This single-screw sloop of war commanded by Captain John Semmes  embarked on a 23-month, 75,000 mile voyage in August of 1862;  during that time, it never stopped at a port in its home country.  
This single-screw sloop of war commanded by Captain John Semmes  embarked on a 23-month, 75,000 mile voyage in August of 1862;  during that time, it never stopped at a port in its home country.  The cruise ended when it was sunk outside the port of Cherbourg,  France, in 1864 but by then it had burned 53 Union merchantmen and  captured nine more. FTP, what was this ship, built and outfitted  in Birkenhead, England, which gave its name to an Anglo-American  dispute following the Civil War?
This single-screw sloop of war commanded by Captain John Semmes  embarked on a 23-month, 75,000 mile voyage in August of 1862;  during that time, it never stopped at a port in its home country.  
The {Alabama}