New ACW Ship

**archangel1** · #1 03-13-2008, 10:31 PM

Our Swedish friend has a new ship up on his blog - the Paddle Steam Ferry 'Commodore Perry'. Another nice addition to his growing line of ACW naval combatants. Well done and greatly appreciated (by me, at least

).

http://www.myspace.com/mmpapermodels

Cheers,
Mike

Zathros · #2 03-14-2008, 05:22 AM

Excellent find!!

**cjwalas** · #3 03-14-2008, 08:02 AM

Another great one! Somehow, the image of a ferry with a spar torpedo seems a little silly, though. I mean, what ship couldn't outrun the ferry!?!
Thanks for posting this!
Chris

**Royaloakmin** · #4 03-14-2008, 01:04 PM

I know the spar torpedo sounds silly, but consider that 1) as a ferry she was very maneuverable, and 2) she was part of the James River Squadron. the torpedo would have given her a chance in the narrow parts of the river if the CSS ironclads at Richmond ever decided to come out.

Zathros · #5 03-14-2008, 03:19 PM

I looked this ship up on Google and found some really nice pictures. The railings in the rear were removable, I imagine to facilitate shooting the canons. The spar torpedoes would have served also as a deterrent if she was blockading a river. She has a very intense history. and saw many battles. A great ship indeed.