CSS Shenandoah

[RollAlabamaRoll]

Yes, if you are ever visiting Victoria I would recommend staying at Craig's Royal Hotel in Ballarat. This is where the officers of the Shenandoah were celebrated with a grand ball and were also given a tour of the local gold mines. The hotel has a majestic painting of the Shenandoah and a plaque to honor the visit. You can stay in the same rooms that Captain Waddell and the officers used.

Are there any images of this painting online? I've tried finding images of the ballroom where the dance was hosted but I can't find anything that matches the newspaper drawing.

 

[Saruman]

Are there any images of this painting online? I've tried finding images of the ballroom where the dance was hosted but I can't find anything that matches the newspaper drawing.

Here are some photos I took last year.

The painting:

The ballroom:

One the bedrooms in which the officers stayed:

 

[USS ALASKA]

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08 Oct 1864

Great Britain. The sailing screw-steamer Sea King left London, bound for Madeira, under merchant marine Captain G H Corbett. The ship had been acquired by clandestine Confederate agents and was due to be fitted out as a commerce raider. The ship carried a number of Confederate officers, including Lieutenant William C Whittle CSN. The Laurel put out to sea later the same day carrying Lieutenant James I Waddell CSN, who would rendezvous to take command of Sea King and commission her as CSS Shenandoah. The Laurel also carried the armaments and supplies to sustain CSS Shenandoah for a long voyage as a Confederate raider. This subterfuge evaded the watchful British authorities that were obliged by international law to prevent the purchase of warships by the Confederacy. The two ships rendezvoused at Funchal, Madeira,

1864 October 8th

October 8 1864 Saturday Siege of Petersburg Sheridan’s Shenandoah Valley Campaign Hood’s Operations in Northern Georgia Price’s Missouri Raid Go to October 9 1864 Great Britain. The sailing s…

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A Nineteenth Century photographic reproduction of an artwork, depicting CSS Shenandoah under sail. Original artwork is at The U.S. Naval Academy Museum, Annapolis, Maryland. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 42280

https://www.navsource.net/archives/09/86/098654805.jpg

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Anniversary Bump

08 Oct 1864

Great Britain. The sailing screw-steamer Sea King left London, bound for Madeira, under merchant marine Captain G H Corbett. The ship had been acquired by clandestine Confederate agents and was due to be fitted out as a commerce raider. The ship carried a number of Confederate officers, including Lieutenant William C Whittle CSN. The Laurel put out to sea later the same day carrying Lieutenant James I Waddell CSN, who would rendezvous to take command of Sea King and commission her as CSS Shenandoah. The Laurel also carried the armaments and supplies to sustain CSS Shenandoah for a long voyage as a Confederate raider. This subterfuge evaded the watchful British authorities that were obliged by international law to prevent the purchase of warships by the Confederacy. The two ships rendezvoused at Funchal, Madeira,

1864 October 8th

October 8 1864 Saturday Siege of Petersburg Sheridan’s Shenandoah Valley Campaign Hood’s Operations in Northern Georgia Price’s Missouri Raid Go to October 9 1864 Great Britain. The sailing s…

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A starboard broadside view of the feared Confederate raider CSS Shenandoah at anchor, date and location unknown. US Naval History and Heritage Command, Catalog # NH 59823

https://www.navsource.net/archives/09/86/098654813.jpg

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Good one!

 

[R. Porter]

Is that a flag with stripes hanging at the stern?

 

[USS ALASKA]

Is that a flag with stripes hanging at the stern?

Perhaps. After she surrendered to the British on 6 November 1865, might they have raised a flag that looks like that when hanging slack? After the British handed Shenandoah to the USG, did they raise a national flag?

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[rebelatsea]

Anniversary Bump

08 Oct 1864

Great Britain. The sailing screw-steamer Sea King left London, bound for Madeira, under merchant marine Captain G H Corbett. The ship had been acquired by clandestine Confederate agents and was due to be fitted out as a commerce raider. The ship carried a number of Confederate officers, including Lieutenant William C Whittle CSN. The Laurel put out to sea later the same day carrying Lieutenant James I Waddell CSN, who would rendezvous to take command of Sea King and commission her as CSS Shenandoah. The Laurel also carried the armaments and supplies to sustain CSS Shenandoah for a long voyage as a Confederate raider. This subterfuge evaded the watchful British authorities that were obliged by international law to prevent the purchase of warships by the Confederacy. The two ships rendezvoused at Funchal, Madeira,

1864 October 8th

October 8 1864 Saturday Siege of Petersburg Sheridan’s Shenandoah Valley Campaign Hood’s Operations in Northern Georgia Price’s Missouri Raid Go to October 9 1864 Great Britain. The sailing s…

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View attachment 563532
A starboard broadside view of the feared Confederate raider CSS Shenandoah at anchor, date and location unknown. US Naval History and Heritage Command, Catalog # NH 59823

https://www.navsource.net/archives/09/86/098654813.jpg

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That's not shenandoah, that's a Union sloop. I don't have "Silverstone at hand to ID it at the moment.

