Beginning in late 1862, Confederate agents had arranged the covert construction in Britain of a powerful vessel they hoped would mirror the exploits of the Alabama. Given the cover name Pampero, she was constructed at the Thomson's Yards in Glasgow and launched on October 29, 1863. She would never serve the Confederacy, however, as she was seized by the British Government under the Neutrality Act. (By John Osborne)
Source Citation
Walter E. Wilson, Gary L. McKay, James D. Bulloch: Secret Agent and Mastermind of the Confederate Navy (Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., 2012), 145.
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