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This was not the first time the Alabama had been in the Indian Ocean. Earlier in 1863, it had gone on a cruise looking for U.S. registered vessels from the end of September to the end of November. In February 1864, it was returning.
In 1863, it steamed from the Cape of Good Hope to Dutch East Indies Indonesia and intercepted mostly British and Dutch ships until it had three captures in November: the Amanda on Nov. 6th, and the Winged Racer and Contest on Nov. 9th. All three were burned.
Finding U.S. registered/flagged ships was getting much more difficult as so many were reregistering under foreign flags.
--Old B-R'er
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