The CSS Patrick Henry was a Confederate side-wheel wooden ship. During the Battle of Hampton Roads on 8 March 1862 in which CSS Virginia destroyed the Federal warships USS Cumberland and USS Congress, Patrick Henry attempted to take the latter’s surrender but was fired upon by shore batteries. During the historic 9 March 1862 action between CSS Virginia and USS Monitor, Patrick Henry fired long range at Monitor. The Confederate Congress later accorded special thanks to all officers and men for their gallant conduct during the two-day battle. CSS Patrick Henry was also present during some of CSS Virginia’s other actions. In a daring night operation on 5 May 1862, she helped remove Confederate property from the Norfolk Navy Yard before it was abandoned to the Federals.
This model of the CSS Patrick Henry is a 1/600 scale Confederate side-wheel wooden ship.
She had 1 × 10-inch smoothbore, 1 × 64-pounder, 6 × 8-inch guns, 2 × 32-pounder rifles.
She was 250’ long x 34’ in beam, displaced about 1300 long tons, had a maximum speed of about 7 kts and about 150 officers and men as crew.