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Raleigh

CSS Raleigh

Scuttled

Confederate States Navy

TypeGunboat
WarAmerican Civil War
Main guns1 to 4 guns

Small screw gunboat and tender to Virginia at Hampton Roads. Destroyed by the Confederates when they abandoned Richmond in April 1865.

From Harper's Weekly, Oct.19, 1861. Shows Fanny attacked by Raleigh, Curlew, and Youngalaska. Photo: Unknown, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 1 to 4 guns
CommissionedMay 1861
Displacement65 tons

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Commissioned

May 1861

Battle of Hampton Roads
Survived

8–9 March 1862

Lt. Joseph W. Alexander; tender to Virginia

Fate

Scuttled

Destroyed to prevent capture 4 April 1865