Saturday, May 2, 2015

CSS Cruiser "Shenandoah"

CSS Cruiser "Shenandoah"
General Characteristics:
> Extreme Clipper Hull;
> Displacement, 1160 tons;
> Length, 230 ft. (70 m);
> Beam, 32.5 ft. (9.9 m);
> Draft, 20 ft 6 in. (6.25 m);
> Installed Power, 200 HP A & J Inglis steam engine;
> Sail Plan, Full Rigged Ship;
> Propulsion, 14 ft. (4.3) bronze propellor;
> Speed -
    - 8 knots (15 kmh) under steam;
    - 16 knots (30 kmh) under sail;
> Complement, 109 Officers and Men;
> Armament - 
    - 4 x 8in. (203 mm) smooth bore cannons;
    - 2 x 12 Pdr. (5 Kg) rifled Whitworth cannons;
    - 2 x 32 Pdr. (15 Kg) cannons.




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