CSS Atlanta & CSS Nashville models

[kevin klein]

 

[Mark F. Jenkins]

Oy. That really brings home how much larger some of the river craft were than ocean-going ships! "Boats" indeed...

 

[rebelatsea]

One word : Magic !

 

[rebelatsea]

Oy. That really brings home how much larger some of the river craft were than ocean-going ships! "Boats" indeed...

Well they were both intended to be estuarine and coastal vessels Mark.

 

[Mark F. Jenkins]

Well they were both intended to be estuarine and coastal vessels Mark.

Yes, but the Atlanta was converted from an actual ocean-going ship (the Fingal).

 

[rebelatsea]

I know she was Mark. Incidentally I read somewhere recently that the Haitians are said to have overloaded her with gold and munitions, which is why she sank. That was new to me, I thought she merely joined the endless list of the lost at sea, cause and location unknown.

 

[Mark F. Jenkins]

I know she was Mark. Incidentally I read somewhere recently that the Haitians are said to have overloaded her with gold and munitions, which is why she sank. That was new to me, I thought she merely joined the endless list of the lost at sea, cause and location unknown.

I know you know that. More directed to the larger group of people out there who, unfamiliar with the sizes of 19th-Century watercraft, think "small" when they see the word "boat." The actual dimensions of estuarial and riverine craft-- which frequently spread out to gain buoyancy because they couldn't extend down-- frequently comes as a surprise to them.

 

[Lubliner]

I know she was Mark. Incidentally I read somewhere recently that the Haitians are said to have overloaded her with gold and munitions, which is why she sank. That was new to me, I thought she merely joined the endless list of the lost at sea, cause and location unknown.

So there is hidden treasure still somewhere in the deep blue sea? Oh-oh.
Lubliner.

 

[kevin klein]

One word : Magic !

Thank you! I'll have to take my time travel camera and get some more pics.

 

[UCVRelics]

Very Nicely Done. I have always had a spot for the CSS Nashville as she was here in Demopolis for a time before going to Nanna Hubba Bluff where she was surrendered. I looked for a long time for a photo of her but the best I have ever come up with is this photo of her in New Orleans at the scarp yard.

 

[rebelatsea]

Wow, that's new to me, what a shame the photographer wasn't closer. Can't have everything though.

 

[Mark F. Jenkins]

New to me also! Nice find!

 

[Tut11]

Great stuff!! Keep them coming!!