USS Gertrude
Gunboat of the United States Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
USS Gertrude was the British blockade-running steamship Gertrude captured by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was placed in service by the Navy as a gunboat and assigned to patrol the southern coast of the United States for ships attempting to run the Union blockade of Southern ports. She was later the American merchant ship Gussie Telfair until wrecked in 1880.
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United Kingdom | |
Name | Gertrude |
Owner | Thomas Begbie, London |
Builder | Barclay, Curle and Company, Glasgow |
Launched | 25 November 1862 |
In service | January 1863 |
Captured | 16 April 1863 |
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United States | |
Name | USS Gertrude |
Acquired | 4 June 1863 |
Commissioned | 22 July 1863 |
Decommissioned | 11 August 1865 |
Fate | Sold 30 November 1865 |
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United States | |
Name | Gussie Telfair |
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Acquired | 30 November 1865 |
Fate | Wrecked 25 September 1880 |
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Displacement | 350 tons |
Length | 156 ft (48 m) |
Beam | 21 ft (6.4 m) |
Depth of hold | 11 ft (3.4 m) |
Installed power | 100nhp |
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