Photo #: NH 58789
"The Confederate Ram 'El Tousson', Constructed by Laird"
Line engraving published in "The Soldier in Our Civil War",
Vol. II, page 68. It depicts one of the two turret ironclads
laid down in 1862 by Laird Brothers for the Confederate States.
"El Tousson" was a cover name for the ship intended
to become CSS North Carolina. Nominally under construction
for Egypt, her true ownership became known and she was seized
by the British government in 1863, purchased for the Royal Navy
in 1864 and completed in October 1865 as HMS Scorpion.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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