Sunday, November 7, 2010

C.S.S Alabama

The South was able to gain enough recognition as a belligerent to purchase warships from British shipyards. Confederate commerce-raiders did serious harm to U.S. merchant ships. One of them , the Alabama, captured over 60 vessels before being sunk off the coast of France by a Union warship. After the war, Great Britain agreed to pay the United States $15.5 million for damages caused by the South's commerce-raiders.
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  1. UnknownMarch 26, 2016 at 10:20 PM

    compared to the Sea King Shenandoah CSS commerce raider what was the steam engine power and weight,speed of both ships?

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  2. UnknownMarch 26, 2016 at 10:22 PM

    did Alabama have two 300hp steamers as compared to one 200hp steamer on CSS Shenandoah?

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