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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 67. Chapters: Amsterdam, White Ship, CSS Alabama, Maritime history of Worthing, HMS Amethyst, MSC Napoli, SMS Baden, HMS Affray, Preussen, HMS Hood, Amoco Cadiz, SS Mendi, Penlee lifeboat disaster, HMS Empress of India, SS Hilda, SS Mohegan, HMS Pique, SS Cap Tafelneh, HMS M2, SS Stella, HMS Victory, HMS Anson, HMS A1, HMS Havant, USCGC Tampa, HMS Scylla, French corvette Venus, SM U-151, MV Tricolor, HMS Sidon, HMS Eurydice, St Anthony, MS Athina B, HMS Assistance, SMS Grosser Kurfurst, San Salvador, HMS M1, LT Cortesia, HMS Invincible, HMS Safari, SM U-86, Ben Asdale, HMS Gladiator, SS Montrose, HMS Holland 5, RMS Medina, Ganges I, HMS A7, Innisfallen, MV Aeolian Sky, Kyarra, Alexander, HMS L24, SS Hastier, HMS A3, HMS C7, Swash Channel Wreck, Rooswijk, Hallowe'en, Northfleet, HMS Shannon, Elizabeth, Earl of Abergavenny, Royal Adelaide, Guttenburg, Glen Strathallen, MV Ice Prince, SS Varvassi, MV Pool Fisher. Excerpt: CSS Alabama was a screw sloop-of-war built for the Confederate States Navy at Birkenhead, United Kingdom, in 1862 by John Laird Sons and Company. Alabama served as a commerce raider, attacking Union merchant and naval ships over the course of her two-year career, during which she never laid anchor in a Southern port. She was sunk by the USS Kearsarge in 1864. Deck scene Cruiser Alabama in August, 1863 - Lts Armstrong and Sinclair at Sinclair's 32 pounder stationAlabama was built in secrecy in 1862 by British shipbuilders John Laird Sons and Company in North West England at their shipyards at Birkenhead, Cheshire. This was arranged by the Confederate agent James Dunwoody Bulloch, who was leading the procurement of sorely needed ships for the fledgling Confederate States Navy. He arranged the contract through Fraser, Trenholm Company, a cotton broker in Liverpool with ties to the Confederacy. Initially known as..
