Navy of the Confederate States

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Navy_of_the_Confederate_States

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:military
gptkbp:activeYears	1861–1865
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Confederate_States_Navy
gptkbp:conflict	gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkbp:country	gptkb:Confederate_States_of_America
gptkbp:disbanded	1865
gptkbp:fate	dissolved after Confederate defeat
gptkbp:fleetSize	about 130 ships at peak
gptkbp:founded	1861
gptkbp:headquarters	gptkb:Richmond,_Virginia
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Navy of the Confederate States
gptkbp:notableCommander	gptkb:Raphael_Semmes gptkb:Franklin_Buchanan
gptkbp:notableEngagement	gptkb:Battle_of_Galveston gptkb:Battle_of_New_Orleans gptkb:Battle_of_Hampton_Roads gptkb:Battle_of_Cherbourg gptkb:Battle_of_Mobile_Bay gptkb:Battle_of_the_Trent_Affair
gptkbp:notableEvent	first successful combat submarine attack (CSS Hunley)
gptkbp:notableFigure	gptkb:Matthew_Fontaine_Maury gptkb:George_N._Hollins gptkb:James_Iredell_Waddell gptkb:John_Newland_Maffitt
gptkbp:notableInvention	naval mines submarine warfare ironclad warships torpedo boats
gptkbp:notableShip	gptkb:CSS_Tennessee gptkb:marine gptkb:ship gptkb:CSS_Virginia gptkb:CSS_Arkansas gptkb:CSS_Florida gptkb:CSS_Alabama gptkb:CSS_Hunley gptkb:CSS_Shenandoah commerce raider
gptkbp:opposedBy	gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:parentOrganization	gptkb:Confederate_States_Department_of_the_Navy
gptkbp:primeMinister	gptkb:Stephen_R._Mallory
gptkbp:relatedOrganization	gptkb:Confederate_States_Army gptkb:United_States_Navy gptkb:Confederate_States_Marine_Corps
gptkbp:role	naval warfare blockade running riverine operations commerce raiding
gptkbp:symbol	gptkb:naval_jack_of_the_Confederate_States
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Confederate_Navy
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5