CSS Albemarle

A drawing of Albemarle
History
Confederate States
NameAlbemarle
NamesakeAlbemarle Sound
Ordered16 April 1862
Laid downJanuary 1863
Commissioned17 April 1864
Fate27 October 1864 sunk by spar torpedo, captured, raised, and sold
General characteristics
Displacement376 tons
Length158 ft (48 m)
Beam35.4 ft (10.8 m)
Draught9 ft (2.7 m)
PropulsionSteam
Speed4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph)
Range120 miles, 193 km
Complement150 officers and men
Armamenttwo 6.4 Brooke double-banded rifles

CSS Albemarle was a steam-powered casemate ironclad ram of the Confederate Navy (and later the second Albemarle of the United States Navy), named for an estuary in North Carolina which was named for General George Monck, the first Duke of Albemarle and one of the original Carolina Lords Proprietor.