Namesake: Novel The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman

Launched: 1864

Acquired: 1864

Captured: 15 May 1864, by Union Navy forces

Commissioned: 12 August 1864

12 June 1865: Name changed to Boxer

Decommissioned: 21 June 1868

Out of service: 1 September 1868

Fate: Sold, 1 September 1868

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Characteristics

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Displacement: 444 tons

Length: 222 ft.

Beam: 23 ft. 6 in.

Draft: 6 ft. 4 in.

Propulsion: steam engine

side wheel-propelled

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