ABSTRACT
Alabama Name Builder Laid down Launched Comm.
Alabama Birkenhead, England (Laird)
1861 14 May 1862 24 Aug 1862
ex-Enrica
Tonnage 1,050 tons
Dimensions 220ʹ (oa) 211ʹ6ʺ (wl) × 31ʹ9ʺ × 14ʹ Machinery 1 screw, 2 horizontal direct-acting condensing engines (56ʺ ×
2ʹ3ʺ), 4 boilers, IHP 600 , 13 knots (Bldr) Complement 148
Armament 6-32pdr/55 SB, 1-110pdr MLR (7ʺ), 1-68pdr SB (8ʺ) Notes: Bark rigged sloop-of-war known as “Hull 290.” Ordered 1 Aug 1861 by Capt. James Bulloch. Made rendezvous with Agrippina and Bahama, and commissioned under Capt. Raphael Semmes at sea off the Azores. Took 60 prizes.
