
In the Union service, Advance reversed her previous role and joined the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, catching blockade runners. She participated in two assaults against Fort Fisher, the first in December 1864 resulting in a Union retreat and the second in January 1865 ending in the capture of the fort. The capture of Fort Fisher made blockade running an unprofitable task for Confederate ships, and few tried to run blockades after that. Advance served mainly as a dispatch and supply ship for the next month. Advance then spent most of February at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard for repairs and was placed out of commission on 16 March 1865.
She was recommissioned on 12 June 1865 and renamed USS Frolic after hostilities ended. She was decommissioned (and recommissioned) a further four times the final decommissioning being 31 October 1877 and remained in Washington until sold to Mr J.P. Agnew of Alexandria, Va . on 1 October 1883.
In the Union service, Advance reversed her previous role and joined the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, catching blockade runners. She participated in two assaults against Fort Fisher, the first in December 1864 resulting in a Union retreat and the second in January 1865 ending in the capture of the fort. The capture of Fort Fisher made blockade running an unprofitable task for Confederate ships, and few tried to run blockades after that. Advance served mainly as a dispatch and supply ship for the next month. Advance then spent most of February at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard for repairs and was placed out of commission on 16 March 1865.
She was recommissioned on 12 June 1865 and renamed USS Frolic after hostilities ended. She was decommissioned (and recommissioned) a further four times the final decommissioning being 31 October 1877 and remained in Washington until sold to Mr J.P. Agnew of Alexandria, Va . on 1 October 1883.