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  2. List of ships of the Confederate States Navy - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of ships of the Confederate States Navy (CSN), used by the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War between 1861 and 1865. Included are some types of civilian vessels, such as blockade runners , steamboats , and privateers which contributed to the war efforts by the CSN.

  3. Clone Wars - Wikipedia

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    Within the Star Wars narrative, the Clone Wars involve a three-year war fought to prevent thousands of planetary systems from seceding from the Galactic Republic and joining the Confederacy of Independent Systems (CIS), colloqially referred to as the Separatists or Separatist Alliance.

  4. Category:Ships of the Confederate States Navy - Wikipedia

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    This category is for ships of the Confederate States Navy, as well as blockade runners, privateers, and other ships strongly associated with the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War.

  5. Confederate States Navy - Wikipedia

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    The three major tasks of the Confederate States Navy during its existence were the protection of Confederate harbors and coastlines from outside invasion, making the war costly for the United States by attacking its merchant ships worldwide, and running the U.S. blockade by drawing off Union ships in pursuit of Confederate commerce raiders and ...

  6. List of Star Wars spacecraft - Wikipedia

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    In Revenge of the Sith, the Confederacy of Independent Systems (Separatists) used the Providence-class carrier/destroyer as their frontline capital ship at the Battle of Coruscant. A modified variant, the Invisible Hand , serves as the command ship for Count Dooku and General Grievous .

  7. Trent Affair - Wikipedia

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    An independent Confederacy would restrict the industrial and maritime ambitions of the United States and lead to a mutually beneficial commercial alliance between Great Britain, France, and the Confederate States. A balance of power would be restored in the Western Hemisphere as the United States' territorial ambitions would be restricted.

  8. CSS Shenandoah - Wikipedia

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    The ship was to be converted into an armed cruiser with a mission to capture and destroy Union merchant ships. [citation needed] Liverpool was the unofficial home port of the Confederate overseas fleet, and Confederate Commander James Dunwoody Bulloch was based in the city. The city provided ships, crews, munitions, and provisions of war. [5]

  9. List of fictional spacecraft - Wikipedia

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    For other ships from Star Wars, Star Trek, Robotech, ... Confederacy of Independent Systems. Droid starfighter (Vulture droid) [126] Geonosian starfighter [127]