The 1,200 ton raider Nashville, commanded by Lieutenant Robert B. Pegram, arrived in Southampton in November 1861 and entered dry-dock to repair storm damage. The powerful U.S.S. Tuscarora, under Commander T. Augustus Craven, arrived and moored less than a mile away. The Nashville completed her repairs and sailed on February 3, 1861. The Tuscarora could not follow, under international law, for 24 hours. (By John Osborne)
Source Citation
Warren F. Spencer, The Confederate Navy in Europe (Tuscaloosa, AL: University of Alabama Press, 1983), 30-31.
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US/the World
