Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Merrimac” in article 20 of The Daily Dispatch: March 18, 1862., [Electronic resource]:
...lf ports, an iron-plated ship, of about 250 feet in length and 50 feet beam, which will be supplied with a number of engines and boilers; and when she ready it is supposed she will be quite equal to Merrimac No. 1.
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