::::  American Civil War Vessels - CONFEDERATE
Virginia
Code - AC71
£1.75  
Qty
Description - C.S.S. VIRGINIA AC71 Most famous of the Confederate ironclads, Virginia was converted from the partly burned hull of the U.S. frigate “Merrimack” at Norfolk, Va. in 1861/62. Dimensions:- 275’ x 37½’ x 22’ Speed 7½ knots Armour Iron. Casemate 4” Armament 2 x 6.4” Brooke RML, 6 x 9” S.B., 2 x 12 pdr Howitzers. On 9.3.1862 she fought the U.S.S. Monitor, but was burnt by the Confederates when Norfolk was abandoned on 11.5.1862.