The Alabama- 45
& 47 Tavistock Street / Anglesea Street toxteth.net > places > pubs > the
alabama
1920s
In the shot Anglesea Street is right,
Tavistock
Street is left.
Named after CSS Alabama. This
Confederate ship with mainly Liverpool
crew was
built at Lairds and was the most successful 'commerce raider of any nation in
history, with 65 vessels sunk. It was itself sunk off Cherbourg by USS Kearsarge.
Records and History courtesy of Liverpool Record Office, Liverpool Libraries. Visit Liverpool Libraries online catalogues at http://archive.liverpool.gov.uk Thanks
to John Burns for the ship history.
