The Confederate raider Alabama had left Singapore Harbor early in the day and in the afternoon encountered the merchantman Texan Star in the Malacca Straights, bound for Singapore with a cargo of rice, between present-day Malaysia and Sumatra. Despite the freighter captain's attempts to claim British ownership, the crew were taken off, and the vessel burned to the waterline. (By John Osborne)
Source Citation
"The Alabama destroying the barque Texan Star," The Illustrated London News, April 2, 1864, p. 319.
Record Data
Date Certainty
Exact
Type
Battles/Soldiers
