An old engraving of the sinking of the CSS Alabama, in June 1864 by the USS Kearsarge at the Battle of Cherbourg outside the port of Cherbourg, France, during the American Civil War. It is from an American history book of 1895. The Alabama was a screw sloop-of-war built in 1862 for the Confederate States Navy. It was built in Birkenhead, England by John Laird Sons and Company as ‘ship number 0290’. She was launched as ‘Enrica’ and secretly slipped away on 29 July 1862. Alabama served as a successful commerce raider, attacking Union shipping in her two-year career until she was sunk.

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An old engraving of the sinking of the CSS Alabama, in June 1864 by the USS Kearsarge at the Battle of Cherbourg outside the port of Cherbourg, France, during the American Civil War. It is from an American history book of 1895. The Alabama was a screw sloop-of-war built in 1862 for the Confederate States Navy. It was built in Birkenhead on the River Mersey, England by John Laird Sons and Company. Initially known only by her shipyard number ‘ship number 0290’, she was launched as ‘Enrica’ and secretly slipped out of Birkenhead on 29 July 1862. Alabama served as a successful commerce raider, attacking Union merchant and naval ships over the course of her two-year career until she was sunk.

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Size: 3543px × 2953px
Location: Cherbourg, France
Photo credit: © M&N / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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