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CSS Shenandoah, formerly Sea King and later El Majidi, was an iron-framed, teak-planked, full-rigged sailing ship with auxiliary steam power chiefly known for her actions under Lieutenant Commander James Waddell as part of the Confederate States Navy during the American Civil War.
James Iredell Waddell (July 3, 1824 – March 15, 1886) was an officer in the United States Navy and later in the Confederate States Navy.. During the American Civil War, Waddell took command of the CSS Shenandoah, which he used to sail around the globe and launch raids against the U.S. Navy.
Top picture CSS Lady Davis May 18, 1861 CSS Teaser at the right CSS Governor Moore. CSS A. B. Seger, dispatch boat, run aground 1 November 1862; seized and placed in service by the Union; CSS Anglo-Norman, side-wheel steamer, burned or captured April 1862 [40] CSS Appomattox, tugboat, burned February 10, 1862; CSS Bartow, schooner
Having crossed the Indian Ocean, the CSS Shenandoah arrived in Australian waters on 17 January 1865. Off the coast of South Australia at 39°32′14″S 122°16′52″E / 39.53722°S 122.28111°E / -39.53722; 122.28111 , her crew spotted an American-made sailing ship named the Nimrod and boarded
The CSS Shenandoah was commissioned as a commerce raider by the Confederacy to interfere with Union shipping and hinder their efforts in the American Civil War. A Scottish-built merchant ship originally called the Sea King , it was secretly purchased by Confederate agents in September 1864.
The last Confederate surrender took place in Liverpool, United Kingdom on November 6, 1865, aboard the commerce raider CSS Shenandoah when her flag (battle ensign) was lowered for the final time. This surrender brought about the end of the Confederate navy. The Shenandoah had circumnavigated the globe, the only Confederate ship to do so.
American Civil War: The whaler, a 295-ton barque, was captured and burned in the Bering Strait by the merchant raider CSS Shenandoah ( Confederate States Navy). [48] [49] Hillman United States: American Civil War: The whaler, a barque, was captured and burned in the Bering Strait by the merchant raider CSS Shenandoah ( Confederate States Navy).
USNS Shenandoah (T-AO-181), an oiler laid down in 1964, renamed USNS Potomac (T-AO-181) CSS Shenandoah, an 1863 Confederate Navy screw steamer; Shenandoah, a 1964 topsail schooner operated by Black Dog Tall Ships; Shenandoah, a schooner built in New York in 1902