CSS Alabama (1862)


Material Propulsion Country Year Launched
Wood Fuel, Steam, Single screw propeller CSS, Confederate States of America 1862
Length (feet) Displacement (tons)
220 1050

The most successful of the raiders commissioned by the Confederacy during the Civil War. Built in Britain under direction of Confederate agent James D. Bulloch and commanded by Captain Raphael Semmes. Sunk in sea battle with USS Kearsage off the coast of Cherburg, France in June 1864

Sources

Robert A. McCaughey

Compiler

Peter Richards

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