Name the Confederate warship built at Birkenhead and sunk off Cherbourg.
CSS Alabama CSS Alabama CSS "Alabama" was a screw sloop-of-war built in 1862 for the Confederate States Navy at Birkenhead on the River Mersey opposite Liverpool, England by John Laird Sons and Company. "Alabama" served as a successful commerce raider, attacking Union merchant and naval ships over the course of her two-year career, during which she never docked at a Southern port. She was sunk in June 1864 by at the Battle of Cherbourg outside the port of Cherbourg, France. "Alabama" was built in secrecy in 1862 by British shipbuilders John Laird Sons and Company, in north west England at their shipyards
Battle of Cherbourg (1864) Battle of Cherbourg (1864) The Battle of Cherbourg, or sometimes the Battle off Cherbourg or the Sinking of CSS "Alabama", was a single-ship action fought during the American Civil War between a United States Navy warship, , and a Confederate States Navy warship, , on June 19, 1864, off Cherbourg, France. After five successful commerce raiding missions in the Atlantic Ocean, turned into Cherbourg Harbor on June 11, 1864. The Confederate States sloop-of-war was commanded by Captain Raphael Semmes, formerly of . It was Captain Semmes' intention to drydock his ship and receive repairs at the French port. The Confederate