The finished Albemarle was 152 feet long and with a 45-foot beam. "The depth from gun-deck to keel was 9 feet," Elliott noted, "and when launched she drew 6 and one half feet of water, but after being ironed and completed her draught was about 8 feet."
The ram's iron plates were seven inches wide and two inches thick and its 18-foot wooden oak prow was covered with two inches of iron plating as well (all the better for ramming).
The armament consisted of two 6.4-inch rifled Brooke guns mounted on pivot carriages, each gun able to work three gunports. Propelled by two 200-hp steam engines, its top speed would be four knots.
--Old B-Ram
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