CSS Alabama's South Pacific Expeditionary Raid

CSS Alabama's South Pacific Expeditionary Raid commenced shortly after the Confederate States Navy ship CSS Alabama left the Karimata Strait between Borneo and Sumatra heading east into the south Pacific Ocean on the most easterly extent of her voyages.

The primary area of operation during this expeditionary raid, was the southern Pacific Ocean, steaming east and then turning back west toward the Strait of Malacca.

CSS Alabama passed the Karimata Strait and reached Pulo Condore, anchoring in the western harbor north of White Rock on December 2, 1863.

Arriving in the Strait of Malacca on December 24, Captain Semmes overtook the English vessel Martaban before spotting Texan Star, which Alabama captured and burned.

Both ships are burned, and Captain Semmes discontinues his raiding, deciding to use 1864 as a time to refit and repair back in France.

The Alabama destroying the Texan Star (alias Martaban ), in the Malacca Straits; the Kwan-Tung Chinese War-Steamer in the Distance, from the Illustrated London News, 2 April 1864