Giraffe (1860) |
Later names |
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Robert E. Lee (1862) |
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USS Fort Donelson (1864) |
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Isabella (1865) |
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Concepción (1866) |
Builder: |
J & G Thompson Govan, Scotland |
Keel Laid: |
N/A |
Launched: |
May 16, 1860 |
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Year Built: |
1860 |
Completed: |
N/A |
Fate: |
Sold May 1, 1868, fate unknown. |
Owner |
G & J Burns Glasgow, Scotland |
1862: |
Alexander Collie & Co. Manchester, England |
1862: |
Confederate States of America |
Jan. 1864: |
US Navy |
Oct. 1865: |
Benjamin Vicuña Mackenna Valparaiso, Chile |
Aug. 1866: |
Chilean Navy |
Dimensions, machinery
and performance
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Length: |
283' |
Engines: |
N/A |
Beam: |
25' |
Hull: |
Iron |
Across wheels: |
N/A |
HP: |
N/A |
Wheel diameter |
N/A |
Speed: |
13.5 knots |
Draft: |
10' |
Funnels: |
2 |
Gross tons: |
677 900 (displacement) |
Masts: |
2 |
Crew: |
N/A |
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Passengers: |
N/A |
Captains
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From
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To
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Name
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1862 |
May 1863: |
Lt. John Wilkinson CSN |
May 1863 |
Nov. 9, 1863: |
Lt. Richard H. Gayle CSN |
June 29, 1864: |
Unknown: |
Lt. Thomas Pickering USNR |
Sept. 3, 1866: |
Unknonw: |
Cmdr.
José Galvarino Riveros Cárdenas |
History |
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1862: |
Bought by
Alexander Collie & Co. Manchester, England (Edward Pembroke, London)
and converted into a blockade runner for the Confederate States of America. |
Jan. 1863: |
First voyage as blockade runner. |
Nov. 9, 1863: |
Captured by USS James Adger off Beaufort, North Carolina. |
Jan. 1864: |
Bought by the US Navy at Boston for $73,000. |
Feb. 27, 1864: |
Renamed Fort Donelson |
June 29, 1864: |
Commissioned into US Navy as USS Fort Donelson. |
Aug. 1864 - Jan. 1865: |
Assigned to the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron. |
Jan. 1865: |
Bombarded and landed ammunition supplies at Fort Fisher, North Carolina. |
April 1865: |
Assigned to the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron. |
June 1865: |
Assigned to the West Gulf Squadron but was in poor condition and returned to Norfolk, Va. |
Aug. 17, 1865: |
Decommissioned. |
Oct. 1865: |
Sold to Benjamin Vicuña Mackenna, Valparaiso, Chile and renamed Isabella. |
Aug. 1866: |
Sold to Chile for $85,000 and renamed Concepción. |
Sept. 3, 1866: |
Commissioned into the Chilean Navy. |
May 1, 1868: |
Sold to unknown buyer, fate unknown. |
Notes |
As Robert E. Lee ran the US Navy blockade 21 times. |
Builder's Data |
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