For more information:
Association CSS Alabama, Siège social: Fondation Mona Bismarck, 34, avenue de New York, 75116 Paris, France. Tel. (33-1) 45 63 72 89, Fax: (33-1) 45 63 40 96, E-mail:alabama@worldnet.fr
Author’s biographical note:
While serving as Cultural Attaché at the U.S. Embassy in Paris, Christopher Henze (E-mail:chenze@csi.com) acted as liaison between the U.S. and French governments during negotiations on ownership of the wreck of the Alabama.
| CSS ALABAMA | |
| Length | 220 feet |
| Beam | 32 feet |
| Depth | 17 feet |
| Weight | 1050 tons |
| Armament | Six 6-inch, 32-pound guns in broadside |
| One 7-inch, rifled 100-pound "Blakely" pivot gun amidships | |
| One smoothbore, 8-inch, 68-pound pivot gun firing shot or shell amidships | |
| Propulsion | 3-masted sail and steam |
| Two 300-horsepower, horizontal twin
cylinder steam engines powered by two coal-burning furnaces driving twin-bladed retractable propeller |
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| Speed | Maximum 13 1/4 knots under combined sail and steam |
| Average 10 knots | |
| Cost | 47,500 pounds sterling ($250,000) |
| Crew | 120 men; 27 officers |
© C. Henze 1999
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