QBK - CSS Charleston

CSS Charleston


Type: casemate armored ship
Class: Charleston


Stavba:
Shipyard: Charleston, SC
keel laying: fall 1862
Launching: December 1862
Entered service: spring 1864
Sunk: February 18, 1865 by own crew


Rozměry:
length: 61.0 m
width: 13.7 m
draught: 4.3 m
displacement: 1,070 tonnes


Pohon:
boilers: ?
propulsion: ?
speed: 5-6 knots
fuel: coal


Pancéřování:
casemate: 4˝


Výzbroj:
2x 9˝ smoothbore "Dahlgren" cannon
4x 32lb. rifled cannon (presumably a rebored 32lb. smoothbore or 6.4˝ Brooke rifled cannon)
rod torpedo


Posádka: 150


Charleston was nicknamed the "Ladies Gunboat" because the Charleston Ladies' Association contributed heavily to her construction. She was the strongest and best armored ship in the Charleston fleet, but her combat value was diminished by her weak and unreliable steam engine. There is some controversy over the dimensions, according to Osprey the dimensions of the ship were only 57.6 x 10.4 x 4.3 m.
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Stručná historie:
loď sloužila jako vlajková loď charlestonské flotily
18.2.1865: nejdříve podpálena a pak potopena v charlestonském přístavu


Velitelé:
Cdr. Isaac N. Brown
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