 

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That's not shenandoah, that's a Union sloop. I don't have "Silverstone at hand to ID it at the moment.

Fixed.

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11 Oct 1865

Atlantic Ocean. Captain James Ireson Waddell and the former commerce raider CSS Shenandoah crossed the Equator en route to Great Britain.

1865 October

October 1865 Go to November 1865 October 1 1865 Sunday USA: The District of West North Carolina was discontinued. October 2 1865 Monday Georgia. Under the policy of Presidential Reconstruction, the…

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[G Low]

@USS ALASKA , I remember reading about a tradition sailor's had when crossing the equator. They went from pollywogs to shellbacks. Do you happen to know what this would look like in the 1860's?

 

[G Low]

Not my area of interest, admittedly, but I seem to remember that the crew of the Shenandoah had practically not Americans other than the officers, and was composed mainly of British subjects. Is that right? If so, perhaps that was another consideration in ending their service in Britain.

I know when they came back to port in England they all claimed to be Southerners so they wouldn't be turned over to the Americans and hung for treason.

 

[USS ALASKA]

@USS ALASKA , I remember reading about a tradition sailor's had when crossing the equator. They went from pollywogs to shellbacks. Do you happen to know what this would look like in the 1860's?

No sir.

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[G Low]

No sir.

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How about nowadays?

 

[USS ALASKA]

How about nowadays?

No sir.

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October 18 1864

Madeira. The sailing screw-steamer Sea King made rendezvous with a tender carrying guns, ammunition, and Lieutenant James Ireson Waddell. Waddell took command of the Sea King and renamed it CSS Shenandoah. He began to mount the guns and prepare the ship for war as a commerce raider.

1864 October 18th

October 18 1864 Tuesday Siege of Petersburg Sheridan’s Shenandoah Valley Campaign Hood’s Operations in Northern Alabama Price’s Missouri Raid Go to October 19 1864 Madeira. The sailing screw-…

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Commander James Iredell Waddell (1824-1886), CSN; photographed in Confederate Navy uniform. between circa 1864 and circa 1865 Online Library of Selected Images, Naval Historical Center, Department of the Navy. Photo #: NH 66710

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f9/JamesIredellWaddellCSA.jpg

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[wausaubob]

The problem is that the entire New Bedford whaling fleet could wiped out, and it would have had no effect on the war. The owners probably took the losses. I doubt the old whaling ships were insurable at a reasonable premium by 1864. It was a revenge mission.

 

[USS ALASKA]

20 Oct 1864

Madeira. The sailing screw-steamer CSS Shenandoah left Madeira after being refitted as a Confederate commerce raider. Lieutenant James Ireson Waddell set out first for the coast of Brazil and then commenced a voyage around the Cape of Good Hope to capture and destroy Union shipping in the Indian Ocean and the Far East. The cruise of the CSS Shenandoah ended over a year later in the northern Pacific Ocean, long after the end of hostilities.

1864 October 20th

October 20 1864 Thursday Siege of Petersburg Sheridan’s Shenandoah Valley Campaign Hood’s Operations in Northern Alabama Price’s Missouri Raid Go to October 21 1864 Madeira. The sailing screw…

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USS ALASKA

 

[G Low]

20 Oct 1864

Madeira. The sailing screw-steamer CSS Shenandoah left Madeira after being refitted as a Confederate commerce raider. Lieutenant James Ireson Waddell set out first for the coast of Brazil and then commenced a voyage around the Cape of Good Hope to capture and destroy Union shipping in the Indian Ocean and the Far East. The cruise of the CSS Shenandoah ended over a year later in the northern Pacific Ocean, long after the end of hostilities.

1864 October 20th

October 20 1864 Thursday Siege of Petersburg Sheridan’s Shenandoah Valley Campaign Hood’s Operations in Northern Alabama Price’s Missouri Raid Go to October 21 1864 Madeira. The sailing screw…

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Last Flag Down. Great book…

 

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30 Oct 1864

Azores. CSS Shenandoah, Lieutenant James I Waddell, captured and scuttled the bark Alina south of the Azores and due west of Dakar. Alina was on her maiden voyage and was CSS Shenandoah's first prize.

1864 October 30th

October 30 1864 Sunday Johnsonville, TN Siege of Petersburg Sheridan’s Shenandoah Valley Campaign Hood’s Operations in Northern Alabama Price’s Missouri Raid Go to October 31 1864 Azores. CSS…

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05 Nov 1864

Cape Verde Islands. CSS Shenandoah, Lieutenant James Iredell Waddell, captured and burned the schooner Charter Oak off the Cape Verde Islands, after removing her passengers and a quantity of fruit, vegetables, and other provisions.

1864 November 5th

November 5 1864 Saturday Battle of Johnsonville, TN (CWSAC Major Battle – Confederate Victory) Siege of Petersburg Hood’s Operations in Northern Alabama Go to November 6 1864 Cape Verde Islands. CS…

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