CSS Robert E. Lee
CSS Robert E. Lee, 1862 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Giraffe |
| Owner | J. & G. Burns Line |
| Builder | J&G Thomson's Clyde Bank Iron Shipyard, Govan, Glasgow |
| Launched | 16 May 1860 |
| Confederate States | |
| Name | Robert E. Lee |
| Operator | Confederate States Navy |
| Commissioned | 1862 |
| Fate | Captured by U.S. Navy, 9 November 1863 |
| United States | |
| Name | Fort Donelson |
| Operator | Union Navy |
| Acquired | 9 November 1863 |
| Commissioned | 29 June 1864 |
| Decommissioned | 17 August 1865 |
| Fate | Sold October 1865 and renamed Isabella |
| Chile | |
| Name | Concepción |
| Acquired | 1866 |
| Commissioned | 1866 |
| Decommissioned | 1868 |
| Fate | Sold 1 May 1868 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 900 tons |
| Length | 283 ft (86 m) |
| Beam | 20 ft (6.1 m) |
| Draft | 10 ft (3.0 m) |
| Propulsion | Steam engine |
| Speed | 13.5 knots (25.0 km/h) |
| Armament |
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CSS Robert E. Lee was a fast paddle-steamer, originally built as a Glasgow-Belfast packet boat named Giraffe, which was bought as a blockade runner for the Confederate States during the American Civil War, then subsequently served in the United States Navy as USS Fort Donelson and in the Chilean Navy as Concepción.