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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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