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USS Britannia
Namesake: Britannia
Laid down: date unknown
Launched: 1862
Acquired: 29 September 1863
Commissioned: 16 September 1863
Decommissioned: 28 June 1865
Stricken: 1865 (est.)
Captured: by Union Navy Forces
25 June 1863
Fate: Sold, 10 August 1865
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Characteristics
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Displacement: 495 tons
Length: 189 ft.
Beam: 26 ft.
Draft: 9 ft.
Depth of hold: 11 ft.
Propulsion: Steam engine
side wheel-propelled
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Armament
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1 30-pounder Parrott rifle
12 12-pounder rifles
2 24-pounder howitzers
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Battles
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25 June 1863: Captured by the Santiago de Cuba
North Atlantic Blockading Squadron
Bogue Inlet, NC expedition
6 May 1864: Battled with CSS Raleigh
1st Battle of Fort Fisher
2nd Battle of Fort Fisher
East Gulf Blockade
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