Namesake: Aries (constellation)

Builder: James Laing's Deptford yard, Sunderland, England

Laid down: 1861

Launched: 1862

Captured: by Union forces, 28 March 1863

Acquired: 20 May 1863

Commissioned: 25 July 1863 at Boston Navy Yard

Decommissioned: 14 June 1865 at Boston Navy Yard

Fate: Sold, 1 August 1865 and scrapped in 1908

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Characteristics

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Displacement: 820 tons

Length: 201 ft.

Beam: 27. ft. 9 in.

Draft: 15 ft. 8 in. 

Propulsion: Steam engine

Screw-propelled

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