Cruiser CSS Florida

Artwork depicting the Confederate States Cruiser CSS Florida at Sea.

 

Name:CSS Florida

Launched:1862

Commissioned:August 17, 1862

Decommissioned:October 7, 1864

Fate:Captured by United States; sunk in a "mysterious" collision November 28, 1864

 

Length:191 ft (58 m)

Beam:27 ft 2 in (8.28 m)

Draft:13 ft (4.0 m)

Propulsion:Sails and steam engine

Speed:9.5 knots (18 km/h) under steam, 12 knots (22 km/h) under sail

Complement:146 officers and men

Armament:6 x 6 in (152 mm) rifled cannons, 2 x 7 in (178 mm) rifled cannons, 1 x 12 pounder (5 kg) cannon

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