History | |
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Confederate States | |
Name | Colonel Lovell |
Launched | 1843 |
Acquired | 1861 |
Commissioned | 1861 |
Fate | Rammed and sunk, 6 June 1862 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Side-wheel cotton-clad ram |
Tonnage | 521 long tons (529 t) |
Length | 162 ft (49 m) |
Beam | 30 ft 10 in (9.40 m) |
Draft | 11 ft (3.4 m) |
Propulsion | Steam engine, side paddle wheels |
CSS Colonel Lovell was a cotton-clad ram ship of the Confederate States Navy during the American Civil War