All things dealing with the Civil War Navies and actions along the coasts and rivers and against forts. Emphasis will be placed on Fort Fisher and all operations around Wilmington, NC. And, of course, the Blockade and Running the Blockade.
Friday, April 10, 2020
CSS Tallahassee-- Part 1: The Stats
From Wikipedia
Builder: J&W Dudgeon, Cubitt Town, London, England.
First Occupation: Blockade Runner
Commissioned: July 20, 1864
Fate: renamed CSS Olustee (raider) and CSS Chameleon (blockade runner)
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Displacement: 700 tons
Length: 220 feet
Beam: 24 feet
Propulsion: two -- 100 h.p. steam engines, two propellers, masts and sails
Speed: 15 knots
Complement: 120
Armament:
one rifled 32-pdr. forward
one rifled 100-pdr. amidships
one heavy Parrott aft
--Old B-Runner
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