Eastport: Acquired by Confederate Army 31 Oct 61. Conversion begun 24 Dec 61 at Cerro Gordo TN below Pittsburg Landing. Captured while incomplete 8 Feb 62. Completed by Union and served in Union navy; see USS Eastport.
Foreign-Built:
North Carolina Class
Turret ships
Dimensions: length 224'6", beam 42'6", draft 16'3"
Displacement: 2,750 tons
Speed: 10 knots
Crew: 153
Armor: 10" turrets, 3" to 4" sides
Armament: Four 9" rifles
Authorized: Jun 62
North Carolina Class: The "Laird Rams," twin-turreted oceangoing ironclads from the same shipyard that produced the famous Confederate raider Alabama. Built at Birkenhead, England near Liverpool.
- North Carolina [Images]: Number 294; built under code name 'El Tousson.' Launched 9 Jul 63. Seized by British government 9 Oct 63, purchased Feb 64.
- Mississippi [Images]: Number 295; built under code name 'El Monassir.' Launched 29 Aug 63. Seized by British government 9 Oct 63, purchased Feb 64.
Stonewall
Casemate ram
Dimensions: length 186'9", beam 32'6", draft 14'3"
Displacement: 1,390 tons
Speed: 10-11 knots
Crew: 135
Armor: 4" (nonrotating) 'turret', 5+" forward casemate, 4+" sides, 3+" ends
Armament: One 11" rifle, two 68# or 70# rifles.
Authorized: 16 Jul 63
Stonewall [Images]: Built by Arman at Bordeaux, France. Launched 21 Jun 64 but sold to Denmark. Through a lot of diplomatic maneuvering, she was actually commissioned under the Confederate flag in Jan 65, but did not reach the Confederacy before the end of the war. She was surrendered to Spanish authorities at Havana, Cuba, and turned over to the United States, which sold her to Japan where she became first the Kotetsu and then Adzuma. Commander: Capt. Thomas J. Page (64-May 65).
Unnamed (France): Similar to Stonewall; sold to Prussia and became the Prinz Adalbert. Sometimes known as "Cheops," her code name during construction. Embargoed by French government Feb 64. Sold to Prussia, renamed Prinz Adalbert 29 Oct 65, rearmed and refitted 1866. Broken up 1878.
Unnamed
Ironclad frigate
Dimensions: length 270'8", beam 49'6", draft 18'4"
Displacement: 4,770 tons
Speed: 8 ½ knots
Crew: 520
Armor: 4+" sides, 3+" ends
Armament: Twelve 8" and twelve 6" rifles
Authorized: 21 May 62
Unnamed (Scotland): Built by Thomson at Glasgow, Scotland. Launched 24 Feb 64. Sometimes known as "Santa Maria," "Frigate No. 61," "North's Ironclad," and "The Scottish Sea Monster." She was a large conventional ironclad, but poorly-built, and not well adapted to the Confederacy's needs. Her sale to the Confederacy was blocked by the British government, and she was sold to Denmark, becoming the Danmark.
Unknowns and Uncertainties:
CSS Arctic: Occasionally identified as an ironclad, but was a floating battery.
CSS "Ashley": Name suggested for what became CSS Charleston.
CSS Barataria: Sometimes spelled Barrataria. Partially armored, along the lines of a Union "tinclad." Captured by Union forces and used as a transport.
CSS "Brandywine": Mistaken name in Union reports for CSS Richmond.
CSS "Caddo": Name originally suggested for CSS Missouri.
CSS "Chickahominy": Mistaken name in Union reports for CSS Fredericksburg.
"CSS Columbus": A monitor-type vessel, intended for construction at Columbus GA, but materials never collected for construction. Planned to be 175' long, 45' beam, 9' depth of hold, carrying two 11" Brooke smoothbores in a wooden turret with 12" of iron plating.
CSS "Courier": Mistaken name in Union reports for CSS Chicora.
CSS J.A.Cotton: Partially armored, along the lines of a Federal "tinclad." Some confusion exists because of a later, unarmored vessel of the same name.
"CSS Phoenix": Built at Mobile AL, never finished. Sunk across main ship channel approaching Mobile in August 1864, later burned. Some sources identify her as a ram, but official records designate her a floating battery. Recent dives sponsored by Florida State University suggest she was a sister ship of the CSS Nashville, never completed. It is not clear at present how many vessels were of the Nashville type.
CSS Pontchartrain (ex-Lizzie Simmons): Occasionally listed as an ironclad, but was an unarmored ram.
CSS Republic: A ram destoyed at Yazoo City MS along with several other craft. Sources conflict as to whether she was intended for conversion to an ironclad.
"Dismal Swamp Ironclads": Several vessels (from four to eight?) laid down in 1862 in the tidewater region of Virginia between Norfolk and Elizabeth City NC, bearing some resemblance to the Albemarle and her sisters. None were completed.
Unnamed: Some sources indicate that a Confederate ironclad was intended to be constructed at Pensacola, but nothing else is known.
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