Title: Texas, the Confederate Ironclad from 'Sahara'
worthos - April 7, 2005 04:14 PM (GMT)
Hello from Portugal.
Regarding the Confederate ironclad 'Texas' mentioned in Cussler's 'Sahara', did this vessel actually exist in real life??
If so, any links would be very much appreciated.
Thanks for your time, Annabel :-)
Kellym - April 7, 2005 04:23 PM (GMT)
Welcome to the forum, Annabel w:
This site might be of some use to you
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CSS_Texas oswalder - April 7, 2005 04:55 PM (GMT)
Thanks for the link, Kelly! Awesome blueprint of the ship, I had no idea it would jut out like that at the waterline. th:
worthos - April 7, 2005 10:03 PM (GMT)
Thanks very much for the welcome and the link! :)
Annabel.
Giordino13 - April 8, 2005 12:12 AM (GMT)
hiramyaegar - April 10, 2005 11:46 PM (GMT)
Nice info. I don't think I ever knew that it was a real ironclad. Gotta love Wikipedia!
This site has a few more schematics.
Kellym - April 11, 2005 12:47 AM (GMT)
That's actually the first site I found but somehow forgot to post the link :unsure:
Cheers Hiram th: