What the records say
- When
- 19 Jun 1864
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 49.75° N, 1.70° W
- Description
- 1864 naval battle of the American Civil War
- Naval
- yes
3 sources record it
- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “American Civil War: Battle of Cherbourg – Confederate States Navy CSS Alabama is sunk in a single-ship action with USS Kearsarge”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “bataille navale entre le corsaire sudiste CSS Alabama et le bateau nordiste USS Kearsarge au large de Cherbourg : le CSS Alabama est coulé”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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