CIVIL WAR TORPEDO

FIRST U.S. WARSHIP SUNK BY TORPEDO (MINE)
U.S.S. CAIRO IRONCLAD RIVER GUNBOAT, CITY CLASS, TORPEDOED AND SUNK DEC. 12, 1862
RAISED ON DEC. 12, 1962

The ship was 175 feet long, 51 feet wide, weight was 512 tons, draft 6 feet.
Guns.. 3- 4 pounder army rifle, 3- 64 pounder Navy smooth bore, 6- 32
pounder Navy smooth bore, 1- 30 pounder Parrott. Crew had 17 officers,
27 petty officers, 111 seamen, 3 landsmen, 12 firemen, and 4 coal heavers.
Powered by 2 steam engines with 5 boilers, fuel used was coal.

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CIVIL WAR TORPEDO (MINES)

Confederate, Percussion type           Confederate , Percussion type

Confederate, Percussion type               Confederate, Friction type

Confederate, Percussion         Confederate Percussion                Confederate Percussion, 
Fretwell-singer                                                                                   Swaying (Brooke)

All photos courtesy of The Naval Minewarfare Assn.