Author: Andrew R. English
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476643679
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
Built in Birkenhead, England, from 1862 to 1865, the "Laird rams" were two innovative armored warships intended for service with the Confederate Navy during the Civil War. The vessels represented a substantial threat to Union naval power, and offered the Confederacy a potential means to break the Union blockade of the Southern coastline. During 1863, the critical year of the Confederacy's last hope of recognition by the British and French, President Lincoln threatened war with Britain if the ships ever sailed under Confederate colors. Built in some secrecy, then launched on the River Mersey under intense international scrutiny, the ships were first seized, and then purchased by Britain to avoid a war with the United States. These armored warships were largely forgotten after the Admiralty acquired them. Historians rarely mention these sister warships--if referred at all, they are given short shrift. This book provides the first complete history of these once famous ironclads that never fired a shot in anger yet served at distant stations as defenders of the British Empire.
The Laird Rams
Author: Andrew R. English
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476682763
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
Built in Birkenhead, England, from 1862 to 1865, the "Laird rams" were two innovative armored warships intended for service with the Confederate Navy during the Civil War. The vessels represented a substantial threat to Union naval power, and offered the Confederacy a potential means to break the Union blockade of the Southern coastline. During 1863, the critical year of the Confederacy's last hope of recognition by the British and French, President Lincoln threatened war with Britain if the ships ever sailed under Confederate colors. Built in some secrecy, then launched on the River Mersey under intense international scrutiny, the ships were first seized, and then purchased by Britain to avoid a war with the United States. These armored warships were largely forgotten after the Admiralty acquired them. Historians rarely mention these sister warships--if referred at all, they are given short shrift. This book provides the first complete history of these once famous ironclads that never fired a shot in anger yet served at distant stations as defenders of the British Empire.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476682763
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
Built in Birkenhead, England, from 1862 to 1865, the "Laird rams" were two innovative armored warships intended for service with the Confederate Navy during the Civil War. The vessels represented a substantial threat to Union naval power, and offered the Confederacy a potential means to break the Union blockade of the Southern coastline. During 1863, the critical year of the Confederacy's last hope of recognition by the British and French, President Lincoln threatened war with Britain if the ships ever sailed under Confederate colors. Built in some secrecy, then launched on the River Mersey under intense international scrutiny, the ships were first seized, and then purchased by Britain to avoid a war with the United States. These armored warships were largely forgotten after the Admiralty acquired them. Historians rarely mention these sister warships--if referred at all, they are given short shrift. This book provides the first complete history of these once famous ironclads that never fired a shot in anger yet served at distant stations as defenders of the British Empire.
The Laird Rams
Author: Charles Francis Adams
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Category : Confederate States of America
Languages : en
Pages : 21
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Category : Confederate States of America
Languages : en
Pages : 21
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The Seizure of the Laird Rams
Author: Brooks Adams
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 91
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 91
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Charies Francis Adams and the Laird Rams
Author: William F. Rooney
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Languages : en
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Charles Francis Adams and the Laird Rams
Author: William F. Rooney
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Languages : en
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The Laird Rams
Author: Andrew Ramsey English
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Languages : en
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Languages : en
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British Neutrality and the Laird Rams, 1862-1864
Author: Miyozo Kusunoki
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Languages : en
Pages : 272
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Languages : en
Pages : 272
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Great Britain and the Confederate Navy, 1861-1865
Author: Frank J. Merli
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253217356
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
A tale of intrigue about the attempts of the Confederacy to build a navy in Britain.
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253217356
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
A tale of intrigue about the attempts of the Confederacy to build a navy in Britain.
British Ships in the Confederate Navy
Author: Joseph McKenna
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786458275
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 293
Book Description
During the American Civil War, British-crewed warships harassed Union merchantmen, sinking a total value of more than $15,000,000 in ships and cargo. Considered pirates by the federal government, these ships and crew were at the center of a largely unknown but fascinating struggle between Commander James Dunwoody of the Confederate Navy, U.S. Ambassador Charles Francis Adams, and Consul Thomas H. Dudley. This history of British assistance to the Confederate Navy covers that story in full and provides a close look at the British seamen who manned warships and blockade runners.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786458275
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 293
Book Description
During the American Civil War, British-crewed warships harassed Union merchantmen, sinking a total value of more than $15,000,000 in ships and cargo. Considered pirates by the federal government, these ships and crew were at the center of a largely unknown but fascinating struggle between Commander James Dunwoody of the Confederate Navy, U.S. Ambassador Charles Francis Adams, and Consul Thomas H. Dudley. This history of British assistance to the Confederate Navy covers that story in full and provides a close look at the British seamen who manned warships and blockade runners.
The Confederate Rams at Birkenhead
Author: Wilbur Devereux Jones
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Category : Confederate States of America
Languages : en
Pages : 132
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Publisher:
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Category : Confederate States of America
Languages : en
Pages : 132
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