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Friday 24 September 2021

Chinese harbours closed for Confederate raider CSS Alabama according to the Whalemen’s Shipping List dated Tuesday 14 June 1864

An item reported that the Chinese government ordered that the so-called pirate Alabama not was allowed to enter Chinese harbours. (1)

Note
1. The famous screw steam sloop CSS Alabama, laid down in 1862 at the shipyard of John Laird Sons&Company, launched on 29 July, commissioned on 24 August and finally decommissioned on 19 June 1864.